# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=156&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 157 --- ## [If a random person had to operate a ham radio with no prior experience, how easy would it be for them to figure out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-random-person-had-to-operate-a-ham-radio-with-no-prior-experience-how-easy-would-it-be-for-them-to-figure-out/1026885)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-random-person-had-to-operate-a-ham-radio-with-no-prior-experience-how-easy-would-it-be-for-them-to-figure-out/1026885 "2026-01-23T18:43:27Z")
Image someone is alone in an emergency or survival situation where they need to call for help and their only means of communication is a ham radio. For instance, a lost and injured hiker comes across a remote cabin with … --- ## [Prague Suggestions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prague-suggestions/1026925)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prague-suggestions/1026925 "2026-01-23T18:39:55Z")
Hey Folks We’re planning a trip to Prague. I like to boast about the number of places I’ve been, but Prague will be a first for me. I’m looking for suggestions on where to stay. We like to be right in the middle of it … --- ## [I don't get this joke about Hitler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-joke-about-hitler/548823)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-joke-about-hitler/548823 "2026-01-23T18:05:47Z")
I was watching To Be Or Not To Be yesterday and they had a joke about Hitler. If they named a brandy after Napoleon and a herring after Bismarck, what’s Hitler going to be? A piece of cheese. I don’t get it. Is it sup… --- ## [Best limmericks (may be offensive)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-limmericks-may-be-offensive/234176)
**Author:** [@grisham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grisham)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-limmericks-may-be-offensive/234176 "2026-01-23T17:53:47Z")
I was reading the thread on camp songs and it got me thinking. What are some good limmericks out there. My favorite is: there once was a man from bandoo who fell asleep in a canoe he dreamt of venus and played with … --- ## [How do criminals launder marked bills?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-criminals-launder-marked-bills/1025978)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-criminals-launder-marked-bills/1025978 "2026-01-23T14:40:56Z")
I’ve always been a bit fascinated by the DB Cooper case. Mostly that many of the possible suspects had experience in parachuting and/or military intelligence work. But in my opinion skydiving out of an aircraft on a col… --- ## [Meet the many mini men manifesting magic mushroom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-many-mini-men-manifesting-magic-mushroom/1026943)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-many-mini-men-manifesting-magic-mushroom/1026943 "2026-01-23T14:05:44Z")
Every year, doctors at a hospital in the Yunnan Province of China brace themselves for an influx of people with an unusual complaint. The patients come with a strikingly odd symptom: visions of pint-sized, elf-like figu… --- ## [Should lawyers who use AI be severely punished?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-lawyers-who-use-ai-be-severely-punished/1018452)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-lawyers-who-use-ai-be-severely-punished/1018452 "2026-01-23T12:16:23Z")
I’m not a law-talking’ person, but I’ve run across more than one article about lawyers using AI to create their references and such. Is this an infraction that deserves a special punishment, or just a referral to whoever… --- ## [Similar Sounding Songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-sounding-songs/946986)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-sounding-songs/946986 "2026-01-23T11:55:04Z")
Not sure whether this is better for Thread Games or Café Society. The quintessential similar sounding song: “He’s So Fine” “My Sweet Lord” Artist The Chiffons George Harrison Album He’s So Fine, 1963 All … --- ## [Another question about US government re the president](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-about-us-government-re-the-president/1026851)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-about-us-government-re-the-president/1026851 "2026-01-23T05:05:09Z")
When the founding fathers set up the checks and balances of the president, congress etc, was it their intent that the president be non-partisan, and subject to the decisions of the other branches of government? That is, … --- ## [Chinese AI: Any reason not to adopt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-ai-any-reason-not-to-adopt/1026947)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-ai-any-reason-not-to-adopt/1026947 "2026-01-23T02:52:23Z")
This Economist article (link below) suggests Chinese AI should not be feared by European businesses because of its low cost, open source and predictions about access compared to American innovation. Are they right? Or … --- ## [Who had a Bullworker (isometric exercise device)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-a-bullworker-isometric-exercise-device/1026910)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-a-bullworker-isometric-exercise-device/1026910 "2026-01-23T02:37:21Z")
