# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1420 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1421 --- ## [Vroom stealing from Carvana?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vroom-stealing-from-carvana/944544)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vroom-stealing-from-carvana/944544 "2021-06-23T18:41:57Z")
We offered my wife’s car to Carvana for a quote to buy it. After entering the information they will send an email with their offer. She was surprised today by an email from Vroom, their competitor. The basic information … --- ## [Stunted chili and kale plants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stunted-chili-and-kale-plants/944834)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stunted-chili-and-kale-plants/944834 "2021-06-23T18:36:00Z")
A couple of years ago we bought a young chili pepper plant and really loved the flavor and heat of the chilies it produced. So at the end of the season I saved some of the seeds and planted them the next spring, starting… --- ## [A Revised American Constitution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-revised-american-constitution/944347)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-revised-american-constitution/944347 "2021-06-23T17:40:44Z")
A group of progressives had a little exercise in which they wrote a new Constitution. An article on the subject is here, while the full text of the document is here. It is not without good ideas. In total it is sort of… --- ## [Etymology of 'cap' \[Tik-Tok slang\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etymology-of-cap-tik-tok-slang/944903)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etymology-of-cap-tik-tok-slang/944903 "2021-06-23T17:37:46Z")
Before several minutes ago, I’d never heard ‘cap’ as Tik-Tok slang for ‘lie’. What is the etymology? Is it an acronym? --- ## [American wedding frequency and size](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-wedding-frequency-and-size/944685)
**Author:** [@Gruppen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gruppen)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-wedding-frequency-and-size/944685 "2021-06-23T17:24:00Z")
Like many unAmericans I get most of my information about American culture from American TV, where it’s a staple that the characters go to lots of really big weddings, and often the people getting married aren’t even peop… --- ## [Detecting a change in a number](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detecting-a-change-in-a-number/944853)
**Author:** [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detecting-a-change-in-a-number/944853 "2021-06-23T17:08:46Z")
People’s attention is limited and I need to see if there’s some work done is determining how people notice/act on a change in a number. Take for example a number on a screen. People may easily notice a 0 changing to a 1… --- ## [Another Critical Race Theory thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-critical-race-theory-thread/941389)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 765\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-critical-race-theory-thread/941389 "2021-06-23T16:54:31Z")
The last one was shut down, so I’m starting a new one. I came across this blog post which I believe provides a great and concise defense of CRT: Why are you afraid of critical race theory? Some key quotes (from the whi… --- ## [Trying to identify a fantasy painting/poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-identify-a-fantasy-painting-poster/944733)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-identify-a-fantasy-painting-poster/944733 "2021-06-23T16:30:18Z")
I first remember seeing this image as an original painting in a gallery at Caesars Palace, probably in the late '70s. I later found it as a poster, probably around 1982 because I remember taking it to college with me and… --- ## [I'm horrified, disgusted and embarrassed \[by January 6\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-horrified-disgusted-and-embarrassed-by-january-6/944768)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-horrified-disgusted-and-embarrassed-by-january-6/944768 "2021-06-23T15:44:18Z")
I watched the events unfold on live TV on January 6 and was horrified at the time. I had a call with a co-worker in England on January 7 where the topic came up and I was embarrassed for my country. I’ve been watching … --- ## [I Need Help Pricing Daisy Buck Rogers 1930's Disintegrator Guns, Please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-pricing-daisy-buck-rogers-1930s-disintegrator-guns-please/944698)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-pricing-daisy-buck-rogers-1930s-disintegrator-guns-please/944698 "2021-06-23T15:39:40Z")
A friend of mine passed away a few months ago. I am helping his widow sell his considerable collections, so that she doesn’t get ripped off. My gut told me these two rayguns were especially valuable. A quick Google confi… --- ## [CarFax and Your Car History](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carfax-and-your-car-history/944543)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carfax-and-your-car-history/944543 "2021-06-23T15:37:46Z")
