# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1841 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1842 --- ## [How much change do we need?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-change-do-we-need/855254)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-change-do-we-need/855254 "2020-06-08T22:09:28Z")
Our political system. Our legal system. Our police system. Our economic system. Whatever. I’m just going to call it the system. It’s the way things work in America. Many people are saying we need some changes. But there… --- ## [Creepiest anthology TV series episodes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-anthology-tv-series-episodes/855060)
**Author:** [@Mislav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mislav)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-anthology-tv-series-episodes/855060 "2020-06-08T21:47:23Z")
50s and 60s, as well as 70s or 80s TV, was known for its anthology series, that often relied on morals (some complex, others not so much) and unexpected/twist endings. Shows like “The Twilight Zone”, “Alfred Hitchcock Pr… --- ## [Questions about Peaky Blinders (maybe from Brits)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-peaky-blinders-maybe-from-brits/855253)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-peaky-blinders-maybe-from-brits/855253 "2020-06-08T20:47:22Z")
Maybe this is better in IMHO, please move if necessary. I’m only on S2 so not looking for spoilers. Multiple people give Campbell shit for not serving in the war. Why would you give a 60+ year old man a hard time for n… --- ## [I'm not happy with Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-happy-with-colibri/855265)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-happy-with-colibri/855265 "2020-06-08T20:39:29Z")
N/A --- ## [Did Japan ever fight Russia prior to their 1941 non-aggression pact?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-japan-ever-fight-russia-prior-to-their-1941-non-aggression-pact/855095)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-japan-ever-fight-russia-prior-to-their-1941-non-aggression-pact/855095 "2020-06-08T20:23:50Z")
Hi Did Japan ever fight Russia prior to their 1941 non-aggression pact? I haven’t read of any during WWII prior to their 1941 non-aggression pact/neutrality pact. But I may have missed something. I look forward to your … --- ## [Why is murder a civil rights violation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-murder-a-civil-rights-violation/854680)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-murder-a-civil-rights-violation/854680 "2020-06-08T20:19:06Z")
I think this idea got started when the feds wanted to prosecute crimes such as murder instead of states. Is that right? --- ## [Robert Downey Jr. as Perry Mason \[EDIT: Without RDJ\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-downey-jr-as-perry-mason-edit-without-rdj/763037)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-downey-jr-as-perry-mason-edit-without-rdj/763037 "2020-06-08T20:10:22Z")
HBO is apparently planning to revive Perry Mason, with Robert Downey Jr. in the title role. Lore has it that Erle Stanley Gardner loved Raymond Burr as Perry Mason. But the Mason of the books was a much more roguish cha… --- ## [Are Diamonds worth it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-diamonds-worth-it/855094)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-diamonds-worth-it/855094 "2020-06-08T19:59:11Z")
Their has been some discussion that diamonds are only really valuable because certain people wanted them to be and started a successful marketing campaign for them in 1938. Otherwise they would basically be worthless roc… --- ## [Credit score, why did it go down after I made a large deposit to savings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-score-why-did-it-go-down-after-i-made-a-large-deposit-to-savings/855190)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-score-why-did-it-go-down-after-i-made-a-large-deposit-to-savings/855190 "2020-06-08T18:42:37Z")
Found an old forgotten 401k, cashed it out and deposited it at the first of the week, about $30k (vested and forgotten, sheesh). So (and I know the bank’s credit score is not the actual Fair-Isaac), but why would they s… --- ## [Can the governor of New York fire the mayor of NewYork?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-governor-of-new-york-fire-the-mayor-of-newyork/854936)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-governor-of-new-york-fire-the-mayor-of-newyork/854936 "2020-06-08T18:13:14Z")
I just heard that Governor Cuomo is threatening to remove Mayor DeBlasio; does he really have that power under New York law? Has any governor ever done it before? Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk --- ## [Seems like just the other day, not getting haircuts and being made to wear masks was tyranny](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seems-like-just-the-other-day-not-getting-haircuts-and-being-made-to-wear-masks-was-tyranny/854948)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seems-like-just-the-other-day-not-getting-haircuts-and-being-made-to-wear-masks-was-tyranny/854948 "2020-06-08T18:10:57Z")
