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**Author:** [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2022, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-always-empty/959378 "2022-04-08T02:37:23Z")
So SWMBO has pointed out something to me and now I see it everywhere. Since I refuse to suffer alone I’m going to share this fascinating, infuriating tidbit with you… Next time you watch a show, any show, pay attention … --- ## [Dexter coming back in 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-coming-back-in-2021/922971)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2022, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-coming-back-in-2021/922971 "2022-04-08T01:42:14Z")
10 episodes ‘Dexter’ Revived at Showtime for Limited Series – The Hollywood Reporter and yes I know a lot of people disliked the last season and the ending so please spare me those comments --- ## [There's been a Communist revolution and your house now belongs to the people. How did this play out in concrete terms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-been-a-communist-revolution-and-your-house-now-belongs-to-the-people-how-did-this-play-out-in-concrete-terms/962335)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2022, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-been-a-communist-revolution-and-your-house-now-belongs-to-the-people-how-did-this-play-out-in-concrete-terms/962335 "2022-04-08T01:34:20Z")
\[For context, I recently finished listening to Waiting For Snow In Havana, by Carlos Eire, who lived through the Cuban Revolution as a boy.\] Of course, I know that large estates/mansions belonging to former nobility and… --- ## [NASA to test next moon rocket soon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-to-test-next-moon-rocket-soon/961205)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2022, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-to-test-next-moon-rocket-soon/961205 "2022-04-08T01:07:12Z")
way behind schedule by 5 years. It will be an uncrewed test by June if things go as planned . It’s pretty similar to the Saturn V moon rocket in capacity it can handle also similar in height and width to Satur… --- ## [Has anyone here had a cardiac alcohol septal ablation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-had-a-cardiac-alcohol-septal-ablation/962002)
**Author:** [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-had-a-cardiac-alcohol-septal-ablation/962002 "2022-04-08T00:10:17Z")
To expand the question a bit: Has anyone here either had an alcohol septal ablation (treatment for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy), or has/had direct experience with somebody who’s had one and can talk about it? Mine is sc… --- ## [Death on the Nile (another Kenneth Brannagh spectacular)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-on-the-nile-another-kenneth-brannagh-spectacular/956609)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-on-the-nile-another-kenneth-brannagh-spectacular/956609 "2022-04-07T23:40:01Z")
I just saw a trailer for this (here) and I admit I will watch it, when I can do so for free. Unfortunately, I saw the Ustinov version and have read the book, so I know the key plot device in unravelling whodunit. Therefo… --- ## [The fake electors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fake-electors/962486)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fake-electors/962486 "2022-04-07T23:16:46Z")
Was orange guy in on that from the beginning? --- ## [Advertising vegetarian food that tastes like meat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advertising-vegetarian-food-that-tastes-like-meat/962429)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advertising-vegetarian-food-that-tastes-like-meat/962429 "2022-04-07T22:38:22Z")
This is a question for vegetarians. I sometimes see advertisements for vegetarian food that emphasizes it’s meat-like qualities. Descriptions such as ‘chicken-style’ pieces of vegetable protein that look, feel and tast… --- ## [Why are you pro choice or pro life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-pro-choice-or-pro-life/949904)
**Author:** [@Cathy967](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cathy967)\ **Replies:** 376\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-pro-choice-or-pro-life/949904 "2022-04-07T19:31:14Z")
I am pro choice because… The pro-life movement is built on lying and twisting the emotions of others. The pro-life movement is built on the use of religious dogma to control the lives of others. The pro-life movement … --- ## [Florida Man becomes art teacher!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-becomes-art-teacher/962477)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-becomes-art-teacher/962477 "2022-04-07T19:31:03Z")
But, being Florida Man, he gets fired and arrested a month later when he “smokes a lot of weed” and does some unsanctioned performance art. --- ## [Launch codes enclosed in a small rigid thing that must be snapped in half](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/launch-codes-enclosed-in-a-small-rigid-thing-that-must-be-snapped-in-half/961610)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/launch-codes-enclosed-in-a-small-rigid-thing-that-must-be-snapped-in-half/961610 "2022-04-07T19:17:45Z")