How does CarFax build a history on your car? Every time your car goes in the shop, I am sure it is entered into the shop’s computer system. Does Carfax tap into these systems automatically? And, if so, how can extensi… --- ## [Do the advantages of all wheel drive outweigh the disadvantages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-advantages-of-all-wheel-drive-outweigh-the-disadvantages/944674)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-advantages-of-all-wheel-drive-outweigh-the-disadvantages/944674 "2021-06-23T15:12:24Z")
My current car is a 2014 Subaru Impreza 5-door hatchback (aka “econobox”). It’s well designed, makes very good use of the interior space, and causes me no problems. But the all wheel drive (AWD) has a couple of major dr… --- ## [I need the most accurate English to Latin translation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-the-most-accurate-english-to-latin-translation/944863)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-the-most-accurate-english-to-latin-translation/944863 "2021-06-23T14:47:12Z")
The phrase I am trying to translate to Latin is “Seize the joy”. I have tried a couple of online translate services and have been given “Carpe gaudium”…but I don’t know whether to trust plug in translators. Is “Carpe g… --- ## [20 Mile Limit -- IMPOSSIBLE!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-mile-limit-impossible/540587)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-mile-limit-impossible/540587 "2021-06-23T13:36:44Z")
I’ve just received an email about a thread I posted in in 2003, asking if I’d found out anything about a short film called 20 Mile Limit. The Chao Goes Mu started a thread on it. Here is my post from a different thread… --- ## [Greek Mythology: Apollo v. Helios](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greek-mythology-apollo-v-helios/944865)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greek-mythology-apollo-v-helios/944865 "2021-06-23T13:04:45Z")
Helios was a Titan (a second-generation Titan actually, the son of Hyperion and Theia) who was the personification of the Sun. But then after the Olympians displace the Titans, the sun is said to be Apollo’s chariot that… --- ## [UK - "Ready Steady Go"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-ready-steady-go/944032)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-ready-steady-go/944032 "2021-06-23T11:01:35Z")
Our local PBS station recently had a fund-raiser - one of the shows being a compilation of clips from the British show “Ready Steady Go” (roughly equivalent to “American Bandstand”). The clips seemed to be mostly from th… --- ## [What's a weirdly common, comedic theme of your dreams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-weirdly-common-comedic-theme-of-your-dreams/944792)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-weirdly-common-comedic-theme-of-your-dreams/944792 "2021-06-23T10:04:15Z")
In real life, I have never held a real gun before. The closest I’ve come is a Super Soaker, a video game, or a stick that looked like a gun. But I fire weapons all the time in my dreams. How? By pointing my fingers a… --- ## [Movies that you enjoyed, right up until the very end](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-enjoyed-right-up-until-the-very-end/941293)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-enjoyed-right-up-until-the-very-end/941293 "2021-06-23T09:20:49Z")
Last night on Netflix I watched the movie “Chef” with Jon Favreau and an all-star cast. And I really really enjoyed it, right up until the end where it seemed like someone decided “Hey, we’ve got about five minutes to wr… --- ## [The Yacyreta hydropower project](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yacyreta-hydropower-project/944876)
**Author:** [@cannonkuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cannonkuo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yacyreta-hydropower-project/944876 "2021-06-23T06:52:53Z")
Does anybody know how the Yacyreta hydropower project between Paraguay and Argentina got its funding? Did the U.S. Eximbank help with the project behind the scene? Thank you very much. --- ## [My, my, my! Clarence is trying to upgrade his look. New teeth are first on the agendas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-my-my-clarence-is-trying-to-upgrade-his-look-new-teeth-are-first-on-the-agendas/944693)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-my-my-clarence-is-trying-to-upgrade-his-look-new-teeth-are-first-on-the-agendas/944693 "2021-06-23T03:34:48Z")
Bad, bad, bad. For starters. Son-of-a-wrek gotta ahold of a bunch of crab legs. So he takes my card and goes and buys them. And then he invited a bunch of his loser friends to my house for a party. Whoo hoo! I do lik… --- ## [Microsoft Excel and Office on line only?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-excel-and-office-on-line-only/944719)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-excel-and-office-on-line-only/944719 "2021-06-23T02:36:39Z")
