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**Author:** [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2021, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftists-are-trying-to-kill-the-right/951086 "2021-11-16T05:06:37Z")
Not sure if this is the right forum for this. Maybe it should be in QZ or the Pit. Mods, please move if deemed necessary. A few days ago, someone on Twitter posted a link to this articleHoward Stern Proves Democrats W… --- ## [The Earth is (contrary to expectations) spinning faster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-earth-is-contrary-to-expectations-spinning-faster/954210)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2021, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-earth-is-contrary-to-expectations-spinning-faster/954210 "2021-11-16T02:18:30Z")
Long term the rotation of the Earth is getting slower, with energy being lost due to friction in the Earth-Moon system. We can measure the length of a day so accurately now that leap seconds are added or removed from tim… --- ## [Why doesn't cold water cool down a gasoline fire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-cold-water-cool-down-a-gasoline-fire/953775)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2021, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-cold-water-cool-down-a-gasoline-fire/953775 "2021-11-16T01:34:45Z")
It’s canonical that you should never use water to put out a gasoline (or oil) fire because doing so spreads the oil around, and the oil floats to the surface of the water and keeps burning. What I don’t get is why the c… --- ## [Dishpan Diarrhea -- anyone else suffer from it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishpan-diarrhea-anyone-else-suffer-from-it/954297)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2021, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishpan-diarrhea-anyone-else-suffer-from-it/954297 "2021-11-16T00:37:12Z")
I believe the original intent of the phrase was mockery, that someone was just claiming a need to hit the bathroom to get out of helping with the clean-up after a meal. But in my case, I find that whenever I submerge my… --- ## [Almost one in three of Republicans say violence may be necessary to ‘save’ US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-one-in-three-of-republicans-say-violence-may-be-necessary-to-save-us/953652)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-one-in-three-of-republicans-say-violence-may-be-necessary-to-save-us/953652 "2021-11-16T00:15:44Z")
this is headline is somewhat disturbing but sadly not surprising https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/almost-one-in-three-of-republicans-say-violence-may-be-necessary-to-save-us/ar-AAQbNHY?ocid=SK2DDHP&li=BBnb7Kz --- ## [If "Back to The Future" were a thing today, what would be the contrast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-back-to-the-future-were-a-thing-today-what-would-be-the-contrast/954240)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2021, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-back-to-the-future-were-a-thing-today-what-would-be-the-contrast/954240 "2021-11-15T23:49:10Z")
In the original, there seemed to be such a wide gap between 1985 and 1950(ish?). It left me wondering: What if the creators had just come up with this idea today? A teenaged kid goes 30 years back into the past. Would th… --- ## [No Time to Die - James Bond \[SPOILERS INCLUDED\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-to-die-james-bond-spoilers-included/952325)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-time-to-die-james-bond-spoilers-included/952325 "2021-11-15T23:26:25Z")
It’s the Monday after the release and I find no thread. Somehow I believe that my searching fu is just bad, or maybe we just don’t have that many Bond fans here. If it is the former, please just merge this with the exi… --- ## [Test poll 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poll-2/954341)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poll-2/954341 "2021-11-15T23:26:11Z")
Typing my test post\[poll type=multiple results=always min=1 max=2 chartType=bar\] It worked this time Yay it worked a second time \[/poll\]\[poll name=poll2 type=multiple results=always min=1 max=2 chartType=bar\] Take 1 T… --- ## [YouTube world web cam channels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-world-web-cam-channels/954292)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2021, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-world-web-cam-channels/954292 "2021-11-15T23:25:45Z")
I have become mesmerized by live YouTube channels that show web cams from around the world. There are lots of them, but my current favorite is “Beautiful Earth” There are 80 locations on this one, and the … --- ## [Are you “The Old Man” at work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-the-old-man-at-work/953906)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-the-old-man-at-work/953906 "2021-11-15T22:03:39Z")
Where I work, there are several of us over 50 and a few over 60 years of age. We typically pick up young folks as temps, and if they’re good enough offer them a job. We use a lot of temps, the work is often strenuous a… --- ## [Why does air move with the planet Earth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-air-move-with-the-planet-earth/954260)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2021, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-air-move-with-the-planet-earth/954260 "2021-11-15T21:45:12Z")
