# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1749 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1750 --- ## [Does FiveThirtyEight still plan to predict the election this year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fivethirtyeight-still-plan-to-predict-the-election-this-year/917743)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fivethirtyeight-still-plan-to-predict-the-election-this-year/917743 "2020-08-18T15:28:46Z")
I’m going off memory here, so correct me. I believe Nate Silver at 538 was one of the few pollsters that gave Trump a 15-20% chance on election day in 2016. He was criticized for being way too generous to Trump with that… --- ## [How do vines sense which direction to grow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-vines-sense-which-direction-to-grow/918115)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-vines-sense-which-direction-to-grow/918115 "2020-08-18T14:37:21Z")
ISTM best as I can tell that vines have a tendency to extend themselves in the direction which allow them to attach to something else. For example, in my backyard I have some vines which tend to grow up a fence and then … --- ## [Are there any Kaiser v. RMS Titanic conspiracies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-kaiser-v-rms-titanic-conspiracies/918280)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-kaiser-v-rms-titanic-conspiracies/918280 "2020-08-18T14:36:42Z")
Nat Geo was loaded with documentaries featuring Bob Ballard, James Cameron, and the Titanic today. We’re there any RL conspiracy theories regarding Kaiser Wilhelm and the sinking? --- ## [Does political defeat change your views?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-political-defeat-change-your-views/918120)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-political-defeat-change-your-views/918120 "2020-08-18T14:33:55Z")
Frequently, after one side/party wins an election, they will express the sentiment of “Hopefully this defeat teaches the other side its lesson and makes them become more like us.” Or, even before the actual votes are cas… --- ## [So how's things going here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-hows-things-going-here/917401)
**Author:** [@GnuMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GnuMe)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-hows-things-going-here/917401 "2020-08-18T14:31:08Z")
First, traffic in general? How has it changed since the switch? Was it headed down when there were the system problems? Was it headed down before that? I recall threads on how to make the board better that involved p… --- ## [How is each side going to react to defeat in November?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-each-side-going-to-react-to-defeat-in-november/918281)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-each-side-going-to-react-to-defeat-in-november/918281 "2020-08-18T14:09:46Z")
If Trump loses - as most expect - his supporters will probably not do all that much. Sure, they’ve been tweeting 2nd-Amendment solutions and all that, but the likelihood of violence is low. What are they going to do? Vio… --- ## [TERRIBLE movie pitches/ideas that thankfully were never actually made (yet)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-movie-pitches-ideas-that-thankfully-were-never-actually-made-yet/918249)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-movie-pitches-ideas-that-thankfully-were-never-actually-made-yet/918249 "2020-08-18T14:07:43Z")
We hear it all the time, movies scripts/ideas get announced by studios but wind up never getting made. Tons of spec scripts eventually make their way onto the internet for everyone to laugh at, or we see a blurb on IMDB … --- ## [If that's not an emolument, I don't know what is](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-thats-not-an-emolument-i-dont-know-what-is/841919)
**Author:** [@Running\_with\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Running_with_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-thats-not-an-emolument-i-dont-know-what-is/841919 "2020-08-18T13:11:02Z")
Trump has awarded G-7 summit to his Miami-area resort, the White House says Geez, they’re not even trying to pretend that they’re doing the right thing any more. --- ## [Thailand pronunciation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thailand-pronunciation/917541)
**Author:** [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thailand-pronunciation/917541 "2020-08-18T11:56:00Z")
Looking for a GQ fact check on Dinesh D’Souza’s claim that “most of the English-speaking world” pronounces Thailand “thigh-land” rather than “tie-land”. --- ## [Biden's choice for vice presidential candidate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-choice-for-vice-presidential-candidate/851505)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 1121\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-choice-for-vice-presidential-candidate/851505 "2020-08-18T11:46:21Z")
