# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=962&period=all&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 963 --- ## [Things you've said to pets that wouldn't work in your dating profile](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-said-to-pets-that-wouldnt-work-in-your-dating-profile/447878)
**Author:** [@JustThinkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustThinkin)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-said-to-pets-that-wouldnt-work-in-your-dating-profile/447878 "2008-06-04T15:16:37Z")
Last night’s winner at our house: You can sit on my boobs, but no kissy face. (I think this has been done before, but that was too fun not to share.) --- ## [Any Difference Between High-End Steak Houses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-difference-between-high-end-steak-houses/740681)
**Author:** [@botsgotme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/botsgotme)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-difference-between-high-end-steak-houses/740681 "2015-12-22T21:46:26Z")
In my area, we have Del Frisco’s, Mortons, Capital grill, Smith&Wollensky, etc. Assuming that they all serve super premium quality meant, how much difference can there be between them? Grilling a steak is not rocket sci… --- ## [Gawker insists this is a young Brooke Shields smoking dope, others say no - What say you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gawker-insists-this-is-a-young-brooke-shields-smoking-dope-others-say-no-what-say-you/636278)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gawker-insists-this-is-a-young-brooke-shields-smoking-dope-others-say-no-what-say-you/636278 "2012-10-05T16:14:44Z")
Article here The girl in the photo kind of looks like her, but other say the nose is all wrong. --- ## [The Babylon Bee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-babylon-bee/839152)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-babylon-bee/839152 "2022-03-23T20:17:51Z")
A Babylon Bee article was just cited in Great Debates, and rather than derail that thread, I decided to start a new one. The site is the Cargo Cult equivalent of humor and good writing written by the Far Right who think … --- ## [Niagara Falls - how come not a National Park?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niagara-falls-how-come-not-a-national-park/573799)
**Author:** [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2011, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niagara-falls-how-come-not-a-national-park/573799 "2011-03-07T21:52:04Z")
I’m not sure this has a factual answer but I can’t figure out how the US side of Niagara Falls wound up being a New York State Park instead of a National Park. Any historians out there know about this? Thanks. --- ## [Wyatt Cenac's hilarious takedown of PETA on the Daily Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wyatt-cenacs-hilarious-takedown-of-peta-on-the-daily-show/613098)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2012, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wyatt-cenacs-hilarious-takedown-of-peta-on-the-daily-show/613098 "2012-02-19T01:04:43Z")
PETA recently tried suing Seaworld for its “enslavement” of whales, claiming that the amusement park had violated the animals’ 13th Amendment rights. Here he turns the tables on them by presenting a complaint on behalf … --- ## [Why no periods in UK and U.S. requires them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-periods-in-uk-and-u-s-requires-them/588439)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2011, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-periods-in-uk-and-u-s-requires-them/588439 "2011-07-13T01:23:17Z")
U.S. is properly written with periods because it is initials for United States. like the U.S. State Department uses it. Lazy people often omit the periods in U.S. My English teacher loved docking points for this slip… --- ## [Confederate base names going away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confederate-base-names-going-away/927855)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confederate-base-names-going-away/927855 "2025-07-14T03:18:05Z")
Shocked that the GOP is telling Trump to go F\*k himself on this bill. Approved In both house and senate. --- ## [Valid excuse for infidelity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valid-excuse-for-infidelity/681786)
**Author:** [@RedBloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedBloom)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2014, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valid-excuse-for-infidelity/681786 "2014-03-06T05:59:39Z")
The husband was busted (again) for partaking in online affairs. (discovered on the credit card bill - Ashley Madison was the culprit). Then of course I found some emails, etc… All physical contact was denied, and (to m… --- ## [lekatt, JUST SHUT UP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lekatt-just-shut-up/409850)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2007, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lekatt-just-shut-up/409850 "2007-07-05T06:14:46Z")
