# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1823 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1824 --- ## [I've noticed something strange up in here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-noticed-something-strange-up-in-here/912225)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-noticed-something-strange-up-in-here/912225 "2020-06-23T03:30:01Z")
Y’all know I like reading old threads. Well I’ve been playing with the search function. Nothing, I mean nothing is chronological. Is that gonna be the way it is? Is it just like that til everything is finished? --- ## [Seagulls: different species at Great Lakes vs. Atlantic coast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seagulls-different-species-at-great-lakes-vs-atlantic-coast/855741)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seagulls-different-species-at-great-lakes-vs-atlantic-coast/855741 "2020-06-23T03:13:43Z")
Is the most common gull around the Great Lakes area different from what gull hangs out around the Carolinas coastal waters? I have fond childhood memories of feeding the gulls at Myrtle Beach. Now as a grown-ass adult I… --- ## [Well, I for one welcome our new overlords](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-for-one-welcome-our-new-overlords/912200)
**Author:** [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-for-one-welcome-our-new-overlords/912200 "2020-06-23T02:42:59Z")
Honestly, I haven’t had many problems, aside from the 50-character limit on day one. I like the dark theme, navigation has been fine, no login problems, no staying logged in problems, and I LOVE the fact that just openi… --- ## [How do I quote a post?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-quote-a-post/912149)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-quote-a-post/912149 "2020-06-23T02:40:41Z")
When I click Reply to a post, it doesn’t automatically quote it. I don’t see any other option for quoting a post. I can see how to manually insert a quote using tags, but not automatically quoting what I’m replying to. --- ## [Jackass judge sues dry cleaner for $65 million over lost pants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774)
**Author:** [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackass-judge-sues-dry-cleaner-for-65-million-over-lost-pants/401774 "2020-06-23T02:33:36Z")
Roy Pearson, an administrative law judge in D.C., is suing a dry cleaner for $65 MILLION for losing a pair of his pants. That’s right - $65 MILLION! This is so ridiculous. This jackass judge, with way too much time on hi… --- ## [Are some threads not showing up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-threads-not-showing-up/912183)
**Author:** [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-threads-not-showing-up/912183 "2020-06-23T01:53:26Z")
OK, I just responded 29 minutes ago to a post in General Questions. It is this post: However, when I go to General Questions, I don’t see the topic there. Here’s a screenshot of what I see. There should be a GQ topic… --- ## [Big Brother's Got His Eye On You!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brothers-got-his-eye-on-you/912140)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brothers-got-his-eye-on-you/912140 "2020-06-23T01:48:26Z")
Check your profile. Scroll down to the Most Replied To list. Some of you have been here for what? 20 years? Are you surprised about who’s in your list? Below that is Top Categories. Have you been posting where you think… --- ## [Test for links](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-for-links/912180)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-for-links/912180 "2020-06-23T01:47:30Z")
Twilight Zone Episode Link. Bold Italicized --- ## [First Flag Badge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-flag-badge/912079)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-flag-badge/912079 "2020-06-23T01:35:29Z")
Currently, we have one flagged post. Some boards remove that badge since it can sorta-kinda give away who flagged what. --- ## [Returning mail order mattresses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/returning-mail-order-mattresses/911938)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/returning-mail-order-mattresses/911938 "2020-06-23T01:32:55Z")
Have you ordered a mattress via the internet and been dissatisfied enough to return it? How easy was the process? Did you have to deflate and re-roll it? Did you want to send it back but give up and keep it anyway? T… --- ## [I need (political) help: looking for anecdotes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-political-help-looking-for-anecdotes/911923)
**Author:** [@DCCab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCCab)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-political-help-looking-for-anecdotes/911923 "2020-06-23T00:42:50Z")
Someone I love identifies as a “conservative”. It would be perfectly fine if she was just about low taxes and border security, Second Amendment and stuff like that. I could rationally discuss these things with no proble… --- ## [Test of notification emails](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-of-notification-emails/911510)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-of-notification-emails/911510 "2020-06-23T00:28:00Z")
If someone replies, and I get a notification email, success! --- ## [Tone-deaf TV show titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tone-deaf-tv-show-titles/855544)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tone-deaf-tv-show-titles/855544 "2020-06-23T00:22:49Z")
That’s tone-deaf meaning (in the UK) a horrible misjudgement of tone – I assume it means the same in the States. And this is all my own opinion, of course. I don’t want to make this OP too heavy - but there’s no getting… --- ## [Preview and edit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preview-and-edit/912112)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preview-and-edit/912112 "2020-06-23T00:18:49Z")
Can I preview this? Oh, I see. After I post, can I edit it? Let’s see. Ah! But how long after posting can I continue to edit it? --- ## [How to enable "Dark Mode"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-enable-dark-mode/911107)
**Author:** [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-enable-dark-mode/911107 "2020-06-23T00:18:19Z")
I’m seeing the question about Dark mode in a number of threads, so instead of replying 20 time, I fugured I’d add a how to guide: In the upper right of the screen, click on your icon/avatar Click on your user name In … --- ## [Cake from grocery store bakery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-from-grocery-store-bakery/855603)
