# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=983&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:** 984 --- ## [Cruz drops out of the race](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruz-drops-out-of-the-race/753852)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2016, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruz-drops-out-of-the-race/753852 "2016-05-05T20:03:54Z")
There’s currently discussion about this in seperate threads, but I thought this deserved its own discussion. It would appear that Cruz was disappointed with his Indiana results, and so he dropped out. But all along, he … --- ## [Suppose Texas Succeeds in Seceding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-texas-succeeds-in-seceding/966496)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2022, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-texas-succeeds-in-seceding/966496 "2022-09-16T05:16:38Z")
I think it unlikely the referendum succeeds, and even if it does it seems to me you Americans fought a war to decide if a state could unilaterally secede. But let’s ignore all that and suppose Texas does secede. What a… --- ## [Room support column failed. How to jack up beam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/room-support-column-failed-how-to-jack-up-beam/519422)
**Author:** [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/room-support-column-failed-how-to-jack-up-beam/519422 "2009-12-02T21:33:11Z")
I have a house with a solarium built over a garage. A steel support pole in the garage, which I assume was bracing a main support beam in the floor of the solarium, rusted out and failed. Now a door on the solarium won… --- ## [Obamacare sign up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamacare-sign-up/670089)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamacare-sign-up/670089 "2013-10-03T19:09:56Z")
It’s Oct. 1. Where do I go to get an ACA price quote for me and the family and sign up for coverage on January 1? Is it online? --- ## [I'm buying a keg of beer for a party. Looking for tips on keeping it cold.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-buying-a-keg-of-beer-for-a-party-looking-for-tips-on-keeping-it-cold/264290)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2014, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-buying-a-keg-of-beer-for-a-party-looking-for-tips-on-keeping-it-cold/264290 "2014-05-31T00:42:49Z")
We’re having a outdoor party at our house this Saturday and I’m buying a keg. I’ve never bought one before. The distributor is only open from 10:00 AM to noon on Saturday, and they suggested getting there early. So I’… --- ## [WWJD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwjd/71847)
**Author:** [@alibey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alibey)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2002, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwjd/71847 "2002-03-20T12:57:34Z")
What Would Jesus Drive In the paper this weekend there was a story about a group of who are trying to have us make our vehicle purchase on what some guy 2000 odd years ago would choose. Now in my opinion he would choose… --- ## [Writing on glass instead of white board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-on-glass-instead-of-white-board/649514)
**Author:** [@Quarter\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quarter_Girl)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-on-glass-instead-of-white-board/649514 "2013-02-07T19:12:07Z")
I watch a lot of crime TV and noticed a trend of investigators or even professors writing on a transparent glass board instead of a white board (dry erase) or chalk board. My question is; how common is this in the real w… --- ## [Morality of raising your kid to be a...well...douchebag.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morality-of-raising-your-kid-to-be-a-well-douchebag/527708)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2010, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morality-of-raising-your-kid-to-be-a-well-douchebag/527708 "2010-02-16T14:35:18Z")
Traditional parenting methodologies typically revolves around traditionally accepted positive values. Be nice, be polite, be honest, share, take personal responsibility, don’t talk back, listen to your teachers and othe… --- ## [Improving radio reception on a cheapo boombox](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improving-radio-reception-on-a-cheapo-boombox/246380)
**Author:** [@BrianS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrianS)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2004, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improving-radio-reception-on-a-cheapo-boombox/246380 "2004-05-23T03:17:31Z")
I bought a cheap boombox to listen to the radio while at work, but I work on the ground floor of an office building that is chock full of interference causing materials and technology. The end result is that I pick up 1 … --- ## [Please explain this crossword puzzle answer to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-this-crossword-puzzle-answer-to-me/728195)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-this-crossword-puzzle-answer-to-me/728195 "2015-08-21T14:01:25Z")