I had one, and it did actually build a little muscle. I already had “farm boy” strength, though. --- ## [NFL Week 18](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-18/1026169)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-18/1026169 "2026-01-23T01:27:18Z")
On Thursday, the Lions ushered themselves out of the playoffs, committing six turnovers in a loss to the Vikings. Later that day, the Broncos scored a late touchdown to defeat the Chiefs in Arrowhead. That win took on … --- ## [Can a play be the "right" thing for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-play-be-the-right-thing-for-you/1026918)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-play-be-the-right-thing-for-you/1026918 "2026-01-23T01:00:49Z")
I was really torn between putting this thread here, or the P&E forum. Enter ‘Stage Right:’ Central Ohio home to nation’s only conservative theater company | NBC4 WCMH-TV This guy has started what he claims is the only … --- ## [Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wake-up-dead-man-a-knives-out-mystery/1022866)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wake-up-dead-man-a-knives-out-mystery/1022866 "2026-01-23T00:43:53Z")
The next installment of the Knives Out franchise is coming out in November. I liked the first two installments. --- ## [Seven of Nine you cruel b\*\*\*h](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-of-nine-you-cruel-b-h/1026822)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-of-nine-you-cruel-b-h/1026822 "2026-01-23T00:04:36Z")
Star Trek technology sounds fun. Amazing even. Heck I want a few of them in my house. But the body implants are ruining my life. Or saving it. Which ever you prefer to think. They managed to poke so many things in my … --- ## [Movies you haven't seen recently. (A thread for trailers for new unreleased movies.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-havent-seen-recently-a-thread-for-trailers-for-new-unreleased-movies/987183)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-havent-seen-recently-a-thread-for-trailers-for-new-unreleased-movies/987183 "2026-01-22T23:41:56Z")
I don’t think we have anything like a thread for posting new trailers for upcoming movies, and it seems like a good thing to have. I’ll kick it off with this one I saw today, which seems to be roughly the answer to the … --- ## [Does Hawking Radiation require an event horizon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hawking-radiation-require-an-event-horizon/1026773)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hawking-radiation-require-an-event-horizon/1026773 "2026-01-22T23:22:36Z")
The answers I could find on the web are split about 50% “we genuinely don’t know” and 50% “yes we do know”; only with the latter then equally split between “yes it does” and “no it doesn’t”. Superficially, if Hawking rad… --- ## [Episodic Comedy Films ..... a dead genre?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episodic-comedy-films-a-dead-genre/1024904)
**Author:** [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episodic-comedy-films-a-dead-genre/1024904 "2026-01-22T23:08:28Z")
So I love a good bad movie. Tubi recommended a 70s movie “Record City” so I put it on… ”Bizarre and funny employees and customers pass through the popular Record City music store in Los Angeles during a live radio conce… --- ## [Proposed People of the ‘Dope: Did you talk to your "intended" about marriage, before you actually did the proposal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-people-of-the-dope-did-you-talk-to-your-intended-about-marriage-before-you-actually-did-the-proposal/1026867)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-people-of-the-dope-did-you-talk-to-your-intended-about-marriage-before-you-actually-did-the-proposal/1026867 "2026-01-22T22:35:58Z")
Over the weekend, I heard from a friend that his daughter’s semi on again, off again boyfriend proposed to the daughter, and she said no. I asked if they had ever talked about marriage, and he said that according to the… --- ## [Ex-military Dopers, what kind of illegal orders are you confident your peers would have disobeyed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-military-dopers-what-kind-of-illegal-orders-are-you-confident-your-peers-would-have-disobeyed/1026865)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-military-dopers-what-kind-of-illegal-orders-are-you-confident-your-peers-would-have-disobeyed/1026865 "2026-01-22T21:29:36Z")
I know we have a sizable number of posters here on the Dope who are ex-Navy, ex-USAF, ex-Army, etc. I’m sure you would have disobeyed illegal orders from a US president or commander - but what about your peers? At the t… --- ## [Do you have to know the PARTICULAR computers hardware for C programming?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-to-know-the-particular-computers-hardware-for-c-programming/1026844)
