# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1028 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1029 --- ## [Preferred Ringo song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-ringo-song/969509)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2022, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-ringo-song/969509 "2022-08-13T02:10:37Z")
Ringo got sole writing credit for two Beatles songs: Don’t Pass Me By (The White Album) & Octopus’ Garden (Abbey Road). Which composition do you prefer? (Poll below.) poll --- ## [Take the Colbert Questionnert!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-colbert-questionnert/969345)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-colbert-questionnert/969345 "2022-08-12T23:13:52Z")
Stephen Colbert does a thing with some guests where he asks them fifteen questions meant to truly reveal their personality. You, too, should take the Colbert Questionnert. Here are the questions: What is the best san… --- ## [Does the cancel culture need to extend this far?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-cancel-culture-need-to-extend-this-far/969311)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-cancel-culture-need-to-extend-this-far/969311 "2022-08-12T23:05:35Z")
Longtime assistant football coach at University of Oklahoma resigned recently for apparently saying the N-word aloud when reading it from a player’s Ipad who was supposed to be taking notes during film study. Former p… --- ## [Now in the pit: Someone tried to shoot up an FBI office in Cincy {2022-08-11}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-in-the-pit-someone-tried-to-shoot-up-an-fbi-office-in-cincy-2022-08-11/969504)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-in-the-pit-someone-tried-to-shoot-up-an-fbi-office-in-cincy-2022-08-11/969504 "2022-08-12T21:31:50Z")
Story here: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/08/11/us/fbi-cincinnati-shooting-news I’ll see if I can find some other sources. Apparently, the shooter is dressed in body armor. He tried to get past security at the FB… --- ## [Cops threatening a business with a search warrant ! (Is it common practice in reality or just on TV shows ?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-threatening-a-business-with-a-search-warrant-is-it-common-practice-in-reality-or-just-on-tv-shows/969532)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-threatening-a-business-with-a-search-warrant-is-it-common-practice-in-reality-or-just-on-tv-shows/969532 "2022-08-12T20:19:18Z")
A lot of times in crime shows like Law and Order, the detectives would go to a business and ask them some information related to a crime. If the business refuses to divulge the information, the detectives would threaten … --- ## [The Raspberries: Wally Bryson's Gibson Double-Neck Guitar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-raspberries-wally-brysons-gibson-double-neck-guitar/969505)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-raspberries-wally-brysons-gibson-double-neck-guitar/969505 "2022-08-12T19:39:08Z")
I’m old, so I’ve seen a lot of guitarists (from Jimmy Page to Rick Nielsen to whoever) pull out a double-neck guitar during a live show. But do any bands other than The Raspberries use a double-neck guitar as consistent… --- ## [Could you have saved a ton of people on the Titanic if you brought a bunch of inner-tubes/inflatable rings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-have-saved-a-ton-of-people-on-the-titanic-if-you-brought-a-bunch-of-inner-tubes-inflatable-rings/969341)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-have-saved-a-ton-of-people-on-the-titanic-if-you-brought-a-bunch-of-inner-tubes-inflatable-rings/969341 "2022-08-12T19:02:02Z")
Weird shower thought I had. I know the Titanic had traditional lifesavers on board but those are intended for you to hold onto while still being in the water, which meant anyone who used them would have died from hypoth… --- ## [Ask the guy who got the monkey pox vaccine!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-got-the-monkey-pox-vaccine/969446)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-got-the-monkey-pox-vaccine/969446 "2022-08-12T17:40:45Z")
Mods, wasn’t sure if this belongs here or QZ. I’m thinking this will be a short thread. The monkey pox vaccine was given to me on Sunday, August 7 at 1700, 5 PM. I do fit the criteria for the vaccine as a man who has se… --- ## [Where do you look when walking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-look-when-walking/969198)
**Author:** [@Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-look-when-walking/969198 "2022-08-12T17:03:07Z")
When I’m out walking I usually look at the ground about 12-20 feet in front of me. I don’t do it for any reason in particular; it’s just my default way of walking. But recently I’ve started wondering if maybe I ought to… --- ## [Can teachers unionise in the United States? Can they go on strike?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-teachers-unionise-in-the-united-states-can-they-go-on-strike/969167)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-teachers-unionise-in-the-united-states-can-they-go-on-strike/969167 "2022-08-12T16:52:48Z")