Joe Biden has committed to picking a woman as his vice presidential candidate. Several news sources have come up with short lists of potential running mates. Do you think he’ll choose someone who already ran (and lost) … --- ## [Is there a way to connect to two Bluetooth devices to a single phone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-connect-to-two-bluetooth-devices-to-a-single-phone/917991)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-connect-to-two-bluetooth-devices-to-a-single-phone/917991 "2020-08-18T11:15:42Z")
Hello Everyone, I have a Samsung A21 and I use Bluetooth to connect to wireless earbuds. If I have a friend that would like to listen to whatever I’m playing on my phone through their earbuds is there a way to stream to… --- ## [How do grocery coupons work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-grocery-coupons-work/725266)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2015, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-grocery-coupons-work/725266 "2015-07-18T06:14:34Z")
So, the manufacturer of Sugar-oos, my favorite breakfast cereal, has placed a $1 off coupon in the Sunday newspaper ad inserts. I clip the coupon and head out to my favorite supermarket. I find my sweet nuggets on the … --- ## [Dell Coupons in Canada?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dell-coupons-in-canada/167627)
**Author:** [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dell-coupons-in-canada/167627 "2003-04-09T19:24:03Z")
Very soon I’ll be buying a new computer and dude, it looks like it’s going to be a Dell Dimension desktop from Dell.ca. I was wondering about the box at checkout that says “Enter Coupon Code”. Where does one get these … --- ## [What are these "titles" called and how many are there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-titles-called-and-how-many-are-there/918195)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-titles-called-and-how-many-are-there/918195 "2020-08-18T10:29:03Z")
We frequently hear usages such as “your highness” or “her majesty” when referring to royalty, and “your honor” when referring to judges. These aren’t exactly titles per se, but is there a collective name for them? I ca… --- ## [Real Bad Remakes of Movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-bad-remakes-of-movies/917666)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-bad-remakes-of-movies/917666 "2020-08-18T09:58:34Z")
Too hot to leave the house, so I’m sitting around watching TV. Bad TV. Watched a remake of the classic Night of the Living Dead. Simply awful. Watched about 20 minutes of the Johnny Depp disaster and ruination of Willy … --- ## [Cctv-do I need a multiplexer? if so, make it cheap!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cctv-do-i-need-a-multiplexer-if-so-make-it-cheap/336796)
**Author:** [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2005, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cctv-do-i-need-a-multiplexer-if-so-make-it-cheap/336796 "2005-12-23T01:08:50Z")
I just obught a dandy little secuity camera from walmart for 25 bucks. it is great (homeland security brand, iirc). it works great at minimal to no light levels also. now, i want to add three more cameras so i can have a… --- ## [Does recording zoom meetings follow the same laws as recording telephone calls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-recording-zoom-meetings-follow-the-same-laws-as-recording-telephone-calls/916738)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-recording-zoom-meetings-follow-the-same-laws-as-recording-telephone-calls/916738 "2020-08-18T04:08:48Z")
For instance, if I’m in a one-party consent state, and I record a zoom meeting, do I have to notify the other party? I know that as a courtesy I should but I’m talking about legalities. You are not a lawyer. And if yo… --- ## [Another Monty Hall Problem question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-monty-hall-problem-question/918336)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-monty-hall-problem-question/918336 "2020-08-18T03:01:33Z")
I made this a new topic after searching various sources as best as I could. I’m not discussing the math, that’s been done to death. It’s simple: Has anyone gone through archives of the show and compiled the actual resul… --- ## [Help Identify A Film - "the box lunch is to eating what the telephone book is to reading."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-a-film-the-box-lunch-is-to-eating-what-the-telephone-book-is-to-reading/918368)
**Author:** [@thwartme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thwartme)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-a-film-the-box-lunch-is-to-eating-what-the-telephone-book-is-to-reading/918368 "2020-08-18T02:40:45Z")
I used to ask these kind of questions in the before time, in the long, long ago, when I was a Charter Member… the SDMB never let me down. Let’s try it again… I have a vague memory of an old movie. Black and White. Ma… --- ## [Recover sticky threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recover-sticky-threads/918345)
