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**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-mind-me/937905 "2021-03-22T20:14:31Z")
just try something I saw somewhere just try ing something I saw somewhere ah! that’s got it --- ## [Showing thanks on the Dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showing-thanks-on-the-dope/937912)
**Author:** [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showing-thanks-on-the-dope/937912 "2021-03-22T18:42:59Z")
In the discussions about Discourse, there is a lot of good information from people that I’d like to acknowledge and let people know I appreciate their input. In other discussions, there are times when I want to acknowle… --- ## [A decade of The Walking Dead...why is the world still so shitty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-decade-of-the-walking-dead-why-is-the-world-still-so-shitty/938142)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-decade-of-the-walking-dead-why-is-the-world-still-so-shitty/938142 "2021-03-22T18:21:52Z")
In the world of The Walking Dead, basically a decade has passed since the start of the Zombie Apocalypse. Roughly the same amount of time IRL, although the vagaries of the show mean that it’s not necessarily “real time”… --- ## [Top Ten Features of Trump's Social Media Platform](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-features-of-trumps-social-media-platform/938398)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-features-of-trumps-social-media-platform/938398 "2021-03-22T17:18:33Z")
As you have probably seen, a Trump aide has said he is going to start his own social media platform. I’ll believe it when I see it. But in the meantime, let’s try to guess the top 10 features of a social media platform… --- ## [A copyright question (I have to add meaningless words because this thread title has been used)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-copyright-question-i-have-to-add-meaningless-words-because-this-thread-title-has-been-used/938276)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-copyright-question-i-have-to-add-meaningless-words-because-this-thread-title-has-been-used/938276 "2021-03-22T17:04:42Z")
I know; I’ve asked a few of these. I watch react videos on YouTube and I’ve noticed a pattern I don’t understand. I’ll watch a react video where the person is reacting to a popular song and they will play the entire so… --- ## [New Topamax prescription. Weird side effect, is this possible or my imagination?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-topamax-prescription-weird-side-effect-is-this-possible-or-my-imagination/938421)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-topamax-prescription-weird-side-effect-is-this-possible-or-my-imagination/938421 "2021-03-22T16:17:58Z")
Hello Everyone, I’m looking for a factual answer so I don’t think this is a IMHO question, so here it goes. My pain management Doctor has put me on a drug called Topamax to see if it will help with nerve pain. She sa… --- ## [Pope says no to gay marriage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-says-no-to-gay-marriage/937955)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-says-no-to-gay-marriage/937955 "2021-03-22T15:18:53Z")
Not really a surprise I guess --- ## [Aired pilots that were greatly different from the eventually aired show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aired-pilots-that-were-greatly-different-from-the-eventually-aired-show/937868)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aired-pilots-that-were-greatly-different-from-the-eventually-aired-show/937868 "2021-03-22T14:51:05Z")
My friends were discussing Forever Knight, and I told them that I had seen the pilot movie that had all of the same main characters played by different actors, including Rick Springfield as the title character “Nick Knig… --- ## [How to prune these?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-prune-these/938355)
**Author:** [@dauerbach1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-prune-these/938355 "2021-03-22T14:37:38Z")
I am not sure what type of evergreen these are but they are getting too tall (22 years old) and I was wondering the best way to make these smaller. Just cut a couple feet from the top, or will that not work well. --- ## [Brits: Explain "Listed" buildings and renovations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-explain-listed-buildings-and-renovations/854224)
**Author:** [@GMANCANADA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GMANCANADA)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-explain-listed-buildings-and-renovations/854224 "2021-03-22T13:53:53Z")
\[Mods - I’m looking for facts based answers, but they may be opinions, feel free to move it you want\] So during the lockdown I’ve started watching some British renovation shows. I started with Grand Designs on Netflix a… --- ## [Video possibly showing Reptilian eyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-possibly-showing-reptilian-eyes/938348)
