# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1751 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1752 --- ## [Print periodicals clandestinely reducing their frequency](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/print-periodicals-clandestinely-reducing-their-frequency/918250)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/print-periodicals-clandestinely-reducing-their-frequency/918250 "2020-08-17T09:48:10Z")
I have a print subscription to Time Magazine. The terms and conditions say that a one-year subscription buys you 52 issues. They also say that the magazine publishes 17 double issues per year, each of which covers two we… --- ## ["Quintessentially you"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quintessentially-you/918289)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quintessentially-you/918289 "2020-08-17T08:37:17Z")
Post an article, photo, or other tidbit that makes you think of a specific Doper. The next person has to guess who it is, and then add another one. --- ## [Does President Trump Remind You of Homer Simpson?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-trump-remind-you-of-homer-simpson/917652)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-trump-remind-you-of-homer-simpson/917652 "2020-08-17T08:05:27Z")
I just thought of this one now, so I couldn’t resist posting it. Come on be honest now. Does Mr. Trump remind you of Homer Simpson? In the Simpsons episode Homer’s Enemy, Frank Grimes put it best: I have nothing per… --- ## [Things that surprisingly cost more overseas than in the US (or your home country)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-surprisingly-cost-more-overseas-than-in-the-us-or-your-home-country/917942)
**Author:** [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-surprisingly-cost-more-overseas-than-in-the-us-or-your-home-country/917942 "2020-08-17T07:43:41Z")
There are some things that are cheaper in the US due to economies of scale or tax policy and such. And somethings that I generally presume would be cheaper overseas. But occasionally I am caught off guard by things tha… --- ## [Are cousins with twin parents genetic siblings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cousins-with-twin-parents-genetic-siblings/918146)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cousins-with-twin-parents-genetic-siblings/918146 "2020-08-17T05:23:47Z")
This article is about a pair of twin sisters who married a pair of twin brothers, and are both pregnant. The article claims, “The sisters’ children won’t just be cousins, but will be full genetic siblings and quaternary… --- ## [So, Did I Miss Out Big Time, Or Did I Just Dodge a Bullet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-did-i-miss-out-big-time-or-did-i-just-dodge-a-bullet/855167)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-did-i-miss-out-big-time-or-did-i-just-dodge-a-bullet/855167 "2020-08-17T04:50:44Z")
First, some background information. I’m in my mid-fifties, single, and owing to these and those religious and secular reasons, I have had maybe five dates in my life. I don’t mind being alone really, I grew up as an on… --- ## [How to help a person who talks fast and gabbles, always with praise of others - family and whoever is present?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-help-a-person-who-talks-fast-and-gabbles-always-with-praise-of-others-family-and-whoever-is-present/918218)
**Author:** [@Ken001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ken001)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-help-a-person-who-talks-fast-and-gabbles-always-with-praise-of-others-family-and-whoever-is-present/918218 "2020-08-17T04:22:03Z")
My sister is a kind lady and earlier in life a natural nurse. She is now a manager in a tertiary college - polytechnic. Stable mild WASP background. She is bright and enthusiastic, engaging and generous. No alcohol, gam… --- ## [I'm trying hard to make a descriptive 'Topic' title. Coz' you know I must. It's bad, bad, bad. The things ol'beck wants to tell you could fill a Olympic pool. My brain thinks it, my mouth wants to say it. It makes me happy to tell all](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-hard-to-make-a-descriptive-topic-title-coz-you-know-i-must-its-bad-bad-bad-the-things-olbeck-wants-to-tell-you-could-fill-a-olympic-pool-my-brain-thinks-it-my-mouth-wants-to-say-it-it-makes-me-happy-to-tell-all/918213)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-hard-to-make-a-descriptive-topic-title-coz-you-know-i-must-its-bad-bad-bad-the-things-olbeck-wants-to-tell-you-could-fill-a-olympic-pool-my-brain-thinks-it-my-mouth-wants-to-say-it-it-makes-me-happy-to-tell-all/918213 "2020-08-17T03:53:26Z")
Yet, I can’t. Sorry. --- ## [Finally purchased a stainless steel skillet, any ideas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-purchased-a-stainless-steel-skillet-any-ideas/917938)
**Author:** [@Shawn1767](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shawn1767)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-purchased-a-stainless-steel-skillet-any-ideas/917938 "2020-08-17T01:56:42Z")
I just purchased an All-Clad d3 12-inch fry pan thanks to some unclaimed money I found through the state treasurer’s office. Anyway, I’ve been doing research on using such skillets (I’ve never owned such a nice piece of… --- ## [Credit Card Fraud. What Happens After?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-card-fraud-what-happens-after/918164)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-card-fraud-what-happens-after/918164 "2020-08-17T00:51:45Z")
