# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1065 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1066 --- ## [Is the universe old or young?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-universe-old-or-young/963334)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 317\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-universe-old-or-young/963334 "2022-07-05T16:41:48Z")
Obviously the answer to this question is “We don’t know”. But where’s the fun in that?! We may as well speculate. The universe is old The formation of new galaxies peaked billions of years ago. And star formation seem… --- ## [Getting a gas dryer connected -- all done, but no heat (dryer is mechanically fine)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-gas-dryer-connected-all-done-but-no-heat-dryer-is-mechanically-fine/966860)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-gas-dryer-connected-all-done-but-no-heat-dryer-is-mechanically-fine/966860 "2022-07-05T16:16:09Z")
The house was very helpful with my shower plumbing issue last summer. It’s now time for what I hope will be a much simpler fix. Long story short: Our 50-something year old home needed some of the original gas cocks repl… --- ## [Do We Have Any Idea What Might Happen When The Human Brain Reaches Its "Memory Limit?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-any-idea-what-might-happen-when-the-human-brain-reaches-its-memory-limit/967273)
**Author:** [@SmartBulbInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartBulbInc)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-any-idea-what-might-happen-when-the-human-brain-reaches-its-memory-limit/967273 "2022-07-05T16:07:16Z")
I have been thinking about this for quite some time. Apparently, according to some research, the human brain has an estimated total memory of around 2.5 petybites. This is not much of a issue right now, for that is more … --- ## [What Is The Largest Animal That Lacks A Tongue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-animal-that-lacks-a-tongue/967319)
**Author:** [@SmartBulbInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartBulbInc)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-animal-that-lacks-a-tongue/967319 "2022-07-05T13:05:09Z")
My little brother asked me this recently. I did not know the answer. For the sake of posterity, let’s assume that we are referring exclusively to organisms in the animalia family that are not microscopic. --- ## [Why are people following me on TikTok?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-following-me-on-tiktok/967357)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-following-me-on-tiktok/967357 "2022-07-05T12:09:36Z")
I’m fairly new to TikTok. I don’t post videos but I will occasionally comment. And my comments are typically nothing noteworthy. Yet people are following me. I’m guessing money is involved somehow. But what’s the gig? --- ## [What memes or bumper stickers actually make a good point?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-memes-or-bumper-stickers-actually-make-a-good-point/964879)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2022, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-memes-or-bumper-stickers-actually-make-a-good-point/964879 "2022-07-05T11:58:03Z")
I have no bumper stickers on my car, I do not read or post to Twitter. This is because I feel it’s very unlikely that any actual wisdom can be expressed in so few words. There is always context that goes beyond the pithy… --- ## [Why don't we snore when awake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-snore-when-awake/967317)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2022, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-snore-when-awake/967317 "2022-07-05T10:53:36Z")
I am a snorer. I snore so loudly that when I am camping I choose to go to the opposite side of the campside/cave because I have been told I snore. But I am also an insomniac. I often spend hours in a state not unlike sl… --- ## [Capitol Towers fire in Moscow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capitol-towers-fire-in-moscow/967374)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2022, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capitol-towers-fire-in-moscow/967374 "2022-07-05T09:31:30Z")
Damn, the video brings back some bad memories. Accident or sabotage? https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1543676523747676162?t=EV2XRicRBQW\_ZgQgXhpI7A&s=19 --- ## [We got ripped off so no fireworks show for us this year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-ripped-off-so-no-fireworks-show-for-us-this-year/967428)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2022, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-ripped-off-so-no-fireworks-show-for-us-this-year/967428 "2022-07-05T07:35:27Z")
sad thing is if you lived here this wouldn’t surprise you at all --- ## [Simple plumbing question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-plumbing-question/967302)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2022, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-plumbing-question/967302 "2022-07-05T05:36:28Z")