No, seriously. lekatt, in this thread, you toss out quite a few astounding comments and pretend that you have a grasp of Science. Post 24: People believe in spiritual things because it makes them feel good. Science,… --- ## [Infantry cross training: how many weapons is a private taught to handle minimally? A Gunny?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infantry-cross-training-how-many-weapons-is-a-private-taught-to-handle-minimally-a-gunny/732340)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2017, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infantry-cross-training-how-many-weapons-is-a-private-taught-to-handle-minimally-a-gunny/732340 "2017-09-13T22:45:34Z")
Spun off from thread on how well a pilot of jet x can fly jet y (How hard is it to fly--at least take off and land--a military/civil jet if you' we never flow it? - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board). I’ve… --- ## [What does the captain of a basketball team DO, exactly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-captain-of-a-basketball-team-do-exactly/368891)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-captain-of-a-basketball-team-do-exactly/368891 "2006-08-16T19:49:39Z")
Yes, I’m a nerd. Don’t we all know that by now? My sisters, unlike me, are sports fan. When we lived together and shared a television, they’d never miss an NBA playoff game, and occasionally I’d be in the room reading w… --- ## [My rant space for my daughter's hospitalization](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-rant-space-for-my-daughters-hospitalization/923992)
**Author:** [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-rant-space-for-my-daughters-hospitalization/923992 "2021-03-21T22:02:08Z")
Keeping this in the Pit so I can freak out if necessary, though things are on the upswing! --- ## [Clemency denied for Tookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clemency-denied-for-tookie/335303)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2005, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clemency-denied-for-tookie/335303 "2005-12-16T02:14:18Z")
CNN just announced that Schwarzenegger has denied ‘Tookie’ Williams’s request for clemency. --- ## [Fucking TV screens shoving ads in my face AT THE GAS PUMPS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-tv-screens-shoving-ads-in-my-face-at-the-gas-pumps/439391)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2017, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-tv-screens-shoving-ads-in-my-face-at-the-gas-pumps/439391 "2017-07-31T03:23:26Z")
Goddam it. There’s a special place in hell for the marketing shitheads who spend their life trying to figure out a new place to jam a screen to scream ads at us. My local Chevron station just installed them on top of t… --- ## ["Just stop eating."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-stop-eating/458916)
**Author:** [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-stop-eating/458916 "2008-08-11T20:17:34Z")
That’s what my mother told me, in response to my efforts to lose weight. While the BMI has me in the acceptable range, I’m just not comfortable weighing 160lbs, particularly since the majority of the extra weight I’ve pu… --- ## [Would you refuse to vote for a candidate based solely on his/her religion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-refuse-to-vote-for-a-candidate-based-solely-on-his-her-religion/363109)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2006, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-refuse-to-vote-for-a-candidate-based-solely-on-his-her-religion/363109 "2006-07-17T01:56:00Z")
A new poll shows that while most Americans would not refuse to vote for a Jewish or Catholic candidate based solely on his/her Judaism/Catholicism, many still would never under any circumstances vote for a Muslim or a Mo… --- ## [Does Tex-Mex exist anywhere outside of Texas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-tex-mex-exist-anywhere-outside-of-texas/502785)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-tex-mex-exist-anywhere-outside-of-texas/502785 "2009-07-19T20:33:15Z")
I guess the thread title is pretty self-explanatory. I’ve been craving Tex-Mex lately. I realized I’ve never seen a Tex-Mex restaurant outside of Texas. Are there any? --- ## [I once mistakenly believed ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-once-mistakenly-believed/290060)
**Author:** [@MercyStreet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MercyStreet)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2005, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-once-mistakenly-believed/290060 "2005-02-21T22:01:20Z")
… that the name of one incendiary device in particular was a “Mazel tov cocktail.” Your turn. --- ## [How does cancer actually kill you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-cancer-actually-kill-you/560922)
**Author:** [@SmithCommaJohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmithCommaJohn)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2014, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-cancer-actually-kill-you/560922 "2014-06-19T10:00:22Z")
This topic is pretty morbid, but it’s something I’ve been curious about for some time. I have an elementary understanding of what cancer is - an uncontrolled replication of cells somewhere in the body. However, why is … --- ## [How strong is the average human compared to other animals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-strong-is-the-average-human-compared-to-other-animals/195030)
