# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1721 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1722 --- ## [Can rythym people tell me the clap on this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-rythym-people-tell-me-the-clap-on-this/919852)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-rythym-people-tell-me-the-clap-on-this/919852 "2020-09-11T16:44:19Z")
The whole clap on the 1,3 versus clap on the 2,4 for the first 30 seconds? Having a debate with friends. --- ## [How Much Could US Television Get Away With (If It Wanted To)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-could-us-television-get-away-with-if-it-wanted-to/920137)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-could-us-television-get-away-with-if-it-wanted-to/920137 "2020-09-11T15:00:40Z")
I don’t live there, so I don’t know for sure. But from what I understand, they get away with all kinds of stuff on Canadian and Western European TV (just to cite two examples). Bare buttocks and breasts, swearing galore.… --- ## [Small engine problems, part 2 (governor?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-engine-problems-part-2-governor/920285)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-engine-problems-part-2-governor/920285 "2020-09-11T14:53:27Z")
My Honda GCV160 mower is giving me problems. When I move the throttle control lever to max, it pushes back and moves on its own down to half throttle or lower. This is mostly a problem in tall grass when I need the p… --- ## [Do clouds reflect sound?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-clouds-reflect-sound/920070)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-clouds-reflect-sound/920070 "2020-09-10T02:12:29Z")
Simple question. My wife feels that traffic noise is louder on cloudy days than clear days. Since we can talk perfectly well in a fog, ISTM that clouds should be transparent to sound, but what do I know? --- ## [Bojack Horseman is a sad show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bojack-horseman-is-a-sad-show/920177)
**Author:** [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bojack-horseman-is-a-sad-show/920177 "2020-09-11T14:35:29Z")
In search of a funny serial, I started watching Bojack Horseman. I’ve been watching 7 or 8 episodes so far and despite the funny situations and dialogues, I increasingly nurture the feeling that this is a sad show. The … --- ## [If there was a new cold war between China and the US, who would be on what side?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-new-cold-war-between-china-and-the-us-who-would-be-on-what-side/916505)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-new-cold-war-between-china-and-the-us-who-would-be-on-what-side/916505 "2020-09-11T14:30:39Z")
This is a pure speculation thread, though honestly I think we are on the brink of a new cold war right now, personally. That is probably not a popular or agreed upon conclusion though, so for the purpose of this thread … --- ## [Yet Another Brexit Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-brexit-question/920186)
**Author:** [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-brexit-question/920186 "2020-09-11T14:00:01Z")
I’m not from the UK, so I would like to know if this article from the BBC says what I think it says. The gist is that Boris Johnson would like to amend the terms under which the UK exits the EU and would like to give po… --- ## [Terwilliger Banned For Trolling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terwilliger-banned-for-trolling/920188)
**Author:** [@Dark\_Sponge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Sponge)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terwilliger-banned-for-trolling/920188 "2020-09-11T13:34:31Z")
New member Terwilliger joined just 4 days ago. I got curious when I saw he was banned and skimmed through his posts since joining. I saw some heated discussions but nothing outrageous and no warnings from mods in threa… --- ## [Do people have a (moral) right to remain neutral?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-have-a-moral-right-to-remain-neutral/919549)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-have-a-moral-right-to-remain-neutral/919549 "2020-09-11T13:18:49Z")
There are a number of situations where people cannot abide someone’s neutrality and want to enforce them to take a stance - for instance, the BLM demonstrators who were demanding that a woman at a restaurant raise her fi… --- ## [Missing Topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-topic/920331)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-topic/920331 "2020-09-11T13:14:02Z")
I think my first thread topic might have disappeared. I can’t seem to find it anywhere. It was titled “Introducing Max” and was last seen in MPSIMS. The date I submitted the original post was March 22, 2019 and the old U… --- ## [Posting a Picture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-a-picture/920170)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-a-picture/920170 "2020-09-11T13:05:50Z")
I still don’t know how to post a picture on here! Help, please. Thanks --- ## [Stand Up Comics and Cancel Culture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stand-up-comics-and-cancel-culture/917271)
**Author:** [@Bacon\_Cheeseburger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bacon_Cheeseburger)\ **Replies:** 194\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stand-up-comics-and-cancel-culture/917271 "2020-09-11T08:44:10Z")
It seems to me, a certain amount of stand up comics are pushing back against the whole political correctness thing. That’s what they do after all, make fun of people’s foibles. Sometimes those foibles are race/sex/relig… --- ## [Changing names, removing statues while avoiding 1984-ism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-names-removing-statues-while-avoiding-1984-ism/912444)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 233\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-names-removing-statues-while-avoiding-1984-ism/912444 "2020-09-11T07:44:49Z")
Right now, product names like Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben, Eskimo Pie, Mrs. Butterworth’s, Cream of Wheat, the Native American woman on Land O’Lakes butter are being changed, and statues of various Confederate leaders are bei… --- ## [Request: Support MathJax plugin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-support-mathjax-plugin/913855)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-support-mathjax-plugin/913855 "2020-09-11T05:51:23Z")
MathJax allows inline mathematical expressions in LaTeX: https://www.discourse.org/plugins/mathjax.html It appears to be available on all hosting plans. MathJax renders on the client side, so it should not increase se… --- ## [Self-employment help! (I don't know what I'm doing...)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-employment-help-i-dont-know-what-im-doing/919159)
**Author:** [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-employment-help-i-dont-know-what-im-doing/919159 "2020-09-11T04:48:26Z")
So, with COVID, combined with the general downturn in the energy economy, I’ve been essentially unemployed since St. Patrick’s Day. The time has come for me to find a new job- a frightening prospect for me, as I have w… --- ## [Touring Beatles or studio beatles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/touring-beatles-or-studio-beatles/847124)