The clue was “4, for Be” and the answer was “atno.” I have no idea what either one means. --- ## [Somebody Has To Do It... The MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-has-to-do-it-the-mmp/560733)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2010, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-has-to-do-it-the-mmp/560733 "2010-11-22T06:02:36Z")
Might as well be me right? Of course I have absolutely nuttin’ to carry on about in the OP other than I am up and caffienatin’. Soon I shall have brekkies (cereal and toast methinks) and then go about another excitatin’ … --- ## [Ask the Orthodox Jew/ Amateur theologian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-orthodox-jew-amateur-theologian/492991)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2009, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-orthodox-jew-amateur-theologian/492991 "2009-04-24T04:04:58Z")
Because we haven’t had an “Ask The…” thread in, I dunno, weeks? I’m a \[del\] Martian from outer space\[/del\] practicing Jew from a mostly-religious household. I’m also an amateur theologian, of sorts. I read a lot about … --- ## [Gender Segregation and the Olympics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-segregation-and-the-olympics/808719)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2018, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-segregation-and-the-olympics/808719 "2018-02-20T05:15:48Z")
Does anyone think it’s a bit archaic / old-fashioned / oppressive / untoward to still maintain separate gendered events (e.g. men’s and women’s snowboarding / alpine skiing / hockey) in the Olympics? I watched a bit of m… --- ## [Tell us something about yourself that you have yet to tell us](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-about-yourself-that-you-have-yet-to-tell-us/686723)
**Author:** [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-something-about-yourself-that-you-have-yet-to-tell-us/686723 "2014-04-30T22:08:58Z")
Mundane, important, in between, I don’t care. Could be something you did, something you believe, something you want to do… I don’t care. :slight\_smile: I’ll start: I was in a local commercial for the camera store I w… --- ## [Do vegetables taste like dirt to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-vegetables-taste-like-dirt-to-you/178521)
**Author:** [@Bob\_Lawblaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Lawblaw)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2003, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-vegetables-taste-like-dirt-to-you/178521 "2003-05-31T00:10:19Z")
Aside from starchy veggies like potatoes, corn, lima beans etc., I am unable to eat vegetables like lettuce, peppers, well, all of them, as they taste like dirt. It’s like I have a bowl of dirt in front of me and if I t… --- ## [Parent/Toddler Tantrums Tip Tempers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parent-toddler-tantrums-tip-tempers/417063)
**Author:** [@Fox\_Frenzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fox_Frenzy)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parent-toddler-tantrums-tip-tempers/417063 "2007-09-08T20:02:41Z")
I’m not a parent, but I’ve been involved in the upraising of several friends’ kids and, let me say, it’s not as hard as your SuperMarket Mom makes it look like. Why oh Why in the name of Omnipotent Beings do these paren… --- ## [give a crappy series/concept the BSG treatment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-a-crappy-series-concept-the-bsg-treatment/540985)
**Author:** [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-a-crappy-series-concept-the-bsg-treatment/540985 "2010-06-08T00:40:20Z")
we just hired Ron Moore to give the BSG treatment to whatever series or concept from movies and tv we decide on, whats your choice? for me F—ING Star Wars, take the entire thing and break it down into a 3-5 year series … --- ## [Discussion of white "privilege" \[kinda'long\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-of-white-privilege-kindalong/601384)
**Author:** [@Bosstrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstrain)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2011, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-of-white-privilege-kindalong/601384 "2011-11-02T07:25:13Z")
In order to not derail this thread any further I felt it would be best to start another. A couple people mentioned that being white, and especially a white male, comes with certain privileges, hermette was kind enough t… --- ## ["I didn't lie! YOU did, and you're just forgetting that you are!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-lie-you-did-and-youre-just-forgetting-that-you-are/389499)
**Author:** [@nongoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nongoog)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2007, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-lie-you-did-and-youre-just-forgetting-that-you-are/389499 "2007-01-27T03:06:01Z")
Can some rational people give me some feedback?? Okay, so, a couple weeks ago, while I was fixing the internet on my boyfriend’s computer, I noticed that, in his “recently opened items” list, there were a bunch of perso… --- ## [Oh my god please shut up about the stupid dress already](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-please-shut-up-about-the-stupid-dress-already/714016)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-please-shut-up-about-the-stupid-dress-already/714016 "2015-03-03T21:01:45Z")
