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**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-has-only-a-14-day-return-policy/853980 "2020-05-31T02:12:19Z")
I guess it doesn’t matter since all their stuff is perfect right. How could worm food Jobs make something bad? After all he was better than Jesus, Buddha, and Mohammed combined. In fact Jobs was so smart he did … --- ## [The threat about niqabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-threat-about-niqabs/853839)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2020, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-threat-about-niqabs/853839 "2020-05-31T02:05:50Z")
You racist fucks. You thought covering a portion of your face was blah, blah, anti, blah blah, in public, blah blah. And now you have no issue with the general public wearing face masks for viral protection. --- ## [Picture of Illinois State Police Blocking Entry to Downtown Chicago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picture-of-illinois-state-police-blocking-entry-to-downtown-chicago/854761)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2020, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picture-of-illinois-state-police-blocking-entry-to-downtown-chicago/854761 "2020-05-31T01:46:01Z")
Due to the protests Illinois State Police have blocked one of the major access points to downtown Chicago (literally the end of a freeway). Evokes “The Blues Brothers” for me. Seems to be a bit more than necessary. Th… --- ## [New fone blews](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fone-blews/854710)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fone-blews/854710 "2020-05-31T01:43:59Z")
SIGH! Farging new phone. Anyone familiar with the Galaxy s10e? I’m having some…minor, but vexing…issues and I’m having trouble finding info on the webs. Ok, so first, when using the switch/kill all app button, I’m us… --- ## [How to connect Weber 1200 this my gas cylinder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-connect-weber-1200-this-my-gas-cylinder/854733)
**Author:** [@The\_Sheikh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Sheikh)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-connect-weber-1200-this-my-gas-cylinder/854733 "2020-05-31T00:55:15Z")
Just had a heavy Weber 1200 shipped to me only to discover it doesn‘t connect to my gas cylinder. Any idea how I can connect them is very appreciated. Below are picture of Weber inlet, and my gas cylinder. https://twitt… --- ## [New final straw:Soliciting a felony by Tweet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-final-straw-soliciting-a-felony-by-tweet/854629)
**Author:** [@Turki-lurki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turki-lurki)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2020, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-final-straw-soliciting-a-felony-by-tweet/854629 "2020-05-31T00:41:37Z")
So reports are the donald has re-tweeted some wingnut’s remark that the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat. Apparently some frantic butt covering followed by the original author, but to my mind the damage was done. W… --- ## [is it time to "buy stock" in Katie Porter? if not, can you explain why not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-time-to-buy-stock-in-katie-porter-if-not-can-you-explain-why-not/854702)
**Author:** [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2020, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-time-to-buy-stock-in-katie-porter-if-not-can-you-explain-why-not/854702 "2020-05-31T00:28:13Z")
I sort of remembered chuckling at the footage of her wiping the floor with Ben Carson about REO’s vs Oreos back in May 2019. But to this day I would’ve never remembered her name. Then just earlier I was reading back th… --- ## [Need some help with the chord changes in this J Denver tune.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-help-with-the-chord-changes-in-this-j-denver-tune/854751)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-help-with-the-chord-changes-in-this-j-denver-tune/854751 "2020-05-31T00:19:49Z")
I can’t decide if the chords in this song are pushed. It’s a common technique in many pop songs where the chord change is on the 4+ beat instead of the 1. I can usually tell easily by the bass notes. Look at the tied E… --- ## [Computer Build Questions: USB ports, SSDs, and RGB lighting.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-build-questions-usb-ports-ssds-and-rgb-lighting/854341)
**Author:** [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2020, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-build-questions-usb-ports-ssds-and-rgb-lighting/854341 "2020-05-31T00:10:20Z")
Looking to build a computer for a combination gaming / general work / DVR recorder I plan to use a special recording rated hard drive for security camera reporting, but my understanding is that prices now are such tha… --- ## [why can't I access my router settings with 192.168.1.1?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-access-my-router-settings-with-192-168-1-1/854756)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2020, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-access-my-router-settings-with-192-168-1-1/854756 "2020-05-30T23:59:55Z")