**Author:** [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-possibly-showing-reptilian-eyes/938348 "2021-03-22T13:23:55Z")
We’ve had some threads recently discussing conspiracy theories, regarding how they get started, and why people believe them. Coast to Coast AM has highlighted a video that some people will undoubtedly use as evidence th… --- ## [16mm vintage 1939 film found, what to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16mm-vintage-1939-film-found-what-to-do/938364)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16mm-vintage-1939-film-found-what-to-do/938364 "2021-03-22T13:05:32Z")
I have been given access to two 7" diameter cans of double-perf, B&W, 16mm silent film from 1939. It supposedly (I haven’t viewed it completely) shows local high school activities. I hope to preserve it as much as poss… --- ## [Crepitus with and without pain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crepitus-with-and-without-pain/938388)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crepitus-with-and-without-pain/938388 "2021-03-22T12:12:51Z")
I have bad arthritis in my left hip, it is essentially a pile of rubble. I’m working my way towards replacement. In the meantime, I am grappling with pain of several types. I am curious about the phenomenon I’m experien… --- ## [Any Old Watch experts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-old-watch-experts/937744)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-old-watch-experts/937744 "2021-03-22T10:13:59Z")
So I was doing some cleaning and found an old Accutron Astronaut from the 60’s that I inherited. I kind of got an urge to get it running again. I know the batteries are a lot different, being one of the first battery wa… --- ## [How do bananas go extinct?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-bananas-go-extinct/932006)
**Author:** [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-bananas-go-extinct/932006 "2021-03-22T10:09:06Z")
Like many folks, I remember a different kind of banana from my youth. The skin was thinner, I think, and they were easier to “open” then the current Cavendish variety, which seem to require me to score them with a finge… --- ## [Poser Wiccans piss me off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poser-wiccans-piss-me-off/93452)
**Author:** [@Lucki\_Chaarms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucki_Chaarms)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poser-wiccans-piss-me-off/93452 "2021-03-22T06:44:28Z")
As I said in the Jack Chick thread, this is something that pisses me off vastly. People who read one book and put a pentagram around their neck, then BAM! Instant Witch. Never mind that you haven’t been in the forest for… --- ## [A new tile floor. Will the bad bad bad entertainment ever cease?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-tile-floor-will-the-bad-bad-bad-entertainment-ever-cease/938282)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-tile-floor-will-the-bad-bad-bad-entertainment-ever-cease/938282 "2021-03-22T05:22:02Z")
Mr. Wrekker is off on his yearly fishing sojourn to Mexico. Before he left he, in a rude way (I believe) he stated categorically to get my bathroom floor fixed or he was gonna have vinyl installed. YMMV but I hate vinyl… --- ## [Noooooooo...Kim's Convenience is canceled after Season 5!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noooooooo-kims-convenience-is-canceled-after-season-5/938325)
**Author:** [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noooooooo-kims-convenience-is-canceled-after-season-5/938325 "2021-03-22T04:58:58Z")
\[https://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2021-03-18/pop-culture/ok-see-you-kims-convenience-comes-to-an-abrupt-end-after-five-seasons/\](https://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2021-03-18/pop-culture/ok-see-you-kims-convenience-com… --- ## [Hickock 45 I am so disappointed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hickock-45-i-am-so-disappointed/938270)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hickock-45-i-am-so-disappointed/938270 "2021-03-22T04:53:38Z")
Hickok 45 has been a long time YouTube channel devoted to shooting and gun knowledge. I have been watching his vids for years and appreciated because he stayed on the info and didn’t focus on politics. He did support th… --- ## [Let's Discuss John Ford's movie, The Searchers and Red River with John Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-john-fords-movie-the-searchers-and-red-river-with-john-wayne/938205)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-john-fords-movie-the-searchers-and-red-river-with-john-wayne/938205 "2021-03-22T04:47:07Z")
Have you seen The Searchers or Red River? Did you like it? Is it a movie you’d watch several times? I saw The Searchers in late 2020. It was riveting and the cast was very good. John Wayne plays Ethan Edwards, a harda… --- ## [Men vs women- take NO for a answer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-vs-women-take-no-for-a-answer/933839)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 473\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-vs-women-take-no-for-a-answer/933839 "2021-03-22T04:19:16Z")
