# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1263 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1264 --- ## [Max's Living Wage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maxs-living-wage/955237)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maxs-living-wage/955237 "2021-12-10T00:59:55Z")
Continuing the discussion from Why not raise the minimum wage with local ordinances? and The Nahployment ‘Crisis’: This is something that has been in the back of my head for a while. (See linked topics.) What would be t… --- ## [Oxford Shooter's Parents Charged with Involuntary Manslaughter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxford-shooters-parents-charged-with-involuntary-manslaughter/955493)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 562\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxford-shooters-parents-charged-with-involuntary-manslaughter/955493 "2021-12-09T23:40:15Z")
So the sequence of events seems to be: They bought their (mentally disturbed) son a gun. The son was caught searching for ammunition on his phone. The mom texted him “LOL, I’m not gonna get mad at you, you have to lear… --- ## [A few furniture items](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-furniture-items/955470)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-furniture-items/955470 "2021-12-09T23:29:35Z")
In an effort to pare down our “stuff”, I have a few things for sale for anyone in the Portland/Vancouver areas. A two-drawer bench seat that’s about 29" wide, 16" deep and 20" high. It works really well for shoe stora… --- ## [TV Shows Only You Remember](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 952\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022 "2021-12-09T23:16:52Z")
There was a TV Show years ago (the early 2000s as I recall) on Showtime called Leap Years. The premise was it showed the lives of a group of friends when they were fresh out of college, the present (ie. the year the sho… --- ## [Starbucks Workers United in Buffalo, NY](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starbucks-workers-united-in-buffalo-ny/955801)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starbucks-workers-united-in-buffalo-ny/955801 "2021-12-09T23:13:51Z")
19-8; good job! Now let’s see them get a contract. --- ## [Weirdest thing found in home you bought (apt. you rented)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-thing-found-in-home-you-bought-apt-you-rented/954541)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-thing-found-in-home-you-bought-apt-you-rented/954541 "2021-12-09T23:06:36Z")
The purpose of this thread is a weird thing you found in a recently purchased home or rented apartment. It might be something left behind or hidden, or just an iconoclastic feature that made sense to somebody. --- ## [What is the reason for the decline in customer service through email in the past 10 years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-reason-for-the-decline-in-customer-service-through-email-in-the-past-10-years/946027)
**Author:** [@craft458](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/craft458)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-reason-for-the-decline-in-customer-service-through-email-in-the-past-10-years/946027 "2021-12-09T22:51:08Z")
Back in 2010 and before it was easy to get customer service through email. You could ask them a question, or deal with the problem through email and always get an answer and usually the correct answer. They would always … --- ## [A map of the world's radio stations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-map-of-the-worlds-radio-stations/955676)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-map-of-the-worlds-radio-stations/955676 "2021-12-09T22:37:00Z")
A friend turned me on to this website. It’s a map of the entire world, with green dots for radio stations, all over the world. You can click on each dot and listen to that radio station. Right now I’m listening to som… --- ## [Unique Family Holiday traditions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-family-holiday-traditions/955605)
**Author:** [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-family-holiday-traditions/955605 "2021-12-09T22:06:56Z")
Discourse showed a few topics similar to this one… none since 2015, so I figure I’m safe creating another one. A long, long time ago… My FIL worked at a local Ace Hardware. It’s Christmas Eve. Our tree had been up fo… --- ## [Cell phone sub-carriers (e.g. Cricket Wireless, Boost Mobile. etc)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-sub-carriers-e-g-cricket-wireless-boost-mobile-etc/840572)
**Author:** [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2019, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-sub-carriers-e-g-cricket-wireless-boost-mobile-etc/840572 "2019-09-21T01:22:35Z")
IIRC, there are really only four player in the cell transmission business(Verizon, A. T. & T., T-Mobile, Sprint), but there are a plethora of sub carriers that really use one (or more) of the four carriers to hold their … --- ## [California suing Activision Blizzard over sex discrimination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-suing-activision-blizzard-over-sex-discrimination/947037)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-suing-activision-blizzard-over-sex-discrimination/947037 "2021-12-09T21:52:01Z")