**Author:** [@Nichol\_storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nichol_storm)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2003, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-strong-is-the-average-human-compared-to-other-animals/195030 "2003-08-14T01:12:59Z")
In this thread there was some discussion of the physical strength of cats and how their body shape and structure influenced their ability to pounce and leap. This got me thinking about my own species, and I recalled an a… --- ## [WTF?!?! A Plane Crash in Harlem?!?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-a-plane-crash-in-harlem/92913)
**Author:** [@SterlingNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SterlingNorth)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2001, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-a-plane-crash-in-harlem/92913 "2001-11-15T21:41:51Z")
This just in from the news! A plane crashed in Harlem, they say! --- ## [Once again I'll be voting Republican](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-ill-be-voting-republican/264008)
**Author:** [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2004, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-ill-be-voting-republican/264008 "2004-09-22T01:43:17Z")
I’m not even sure why I’m registered Republican anymore. Issues-wise, I’m on the other side, almost down the list. Anti-guns, pro-education, pro-gay, pro-abortion. I’m even starting to lean towards national healthcare. I… --- ## [I don't have a sister](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-have-a-sister/75940)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2001, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-have-a-sister/75940 "2001-08-22T18:17:23Z")
Fuck you. Fuck you, you stupid little teenage cunt. You think you’re just soooo superior to everyone. You think you’re so perfect. You belittle me because I’m not tall and skinny with perfect skin and nice hair. You bel… --- ## [Marijuana and Residence Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-and-residence-life/550215)
**Author:** [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-and-residence-life/550215 "2010-08-17T01:33:20Z")
Back when I was a sophomore in college, I got caught smoking marijuana by my RA. I had the door open to a small balcony thinking that it would dissipate the smell. No dice. I got caught and worried about the punishment f… --- ## [Vuvuzela History](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vuvuzela-history/543291)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2010, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vuvuzela-history/543291 "2010-06-18T11:39:33Z")
This is beginning to bug me. News reports are making this extremely annoying plastic horn out to be some traditional African instrument, adapted from hunting horns. And they’re making people who try to ban them out to be… --- ## [And the Oscar Goes To....MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-oscar-goes-to-mmp/347242)
**Author:** [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Replies:** 255\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-oscar-goes-to-mmp/347242 "2006-03-13T02:05:54Z")
Good morning, all. Watchin the academn Awards last noc got me to thinking. We have quite a bit of home grown talent right here on our Dope. So, this MMP is all about the Best of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. Please add your nominations (and… --- ## [My ignorant sister massive BITCH!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ignorant-sister-massive-bitch/591833)
**Author:** [@fk\_this](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fk_this)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2011, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ignorant-sister-massive-bitch/591833 "2011-08-10T16:04:28Z")
Im the middle child in my family out of three. Okay I admit that we aren’t the best or near perfect family. We’d have our occasional disagreements and arguements but somehow it stills works out fine. IGNORANT My older… --- ## [Why was the Kramden's apartment so horrible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-kramdens-apartment-so-horrible/229721)
**Author:** [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2004, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-kramdens-apartment-so-horrible/229721 "2004-02-20T22:19:21Z")
Recently there was a short blurb in Smithsonian magazine about an attempt to autheticate a sink which was purported to be part of the original Honeymooners set. The article showed a picture of the apartment set which re… --- ## [Do Penises curve to the left?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-penises-curve-to-the-left/19610)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2000, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-penises-curve-to-the-left/19610 "2000-05-17T22:50:04Z")
All right, that’s it. I need to know. I simply can not hold out any longer without confirming this suspicion. I once heard that the majority of human penises (something like 75%) curve or bend ever so slightly to the lef… --- ## [Lawyer\> TV\> My client is not answering any more questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyer-tv-my-client-is-not-answering-any-more-questions/740504)