Oh wait, it was just the other day. Now, bringing military might - and maybe the military itself - down on protesters is A-OK with pretty much that same crowd. Very much including Trump. Guess what’s ‘tyranny’ depends… --- ## [Help me read this guitar music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-read-this-guitar-music/855155)
**Author:** [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-read-this-guitar-music/855155 "2020-06-08T18:02:56Z")
So, I’ve been trying to learn a bit of guitar, but I’m confused over the music in a book I’ve got hold of. Most of the score is standard music notation with the notes for the sung tune, but above that is the chord chang… --- ## [How do news and police helicopters keep from crashing into each other?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-news-and-police-helicopters-keep-from-crashing-into-each-other/854776)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-news-and-police-helicopters-keep-from-crashing-into-each-other/854776 "2020-06-08T16:13:44Z")
I’m watching coverage of the civil unrest in Los Angeles and I’m just amazed that there aren’t daily disasters with helicopters. There was a building on fire and news helicopters were orbiting the scene. In addition, I… --- ## [Is COVID-19 the death of stand up comedy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-covid-19-the-death-of-stand-up-comedy/854903)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-covid-19-the-death-of-stand-up-comedy/854903 "2020-06-08T15:55:56Z")
As an open miker I have a lot of concern about the future of stand-up. There’s the obvious problem: standup shows traditionally held in crowded clubs, with the audience packed like sardines and of course spreading drople… --- ## [Contemporary mutinies (at sea)...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contemporary-mutinies-at-sea/854982)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contemporary-mutinies-at-sea/854982 "2020-06-08T15:55:39Z")
You are probably familiar with naval mutinies of the 1800s and earlier. Successful mutineers would either (a) kill and/or throw overboard the captain and a mate or two. (b) put the captain and a mate or two in a lifeboat… --- ## [Trump finally has his wall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-finally-has-his-wall/855173)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-finally-has-his-wall/855173 "2020-06-08T15:51:37Z")
Around the White House. Did Mexico pay for it? I am not surprised in the least by this. Only Trump cultists are not surprised, they expected it. And he claims he did not order it. --- ## [What creature is this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-creature-is-this/854789)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-creature-is-this/854789 "2020-06-08T15:39:01Z")
What is this green crawling creature? --- ## [Trump tells Congreswomen go back where you came from](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tells-congreswomen-go-back-where-you-came-from/837068)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 450\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tells-congreswomen-go-back-where-you-came-from/837068 "2020-06-08T14:43:08Z")
Another low. Only 1 of the Freshmen is foreign born and she is a US citizen --- ## [Choose: "On a Desert Island", with \_exactly\_ 8 other non-primate species....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-on-a-desert-island-with-_exactly_-8-other-non-primate-species/855226)
**Author:** [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-on-a-desert-island-with-_exactly_-8-other-non-primate-species/855226 "2020-06-08T14:28:12Z")
I’ve been toying with this idea for a while now, and inspired by the “8 Meals Forever / No Repeating Meals” thread, I figured I would post it. You \[alone\] are on a desert island. Assume that sand makes up the entirety o… --- ## [Resolved: Everyone should be standing still on escalators](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-everyone-should-be-standing-still-on-escalators/854872)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-everyone-should-be-standing-still-on-escalators/854872 "2020-06-08T14:02:52Z")
Supporting material. Video: “The Unseen Inefficiency of Escalator Etiquette” 1. Half of all escalator injuries of people under the age of 65 are caused by walking on escalators The uneven weight distribution cause b… --- ## [Suggestions for "treats" to bring to hospital nursing staff, please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-treats-to-bring-to-hospital-nursing-staff-please/855185)
