# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1715 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1716 --- ## [Why do we have to put up with Religious People?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-have-to-put-up-with-religious-people/917474)
**Author:** [@Bacon\_Cheeseburger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bacon_Cheeseburger)\ **Replies:** 817\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-have-to-put-up-with-religious-people/917474 "2020-09-16T23:21:11Z")
As an Atheist, I’m getting a little tired of the “there is magic giant in the sky” crowd. Some of them are very nice people, do charity work, etc. Some enjoy a sense of community through their religion, perhaps find a … --- ## [Massachusetts law question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massachusetts-law-question/920784)
**Author:** [@HotDogWater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HotDogWater)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massachusetts-law-question/920784 "2020-09-16T22:02:34Z")
Can somebody please point me to the correct MA sate laws that govern homeowner cultivation of marijuana? Now that it’s legal here we are interested in trying it out, but the only laws I can find are for commercial culti… --- ## [Fable about post-hoc rationalization](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fable-about-post-hoc-rationalization/920724)
**Author:** [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fable-about-post-hoc-rationalization/920724 "2020-09-16T21:54:27Z")
Not sure where this belongs; please feel free to move. I have the faintest memory of a fable or parable or joke about a man who made up his mind about what had happened, and when each of the pieces of evidence he cited a… --- ## [Modding an iPod](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modding-an-ipod/919977)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modding-an-ipod/919977 "2020-09-16T21:52:52Z")
I’ve got a iPod Classic and i want to upgrade it. That means installing a solid state drive that will greatly increase its storage capacity, upgrading the battery and installing a new operating system (an open source OS … --- ## [Help me choose a tablet, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-tablet-please/919832)
**Author:** [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-tablet-please/919832 "2020-09-16T21:46:19Z")
A friend of mine is in need of a new tablet but I have no experience with them other than Kindles, so I need a little help from you folks. She has some weird (to me) requirements. She uses it as you would a desktop, i… --- ## [Do phone companies actually keep call and text records indefinitely?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-phone-companies-actually-keep-call-and-text-records-indefinitely/920718)
**Author:** [@DoctorPurple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorPurple)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-phone-companies-actually-keep-call-and-text-records-indefinitely/920718 "2020-09-16T21:19:02Z")
Do phone companies actually keep call and text records indefinitely? Practically every time someone is subpoenaed, they often subpoena their phone records as well. As a matter of “security” (and just to keep my phone c… --- ## [Have you ever run into a FAST eater? (How to deal with socially)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-run-into-a-fast-eater-how-to-deal-with-socially/919978)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-run-into-a-fast-eater-how-to-deal-with-socially/919978 "2020-09-16T18:25:25Z")
So, one of my nieces has a new live-in guy. Yes, despite Covid. It was an on-line relationship that turned into F2F dating just a couple of months before quarantine, and Becky (not real name) later decided four months … --- ## [Why are the Trump defectors having such little impact on the polls and Trump's chances?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-trump-defectors-having-such-little-impact-on-the-polls-and-trumps-chances/920041)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 348\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-trump-defectors-having-such-little-impact-on-the-polls-and-trumps-chances/920041 "2020-09-16T17:31:20Z")
I’ve been reading about various Republicans who are unhappy with Trump and plan to either vote for Biden or go third party this election. There are prominent names like John Kasich and Rick Snyder, former GOP governors … --- ## [High from drugs, versus natural high from happy things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-from-drugs-versus-natural-high-from-happy-things/920505)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-from-drugs-versus-natural-high-from-happy-things/920505 "2020-09-16T16:39:12Z")
Having never done drugs (but knowing that some Dopers have)… How does the high from recreational drugs (ecstasy, heroin, etc.) compare to a high that would come to someone naturally from some major good event (i.e., win… --- ## [MS Flight Simulator 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-flight-simulator-2020/915223)
