# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1584 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1585 --- ## [British Drug Rehabilitation Program - Pre 1970's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-drug-rehabilitation-program-pre-1970s/930193)
**Author:** [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-drug-rehabilitation-program-pre-1970s/930193 "2021-01-12T18:07:45Z")
Many years ago, I remember hearing that the United States should follow the British example, their program was described as “Addicts register with the government and are given drugs and shown how to administer (inject) t… --- ## [Ford is ceasing production in Brazil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-is-ceasing-production-in-brazil/930299)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-is-ceasing-production-in-brazil/930299 "2021-01-12T17:54:29Z")
This isn’t likely to help Brazil’s economy. --- ## [Where are the other Trumps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-other-trumps/930228)
**Author:** [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-other-trumps/930228 "2021-01-12T16:12:39Z")
Where’s Melania? What’s Tiffany say about all of this? What is Jared doing? Do we know? --- ## [Question about thread closing ("Have we all been taken for a ride?")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-thread-closing-have-we-all-been-taken-for-a-ride/930276)
**Author:** [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-thread-closing-have-we-all-been-taken-for-a-ride/930276 "2021-01-12T15:58:18Z")
@Hari\_Seldon recently closed this thread (linked below) and gave @ishamael69 a warning for “either trolling or an example of abject stupidity.” My question for Hari: did you read the rest of the thread, or did you just … --- ## [FM radio signal from Ganymede](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fm-radio-signal-from-ganymede/930303)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2021, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fm-radio-signal-from-ganymede/930303 "2021-01-12T15:25:25Z")
So classic rock? --- ## [How do celebrities and prominent politicians authenticate themselves when calling someone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-celebrities-and-prominent-politicians-authenticate-themselves-when-calling-someone/929472)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-celebrities-and-prominent-politicians-authenticate-themselves-when-calling-someone/929472 "2021-01-12T15:19:47Z")
Say that Barack Obama, or Joe Biden, or some famous Hollywood celebrity is giving a phone call to someone (who normally wouldn’t expect such a call; maybe one of those “Obama-calls-103-year-old-American-WWII-veteran-to-w… --- ## [What's the advantage of having commissioned vs. noncommissioned officers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-advantage-of-having-commissioned-vs-noncommissioned-officers/929746)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2021, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-advantage-of-having-commissioned-vs-noncommissioned-officers/929746 "2021-01-12T15:17:17Z")
AIUI, all commissioned officers outrank all NCOs, such that even a ‘butter-bar’ commissioned lieutenant technically outranks the Command Sergeant Major. What I am trying to understand is what the advantage lies in havin… --- ## [Has trump ever in his life suffered any consequences of his illegal acts in any area?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-trump-ever-in-his-life-suffered-any-consequences-of-his-illegal-acts-in-any-area/929642)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-trump-ever-in-his-life-suffered-any-consequences-of-his-illegal-acts-in-any-area/929642 "2021-01-12T14:39:25Z")
Yeah, yeah, another trump thread… running out of time, don’tcha know. This didn’t seem to fit in other trump threads. Has he ever suffered or even FELT the consequences of anything illegal he has done in any area-- bus… --- ## [OK Let's do this: who thinks social media's recent bannings are first amendment violations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-lets-do-this-who-thinks-social-medias-recent-bannings-are-first-amendment-violations/930310)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-lets-do-this-who-thinks-social-medias-recent-bannings-are-first-amendment-violations/930310 "2021-01-12T13:52:14Z")
Amendment I Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assem… --- ## ["you'd complain if you were hung with a new rope"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-complain-if-you-were-hung-with-a-new-rope/667409)
**Author:** [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2021, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-complain-if-you-were-hung-with-a-new-rope/667409 "2021-01-12T13:19:57Z")
“He would complain even if he was hung with a new rope.” or “you’d complain if you were hung with a new rope” I’ve heard this phrase used to describe someone that constantly complained about every little thing. A Wiki s… --- ## [Turning 21 in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-21-in-the-mmp/929626)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 284\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2021, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-21-in-the-mmp/929626 "2021-01-12T12:27:52Z")
