# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1577 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1578 --- ## [Are conservatives or progressives more likely to buy their child birth control at age 13?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-conservatives-or-progressives-more-likely-to-buy-their-child-birth-control-at-age-13/919541)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-conservatives-or-progressives-more-likely-to-buy-their-child-birth-control-at-age-13/919541 "2021-01-18T20:14:25Z")
This is a spin-off from the Politics & Elections topic, “Are Kellyanne and George Conway declaring a truce?” Just pretend @Kearsen1 was the original poster. Here is the post: Please give me a couple minutes to bring i… --- ## [Why is it common in some cultures to go by a given name other than your first one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-common-in-some-cultures-to-go-by-a-given-name-other-than-your-first-one/930350)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-common-in-some-cultures-to-go-by-a-given-name-other-than-your-first-one/930350 "2021-01-18T19:31:50Z")
In the Anglosphere, most people have more than one given name, typically two, and the second or middle name is usually not the one people use. Those who do typically do it for a specific reason (the main ones I can think… --- ## [Vent at Trump (warning - unpleasant sarcasm may offend)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vent-at-trump-warning-unpleasant-sarcasm-may-offend/930744)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vent-at-trump-warning-unpleasant-sarcasm-may-offend/930744 "2021-01-18T18:33:51Z")
. Mods - if my posts are considered unsuitable, please feel free to delete the thread. I am so angry about what Trump has done to both America and the rest of the World that I want to vent. --- ## [Recommend me a VR game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-vr-game/930291)
**Author:** [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-vr-game/930291 "2021-01-18T18:29:45Z")
Just got a VR viewer for my 62nd birthday — so I’m old and all of this is new to me. I’ve found a lot of reviews for games, but they all require Oculus or PlayStation or a PC or something. What I need is the kind you do… --- ## [Phil Spector dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-spector-dead/930741)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-spector-dead/930741 "2021-01-18T17:38:17Z")
Phil Spector is dead at 81. --- ## [Quick clarification about GD rules, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-clarification-about-gd-rules-please/930767)
**Author:** [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-clarification-about-gd-rules-please/930767 "2021-01-18T17:24:13Z")
@What\_Exit I almost asked this in the thread where the guidance was issued, but figured others would probably jump in with their opinions and sidetrack a thread that was already all over the place. Because of that possi… --- ## [Are Kellyanne and George Conway declaring a truce?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kellyanne-and-george-conway-declaring-a-truce/918848)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 298\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kellyanne-and-george-conway-declaring-a-truce/918848 "2021-01-18T17:12:55Z")
Both of them are stepping away from their work - her from her role in Trump’s administration, him from his work with the Lincoln Project. Usually when people claim they are resigning “to spend more time with family” i… --- ## ["When the toungin' is done" meaning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-toungin-is-done-meaning/930821)
**Author:** [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-toungin-is-done-meaning/930821 "2021-01-18T16:50:52Z")
The news this morning mentioned some new Tik Tok videos of sea shantys. One of the lines includes the words “when the toungin’ is done,” and I haven’t been able to find the meaning of this online. Anyone have a clue? To … --- ## [Multiple screens on a Mac, one of which is shared with a Windows laptop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-screens-on-a-mac-one-of-which-is-shared-with-a-windows-laptop/930800)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-screens-on-a-mac-one-of-which-is-shared-with-a-windows-laptop/930800 "2021-01-18T16:40:02Z")
This might be a GQ, but I’m open to people’s experiences in general as well as the specific question. :slight\_smile: I’m hoping for some advice from people who have a dual monitor / dual computer setup. I currently have… --- ## [Setting up a simple "manual" neural network: Feasible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-up-a-simple-manual-neural-network-feasible/930816)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-up-a-simple-manual-neural-network-feasible/930816 "2021-01-18T16:30:43Z")