**Author:** [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2015, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyer-tv-my-client-is-not-answering-any-more-questions/740504 "2015-12-22T02:58:36Z")
When you see the lawyer on TV walk into the questioning room at the police station on TV and say “My client is not answering any more questions”… that is just theatrics for television for TV right? In other words, in rea… --- ## [I think pre-secondary "graduation" ceremonies are stupid.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-pre-secondary-graduation-ceremonies-are-stupid/368781)
**Author:** [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2012, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-pre-secondary-graduation-ceremonies-are-stupid/368781 "2012-12-14T07:05:44Z")
Inspired by this post… I started thinking of an interaction I had with one of my students when I was teaching: Sam: Hey Mr. Hollow, I’m getting a limo and a white tux for prom. HH: You’re going to a prom? Sam: Yeah, I… --- ## [Natural/OTC diuretics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/natural-otc-diuretics/443085)
**Author:** [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2008, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/natural-otc-diuretics/443085 "2008-04-01T16:27:15Z")
Are there any safe, natural or over the counter diuretics available? I have PMS and medication-related water retention issues from time to time, and all the Midol-type things out there seem to use caffeine as the diuret… --- ## [What’s the deal with ‘The New This Old House’?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-deal-with-the-new-this-old-house/206843)
**Author:** [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2013, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-deal-with-the-new-this-old-house/206843 "2013-11-05T13:32:31Z")
Who’s this new goober they have hosting it? What happened to the old guy, Steve Thomas? Did Steve get fired? Why? What the hell did he ever do? Was it for financial reasons, like the ousting of TOH’s previous host, Bob … --- ## [Blackwater/Xe front "American Police Force" to run big jail (& be the police?) in small Montana town](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackwater-xe-front-american-police-force-to-run-big-jail-be-the-police-in-small-montana-town/512302)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackwater-xe-front-american-police-force-to-run-big-jail-be-the-police-in-small-montana-town/512302 "2009-10-07T16:27:02Z")
This appeared in Raw Story recently: What I actually find most disturbing about this story is its beginning: An economically depressed town’s government counting on incarceration as a growth industry! Is this what Ame… --- ## [Las Vegas: the people in orange with the escort cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-vegas-the-people-in-orange-with-the-escort-cards/709518)
**Author:** [@Subtlety\_Wrecks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subtlety_Wrecks)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2015, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-vegas-the-people-in-orange-with-the-escort-cards/709518 "2015-01-17T23:01:40Z")
They wear orange t-shirts and almost force cards featuring mostly naked women in your hand. I realize that prostitution is illegal in Clark County. So what is being offered exactly? I suppose I’m naive but I don’t under… --- ## [Danger? Danger is my middle name!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-danger-is-my-middle-name/502133)
**Author:** [@dangerismymiddlename.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangerismymiddlename.com)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-danger-is-my-middle-name/502133 "2009-07-07T20:59:06Z")
What is the origin of the saying “Danger? Danger is my middle name!” The kids these days say “Austin Powers”, but as a 40 year-old that got the he-entered-his-name-wrong-and-waited-decades-to-tell-the-punchline joke, I … --- ## [My jalapeños turned red -are they going to be really hot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-jalapenos-turned-red-are-they-going-to-be-really-hot/561894)
**Author:** [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-jalapenos-turned-red-are-they-going-to-be-really-hot/561894 "2010-11-28T14:04:11Z")
I finally got something to grow and produce fruit. I kept expecting my jalapeños to get longer so I left them on the plant, but instead of getting longer they just turned red. Are they edible? Are they going to be extr… --- ## [Could someone be amputated by own request?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-be-amputated-by-own-request/682787)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2017, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-be-amputated-by-own-request/682787 "2017-08-03T03:23:59Z")
Let’s say that I decide that I no longer like my left arm and I want it gone. I talk with psychologists, social workers, bla bla bla bla bla bla, and everyone agrees - I don’t want my left arm. It is in perfect working c… --- ## [Superbowl 53 game thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-53-game-thread/828897)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbowl-53-game-thread/828897 "2019-02-08T19:55:11Z")