**Author:** [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-flight-simulator-2020/915223 "2020-09-16T16:36:28Z")
It launches on August 18 2020 for Windows 10. It will be included in the XBox Game Pass (PC included). I just spent an obscene amount of money on both X-Plane and Prepar3D, figuring Microsoft will probably push back F… --- ## [Is comedy central working for you guys?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-comedy-central-working-for-you-guys/920768)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-comedy-central-working-for-you-guys/920768 "2020-09-16T16:01:10Z")
I normally go to CC to get my Daily Show fix. But I haven’t been able to access the site for over week now. The address bar says “site not secure” l even went into site settings to allow not secure content but still no … --- ## [How to PM an SDMB user](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pm-an-sdmb-user/920498)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pm-an-sdmb-user/920498 "2020-09-16T15:58:40Z")
How to PM an SDMB user? I see the OP on “how to PM message a MOD,”: but this seems different. Postscript: is it possible to PM a user without using the app? Thanks! --- ## [Cause of the wildfires out west?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cause-of-the-wildfires-out-west/920516)
**Author:** [@razordance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/razordance)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cause-of-the-wildfires-out-west/920516 "2020-09-16T15:54:35Z")
Everybody (including Governor Newsom) seems to assume it’s a matter of climate-change-induced drought. But my brother insists it’s because all the affected states, some years ago, bowed down to environmentalists and dis… --- ## [The Old Site's Search Engine Sucked. I Sure Do Miss It!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-sites-search-engine-sucked-i-sure-do-miss-it/920471)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-sites-search-engine-sucked-i-sure-do-miss-it/920471 "2020-09-16T15:43:40Z")
To find this extant thread I went to the search popdown and typed “ask the guy science fiction” (no quotes). Useless irrelevant hits. Advanced Search: umm, yeah I could put my name. WTF are “tags”?? Where do I speci… --- ## [Prius Prime: any stories?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prius-prime-any-stories/835454)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prius-prime-any-stories/835454 "2020-09-16T14:24:12Z")
While it sounds like a Transformer, with rebates and our driving patterns, this car might be good for us. Anyone here with experience and stories? --- ## ["A well-ordered militia being necessary to the security of a free state . . ."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-well-ordered-militia-being-necessary-to-the-security-of-a-free-state/920326)
**Author:** [@razordance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/razordance)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-well-ordered-militia-being-necessary-to-the-security-of-a-free-state/920326 "2020-09-16T14:15:54Z")
But, no, it isn’t. Militia, in the 18th-Century sense – a nonprofessional volunteer force, as distinct from a National Guard of part-time professional soldiers – has played no role in any American conflict since the Spa… --- ## [Walk Your Dog Twice Daily - It’s The Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-your-dog-twice-daily-it-s-the-law/918518)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-your-dog-twice-daily-it-s-the-law/918518 "2020-09-16T14:06:23Z")
…in Germany, which has ten million dogs. The best thing about the place is that dogs are allowed everywhere and tend to be well treated. I don’t disagree with the law, but why was there such a need to pass it? Western… --- ## [Rank the early seasons of post-TOS Trek](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-early-seasons-of-post-tos-trek/920538)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-early-seasons-of-post-tos-trek/920538 "2020-09-16T12:14:27Z")
Lets leave out DISCO, PIC and the Trek animated series (though the first season of TOS animated is better then the second season) TNG. Poor as they may be…they are still very bright and at times the wackiness works fo… --- ## [Gravity and time dilation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gravity-and-time-dilation/920109)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gravity-and-time-dilation/920109 "2020-09-16T11:58:14Z")
I have a rough understanding that clocks run slower the deeper you are in a gravitational field. There’s even a simple equation for the situation of a spherical nonrotating mass, which I will link to because I don’t know… --- ## [What orbital setup allows for the 'most' solar eclipses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-orbital-setup-allows-for-the-most-solar-eclipses/920226)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-orbital-setup-allows-for-the-most-solar-eclipses/920226 "2020-09-16T11:07:31Z")
Let’s start with the Earth-Moon system, but tweak it so that we can get the ‘most’ total solar eclipses possible. Obviously if we put the Moon into an orbit in the Earth’s orbital plane, we’d get a total solar eclipse so… --- ## [So why are home prices shooting up during this time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-are-home-prices-shooting-up-during-this-time/920049)