I want to read up and familiarise myself with the developing world of artificial intelligence - not with the aim of landing a job in that field, simply out of a personal layman’s interest and to have a project to while a… --- ## [Vegetation on the Capitol](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetation-on-the-capitol/930643)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetation-on-the-capitol/930643 "2021-01-18T16:22:29Z")
In some shots of the rioters on Wednesday, the ones climbing a wall, there is some kind of green growth hanging down from a parapet. I’ve seen vegetation growing from old buildings, and it was my understanding that it do… --- ## [Details of UK Labour party scheming against Corbyn revealed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/details-of-uk-labour-party-scheming-against-corbyn-revealed/851800)
**Author:** [@Manwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manwich)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/details-of-uk-labour-party-scheming-against-corbyn-revealed/851800 "2021-01-18T15:32:08Z")
Leaked emails and WhatsApp messages discussed how to smear Corbyn as antisemitic and torpedo the party’s chances of winning an election with him as leader. Half of the anitsemitism complaints came from one person. Lab… --- ## [Misunderstanding Elton John lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misunderstanding-elton-john-lyrics/930695)
**Author:** [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misunderstanding-elton-john-lyrics/930695 "2021-01-18T15:19:38Z")
For decades I didn’t under these lyrics, and I am a native English speaker: Back to the howling old owl in the woods Hunting the horny back toad Oh, I’ve finally decided my future lies Beyond the yellow brick road A… --- ## [Links on touchscreens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-on-touchscreens/930792)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-on-touchscreens/930792 "2021-01-18T15:12:33Z")
Is there any way to find out where a link goes before clicking it on a touchscreen device? Sometimes people unexpectedly link to YouTube videos and I don’t want my phone randomly blaring out sound. --- ## [Printing an Email](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printing-an-email/930532)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printing-an-email/930532 "2021-01-18T14:35:12Z")
Is there a way to print just the text of an email so it doesn’t show the "From, To, Date, etc? --- ## [Oh hemorrhoids how I hate thee!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-hemorrhoids-how-i-hate-thee/296246)
**Author:** [@Dob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dob)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-hemorrhoids-how-i-hate-thee/296246 "2021-01-18T12:19:34Z")
Hemorrhoids? Hemorrhoids!! I mean WTF? Who the hell designed this freaking human body anyway? Im 35, in good shape, eat right etc…I never spend any longer than needed in the bathroom, and I dont think I have ever had … --- ## [The Lincoln Party?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lincoln-party/930709)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lincoln-party/930709 "2021-01-18T11:52:31Z")
Saw a Lincoln Project ad today and in the comments it was suggested by some random dude that the LP actually take the next step and form an actual honest-to-goodness third party. Since trump and trumpists now dominate … --- ## [The depths of Britain's Labor (they say Labour) party anti-Semitism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-depths-of-britains-labor-they-say-labour-party-anti-semitism/927204)
**Author:** [@Manwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manwich)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-depths-of-britains-labor-they-say-labour-party-anti-semitism/927204 "2021-01-18T11:35:48Z")
Seems like there is so much anti-semitism in the England Labour party even the Jewish members are involved. https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/labour-suspends-senior-jvl-official-after-deeply-unpleasant-meeting-1.509331 A… --- ## [The pun is mightier than the sword: share your best (or worst) puns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pun-is-mightier-than-the-sword-share-your-best-or-worst-puns/930613)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pun-is-mightier-than-the-sword-share-your-best-or-worst-puns/930613 "2021-01-18T08:33:20Z")
I’ve always had a weakness for a good bad pun. My sister texted that she just joined a FB pun club, and she was happy that her first pun got 300 likes: A giant bottle of Omega-3 supplements fell off a shelf and hit me o… --- ## [What streaming services/premium channels do you subscribe to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-streaming-services-premium-channels-do-you-subscribe-to/922979)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-streaming-services-premium-channels-do-you-subscribe-to/922979 "2021-01-18T05:55:08Z")