I have been told, that unless it is a soft no (I can’t Saturday, I am…") men should take NO for a answer. Sure. But then why all the “romantic” films and TV shows where it is considered highly romantic for the man to ke… --- ## [Florida: Want to Win Election? Run Sham Candidate with Same Last Name as Opponent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-want-to-win-election-run-sham-candidate-with-same-last-name-as-opponent/938247)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-want-to-win-election-run-sham-candidate-with-same-last-name-as-opponent/938247 "2021-03-22T04:17:06Z")
One of Florida’s most explosive political scandals in recent memory started with a Facebook message. Former Republican Sen. Frank Artiles sent a May 2020 message to Alex Rodriguez, an old acquaintance who he knew was i… --- ## [R.I.P. Met Opera's James Levine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-met-operas-james-levine/938162)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-met-operas-james-levine/938162 "2021-03-22T02:38:01Z")
James Levine, Met Opera Maestro for over 40 years, has died, at the age of 77. “No artist in the 137-year history of the Met had as profound an impact as James Levine,” Peter Gelb, the company’s general manager, said in… --- ## [When a man converts to Judaism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-a-man-converts-to-judaism/938342)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-a-man-converts-to-judaism/938342 "2021-03-22T02:22:55Z")
When an adult man converts to Judaism, does he need to be circumcised? If he isn’t, does he need to get circumcised? --- ## [The Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gestalt/938324)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gestalt/938324 "2021-03-22T01:53:12Z")
Some stories, a few thoughts, hopefully a coherent OP? We’ll see what happens! TLDR: Long. 13th birthday, party at my house, my daughter (Sophia) and her friends sitting on the furniture, looking at their phones, for th… --- ## [What would a criminal indictment of Trump look like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-criminal-indictment-of-trump-look-like/937713)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-criminal-indictment-of-trump-look-like/937713 "2021-03-22T01:09:52Z")
How do you think a criminal indictment of Trump would play out given his status as ex-president? Would he have to show up to NY or Georgia (or wherever else) for booking? Would he get fingerprinted and mugshotted? I su… --- ## [Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern to merge, plan to carry freight from Canada to Mexico](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-pacific-and-kansas-city-southern-to-merge-plan-to-carry-freight-from-canada-to-mexico/938347)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-pacific-and-kansas-city-southern-to-merge-plan-to-carry-freight-from-canada-to-mexico/938347 "2021-03-22T00:07:23Z")
I rarely think about freight rail. But i guess it’s still big business. Railroads Strike a $25 Billion Merger Railroads Strike a $25 Billion Merger - WSJ It’s subject to regulatory approval in the US as to whether it w… --- ## [Top o' the Morning, A St. Patrick's Day MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-o-the-morning-a-st-patricks-day-mmp/937923)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 248\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2021, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-o-the-morning-a-st-patricks-day-mmp/937923 "2021-03-21T23:53:02Z")
So another stay at home St. Patrick’s Day for me(but I do have some Guinness and Tullamore Dew). Anybody else do anything special(pre pandemic)? Or just hijack this puppy, not like the mods are gonna beat you with a sh… --- ## [So, about the Big Bang](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-about-the-big-bang/938337)
**Author:** [@Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2021, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-about-the-big-bang/938337 "2021-03-21T23:29:30Z")
I was wondering what it would be like if I was there when it happened. I did a little research and found this: \[One second after the Big Bang\] The sphere of space that will become the observable universe is approximate… --- ## ["We will be back in some form"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-will-be-back-in-some-form/930983)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2021, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-will-be-back-in-some-form/930983 "2021-03-21T23:06:24Z")
In what forms do you imagine the various Trumps will return? Human? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1510) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1512)