I debated whether the playoffs thread would be okay for the superbowl discussion, and it probably would, but there will be various people coming into the forum who don’t normally watch football so I figured its own threa… --- ## [Hacking Reality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hacking-reality/513275)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hacking-reality/513275 "2009-10-19T01:05:24Z")
Start with the premise that computing power is increasing and getting cheaper to the point where in the future we will be able to create simulations of the past indistinguishable from actual reality “a Matrix.” Add the… --- ## [Dinner guest on cell phone ... WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinner-guest-on-cell-phone-wtf/811170)
**Author:** [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2018, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinner-guest-on-cell-phone-wtf/811170 "2018-04-01T11:14:57Z")
Once every week or two I cook and have a few people over – one is my nephew who lives next door. The past few times he has brought his new girlfriend; nice girl, however … she is a cell phone addict … doing, at the dinn… --- ## [Will you do your job in our American democracy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-do-your-job-in-our-american-democracy/604163)
**Author:** [@Untoward\_Parable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Untoward_Parable)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2011, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-do-your-job-in-our-american-democracy/604163 "2011-11-30T04:38:17Z")
That job being voting for whoever spends the most money? --- ## [New law in Arizona states 'pregnancy begins two weeks before conception'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-law-in-arizona-states-pregnancy-begins-two-weeks-before-conception/632864)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-law-in-arizona-states-pregnancy-begins-two-weeks-before-conception/632864 "2012-08-31T17:40:55Z")
New law in Arizona states 'pregnancy begins two weeks before conception I’m not familiar with examiner.com. Is it a humour site like The Onion? --- ## [Why does Square credit card reader use the headphone jack?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-square-credit-card-reader-use-the-headphone-jack/617071)
**Author:** [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2012, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-square-credit-card-reader-use-the-headphone-jack/617071 "2012-03-29T11:03:39Z")
When I first saw this thing it seemed pretty obvious (wish I’d thought of it) but I don’t get the technical aspect of it using the headphone audio jack instead of the data-port. This just seems so counter-intuitive to me… --- ## [Any "evil twin" mixups in real life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-evil-twin-mixups-in-real-life/653646)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-evil-twin-mixups-in-real-life/653646 "2013-03-29T04:25:28Z")
The trope of the “evil twin” is centuries, probably even millennia, old in literature, with such works as Beowulf, Dick Tracy, Star Trek, and The Order of the Stick providing examples. I seem to vaguely recall a myth I … --- ## [We won't have Spicer to kick around any more.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-wont-have-spicer-to-kick-around-any-more/791808)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-wont-have-spicer-to-kick-around-any-more/791808 "2017-07-28T15:36:49Z")
Sean Spicer Resigns as White House Press Secretary, New York Times, July 21, 2017. --- ## [Sherlock January 8 2017 "The Lying Detective"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-january-8-2017-the-lying-detective/776650)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-january-8-2017-the-lying-detective/776650 "2017-01-18T04:15:17Z")
I hope it is back to normal this week and just focuses on a solid case. --- ## [Only ten timeouts today, Straight Dope! Well done!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-ten-timeouts-today-straight-dope-well-done/411840)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Hildo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Hildo)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2007, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-ten-timeouts-today-straight-dope-well-done/411840 "2007-07-19T11:00:47Z")
The last of which occurred at 2:51 AM. WTF! Hey cunts, since this is a for-profit biz, how about boosting your fuckin bandwidth already? Would users even tolerate this horseshit from free sites like IMDB or FARK? I’m … --- ## [Worst town/city in Canada?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-town-city-in-canada/391123)
**Author:** [@Ultraviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ultraviolet)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2012, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-town-city-in-canada/391123 "2012-09-19T20:48:17Z")
As a companion to the Worst town in America thread, I thought I would solicit some opinions on worst place in Canada. Now, maybe I’m sheltered, but I haven’t been anywhere truly horrible in Canada, so I’ll leave it open… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=961&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=963&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)