# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1325 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1326 --- ## [What did Kepler's Supernova look like when we were first able to observe it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-keplers-supernova-look-like-when-we-were-first-able-to-observe-it/951758)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2021, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-keplers-supernova-look-like-when-we-were-first-able-to-observe-it/951758 "2021-10-02T02:18:12Z")
Kepler’s Supernova is the most recent supernova observed in the Milky Way Galaxy. Kepler’s Star, a star approximately 20,000 light years from Earth, went supernova, and the light from the explosion reached Earth in 1604… --- ## [Facebook Feature I Don't Know How To Disable](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-feature-i-dont-know-how-to-disable/951654)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2021, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-feature-i-dont-know-how-to-disable/951654 "2021-10-02T01:30:34Z")
For some reason, Facebook (or maybe Windows?) has decided I want a little bar telling me the date and time of every post. Pic to follow. It interferes with what I’m trying to read sometimes, and I want to get rid of it. … --- ## [Perry Mason's Office Decor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perry-masons-office-decor/619091)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perry-masons-office-decor/619091 "2021-10-02T01:17:29Z")
I love this old TV show-I’ve been watching it quite a bit. At any rate, Mason was a very successful defense attorney-so he could afford high class digs. His office suite seems to have a bust of Voltaire (or Rousseau?)…th… --- ## [Historical examples of heroes for NOT doing something](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-examples-of-heroes-for-not-doing-something/951483)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-examples-of-heroes-for-not-doing-something/951483 "2021-10-02T01:16:09Z")
Society seems to prefer it when people take action. It is easier to sell “look what I did for you” than “look what I avoided for you”, particularly where there are performance bonuses. In medicine or dentistry, operati… --- ## [I need to vent about my proselytizing FIL](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-vent-about-my-proselytizing-fil/950625)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2021, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-vent-about-my-proselytizing-fil/950625 "2021-10-02T01:03:23Z")
My FIL is very religious. Catholic, but of a very evangelical nature. Our relationship is somewhat strained, but cordial, for a variety of reasons. He invited me to a Zoom “discussion about life’s big questions.” He SWO… --- ## ["Apologies to everyone for rehashing this stuff here, but this is a site for fighting ignorance, so I can’t let it lie."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apologies-to-everyone-for-rehashing-this-stuff-here-but-this-is-a-site-for-fighting-ignorance-so-i-can-t-let-it-lie/951095)
**Author:** [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apologies-to-everyone-for-rehashing-this-stuff-here-but-this-is-a-site-for-fighting-ignorance-so-i-can-t-let-it-lie/951095 "2021-10-02T00:15:20Z")
Continuing the discussion from At what point would you consider dictatorship to be better than democracy?: In order to avoid further derailing the thread of origin, and also placed in the BBQ Pit so that the querying p… --- ## [What about Independents and uncommitted registering as Republicans for the upcoming primaries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-independents-and-uncommitted-registering-as-republicans-for-the-upcoming-primaries/951599)
**Author:** [@civilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/civilis)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-independents-and-uncommitted-registering-as-republicans-for-the-upcoming-primaries/951599 "2021-10-01T22:54:15Z")
to outvote the Trump supporters and get democracy back? --- ## [Scam call this morning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-call-this-morning/939452)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2021, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-call-this-morning/939452 "2021-10-01T22:52:56Z")
The phone rings; Hello. I’m calling from \_\_\_bank. Are you Hari Seldon? Yes. There was a suspicious charge on your account this morning; did you make it? No. I will cancel the charge, suspend your card and have a new… --- ## [Would a kid be able to cope with everything Marty McFly went through?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-kid-be-able-to-cope-with-everything-marty-mcfly-went-through/951397)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-kid-be-able-to-cope-with-everything-marty-mcfly-went-through/951397 "2021-10-01T22:13:53Z")
I don’t consider Marty McFly all that well adjusted. He has a problem with rejection and he loses his shit when someone calls him chicken. On top of that, his family is dysfunctional. His dad is a bullied wuss, his brot… --- ## [Ask the magic 8 ball \[game\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-magic-8-ball-game/942502)