**Author:** [@Nublette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nublette)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-to-know-the-particular-computers-hardware-for-c-programming/1026844 "2026-01-22T21:12:43Z")
In C, I hear you have to manually allocate the memory, and possibly do other things by hand in a similar realm. This seems to be saying that you need to write C with the particular hardware of the computer you are actua… --- ## [Barron Trump calls police for friend being assaulted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barron-trump-calls-police-for-friend-being-assaulted/1026924)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barron-trump-calls-police-for-friend-being-assaulted/1026924 "2026-01-22T20:57:20Z")
This is not political and has nothing to do with the President The internet brings unique challenges. How do you react after witnessing a crime remotely? Perhaps in another country? It can be complicated to call emerge… --- ## [I guess I'm back (the long nightmare is over)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-im-back-the-long-nightmare-is-over/1026892)
**Author:** [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-im-back-the-long-nightmare-is-over/1026892 "2026-01-22T20:33:41Z")
Hi. I was never an incredibly prolific or popular poster, a lot of old folks may not even remember me, but I signed up with the original vBulletin boards around … late 2000, I think? Maybe early 2001? My handle was Chees… --- ## [Trauma Candy dump bowls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trauma-candy-dump-bowls/1026871)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trauma-candy-dump-bowls/1026871 "2026-01-22T18:26:38Z")
I had to look up what it’s called. I saw some YouTube vids of people dumping bags of candy into a bowl and telling of a past trauma. I don’t get it. Are they gonna all share the bowl of candy during a pity party? Or a… --- ## [Locked out of a Windows PC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locked-out-of-a-windows-pc/1026743)
**Author:** [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locked-out-of-a-windows-pc/1026743 "2026-01-22T17:42:59Z")
I have no access to a Windows PC (Windows 10, I believe; Dell OptiPlex XE3) I inherited at work. There are two login accounts/domains. Account1 prompts for a password and Account2 prompts for a PIN. I don’t know either. … --- ## [Ring in the New Year with Funk!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-in-the-new-year-with-funk/1012436)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-in-the-new-year-with-funk/1012436 "2026-01-22T17:23:49Z")
What’s your favorite funk song? It is something slow and grindy, like Maybe Your Baby or More Bounce to the Ounce? Something more disco like Love Rollercoaster or Holy Ghost? Something more jazzy like What is Hip? Yo… --- ## [Is it immoral to retain wealth in a world of extreme poverty and suffering?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-immoral-to-retain-wealth-in-a-world-of-extreme-poverty-and-suffering/1026711)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-immoral-to-retain-wealth-in-a-world-of-extreme-poverty-and-suffering/1026711 "2026-01-22T16:49:38Z")
There’s an article written years ago where the author argues that even if you obtained wealth in a moral way, that wouldn’t necessarily make it moral to retain it. He uses an analogy of someone obtaining an EpiPen that t… --- ## [Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky dies at age 29](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-grandmaster-daniel-naroditsky-dies-at-age-29/1024156)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-grandmaster-daniel-naroditsky-dies-at-age-29/1024156 "2026-01-22T15:50:12Z")
WTF!?!?!?!? He posted this video 3 days ago. You will hear the voice of your coach no matter what activity you do so make sure it’s a calm voice of helpful aid. Danya was and is my inner Chess voice. He was a fantast… --- ## [Obscure early chemistry question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-early-chemistry-question/1026831)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-early-chemistry-question/1026831 "2026-01-22T15:41:46Z")
An early practical chemist named Johann Rudolph Glauber is credited as among the first chemists to produce hydrochloric acid in its pure form, and pioneering the method most commonly used thereafter. The literature says … --- ## [Star Trek Section 31 (The movie, not the general concept.) (Or, okay, the general concept too if you want the thread to go that way—I'm easy.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-section-31-the-movie-not-the-general-concept-or-okay-the-general-concept-too-if-you-want-the-thread-to-go-that-way-im-easy/1013347)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-section-31-the-movie-not-the-general-concept-or-okay-the-general-concept-too-if-you-want-the-thread-to-go-that-way-im-easy/1013347 "2026-01-22T13:55:17Z")
So very, incredibly bad. It reminds me a lot of the Rick and Morty episode parodying the Avengers, except it takes itself seriously. Or maybe it should be called Plan Oceans 11 From Outer Space? Early on during the chara… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=155&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=157&state=muted)