I was listening to a podcast about the geocentric model of the solar system vs heliocentrism. Apparently a “proof” at the time that the earth was not spinning was that if you tossed a ball into the air, it would land rig… --- ## [Biblically speaking, G\*d apparently got mad at America's sins and struck us with a plague. What was our sin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biblically-speaking-g-d-apparently-got-mad-at-americas-sins-and-struck-us-with-a-plague-what-was-our-sin/954156)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biblically-speaking-g-d-apparently-got-mad-at-americas-sins-and-struck-us-with-a-plague-what-was-our-sin/954156 "2021-11-15T20:01:15Z")
In the Bible, especially the OT, G\*d is famous for throwing and or promising to throw whole nations under the bus with viruses, ala Leviticus 26:25 when he is telling Israel that, should they disobey him somehow: I can… --- ## ["Say" instead of "for example" or "e.g." in writing? What's best?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-instead-of-for-example-or-e-g-in-writing-whats-best/953895)
**Author:** [@JJAURELIUS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JJAURELIUS)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-instead-of-for-example-or-e-g-in-writing-whats-best/953895 "2021-11-15T19:43:03Z")
When I write, I usually begin a short illustrative aside, say, like this message, by using “say.” I could also begin that aside by writing, for example, this message; or writing, e.g., this message. In conversation, I u… --- ## [Why are hotel beds so high off the floor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-hotel-beds-so-high-off-the-floor/680730)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-hotel-beds-so-high-off-the-floor/680730 "2021-11-15T19:42:08Z")
I do a lot of traveling, and it has always bugged me why do hotel beds sit so high above the floor? You might say it facilitates vacuuming under the bed. However, a large majority of beds are not resting on a bedframe. … --- ## [Is Eggnog Kosher?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eggnog-kosher/429130)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eggnog-kosher/429130 "2021-11-15T19:38:13Z")
I recently noticed two different Jewish humor books made a reference to drinking eggnog. They both claimed it would be unusual for Jews to drink eggnog. Does eggnog violate Jewish dietary laws? Or is it a cultural ref… --- ## [Family secrets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-secrets/954220)
**Author:** [@Dbug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dbug)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-secrets/954220 "2021-11-15T18:38:36Z")
I found out at age 10 my moms dad was actually her step dad. My mom didn’t realize till a few years after they were married that my dads mom was alive. And while not a secret my dad and his brothers all have different da… --- ## [Biden's Two Trillion Dollar Infrastructure (American Jobs) Plan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-two-trillion-dollar-infrastructure-american-jobs-plan/939089)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-two-trillion-dollar-infrastructure-american-jobs-plan/939089 "2021-11-15T18:07:09Z")
Here is the 27 page summary by the Biden administration: As you can see it is much broader plan including dozens of programs than many of us expected. There is a strong emphasis on expanding labor unions. The spend… --- ## [Looking at renting a car in France for April](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-at-renting-a-car-in-france-for-april/954204)
**Author:** [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-at-renting-a-car-in-france-for-april/954204 "2021-11-15T17:11:03Z")
Trip got postponed (yet again) because of Covid. Thinking about renting a car for the first few days when I want to visit Bayeux and Mont St Michel. Driving would be a lot more convenient with uncertain times arriving i… --- ## [New French Press question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-french-press-question/954400)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-french-press-question/954400 "2021-11-15T17:06:58Z")
Sometimes (only sometimes, maybe half the time) I find it impossible to push the plunger down (and thus pour coffee out of the Press). If I try too hard, coffee gushes out all over the counter or (as just now) I break th… --- ## [Are Democrats fighting the election before last, when they should be fighting the most recent one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-democrats-fighting-the-election-before-last-when-they-should-be-fighting-the-most-recent-one/954057)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-democrats-fighting-the-election-before-last-when-they-should-be-fighting-the-most-recent-one/954057 "2021-11-15T15:43:48Z")
AKA my theory on why Democrats struggled in the 2020 and 2021 elections. I used to think that the problems Democrats faced in mid-term and off year elections, especially with a Democratic incumbent, were something like … --- ## [Help! I accidentally boiled a roast!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-accidentally-boiled-a-roast/954221)