The hot water hook up for my stacked washer dryer developed a dripping leak. I can get someone in to look at fixing it, not till after the holiday weekend, but that’s not a problem. It’s shut off now, no dripping. My qu… --- ## [Why does the background color on my computer screen keep changing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-background-color-on-my-computer-screen-keep-changing/967321)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2022, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-background-color-on-my-computer-screen-keep-changing/967321 "2022-07-05T01:57:39Z")
I have a Samsung flat-screen monitor, age unknown, and just in the past few days, it’s been doing this. TBH, I have a feeling that my cat bumped something (it’s happened before) but I can’t seem to fix it. Maybe nothin… --- ## [Well, my, my, my: Lt Joe Kenda returns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-my-my-lt-joe-kenda-returns/967418)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2022, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-my-my-lt-joe-kenda-returns/967418 "2022-07-05T00:04:34Z")
Joe Kenda is back on TV with new episodes! First one is at 8 Eastern tonight! https://tvmeg.news/index.php/tag/homicide-hunter-hot-on-the-trail/ --- ## ["A Partial List of Mass Shootings in 2022" (so far)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-partial-list-of-mass-shootings-in-2022-so-far/967424)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2022, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-partial-list-of-mass-shootings-in-2022-so-far/967424 "2022-07-04T23:54:18Z")
(Gift link) The Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit research group that tracks gun violence using police reports, news coverage and other public sources, defines a mass shooting as one in which at least four people wer… --- ## [Lightweight personal CRM / project management software for citizen participation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightweight-personal-crm-project-management-software-for-citizen-participation/966856)
**Author:** [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightweight-personal-crm-project-management-software-for-citizen-participation/966856 "2022-07-04T23:42:47Z")
I have a handful of causes for which I send a few emails a month. The turnaround time for anything involving a government agency though is typically glacial, and I will absolutely forget who I mailed about what when and… --- ## [Help finding old thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-old-thread/967360)
**Author:** [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2022, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-old-thread/967360 "2022-07-04T23:35:12Z")
I’m almost sure this was on the Dope but I’m having no luck finding it. Thread about bars saving leftover drinks in a large container and then selling it for cheap. --- ## [That one album you love from a certain artist ...the rest, eh, not so much](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-album-you-love-from-a-certain-artist-the-rest-eh-not-so-much/967118)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2022, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-album-you-love-from-a-certain-artist-the-rest-eh-not-so-much/967118 "2022-07-04T21:20:44Z")
Vaguely related to the Where do you start when a Singer has dozens of Albums? thread…I didn’t post in that because by the time I got there I thought the general question had already been answered well enough and didn’t r… --- ## [Biden now least popular president of all time, including Trump {Not Accurate, see below}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-now-least-popular-president-of-all-time-including-trump-not-accurate-see-below/966117)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-now-least-popular-president-of-all-time-including-trump-not-accurate-see-below/966117 "2022-07-04T21:14:58Z")
At least as far back as tracked by fivethirtyeight And has been for about 3 weeks now. Granted, only by a single point more or less, but that’s the same amount he’s been “winning” by for the last 6 months. I’m think… --- ## [We're all in the mood for a melody](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 624\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851 "2022-07-04T21:12:11Z")
Post just ONE song that you want people to hear right now: (You can post another tomorrow and another day after that…) --- ## [Perfect memory...at a high price](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-memory-at-a-high-price/967276)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-memory-at-a-high-price/967276 "2022-07-04T20:55:44Z")
Premise: A new process allows you to have a perfect memory…but only for a period of forty years. You remember everything for the last forty years, but all names, faces, books, movies and music is wiped from before then… --- ## [What Is The Closest Non-Mammal Relative To Humans That Is Still Alive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-closest-non-mammal-relative-to-humans-that-is-still-alive/967362)
