# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=153&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 154 --- ## [Want to protest a Trump appearance, without having to be there? Do this!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-protest-a-trump-appearance-without-having-to-be-there-do-this/1027025)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-protest-a-trump-appearance-without-having-to-be-there-do-this/1027025 "2026-01-29T12:59:49Z")
Two days from now, January 27, 2026, the Dumpster is planning to make an appearance in the Des Moines suburb of Clive, Iowa. You can do what I did: register for a “ticket” with no intention of attending, a la the infamo… --- ## [Must-do things in London or within an afternoon’s drive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-do-things-in-london-or-within-an-afternoon-s-drive/1025314)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-do-things-in-london-or-within-an-afternoon-s-drive/1025314 "2026-01-29T12:40:55Z")
When Mrs. Homie and I have some money, we’re doing to do a once in a lifetime dream trip to England and Wales. We’ll start in Wrexham for a day or two and then on to London, where we’ll stay based for 8-10 days. We’d lik… --- ## [Trump solving eight wars - Has he done anything at all remotely close to this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-solving-eight-wars-has-he-done-anything-at-all-remotely-close-to-this/1027119)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-solving-eight-wars-has-he-done-anything-at-all-remotely-close-to-this/1027119 "2026-01-29T12:20:54Z")
Basically what the title asks. He keeps stating that he has solved eight wars and IMHO he has solved nothing. At the same time, MSM reporters never call him on it and he just keeps on saying it. So, realistically, has h… --- ## [Compound words that make you say "What?!" including ones that make you wince \[ spun off from What Were You THINKING Pit thread \]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compound-words-that-make-you-say-what-including-ones-that-make-you-wince-spun-off-from-what-were-you-thinking-pit-thread/1027104)
**Author:** [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compound-words-that-make-you-say-what-including-ones-that-make-you-wince-spun-off-from-what-were-you-thinking-pit-thread/1027104 "2026-01-29T10:32:02Z")
And me. And it’s a good one; I sure do see a lot of that lately (mostly not here.) --- ## [General Question for Mods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-question-for-mods/1027136)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-question-for-mods/1027136 "2026-01-29T09:51:29Z")
I asked a mod this privately, who agreed it was something that needed to be brought up generally before I did it, so the mods would understand what was supposed to be happening. I want to post in probably MPSIMS, or may… --- ## [NPR Revives a Forgotten Superhero](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-revives-a-forgotten-superhero/937709)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-revives-a-forgotten-superhero/937709 "2026-01-29T04:34:00Z")
Now that he’s fallen into the Public Domain, National Public Radio (or, rather, Planet Money at NPR) has decided to claim MicroFace as their own. They’re having a comic book made up, and you can pre-order it https:… --- ## [Were the covid numbers fudged to get additional disaster relief funding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-covid-numbers-fudged-to-get-additional-disaster-relief-funding/1027121)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-covid-numbers-fudged-to-get-additional-disaster-relief-funding/1027121 "2026-01-29T03:45:05Z")
My sister spent time in the emergency room yesterday. We spent a lot of time talking to our nurse. She told us that during the pandemic, she’d personally seen examples of people dying in car accidents and then being pos… --- ## [Favorite Rum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-rum/1027069)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-rum/1027069 "2026-01-29T03:29:22Z")
Years ago, in the days of the past, one could go into a bar and order a Rum & Coke. For me, if that was my thing, it would be (white) Bacardi and Coke. There was amber Bacardi, and I believe the exact equivalents in Morg… --- ## [How much effort into selling old collectibles (Stamps and Coins)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-effort-into-selling-old-collectibles-stamps-and-coins/1026839)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-effort-into-selling-old-collectibles-stamps-and-coins/1026839 "2026-01-29T02:45:02Z")
Considering the board’s collective age and experience, I figured a few of us have some experience on this subject. I know the demographics for most of these collectors has collapsed, to the point that many collections a… --- ## [In an ideal society, would/should we let people isolate themselves as much as they want?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-an-ideal-society-would-should-we-let-people-isolate-themselves-as-much-as-they-want/1025727)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-an-ideal-society-would-should-we-let-people-isolate-themselves-as-much-as-they-want/1025727 "2026-01-29T02:31:34Z")