In a few movies and other media (including Rick & Morty) I’ve seen the scenario where someone needs to use nuclear launch codes or other important access information and in order to get it, they have to break open a smal… --- ## [Company Mergers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-mergers/962462)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-mergers/962462 "2022-04-07T19:05:19Z")
I know I mentioned this a few months ago, the company I work for was sold to another company. Those of you who have been through this, how did you cope with the stress and anxiety, presuming you didn’t end up finding em… --- ## [Why Do Some Viruses Never Leave The Body?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-viruses-never-leave-the-body/962409)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-viruses-never-leave-the-body/962409 "2022-04-07T18:36:49Z")
Herpes would be one example. There are treatments for it. But once you have it you have it for life, no? Why? And HIV. With modern medicines you can get to the point where it is undetectable in your blood and other bodi… --- ## [What defunct message boards did you participate in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-defunct-message-boards-did-you-participate-in/961070)
**Author:** [@superwombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superwombat)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-defunct-message-boards-did-you-participate-in/961070 "2022-04-07T16:48:44Z")
I nurtured my love for movies and home video at dvdfile.com, and a splinter board dvdinmypants.com. Pretty sure one or the other led me to the SDMB. I was a big Dance Dance Revolution fan and found ddrmaniax.net, a comm… --- ## [Questions About Canned Boiled Peanuts- Why So Much Salt? Why No Sweet Variety?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-canned-boiled-peanuts-why-so-much-salt-why-no-sweet-variety/962430)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-canned-boiled-peanuts-why-so-much-salt-why-no-sweet-variety/962430 "2022-04-07T16:45:30Z")
I finally found canned boiled peanuts here in Philly. I LOVE them. I understand the appeal of a salty snack. But the salt level seems almost excessive. I can buy regular or spicy. Why not sweet? We know that honey and pe… --- ## [North America running out of phone numbers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-america-running-out-of-phone-numbers/962187)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-america-running-out-of-phone-numbers/962187 "2022-04-07T15:12:02Z")
(meanwhile I am being told that my topic is similar to “teenage sex in Northern Europe vs North America” :slight\_smile: ) We all know that North America (Canada,USA, and a few Caribbean islands) are running out of are… --- ## [Wasting fuel as a criminal offense?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wasting-fuel-as-a-criminal-offense/960762)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wasting-fuel-as-a-criminal-offense/960762 "2022-04-07T14:39:38Z")
What would have to happen to make wanton waste of fuel a criminal offense, particularly in the US? Question was inspired mostly by those supposed Freedom Convoys, but anything similar might count, too. I wasn’t around f… --- ## [Need help with an iMac issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-an-imac-issue/962453)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-an-imac-issue/962453 "2022-04-07T14:36:00Z")
We are moving and the packers come in a week. Way back when I bought my iMac 27, I was able to figure out how to remove the Apple ID login requirement. I would like to restore this requirement, as the computer will be in… --- ## [What unsubstantiated historical event would you like to see verified?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-unsubstantiated-historical-event-would-you-like-to-see-verified/960895)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-unsubstantiated-historical-event-would-you-like-to-see-verified/960895 "2022-04-07T13:28:38Z")
There are many colorful events throughout history that have been written about but not verified with evidence. It leaves the burning question, did they really occur? What document(s) would you like to see discovered tha… --- ## [Will Putin’s failure in Ukraine embolden other areas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-putin-s-failure-in-ukraine-embolden-other-areas/962189)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2022, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-putin-s-failure-in-ukraine-embolden-other-areas/962189 "2022-04-07T13:14:26Z")
I think it’s fairly safe to say that the invasion of Ukraine hasn’t gone the way that Putin (or anyone else for that matter) had expected it to. Will this lack of apparent military might embolden any other countries or r… --- ## [Will Taiwan be designated as a Major Non-NATO Ally in the near future?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-taiwan-be-designated-as-a-major-non-nato-ally-in-the-near-future/962373)
