# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1011&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1012 --- ## [Hiding Something from Yourself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiding-something-from-yourself/972060)
**Author:** [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2022, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiding-something-from-yourself/972060 "2022-09-24T04:30:02Z")
Is it possible to hide something from yourself? I’m thinking of something like an addict hiding drugs from himself for later to ease withdrawals. Or hiding cash you don’t want to spend until the weekend. Oh, and you can… --- ## [What's your Renaissance humanist name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-renaissance-humanist-name/970471)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2022, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-renaissance-humanist-name/970471 "2022-09-24T02:37:07Z")
Now that it’s back-to-school time, let’s rev up our intellects with a fun quest. Everybody’s heard of the Mercator Projection. How Mercator got that name: When Western Europeans revived Classical learning in the Renaiss… --- ## [What would cause you to classify somebody as far left?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-cause-you-to-classify-somebody-as-far-left/968855)
**Author:** [@Jay\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay_Z)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-cause-you-to-classify-somebody-as-far-left/968855 "2022-09-23T23:43:54Z")
I often see comments to this effect: The USA is a center-right country. There is a big lump of people way over on the far right. What I am wondering are the gradations of the left. How would YOU classify someone as f… --- ## [Another fine piece of sh-- journalism by the washington examiner in which it accuses "woke" parents of changing their kids gender among other things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fine-piece-of-sh-journalism-by-the-washington-examiner-in-which-it-accuses-woke-parents-of-changing-their-kids-gender-among-other-things/970685)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fine-piece-of-sh-journalism-by-the-washington-examiner-in-which-it-accuses-woke-parents-of-changing-their-kids-gender-among-other-things/970685 "2022-09-23T23:32:15Z")
there’s so much wrong in this article : --- ## [For David Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-david-bailey/972098)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-david-bailey/972098 "2022-09-23T22:26:13Z")
Was saddened to read a memorial about this doctor. He was the first Canadian to run a mile in under four minutes. He went on to discover a great deal about how the liver metabolizes certain medicines, and how some comm… --- ## [Did George Floyd use a counterfeit $20 bill?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-george-floyd-use-a-counterfeit-20-bill/971518)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-george-floyd-use-a-counterfeit-20-bill/971518 "2022-09-23T21:07:18Z")
George Floyd was arrested and subsequently murdered when the clerk of a grocery store called the cops on suspicion that Floyd was attempting to pass a $20 counterfeit bill as legitimate. Has anyone been able to find pro… --- ## [Do you learn a lot about a TV show before actually watching it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-learn-a-lot-about-a-tv-show-before-actually-watching-it/972036)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-learn-a-lot-about-a-tv-show-before-actually-watching-it/972036 "2022-09-23T20:34:41Z")
When I first learn about a show that sounds good, I go to Wikipedia and read about it, including the episode synopses for the series, before watching the first episode. (I just did that for the Netflix show Derry Girls, … --- ## [What square kilometer of Earth (tapering all the way to the core and extending to the edge of the atmosphere) would be the most valuable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-square-kilometer-of-earth-tapering-all-the-way-to-the-core-and-extending-to-the-edge-of-the-atmosphere-would-be-the-most-valuable/971999)
**Author:** [@MorrisCody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MorrisCody)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-square-kilometer-of-earth-tapering-all-the-way-to-the-core-and-extending-to-the-edge-of-the-atmosphere-would-be-the-most-valuable/971999 "2022-09-23T20:26:49Z")
The title pretty much says it all. --- ## [Best single-episode Star Trek characters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-episode-star-trek-characters/971793)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-episode-star-trek-characters/971793 "2022-09-23T20:17:42Z")
What are some of your favorite and most memorable single-episode Star Trek characters? Of course this list has to start with Edith Keeler from The Original Series’ “City on the Edge of Forever”. Roga Dana… --- ## [Remake a movie, but with right-wing themes and actors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-a-movie-but-with-right-wing-themes-and-actors/972090)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-a-movie-but-with-right-wing-themes-and-actors/972090 "2022-09-23T19:34:16Z")