So I got a new computer and I was out of the loop on office. It looks like they have it as an on line option only, and all docs open in a web browser. And it’s an annual subscription too?! it says maybe they will make a … --- ## [How does law enforcement figure out who was using a computer to commit cybercrime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-law-enforcement-figure-out-who-was-using-a-computer-to-commit-cybercrime/944842)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-law-enforcement-figure-out-who-was-using-a-computer-to-commit-cybercrime/944842 "2021-06-23T02:25:54Z")
Suppose that the feds were able to track down cybercrime (such as carrying out hacking operations, or viewing illegal porn, or hosting illegal content) to a particular computer at a particular location - but there were m… --- ## [Recommend free websites folks should know about](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-free-websites-folks-should-know-about/944542)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-free-websites-folks-should-know-about/944542 "2021-06-23T01:53:11Z")
The Straight Dope has long been a great website. I believe it was even commended as such in the early days of webbing. But memories are short and getting shorter, and tempus fugitaboutit. These days anything can get l… --- ## [Where there any shortages that weren't just from people overbuying because of the fear of a shortage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-there-any-shortages-that-werent-just-from-people-overbuying-because-of-the-fear-of-a-shortage/944780)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-there-any-shortages-that-werent-just-from-people-overbuying-because-of-the-fear-of-a-shortage/944780 "2021-06-23T01:48:29Z")
For example, my understanding is that if everybody simply bought toilet paper at the rate they normally bought it there would have been no toilet paper shortage. Corrections welcome, of course, as if I even need to say … --- ## [Power supply substitution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-supply-substitution/944795)
**Author:** [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-supply-substitution/944795 "2021-06-23T00:40:31Z")
I have a “wall wart” power supply that plugs in to a 120volt outlet. The kind of supply one uses for chargers and small devices. The power supply got wet and is no longer producing power. The output is 12V and 1.6Aamps. … --- ## [Prime Day 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prime-day-2021/944761)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prime-day-2021/944761 "2021-06-23T00:06:37Z")
Starting this thread 'cuz I’ve started it every year since Prime Day began. I haven’t done much work looking for deals yet today. I had a couple things in my cart that I need and they’re not on sale, but I’ll nab the $10… --- ## [Can I change my fingerprints?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-fingerprints/944835)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2021, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-fingerprints/944835 "2021-06-22T22:42:09Z")
Given that identical twins do not share identical fingerprints, it seems that the patterns are due at least in part to something other than genetics. If I abrade my existing prints down past the bottoms of the troughs (… --- ## [Up to 20 lbs of poop!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-to-20-lbs-of-poop/944148)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-to-20-lbs-of-poop/944148 "2021-06-22T21:42:57Z")
A YouTube ad popped up, and I idly watched part of it. A beardo was claiming most humans had from 5 to 20 pounds of shit onboard, and that that was the source all sorts of maladies. Like all this shit just sits there (so… --- ## [Hobby parts unavailable during the Pandemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobby-parts-unavailable-during-the-pandemic/942387)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2021, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobby-parts-unavailable-during-the-pandemic/942387 "2021-06-22T21:09:49Z")
Keeping tropical fish is one of my hobbies. I am unable to find a small pump used to pull air out of water carrying pipes, and a “Majano Wand”, a small rod that uses 12v to dissolve glass anemone pests. What can you not… --- ## [A question about a "colador de cafe"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-a-colador-de-cafe/641173)
**Author:** [@hlanelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hlanelee)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-a-colador-de-cafe/641173 "2021-06-22T20:17:01Z")
So back in September, yet another Mr.Coffee bit the dust. Up front let me say that I have never liked the fact that they could not be disassembled and properly cleaned, nor are they in any way “user servicable”. While lo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1419) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1421)