**Author:** [@bionic\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bionic_man)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/touring-beatles-or-studio-beatles/847124 "2020-09-11T03:58:31Z")
AFTER 66 the nestles stopped touring.from revelover forward they experimented more. I think they broke up from lack of touring. I want to hold your hand is vastly different then tax man It seems like two different band… --- ## [Questions on the Danish school system](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-the-danish-school-system/920304)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-the-danish-school-system/920304 "2020-09-11T03:15:25Z")
I’ve been binge-watching Rita on Netflix and am on season 3. So I understand the show is set in a folkeskole, which has the equivalent of kindergarten to 9th grade. I’m a little confused about the administrative hierarc… --- ## [Peaches Yay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peaches-yay/919950)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peaches-yay/919950 "2020-09-11T01:51:00Z")
Went shopping last night and discovered that peaches were in. Not those abominations of one of nature’s finest, commonly called the white peach🤢. No I mean honest to goodness yummy sweet yellow peaches that are soft an… --- ## [I wish I was ambidextrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-i-was-ambidextrous/110394)
**Author:** [@Neptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neptune)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-i-was-ambidextrous/110394 "2020-09-11T01:46:30Z")
I wish I was ambidextrous so that I could tweeze hair from my left ear as easily as from my right. As it is, I’ve got one hairy ear. I fear I’m going to end up like Solomon Grundy. --- ## [I think I almost got scammed. Now what do I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-almost-got-scammed-now-what-do-i-do/920301)
**Author:** [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-almost-got-scammed-now-what-do-i-do/920301 "2020-09-11T00:58:08Z")
I got an Echo Dot a couple years ago. Today I finally decided to plug it in. Alexa pipes up and tells me to set up through the Alexa app. What app? I seem to have lost instructions, etc. that came with it. Here’s where … --- ## [How are you dealing w/ pre-election stress?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-dealing-w-pre-election-stress/919533)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-dealing-w-pre-election-stress/919533 "2020-09-11T00:08:31Z")
Just recently, I noticed my stress level had increased over the possibility of Trump being re-elected. I had come back from a vacation during which I was blissfully out of touch, but the continuing unrest, and possible … --- ## [McConnell's Skinny Relief Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnells-skinny-relief-bill/920273)
**Author:** [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnells-skinny-relief-bill/920273 "2020-09-11T00:08:05Z")
I understand that today the US Senate will be voting on an emaciated COVID relief package compared to the more robust HEROES Act passed by the House in May to protect vulnerable senators facing tough re-election races. M… --- ## [Will a pardoned Trump still face lawsuits regarding illegal acts committed while in office?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-pardoned-trump-still-face-lawsuits-regarding-illegal-acts-committed-while-in-office/920224)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-pardoned-trump-still-face-lawsuits-regarding-illegal-acts-committed-while-in-office/920224 "2020-09-10T23:28:58Z")
I recently heard that one strategy that Trump may use if he loses the election is to have Mike Pence pardon him. Will a pardoned Trump still face lawsuits regarding illegal acts committed while in office? What can the So… --- ## [Copper ball claims](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copper-ball-claims/916458)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copper-ball-claims/916458 "2020-09-10T22:46:58Z")
I won’t provide a link to it(if you wish to look for it, it is called the “Trance Metals Solid Ooligodynamic Copper Sphere”), but there are adverts on Facebook and elsewhere for a 99.9% pure 1 kilogram copper ball that c… --- ## [Older members, Do you have more soreness from working out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/older-members-do-you-have-more-soreness-from-working-out/919851)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/older-members-do-you-have-more-soreness-from-working-out/919851 "2020-09-10T21:45:36Z")
poll I’ve exercised more this summer. Primarily with a 8lb weight bar and several dumb bells. Nothing over 10lbs. I do three reps of twenty for each exercise. I bought a exercise bike that includes arm exercises. Simila… --- ## [Ronald Bell (the Gang in Kool & The Gang) passed away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ronald-bell-the-gang-in-kool-the-gang-passed-away/920269)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ronald-bell-the-gang-in-kool-the-gang-passed-away/920269 "2020-09-10T21:44:18Z")
He and his brother Robert (Kool) Bell were founding members of Kool & The Gang. Here’s something to remember him by (we don’t need JT to do it, either.) Hollywood Swinging --- ## ["Cuties"...again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuties-again/920288)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuties-again/920288 "2020-09-10T21:05:47Z")
As usual there’s no room for nuance in the social media sphere. On one hand we have magazines posting articles saying that people who dislike the film are ‘a right-wing movement’…good lord. On the other side, the argume… --- ## [Anyone used an online mortgage company like Rocket, Quicken, etc?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-used-an-online-mortgage-company-like-rocket-quicken-etc/919256)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-used-an-online-mortgage-company-like-rocket-quicken-etc/919256 "2020-09-10T21:32:54Z")
I’m considering refinancing and it seems that the lowest rates come from the primarily online lendors like Rocket, SoFi, Quicken etc. If anyone has experience with a company that’s presence is mainly online instead of b… --- ## [Which game has the best or most beautiful graphics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-game-has-the-best-or-most-beautiful-graphics/918186)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-game-has-the-best-or-most-beautiful-graphics/918186 "2020-09-10T20:12:31Z")
It doesn’t have to be a recent game that is utilizing the latest technology, but it can be if that is how you feel. I’m just thinking of what games look the best in your opinion. A few that came to my mind, in no order: … --- ## [Ohio mayer wants a Starbucks because](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-mayer-wants-a-starbucks-because/919991)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-mayer-wants-a-starbucks-because/919991 "2020-09-10T19:53:14Z")
It would make her city a “destination”. If a Starbucks makes your city a destination, that’s just sad. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1720) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1722)