I’ll start: Jaws. Chief Brody: Kevin Sorbo Quint: John Vought Hooper: Gary Sinese Mayor Vaughn : Ben Stein The Shark: Gina Carino In the end, they decide not to kill the shark because it would unfair to all the pe… --- ## [Currency - 1,2, and 5](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/currency-1-2-and-5/972035)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/currency-1-2-and-5/972035 "2022-09-23T19:33:19Z")
Currencies around the world normally have coins/notes of values 1, 2, and 5 (with or without one or more zeros added, and some values may be skipped). Exceptions would be Canada and the US which use a 25 cent coin (rath… --- ## [If You're Sentenced To House Arrest, Do You Have Access To /All/ Of The House?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-sentenced-to-house-arrest-do-you-have-access-to-all-of-the-house/970821)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-sentenced-to-house-arrest-do-you-have-access-to-all-of-the-house/970821 "2022-09-23T18:28:42Z")
Let’s say I live in gilded mansion with dozens of rooms. I’m sentenced to house arrest because of \[insert terrible crime here\]. Never being allowed to leave my house would suck ass, but compared to my mansion there are w… --- ## [What car do you really want to own and drive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-car-do-you-really-want-to-own-and-drive/971855)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-car-do-you-really-want-to-own-and-drive/971855 "2022-09-23T18:28:08Z")
The premise is that you are given an unlimited fuel card, full insurance coverage and $100,000 to spend on a new car or truck (2022-2023 model only). You must buy from an authorized dealer and not some friend that will … --- ## [Why beside lower tax’s & weather are folks from North migrating to the South](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-beside-lower-tax-s-weather-are-folks-from-north-migrating-to-the-south/972058)
**Author:** [@JoePockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoePockets)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-beside-lower-tax-s-weather-are-folks-from-north-migrating-to-the-south/972058 "2022-09-23T17:48:42Z")
I’ve left Nj 2 months ago for Little River SC because I hit a home run with a standing ovation on the sale of my home and bought a 3 yr old home with all the bells and whistles 5 miles from the beach…Sound great ! Not re… --- ## [How are military deployment costs calculated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-military-deployment-costs-calculated/970917)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-military-deployment-costs-calculated/970917 "2022-09-23T15:13:41Z")
When the US military deploys to someplace we often get cost estimates of that deployment. But those cost estimates can vary wildly. It need not be a military thing either. We can see the same when it comes to deployin… --- ## [Huh, so Nukees has ended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-so-nukees-has-ended/972081)
**Author:** [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-so-nukees-has-ended/972081 "2022-09-23T13:30:34Z")
Don’t know if it’s a strip that anyone follows, and honestly, I stopped following it for the most part long ago, but it ran for 25 years, and just ended a few weeks ago. https://www.nukees.com/ It was one of my first w… --- ## [How many times have you have tested positive for COVID (if at all)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-have-you-have-tested-positive-for-covid-if-at-all/969444)
**Author:** [@Tfletch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tfletch1)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-have-you-have-tested-positive-for-covid-if-at-all/969444 "2022-09-23T04:42:12Z")
Since so many people in this thread are stating that they never caught COVID, I’d like to add a complementary poll. poll --- ## [Covid test four false negatives?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-test-four-false-negatives/971570)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-test-four-false-negatives/971570 "2022-09-23T04:39:05Z")
I had Covid in January (omicron probably B.1). It was a typical case for someone who was vaccinated and boosted: sore throat, headache and bodyache for a few days, and fatigue for a week or two after. Last week (Monday … --- ## [I've told you every way I, "Stop spying on me Google."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-told-you-every-way-i-stop-spying-on-me-google/968481)
**Author:** [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-told-you-every-way-i-stop-spying-on-me-google/968481 "2022-09-23T04:30:50Z")
I am so tired of Google using software updates as an excuse to roll back privacy settings. I disabled Google Assistant as soon as I got my phone. I have no interest in inviting Google to be a quiet participant in litera… --- ## [Can Anybody Translate This Telugu Batman Song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anybody-translate-this-telugu-batman-song/972056)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anybody-translate-this-telugu-batman-song/972056 "2022-09-22T23:00:58Z")