**Author:** [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-magic-8-ball-game/942502 "2021-05-22T15:35:01Z")
Ask your most pressing questions and someone will shake the magic 8 ball to answer you. You can use this magic 8 ball or make up your own answer. https://magic-8ball.com/ If you’re making up your own answer, please tr… --- ## [Why is God addressed with 'tu' in French but the Virgin Mary with 'vous'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-god-addressed-with-tu-in-french-but-the-virgin-mary-with-vous/948566)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-god-addressed-with-tu-in-french-but-the-virgin-mary-with-vous/948566 "2021-10-01T21:32:08Z")
Why is God addressed with ‘tu’ in the "Our Father’(Notre Père) in French but the Virgin Mary with ‘vous’ in the ‘Hail Mary’’( ‘Je Vous Salue Marie’)? In English both are addressed with thee and thou (the familiar ‘you’). … --- ## [Help me to understand this flight change](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-to-understand-this-flight-change/951749)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-to-understand-this-flight-change/951749 "2021-10-01T20:31:24Z")
A few months ago, I reserved seats for us to fly from San Jose, California to Paine Field in Everett, Washington, nonstop. When I was making the reservations, I noticed that the plane was just about full. A couple of w… --- ## [The New SCOTUS, Miranda Rights, Public Defenders and Pornography?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-scotus-miranda-rights-public-defenders-and-pornography/951696)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2021, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-scotus-miranda-rights-public-defenders-and-pornography/951696 "2021-10-01T18:24:56Z")
Sounds like a strange Trio. But there’s a reason for that, as you shall soon see. What is the fate of Miranda Rights and Public Defenders with the new make up of the United States Supreme Court? They were both after all… --- ## [\[Breaking News\] At Least 3 Killed and 50 Hurt in Amtrak Derailment in Remote Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-at-least-3-killed-and-50-hurt-in-amtrak-derailment-in-remote-montana/951373)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2021, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-at-least-3-killed-and-50-hurt-in-amtrak-derailment-in-remote-montana/951373 "2021-10-01T18:24:02Z")
About 141 passengers and 16 crew members were on board --- ## [It’s Reconciliation Day. What are your thoughts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-reconciliation-day-what-are-your-thoughts/951643)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-reconciliation-day-what-are-your-thoughts/951643 "2021-10-01T17:30:08Z")
In Canada, the federal government has declared September 30th to be the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a new statutory holiday. This is to remember the Indigenous children who were torn from their families an… --- ## [The September of my Rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-september-of-my-rants/949880)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 274\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-september-of-my-rants/949880 "2021-10-01T16:41:32Z")
Just a lazy day yesterday, nothing to do except pick up my son at the airport. Well, except: I notice a front tire is a bit low. Sigh! Haul out the old compressor, fill it up. Now I notice I’m low on gas. No ti… --- ## [UK Green party peer suggests 6 pm curfew for men](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-green-party-peer-suggests-6-pm-curfew-for-men/937953)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 333\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-green-party-peer-suggests-6-pm-curfew-for-men/937953 "2021-10-01T14:52:29Z")
After the murder of Sarah Everard in London a debate has broken out on how to keep women safe. A woman in the Green party–I assume somewhat tongue-in-cheek–that women would be safest if London instituted a man-only curf… --- ## [Yaqui melody used by Chávez and Anderson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yaqui-melody-used-by-chavez-and-anderson/828517)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yaqui-melody-used-by-chavez-and-anderson/828517 "2021-10-01T14:50:07Z")
Carlos Chávez’s Sinfonía india\* (1936) is built on several Mexican Indian melodies, and two of them are of Yaqui origin. The second main theme of the symphony, a Yaqui melody, comes in at rehearsal number 27 in the score… --- ## [Will the COVID-19 crisis usher in changes to the American healthcare system?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-covid-19-crisis-usher-in-changes-to-the-american-healthcare-system/850625)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2020, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-covid-19-crisis-usher-in-changes-to-the-american-healthcare-system/850625 "2020-08-24T03:30:35Z")
Even before COVID-19 came along, Healthcare has been a huge issue in America. Obama overhauled things with the imperfect ACA and Trump has been steadily dismantling it and in the race to unseat him in 2020, healthcare ha… --- ## [Stupid or stipled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-or-stipled/947308)
**Author:** [@bayleef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bayleef)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2021, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-or-stipled/947308 "2021-10-01T13:09:03Z")
age old saying goes : “WORK HARD, PLAY HARD…” have you heard the saying : “WORK SMART. NOT HARD”…? does this mean all the “smart” and lazy asses have to stay home when the party starts? age old saying goes : “you … --- ## [Yellowstone Vacation Tips](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstone-vacation-tips/950054)