The full text of the 29-page suit can be read here; https://aboutblaw.com/YJw Much like the charges that came out at Ubisoft last year, it’s more of the same that we keep seeing in “geeky” industries run by white men -… --- ## [Which is a better power for a supervillain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-a-better-power-for-a-supervillain/955595)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-a-better-power-for-a-supervillain/955595 "2021-12-09T20:27:17Z")
Which is a better power for a supervillain in a comic book setting both practically and from a story standpoint? Assume they’re a normal villain and not a mastermind Lex Luthor type. 1: The strength and durability of a… --- ## [Rocketeer finishes an airboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-an-airboat/955597)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-an-airboat/955597 "2021-12-09T19:19:03Z")
I just wrapped up a model project, and thought I’d share the results. This is actually a sequel to another model I built, a floating island hotel with a bit of a macabre twist: Miss Blomstel Meets With a Terrible Accid… --- ## [Could you pass my coffee challenge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-my-coffee-challenge/955219)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-my-coffee-challenge/955219 "2021-12-09T18:57:51Z")
I used to brew coffee like a normal person, but then I started storing the last half-cup left over in my French Press in the fridge to drink later as iced coffee. But I found that I was impatient the next morning waitin… --- ## [Bands that underwent big transformations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-underwent-big-transformations/955080)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-underwent-big-transformations/955080 "2021-12-09T17:22:22Z")
Heard a Fleetwood Mac song and got to thinking how the band began as a straight-up British blues band in the Peter Green days, then took a big left turn into a hugely successful AM radio-friendly pop band when Nicks and… --- ## [If Rittenhouse had been disarmed by the victims, what would have happened to him?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-rittenhouse-had-been-disarmed-by-the-victims-what-would-have-happened-to-him/954524)
**Author:** [@mmmiiikkkeee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mmmiiikkkeee)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-rittenhouse-had-been-disarmed-by-the-victims-what-would-have-happened-to-him/954524 "2021-12-09T17:12:42Z")
I only started following this case for real a day or so before closing arguments, and right now the jury is deliberating. While that’s happening I thought it would be interesting to think about what would have happened … --- ## [How long do you have to boil dirty water for to be safe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-have-to-boil-dirty-water-for-to-be-safe/951144)
**Author:** [@craft458](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/craft458)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-have-to-boil-dirty-water-for-to-be-safe/951144 "2021-12-09T17:09:35Z")
If you are ever in a situation, for example camping where you have to boil water from a pond or lake or if there is a big storm and the water pressure goes out and the city recommends boiling tap water, how long does it … --- ## [Do you feel you should be entitled to a skip work day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-you-should-be-entitled-to-a-skip-work-day/955461)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-you-should-be-entitled-to-a-skip-work-day/955461 "2021-12-09T17:02:42Z")
You wake up one day, you’re not sick, but you say to yourself: “You know what? I’m calling in”. Do you feel you’re entitled to such a break so long as they are few and far in between? poll --- ## [Would Strong Lasers Hurt Vampires?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-strong-lasers-hurt-vampires/955739)
**Author:** [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-strong-lasers-hurt-vampires/955739 "2021-12-09T15:49:21Z")
Silly, question, I’m sure. Still… --- ## [Write Funny Lead Paragraphs for Real Headlines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-funny-lead-paragraphs-for-real-headlines/955775)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-funny-lead-paragraphs-for-real-headlines/955775 "2021-12-09T14:38:25Z")
There seem to be wackier and wackier headlines today, attempting to grab your attention. Post some of the wackiest current headlines you can find, then write absurd lead paragraphs to accompany them. Here’s a couple to … --- ## [Is it reasonable to repeat an officer's full rank in an emergency multiple times like in Mass Effect 3?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-reasonable-to-repeat-an-officers-full-rank-in-an-emergency-multiple-times-like-in-mass-effect-3/955683)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-reasonable-to-repeat-an-officers-full-rank-in-an-emergency-multiple-times-like-in-mass-effect-3/955683 "2021-12-09T13:59:44Z")
