# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1718 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1719 --- ## [Outdoor "YAGI" cellphone signal antenna](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outdoor-yagi-cellphone-signal-antenna/919272)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outdoor-yagi-cellphone-signal-antenna/919272 "2020-09-14T15:45:02Z")
Hello everyone. I have just purchased a cellphone signal booster “kit” and I have a question pertaining to the “YAGI” outdoor cellphone signal antenna that was included in this kit… How high off the ground does a “YAGI… --- ## [The new rules about hijacks are not being applied seriously](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-rules-about-hijacks-are-not-being-applied-seriously/920354)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-rules-about-hijacks-are-not-being-applied-seriously/920354 "2020-09-14T15:27:47Z")
At the beginning of this year, the Dope administrators announced some new, welcome rule changes: \*"\*\*Hijacks. \*This is, perhaps, the single largest and most important change to the rules in Great Debates and Politics an… --- ## [Discobot to Colibri: come at me, bro!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discobot-to-colibri-come-at-me-bro/916672)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discobot-to-colibri-come-at-me-bro/916672 "2020-09-14T14:27:37Z")
Colibri is all like “this thread will remain closed.” then Discobot is all “This thread will reopen in one hour!” in bold, yelly text. \[… --- ## [Unbiased opinion on website UI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbiased-opinion-on-website-ui/920453)
**Author:** [@MMathhews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MMathhews)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbiased-opinion-on-website-ui/920453 "2020-09-14T14:22:05Z")
Hi everyone. Just a small survey on the UI of the website I’m working on. Just write down what you like and what you do not like on the website. Homepage, articles, anything. Not sure if I or any members of my team can … --- ## [Can the government compel you to lie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-government-compel-you-to-lie/920555)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-government-compel-you-to-lie/920555 "2020-09-14T14:02:47Z")
Inspired by this thread. In the United States, is it possible for Law…at some level, be it federal, state, county, or municipal…make a citizen, under penalty (fines, arrest, imprisonment) to not simply believe but prof… --- ## [The Labo(u)r Day MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-labo-u-r-day-mmp/919994)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 324\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-labo-u-r-day-mmp/919994 "2020-09-14T13:31:35Z")
Hello! It’s midnight, so technically Monday, so here is the MMP! It’s also my birthday! I don’t have any special plans for today. Maybe go outside and see which stores are open. How are you doing? Hope you all have … --- ## [Anyone else not feeling terribly stressed/inconvenienced by COVID?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-not-feeling-terribly-stressed-inconvenienced-by-covid/920270)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-not-feeling-terribly-stressed-inconvenienced-by-covid/920270 "2020-09-14T13:11:04Z")
Over the past few days, I’ve repeatedly thought how little I felt the quality of my life has been adversely impacted by COVID concerns. Sure, there are a few inconveniences, but they are relatively minor, and they are b… --- ## [Is this unstoppable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-unstoppable/920533)
**Author:** [@urbanredneck2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urbanredneck2)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-unstoppable/920533 "2020-09-14T11:52:17Z")
In my area they post Covid news and part of this is showing which nursing home and assisted living facilities have reported cases. Remember, these are the most vulnerable people. They also have the tightest rules. They … --- ## [Do sensitive people like dark humour more than less sensitive people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-sensitive-people-like-dark-humour-more-than-less-sensitive-people/919987)
**Author:** [@MaverocK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaverocK)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-sensitive-people-like-dark-humour-more-than-less-sensitive-people/919987 "2020-09-14T05:10:33Z")
I have a love and hate relationship with dark humor (or “black comedy”). It sometimes free me from my worries and anxiety. But it also sometimes give me a strange anxiety because I realize that people can take pleasure f… --- ## [Question on discussing art/entertainment's effect on political views in Café Society](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-discussing-art-entertainments-effect-on-political-views-in-cafe-society/919981)