**Author:** [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recover-sticky-threads/918345 "2020-08-18T02:20:03Z")
A feature on the new software is that a user can unstick the sticky threads. Which is great, because they no longer take up real estate, and you can see a lot more on once screen. But now I can’t see any easy way to f… --- ## [Who Would Be Prince George's Regent (If He Assumes The Throne Before Age Of Majority)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-prince-georges-regent-if-he-assumes-the-throne-before-age-of-majority/918002)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-be-prince-georges-regent-if-he-assumes-the-throne-before-age-of-majority/918002 "2020-08-18T01:58:16Z")
Let’s say that Prince George assumes the throne before the age of majority. Who would be his regent? The next two people in line to the throne after him – viz, his siblings – are younger, so they would be out as regent.… --- ## [The Titan Games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-titan-games/827329)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-titan-games/827329 "2020-08-18T01:55:27Z")
So Dwayne Johnson, formerly of a persona named after a geological structure (and just MNSHO, I think it’s time we moved past that…the Attitude Era was a long time ago, folks), has become quite possibly the single most ma… --- ## [On this date in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 399\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713 "2020-08-18T01:55:23Z")
1846 US Act of Congress passes establishing the Smithsonian Institution, now world’s largest museum and research complex. Truly a national treasure! When the plague passes, I’ll head back to visit there - it’s been a fe… --- ## [2020 Hugo Awards (SF Award)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-hugo-awards-sf-award/851310)
**Author:** [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-hugo-awards-sf-award/851310 "2020-08-18T01:52:55Z")
The 2020 Hugo Aware Finalists have been announced. --- ## [Where do I find Grocery Bag for Man?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-find-grocery-bag-for-man/571996)
**Author:** [@jhaines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jhaines)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-find-grocery-bag-for-man/571996 "2019-02-25T14:37:31Z")
I’m sick and tired of carrying my girlfriend’s shopping bags to the store to take home groceries. Does anyone know where to find masculine bags? --- ## [UNC-Chapel Hill goes online only](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unc-chapel-hill-goes-online-only/918352)
**Author:** [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unc-chapel-hill-goes-online-only/918352 "2020-08-18T01:29:15Z")
Well that didn’t take long – the University of North Carolina becomes the first major public university to reverse course and go online-only after reopening to in-person instruction. This after 130 students tested posit… --- ## [What do police "investigate" in a car accident?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-police-investigate-in-a-car-accident/917172)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-police-investigate-in-a-car-accident/917172 "2020-08-18T01:10:51Z")
This morning, a major highway in the Chcago area was shut down for several hours following a 2-day accident with severe injuries. We had to drive somewhere around 8 a.m. We neglected to check ahead of time, and found t… --- ## [What’s the third finger of the non ring hand called?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-third-finger-of-the-non-ring-hand-called/917883)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-third-finger-of-the-non-ring-hand-called/917883 "2020-08-18T00:52:20Z")
(I know the hand in which the wedding ring is worn varies amongst cultures) Thumb, Index/forefinger, middle finger, ring finger, little finger. Other hand would be Thumb, Index/forefinger, middle finger, what finger?.. … --- ## [NBA2020 Play-off Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba2020-play-off-thread/918357)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba2020-play-off-thread/918357 "2020-08-18T00:46:03Z")
The Raptors came out strong against a hot Brooklyn team. Won’t be a long series of things keep up like that. Watching a very close 76er-Celtic game. I want the series to go seven games and hope Philly prevails. I nev… --- ## [Covid-19 is more dangerous than push scooters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-is-more-dangerous-than-push-scooters/918351)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-is-more-dangerous-than-push-scooters/918351 "2020-08-18T00:31:38Z")
It must be true, because it’s published Science! Seeing that a variety of opportunists, careless nimrods and woo-mongers have contaminated the scientific literature with dumbass papers on Covid-19 (32 retractions and co… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1748) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1750)