# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1088 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1089 --- ## [Lift risk of four foot square table on roof rack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lift-risk-of-four-foot-square-table-on-roof-rack/965891)
**Author:** [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2022, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lift-risk-of-four-foot-square-table-on-roof-rack/965891 "2022-06-10T11:37:12Z")
Question mostly in the title. Looking to transport a 48" square folding table on my roof rack with crossbeams a total of about 400 miles, ideally at 70 MPH (speed limit most of the drive). I’ve got four ratcheting tiedow… --- ## [Golden Buzzer: From The Audience to The Stage, Maddie Shocks The Judges With Her Voice | AGT 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-buzzer-from-the-audience-to-the-stage-maddie-shocks-the-judges-with-her-voice-agt-2022/965960)
**Author:** [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2022, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-buzzer-from-the-audience-to-the-stage-maddie-shocks-the-judges-with-her-voice-agt-2022/965960 "2022-06-10T10:39:45Z")
Happened across this. Skeptical me is\[n’t\] 100% convinced this \[is\] completely true, but it’s good to share something good in these times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo\_frfPIgC4 If you’re not in tears at the end, … --- ## [Starlink in Prince Edward County, VA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starlink-in-prince-edward-county-va/965958)
**Author:** [@n5tp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/n5tp)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2022, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starlink-in-prince-edward-county-va/965958 "2022-06-10T09:50:05Z")
Does anyone know of a reputable Starlink installer in the Prince Edward County, VA area? TIA --- ## [Lying down with dogs, getting up with fleas (not about dogs or fleas)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lying-down-with-dogs-getting-up-with-fleas-not-about-dogs-or-fleas/965926)
**Author:** [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2022, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lying-down-with-dogs-getting-up-with-fleas-not-about-dogs-or-fleas/965926 "2022-06-10T05:31:09Z")
Are there opinions you feel you can’t support not because they are wrong, but because of the people you would have to join forces with? For me personally, it’s about transgender sports. I believe that people who mature … --- ## [To what extent could the top chess players in the world be theoretically dominated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-extent-could-the-top-chess-players-in-the-world-be-theoretically-dominated/965890)
**Author:** [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2022, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-extent-could-the-top-chess-players-in-the-world-be-theoretically-dominated/965890 "2022-06-10T03:03:03Z")
I assume that in theory it would be possible for a player to reach the point where he could never lose any game. That no matter how good his opponent, it would just result in a stalemate. In theory. My question is how cl… --- ## [Black Adam Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-adam-trailer/965881)
**Author:** [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2022, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-adam-trailer/965881 "2022-06-10T02:44:24Z")
The first full trailer for Black Adam was just released. It looks good. However, I am worried that too many elements may be jammed in in order to make the Justice Society angle work, and it ends up being like Suicide Squ… --- ## [Someone keeps using my Gmail address to sign up for things - what's going on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-keeps-using-my-gmail-address-to-sign-up-for-things-whats-going-on/965763)
**Author:** [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-keeps-using-my-gmail-address-to-sign-up-for-things-whats-going-on/965763 "2022-06-10T01:29:03Z")
(Previous thread here, though my question was not really answered.) For years now, someone has been using a variation on my gmail address to sign up for things, get quotes, register as a sex offender (!!), etc. This per… --- ## [Kratom and Delta 8 bans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kratom-and-delta-8-bans/963637)
**Author:** [@cjackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjackson)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2022, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kratom-and-delta-8-bans/963637 "2022-06-10T01:22:39Z")
I live in Virginia and commute to Tennessee frequently. I’ve managed to stop drinking thanks to the substances in the title. Now it seems big pharma, etc. is weaseling into VA and TN to get the republicnt governments to … --- ## [Sending email to a weird email vs receiving email from a weird email - danger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-email-to-a-weird-email-vs-receiving-email-from-a-weird-email-danger/965919)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2022, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-email-to-a-weird-email-vs-receiving-email-from-a-weird-email-danger/965919 "2022-06-10T00:32:12Z")
