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**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fixed-my-freezer/854833 "2020-06-01T13:49:38Z")
We go through a lot of ice - especially now that it’s well over 100° each day. Recently, the ice cubes in the bin had started to clump together. I cobbled together a data logger, using an ESP-32 and a digital temperatur… --- ## [Do you say "funna"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-funna/847612)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-funna/847612 "2020-06-01T13:45:59Z")
I recently watched the Amazon original movie “Troop Zero”. It’s a cute little movie set in rural Georgia circa the late 1970s. It’s an OK movie with some cute parts, though it does require one to suspend their disbelief… --- ## [Wordpress Programmers: Best Way to Speed Up My Site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordpress-programmers-best-way-to-speed-up-my-site/854846)
**Author:** [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordpress-programmers-best-way-to-speed-up-my-site/854846 "2020-06-01T12:33:08Z")
First off, I’m not asking for a specific technical fix. More a question of, should I keep trying to fix it, or is the answer really: “Upgrade your server you cheapskate?” Since Google has prioritized website speed, part… --- ## [To what extent do racists and angry asshole types overlap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-extent-do-racists-and-angry-asshole-types-overlap/854703)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-extent-do-racists-and-angry-asshole-types-overlap/854703 "2020-06-01T11:30:12Z")
I’m starting this thread to debate one aspect of racism in the US in 2020. As I posted in the other thread, one of my assumptions that I have about racist people is that they tend to be the type of people who are either… --- ## [Why does the Board keep switching to VB-3 Blue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-board-keep-switching-to-vb-3-blue/854205)
**Author:** [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-board-keep-switching-to-vb-3-blue/854205 "2020-06-01T09:55:12Z")
I have my setting to the original V3.7.3 now every time I open the Board it keeps reverting to the VB-Blue which I hate. When I set it back it changes every time I go to a new page. This just happened today. --- ## [Needlepoint forums?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needlepoint-forums/588033)
**Author:** [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needlepoint-forums/588033 "2020-06-01T09:20:52Z")
I’m getting back into needlepoint after years of being away. I can remember the basics–barely. Anyone know of any active needlepoint forums? I’m not ready to take a class so figured I would just hang out on a forum. --- ## [a chain made of most known metals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-chain-made-of-most-known-metals/854664)
**Author:** [@jonpluc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonpluc)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-chain-made-of-most-known-metals/854664 "2020-06-01T09:04:33Z")
i was reading Game of Thrones and one of Maesters owned a metal neckchain made with links of every known metal in the realm. I thought to myself, well thats cool, i wonder if they make that in real life and if you could … --- ## [Help me remember this stupid movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-this-stupid-movie/854840)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-this-stupid-movie/854840 "2020-06-01T07:27:56Z")
It’s less than twenty years old, and it feels like I saw it on Disney Channel. The setting is a high school. The stupid detail that I recall involves the new basketball coach. His background is in Tour de France-style b… --- ## [What does "Curfew" mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-curfew-mean/854779)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-curfew-mean/854779 "2020-06-01T05:56:13Z")
We got an alert over our phones late this afternoon that all of Portland was on curfew from 8pm to 6am, so we have stayed at home, thinking we understood what “curfew” meant…then I saw a video of armored police with tank… --- ## [Companies Doing Right by Their Employees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/companies-doing-right-by-their-employees/854613)
**Author:** [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/companies-doing-right-by-their-employees/854613 "2020-06-01T04:53:28Z")
I’ve seen a lot of threads about how companies have screwed their employees, especially during the current crisis. Here’s a thread about companies doing right by their employees. I don’t want to go into too many identif… --- ## [Guys & Body Image](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-body-image/854496)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-body-image/854496 "2020-06-01T04:15:58Z")
I started thinking of this after reading the thread regarding body-shaming men. Most of us women compare ourselves to models and female actors, wishing we had slimmer thighs, bigger boobs, smaller waists, etc. Do men c… --- ## [If you were single, which would you live in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-single-which-would-you-live-in/854683)
**Author:** [@scarface54345](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scarface54345)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-single-which-would-you-live-in/854683 "2020-06-01T04:13:43Z")
I’m wondering if those who are single would prefer renting a 1-bedroom apartment or a studio apartment. Of course the 1-bedroom apartment is going to be more expensive, but some may think it’s worth the extra cost becaus… --- ## [Start of summer MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-of-summer-mmp/854434)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-of-summer-mmp/854434 "2020-06-01T03:57:11Z")
As we are often reminded, Memorial Day, celebrated today in the US anyway, is the “Unofficial Start of Summer” - yay. This year is likely to be one for the books in a lot of ways, but we won’t dwell on that. Summer memo… --- ## [Tobacco vs Marijuanna Which would you choose for your child](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tobacco-vs-marijuanna-which-would-you-choose-for-your-child/854624)
**Author:** [@jonpluc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonpluc)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tobacco-vs-marijuanna-which-would-you-choose-for-your-child/854624 "2020-06-01T03:57:11Z")
Hypothetically, you have the power to decide if your child is going to be a lifetime pot smoker or a lifetime cigarette smoker. Which do you pick and why? People who say “Neither” will be pelted with virtual eggs. --- ## [How did Lorraines dad not know who John F. Kennedy was in Back To The Future?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-lorraines-dad-not-know-who-john-f-kennedy-was-in-back-to-the-future/854473)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-lorraines-dad-not-know-who-john-f-kennedy-was-in-back-to-the-future/854473 "2020-06-01T01:53:00Z")
I know he was just a state senator at this point but wasn’t his Medal Of Honor PT-109 incident fairly well known even before his Presidential campaign? --- ## [Best fast food hamburgers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fast-food-hamburgers/412382)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fast-food-hamburgers/412382 "2020-06-01T01:42:10Z")
