# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1635 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1636 --- ## [Food's your horded/panic-bought at the start of the year that you regret buying now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-your-horded-panic-bought-at-the-start-of-the-year-that-you-regret-buying-now/926228)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-your-horded-panic-bought-at-the-start-of-the-year-that-you-regret-buying-now/926228 "2020-11-27T23:12:40Z")
Either because they already went bad due to non-use or because they’re still taking up space in your cupboard and you don’t plan on using them anytime soon? At the start of the year I actually started stocking up on foo… --- ## [Dogs have no common sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-have-no-common-sense/925762)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-have-no-common-sense/925762 "2020-11-27T21:12:38Z")
My wife had to go out for a few hours today, so I left the 3 dogs together in our entryway. She came home, and we had tea on the deck, enjoying the beautiful Arizona weather. The dogs started to bark for their dinner, so… --- ## [I need this kid's joke explained to me. (joke inside)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-this-kids-joke-explained-to-me-joke-inside/837407)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-this-kids-joke-explained-to-me-joke-inside/837407 "2020-11-27T21:04:43Z")
Here is a picture of it from the kids’ activity pack at McDonald’s. Q: Why do you need a license for a dog but not for a cat? A: Cat’s can’t drive Uh…dog’s can’t drive. My wife suggested the entire joke was that the w… --- ## [Things you bought during the early shortage that you DO like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-bought-during-the-early-shortage-that-you-do-like/926458)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-bought-during-the-early-shortage-that-you-do-like/926458 "2020-11-27T20:01:59Z")
A spin off from Asuka’s thread about things you bought during early shortages that you didn’t like, how about things you bought that you DO like? Alkaline water. Bought when I couldn’t find gallons of drinking water to … --- ## [Anyone in New Jersey see their 2020 Ballot status change from Received to Counted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-new-jersey-see-their-2020-ballot-status-change-from-received-to-counted/924020)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-new-jersey-see-their-2020-ballot-status-change-from-received-to-counted/924020 "2020-11-27T19:46:47Z")
I’m not sure if NJ DOS: New Jersey Division of Elections will be updating the Ballot Status field or not. I know they started counting the ballots on Saturday. I’m hoping that when checked they’ll update the Mail-In Bal… --- ## [Presidential pardon power](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-pardon-power/926463)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-pardon-power/926463 "2020-11-27T19:24:46Z")
So Trump has finally pardoned Michael Flynn. Once again, Trump has used his pardon power to help his cronies or protect himself, rather than correct some injustice or for the benefit of the nation. Obviously this is a t… --- ## [How will Trump be memorialized for posterity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-trump-be-memorialized-for-posterity/926360)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-trump-be-memorialized-for-posterity/926360 "2020-11-27T18:07:02Z")
Yes, it’s another Trump thread, but I’m curious. Maybe my thread title is bad, but let me explain; I am wondering how Trump will be OFFICIALLY remembered if, after 20-1-2021, it turns out that he was every bit as awful … --- ## [Please tell me I am a fool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-i-am-a-fool/925999)
**Author:** [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-i-am-a-fool/925999 "2020-11-27T17:41:55Z")
Please. Please. I think this is it. The end of the American experiment. I think Trump will threaten Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania to elect Trump electors and that they will go along with it. Weirdly enough I … --- ## [What is your Emergency Funny?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-emergency-funny/926389)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-emergency-funny/926389 "2020-11-27T17:14:53Z")
The milk has gone sour, the beer has gone skunk, your goldfish ate your rare prize piranha, and your significant other has left you for a street busker in the vehicle you just paid off that morning. What is that one bit… --- ## [I wish I could say "\_\_\_\_\_" like \_\_\_\_\_ says it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-i-could-say-like-says-it/926436)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-i-could-say-like-says-it/926436 "2020-11-27T16:28:55Z")
I wish I could say “right…” like Doctor Evil says it. https://youtu.be/37OWL7AzvHo --- ## [Windows backup from a previous computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-backup-from-a-previous-computer/926501)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-backup-from-a-previous-computer/926501 "2020-11-27T16:27:45Z")