I know this has been asked before, and the UK is probably different anyway, but I wondered if anyone knows what happens after you report a fraud and get a refund. I check my bank account at least a couple of times a wee… --- ## [Answering a different question than the one asked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-a-different-question-than-the-one-asked/918139)
**Author:** [@K2500](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K2500)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-a-different-question-than-the-one-asked/918139 "2020-08-17T00:45:29Z")
So, there’s this girl. Shes great in every way but she does this thing. On many occasions I’ve asked her a question and the answer I recieved was an answer - to a different question. There is some correlation but not rea… --- ## [Which military promotions have to be White House approved and Senate confirmed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-military-promotions-have-to-be-white-house-approved-and-senate-confirmed/918197)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-military-promotions-have-to-be-white-house-approved-and-senate-confirmed/918197 "2020-08-17T00:39:35Z")
This year was the first time I had heard about these requirements for military promotions. I always had the impression that civilian branches of government kept arm’s length from the military, except for funding. From th… --- ## [How is a mesh system different than/better than extenders?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-a-mesh-system-different-than-better-than-extenders/916921)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-a-mesh-system-different-than-better-than-extenders/916921 "2020-08-17T00:33:52Z")
I tried a range extender to get better WiFi coverage at one end of my house. I got a great signal to the extender but the bandwidth wasn’t very good, in fact, indistinguishable from connecting directly to the router with… --- ## [Website still has a link to "Contact TubaDiva"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/website-still-has-a-link-to-contact-tubadiva/918282)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/website-still-has-a-link-to-contact-tubadiva/918282 "2020-08-17T00:27:01Z")
Doesn’t that need to be changed? Or was there a decision to let it stand? As a kind of tribute to her years of dedication, I could see the reason for that. --- ## [US Presidential Election: what is the weirdest scenario you can imagine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-presidential-election-what-is-the-weirdest-scenario-you-can-imagine/852521)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-presidential-election-what-is-the-weirdest-scenario-you-can-imagine/852521 "2020-08-17T00:21:35Z")
Bearing in mind that what will transpire, being reality, will probably be weirder than what you can contrive. At present we are looking at two really old guys as the dominant candidates. I think Biden has said that he w… --- ## [What, if any, ability do (individual or groups of) US states have to sanction/penalize other US states?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-any-ability-do-individual-or-groups-of-us-states-have-to-sanction-penalize-other-us-states/918085)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-any-ability-do-individual-or-groups-of-us-states-have-to-sanction-penalize-other-us-states/918085 "2020-08-16T23:49:55Z")
What, if any, ability do (individual or groups of) US states have to sanction/penalize other US states? I am imagining a scenario where the bizarre arithmetic of the electoral college has led to a consecutive sequence o… --- ## [What happened this week to renew your hope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-this-week-to-renew-your-hope/918190)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-this-week-to-renew-your-hope/918190 "2020-08-16T23:30:02Z")
As in the title, what happened in your life or part of the world that renewed your hope/optimism/positive feelings? I started a two phase move yesterday for an elderly couple who can no longer maintain their large home.… --- ## [Do pharmacies verify every narcotic script with the prescribing Doctor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-pharmacies-verify-every-narcotic-script-with-the-prescribing-doctor/381623)
**Author:** [@diggleblop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggleblop)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-pharmacies-verify-every-narcotic-script-with-the-prescribing-doctor/381623 "2020-08-16T23:16:33Z")
I see a pain management Doctor once a month for the past two years due to chronic pain from an traumatic injury. This Doctor is compassionate, but careful with who he prescribes what to, but he is still very liberal with… --- ## [Quick question about hydroxychloroquine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-question-about-hydroxychloroquine/916731)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-question-about-hydroxychloroquine/916731 "2020-08-16T22:19:58Z")
As I recall, hydroxychloroquine seemed early on to help people who had COVID and were on respirators. I also recall that the FDA did not recommend its use because it could kill the patient. So I think I remember that h… --- ## [Fuck You, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-las-vegas-mayor-carolyn-goodman/852395)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-las-vegas-mayor-carolyn-goodman/852395 "2020-08-16T21:50:44Z")
Today’s CNN interview with the Vegas mayor Unbelievable! She actually makes Chump look like the voice of reason. It’s like a bad car wreck, you simply cannot look away from it. This “lady” is completely irresponsible. I… --- ## [Hang on … where are the well ordered militias?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hang-on-where-are-the-well-ordered-militias/915961)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hang-on-where-are-the-well-ordered-militias/915961 "2020-08-16T21:34:01Z")