It’s been a while for most of us, but here in the US, turning 21 is a major milestone of life - mostly because it’s the legal drinking age. So, in honor of the new year being 21, let’s wander down Memory Lane to when we … --- ## [Why is the guitar the primary instrument in rock music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-guitar-the-primary-instrument-in-rock-music/842005)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2021, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-guitar-the-primary-instrument-in-rock-music/842005 "2021-01-12T12:19:35Z")
I’ve always wondered how it is such a huge amount of popular music is guitar driven. Why? As Elton John demonstrates, rock music doesn’t HAVE to be guitar driven, and modern pop music has spun off varieties of music, l… --- ## [ID this flag (modified American flag, possibly alt-right)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-flag-modified-american-flag-possibly-alt-right/930292)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2021, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-flag-modified-american-flag-possibly-alt-right/930292 "2021-01-12T11:54:50Z")
Link to the flag Seal of the united states, but in a sort of baroque/distressed style, on 13 alternating horizontal red and white stripes, without the union that the US flag normally bears. --- ## [Why do turbine (jet) engines cost so much more than piston engines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-turbine-jet-engines-cost-so-much-more-than-piston-engines/921867)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2021, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-turbine-jet-engines-cost-so-much-more-than-piston-engines/921867 "2021-01-12T10:59:59Z")
In some recent(ish) threads discussing general aviation planes it was noted that twin-piston engine planes have some notable drawbacks and that a single turbine (jet…could be a turboprop too which is a jet with a propell… --- ## [Jupiter as a star?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jupiter-as-a-star/928441)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2021, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jupiter-as-a-star/928441 "2021-01-12T07:53:53Z")
There is a science-fiction novel () in which someone compresses the mass of Jupiter so that it achieves fusion and becomes a small star. Never mind that this is impossible and that there may not even be enough mass for i… --- ## [Shakespeare's Plays and Repetitiveness--Plus What's the Big Deal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeares-plays-and-repetitiveness-plus-whats-the-big-deal/929373)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2021, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeares-plays-and-repetitiveness-plus-whats-the-big-deal/929373 "2021-01-12T05:12:07Z")
This one is two for the price of one. Have you ever noticed how repetitive some of Shakespeare’s plays are? He seems to repeat in the next line, what he basically said in the first line. I know I read some place that pe… --- ## [NCAA College Football Playoff 2020-21](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-college-football-playoff-2020-21/928456)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2021, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-college-football-playoff-2020-21/928456 "2021-01-12T04:57:18Z")
So, who you got? My personal choices are: Clemson Alabama Ohio State Texas A&M\* I could make a case for Notre Dame, and you have to understand how strongly biased against Notre Dame I am to say such a thing. But fair … --- ## [Thread disappeared](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-disappeared/930311)
**Author:** [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2021, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-disappeared/930311 "2021-01-12T04:06:38Z")
I briefly saw a misguided thread about the first amendment. It seems to have vanished. There was only 1 reply when I saw it. What’s up with that? Did the op delete and it’s now gone? --- ## [Gas Station Food offerings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-station-food-offerings/930214)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2021, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-station-food-offerings/930214 "2021-01-12T03:51:55Z")
Lately I’ve noticed that large gas station chains, that aren’t necessarily on the interstate, have pretty good ready meals. I mean the aren’t the usual wieners on the Farris wheel and warm up sandwiches. There are some … --- ## ["The History of Swear Words" series on Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-history-of-swear-words-series-on-netflix/929806)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2021, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-history-of-swear-words-series-on-netflix/929806 "2021-01-12T03:51:03Z")