Triggered by a side conversation where introverts talked about how much they enjoyed the lockdown era of Covid, even as they realize how that can come off. (I’ve also heard echoes of this in the WFH debate.) in an ideal… --- ## [What the hell happened to Audacity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-happened-to-audacity/1026994)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-happened-to-audacity/1026994 "2026-01-29T02:00:57Z")
I sometimes used Audacity in the 00’s to amplify a weak mp3 audio. I even used Audacity in the early 90’s. I went to get it tonight and the worthless POS snuck MusicHub on my laptop Whatever the hell that is. Damn, ba… --- ## [David Bowie - what am I missing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-what-am-i-missing/1026944)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-what-am-i-missing/1026944 "2026-01-29T01:55:45Z")
I’ve thought about posting this for a while but, being the Dope, I have a feeling I know the answers I’ll get… but I am genuinely asking. I frequently read about what a force he was: And on and on. I’m not knocking … --- ## [Rain, snow, sleet or hail. Oh, hell no](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-snow-sleet-or-hail-oh-hell-no/1027134)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-snow-sleet-or-hail-oh-hell-no/1027134 "2026-01-29T01:33:44Z")
So no rural mail delivery since the artic dumped here. Not really surprised. Our postal carrier has issues, any way. So mail is a hit or miss. But I look in the paper. Mail delivery is suspended in Arkansas. Sarah, at … --- ## [What is the job of ICE supposed to be (if not what it is doing?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-job-of-ice-supposed-to-be-if-not-what-it-is-doing/825949)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-job-of-ice-supposed-to-be-if-not-what-it-is-doing/825949 "2026-01-29T00:19:49Z")
ISTM there is a major difference between protests against, say, police brutality, and the protests against ICE. With protests against police shooting unarmed black men, the protesters are contending that the police didn’… --- ## [Help, How do I purchase Win 10 Extended updates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-how-do-i-purchase-win-10-extended-updates/1026964)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-how-do-i-purchase-win-10-extended-updates/1026964 "2026-01-28T23:28:50Z")
I installed all the Win 10 updates available. Update sent me to my Microsoft account to purchase another year of support. I logged in and have searched my account page and additional support isn’t there? My only subsc… --- ## [Alex Honnold can climb a half-mile of sheer vertical rock.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-honnold-can-climb-a-half-mile-of-sheer-vertical-rock/829974)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-honnold-can-climb-a-half-mile-of-sheer-vertical-rock/829974 "2026-01-28T19:43:14Z")
I spend a lot of time clicking aimlessly around at YouTube. If I linked to every interesting video I saw, I’d start hundreds of threads! There are many amazing people out there in the world. But Alex Honnold flabberga… --- ## [Fatburger's parent company is in trouble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fatburgers-parent-company-is-in-trouble/1027124)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fatburgers-parent-company-is-in-trouble/1027124 "2026-01-28T18:23:09Z")
FAT Brands has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Restaurant franchiser FAT Brands, which owns popular fast-casual chains including Fatburger, Johnny Rockets and Twin Peaks, has filed for bankruptcy amid a mou… --- ## [Remember musical laser light shows?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-musical-laser-light-shows/1027053)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-musical-laser-light-shows/1027053 "2026-01-28T17:25:35Z")
They would be held in planetariums (usually), the seats would go back so far there was a real danger of falling asleep when the lights went down…until a rock album was played (Dark Side Of The Moon, The Wall etc) and the… --- ## [\*A House of Dynamite\* (2025 film about nuclear attack) Discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-house-of-dynamite-2025-film-about-nuclear-attack-discussion/1024344)
**Author:** [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-house-of-dynamite-2025-film-about-nuclear-attack-discussion/1024344 "2026-01-28T16:07:14Z")
Continuing the discussion from Movies you've seen recently (Part 2): Perhaps. I mean I’m no expert on nuclear war strategy but it seems to me that once you have fired that first missile, you’ve already decided to forgo… --- ## [Looking for an alarm/count down timer that works DESPITE computer going to sleep](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-alarm-count-down-timer-that-works-despite-computer-going-to-sleep/1027103)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-alarm-count-down-timer-that-works-despite-computer-going-to-sleep/1027103 "2026-01-28T15:47:30Z")
