# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1566 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1567 --- ## [Hari Seldon's warning in the Biden XO transgender sports thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hari-seldons-warning-in-the-biden-xo-transgender-sports-thread/931134)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2021, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hari-seldons-warning-in-the-biden-xo-transgender-sports-thread/931134 "2021-01-27T00:11:05Z")
In the recent thread about men and women in sports and Biden’s executive order, Hari Seldon issued a warning to the OP: But right after this warning was issued, Jimmy Chitwood (not the OP, but a separate poster) then c… --- ## [Making pre-made crab cakes in the Instant Pot (need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-pre-made-crab-cakes-in-the-instant-pot-need-answer-fast/923220)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-pre-made-crab-cakes-in-the-instant-pot-need-answer-fast/923220 "2021-01-26T23:52:33Z")
I have some pre-made frozen crab cakes that I want to cook in the Instant Pot tonight, to go along with some stuffed mushrooms that I’ll make in the oven inside the big house. If I used the oven to make the crab cakes, … --- ## [I now have a daughter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-have-a-daughter/930646)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-have-a-daughter/930646 "2021-01-26T23:20:37Z")
This is an anonymous forum, so I’m comfortable posting this. Our older son came out as a trans woman earlier this week. She’s 22, and had been thinking about it for a while. She came out on social media, and the posit… --- ## [Why is it legal for strangers to spray paint my lawn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-legal-for-strangers-to-spray-paint-my-lawn/931286)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-legal-for-strangers-to-spray-paint-my-lawn/931286 "2021-01-26T21:58:25Z")
Over the past few days, several men working for the US Infrastructure Company have been walking around our street, locating underground utilities (water, power, cable, etc.), and marking their locations with spray paint … --- ## [Who is the mysterious "system" poster?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-mysterious-system-poster/931431)
**Author:** [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-mysterious-system-poster/931431 "2021-01-26T21:54:38Z")
Here. Here in 2000 Here in 2020 Double secret mod? Former double secret mod and a new double secret mod both using the same account? Jesus? Enquiring minds want to know. --- ## [Has anyone gotten an airline refund?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-an-airline-refund/927072)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-an-airline-refund/927072 "2021-01-26T21:49:02Z")
Not a “voucher/cancellation accepted for future travel” but your $$ back? When the shit hit the fan, we had 3 trips booked and paid for, airlines, hotels and yes, cruises. 2 music themed cruises and a blues festival. A… --- ## [So, how is that @ thing supposed to work anyway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-is-that-thing-supposed-to-work-anyway/930206)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-is-that-thing-supposed-to-work-anyway/930206 "2021-01-26T21:42:20Z")
Whenever I try to reply or refer to another Doper in a post using the @username convention, it never seems to work the way I expect. When I type the @ character, it shows me a list of user names (which I thought was supp… --- ## [Read only mode and composing posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-only-mode-and-composing-posts/931502)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-only-mode-and-composing-posts/931502 "2021-01-26T21:41:00Z")
Very occasionally the site goes into read only mode, seemingly due to high load. This isn’t usually a big deal, as it will usually resolve itself quite quickly. However, if the user is in the middle of composing a post,… --- ## [What just happened with the board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-just-happened-with-the-board/931495)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-just-happened-with-the-board/931495 "2021-01-26T21:15:09Z")
The board briefly flipped to “Read-Only Mode” and logged me out for a little while there. Why? --- ## [TV shows of your dreams!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-of-your-dreams/809580)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-of-your-dreams/809580 "2021-01-26T21:08:29Z")
So last night I dreamed I was watching some kind of Star Trek spinoff. It had four very different mothers (human, Vulcan, Klingon, & an 4th species I couldn’t identify) who’s kids all went to the same school. I think t… --- ## [Found space object proves we are not alone \[Nothing is proven\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-space-object-proves-we-are-not-alone-nothing-is-proven/931237)