The SDMB was a great help translating Filipino Batman. Now, I need your help again! --- ## [Mobile theme messed up top bar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mobile-theme-messed-up-top-bar/971823)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mobile-theme-messed-up-top-bar/971823 "2022-09-23T01:48:05Z")
On the highest zoom setting (in the sight preferences), using Straight Dope Light, I now find that the top navigation bar is messed up. The bar became thicker, and my avatar moved down to the next line. I suspect the is… --- ## [Self-managed abortion with pills: Medically safe, legally risky](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-managed-abortion-with-pills-medically-safe-legally-risky/971984)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-managed-abortion-with-pills-medically-safe-legally-risky/971984 "2022-09-23T01:20:47Z")
I’m not sure where to post it. Maybe this should be in P&E, but I thought the discussion might be gentler here. Anyway, I subscribe to “your local epidemiologist”, mostly for the covid information. But today I got an ema… --- ## [Questions for classical (byzantine) scholars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-classical-byzantine-scholars/766804)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-classical-byzantine-scholars/766804 "2022-09-23T00:55:26Z")
Empress Theodora is famous for saying “Royal purple makes a fine burial shroud” when faced with fleeing from or standing up to a rebellion. What language was she speaking, and what was the exact quote in that language? … --- ## [Frequent flyer miles expiring - how best to use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequent-flyer-miles-expiring-how-best-to-use/967671)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequent-flyer-miles-expiring-how-best-to-use/967671 "2022-09-22T22:43:09Z")
I’ve got 40,000-ish frequent flyer miles expiring at the end of September. I’m not flying anywhere - not with the new variant spreading! These aren’t enough miles to book a hotel anywhere I’d like to go. The airline (Ame… --- ## [What, for you, is \*the\* defining band of your generation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-for-you-is-the-defining-band-of-your-generation/971525)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-for-you-is-the-defining-band-of-your-generation/971525 "2022-09-22T22:12:51Z")
There’s a Washington Post “perspective” article talking about the timelessness, or something, of The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Which have had a surprising number of hits over their career, and over a surprising number of y… --- ## [Donkey Kong comes to Concord, NH](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donkey-kong-comes-to-concord-nh/972038)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donkey-kong-comes-to-concord-nh/972038 "2022-09-22T21:46:02Z")
I’ll be up that way this weekend; I’ll have to have a look --- ## [How reliable is Uber?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-is-uber/971681)
**Author:** [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-is-uber/971681 "2022-09-22T21:17:11Z")
My GF and I are headed out of town next month. There are various car services that would take us from our home, about 40 miles west of Boston, to Logan Airport. Prices seem to be about $140 each way. Meanwhile, it seems… --- ## [I'm miserable without Dexilant. Tell me about Canadian pharmacies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-miserable-without-dexilant-tell-me-about-canadian-pharmacies/971627)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-miserable-without-dexilant-tell-me-about-canadian-pharmacies/971627 "2022-09-22T20:57:31Z")
Years ago, my gastroenterologist started me on Dexilant because I had stubborn GERD. The drug worked like a charm. As long as I avoided a couple of extra-troublesome things (coffee, raw citrus juice), I was symptom-fre… --- ## [Plug-in Hybrid vs. Carbon Offsets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plug-in-hybrid-vs-carbon-offsets/971906)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plug-in-hybrid-vs-carbon-offsets/971906 "2022-09-22T20:54:46Z")
I’m looking for a new car and was thinking about getting a plug-in hybrid. They’re basically unavailable these days, at least in my area, and the ones on for example, Carvana, are tremendously overpriced. At some point… --- ## [Pronouns and idiot fascists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronouns-and-idiot-fascists/970369)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 509\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronouns-and-idiot-fascists/970369 "2022-09-22T19:56:46Z")
These people keeping taking words and changing the meaning or making them meaningless: “Woke”, “CRT”, etc. etc. the latest assault on the English language is pronouns. My pronouns are: Christian, Patriot, Conservative, b… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1010&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1012&state=tracking)