# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1061&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1062 --- ## [How important to you is military service of a Presidental candidate? {Poll now in OP}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-important-to-you-is-military-service-of-a-presidental-candidate-poll-now-in-op/968439)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2022, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-important-to-you-is-military-service-of-a-presidental-candidate-poll-now-in-op/968439 "2022-07-28T10:10:19Z")
Does it tip the balance from a “lukewarm” candidate to someone who will definitely get your vote? poll --- ## [What's the "critical mass" needed for the D's to nominate someone other than Biden in 2024?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-critical-mass-needed-for-the-ds-to-nominate-someone-other-than-biden-in-2024/968630)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2022, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-critical-mass-needed-for-the-ds-to-nominate-someone-other-than-biden-in-2024/968630 "2022-07-28T10:00:50Z")
A CNN poll shows that 75% of Democrats/blue voters want someone other than Biden to be the 2024 Democratic nominee. That’s an overwhelmingly strong opposition number for a sitting incumbent president. I’m not aware of a… --- ## [Punchlines to Dirty Jokes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-to-dirty-jokes/349762)
**Author:** [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2022, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines-to-dirty-jokes/349762 "2022-07-28T09:32:19Z")
I can think of two punchlines to dirty jokes which have made their way into common, non-“dirty” use: “Don’t make waves.” and “Tonight’s your night in the barrell.” Are there any others? --- ## [Crazy expensive sneakers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-expensive-sneakers/967775)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2022, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-expensive-sneakers/967775 "2022-07-28T09:15:21Z")
Our grandson wants a pair of Air Jordans for his birthday. He took us to a store that sells this stuff. “Grandpa! You can’t get them at Payless!” Silly me. Anyway, I couldn’t believe the price of shoes in the store. $225… --- ## [TomTom GPS and the Black Hole of \[del\]Calcutta\[/del\] Franklin Square](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomtom-gps-and-the-black-hole-of-del-calcutta-del-franklin-square/967673)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2022, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomtom-gps-and-the-black-hole-of-del-calcutta-del-franklin-square/967673 "2022-07-28T05:35:46Z")
We have a TomTom Via 1525M. (Yes, I know, but we’re luddites. I have a smart phone but no data plan; she uses a flip phone; so we still use a TomTom device for GPS). It’s generally reliable in getting us to a specifie… --- ## [Another AI art generator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ai-art-generator/966218)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2022, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ai-art-generator/966218 "2022-07-28T04:56:23Z")
DALL-E is another digital art generator. Type in words and it will create multiple images. It does run slow, but eventually it will come up with images. --- ## [Anyone else sick of Joe Namath insurance TV ads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-sick-of-joe-namath-insurance-tv-ads/926848)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-sick-of-joe-namath-insurance-tv-ads/926848 "2022-07-28T02:41:26Z")
He’s on my TV more than Bloomberg was back when he was running. More then Law and Order reruns. CNN seems to run 3 or more per hour. Maybe he gets paid for every ad that runs like TV show actors. --- ## [Goal of Judaism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goal-of-judaism/968648)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2022, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goal-of-judaism/968648 "2022-07-28T02:21:44Z")
Judaism isn’t a proselytizing religion, so perhaps it should come as little surprise that its adherents number around 14 million, as opposed to the hundreds of millions or even billions claimed by the likes of Islam and… --- ## [Phrases "ruined by people making the obvious stupid joke"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-ruined-by-people-making-the-obvious-stupid-joke/967679)
**Author:** [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2022, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-ruined-by-people-making-the-obvious-stupid-joke/967679 "2022-07-28T02:00:00Z")
In this Dinosaur Comics strip, T-Rex complains that the phrase “a whale of a good time” has been “ruined by people making the obvious stupid joke”: In other words, the phrase started out as a metaphor that could descr… --- ## [Have there been any major polls in the EU about popular support for Ukraine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-major-polls-in-the-eu-about-popular-support-for-ukraine/968430)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2022, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-major-polls-in-the-eu-about-popular-support-for-ukraine/968430 "2022-07-28T01:27:10Z")
One issue that I’m sure the Ukraine government is worrying about is: how strong is popular support for Ukraine in the EU countries? I’ve seen some articles that say the eastern “frontline” countries (Estonia, Latvia, L… --- ## [Why do so many nursery rhymes have tunes that come from marching songs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-nursery-rhymes-have-tunes-that-come-from-marching-songs/968520)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2022, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-nursery-rhymes-have-tunes-that-come-from-marching-songs/968520 "2022-07-28T01:12:14Z")