In the video game Mass Effect 3, just to really dig in the fact that Gunnery Chief Ashley WIlliams was promoted to Lieutenant Commander, Admiral Anderson repeatedly refers to her as “Lieutenant Commander Williams” instea… --- ## [SI Sportsperson of the Year 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/si-sportsperson-of-the-year-2021/948257)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/si-sportsperson-of-the-year-2021/948257 "2021-12-09T12:44:51Z")
Now that the Olympics are over, it’s time to move on to other matters…but until college football season actually begins, I thought I’d bring up my usual annual Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year thread. For mos… --- ## [Simplifications you've made](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simplifications-youve-made/955100)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simplifications-youve-made/955100 "2021-12-09T09:16:54Z")
What simplifying changes have you made to your routines? Three that come to mind are: -I only have one kind of sock. No more sorting! -I stopped using fabric softener, and never looked back. -I only have two credit ca… --- ## [What do these two links do, or go to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-two-links-do-or-go-to/955652)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-two-links-do-or-go-to/955652 "2021-12-09T03:15:22Z")
I am signed up with Indeed dot com to search for a part time job to fill the hours and the bank account, and an offer from a company called Karp Protection popped appeared. I sent off my Indeed resume and got this: " M… --- ## [What job are YOU \*personally\* most likely to die doing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-job-are-you-personally-most-likely-to-die-doing/955611)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-job-are-you-personally-most-likely-to-die-doing/955611 "2021-12-09T02:48:25Z")
I misread this thread What job are you most likely to die doing? as What job are YOU most likely to die doing? As for me, my first thought was cleaning the leaves and pine needles out of the gutters up on a ladder, as i… --- ## [Where does the vaccine (or antibodies) “go”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-vaccine-or-antibodies-go/955181)
**Author:** [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-vaccine-or-antibodies-go/955181 "2021-12-09T01:53:18Z")
My parents - sigh - heard a quack on You Tube who claimed that when you get a vaccine but don’t have a disease, the vaccine, or maybe the antibodies, get stuck behind your heart valves or some stupid shit like that. Make… --- ## [Has the rule against raising zombies from the dead been reinstated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-rule-against-raising-zombies-from-the-dead-been-reinstated/950186)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-rule-against-raising-zombies-from-the-dead-been-reinstated/950186 "2021-12-09T01:55:29Z")
I wanted to post something to an older thread and got a prompt asking if I wanted to revive this old conversation, and further telling me that everyone who had participated would be notified. That last bit really gave … --- ## [Super Secret Windows 7 Permission? What Do I Need for POWERCFG modifications?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-secret-windows-7-permission-what-do-i-need-for-powercfg-modifications/955527)
**Author:** [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-secret-windows-7-permission-what-do-i-need-for-powercfg-modifications/955527 "2021-12-09T01:38:45Z")
I wanted to make a change on my (yes, I know) Windows 7 computer. Right now, when it’s in Sleep mode I can wake it up by bumping the mouse or tapping a key. I want to remove the mouse wake up. I found I can do this usi… --- ## [Young girl killed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-girl-killed/955727)
**Author:** [@Latimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latimera)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-girl-killed/955727 "2021-12-09T01:36:17Z")
On Monday I learned that the 17-year-old daughter of family friends had gone missing. We had known her since she was a toddler. She was friends with my son since preschool. A sweet, wonderful quirky girl. As soon as I he… --- ## [George Carlin's "You Are All Diseased"... 20+ years on](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlins-you-are-all-diseased-20-years-on/955743)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlins-you-are-all-diseased-20-years-on/955743 "2021-12-09T00:14:03Z")
Last week I watched George Carlin do stand-up for the first time. “You Are All Diseased”. I can tell he’s a funny guy, and many of the bits are hilarious. I liked the 90’s pop-culture puns, the advertising song, the hov… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1262) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1264)