# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1047&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1048 --- ## [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 … --- ## [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… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1046&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1048&state=watching)