Something that’s a bit strange, when you think about it, is the fact that many children’s songs have tunes that are ripped off straight from old timey marching songs. Here in the US, civil war songs lend their tunes to a… --- ## [Do Caribbean cruises involve exit and re-entry of the United States (from an immigration standpoint?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-caribbean-cruises-involve-exit-and-re-entry-of-the-united-states-from-an-immigration-standpoint/968598)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2022, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-caribbean-cruises-involve-exit-and-re-entry-of-the-united-states-from-an-immigration-standpoint/968598 "2022-07-28T01:11:03Z")
For any Dopers who’ve done a Caribbean cruise before (which I may this November): Suppose you depart from, say, Florida, and hit up Bahamas and a bunch of other small foreign nations on your cruise, before returning to … --- ## [Why "hand" for direction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hand-for-direction/965400)
**Author:** [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2022, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hand-for-direction/965400 "2022-07-27T23:48:37Z")
You hear it all the time. “Make a right hand turn”. “Look on the left hand side of the screen”. This from full grown adults. I can understand teaching children left from right but is “hand” really necessary? Hell, I’ve e… --- ## [Regular aspirin vs coated aspirin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regular-aspirin-vs-coated-aspirin/968669)
**Author:** [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2022, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regular-aspirin-vs-coated-aspirin/968669 "2022-07-27T23:35:58Z")
I have been taking aspirin (alternating with acetaminophen) for chronic pain. A good friend recommended switching to coated aspirin since regular aspirin can be hard on the stomach. OK, so sometimes I take coated aspir… --- ## [Does anybody know of any good quality Socket wrenches without the flippy-bar direction thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-know-of-any-good-quality-socket-wrenches-without-the-flippy-bar-direction-thing/968486)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2022, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-know-of-any-good-quality-socket-wrenches-without-the-flippy-bar-direction-thing/968486 "2022-07-27T23:05:57Z")
I hate the flippy bar so much. example here: Every time I try to work in close spaces the stupid bar gets caught by a sticking-out hose and triggered to Neutral so I have to try to cram my other hand into the tight sp… --- ## [Long-term prognosis for dogs with Puppy Strangles (Juvenile Cellulitis)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-term-prognosis-for-dogs-with-puppy-strangles-juvenile-cellulitis/811810)
**Author:** [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-term-prognosis-for-dogs-with-puppy-strangles-juvenile-cellulitis/811810 "2022-07-27T22:41:43Z")
I was planning on welcoming a new puppy home, and I recently learned that she was diagnosed with Puppy Strangles (Juvenile Cellulitis). I’ve researched the condition as best I can since learning of the diagnosis, and muc… --- ## ["People's Call Center": anyone watching?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peoples-call-center-anyone-watching/968620)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peoples-call-center-anyone-watching/968620 "2022-07-27T21:54:33Z")
Some of the best scambaiting dudes in the world have set up a location where they are meeting for a few days this week to pursue their favorite activity – tormenting the crooks who steal money from innocent victims. The… --- ## [What was the dumbest/worst "Updating Old Brand for the 21st Century!" ad campaign you saw?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-dumbest-worst-updating-old-brand-for-the-21st-century-ad-campaign-you-saw/968633)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2022, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-dumbest-worst-updating-old-brand-for-the-21st-century-ad-campaign-you-saw/968633 "2022-07-27T21:40:11Z")
Not just within the last 22 years by the way, as the 90s also saw plenty of “We have to update this character from the 1920s to fit into the 1990s!” Basically any example of a company with an old mascot or brand identit… --- ## [European heat wave and air conditoning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-heat-wave-and-air-conditoning/968293)
**Author:** [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-heat-wave-and-air-conditoning/968293 "2022-07-27T21:23:40Z")
I read that fewer than 5% of British households have air conditioning of any sort. The reason given is that it simply isn’t needed under most circumstances. Central air conditioning aside, I’m curious, though, about si… --- ## [What do you think of this argument for the existence of God?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-this-argument-for-the-existence-of-god/968414)