This just came out on Netflix-- my wife and I watched ep1, and I have to say, it was a goddamn delight. In a bit of inspired casting, Nicolas Cage hosts the show, sitting besuited in front of a fireplace, “Masterpiece T… --- ## [A quality 2 minute video rant: Hey Proud Boys and MAGA “Patriots”... what the fuck is it that this country hasn’t given you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-quality-2-minute-video-rant-hey-proud-boys-and-maga-patriots-what-the-fuck-is-it-that-this-country-hasn-t-given-you/930283)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2021, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-quality-2-minute-video-rant-hey-proud-boys-and-maga-patriots-what-the-fuck-is-it-that-this-country-hasn-t-given-you/930283 "2021-01-12T01:35:27Z")
NSFW!!! Aye; what he said! --- ## [Star Trek Discovery Season 3 (Open Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-season-3-open-spoilers/923007)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 230\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2021, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-season-3-open-spoilers/923007 "2021-01-12T01:24:42Z")
The sticky warns that spoilers should be avoided in the first six or seven lines of an OP because of the mouseover effect. So that was one line, here’s the second. And now a third. After three comes four. Five gol-de… --- ## [How often do Brits cook fry-up breakfasts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-brits-cook-fry-up-breakfasts/929153)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-brits-cook-fry-up-breakfasts/929153 "2021-01-12T01:17:40Z")
On any morning, how many households in the UK are, in fact, cooking a fry-up breakfast (tomatoes, eggs, sausage, bacon, potatoes, mushrooms, beans, blood pudding, bread, etc.)? Over 50 percent? Is it one of those “despi… --- ## [How many people at Trump's rally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-at-trumps-rally/929964)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-at-trumps-rally/929964 "2021-01-12T01:16:16Z")
I haven’t seen any numbers for the size of the crowd at Trump’s speech, before the rioting started. The clips I saw on the news were all filmed by somebody standing at ground level, and only showed a couple hundred peop… --- ## [Catnip for Spike](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catnip-for-spike/929584)
**Author:** [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2021, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catnip-for-spike/929584 "2021-01-12T00:57:07Z")
I’m looking for a recommendation for a cat who went wild for catnip by Petguard. We’ve used up our supply, and Petguard is no longer available. I’ve tried other brands and they get me that “is this all you’ve got?” look.… --- ## [Ads for Trump Merch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-for-trump-merch/930168)
**Author:** [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2021, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-for-trump-merch/930168 "2021-01-11T22:51:05Z")
I’m seeing endless ads on the board for Trump trading cards, commemorative coins and a host of other Trump shit. Is there any way to remove these. For God(win)’s sake, what’s next? Hitler tea cozies? --- ## [FBI bulletin warns of nationwide armed protests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-bulletin-warns-of-nationwide-armed-protests/930296)
**Author:** [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2021, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-bulletin-warns-of-nationwide-armed-protests/930296 "2021-01-11T22:42:46Z")
--- ## [When did it become a crime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-it-become-a-crime/930281)
**Author:** [@Clu-Me-In](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clu-Me-In)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-it-become-a-crime/930281 "2021-01-11T22:14:28Z")
Many have suggested and some have actually asserted that the President committed a criminal act related to the attack on the Capitol. Mr. Trump held a rally the day of the attack and it is said that he incited a mob. Ca… --- ## [Using 0 o'clock with a 12-hour clock system](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-0-oclock-with-a-12-hour-clock-system/930293)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-0-oclock-with-a-12-hour-clock-system/930293 "2021-01-11T21:59:24Z")
I have occasionally seen cases where a time like 12:47 am is referred to as 00:47 am, with the colon, and on a clock that is otherwise using 12-hour clock conventions. I can’t remember specifically where I’ve seen it, i… --- ## [Has anyone ordered the "Internet of Things bundle" from PopSci Shop? (Popular Science)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ordered-the-internet-of-things-bundle-from-popsci-shop-popular-science/930256)
**Author:** [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2021, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ordered-the-internet-of-things-bundle-from-popsci-shop-popular-science/930256 "2021-01-11T21:29:32Z")
I’m thinking to get it for my youngest, but I’m dubious that it’s really $1,800 worth for $29. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1583) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1585)