**Author:** [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2021, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstone-vacation-tips/950054 "2021-10-01T12:40:05Z")
Heading off on vacation starting this afternoon. Starting near Detroit and the final designation is Yellowstone. Stopping by the Black Hills for two days and two days in Bozeman before getting to the Canyon Lodge in Ye… --- ## [Thermal imaging cameras for detecting pests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thermal-imaging-cameras-for-detecting-pests/951680)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2021, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thermal-imaging-cameras-for-detecting-pests/951680 "2021-10-01T10:07:32Z")
I have a rat problem in my house. I’m thinking to get a thermal camera to help identify their travel paths in the wall, since all other avenues have been exhausted. Does anyone have any advice or experience with spe… --- ## [Please help me understand why RNA vaccines do not "change your RNA"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-understand-why-rna-vaccines-do-not-change-your-rna/950678)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2021, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-understand-why-rna-vaccines-do-not-change-your-rna/950678 "2021-10-01T04:31:41Z")
(I have a high school level understanding of biology and grade school understanding of chemistry, so please be kind) At Gov. DeSantis’s latest press conference a man from Gainesville said, The vaccine changes your RNA… --- ## [Tell Me About Your Gastric Bypass Experience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-gastric-bypass-experience/945639)
**Author:** [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2021, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-gastric-bypass-experience/945639 "2021-10-01T01:44:44Z")
(There are about a dozen threads with similar titles, but none more recent than 2014. So, here we go again! This thread is aimed at people who’ve had this surgery, so I’m not inclined to explain the various procedures, e… --- ## [The 1960s Food Shortage & Overpopulation Scare?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1960s-food-shortage-overpopulation-scare/766032)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1960s-food-shortage-overpopulation-scare/766032 "2021-10-01T01:40:36Z")
Although this is before my time, I do recall seeing clips of hippies from the 1960s concerned about overpopulation and mass food shortages. Recently, I was speaking to an economics major who said “yeah, that was our \[ec… --- ## [Using memes in debates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-memes-in-debates/951698)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2021, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-memes-in-debates/951698 "2021-10-01T00:42:51Z")
I don’t know how to link to the thread on my phone, but I started a thread about a debate I was having on Facebook about automobile pollution and clean energy. In that debate, I combatted a meme with another meme. The p… --- ## [Make-a-wish foundation: do they get X rated wishes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-wish-foundation-do-they-get-x-rated-wishes/282278)
**Author:** [@daftpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/daftpunk)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2021, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-wish-foundation-do-they-get-x-rated-wishes/282278 "2021-10-01T00:27:44Z")
Anybody know if the Make-A-Wish foundation gets pornograhic wishes? What do they do in this case? On one hand, I see nothing wrong with fulfilling a teenager’s desire to experience sex before s/he dies. On the other han… --- ## [Will the "Urinal Code" ever go away?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-urinal-code-ever-go-away/951280)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2021, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-urinal-code-ever-go-away/951280 "2021-10-01T00:19:48Z")
To explain-the “Code” says that you cannot use the urinal next to another male (exceptions may be made if there’s a wall between you). If none are available, you must wait or use the stall. Do you think this will fade as… --- ## [Sci-fi films where some arbitrary "rules" creates horrific dystopian conditions (usually as social commentary)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-films-where-some-arbitrary-rules-creates-horrific-dystopian-conditions-usually-as-social-commentary/949451)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-films-where-some-arbitrary-rules-creates-horrific-dystopian-conditions-usually-as-social-commentary/949451 "2021-09-30T23:23:53Z")
So I’ve noticed that in an attempt to make a social commentary, a lot of dystopian sci-fi creates their future society based on some “rule”. The rule can seem arbitrary or contrived, but usually has the result of creati… --- ## [Spiders, man!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiders-man/951535)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2021, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiders-man/951535 "2021-09-30T23:13:36Z")
This is a project that I’ve been working on for a while, identifying the spider species that I have photographed in my home and yard in Upstate South Carolina over the past 20 years. Spiders are by far the most diverse c… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1324) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1326)