# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1636 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1637 --- ## [What foods come out better in an Instant Pot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-come-out-better-in-an-instant-pot/926237)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2020, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-come-out-better-in-an-instant-pot/926237 "2020-11-26T12:51:34Z")
The Instant Pot Duo Evo Plus is currently on sale at Amazon for $70 which according to camelcamelcamel.com is $30 cheaper than the previous low. I love gadgets, especially gadgets the result in good food. I use sous vi… --- ## [What sort of mental skills/gifts are basic to becoming a good/great chess player?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-mental-skills-gifts-are-basic-to-becoming-a-good-great-chess-player/926158)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2020, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-mental-skills-gifts-are-basic-to-becoming-a-good-great-chess-player/926158 "2020-11-26T12:40:25Z")
Not sure whether this belongs here or in Games. I know next to nothing about chess. I know how the pieces move, and that’s about it. I’m putting it in CS because a friend asked me the question after she binge-watched an… --- ## [Drug screen accuracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-screen-accuracy/926430)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2020, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-screen-accuracy/926430 "2020-11-26T12:03:20Z")
Hello Everyone, As some of you know, I’m a chronic pain patient. As such I’ve been taking opiods for 15 years now. Currently I’m taking extended release morphine and percocet for breakthrough pain. In the last few mo… --- ## [Post-Election Pardon Parade Kicks Off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-election-pardon-parade-kicks-off/926451)
**Author:** [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2020, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-election-pardon-parade-kicks-off/926451 "2020-11-26T06:54:00Z")
And the first accomplice pardoned is… Who’s next? --- ## [What's the allure of canning in the modern kitchen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-allure-of-canning-in-the-modern-kitchen/926294)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2020, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-allure-of-canning-in-the-modern-kitchen/926294 "2020-11-26T06:11:40Z")
This question came to mind in the discussion on getting an Instant Pot. In the old days canning was a way to preserve food (mostly fruits and vegetables) over the winter months but as far as I know it was never done for… --- ## [Obsure printing term in Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsure-printing-term-in-rocky-and-bullwinkle-cartoon/924989)
**Author:** [@Hakushon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakushon)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2020, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsure-printing-term-in-rocky-and-bullwinkle-cartoon/924989 "2020-11-26T05:50:07Z")
In the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoon “The Guns of Abalone,” there is a scene in which a British man is holding up a newspaper and another man is British reading the headline. The narrator says “…and there in black packer … --- ## [Ghibli references in American media](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghibli-references-in-american-media/926462)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2020, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghibli-references-in-american-media/926462 "2020-11-26T05:28:18Z")
We’ve got Totoro in Bob’s Burgers season 3 Thanksgiving episode (which is what made me think about this) Cthulu as Totoro in one South Park and Totoro as Totoro in the Imaginationland arc. Totoro once aga… --- ## [Do you think Nazis ever had a bad day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-nazis-ever-had-a-bad-day/926459)
**Author:** [@CoconutPete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoconutPete)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2020, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-nazis-ever-had-a-bad-day/926459 "2020-11-26T05:02:13Z")
In poor taste, nevermind Please delete. --- ## [The Christmas Special this country really needs right now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-christmas-special-this-country-really-needs-right-now/926450)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2020, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-christmas-special-this-country-really-needs-right-now/926450 "2020-11-26T04:55:59Z")
The Alone Home Holiday Special starring Puddles Pity Party! “In addition to Puddles, performers include Mandy Harvey, Storm Large, Gaelynn Lea, Alex Edelman, Jonathan Burns, Heather Witt-Owens, and BogeyThornton, with a… --- ## [What are you getting for Black Friday?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-getting-for-black-friday/926091)
**Author:** [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2020, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-getting-for-black-friday/926091 "2020-11-26T03:31:31Z")
I’m hoping to get a discount for Netflix and/or Hulu. I’ve never had either of these services before, so a starter discount would be nice. I saw this non-announcement for Hulu, where they say they don’t know yet. Last… --- ## [Can the Electoral College be updated constitutionally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-electoral-college-be-updated-constitutionally/926355)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2020, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-electoral-college-be-updated-constitutionally/926355 "2020-11-26T02:43:52Z")