That stupid dress. Is it blue? Is it black? White? Gold? WHO THE HELL CARES. It has infested my tumbler, cheezburger, and every other aspect of social media I frequent. Major news places are writing articles about the dr… --- ## [What was the logic behind exempting OTC meds from Flex Spending Accounts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-logic-behind-exempting-otc-meds-from-flex-spending-accounts/555648)
**Author:** [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2011, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-logic-behind-exempting-otc-meds-from-flex-spending-accounts/555648 "2011-01-02T03:02:58Z")
So I got a notice from my company that beginning 1/1/2011, I can no longer use my FSA allocations to pay for OTC meds. Thankfully, this won’t impact me, as I have already spent most of it on other stuff, but our plan ye… --- ## [Lady Gaga?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga/527941)
**Author:** [@theman\_31](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theman_31)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2010, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga/527941 "2010-02-12T22:28:43Z")
What is with this chick? She is down right nutty, :confused: http://factoryboi.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/lady-gaga-9309-12.jpg --- ## [Songs where the artists just throw themselves into it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-artists-just-throw-themselves-into-it/728007)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2015, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-artists-just-throw-themselves-into-it/728007 "2015-11-02T04:01:51Z")
I want some music where the artist just throws themselves headfirst into it and goes completely bonkers with it. Like, those fundamentalist Christian denominations that flail around “feeling the spirit” would go “woah, o… --- ## [Lost 5.10 "He's Our You"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-5-10-hes-our-you/490774)
**Author:** [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2009, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-5-10-hes-our-you/490774 "2009-03-30T22:18:59Z")
Thread rules: From the on-line description for tonight’s episode: Some useful Café Society links are given below: Thread index for Season 1 Episodes: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 T… --- ## [Child is born of a one night stand - would you tell him?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-is-born-of-a-one-night-stand-would-you-tell-him/530347)
**Author:** [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-is-born-of-a-one-night-stand-would-you-tell-him/530347 "2014-08-11T21:50:36Z")
I need help with a scenario for a piece of fiction I’m writing (and yes, it’s definitely fiction, god forbid this ever actually happen to me!) My main character, in a moment of weakness, sleeps with a sexy guy from a ro… --- ## [Was Benjamin Franklin a socialist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-benjamin-franklin-a-socialist/610339)
**Author:** [@IntelliQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IntelliQ)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2012, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-benjamin-franklin-a-socialist/610339 "2012-01-24T09:38:44Z")
I submit he was not, but people like to throw out a cherry picked quote to argue that he was a socialist: “All the property that is necessary to a Man, for the Conservation of the Individual and the Propagation of the S… --- ## [Master (form of address) for young boys.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-form-of-address-for-young-boys/400914)
**Author:** [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2007, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-form-of-address-for-young-boys/400914 "2007-04-23T03:02:38Z")
When did this stop being used? I always thought that young boys should have letters addressed to Master John Smith, and that only over the age of 12, they can be addressed as mister. You may think this is pedantic. I th… --- ## [Women, your opinions on the attractiveness of stubble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-your-opinions-on-the-attractiveness-of-stubble/498231)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-your-opinions-on-the-attractiveness-of-stubble/498231 "2009-06-03T03:02:28Z")
I see enough men with stubble that women find attractive that I’ll concede women like it. I’ll admit I don’t get it - I see stubble, I think Fred Flintstone. But leaving aside the appearance, there’s the issue of upkeep… --- ## [Lost 1.3: "Tabula Rasa" (some unboxed spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-3-tabula-rasa-some-unboxed-spoilers/267909)
**Author:** [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2005, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-3-tabula-rasa-some-unboxed-spoilers/267909 "2005-06-17T21:28:12Z")
Thought I might get this show on the road early, since there’s a chance I might not be in when the episode’s on. Burning questions! What was Kate’s crime? What did Sawyer’s letter say? What’s the secret, Locke and Wa… --- ## [Does anyone here still listen to cassettes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-still-listen-to-cassettes/506749)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2011, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-still-listen-to-cassettes/506749 "2011-10-07T06:38:59Z")