I’m talking national, or at least large regional chains here. No local or small regional chains. BK/McD/Hardees/CJ/Wendys etc… I would have to say Hardees/CJ has the best burgers in the biz. They are so tasty and the… --- ## [Khadaji's Whatcha Reading Thread - May 2020 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-reading-thread-may-2020-edition/852990)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-reading-thread-may-2020-edition/852990 "2020-06-01T01:34:50Z")
May first! Here we are …reading in quarantine. For those of you who are essential workers, please continue to take care of yourselves and even though the government and your employers don’t appreciate you, those of us in… --- ## [This is absurd. (GRUMBLING ABOUT NEWS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-absurd-grumbling-about-news/854817)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-absurd-grumbling-about-news/854817 "2020-06-01T01:25:02Z")
I can find out about riots in Santa Monica, but I can’t find out if a protest has turned violent on my public square. None of my local radio stations are covering it, just religious glurge & investment advice. And the … --- ## [Will anyone be surprised if we discover after the quarantining is over there a some people missing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-anyone-be-surprised-if-we-discover-after-the-quarantining-is-over-there-a-some-people-missing/854565)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-anyone-be-surprised-if-we-discover-after-the-quarantining-is-over-there-a-some-people-missing/854565 "2020-06-01T01:19:45Z")
I won’t be surprised. Forcing dysfunctional families to spend even more time together could be dangerous. Emotions run high. Since more and more people are not going to work, or school, no one will miss them, at least… --- ## [Are there video conferencing programs as good and as simple as Zoom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-video-conferencing-programs-as-good-and-as-simple-as-zoom/854578)
**Author:** [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-video-conferencing-programs-as-good-and-as-simple-as-zoom/854578 "2020-06-01T00:37:01Z")
I apologize for my ignorance of Telecommunications and Computer Science. --- ## [COVID’s Metamorphosis (WARNING: Contains original poetry)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-s-metamorphosis-warning-contains-original-poetry/854525)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-s-metamorphosis-warning-contains-original-poetry/854525 "2020-06-01T00:34:31Z")
You hid in winds and pangolins The darkest danger of the year, And waited for the clouds to clear. To send them into quarantine - Queasy, quiescent and quotidian. Collective memories of scourges past. Broken and br… --- ## [Wedding photographer refuses to refund deposit after bride dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-photographer-refuses-to-refund-deposit-after-bride-dies/854570)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-photographer-refuses-to-refund-deposit-after-bride-dies/854570 "2020-06-01T00:07:17Z")
Her death was from a car accident, not COVID, and the photographer has been in trouble in the past for not delivering pictures and refusing to pay employees. I hope this guy goes out of business ASAP, and maybe to jai… --- ## [Sacrifice bad cops to Baal; to expiate American racism.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sacrifice-bad-cops-to-baal-to-expiate-american-racism/854641)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2020, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sacrifice-bad-cops-to-baal-to-expiate-american-racism/854641 "2020-05-31T23:44:39Z")
I think you know what I’m talking about. Bad cops are getting the baddest imaginable rap, and may be put to death. Imagine your god of choice, and imagine these cops sacrificed on their altar to expiate the crimes of Ame… --- ## [Fred Willard now the late Fred Willard.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-now-the-late-fred-willard/853938)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-now-the-late-fred-willard/853938 "2020-05-31T23:19:12Z")
He was 86. Quite a career. --- ## [Question on partial unemployment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-partial-unemployment/853559)
**Author:** [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_In_Black)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-partial-unemployment/853559 "2020-05-31T22:47:36Z")
I just have a fast question to make sure I am not going to be hurting myself down the road. I was furloughed last month, but this week my employer asked be back part time. They will work with be so I can still collect … --- ## [What's with the Cult of CostCo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-cult-of-costco/854519)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2020, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-cult-of-costco/854519 "2020-05-31T22:30:51Z")
As of now in my area all grocery stores and other supermarkets have basically everything in stock, even toilet paper and liquid soaps. Going to a supermarket at 5pm is just like it was pre-pandemic. Hell I went into a Sa… --- ## [Captcha error](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captcha-error/854812)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captcha-error/854812 "2020-05-31T22:28:06Z")
A couple of different sites today have given me the error “Error: Invalid API parameter(s). Try reloading the page.” when I click the captcha box. Have tried reloading, using another browser, rebooting, and turning off a… --- ## [Mark Twain and the Christian Right.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-twain-and-the-christian-right/854657)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-twain-and-the-christian-right/854657 "2020-05-31T22:23:51Z")
I don’t presently have a cite. But I’ve read about it in more than one place. Conservative Christian’s just don’t like Mark Twain. They ban his books in their children’s schools, they quote him on religion and the Bible.… --- ## [Naphtha v. gasoline in dual-fuel camping equipment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naphtha-v-gasoline-in-dual-fuel-camping-equipment/854670)
**Author:** [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naphtha-v-gasoline-in-dual-fuel-camping-equipment/854670 "2020-05-31T22:08:31Z")
Fifty years ago, Coleman stoves and lamps only used naphtha. Today, their devices can use gasoline as well. What’s the difference? Does one produce less carbon monoxide than the other? Does one produce a hotter flame… --- ## [Help me identify this song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-song/854807)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-song/854807 "2020-05-31T20:30:19Z")
It was the introduction music to a segment on KSFO radio in San Francisco in the 70s. The lyrics went: “There are many ways to say hello my friend It’s easy as ABC Hello my friend Bonjour mon ami (Cockney accent) H… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1850) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1852)