As much as I’d like to see the Electoral College abolished, I understand it’s enshrined in the Constitution and that we’re therefore stuck with it for the foreseeable future. But I do wonder if the processes by which it… --- ## [When did topping everything with an egg become a standard option in Korean cuisine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-topping-everything-with-an-egg-become-a-standard-option-in-korean-cuisine/926433)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2020, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-topping-everything-with-an-egg-become-a-standard-option-in-korean-cuisine/926433 "2020-11-26T01:54:21Z")
I love Korean food, at least the kind I get in restaurants–tofu soup, bibimbap, Korean twice-fried chicken, bulgogi, raw marinated beef and pears. Drooooooool. I can’t think of anything off the top of my head that I don’… --- ## [A Promised Land by Barack Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-promised-land-by-barack-obama/925901)
**Author:** [@Lantern2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern2)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2020, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-promised-land-by-barack-obama/925901 "2020-11-26T01:28:24Z")
So who is reading/listening this? I got it on Audible and am really looking forward to this over the next couple of weeks. Obama is a fine reader as you would expect and I think audio read by the author is absolutely the… --- ## [Late term abortion question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-term-abortion-question/926288)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-term-abortion-question/926288 "2020-11-25T23:52:44Z")
Most countries allow abortion even after viability if the mother’s life is at risk. But I would assume in most of those cases the doctors would try to deliver the baby and save both, rather than perform an abortion. So w… --- ## [Christmas Exchange This Year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-exchange-this-year/926448)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2020, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-exchange-this-year/926448 "2020-11-25T22:50:06Z")
I’m not on the boards as often anymore so I searched to see if there was an exchange thread created for this year and I don’t see one. Was one made and I just missed it? If one hasn’t been made, I can go ahead and run it… --- ## [Impressive examples of musicians playing two instruments at the same time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impressive-examples-of-musicians-playing-two-instruments-at-the-same-time/925926)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impressive-examples-of-musicians-playing-two-instruments-at-the-same-time/925926 "2020-11-25T22:21:14Z")
This is inspired by a few intriguing posts in the thread on tunes with prominent brass sections. Basically, some videos of multiple sax playing were posted - by @Paintcharge and @Guest-starring\_Id; and this was my contr… --- ## [What are your hopes for a Biden Presidency?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-hopes-for-a-biden-presidency/924907)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-hopes-for-a-biden-presidency/924907 "2020-11-25T22:00:19Z")
I’m not asking about specific policy decisions or political agendas. What do you hope Biden can do to restore and heal divisions in the country? It’s a given that he’ll rescind some of the prior administration’s Execut… --- ## [I disagree with this warning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-disagree-with-this-warning/926267)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-disagree-with-this-warning/926267 "2020-11-25T20:48:16Z")
I disagree. I clearly was attacking the post. I actually went to some length to show that I don’t have a problem with HMS Irruncible in general, just with his posts on the subject under discussion. Pleas rescind thi… --- ## [Swing state polling and the electoral college map](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swing-state-polling-and-the-electoral-college-map/854994)
**Author:** [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Replies:** 788\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swing-state-polling-and-the-electoral-college-map/854994 "2020-11-25T19:54:33Z")
CNBC has the first swing state polls in a while so it’s a good time to examine state polling and the implied electoral college map. The poll has Biden up 7 points nationally but the swing states aren’t nearly as comfo… --- ## [Trail cam question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trail-cam-question/926349)
**Author:** [@urbanredneck2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urbanredneck2)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trail-cam-question/926349 "2020-11-25T19:24:44Z")
I’d like to set up a trailcam on my land to keep track of any animals coming thru (or people). Thing is I only get up there about twice a year. The area is secure so I’m not worried about theft. Would a camera with a 1… --- ## [Judge says "dismissed with prejudice"--how serious is this to a lawyer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-says-dismissed-with-prejudice-how-serious-is-this-to-a-lawyer/926179)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-says-dismissed-with-prejudice-how-serious-is-this-to-a-lawyer/926179 "2020-11-25T17:57:21Z")
