# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1047&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1048 --- ## [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 … --- ## [Is $15 now the standard minimum wage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-15-now-the-standard-minimum-wage/969207)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-15-now-the-standard-minimum-wage/969207 "2022-08-11T18:46:39Z")
I keep seeing signs at all the fast food places :“now hiring— $15” This is double the pre-covid wages. Obviously the companies didn’t decide just from the goodness of their hearts to raise the pay. They got desperate f… --- ## [Would this approach make a viable book or film?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-approach-make-a-viable-book-or-film/969473)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-approach-make-a-viable-book-or-film/969473 "2022-08-11T17:26:35Z")
Intro: I’m a keen roleplayer (AD+D) :nerd\_face:, but sadly have had no face-to-face games since the Pandemic. Fortunately I’ve kept up with one player from my long-running group using Skype. I’ve also started DMing a … --- ## [Need a flat outdoor surface 20 inch X 26 inch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-flat-outdoor-surface-20-inch-x-26-inch/969387)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-flat-outdoor-surface-20-inch-x-26-inch/969387 "2022-08-11T16:16:29Z")
I’m currently using a piece of plywood to cover a shallow trough and setting flower pots on it; like a small table top. The weather has taken a toll on this piece of wood so I’d like to replace it. Its 20 X 26inch recta… --- ## [Bottle refund?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottle-refund/969382)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottle-refund/969382 "2022-08-11T15:39:54Z")
I was looking at the back of my soda bottle, and saw the Recycle symbol, and underneath was CA CRV and then list of states that offer 5 or 10 cent refund. Since I’ve never seen Walmart, Aldi’s, Save a lot redeem bottles … --- ## [Immunity after getting COVID should fulfill vaccine requirements](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immunity-after-getting-covid-should-fulfill-vaccine-requirements/958258)
**Author:** [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Replies:** 494\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immunity-after-getting-covid-should-fulfill-vaccine-requirements/958258 "2022-08-11T15:07:23Z")
Topic says it all. This was derailing another thread so I started a new one. I don’t think natural immunity is better than vaccines. I am not promoting COVID parties I think people should get vaccinated I think it s… --- ## [Old TV advertisements for compilation albums](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-advertisements-for-compilation-albums/942126)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-advertisements-for-compilation-albums/942126 "2022-08-11T14:03:42Z")
Lately I’ve been hooked on watching old TV commercials advertising compilation albums with songs by various artists. There was one called Cool Rock that was advertised so extensively in the mid 1990s, I was eventually a… --- ## [Life Changing Decisions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-changing-decisions/969380)
**Author:** [@pinkypromise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkypromise)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-changing-decisions/969380 "2022-08-11T13:37:55Z")
:speech\_balloon:What is the one thing you would have done differently that would have changed your path in life? --- ## [Could Trump actually run and win in 2024?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-trump-actually-run-and-win-in-2024/940736)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 246\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-trump-actually-run-and-win-in-2024/940736 "2022-08-11T13:34:12Z")
My biggest fear is that despite everything Trump has done-- inciting the Capitol Riots is foremost on my mind, given that I was just re-reading the 1/6 thread-- he could still run and win in 2024. Someone quell my fears… --- ## [Cracker Barrel adds Impossible Sausage to their menu, conservatives lose their minds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrel-adds-impossible-sausage-to-their-menu-conservatives-lose-their-minds/969101)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 276\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrel-adds-impossible-sausage-to-their-menu-conservatives-lose-their-minds/969101 "2022-08-11T13:32:29Z")
Cracker Barrel has decided to add Impossible Sausage to their menu. Conservatives are not happy. How dare they provide options to people!!! :grin: “Don’t you ever try to push that crap in my direction. Stick to the ba… --- ## [Howzabout a Feud?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howzabout-a-feud/968649)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howzabout-a-feud/968649 "2022-08-11T11:50:35Z")
Object of the game: Give the most popular answer for each category. You want to match the other people in the game. Rules: DO NOT READ THIS THREAD BEFORE YOU POST YOUR ANSWERS , lest you see the other answers. Scroll … --- ## [Effect of a magical increase in Earth's mass on Moon's orbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effect-of-a-magical-increase-in-earths-mass-on-moons-orbit/969290)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effect-of-a-magical-increase-in-earths-mass-on-moons-orbit/969290 "2022-08-11T10:43:21Z")
Some technobabble handwavium process increases Earth’s mass by a significant amount - say 5% - by, I dunno, teleporting basalt here from the basalt dimension. The process doesn’t affect the Moon, other than by changing i… --- ## [Mrs. (H)arris Goes to Paris](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-h-arris-goes-to-paris/969416)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-h-arris-goes-to-paris/969416 "2022-08-11T09:49:47Z")
The novel has been continuously on my A-list since I first read it as a teenager, so I can’t help holding the recent movie to a pretty high standard. Oh, it was an all right movie in and of itself; certainly better than… --- ## [How dependent are we on surgical masks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dependent-are-we-on-surgical-masks/969367)
**Author:** [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dependent-are-we-on-surgical-masks/969367 "2022-08-11T06:02:56Z")
My cousin is anti-vax, and apparently anti-mask. He heard that surgical masks “don’t do anything”, meaning they don’t even filter the droplets in our breath—the droplets pass right through the filter element. I know this… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1046&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1048&state=tracking)