**Author:** [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2021, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-accidentally-boiled-a-roast/954221 "2021-11-15T15:41:03Z")
I thought I had a frozen corned beef in my hands and boiled it. Too late, I realized the meat was not salted/pickled, and I just turned what might have been a tender roast into a soft, mushy, likely flavorless mass. Any… --- ## [Cool stuff in Discourse - Basics, tips, tricks, your favorite features](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-stuff-in-discourse-basics-tips-tricks-your-favorite-features/937378)
**Author:** [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-stuff-in-discourse-basics-tips-tricks-your-favorite-features/937378 "2021-11-15T14:56:59Z")
Here are some basic tutorials. Basic new user guide. This is also listed in TubaDiva’s OP for the tips and tricks stickied thread in ATMB Shorter tips list with pictures for people getting started from the Discours… --- ## [What prevents old/dying people from taking out a bunch of loans and giving the money away before they die?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-prevents-old-dying-people-from-taking-out-a-bunch-of-loans-and-giving-the-money-away-before-they-die/954095)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2021, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-prevents-old-dying-people-from-taking-out-a-bunch-of-loans-and-giving-the-money-away-before-they-die/954095 "2021-11-15T12:41:23Z")
I recently saw one of those “What Should I Do?” advice columns where somebody’s grandparent with dementia was getting taken advantage of by another relative to have her take loans from those scummy “Get $1,000 with only … --- ## [Is wearing a MAGA hat hate speech?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wearing-a-maga-hat-hate-speech/952457)
**Author:** [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2021, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wearing-a-maga-hat-hate-speech/952457 "2021-11-15T12:33:02Z")
I recently overheard someone assert that this is so. They felt the same about the “f— Joe Biden” chants heard at some sporting events. This was coupled with the belief that “the first amendment doesn’t protect hate spe… --- ## [Christian arguments for Progressive ideals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-arguments-for-progressive-ideals/953414)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2021, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-arguments-for-progressive-ideals/953414 "2021-11-15T10:55:40Z")
Inspired by this thread: The Right has been very successful in fusing some aspects of Christianity with their ideology. The above thread is a discussion about their latest tactics in this regard, which frankly is the … --- ## [I'm rewatching every episode of Columbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rewatching-every-episode-of-columbo/953309)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2021, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rewatching-every-episode-of-columbo/953309 "2021-11-15T08:02:00Z")
So, I like to have a go-to show that’s entertaining enough but doesn’t take a lot of laser focus to follow the plot when I’m doing busywork or exercising on the elliptical. I found every episode of Columbo on Tubi TV and… --- ## [Impending holidays and stuff in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impending-holidays-and-stuff-in-the-mmp/953971)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 275\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2021, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impending-holidays-and-stuff-in-the-mmp/953971 "2021-11-15T04:44:07Z")
It’s the time of year when, back in my working days, very little got done. What with Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and having to burn up use-or-lose leave, things would get really loose in the office. Add to tha… --- ## [Knights of the Old Republic on Mac?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knights-of-the-old-republic-on-mac/954338)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knights-of-the-old-republic-on-mac/954338 "2021-11-15T04:16:02Z")
The Cub wants to play Knights of the Old Republic on his Mac, but got an error message that it’s only available for PC. But the wiki article on the game suggests it’s available for Mac? Any thoughts? --- ## [Enchanted!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enchanted/427114)
**Author:** [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2021, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enchanted/427114 "2021-11-15T03:44:33Z")
No, I haven’t seen it yet, but it opens this Friday and I can’t wait, mainly because I adore Amy Adams. It looks silly, but what’s wrong with that, if everything works well? The reviews are coming in and everyone loves i… --- ## [How big can we make the camera?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-can-we-make-the-camera/954332)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2021, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-can-we-make-the-camera/954332 "2021-11-15T03:08:30Z")
Was thinking about the picture of the black hole in the, I think, Andromeda galaxy from a little while back. To achieve this, they used several telescopes located all over the globe (along with some whiz bang computing)… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1284) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1286)