# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1673 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1674 --- ## [Who replaces Rush Limbaugh at the Golden Microphone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-replaces-rush-limbaugh-at-the-golden-microphone/923451)
**Author:** [@stuccosuperstar2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuccosuperstar2020)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-replaces-rush-limbaugh-at-the-golden-microphone/923451 "2020-10-23T23:38:23Z")
Today he announced a setback with his lung cancer: . . . .and it appears his days as radio host are all but numbered. Love him or hate in those are big shoes to fill in Conservative Talk Radio. For instance we have a … --- ## [Trump probably committed voter fraud](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-probably-committed-voter-fraud/923461)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-probably-committed-voter-fraud/923461 "2020-10-23T23:32:41Z")
I mean personally not just as part of a general pattern. Donald Trump submitted an absentee ballot as a Florida resident. Which is generally legal if you’re a Florida resident. But Trump probably isn’t legally a Florida… --- ## [Tour de France 2020 artist (U.S. TV only, I think)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-de-france-2020-artist-u-s-tv-only-i-think/923726)
**Author:** [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-de-france-2020-artist-u-s-tv-only-i-think/923726 "2020-10-23T22:54:13Z")
During their coverage of TdF this September (I know!), NBCSports would sometimes — between tossing to a commercial and actually running the commercial — show a slightly speeded-up clip of a guy sketching (black marker an… --- ## [Would any of you technology lovers recommend a cell phone that would work for me and my wife?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-any-of-you-technology-lovers-recommend-a-cell-phone-that-would-work-for-me-and-my-wife/810403)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-any-of-you-technology-lovers-recommend-a-cell-phone-that-would-work-for-me-and-my-wife/810403 "2020-10-23T22:31:42Z")
I have a few hopes here and we are far from rich. I turn 40 this year, so we are hardly senior citizens, but the truth is we have not had a proper cell phone plan in 15+ years. I have used pay-as-you-go plans and have be… --- ## [Does my wife really need a new phone? Our cell company is saying she does](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-wife-really-need-a-new-phone-our-cell-company-is-saying-she-does/923445)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-wife-really-need-a-new-phone-our-cell-company-is-saying-she-does/923445 "2020-10-23T22:00:14Z")
Here is the exact message they sent us. They are saying upgrades to technology have made it so her phone is going to be non-functioning starting January 1, 2021. Her phone is a Huawei\* Honor 6, which you can read about… --- ## [Would you rather lose 5 fingers for $100 million, 4 fingers for $10 million or 3 fingers for $1 million?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-lose-5-fingers-for-100-million-4-fingers-for-10-million-or-3-fingers-for-1-million/923062)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-lose-5-fingers-for-100-million-4-fingers-for-10-million-or-3-fingers-for-1-million/923062 "2020-10-23T19:54:05Z")
Would you rather lose 3 fingers for $1 million, 4 fingers for $10 million or 5 fingers for $100 million? You can choose which fingers to remove. They’re removed instantly and painlessly. You can’t have them replaced or … --- ## [Random Rant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-rant/923600)
**Author:** [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-rant/923600 "2020-10-23T19:53:09Z")
Fuck fuck fuck, fuckity fuck fuck. (Florida unemployment compensation issues.) --- ## [E^(pi i) = -1?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-pi-i-1/923344)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-pi-i-1/923344 "2020-10-23T19:23:16Z")
I actually first saw it in a cartoon. e^(pi i) = -1. I still find it hard to believe for a simple reason. ‘i’ is an imaginary number. It has no real value. So how could the answer be negative one? It should be an irra… --- ## [Which voting error is less awful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-voting-error-is-less-awful/923519)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-voting-error-is-less-awful/923519 "2020-10-23T18:59:41Z")
It’s two weeks before the election, and you’re head of your state’s Board of Elections (or equivalent body). Given the chaos of, well, everything, you’ve assigned me to come up with a protocol to defend democracy in your… --- ## [Patience, grasshopper (or, I guess it worked after all!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patience-grasshopper-or-i-guess-it-worked-after-all/923496)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patience-grasshopper-or-i-guess-it-worked-after-all/923496 "2020-10-23T18:13:53Z")