**Author:** [@urbanredneck2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urbanredneck2)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-are-home-prices-shooting-up-during-this-time/920049 "2020-09-16T10:34:16Z")
In my area, suburb of Kansas City, housing prices are shooting up. Houses rarely stay on the market for more than a week. They are also building apartments and condos like crazy and they are going HIGH. Wait, isnt the e… --- ## [Non-Restaurant Tipping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-restaurant-tipping/27744)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2000, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-restaurant-tipping/27744 "2000-10-14T17:01:21Z")
Since tipping in restaurants is being discussed at length here, with very little discussion of any other kind of tipping, I thought it would be worthwhile to open a thread devoted to all the zillion other situations in w… --- ## [Anyone else stoked for Wasteland 3 tommorow night?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-stoked-for-wasteland-3-tommorow-night/919085)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-stoked-for-wasteland-3-tommorow-night/919085 "2020-09-16T03:34:16Z")
This is the first full price-at release game I will have bought in a long while. The original Wasteland is in my top three games of all time. And the second on was pretty good too. I hear this one is supposed to be even… --- ## [Flying - Would You Rather](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-would-you-rather/920523)
**Author:** [@ThisIsTheEnd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisIsTheEnd)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-would-you-rather/920523 "2020-09-16T02:15:31Z")
You consider yourself to be in a higher-than-average risk cohort due to age and/or a couple of potential underlying conditions, neither of which really cause you problems on a day-to-day basis (ie. they are controlled by… --- ## [The Opposite Sex: Rene's Story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sex-renes-story/243779)
**Author:** [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sex-renes-story/243779 "2020-09-16T02:03:39Z")
Rene’s Story is a documentary on Showtime which aired the other day. “The first of two documentaries charting the progress of transgendered individuals undergoing sex-change surgery. Hosted by Emmy winner Dr. Bruce Hens… --- ## [Is It Stupid to Mandate Masks for Coaches on the Sideline but not Players?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-stupid-to-mandate-masks-for-coaches-on-the-sideline-but-not-players/920617)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-stupid-to-mandate-masks-for-coaches-on-the-sideline-but-not-players/920617 "2020-09-16T01:35:23Z")
Watching the Steelers v NYG and while the coaches have been mandated to wear masks… …the players arent wearing them. Whats the point of masking up the coaches? --- ## [Study published in JAMA Network Open: Vitamin D signficantly cuts ICU admission rate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/study-published-in-jama-network-open-vitamin-d-signficantly-cuts-icu-admission-rate/920544)
**Author:** [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/study-published-in-jama-network-open-vitamin-d-signficantly-cuts-icu-admission-rate/920544 "2020-09-16T00:56:25Z")
In a small double blind randomized control trial (pdf at link) at a Spanish hospital early administration of calcifediol (a Vitamin D metabolite) significantly cut ICU admission rate and was associated with a less severe… --- ## [Judge: "You can either join the Army or go to jail."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-you-can-either-join-the-army-or-go-to-jail/920469)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-you-can-either-join-the-army-or-go-to-jail/920469 "2020-09-15T23:52:05Z")
What happens if the guy, after joining the Army, then gets kicked out? Either by being too dumb/unruly/out of shape to get through basic training; by getting accidentally injured during training; or manages to get throug… --- ## [A thread for/about those who are sheltering completely alone, i.e. no other human beings with you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-about-those-who-are-sheltering-completely-alone-i-e-no-other-human-beings-with-you/851185)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-about-those-who-are-sheltering-completely-alone-i-e-no-other-human-beings-with-you/851185 "2020-09-15T23:30:09Z")
Pets, yes… or maybe no pets either? But no spouse, roommate, parent, child, no other person living (or most likely, visiting) in your home. What is this like for you? Do you have any kind of self/other-imposed routine/s… --- ## [Found 2 cans of Bumble Bee canned crab in my pantry - what to do with it beside dip or crab cakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-2-cans-of-bumble-bee-canned-crab-in-my-pantry-what-to-do-with-it-beside-dip-or-crab-cakes/851404)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-2-cans-of-bumble-bee-canned-crab-in-my-pantry-what-to-do-with-it-beside-dip-or-crab-cakes/851404 "2020-09-15T23:24:21Z")
I have no idea why I bought this. But I’m trying not to waste food. Any ideas? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1714) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1716)