Obviously, one should not open emails that come from a suspicious website, like 163. com. (apparently a popular Chinese scammer email origin thing). But can any cybersecurity issues arise from sending emails to a weird-i… --- ## [What’s the point of political punditry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-point-of-political-punditry/965930)
**Author:** [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-point-of-political-punditry/965930 "2022-06-10T00:00:11Z")
I’ve subscribed to our local newspaper (yes, in print) for maybe 35 years. Every day they have an op-ed page with various columnist’s opinions. I don’t even need to read them anymore to know what they’ll say — I just loo… --- ## [Dinner Time (again)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinner-time-again/965787)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinner-time-again/965787 "2022-06-09T22:05:46Z")
Tonight simple was the theme. Two new york strip steaks, a bit of salt and pepper, nice hot pan, cooked to 125ish internal, put on a plate and tented under foil to rest a bit. Eaten with some Mezzetta brand yellow chili… --- ## [On "antiwork" and necessary labor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-antiwork-and-necessary-labor/963671)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 284\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-antiwork-and-necessary-labor/963671 "2022-06-09T20:43:03Z")
Many news cycles ago the conservative media had a field day with a “disastrous” interview between Fox News host Jesse Watters and a moderator of the antiwork subreddit. While I think it’s unreasonable to expect a loosel… --- ## [IRS gift taxing: No need to even report anything less than $16,000 for a year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irs-gift-taxing-no-need-to-even-report-anything-less-than-16-000-for-a-year/965730)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irs-gift-taxing-no-need-to-even-report-anything-less-than-16-000-for-a-year/965730 "2022-06-09T20:08:28Z")
So I’m trying to understand the IRS gift-tax rules: The limit you can give someone, for 2022, is a total of $16,000; anything beyond that is subject to taxation. Does this mean that if I give someone less than $16,000, … --- ## [How To Handle Names and Identities in a Compassionate World](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-handle-names-and-identities-in-a-compassionate-world/965719)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-handle-names-and-identities-in-a-compassionate-world/965719 "2022-06-09T19:51:47Z")
I know my title is terrible, but my muse is off today. OK. We all agree that using names which evoke stereotypes is bad. We shouldn’t name the bankers in our Great Novels “Shylock” and our street thugs shouldn’t all be … --- ## [Netflix may buy Roku](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-may-buy-roku/965917)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-may-buy-roku/965917 "2022-06-09T18:58:00Z")
And I think this is a terrible idea. Roku’s whole appeal is the fact that it’ll play multiple streaming services on your TV. --- ## [Bad, Bad, Bad winning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-winning/965686)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-winning/965686 "2022-06-09T18:25:34Z")
I’m the most dramatic. I win, You lose! --- ## [Software used by NASA and SpaceX?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-used-by-nasa-and-spacex/965896)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-used-by-nasa-and-spacex/965896 "2022-06-09T17:44:37Z")
I read somewhere that it’s mostly based on linux now. Is that right? I assume some of it is custom. One advantage for linux is they can get the source code and tweak it if needed. Of course it could be Windows 95 … --- ## [How do you perceive multi-line "road text"? (Like BIKE LANE on two lines)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-perceive-multi-line-road-text-like-bike-lane-on-two-lines/965457)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-perceive-multi-line-road-text-like-bike-lane-on-two-lines/965457 "2022-06-09T16:57:56Z")
A no-longer-recent thread on reading and some election signs I’ll come back to made me think about how I’ve yet to grow accustomed to pavement text being arranged to be read “bottom to top”. If the words “bike lane” are… --- ## [What is the world's largest living organism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worlds-largest-living-organism/965582)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worlds-largest-living-organism/965582 "2022-06-09T16:20:48Z")
I’ve always heard it is Pando, the aspen grove in south central Utah, which have an interconnected root system across 108 acres. But recently there was the discovery of a seagrass meadow off the coast of Australia cov… --- ## [Wrong things you thought when you were young](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-things-you-thought-when-you-were-young/964952)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-things-you-thought-when-you-were-young/964952 "2022-06-09T15:36:46Z")
Sorry if there’s already a thread on this; I looked and didn’t see one. Wrong things you thought when you were young? In my favorite movie, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) stands outside his detect… --- ## [RIP Jim Seals (Seals & Crofts)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jim-seals-seals-crofts/965828)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jim-seals-seals-crofts/965828 "2022-06-09T14:01:34Z")