**Author:** [@cannonkuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cannonkuo)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-taiwan-be-designated-as-a-major-non-nato-ally-in-the-near-future/962373 "2022-04-07T13:09:55Z")
After years of supporting the US in countering China, Taiwan has demonstrated its cooperation with the US and NATO in Asia. Will it stand a chance to be designated as a Major Non-NATO Ally? --- ## [Mixed metaphors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mixed-metaphors/962251)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2022, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mixed-metaphors/962251 "2022-04-07T12:25:43Z")
There have been previous threads on the subject, but it looks like the most recent was about 10 years old, so I opted to start a new thread. I just heard a guest on a local radio talk show discussing strategies for redu… --- ## [Anyone able to identify this ghastly (but intriguing) piece of furniture? (Racially offensive)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-able-to-identify-this-ghastly-but-intriguing-piece-of-furniture-racially-offensive/962156)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2022, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-able-to-identify-this-ghastly-but-intriguing-piece-of-furniture-racially-offensive/962156 "2022-04-07T05:49:00Z")
Long story short, we cleared out a loft (attic?) today and found this. Click on the photo to see the full image. It’s about a meter tall, the figure is two dimensional (ie painted on… --- ## [The physics of the golf swing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-physics-of-the-golf-swing/962387)
**Author:** [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2022, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-physics-of-the-golf-swing/962387 "2022-04-07T05:10:43Z")
I realize this is sports related, but I have a very specific question that I hope our physics mavens can help me with. If the mods take exception, so be it. In golf, it is known and taught that a slice reduces distance… --- ## [A supergroup, 2022-style](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-supergroup-2022-style/958453)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2022, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-supergroup-2022-style/958453 "2022-04-07T03:16:21Z")
No, it wasn’t done on Zoom - we can’t circumvent the speed of light just yet - but this was put together with musicians from Canada, the U.S., Australia, Croatia, and possible a couple other far-flung locales. Enjoy! … --- ## [Is there a name for this false memory phenomenon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-false-memory-phenomenon/962346)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2022, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-false-memory-phenomenon/962346 "2022-04-07T03:14:43Z")
I’m wondering if there is a name for when you’ve manufactured a memory, have learned that your memory is incorrect but maintain it just the same. My example. When my dad was in the hospital with COVID, I got to talk to… --- ## [Does the 4th booster ever cause a positive test?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-4th-booster-ever-cause-a-positive-test/962241)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2022, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-4th-booster-ever-cause-a-positive-test/962241 "2022-04-07T02:54:22Z")
We got the (2nd) Moderna booster Friday. Today, Monday, Mrs. CC, older and immunocompromised, tested positive with a home test. Could that result be from getting a booster? --- ## [Several questions on negative and positive charges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/several-questions-on-negative-and-positive-charges/962402)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2022, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/several-questions-on-negative-and-positive-charges/962402 "2022-04-07T01:40:02Z")
Would it be possible to take 2# of a fine powder and put positive charges on one pound and negative charges on the other pound? If this was done would they cancel each other out when they made contact with one another? C… --- ## [Soft Limit to Ignore List](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soft-limit-to-ignore-list/961705)
**Author:** [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2022, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soft-limit-to-ignore-list/961705 "2022-04-07T01:19:07Z")
I have noticed, on both my tablet (iPad with safari) and PC (using chrome) that when the ignore list reaches about 50 there is a soft limit of sorts. By soft limit, I mean that I can’t add people to it “the usual way.” B… --- ## [Amazon Prime on smart TV - Internet connectivity issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-prime-on-smart-tv-internet-connectivity-issue/962428)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2022, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-prime-on-smart-tv-internet-connectivity-issue/962428 "2022-04-07T01:16:49Z")
My wife has Prime, and we watch it on our Sony X800G smart TV. We have Xfinity Internet. When we select the Prime app, we get a message saying there is an Internet connectivity issue. After spending time on the phone wit… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1145) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1147)