**Author:** [@Happytree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happytree)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-from-grocery-store-bakery/855603 "2020-06-23T00:09:21Z")
Cake from grocery store bakeries all taste terrible to me. If i’m offered cake and it looks like it’s from a grocery store, i pass. I really like cake though. I’m not a snob either; i love Betty Crocker cake. I understa… --- ## [Should we allow usernames that are misleading (as defined in this post)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-allow-usernames-that-are-misleading-as-defined-in-this-post/855852)
**Author:** [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-allow-usernames-that-are-misleading-as-defined-in-this-post/855852 "2020-06-23T00:02:08Z")
Forgive me for the unclear thread title. My question is about SDMB posters with usernames that would appear at a glance to uniquely identify some entity other than the poster. Examples include Barack Obama (who I presum… --- ## [Set Default Interface to Discourse-classic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/set-default-interface-to-discourse-classic/911991)
**Author:** [@Dark\_Sponge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Sponge)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/set-default-interface-to-discourse-classic/911991 "2020-06-22T23:48:17Z")
I’m certain migrating the site was a crap-ton of work. Thank you for all of your hard work and valiant efforts. My initial impression of the new site was not good. “Hot garbage” was the phrase which came to mind. I b… --- ## [Ignoring avatars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignoring-avatars/912099)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignoring-avatars/912099 "2020-06-22T23:38:05Z")
I notice that when I put someone on ignore, their avatar still shows up as the thread creator and on the home page. Is there a way to block these without turning avatars completely off? Two of the people on my ignore lis… --- ## [Is there a way to see all the posts I made recently m](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-see-all-the-posts-i-made-recently-m/911813)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-see-all-the-posts-i-made-recently-m/911813 "2020-06-22T23:34:50Z")
Sometime replied to one of my posts. I tried to reply to them. Then I had some glitch and lost that page, and now I can’t find it. Is there an easy way to search for either my recent posts or recent replies to me? --- ## [How do I hide avatars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-hide-avatars/911880)
**Author:** [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-hide-avatars/911880 "2020-06-22T23:22:09Z")
I can’t find a setting to hide avatars. --- ## [Speak to me only in Movie Quotes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 17618\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882 "2020-06-22T23:14:45Z")
An actual story\\discussion. Reply, add or question, take the discussion anywhere, but the post must be in movie quote form: Posts can be up to one paragraph. "You gotta be shittin’ me, Joker. You think you’re Mickey Sp… --- ## [Discourse editor is like t-ball league](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-editor-is-like-t-ball-league/911983)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-editor-is-like-t-ball-league/911983 "2020-06-22T23:13:23Z")
No strikeout on text?.. --- ## [How do you view a post's timestamp on mobile?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-view-a-posts-timestamp-on-mobile/911759)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-view-a-posts-timestamp-on-mobile/911759 "2020-06-22T22:42:35Z")
Yes, I know you can get it on your computer by mousing over where it has xxm or however long ago it was posted. But you can’t mouseover on a phone. It’s there a way to get the time and date of a particular post on your p… --- ## [Regarding the main page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-the-main-page/912098)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-the-main-page/912098 "2020-06-22T22:39:08Z")
I am using the Simple Sam theme. On the main page (thank you to whomever changed it from the original to the current look), the right hand side of the screen is “Latest” posts but they are not just the latest in each fo… --- ## [I'm disappointed that we're getting Discourse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-disappointed-that-were-getting-discourse/855427)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-disappointed-that-were-getting-discourse/855427 "2020-06-22T22:38:01Z")
My prediction, based on other boards that have moved to Discourse, is that Discourse will kill this community. I’m sticking around, hoping I’m wrong, but I think this is the end of the SDMB. --- ## [Is there a "Mark All Forums Read" Function?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-mark-all-forums-read-function/911928)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-mark-all-forums-read-function/911928 "2020-06-22T22:36:12Z")
I know there’s the little red line that shows new stuff since you’ve been there last. I do not find that sufficient in terms of ignoring things. When I’ve done a full scan of topics i’m interested in I want to mark the… --- ## [This looks better all of a sudden](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-looks-better-all-of-a-sudden/911751)
**Author:** [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-looks-better-all-of-a-sudden/911751 "2020-06-22T21:54:51Z")
I wasn’t loving the layout, then I logged in and saw a new layout, with categories & descriptions in their own rectangular box, all running down the left side. I like it. --- ## [Subscribed threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribed-threads/911070)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribed-threads/911070 "2020-06-22T21:37:38Z")
Has anyone managed to find anything in Discourse that works like the “subscribed threads” did under our previous software? --- ## [Can you please create a condensed forum list on the front page?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-create-a-condensed-forum-list-on-the-front-page/911755)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-create-a-condensed-forum-list-on-the-front-page/911755 "2020-06-22T21:19:04Z")
On my IPad, it takes three full scrolls to just view the list of forums because of all the room at the top and the long forum descriptions. Even the 3 bar thingy next to user icon requires tapping “read more” to see all… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1822) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1824)