A couple of weeks ago the ice maker in our freezer quit working. After watching a couple of fix-it videos on YouTube, I took it out and found it was clogged with ice. So I let the ice melt and put it back in. Afterwards,… --- ## [Which abilities would you choose in this scenario?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-abilities-would-you-choose-in-this-scenario/923703)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-abilities-would-you-choose-in-this-scenario/923703 "2020-10-23T18:11:22Z")
You get to choose a white piece and a black piece from this \[list\] of superhuman abilities (https://i.redd.it/454rmf4houu51.png). Which would you choose and why? I’d choose White Rook and Black King because it would ena… --- ## [Tell me about Abilify](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-abilify/923523)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-abilify/923523 "2020-10-23T17:36:35Z")
Someone near and dear to me was just prescribed Abilify. She 26, and has a lot of anxiety and is a little “bipolar” - but not necessarily clinically bipolar, just incredibly moody, with anger management issues. PMS is al… --- ## [Why can't baseball players just.........accept things? (unspoken rules)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-baseball-players-just-accept-things-unspoken-rules/923192)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-baseball-players-just-accept-things-unspoken-rules/923192 "2020-10-23T17:17:16Z")
To my non-baseball-fan mind, MLB seems to be a strangely petty or mentally fragile league, compared to the others. If a batter wants to flip his bat in celebration, Bautista-style (as long as it doesn’t hit anyone,) or … --- ## [VOIP for small business - who do you recommend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voip-for-small-business-who-do-you-recommend/923687)
**Author:** [@Guy\_Incognito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Incognito)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voip-for-small-business-who-do-you-recommend/923687 "2020-10-23T17:06:59Z")
So, our company has a retail store which has an older Toshiba PBX phone system which uses ancient electronic phones set up around the building. We (meaning I) need to replace this current setup for the following reasons: … --- ## [Simmering liver- what's the "scum"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simmering-liver-whats-the-scum/923499)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simmering-liver-whats-the-scum/923499 "2020-10-23T16:50:44Z")
I buy frozen bags of 3-5 turkey livers from the nearby turkey store. I drop them in boiling water and then simmer them for ~15 minutes. I use them as dog treats. When they are cooking, a “scum” rises to the top and cl… --- ## [Use of my email address](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-my-email-address/923597)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-my-email-address/923597 "2020-10-23T15:30:06Z")
I have an email address in the form of \[Cyril.Fotheringay-Phipps.1@gmail.com\] (using my actual name). A couple of weeks ago I got an email completely in Spanish from BancoEstado (apparently a Chilean bank), but addressed… --- ## [Distinctive Zoom choppy audio problem, but all else fine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-zoom-choppy-audio-problem-but-all-else-fine/923641)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinctive-zoom-choppy-audio-problem-but-all-else-fine/923641 "2020-10-23T14:34:47Z")
On Zoom meetings with many participants, the audio starts fine but eventually transitions to an extreme choppy Dalek-like distortion that is unintelligible. If I leave the meeting and then rejoin, the audio will be fine … --- ## [How do you pronounce 'envelope'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-envelope/922730)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-envelope/922730 "2020-10-23T13:02:55Z")
I was just watching a video and the host said “envelope” (as in something you stick a letter in). She pronounced it, like it’s spelled, ENvelope. I realized that I don’t say it that way, I say AHnvelope. Well I was tryi… --- ## [My mother fell and broke her hip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mother-fell-and-broke-her-hip/923612)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mother-fell-and-broke-her-hip/923612 "2020-10-23T12:51:56Z")
I’ve spent most of the day in the er, keeping her company. It’s two breaks, on the same side. The bone isn’t displaced, and the trauma guy doesn’t think she needs surgery. They plan to admit her. She’s elderly and in poo… --- ## [Why Did Eleanor Roosevelt Have a British Accent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-eleanor-roosevelt-have-a-british-accent/919597)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-eleanor-roosevelt-have-a-british-accent/919597 "2020-10-23T12:36:52Z")
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) was quite a woman. She was very active as a first lady, possibly more so than any other before or to follow. And she was a delegate for the UN for quite some time after her husband’s death, … --- ## [Villains with a point](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/villains-with-a-point/919885)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 239\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/villains-with-a-point/919885 "2020-10-23T11:46:50Z")