I 've verfied in command prompt that that is the address. But when I type into a browser it does not go there. My ethernet connection is not working, and using WiFi I am only getting 30 mbps though I have 200 with Optim… --- ## [Identify this video game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-video-game/854745)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-video-game/854745 "2020-05-30T23:23:51Z")
Inspired by the thread about “worst video game ever,” I’m trying to remember an arcade game kind of like Asteroids, but it had two spaceships attached together. Two players could each control a ship, shooting independen… --- ## [Can people with ADHD learn to hyperfocus on things they don't care about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-people-with-adhd-learn-to-hyperfocus-on-things-they-dont-care-about/854600)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-people-with-adhd-learn-to-hyperfocus-on-things-they-dont-care-about/854600 "2020-05-30T23:23:22Z")
One thing about ADHD is that it makes people unable to focus well on things they don’t care about (school or work, chores,…), but makes them able to focus extremely well on things they strongly care about, probably even … --- ## [Is a Zebra the only animal to evolve stripes as defense against biting insects ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-zebra-the-only-animal-to-evolve-stripes-as-defense-against-biting-insects/854697)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-zebra-the-only-animal-to-evolve-stripes-as-defense-against-biting-insects/854697 "2020-05-30T22:05:11Z")
So last year, there was this report claiming that Zebras evolved to have stripes to confuse biting insects - Science | AAAS Are there any other animals who have done so too ? Or are the colorings/stripes on other animal… --- ## [Who wears socks more often: men or women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wears-socks-more-often-men-or-women/854622)
**Author:** [@scarface54345](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scarface54345)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wears-socks-more-often-men-or-women/854622 "2020-05-30T21:20:53Z")
Who wears socks more often: men or women? --- ## [Improving Machine Elf's Monitor of Very Large but Finite Possibility.. for humans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improving-machine-elfs-monitor-of-very-large-but-finite-possibility-for-humans/854727)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improving-machine-elfs-monitor-of-very-large-but-finite-possibility-for-humans/854727 "2020-05-30T21:16:31Z")
Quick version: how can we tweak the presentation of random images to maximize the probability that a human viewer will ‘see something’ in the randomness? Machine Elf asked how many images a monitor of given resolution a… --- ## [Substitute green onions for white?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substitute-green-onions-for-white/854636)
**Author:** [@Nayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nayna)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substitute-green-onions-for-white/854636 "2020-05-30T20:43:52Z")
Can I use chopped green onions instead of a white onion in my meatloaf recipe? --- ## [I wish there were more movies about the utter chaos in the last days of wars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-there-were-more-movies-about-the-utter-chaos-in-the-last-days-of-wars/854421)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-there-were-more-movies-about-the-utter-chaos-in-the-last-days-of-wars/854421 "2020-05-30T19:17:19Z")
Particularly WW2…I don’t mean Hitlers bunker stuff. That’s well covered ground, though the bizarreness that went on is what I’m talking about I mean stuff like this. The US trying to secure Goering. Apparently, Goering…… --- ## [Dog Behavior Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-behavior-question/854711)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-behavior-question/854711 "2020-05-30T19:11:53Z")
Is there any way to know if a panting dog is hot, tired, or thirsty? Of course, a dog can be any combination of these at the same time, but sometimes when I am out walking my dog on a warm night he will all of a sudden s… --- ## [May these, too, pass (May mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-these-too-pass-may-mini-rants/852934)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-these-too-pass-may-mini-rants/852934 "2020-05-30T17:31:09Z")
Well, another month has bit the dust, and what a month it was. So, what does the new one bring? Hah! You think “April showers bring May flowers” is someting good. Damn flower might as well have been a stinkweed. I think … --- ## [Teflon frying pan forgotten on red hot burner. Polymer fume fever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teflon-frying-pan-forgotten-on-red-hot-burner-polymer-fume-fever/854735)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teflon-frying-pan-forgotten-on-red-hot-burner-polymer-fume-fever/854735 "2020-05-30T16:37:30Z")