I don’t know if this is exists or is possible, but… What I need is a timer app that will play an audio alarm when it hits zero EVEN IF the computer has gone to ‘sleep’ in the meantime. In case ‘sleep’ isn’t the right t… --- ## [Ultrasonic Detection Technology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultrasonic-detection-technology/1027117)
**Author:** [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultrasonic-detection-technology/1027117 "2026-01-28T14:46:54Z")
I am interested in a device capable of determining the density of surrounding objects. The transmitter and receiver must be located in the same place, so we couldn’t put the material in between the two. Using commercial,… --- ## [Humidifier recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humidifier-recommendations/1027036)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humidifier-recommendations/1027036 "2026-01-28T13:31:11Z")
I bought this Honeywell humidifier some months ago and it really is not getting the job done. Given how simple its operation is it is weirdly expensive too. I wouldn’t mind if it got the job done but I can barely tell … --- ## [Do identical twins have similar fingerprints?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-identical-twins-have-similar-fingerprints/1019749)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-identical-twins-have-similar-fingerprints/1019749 "2026-01-28T13:19:57Z")
No two people have identical fingerprints, not even twins. But do twins have broadly similar prints? Fingerprints come in three types, loop, whorl and arch. Arches may be plain or tented. Loops may be radial or ulnar,… --- ## [Does anyone else remember this 80s show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-remember-this-80s-show/544319)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-remember-this-80s-show/544319 "2026-01-28T11:02:16Z")
In the 80s, I think it was on Nickelodeon. Basically it was a voice reading a comic book while a camera panned from panel to panel. Sometimes it was a comic about two babies called Sugar and Spike and sometimes it was th… --- ## [When Spacetime Speeds Up the Universe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-spacetime-speeds-up-the-universe/1026609)
**Author:** [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-spacetime-speeds-up-the-universe/1026609 "2026-01-28T06:42:50Z")
German researchers at the University of Bremen, together with Romanian colleagues at the University of Brașov, have proposed a theory suggesting that “dark energy” might not be a separate, mysterious substance at all. D… --- ## [Handy persons: please help regarding old Schlage multi-point lock doors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handy-persons-please-help-regarding-old-schlage-multi-point-lock-doors/1026840)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handy-persons-please-help-regarding-old-schlage-multi-point-lock-doors/1026840 "2026-01-28T06:07:26Z")
So, a good buddy has a mother-in-law garage apartment built in the 1960’s (maybe 70’s). It has Schlage brand multi-point lock systems from back in the day. The garage is unoccupied and got broken into over the summer. Al… --- ## [Your Favorite Singer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-singer/1027063)
**Author:** [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-singer/1027063 "2026-01-28T04:06:34Z")
Who’s your favorite singer? I’m defining “favorite” as the person whose voice and phrasing most reliably provides you with pleasure. My own favorite is Willie Nelson. I’m not a huge fan, but — more than anyone else — he… --- ## [Where does the income from a deceased YouTuber go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-income-from-a-deceased-youtuber-go/1027092)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-income-from-a-deceased-youtuber-go/1027092 "2026-01-28T03:02:12Z")
Recently a young (he was 55/56) YouTuber died. He had no wife and no children. His YouTube channel is still getting views – indeed, his videos probably got a yuge bump when news of his death broke. Does this money go to… --- ## [I post a benign comment, you fake offense to it and then post your own.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-post-a-benign-comment-you-fake-offense-to-it-and-then-post-your-own/811932)
**Author:** [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Replies:** 1946\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-post-a-benign-comment-you-fake-offense-to-it-and-then-post-your-own/811932 "2026-01-28T02:34:39Z")
Inspired by a video I saw where some millennials were offended by just about everything they said to each other while on a date. The game is simple. I’ll post the first benign, purposely unoffensive comment and you mak… --- ## [Dead or nearly dead tropes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-or-nearly-dead-tropes/1014797)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 477\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-or-nearly-dead-tropes/1014797 "2026-01-28T02:28:18Z")
I’ve been binging a lot of older TV series lately, and occasionally notice tropes/memes/gags that used to turn up pretty regularly and familiarly in decades past that seem to have nearly or completely died out today. A f… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=152&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=154&state=watching)