**Author:** [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-treats-to-bring-to-hospital-nursing-staff-please/855185 "2020-06-08T13:22:26Z")
A good friend is one of those unique people (aka batshit crazy). He was diagnosed with congestive heart failure a couple of years ago, and of course thought he could out stubborn it. This hasn’t been working very well, a… --- ## [Chinese Star Wars comic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-star-wars-comic/817584)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2018, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-star-wars-comic/817584 "2018-07-11T13:11:12Z")
This item is getting a little interest in another thread (starting with post #231), so I’m spinning it off here. An early 1980s comic adaptation of Star Wars made by people who had never seen the movie and who apparently… --- ## [Ladies: Do you prefer, or tolerate beards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-prefer-or-tolerate-beards/804900)
**Author:** [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-prefer-or-tolerate-beards/804900 "2020-06-08T11:52:27Z")
Facial hair. My wife and I were discussing this last night. She is pretty much my representative sample of women, and she hates them. In my younger days with her, I would occasionally sport a goatee, or Van Dyke, and she… --- ## [Are poker players in casinos worse than online players?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-poker-players-in-casinos-worse-than-online-players/645926)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2013, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-poker-players-in-casinos-worse-than-online-players/645926 "2013-02-01T13:58:20Z")
So I’ve bene playing internet poker for years. (I’m Canadian, it’s legal here.) I find it fairly challenging. Ring games at .25/.50 I can generally turn a small profit; .50/$1 I’m up against it. I never played the re… --- ## [I'm going to virtue signal right now: BLM](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-virtue-signal-right-now-blm/855193)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-virtue-signal-right-now-blm/855193 "2020-06-08T11:04:28Z")
100% true story: I went on a walk through my neighborhood today listening to a podcast on my headphones. The host said they were going to go silent for 8 minutes, 46 seconds, the time the cop had his knee on George Floy… --- ## [Well, guess I’m gonna retire now...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-guess-i-m-gonna-retire-now/852660)
**Author:** [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-guess-i-m-gonna-retire-now/852660 "2020-06-08T10:07:35Z")
So even though it’s my day off, I logged on to my work computer at 2:30am, and there it was: my VLO, an invitation to take a Voluntary LayOff from the big airplane company. I’ve been saying I’ll retire for a year or so n… --- ## [A question about socialism... and one about libertarianism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-socialism-and-one-about-libertarianism/855033)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-socialism-and-one-about-libertarianism/855033 "2020-06-08T09:19:08Z")
Yeah, two pretty different philosophies, but these questions have been bugging me for a while, and I wasn’t sure about starting two separate threads so close to each other. SOCIALISM I’ve seen several times people (wit… --- ## [Cleaning a dirty daguerrotype](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-a-dirty-daguerrotype/855217)
**Author:** [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-a-dirty-daguerrotype/855217 "2020-06-08T04:57:12Z")
My brother has a big birthday coming up, and I want to give him a daguerrotype I have of our ancestor who had the same first and last name. It dates back to the 1850’s, according to a note on the back. The problem is tha… --- ## [Resolved: Suicide should be considered when discussing gun in America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-suicide-should-be-considered-when-discussing-gun-in-america/855081)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-suicide-should-be-considered-when-discussing-gun-in-america/855081 "2020-06-08T04:17:24Z")
I know, I know, we’ve been here and done this a million times on the SDMB. However, some new evidence has come to light which I think should allow for a re-examination of past arguments made. Quite often, when discussi… --- ## [The Miracle Sudoku: 'the most riveting video I’ve seen all year'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-miracle-sudoku-the-most-riveting-video-i-ve-seen-all-year/854306)
**Author:** [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-miracle-sudoku-the-most-riveting-video-i-ve-seen-all-year/854306 "2020-06-08T03:07:26Z")
I never thought I could ever watch a full 25 minute video of a guy solving a sudoku puzzle… but I watched the whole thing right through without my attention wandering for a moment, and it seemed like 5 min. Article: Pu… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1840) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1842)