This is a fork from the thread on teacher shortage. I didn’t want to hijack it. Can teachers form unions in the US? Can they go on strike? Because some of the issues raised in that thread, like teachers having to buy… --- ## [Where to complain about moderation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-complain-about-moderation/969243)
**Author:** [@EDOK9Trainer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EDOK9Trainer)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-complain-about-moderation/969243 "2022-08-12T16:13:23Z")
Not sure what ATMB is as I find this site very confusing. And I believe I responded to an email with the response and I don’t know if it clearly showed a mod was responding to me or not. In here on the site it is more … --- ## [Salman Rushdie attacked in New York (breaking: no idea of his condition)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salman-rushdie-attacked-in-new-york-breaking-no-idea-of-his-condition/969562)
**Author:** [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salman-rushdie-attacked-in-new-york-breaking-no-idea-of-his-condition/969562 "2022-08-12T15:52:16Z")
This does not sound great at all. potential stabbing on stage Fingers crossed for the big guy! --- ## [Has the colonoscopy dietary change window shortened?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-colonoscopy-dietary-change-window-shortened/969483)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-colonoscopy-dietary-change-window-shortened/969483 "2022-08-12T15:39:06Z")
Memory is a funny thing, but I seem to recall that when I had my first one 11 years ago, there was about a five-day window for dietary changes, leading up to the day before the procedure, when you were only to have clear… --- ## [Do you support the FBI search at Mar-A-Lago?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-support-the-fbi-search-at-mar-a-lago/969439)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-support-the-fbi-search-at-mar-a-lago/969439 "2022-08-12T15:36:56Z")
Let’s see how the SDMB feels about this news event. Feel free to civilly discuss after voting. poll --- ## [Abnormal, non-Euclidean, and loathsome geometries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abnormal-non-euclidean-and-loathsome-geometries/969561)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abnormal-non-euclidean-and-loathsome-geometries/969561 "2022-08-12T15:14:44Z")
There were quite a few geometry visualizations, tools, and games developed in the 1990s, including at the University of Minnesota Geometry Center http://www.geom.uiuc.edu as well as by random developers who simply felt… --- ## [Slow speed steering on a Sea-Doo PWC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-speed-steering-on-a-sea-doo-pwc/969453)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-speed-steering-on-a-sea-doo-pwc/969453 "2022-08-12T14:54:24Z")
I own a Sea-Doo SPARK TRIXX 2 UP that I love to ride. It’s incredibly lightweight, has a 90 HP engine, and I can quickly get it up to 50 MPH on relatively flat water. I live in a house with a dock on a canal, off a priva… --- ## [When you hear, "Where Is Everybody?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-where-is-everybody/969514)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-where-is-everybody/969514 "2022-08-12T14:03:08Z")
Do you think of Enrico Fermi or The Twilight Zone? --- ## [Where Did The Belief That Asian Women Are 'Sideways' Originate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-belief-that-asian-women-are-sideways-originate/232527)
**Author:** [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-belief-that-asian-women-are-sideways-originate/232527 "2022-08-12T13:18:40Z")
We’ve all heard the “Why, you play the harmonica?” joke, but where did the notion that Asian women’s vaginas are oriented ‘sideways’ originate? What would have caused someone to believe this?? Thanks. --- ## [Why is the president not notified of hugely important FBI investigations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-president-not-notified-of-hugely-important-fbi-investigations/969426)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-president-not-notified-of-hugely-important-fbi-investigations/969426 "2022-08-12T08:46:25Z")
In this article about Trump’s house being searched, it says that , as standard procedure, the White House is given no knowledge of such issues.He gives the example of a major FBI investigation of Chinese spying, which G… --- ## [Trendy buzzwords that you wish you could just blow up into smithereens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 270\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-buzzwords-that-you-wish-you-could-just-blow-up-into-smithereens/749223 "2022-08-12T07:38:30Z")
Doesn’t necessarily have to be slang (Goat forbid, then, that they’ve entered our lexicon!) proactive is it what it is empowerment self-starter bromance run it up the flagpole vacay staycation bae feels like th… --- ## [Anthem Video Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthem-video-game/825637)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthem-video-game/825637 "2022-08-12T04:24:04Z")