Hi! My sister has a new laptop. Her previous laptop was backing up her files regularly, and I can find the files on her external drive. So far, so good. The problem is that the backup directories have multiple copies… --- ## [Does the amount of nutrition, scale with the size of the fruit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-amount-of-nutrition-scale-with-the-size-of-the-fruit/926427)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-amount-of-nutrition-scale-with-the-size-of-the-fruit/926427 "2020-11-27T14:40:33Z")
I see lots of big fruit in the stores but typically they don’t taste as good. But that could be my bias. Here’s the question which I believe has a straight answer. : “Consider 2 apples from the same tree. One has an ave… --- ## [2020 POTUS Debate 2 (22 October) follow-along and discussion thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-2-22-october-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/923634)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 427\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2020, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debate-2-22-october-follow-along-and-discussion-thread/923634 "2020-10-31T06:50:52Z")
With just under 3 hours before the 9pm EST/6pm PST start of this debate, here is a thread for people to watch and comment as it unfolds and discuss afterwards. Here is the link to C-SPAN’s streaming coverage via YouTube… --- ## [Supreme Court: Religious Freedom More Important than Fighting Covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-religious-freedom-more-important-than-fighting-covid/926466)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 227\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2020, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-religious-freedom-more-important-than-fighting-covid/926466 "2020-11-27T11:16:29Z")
"The Supreme Court placed religious freedom before pandemic precautions Wednesday night, temporarily blocking recent rules in New York that severely restricted gatherings at houses of worship in areas hit hardest by COVI… --- ## [This may be the year from hell, but at least I can still ... (the Thanksgiving 2020 "count yer blessings" thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-may-be-the-year-from-hell-but-at-least-i-can-still-the-thanksgiving-2020-count-yer-blessings-thread/926499)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2020, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-may-be-the-year-from-hell-but-at-least-i-can-still-the-thanksgiving-2020-count-yer-blessings-thread/926499 "2020-11-27T11:50:10Z")
It’s too easy to dwell on the negatives, so I am actively trying to put myself into a better state of mind. To that end, this Thanksgiving, I am personally thankful for: Nikki, my favorite lil’ ol’ lady, my 13-year-ol… --- ## [Ford Mustang EV to go 300 miles on a charge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-mustang-ev-to-go-300-miles-on-a-charge/926283)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2020, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-mustang-ev-to-go-300-miles-on-a-charge/926283 "2020-11-27T07:59:48Z")
But it’s far from cheap. Cheaper models won’t go 300 miles. --- ## [Modified menu for Covid Thanksgiving](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modified-menu-for-covid-thanksgiving/926544)
**Author:** [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2020, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modified-menu-for-covid-thanksgiving/926544 "2020-11-27T04:23:31Z")
There are interesting side effects to the Covid situation, one of those being some nontraditional Thanksgiving adaptations. My wife and I are used to the traditional dinner, but we modified the menu to suit just the two … --- ## [Why are silver flatware sets so expensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-silver-flatware-sets-so-expensive/926332)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-silver-flatware-sets-so-expensive/926332 "2020-11-27T02:13:51Z")
I was watching a movie that mentioned silver flatware and wondered how much they cost compared to stainless steel flatware sets. the prices are insane, around $10,000 for a set. So I looked it up and silver is currentl… --- ## [Songs you weren't into initially, but knew would be something great](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-werent-into-initially-but-knew-would-be-something-great/846642)
**Author:** [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2020, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-werent-into-initially-but-knew-would-be-something-great/846642 "2020-11-27T01:56:39Z")
I didn’t have a clue that I would be listening to Cream’s White Room and Sunshine of Your Love 40+ years later, but even though they didn’t fit the AM Pop I was used to listening to, in '67 and '68, I instantly knew I wa… --- ## [Was Albert Sidney Johnston a good general?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-albert-sidney-johnston-a-good-general/925844)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-albert-sidney-johnston-a-good-general/925844 "2020-11-27T00:31:53Z")