I still do, mainly because I have a ton left over from when I was a kid that I’ll never got around to converting or replacing. And I’m usually not picky when it comes to sound quality. I just stick one in the boombox whi… --- ## [Trump's vs. Obama's inauguration crowds, True, or False](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-vs-obamas-inauguration-crowds-true-or-false/777654)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-vs-obamas-inauguration-crowds-true-or-false/777654 "2017-01-22T18:11:45Z")
Side-by-side comparison of Obama’s and Trump’s inauguration crowds. The linked site says the 2017 photo was taken at 11:49 EST. Another site (Vox) says it was taken at 11:04 EST, and the 2009 photo was taken at 11:30 E… --- ## [How accurate is the GPS in an iPhone 4S?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-accurate-is-the-gps-in-an-iphone-4s/651551)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2013, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-accurate-is-the-gps-in-an-iphone-4s/651551 "2013-12-13T11:43:08Z")
So the kids and I have taken up geocaching. Fun little outdoorsy activity. But I sometimes get frustrated about the accuracy of the GPS function in my iPhone. I’ve tried to look up information but, being the web, the … --- ## [Home-rolled cigarettes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-rolled-cigarettes/496235)
**Author:** [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2011, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-rolled-cigarettes/496235 "2011-05-28T22:45:06Z")
Hey there - I’m trying to get into rolling my own cigarettes, but I don’t really know a whole lot about it. The tobacco shop near me really specializes in cigars and pipe tobacco, but they maintain a small space in their… --- ## [Why was the mid 19th century Democratic Party so (ostensibly) racist . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-mid-19th-century-democratic-party-so-ostensibly-racist/645430)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2013, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-mid-19th-century-democratic-party-so-ostensibly-racist/645430 "2013-01-05T21:34:12Z")
Why was the mid to late 19th century Democratic party (apparently) so racist and equivocal (at best) on the issue of outlawing slavery? This page, its hyperbolic presentation notwithstanding, enumerates many instances o… --- ## [Ask The Atheist Raised As A Jehovah's Witness..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-atheist-raised-as-a-jehovahs-witness/484077)
**Author:** [@erleichda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erleichda)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-atheist-raised-as-a-jehovahs-witness/484077 "2009-07-14T21:36:19Z")
After reading the latest thread about Jehovah’s Witnesses, I feel that there is still a lot of ignorance regarding what they believe, how they practice their beliefs, and how they live their lives. Most of my family are … --- ## [Venezuela after Hugo Chavez?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venezuela-after-hugo-chavez/587506)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venezuela-after-hugo-chavez/587506 "2013-06-28T20:04:06Z")
Dude’s sick. No comment on his policies, he’s actually sick, with the cancers. Well, Chavez is only 56 years old, I wouldn’t put him in the Death Pool for this year or next, but this does raise the question: What happ… --- ## [Is it inevitable that someday guns will be banned in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-inevitable-that-someday-guns-will-be-banned-in-the-us/495197)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2009, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-inevitable-that-someday-guns-will-be-banned-in-the-us/495197 "2009-05-12T12:10:05Z")
Please note that I do not like this idea, or that if it came to pass it wouldn’t be wrong or harmful. And yes I’m aware that the Second Amendment would have to either be overturned or effectively made a dead letter by an… --- ## [Any action/adventure movies with no plot holes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-action-adventure-movies-with-no-plot-holes/689997)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2014, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-action-adventure-movies-with-no-plot-holes/689997 "2014-06-08T13:54:05Z")
I understand the need. The people making the movie want to make a good movie first and logic and reason take a back seat to entertainment. But plot holes in action/adventure movies seem pretty much universal. I’m defini… --- ## [Fibromyalgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fibromyalgia/600863)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2011, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fibromyalgia/600863 "2011-11-02T00:46:41Z")
What’s the deal with fibromyalgia? I’ve heard at least one doctor quoted as believing there was no such thing, at least as a purely physiological problem. That was a good ten years ago, and maybe he was an outlier even … --- ## [Unusual topics that are extremely incendiary on other boards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-topics-that-are-extremely-incendiary-on-other-boards/763884 "2016-08-26T18:13:47Z")