There have been neo-Nazis prowling the streets of major US cities. There have been summary executions by law enforcement agencies. There are federal agents in unmarked vehicles beating and abducting dissidents. There is… --- ## [Touching appliance plug prongs to live wires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/touching-appliance-plug-prongs-to-live-wires/917999)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/touching-appliance-plug-prongs-to-live-wires/917999 "2020-08-16T21:08:52Z")
Someone I know is doing some lighting in their basement, and there’s a junction box in the ceiling from the prior owner, and they’re unsure of what it is exactly. We are going to try to trace it etc., but I’m also wonder… --- ## [Non-Trump voters: would you give Trump wide powers if it guaranteed fewer COVID deaths?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-trump-voters-would-you-give-trump-wide-powers-if-it-guaranteed-fewer-covid-deaths/917532)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-trump-voters-would-you-give-trump-wide-powers-if-it-guaranteed-fewer-covid-deaths/917532 "2020-08-16T21:04:11Z")
Based on the thread elsewhere musing over how dictatorships might be better equipped on a practical level to handle the current issues. Supposing there was a harsh method guaranteed to significantly reduce the spread, c… --- ## [Is mockery funny?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mockery-funny/918178)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mockery-funny/918178 "2020-08-16T20:53:01Z")
Personally, I think mockery (or derision) can be hilarious. It can also be sick and twisted. One can definitely go too far for good humor. Sometimes, it’s funny because it’s sad or embarrasing but rings true. There are … --- ## [Another techie question (router\>laptop\>TV)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-techie-question-router-laptop-tv/918141)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-techie-question-router-laptop-tv/918141 "2020-08-16T20:36:27Z")
We’ve been watching concerts that are streamed by SFJazz.org. These are concerts that they recorded in the past and that are now streamed for a fee to help support musicians. So what I do is to set up my laptop (Windows … --- ## [The bar on the right that tells you which post number you’re reading](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bar-on-the-right-that-tells-you-which-post-number-you-re-reading/917752)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bar-on-the-right-that-tells-you-which-post-number-you-re-reading/917752 "2020-08-16T20:19:00Z")
It tells you not only the post number, but also the total posts in the thread. For example, it would show 5/7 if you were on the 5th post or a 7-post thread. Useful, except that It uses the post on the top of the page … --- ## [Gunsmoke - I'd forgotten Festus had a girlfriend.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunsmoke-id-forgotten-festus-had-a-girlfriend/621217)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunsmoke-id-forgotten-festus-had-a-girlfriend/621217 "2020-08-16T20:10:16Z")
April, a very, very pretty girl too. Played by Elizabeth MacRae. She played his gf for several seasons. She also played Gomer Pyles gf for a few seasons too. I’d forgotten how much better I liked Festus in the early s… --- ## [Justice Department Finds Yale Illegally Discriminates Against Asians and Whites in Undergraduate Admissions in Violation of Federal Civil-Rights Laws](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-department-finds-yale-illegally-discriminates-against-asians-and-whites-in-undergraduate-admissions-in-violation-of-federal-civil-rights-laws/918127)
**Author:** [@damuriajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/damuriajashi)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-department-finds-yale-illegally-discriminates-against-asians-and-whites-in-undergraduate-admissions-in-violation-of-federal-civil-rights-laws/918127 "2020-08-16T19:44:32Z")
Justice Department Finds Yale Illegally Discriminates Against Asians and Whites in Undergraduate Admissions in Violation of Federal Civil-Rights Laws Some commentators point out that DOJ is sort of using asians as cov… --- ## [Ask the person working as a camp counselor in a pandemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-person-working-as-a-camp-counselor-in-a-pandemic/915438)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-person-working-as-a-camp-counselor-in-a-pandemic/915438 "2020-08-16T18:51:29Z")
There was an IMHO thread about “would you send your child to summer camp”; I thought I’d share the other side of the equation. I work summers in the animal room of a Jewish daycamp in New Jersey; I wasn’t expecting us to… --- ## [Do the benefits of trust count against your ssa retirement benefits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-benefits-of-trust-count-against-your-ssa-retirement-benefits/918119)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-benefits-of-trust-count-against-your-ssa-retirement-benefits/918119 "2020-08-16T18:51:11Z")
OK my aunt’s relatives had some sort of trust fund set up for the kids of the family by a relative when she passed … she had money (she leased her farmland out to a commercial vegetable concern ) and a permanent medi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1750) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1752)