Prompted by this thread, I was wondering what sources of streaming people subscribe to. Unlike that thread, I think, I would include audio like Spotify/Sirius. So, for us… Amazon Prime – streaming comes with membership,… --- ## [Worst butchering of a classic song for a TV commercial?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-butchering-of-a-classic-song-for-a-tv-commercial/929536)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-butchering-of-a-classic-song-for-a-tv-commercial/929536 "2021-01-18T05:25:04Z")
Not bad covers or inappropriate sponsorships (though you can add those too if you want) but I’m talking when a commercial goes out of its way to add new lyrics to a classic song just to sponsor a product. The Kraft You’… --- ## [Is ground beef the most versatile food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ground-beef-the-most-versatile-food/930765)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ground-beef-the-most-versatile-food/930765 "2021-01-18T04:17:18Z")
I’m a sucker for those seasonal special magazines published by Cooks Illustrated. One of their recent ones focuses on ground beef and has a surprising variety of dishes. It seems like every region has their own meat pi… --- ## [Have we lost Codinghorror?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-lost-codinghorror/923884)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-lost-codinghorror/923884 "2021-01-18T04:11:41Z")
Codinghorror’s avatar has reverted to a generic “C” and he’s listed as “inactive”. Have we lost our direct link to Discouse? --- ## [Betty White at 99!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betty-white-at-99/930760)
**Author:** [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betty-white-at-99/930760 "2021-01-18T03:02:46Z")
Betty turned 99 today, and she waxed philosophical … “I can stay up as late as I want without asking permission.” I really like this tribute from Ed Asner: --- ## [The I Don't Have A Topic MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-dont-have-a-topic-mmp/930243)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 218\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-dont-have-a-topic-mmp/930243 "2021-01-18T02:34:58Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and Caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 41 Amurrkin out and cloudy with a predicted high of 51 with rain predicted for the day. Ugh. We shall meet with potential cleanin’ lady at ten this mornin’ and I have Ve… --- ## [Blizzard & white-out!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-white-out/930496)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-white-out/930496 "2021-01-18T01:54:36Z")
Got a wind warning on our emergency alert earlier this evening. Didn’t seem like much was happening, though. Went to bed. Woke up to howling wind. Not just wind. Full-on blizzard! It’s a white-out. Can’t see to the end… --- ## [Darn you, new mobile Firefox](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darn-you-new-mobile-firefox/920466)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darn-you-new-mobile-firefox/920466 "2021-01-18T01:53:50Z")
Among other changes to make it less user friendly, in the new Android version of Firefox, SD threads now open in the black area at the bottom of the page and I have to scroll up to see the latest post. --- ## [Ignore User not working](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-user-not-working/923735)
**Author:** [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-user-not-working/923735 "2021-01-18T00:24:10Z")
Just tried to add a username to my Ignore list and kept getting “Please select a timeframe”, even though I had, in fact, selected a timeframe. Side note: Turning off my adblockers in an attempt to get the thing working … --- ## [How secure are digital RF headphones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-secure-are-digital-rf-headphones/930714)
**Author:** [@therealhoax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/therealhoax)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2021, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-secure-are-digital-rf-headphones/930714 "2021-01-17T23:01:26Z")
Over the years I’ve owned a variety of digital and analog RF headsets. Back in the day it was not uncommon to accidently pick up other people’s cordless phones and wireless devices when using analog headphones. That do… --- ## [How comparable is fresh turmeric to fresh ginger root in recipes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-comparable-is-fresh-turmeric-to-fresh-ginger-root-in-recipes/930689)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2021, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-comparable-is-fresh-turmeric-to-fresh-ginger-root-in-recipes/930689 "2021-01-17T22:45:37Z")
Fresh ginger root is pretty much a cooking staple for me, since I make a lot of stir frys and such. But the stupid Kroger I shop at was fresh out. They did have plenty of its weird-looking cousin, fresh turmeric root, ho… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1576) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1578)