I post on a female-dominated board that has many sub-fora, and in the ones that are not specifically devoted to religion, politics, abortion, breastfeeding, cloth diapering, child discipline (which may include spanking),… --- ## [A question about Aliens (The Movie)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-aliens-the-movie/623703)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-aliens-the-movie/623703 "2012-06-02T20:58:47Z")
I was watching the HISHE clip on youtube today about the movie Aliens (one of my favourite films) when it got me wondering, what would really happen if someone opened an airlock into space like Ripley does at the end? … --- ## [Larry King asks Massa "Are you gay", Massa (kinda) answers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-king-asks-massa-are-you-gay-massa-kinda-answers/531991)
**Author:** [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-king-asks-massa-are-you-gay-massa-kinda-answers/531991 "2010-03-13T03:29:18Z")
http://www.breitbart.tv/are-you-gay-massa-avoids-answering-kings-question/ So, Larry King asked former Rep. Massa if he’s gay — a fair question, IMO, considering there’s questions of his conduct around male staffers and… --- ## [Why is it so hard to find a swimsuit!!!!!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-so-hard-to-find-a-swimsuit/501477)
**Author:** [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-so-hard-to-find-a-swimsuit/501477 "2009-07-03T22:05:43Z")
After three years of serviceable wear, I realize that my one peice moderately hideous swimsuit is not only hideous but completely old lady and out dated. ( It is black with some kind of belly fat containment rainbow of … --- ## [Finally, the Wife Can Join the Nazi Party of Germany](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-the-wife-can-join-the-nazi-party-of-germany/721601)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-the-wife-can-join-the-nazi-party-of-germany/721601 "2015-06-27T02:14:52Z")
It’s that time again. Every 10 years, we renew the wife’s visa for the US. And each time to my amusement, a standard question has been if she had ever been a registered member of the Nazi Party of Germany. Until now. Bei… --- ## [Blackwater should be shut down and prosecuted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackwater-should-be-shut-down-and-prosecuted/472760)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackwater-should-be-shut-down-and-prosecuted/472760 "2014-10-22T19:37:21Z")
cite I have long thought that this organization was nothing but a glorified attempt to pass of killing and mayhem as a legitimate capitolist enterprise, and we’ve certainly seen other Blackwater incidents in the past t… --- ## [What was the last movie you saw that made you say "WTF?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-movie-you-saw-that-made-you-say-wtf/971516)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-movie-you-saw-that-made-you-say-wtf/971516 "2022-11-09T22:16:30Z")
Not looking for internet lists or a long list of movies you’ve seen through your lifetime-just the last one that made your jaw drop and/or made you say WTF? I just finished watching “Anyab” (1981) on Other Worlds Televi… --- ## [Amazon Prime is going to start charging for streaming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-prime-is-going-to-start-charging-for-streaming/990688)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2024, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-prime-is-going-to-start-charging-for-streaming/990688 "2024-02-06T00:51:59Z")
“Just” $2.99/month, or ads included if you don’t want to pay for it, but it feels like the opening of the door for a service that has always touted its streaming as an included benefit. It’s not clear if I have to s… --- ## [Whatever happened to \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-________/716532)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2015, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-________/716532 "2015-06-30T05:35:01Z")
So do you ever wonder whatever happened to certain posters that have dropped off the board to never return? My top two are: LifeSucks, the guy that was irrationally afraid of going under general anesthesia because he t… --- ## [The 2004 SDMB NHL Playoff Hockey Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2004-sdmb-nhl-playoff-hockey-thread/239101)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 277\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2004, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2004-sdmb-nhl-playoff-hockey-thread/239101 "2004-06-10T14:23:58Z")
We’re into Day 2 of the NHL playoffs, and like every decent Canadian I’m wearing the jersey of my favourite team (the holy Ottawa Senators) and worrying about all the guys I drafted in the office pool. Let us review the… --- ## [Can you enjoy a story without good guys i.e., characters to root for)? (Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-enjoy-a-story-without-good-guys-i-e-characters-to-root-for-spoilers/641630)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-enjoy-a-story-without-good-guys-i-e-characters-to-root-for-spoilers/641630 "2012-11-27T23:38:50Z")
In a current thread about Dune, a Doper writes: I have heard sentiments like this before, and I am always mystified. I can’t stand reading books or watching shows/movies/plays that are populated only by victims and vil… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=982&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=984&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)