A buddy of mine recently got an invite to play the alpha of Anthem. Since I hadn’t heard anything about the game before, I hopped on YouTube and…whoa (Keanu Reeves). It’s an open world game. Not sure what the entire back… --- ## [Trainstation 2 - a fun mobile app of acquiring and dispatching trains](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trainstation-2-a-fun-mobile-app-of-acquiring-and-dispatching-trains/969529)
**Author:** [@jadielyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jadielyn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trainstation-2-a-fun-mobile-app-of-acquiring-and-dispatching-trains/969529 "2022-08-12T04:09:52Z")
If anyone fondly remembers the days of model railroads is looking for a new mobile time-waster, this free-to-play Android/iOS app is worth considering. Basic gameplay is dispatching trains to gather materials and delive… --- ## [How Can We Address Climate Change Besides Limiting Emissions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-address-climate-change-besides-limiting-emissions/968265)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 229\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-address-climate-change-besides-limiting-emissions/968265 "2022-08-12T02:45:50Z")
From where I sit, eliminating emissions is only half of the equation when it comes to fighting climate change. If we all stopped burning fossil fuels tomorrow, all that CO2 would still be in the atmosphere, and would rem… --- ## [Microsoft Edge has left the building](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-edge-has-left-the-building/969461)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-edge-has-left-the-building/969461 "2022-08-12T01:41:06Z")
My new laptop did an update, and now Edge is gone. The icons are there, but it won’t open. Can anyone give me a not super technical reason and fix? --- ## [Taking the 5th amendment...is there any restriction to it or can you claim it for all questions asked of you in a legal process?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-the-5th-amendment-is-there-any-restriction-to-it-or-can-you-claim-it-for-all-questions-asked-of-you-in-a-legal-process/969523)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-the-5th-amendment-is-there-any-restriction-to-it-or-can-you-claim-it-for-all-questions-asked-of-you-in-a-legal-process/969523 "2022-08-12T01:31:23Z")
President Trump recently took the Fifth Amendment 440 times in a legal proceeding. That is for context only. I mean for this to be a question for FQ. My question is, is there a downside to taking the fifth or should e… --- ## [Should I take money from 401(k) or take cash advance from credit card?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-money-from-401-k-or-take-cash-advance-from-credit-card/969405)
**Author:** [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-money-from-401-k-or-take-cash-advance-from-credit-card/969405 "2022-08-11T23:29:18Z")
I’m in a bit of a financial bind now, having been unemployed for over a year. Severance has run out and unemployment has run out. I have two main options for paying my mortgage next month - draw money from my 401k or a c… --- ## [Global warning prediction, 110 years ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warning-prediction-110-years-ago/969496)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warning-prediction-110-years-ago/969496 "2022-08-11T23:12:02Z")
See this from New Zealand: Notice that those amounts are in billions (American style billions) of tons. --- ## [Thoughts About Insulation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-about-insulation/969486)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-about-insulation/969486 "2022-08-11T23:18:04Z")
Ok. It will be a miracle if I can post this coherently… My house has a hip roof, so it slopes up on all 4 sides. The main part of the attic is a finished room. So this creates sort of a cube inside a pyramid. There is a… --- ## [Inflation is not currently a menace](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflation-is-not-currently-a-menace/955738)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 276\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflation-is-not-currently-a-menace/955738 "2022-08-11T22:19:16Z")
I’ll take the initiative to restart Kropotkin’s thread on inflation. I can think of only one thing to say about the article. Duh. Inflation can be an economic problem, and has been a few times in American history. How… --- ## [What did I see in the sky yesterday night at 00:15 local time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-i-see-in-the-sky-yesterday-night-at-00-15-local-time/969500)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-i-see-in-the-sky-yesterday-night-at-00-15-local-time/969500 "2022-08-11T20:41:39Z")
I went out on our balcony shortly after midnight, 00:15 local time. I looked south, and that is what I saw: \[Album\] stars … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1027) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1029)