After thinking about posting Kilmonger in Your favorite villains, I really didn’t think Michael B. Jordan occupied this bad guy anywhere near as well as some of the actors in that thread. What Kilmonger did have was a po… --- ## [Problem with the toilet (no discussion of bodily functions required)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-the-toilet-no-discussion-of-bodily-functions-required/922086)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-the-toilet-no-discussion-of-bodily-functions-required/922086 "2020-10-23T10:58:05Z")
Around six months ago, the toilet in the master bathroom started leaving dark, dirt-like deposits in the bowl. This material is of unknown origin. The other two toilets in the house do not exhibit this behavior, nor do… --- ## [Trump lies he’s the Devil, Biden lies , it oh that’s just old Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-lies-he-s-the-devil-biden-lies-it-oh-that-s-just-old-joe/923404)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-lies-he-s-the-devil-biden-lies-it-oh-that-s-just-old-joe/923404 "2020-10-23T09:32:31Z")
Not a lick of difference between them, just how it’s handled. Now I know how this is going to go. --- ## [How deadly is novichok and other nerve agents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-deadly-is-novichok-and-other-nerve-agents/922795)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-deadly-is-novichok-and-other-nerve-agents/922795 "2020-10-23T08:58:32Z")
Considering that Iwan Kivelidi died after three days of being poisoned with a novichok agent in 1995, that Sergei and Yulia Skripal survived a novichok poisoning in England in 2018, and that Alexei Nawalny has survived t… --- ## [Subscribing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribing/843233)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribing/843233 "2020-10-23T08:39:22Z")
I find I’m a guest again. As my paid membership was an anonymous gift I wasnt sure when it expired. I’d like to re-up. I went to the user cp found the paid subscription thingy and clicked. Seems paypal is the only way t… --- ## [Computer Graphic card recommendation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-graphic-card-recommendation/923585)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-graphic-card-recommendation/923585 "2020-10-23T04:11:13Z")
I’m kinda lost here. Not a computer hardware guy. I just bought a Samsung CJ89 43" Curved UltraWide 3840 X 1200 Resolution monitor. My graphics card in my Gateway tower will only go up to 1900 x 1200 so my screen is quit… --- ## [Meaning of Old Christian Symbol?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-old-christian-symbol/923184)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-old-christian-symbol/923184 "2020-10-23T03:29:37Z")
I first saw it in the Roman Catholic church I went to as a child. It was emblazoned on one its stain glass window, with a bunch of other obscure symbols. And it is on the masonry of a Presbyterian church near my home. I … --- ## [When did businesses start having employees welcome customers in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-businesses-start-having-employees-welcome-customers-in/923545)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-businesses-start-having-employees-welcome-customers-in/923545 "2020-10-23T02:54:37Z")
Wal-Mart had their “greeters” going back to at least the 1980s, maybe earlier. But in what seems like a very recent phenomenon, like just starting in the last year or two, often when I walk into a store whichever employ… --- ## [Biden victory: Then Truth and Reconciliation, Then Censorship and Blacklisting, Then... Prisons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-victory-then-truth-and-reconciliation-then-censorship-and-blacklisting-then-prisons/923619)
**Author:** [@urbanredneck2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urbanredneck2)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-victory-then-truth-and-reconciliation-then-censorship-and-blacklisting-then-prisons/923619 "2020-10-23T02:38:41Z")
According to THIS article Robert Reich, College professor at Berkeley-California and former Secretary of Labor, wants to put together a “Truth and Reconciliation” committee that will go after Trump supporters. This shoul… --- ## [Pimento cheese sandwiches!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pimento-cheese-sandwiches/922824)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pimento-cheese-sandwiches/922824 "2020-10-23T01:53:43Z")
About a month ago I had an out-of -the-blue craving for a pimento cheese sandwich, had not had one in years. And no, it was not because of the pimento cheese sandwich scene on Better Call Saul, which now goes along sid… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1672) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1674)