**Author:** [@SmartBulbInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartBulbInc)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-this-argument-for-the-existence-of-god/968414 "2022-07-27T20:17:35Z")
I am very interested in philosophical arguments for various different important philosophical questions. Instead of relying on previously existing arguments, I as a loose-hobby make up my own. The following is a unique a… --- ## [Making a mark on rubber](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-mark-on-rubber/968419)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-mark-on-rubber/968419 "2022-07-27T19:56:50Z")
I still have tubed tires on my bike. When I get a flat, I patch the tube. Finding the hole is no problem, but keeping track of it is. What can I use to mark the rubber tube? I tried crayon, but that doesn’t work. Will a … --- ## [Anyone in the DC area want ~10 pounds of dry cat food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-the-dc-area-want-10-pounds-of-dry-cat-food/966273)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-the-dc-area-want-10-pounds-of-dry-cat-food/966273 "2022-07-27T19:48:25Z")
As mentioned elsewhere, our elderly cat will make his last trip to the vet on 9 July. Our other kittehs aren’t supposed to eat his food so that will leave us with about half of a 20 pound bag of Purina Cat Chow Complete. … --- ## [Star Trek: Voyager S6E11, “Fair Haven”: At which point did Janeway go too far?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-voyager-s6e11-fair-haven-at-which-point-did-janeway-go-too-far/968562)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2022, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-voyager-s6e11-fair-haven-at-which-point-did-janeway-go-too-far/968562 "2022-07-27T19:30:44Z")
Continuing the discussion from Polls only: No discussion: In this episode, Tom Paris has created a holodeck scenario involving an idealized 19th-century Irish village. Captain Janeway meets an interesting man there, a b… --- ## [Is there a point at which violence is the only way to enact change and defend one’s self? How does one recognize that point?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-point-at-which-violence-is-the-only-way-to-enact-change-and-defend-one-s-self-how-does-one-recognize-that-point/967922)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-point-at-which-violence-is-the-only-way-to-enact-change-and-defend-one-s-self-how-does-one-recognize-that-point/967922 "2022-07-27T19:04:11Z")
I’m on record as being skeptical of the wisdom of the left rising up with guns and assassinating the twenty people behind climate change and actually factually rioting, mostly because I just don’t think it’ll work. But a… --- ## [PSA for NYC residents about what to do in case of a nuclear attack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psa-for-nyc-residents-about-what-to-do-in-case-of-a-nuclear-attack/967914)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psa-for-nyc-residents-about-what-to-do-in-case-of-a-nuclear-attack/967914 "2022-07-27T18:13:09Z")
This is insane. The city would be GONE, as would most of the people in it. I’m surprised they didn’t say things like what “they” were telling us to do in the 1980s, like dig a hole, put a door over it, and cover it w… --- ## [Second Trump Term - A Primer on Schedule F and How it will Reshape Our Government](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-trump-term-a-primer-on-schedule-f-and-how-it-will-reshape-our-government/968410)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-trump-term-a-primer-on-schedule-f-and-how-it-will-reshape-our-government/968410 "2022-07-27T16:59:44Z")
During Trump’s final months in office, he signed an executive order titled Executive Order on Creating Schedule F In The Excepted Service. The full text of the EO can be found by Googling the search term, ‘text Trump Sc… --- ## [Advice for buying an MP3 player](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-buying-an-mp3-player/968494)
**Author:** [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-buying-an-mp3-player/968494 "2022-07-27T16:53:35Z")
I’ll start off by saying that I’ll be happy with either an app for my Android phone, OR a physical MP3 playing device. Most ads for MP3 players seem geared for people who want access to thousands of songs, the ability t… --- ## [Soliciting economic predictions in FQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soliciting-economic-predictions-in-fq/968624)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soliciting-economic-predictions-in-fq/968624 "2022-07-27T15:53:52Z")
OP is “Looking for models / analysis / predictions published in peer reviewed journals about the economic / political state of the world as we move away from fossil fuels.” Whether such papers exist and where to find t… --- ## [Is there any evidence that eating food reheated in a microwave is harmful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-evidence-that-eating-food-reheated-in-a-microwave-is-harmful/968631)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-evidence-that-eating-food-reheated-in-a-microwave-is-harmful/968631 "2022-07-27T15:46:34Z")
My spouse is trying to convince me that reheating food in a microwave is unhealthy or harmful. Is there any evidence that this is true? Thanks, J. --- ## [I have been watching a lot of Jai-Ali lately](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-watching-a-lot-of-jai-ali-lately/968583)
**Author:** [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-watching-a-lot-of-jai-ali-lately/968583 "2022-07-27T15:13:28Z")
I have been watching a lot of free Jai-Ali on YouTube and also the Jai-Ali Network. I would never bet on it but it is fun to watch. At first I thought it was a pretty simplistic game and on the surface it is. But then I… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1060&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1062&state=muted)