# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1714 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1715 --- ## [Incarcerated Voting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incarcerated-voting/918316)
**Author:** [@Little\_Room](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Room)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incarcerated-voting/918316 "2020-09-17T22:13:27Z")
Inspired by this thread: Ever know anyone you thought shouldn't be allowed to vote? In that thread, the idea of restoring voting rights to felons was discussed (which is just fine), but also the idea of allowing the cur… --- ## [The Walking Dead - tv show to end in 2022 \[Edited: Spoilers likely\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-tv-show-to-end-in-2022-edited-spoilers-likely/920185)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-tv-show-to-end-in-2022-edited-spoilers-likely/920185 "2020-09-17T22:09:28Z")
Even zombies can’t live forever, I guess. This was at one point the best show out there, right up with my top tier TV shows. It is now a long haul to sit through most weeks. Occasional good moments, but a drag mostly. A… --- ## [Why is Star Wars so popular?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-star-wars-so-popular/920034)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-star-wars-so-popular/920034 "2020-09-17T22:06:25Z")
I genuinely don’t get why Star Wars is so popular. Out of 9 movies, 2, maybe 3 of them are good. --- ## [Can the police really commandeer a car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-police-really-commandeer-a-car/577102)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-police-really-commandeer-a-car/577102 "2020-09-17T21:16:34Z")
Can the police really commandeer a car and chase a bad guy or whatever? If so, what happens with any subsequent damage to the car? --- ## [Does the DH really add a roster space?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-dh-really-add-a-roster-space/920785)
**Author:** [@GreaterZamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreaterZamboni)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-dh-really-add-a-roster-space/920785 "2020-09-17T21:12:00Z")
I have seen it argued that the DH will be used in the National League from now on because it adds a roster space to the team and therefore the players’ union will support it. I do not think that is true. I say the DH wil… --- ## [Continual stop code errors in Windows 10](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continual-stop-code-errors-in-windows-10/920602)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continual-stop-code-errors-in-windows-10/920602 "2020-09-17T21:00:31Z")
I stared getting them last week and I thought I had fixed them with driver updates but they kept happening so I reinstalled Windows thinking that would update all drivers but it did not, so I got a program to search for … --- ## [What’s the end game on this obvious scam call?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-end-game-on-this-obvious-scam-call/920781)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-end-game-on-this-obvious-scam-call/920781 "2020-09-17T20:25:25Z")
I’ve gotten this same voice mail several times in the past couple months. Always from a different (probably spoofed) number and a different person’s name, but the same message, word for word. Hello, this is \[name\] call… --- ## [Russia has invaded Ukraine. How will the West respond?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-has-invaded-ukraine-how-will-the-west-respond/682513)
**Author:** [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Replies:** 3839\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-has-invaded-ukraine-how-will-the-west-respond/682513 "2020-09-17T19:53:38Z")
It appears that a Russian invasion of Ukraine, specifically the Crimea, is ongoing, or at least the Ukrainian Interior Ministry thinks so, and the Russian Parliament is readying laws to incorporate new territory into the… --- ## ["I Got Rhythm" -- The first "rhythm changes" tune?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-rhythm-the-first-rhythm-changes-tune/920869)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-rhythm-the-first-rhythm-changes-tune/920869 "2020-09-17T19:52:45Z")
The tune “I Got Rhythm” by George Gershwin is brilliant in its simplicity yet has very interesting chord changes in the bridge. It’s so interesting that hundreds of jazz tunes have been written using the same chord chang… --- ## [Facebook messenger alerts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-messenger-alerts/920816)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-messenger-alerts/920816 "2020-09-17T19:29:34Z")
I’ve had a Facebook page for a while but I’m barely aware of how it works. I’ve noticed that a lot of times when I check my page, there will be a little alert on my messenger icon (the one that looks like a lightning bo… --- ## [Android: Smart lock never works](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-smart-lock-never-works/920758)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-smart-lock-never-works/920758 "2020-09-17T19:25:27Z")
The last three phones that I’ve owned, including the LG stylo 6 I bought not more than two weeks ago; the “Smart Lock” feature never works. I just want my damn phone to unlock when I get home. I’ve tried smart lock by l… --- ## [Assuming Trump goes, what happens to his movement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assuming-trump-goes-what-happens-to-his-movement/920531)
**Author:** [@razordance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/razordance)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assuming-trump-goes-what-happens-to-his-movement/920531 "2020-09-17T17:16:28Z")
Is there anything of the redhats that could survive, as a movement, without his leadership? Or would they lose political coherence, and dissolve into the general mass of non-activist Republican voters? If they survived… --- ## [Pencil and Paper Games and Strategies to Win Them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pencil-and-paper-games-and-strategies-to-win-them/920411)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pencil-and-paper-games-and-strategies-to-win-them/920411 "2020-09-17T17:09:51Z")
I’m a bit addicted to games, but not those graphics-heavy shoot-em-up games my students spend purt near every waking moment playing. I also find myself wanting to do something on a board, but not necessarily wanting to l… --- ## [What’s so great about New Haven Pizza?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-so-great-about-new-haven-pizza/920830)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-so-great-about-new-haven-pizza/920830 "2020-09-17T16:44:44Z")
Not all of Twitter is endless arguing over politics, there’s also pizza wars every week or so. Ok, the NY v Chicago style debate has been done to death, but man this New Haven style has fervent defenders that are ready … --- ## [Is there a Covid form of "handshake rape"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-covid-form-of-handshake-rape/920368)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-covid-form-of-handshake-rape/920368 "2020-09-17T16:38:09Z")