**Author:** [@rboyce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rboyce)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-space-object-proves-we-are-not-alone-nothing-is-proven/931237 "2021-01-26T19:33:19Z")
Found space object proves we are not alone Humans have been sending out “probes” into our solar system and beyond in efforts to detect far off planets and other objects within our solar system, but it was never contempl… --- ## [The Generation X Cicadas Are Coming! The Generation X Cicadas Are Coming!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-generation-x-cicadas-are-coming-the-generation-x-cicadas-are-coming/241282)
**Author:** [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-generation-x-cicadas-are-coming-the-generation-x-cicadas-are-coming/241282 "2021-01-26T19:32:13Z")
Cicadas. Or as we say in my neck of the woods, "chick-ayduh bugs. It’s been 17 years since the last seasonal brood of cicada bugs emerged from their long subterranian slumber and paid a visit to the East Coast of the US… --- ## [My Republican friends need to pace themselves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-republican-friends-need-to-pace-themselves/931504)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-republican-friends-need-to-pace-themselves/931504 "2021-01-26T18:49:40Z")
It’s been…4 days? I don’t need to know after signed every executive order how much Joe Biden didn’t magically fix everything yet or how every policy decision that doesn’t involve kowtowing to Big Oil or placing a former… --- ## ["Waiting for Guffman": what are they doing "wrong"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-guffman-what-are-they-doing-wrong/931536)
**Author:** [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-guffman-what-are-they-doing-wrong/931536 "2021-01-26T18:31:29Z")
It’s said that the show-within-a-show in “Waiting for Guffman” is even funnier if you’ve worked in theater, because you can recognize the various theatrical “don’ts” that the production is blithely ignoring. For instance… --- ## [When is it appropriate to request, or keep, something politics-free?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-appropriate-to-request-or-keep-something-politics-free/931485)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-appropriate-to-request-or-keep-something-politics-free/931485 "2021-01-26T18:14:49Z")
This thread could go into either IMHO or Politics: We all know the axiom: “There are two topics to avoid: Politics and religion.” Recently, there was someone who complained on PostSecret about PostSecret becoming polit… --- ## [Watch Dogs: Legion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-dogs-legion/931540)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-dogs-legion/931540 "2021-01-26T18:00:30Z")
There doesn’t seem to be a specific thread for this so I’m starting one. Pretty sure this is the only game in my Epic library that I paid for; definitely the only one that I pre-ordered. Finally started playing a few da… --- ## [What life lessons have you learned from your pet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-life-lessons-have-you-learned-from-your-pet/930749)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-life-lessons-have-you-learned-from-your-pet/930749 "2021-01-26T18:00:03Z")
Getting a dog has been a revelation for me in many ways. If you have a dog, you are constantly reminded of the value (and vicissitude) of “living in the moment”. Has having a pet (pets) taught you anything about your o… --- ## [Drinking games for your favorite TV shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-games-for-your-favorite-tv-shows/848496)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-games-for-your-favorite-tv-shows/848496 "2021-01-26T17:12:57Z")
In this modern day and age, binge-watching complete seasons of TV shows has become common. I myself recently finished watching Enterprise, and came up with some drinking game rules for it. I extend to my fellow Dopers th… --- ## [Contacted by a former co-worker, she is now 77, do I ask about her husband? Need answer fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contacted-by-a-former-co-worker-she-is-now-77-do-i-ask-about-her-husband-need-answer-fast/931396)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contacted-by-a-former-co-worker-she-is-now-77-do-i-ask-about-her-husband-need-answer-fast/931396 "2021-01-26T17:09:21Z")
We used to work in different departments, then she transferred over and report to me until she retired, maybe 12 years ago. Her husband had an industrial injury (same company) and was off on permanent disability, and I d… --- ## [The Kellyanne Conway Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kellyanne-conway-thread/782444)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kellyanne-conway-thread/782444 "2021-01-26T16:49:14Z")