Jim Seals Dead: Seals and Crofts ‘Summer Breeze’ Singer Was 80 - Variety A friend posted of his passing on Facebook, without citation. I told him I couldn’t find anything in the news about it, and he replied: A music… --- ## [Bushels and Foot-Poundals: the UK is back on the cutting edge!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushels-and-foot-poundals-the-uk-is-back-on-the-cutting-edge/960044)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2022, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushels-and-foot-poundals-the-uk-is-back-on-the-cutting-edge/960044 "2022-06-09T12:50:38Z")
Honest to God, you couldn’t make this stuff up. Is it April 1st? Sadly not. (Story available from multiple news sources): You thought Brexit was a dumb as we could get? You’re wrong, wrong, WRONG! Dependent on the o… --- ## [Laptop keyboard stopped working. Need answer fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laptop-keyboard-stopped-working-need-answer-fast/965892)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2022, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laptop-keyboard-stopped-working-need-answer-fast/965892 "2022-06-09T09:41:44Z")
Don’t know what i did but my laptop keyboard has suddenly stopped working. Surely there must be a simple solution --- ## [Is the D-Day Bangalore Torpedo scene in Big Red One actually accurate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-d-day-bangalore-torpedo-scene-in-big-red-one-actually-accurate/965908)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2022, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-d-day-bangalore-torpedo-scene-in-big-red-one-actually-accurate/965908 "2022-06-09T09:39:58Z")
I ask mainly because it’s the only time I’ve ever seen a Bangalore torpedo deployed in this specific way, other movies a bangalore is just treated as a single explosive you place, whereas in Big Red One it’s treated like… --- ## [How strongly do you react to really bad writing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-strongly-do-you-react-to-really-bad-writing/964020)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2022, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-strongly-do-you-react-to-really-bad-writing/964020 "2022-06-09T08:51:42Z")
Are you willing to deal with it long enough to get through a fiction or non-fiction work in hopes that the story/subject will be worthwhile, or do you give up because you can’t cope with the pain? I just quit on a novel… --- ## [What is the difference between rim-fire and centre-fire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-rim-fire-and-centre-fire/965742)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2022, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-rim-fire-and-centre-fire/965742 "2022-06-09T06:46:59Z")
I’ve seen comments in some of the gun threads about centre-fire bullets being more powerful, and I notice that there is no limit on magazine size in Canada for rim-fire, while there are limits for centre-fire. What is t… --- ## [What was your childhood cartoon identity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2022, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-childhood-cartoon-identity/965504 "2022-06-09T05:22:13Z")
By “cartoon identity” I mean, which grouip would your childhood self say he/she is the biggest fan of? poll --- ## [I Pit the Mother of the Texas school shooter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-mother-of-the-texas-school-shooter/965691)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 269\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2022, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-mother-of-the-texas-school-shooter/965691 "2022-06-09T05:07:14Z")
Most pathetic “apology” ever! “He had his reasons for doing what he did” and “Please don’t judge him”. Fuck you, cunt! Fuck you with a flaming hot cactus! Why don’t you just spit on the graves of those children. … --- ## [1) How long can a duck stand on one leg? A flamingo? Why do they do it? 2) Forensics of homicide by duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-how-long-can-a-duck-stand-on-one-leg-a-flamingo-why-do-they-do-it-2-forensics-of-homicide-by-duck/965810)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2022, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-how-long-can-a-duck-stand-on-one-leg-a-flamingo-why-do-they-do-it-2-forensics-of-homicide-by-duck/965810 "2022-06-09T04:22:53Z")
A two parter: I 1 Setting in NYC: On a small ornamental rock, rock shaped with no distinct plateau and a promontory a little over two two duck widths, two mallards–male (?) they both had that stripe–sun themselves dai… --- ## [Hey! There's this thing I really really really love \[tell me yours\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-theres-this-thing-i-really-really-really-love-tell-me-yours/965589)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2022, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-theres-this-thing-i-really-really-really-love-tell-me-yours/965589 "2022-06-09T03:29:40Z")
Tell me yours. What I really love is my hair brush. The girls try to steal it, regularly (adult women). It’s a great hair brush. I’ve had it since I was in 9th grade. I’ve had to drive to Ruston a few times, to get i… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1087) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1089)