**Author:** [@SmartBulbInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartBulbInc)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-closest-non-mammal-relative-to-humans-that-is-still-alive/967362 "2022-07-04T20:38:13Z")
When we think about “human relative” we almost always think of the great apes, monkeys, or small rodents. However, because all life on earth is biologically related (no matter how distant) it than stands to reason that h… --- ## [Can anyone tell me why many in Washington at the time had the "comic opera" views of the Falklands Crisis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-tell-me-why-many-in-washington-at-the-time-had-the-comic-opera-views-of-the-falklands-crisis/966817)
**Author:** [@cannonkuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cannonkuo)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-tell-me-why-many-in-washington-at-the-time-had-the-comic-opera-views-of-the-falklands-crisis/966817 "2022-07-04T20:08:50Z")
In the view of David Gompert, Eagleburger’s deputy, this approach contrasted sharply with the “comic opera” (a Gilbert and Sullivan episode) views many in Washington had of the Falklands crisis at that time. (Source: Do… --- ## [$8 an inch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-an-inch/966789)
**Author:** [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-an-inch/966789 "2022-07-04T18:04:56Z")
Sold a framed picture on Ebay. I bought a box from U-Haul to ship the picture, it is marked as 37" long, that is what I put in the listing. The picture sold and I was paid. I printed a shipping label and dropped it off a… --- ## [Goodbye cruel world! I've eaten an expired Altoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-cruel-world-ive-eaten-an-expired-altoid/449784)
**Author:** [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-cruel-world-ive-eaten-an-expired-altoid/449784 "2022-07-04T17:05:28Z")
I was looking in the cupboard for something when I came across a tin of Altoids mints. I can’t remember the last time I bought Altoids, and I have no idea what they were doing there. I popped one in my mouth and offered … --- ## [Small armpit growth (don't need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-armpit-growth-dont-need-answer-fast/967108)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-armpit-growth-dont-need-answer-fast/967108 "2022-07-04T16:33:24Z")
Firstly I have made an appointment to see a doctor - this thread is just to ‘tide me over’ until I see them. So I have a growth in my armpit. It’s a small reddish bulb on a tiny stalk (if that makes sense.) No pain - a… --- ## [Poker variants you like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-variants-you-like/967274)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-variants-you-like/967274 "2022-07-04T16:02:08Z")
When my friends get together and we play poker we like to play “dealer’s choice.” It’s very low stakes, $5 buy-ins, we’re mostly just there to hang out, and because of this, we like to play different games, or even make … --- ## [What exactly is a 'poke-cherry'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-poke-cherry/967089)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-poke-cherry/967089 "2022-07-04T15:22:41Z")
I read the term ‘poke-cherry juice’ in a passage dating from the US Civil War or around that time. I hadn’t seen the term before. Is it a certain species of cherry or an ordinary cherry prepared in a certain way. I could… --- ## [China: Friend Or Foe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-friend-or-foe/965081)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-friend-or-foe/965081 "2022-07-04T15:16:27Z")
Something that at least I have literally wondered about for years. Is China our (i.e., the US’s) friend or foe? You have to admit we have an unusual relation with China now. Richard Nixon opened up China to us in 1972. H… --- ## [Unusually competent phishing attempt (PayPal)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusually-competent-phishing-attempt-paypal/965519)
**Author:** [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusually-competent-phishing-attempt-paypal/965519 "2022-07-04T14:13:05Z")
As I’m sure is true of most of you, I get multiple phishing/scam emails per day, most of them laughably crude that end up in the spam folder. This one was pretty good and made it past gmail’s filter. The return address … --- ## [A question that should be asked of every politician](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-that-should-be-asked-of-every-politician/967363)
**Author:** [@civilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/civilis)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-that-should-be-asked-of-every-politician/967363 "2022-07-04T14:10:16Z")
What would take precedence in your advocacy as a representative, your country, or your constituency? --- ## [Profanity in the news media](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profanity-in-the-news-media/966225)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profanity-in-the-news-media/966225 "2022-07-04T13:23:34Z")
I’m sure you’ve seen the quote from Bill Barr, former attorney general under Trump, commenting on the conspiracy theories being floated by the administration to explain Trump’s loss in the election: “The claims of fraud … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1064) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1066)