If you haven’t been around the SDMB long enough, you probably don’t even know what I’m talking about. But our very own @ZPG\_Zealot (who I have not seen lately - is she still around?) claimed a few years ago that a man sp… --- ## [White Supremacy is not a rhetorical tactic, ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-supremacy-is-not-a-rhetorical-tactic-zpg-zealot/920396)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 352\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-supremacy-is-not-a-rhetorical-tactic-zpg-zealot/920396 "2020-09-17T16:37:03Z")
I would have liked to make this post in the thread in question, but it was declared off topic by the mod. I considered which forum to put this in, but the Pit seems appropriate if only so people can also use this to cont… --- ## [Why does my local elementary school have THREE security patrol cars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-local-elementary-school-have-three-security-patrol-cars/920823)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-local-elementary-school-have-three-security-patrol-cars/920823 "2020-09-17T16:36:00Z")
On my way to work every single day I pass by a normal looking elementary school (California btw and in a “middle class” neighborhood) that I notice had multiple SUV type vehicles that look like black and white police car… --- ## [ZPG\_Zealot has been banned for hate speech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zpg-zealot-has-been-banned-for-hate-speech/920850)
**Author:** [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zpg-zealot-has-been-banned-for-hate-speech/920850 "2020-09-17T16:27:45Z")
After discussion, it has been decided to ban ZPG\_Zealot for hate speech. In particular, we find many of her posts in these threads incompatible with her remaining a member of the Straight Dope community. https://boards.… --- ## [NFL 2020: Week 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-2/920848)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-2/920848 "2020-09-17T15:54:05Z")
Not a whole lot of news this early in the season. Bruce Arians says out loud what anyone who saw Tom Brady play Sunday was thinking. The Patriots remain one of the most flexible teams, both offensively and defensively, i… --- ## [Gmail advanced search](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-advanced-search/920299)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2020, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-advanced-search/920299 "2020-09-12T06:35:51Z")
I am trying to find out when I bought this computer. I didn’t register with Dell so I am searching gmail. I tried date ranges with yyyy/mo/day and day/month/year with subject Dell, searching all mail including spam. Noth… --- ## [You wake up tomorrow to any amazing and true headline you want, what is it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-wake-up-tomorrow-to-any-amazing-and-true-headline-you-want-what-is-it/920476)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-wake-up-tomorrow-to-any-amazing-and-true-headline-you-want-what-is-it/920476 "2020-09-17T14:48:55Z")
Add in a benevolent genie who will grant you this wish, no strings or gotchas, and the thread title pretty much sums it up. But I will add the rule that it cannot be that Trump is dead or anything wishing severe harm on … --- ## [Who remembers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers/917822)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 190\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers/917822 "2020-09-17T13:29:29Z")
10base-2 Ethernet? (I don’t know if this should be in the Game Room or not). --- ## [Are "shy Trump voters" a real thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-shy-trump-voters-a-real-thing/920175)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-shy-trump-voters-a-real-thing/920175 "2020-09-17T12:18:53Z")
I’ve heard lots of people speculate that the polls are underestimating Trump’s support, because there are allegedly significant numbers of Trump supporters who are too afraid to respond truthfully to poll takers. Is the… --- ## [Webcomics and Covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/webcomics-and-covid/920811)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/webcomics-and-covid/920811 "2020-09-17T12:17:10Z")
I’ve noticed three webcomics have incorporated Covid into their story; Something Positive, Moon over June, and Diesel Sweeties. Any other examples? --- ## [NFL Week 1 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1-2020/920216)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-1-2020/920216 "2020-09-17T09:32:43Z")
Well we’re here. After a weird year with no preseason, we’re going to get some football games before everything falls apart later on. I feel weirdly detached and not hyped at all after no preseason, it doesn’t really fee… --- ## [Reasonable battery for solar kit to run laptop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasonable-battery-for-solar-kit-to-run-laptop/920689)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasonable-battery-for-solar-kit-to-run-laptop/920689 "2020-09-17T04:12:24Z")
I have a thread here It seems the new question is ‘what is a good reasonable battery to store power?’ I’m interested in opinions on what battery I should purchase. I’ve decided I need a deep cycle battery. I’d like … --- ## [Wandering Randomly After Channel Ends Broadcasting Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wandering-randomly-after-channel-ends-broadcasting-day/920595)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wandering-randomly-after-channel-ends-broadcasting-day/920595 "2020-09-17T03:28:11Z")
Before the popularity of infomercials, a lot of TV channels used to end their broadcasting day between midnight and 2am. They played a recorded message, and often showed the flag and played the national anthem. I don’t… --- ## [What is the health plan for families of ex Vice Presidents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-health-plan-for-families-of-ex-vice-presidents/920313)
**Author:** [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-health-plan-for-families-of-ex-vice-presidents/920313 "2020-09-17T02:01:11Z")
Honest question, I’ve never thought to look into it. And this isn’t trolling, just wondering details. I keep seeing ads from Biden with him, speaking (it just happened to play again while writing this) that he promises i… --- ## [RIP The Cat With The Loud Purr](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-the-cat-with-the-loud-purr/920534)
**Author:** [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-the-cat-with-the-loud-purr/920534 "2020-09-17T00:47:34Z")
Two days ago; on my lap; 17 years old; after a long slow illness during most of which, with treatment, she didn’t know she was ill, and a rapid decline in her last couple of weeks. She went gently enough to go at home. S… --- ## [Mobile (cell) phones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mobile-cell-phones/854144)
**Author:** [@Casparlatete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casparlatete)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mobile-cell-phones/854144 "2020-09-16T23:30:30Z")
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