**Author:** [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-discussing-art-entertainments-effect-on-political-views-in-cafe-society/919981 "2020-09-14T03:48:56Z")
Whatever you say, but I was interested to learn whether “Kremlin” is a forbidden word in the Café Society sub-forum. That doesn’t appear to be the case. C.K. Dexter-Haven posted this in the Forum Rules thread: (^tha… --- ## [The New French Scooter-Car; Practical in any US Cities?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-french-scooter-car-practical-in-any-us-cities/920432)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-french-scooter-car-practical-in-any-us-cities/920432 "2020-09-14T03:38:12Z")
This weird contraption seems perfect for Paris. A miniature electric cycle with a metal shell that parks easily and can go at considerable speeds for significant distances. Any market for this in the US? Or too underp… --- ## [Electronics fuse question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electronics-fuse-question/920492)
**Author:** [@a6ka97](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a6ka97)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electronics-fuse-question/920492 "2020-09-14T03:09:24Z")
I have a blown fuse on a controller for a piece of equipment I have. The fuse is mounted inside the control box by the circuit board. It has what I always called a Buss fuse (although that is probably the brand name) whi… --- ## [Anyone remember ‘hooked on the high’ drug education?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-hooked-on-the-high-drug-education/920394)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-hooked-on-the-high-drug-education/920394 "2020-09-14T03:05:11Z")
This would have been in the 80s and was a weird theory I was taught that you don’t get addicted to a drug, you get addicted to the euphoria. To me, this sounds ridiculous today. If I’ve been doing heroin for a year, a ta… --- ## [What type of clothing do you typically wear on your days off work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-clothing-do-you-typically-wear-on-your-days-off-work/920143)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-clothing-do-you-typically-wear-on-your-days-off-work/920143 "2020-09-14T01:41:50Z")
For my type of clothing worn on days off of work, definitely jeans, either blue (91%) or black Black walking shoes w/ white peds. Shirt wear varies: “I’m an excellent judge of shirt wear, just ask me” Shirt wear wise… --- ## [Can you copyright a lie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-copyright-a-lie/920343)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-copyright-a-lie/920343 "2020-09-14T00:33:11Z")
In the thread Tell us an interesting random fact you stumbled across starting with this post it comes out that Trivial Pursuit had been copying a lot of it’s trivia questions and answers from Fred L. Worth’s books , auth… --- ## [Amazing Grace, a small tragedy. (Not the Song)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-grace-a-small-tragedy-not-the-song/920117)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-grace-a-small-tragedy-not-the-song/920117 "2020-09-14T00:07:24Z")
Grace aka Gracie-girl, Gracie-goo or just plain ‘Dummy’, my special-needs Yorkie has met her end. Age 10. Background: She was slated to be euthanized at a week old. I convinced the Vet to give her to me and let me try … --- ## [Pre-1959 cranberry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-1959-cranberry/920510)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-1959-cranberry/920510 "2020-09-13T23:20:18Z")
I’ve been listening to a lot of Stan Freberg lately. There’s a sketch where Jesse White, as an unscrupulous record company chief tries to get a radio programmer to promote his latest single (The Old Payola Roll Blues). T… --- ## [Kim Jong-Un in a coma?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-in-a-coma/918847)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2020, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-in-a-coma/918847 "2020-09-13T23:04:19Z")
N. KOREA’S KIM JONG-UN REPORTEDLY IN A COMA … North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is once again on his death bed … that is, if you buy what some South Korean officials are saying about his mysterious health status… Th… --- ## [Calculus of similar shapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calculus-of-similar-shapes/920218)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calculus-of-similar-shapes/920218 "2020-09-13T21:54:24Z")
This is something that I came up with this morning and ran a couple of examples in the shower. I haven’t seen it before. Wikipedia notes in the history of Calculus the method of exhaustion and Cavalieri’s principle, bu… --- ## [My kid is enrolling in college this year. So I decided to pen a letter to Admissions.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kid-is-enrolling-in-college-this-year-so-i-decided-to-pen-a-letter-to-admissions/849908)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kid-is-enrolling-in-college-this-year-so-i-decided-to-pen-a-letter-to-admissions/849908 "2020-09-13T19:36:12Z")