One of Trump’s legal shenanigans was destroyed today by a judge in Pennsylvania who declared the case “dismissed with prejudice”. A quick google told me that this phrase means that the case is closed forever and canno… --- ## [Office chairs for the larger Doper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-chairs-for-the-larger-doper/926255)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-chairs-for-the-larger-doper/926255 "2020-11-25T17:28:32Z")
Hi everyone. Like most of the planet, I’ve been working from home since March of this year. When the UK lockdown started, I found myself needing an office chair very quickly, and bought the first one I could find from a … --- ## [Seeking advice about installing concrete pavers over dirt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-advice-about-installing-concrete-pavers-over-dirt/926392)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-advice-about-installing-concrete-pavers-over-dirt/926392 "2020-11-25T15:23:24Z")
There’s a small area of our backyard that is at the end of the stairway down from the main level, and I wanted to put hardscape in there so we could have a place to put pots with plants in them, of which we have quite a … --- ## [Can I clone an HDD to an SSD that's smaller?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-clone-an-hdd-to-an-ssd-thats-smaller/926184)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2020, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-clone-an-hdd-to-an-ssd-thats-smaller/926184 "2020-11-25T08:16:53Z")
I want to replace the hard disk on my Windows 10 machine (it’s an old-school tower desktop, not a laptop) with an SSD to cut down on booting times. The way I understand the process is that I connect the new drive to the … --- ## [Battery-Powered Snow Blower/Lawn Mower Combo Recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battery-powered-snow-blower-lawn-mower-combo-recommendations/926208)
**Author:** [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2020, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battery-powered-snow-blower-lawn-mower-combo-recommendations/926208 "2020-11-25T07:00:43Z")
I live in Minnesota, on a corner lot. I have lots of sidewalk to clear of snow in the winter. I have had a variety of snowblowers/snow throwers through the years. The last one I bought was a corded electric model, and… --- ## [Question on aviation jargon 'injure' flight restrictions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-aviation-jargon-injure-flight-restrictions/926378)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2020, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-aviation-jargon-injure-flight-restrictions/926378 "2020-11-25T06:20:06Z")
I had never come across the term “injure” flight restrictions before. I couldn’t find the usage on Google either. Is the use of "injure’ (as in violate) restrictions a common term in the aviation industry? 1.52/53 minu… --- ## [Moving The Sims 2 Double Deluxe Families (Disc Version) into Ultimate Collection (Origin)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-the-sims-2-double-deluxe-families-disc-version-into-ultimate-collection-origin/926380)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2020, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-the-sims-2-double-deluxe-families-disc-version-into-ultimate-collection-origin/926380 "2020-11-25T06:12:24Z")
Yesterday I pulled out as many Sims 2 discs as I could find and installed them onto my new laptop, and played a few hours with a family. I have the base game, University, and Nightlife. I decided to break down and buy … --- ## [WTH? Palmetto.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wth-palmetto/819371)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2020, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wth-palmetto/819371 "2020-11-25T04:37:26Z")
So here’s the thing. I went to Wal-Mart to buy a few groceries. I wanted Pimento cheese spread. (I know simple to make your own, but I like the taste of the pre-prepared, so sue me) I was comparing the 3 brands they had… --- ## [Songs with an insanely catchy beat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-insanely-catchy-beat/922526)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2020, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-insanely-catchy-beat/922526 "2020-11-25T03:43:38Z")
Sometimes what gets you hooked on a song is a beat you’ve never heard the likes of before. Which songs fit that description for you? --- ## [New Format DWTS \[Dancing with the stars\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-format-dwts-dancing-with-the-stars/920727)
**Author:** [@Caprismall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprismall)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2020, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-format-dwts-dancing-with-the-stars/920727 "2020-11-25T01:17:22Z")
In a word, bad. Fans were unhappy with the forced departure of Bergeron, and new host Tyra Banks was awful. I think she’s trying to be high energy, but it comes across as her screaming stupid stuff at the camera. No rapp… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1635) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1637)