Ok, I’ll start. The whole purpose of those cooking devices is to hold the waves in, not let them out. Swing away Dopers, swing away. --- ## [The elif statement in Python](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elif-statement-in-python/931533)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elif-statement-in-python/931533 "2021-01-26T16:14:33Z")
Wikipedia gives the following example for and else-if construction in programming (I don’t know which language exactly this is, from the context of the Wiki article I would suppose it’s Ada): if condition then –statem… --- ## [Why do people put up with so much cr@p?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-put-up-with-so-much-cr-p/930673)
**Author:** [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-put-up-with-so-much-cr-p/930673 "2021-01-26T14:35:52Z")
Maybe I’m just extra naïve or have unusually healthy self-esteem, but I am continually amazed by advice columns, message boards etc where people talk in detail about the horrible, or maybe not abusive but downright unple… --- ## [After all this (Trump, coup attempt etc) will anything really change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-all-this-trump-coup-attempt-etc-will-anything-really-change/931220)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-all-this-trump-coup-attempt-etc-will-anything-really-change/931220 "2021-01-26T14:24:00Z")
Basically what the title asks. If the republicans were composed of normal people with normal values and honesty, a bunch of people would be in jail right now, and a bunch of republican senators and house members would be… --- ## [Someone was giving fake graphs on covid to Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-was-giving-fake-graphs-on-covid-to-trump/931362)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-was-giving-fake-graphs-on-covid-to-trump/931362 "2021-01-26T14:10:37Z")
Not really a surprise Probably Steven Miller or one of his people --- ## [The Final :30](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-30/931382)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-30/931382 "2021-01-26T13:29:37Z")
Zac Romero used to do mini movie reviews called “The Final :30”(You can find them on You Tube under “Horrible Horrors”) where he would take a movie he had never seen before, watch the final 30 minutes of it, then decide … --- ## [Saving lemon twists for drinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-lemon-twists-for-drinks/931392)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-lemon-twists-for-drinks/931392 "2021-01-26T12:18:50Z")
I have maybe a couple of drinks a week that call for a lemon twist. But once I cut into a lemon, I’m not sure how to keep it for very long. If I take a lemon and cut all the peel into twists at once, can I freeze them or… --- ## [Clarification requested : "As a political group, Christians are sneaky, hypocritical, and dishonest."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-requested-as-a-political-group-christians-are-sneaky-hypocritical-and-dishonest/931411)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-requested-as-a-political-group-christians-are-sneaky-hypocritical-and-dishonest/931411 "2021-01-26T12:05:43Z")
Over in this thread, an issue has come up and I would ask for some clarification: @TriPolar states: Other posters have called TriPolar on that, as broad-brushed and not acceptable, because it makes a general stateme… --- ## [What Does It Mean When a U.S. Church Calls Itself 'Anglican'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-mean-when-a-u-s-church-calls-itself-anglican/930430)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-mean-when-a-u-s-church-calls-itself-anglican/930430 "2021-01-26T11:25:25Z")
Because there is one in metro Detroit where I live. In a suburb of Detroit called Livonia, there is a protestant church that has ‘Anglican’ in its name. I only caught a glimpse of it. So short of doing a Google search (a… --- ## [Great Dane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-dane/930609)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-dane/930609 "2021-01-26T11:13:38Z")
Some of you know my sad story. We lost both of our beloved dogs within 3 weeks of each other last fall. Our hearts are ready to give some love to another dog. It’s hard to believe, but dogs are hard to come by. Apparentl… --- ## [What are the Latin and Greek phrases for double envelopment/pincer movement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-latin-and-greek-phrases-for-double-envelopment-pincer-movement/931511)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-latin-and-greek-phrases-for-double-envelopment-pincer-movement/931511 "2021-01-26T10:52:41Z")
What are the Latin and Greek phrases for double envelopment/pincer movement? I haven’t been able to find the equivalent phrasing in either Latin or Greek online. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1565) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1567)