The one copied is for St. Johns, but I also sent the same to Hofstra, Adelphi, and Rutgers. We’ll see if they respond! Names changed to protect the unknown. Formatting is as it appears on original email. I did attach a… --- ## [Ist there a significant difference between AirBNB and 'renting a holiday apartment'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ist-there-a-significant-difference-between-airbnb-and-renting-a-holiday-apartment/813314)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ist-there-a-significant-difference-between-airbnb-and-renting-a-holiday-apartment/813314 "2020-09-13T19:29:45Z")
I have read a lot in the last few years about ‘Airbnb apartments displacing normal residential renters in European cities’, ‘cities such as Palma de Mallorca banning Airbnb’, etc. Now we (Mops and Möpsin) have spend a l… --- ## [Cherished childhood pets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cherished-childhood-pets/920384)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cherished-childhood-pets/920384 "2020-09-13T19:18:36Z")
Did you have any cherished pets when you were a child? We had quite a few small pets growing up but almost all of them turned out to be short-termers. First pet was a parakeet named Conrad, given to my father by his HS… --- ## [Michael Cohen’s Book; Disloyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-cohen-s-book-disloyal/918069)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-cohen-s-book-disloyal/918069 "2020-09-13T18:57:18Z")
The introduction is available now. I will buy & read the whole thing when it becomes available for Kindle. It promises a lot, including golden showers. What do you think? --- ## [What recreational drugs in your opinion should someone avoid taking at all costs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-recreational-drugs-in-your-opinion-should-someone-avoid-taking-at-all-costs/831220)
**Author:** [@kleptomaniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kleptomaniac)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-recreational-drugs-in-your-opinion-should-someone-avoid-taking-at-all-costs/831220 "2020-09-13T18:28:14Z")
Assuming we go by the premise that there are some drugs which might be okay despite government propaganda and societal stigma to use. Almost everyone here has I assume used alcohol, lesser smoked weed, and MDMA, mushroo… --- ## [What do I do with the Markers for my kitties?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-the-markers-for-my-kitties/920446)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-the-markers-for-my-kitties/920446 "2020-09-13T17:24:04Z")
We’re close to selling the house. We have 2 small markers for our departed kitties where we buried them. Is it OK to leave the markers? Should I take the markers? Should I bury the markers? Both markers are wooden, h… --- ## [Do they ever find "Lost Treasures" on any of the TV series?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-ever-find-lost-treasures-on-any-of-the-tv-series/920255)
**Author:** [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-ever-find-lost-treasures-on-any-of-the-tv-series/920255 "2020-09-13T17:10:40Z")
One day I’d love that one of the “Buried Riches from the Ukraininan Anabaptists” show-types actually find something. Aside from the never ending Oak Island (where do they get the money?), there are people in the Phillip… --- ## [Breakfast Seltzer. "Hard" Breakfast Seltzer. Really](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-seltzer-hard-breakfast-seltzer-really/920416)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-seltzer-hard-breakfast-seltzer-really/920416 "2020-09-13T16:53:27Z")
It’s a thing. A bad thing IMHO but a thing nonetheless. What’s the world coming to? --- ## [How Do You Drink Your Cold Brew Coffee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-drink-your-cold-brew-coffee/920290)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-drink-your-cold-brew-coffee/920290 "2020-09-13T16:49:13Z")
Help me prove to Mrs. Cups that I’m right. (Or show she’s right and drive us to divorce) poll --- ## [Dietary fiber](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dietary-fiber/920103)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dietary-fiber/920103 "2020-09-13T15:45:41Z")
Dietary fiber has been a hot topic in recent years among food and nutrition scientists as well as health professionals. We’ve had conversations on the topic of dietary food supplements over the years - the most recent b… --- ## [Let’s identify these 63 languages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-identify-these-63-languages/919346)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2020, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-identify-these-63-languages/919346 "2020-09-13T11:17:09Z")
I’m at my mother in law’s house and she receives a monthly insert with instructions to call in 63 different languages. I’m curious how many of them we can identify. Some of them are really cool looking. After the first p… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1717) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1719)