We just ate breakfast. Then I discovered a Teflon frying pan had been left, empty, on an electric stove burner turned up almost all the way, and smelled a bit bad. The burner was glowing dim red in a well lit room, but t… --- ## [Trump and the great wall. ("Trackdown" TV series)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-the-great-wall-trackdown-tv-series/854739)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-the-great-wall-trackdown-tv-series/854739 "2020-05-30T16:32:15Z")
Please bear with me. I think this does belong in Cafe Society. I was watching a 1958 episode of the western TV series Trackdown starring Robert Culp. It was about a con artist named Trump who promises to save a town fro… --- ## [Will Twitter still support Android 6.0.1 browser?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-twitter-still-support-android-6-0-1-browser/854732)
**Author:** [@Mislav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mislav)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-twitter-still-support-android-6-0-1-browser/854732 "2020-05-30T16:29:13Z")
I read that Twitter will be shutting down its old layout (legacy) by June 1st 2020. Now, I’m pretty sure I’m using the latest Twitter version, but I just wanted to check. Will the latest version of Twitter still support … --- ## [A question on accents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-on-accents/854562)
**Author:** [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-on-accents/854562 "2020-05-30T15:52:40Z")
Does where one learns an language impact what their accent is? For example, say a French person learns English in England and another one learns it in the States, would they would similar? Is the inherent “Frenchiness”… --- ## [Inorganic synthesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inorganic-synthesis/854737)
**Author:** [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inorganic-synthesis/854737 "2020-05-30T15:50:08Z")
Inorganic synthesis/consumption, and of course the “null hypothesis,” is that a natural substance that was subsequently synthesized and consumed was somehow responsible. It is worth noting that Binkley and Douglass faile… --- ## [Mask Wars, Wacko's , and the new normal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mask-wars-wackos-and-the-new-normal/854366)
**Author:** [@Turki-lurki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turki-lurki)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mask-wars-wackos-and-the-new-normal/854366 "2020-05-30T15:40:46Z")
By now everyone has heard about violence caused by people who do not want to wear masks or observe social distance. It’s getting worse. For example, this morning in a neighborhood bulletin board discussion a local righ… --- ## [Good lord - has it been 20 years!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-has-it-been-20-years/854595)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-has-it-been-20-years/854595 "2020-05-30T15:27:58Z")
Sorry for a “vanity” thread, but the other day I happened to notice my join date was 20 years ago this month! I knew I’d been hanging around here for some time, but wouldn’t have thought it to be measured in multiple de… --- ## [Anybody have The Sherlock puzzle from the old Marbles store? Question.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-have-the-sherlock-puzzle-from-the-old-marbles-store-question/854728)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-have-the-sherlock-puzzle-from-the-old-marbles-store-question/854728 "2020-05-30T14:06:26Z")
I found one new available on-line. Been playing with it but have found a couple pieces that I think may have been mis-cut but have nothing to compare them to. Was wondering if anyone could look at theirs to see if my sus… --- ## [NiMH Battery chargers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nimh-battery-chargers/854717)
**Author:** [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2020, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nimh-battery-chargers/854717 "2020-05-30T13:20:46Z")
I’m thinking about upgrading my home battery charger. Curious what recommendations folks might have. I’d like a relatively fast charger - I have a recollection of using one that would charge AAA’s in about 20-30 minute… --- ## [Most Comfortable Pair of Socks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-comfortable-pair-of-socks/854468)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-comfortable-pair-of-socks/854468 "2020-05-30T13:11:09Z")
This is VERY mundane… A year ago or so, I got these wonderful socks around winter-time. I can’t describe how wonderful my feet felt. Foot orgasm is the best term I could use to describe them. Many times, I would stand u… --- ## [Do you tell your lawyer the whole truth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-tell-your-lawyer-the-whole-truth/356582)
**Author:** [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2006, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-tell-your-lawyer-the-whole-truth/356582 "2006-05-15T07:53:48Z")
Suppose I commit murder and am arrested. Is it to my advantage to admit my guilt to my lawyer, so that he can better prepare for whatever evidence the prosecution can come up with, or am I better off not doing so, for f… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1852) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1854)