He didn’t have a chance to really show his stuff as he was killed in the first major battle he fought in the Civil War. So I’m wondering about what impact he would have had if he had lived. He was highly regarded by his… --- ## [I'm in so much pain--arthritis-related nerve pain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-so-much-pain-arthritis-related-nerve-pain/926367)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-so-much-pain-arthritis-related-nerve-pain/926367 "2020-11-26T23:13:45Z")
I don’t know why I’m posting this. I don’t expect anything from the community, but it’s just so bad, I have to get it out. It started in January with some odd pings here and there, occasional numbness in my thigh. Went … --- ## [Amazon.com is having major server issues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-com-is-having-major-server-issues/926453)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-com-is-having-major-server-issues/926453 "2020-11-26T20:50:45Z")
As a third-party seller, I wondered what was going on when my “Seller Central” page didn’t match up with my e-mails, where I get notifications of sales. Turns out there’s a major server outage that’s also affecting thei… --- ## [Wow. The things you find out about people on Facebook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-things-you-find-out-about-people-on-facebook/922301)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-things-you-find-out-about-people-on-facebook/922301 "2020-11-26T20:39:07Z")
I’ll disguise any potentially identifying details for reasons that will soon be obvious. I was lurking just now on the rabbit hole that is Facebook, and saw the profile and feed of a women I went to HS with who was, to … --- ## [Interpol's "Slow Hands" - please explain to me this song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interpols-slow-hands-please-explain-to-me-this-song/276608)
**Author:** [@WeRSauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeRSauron)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interpols-slow-hands-please-explain-to-me-this-song/276608 "2020-11-26T20:06:58Z")
The first time I heard Interpol’s “Slow Hands,” I fell in love with the music. Even some of the lyrics are fab. “We spies, yeah, we slow hands…” (initially, I thought this was, “We spies, we slow dance,” meaning, “We spi… --- ## [Has there ever been a Buddhist war?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-buddhist-war/542740)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-buddhist-war/542740 "2020-11-26T17:43:24Z")
Something I’ve noticed since I’ve been doing the Buddhist thing is that Buddhist people (at least in the US) are very fond of saying that there has never been a Buddhist war. To what extent is that true? I understand t… --- ## [Math vs Reality in the kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-vs-reality-in-the-kitchen/926326)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-vs-reality-in-the-kitchen/926326 "2020-11-26T17:22:58Z")
I like cooking my turkey slow and low but cooking times are based on cooking a whole turkey. If I were to stick a thermometer in the breast and once the temperature starts going up I use two times and temperature (to ge… --- ## [Response to Tiegen/Legend miscarriage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/response-to-tiegen-legend-miscarriage/924223)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/response-to-tiegen-legend-miscarriage/924223 "2020-11-26T16:12:50Z")
In this morning’s paper, I read an article related to the recent loss of a child/miscarriage experienced by Chrissy Tiegen and John Legend. Apparently she recently experienced a miscarriage when 20 weeks pregnant, and p… --- ## [Are there negative triangles? Using the negative root in the Pythagorean theorem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-negative-triangles-using-the-negative-root-in-the-pythagorean-theorem/926305)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-negative-triangles-using-the-negative-root-in-the-pythagorean-theorem/926305 "2020-11-26T14:28:09Z")
Basic math teaches us that with a right triangle with legs of 3 meters and 4 meters and an unknown hypotenuse that we can plug it into the Pythagorean theorem. 3 squared plus 4 squared = C squared. C squared is 25 and th… --- ## [Astronomy: What is it that defines the cardinal directions on extraterrestrial objects?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-what-is-it-that-defines-the-cardinal-directions-on-extraterrestrial-objects/926400)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-what-is-it-that-defines-the-cardinal-directions-on-extraterrestrial-objects/926400 "2020-11-26T13:28:00Z")
The subject line pretty much says it. Defining the poles is easy; they are given by the axis of the object’s rotation. But one of these poles must be designated the “northern” one, the other the “southern” one. On Earth,… --- ## [Good free image manipulation software?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-free-image-manipulation-software/726502)
**Author:** [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-free-image-manipulation-software/726502 "2015-08-03T19:29:52Z")
I’m no kind of artist and Photoshop is way more than I need. I’m looking for some simple and hopefully simple to learn freeware so I can experiment with different filters and mess around with color values in photographs… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1634) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1636)