# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=194&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 195 --- ## [How do I stop being in business?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-stop-being-in-business/1025202)
**Author:** [@RHT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RHT)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-stop-being-in-business/1025202 "2025-11-30T20:01:34Z")
Kind of a strange premise, but I am looking for some opinions. Since 2012, I have operated a pretty successful food wholesale business, kind of bridging the gap between large distributors and mom and pop food stores who… --- ## [Older gamer, starting to hate old games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/older-gamer-starting-to-hate-old-games/1025006)
**Author:** [@DreamsOfACheetah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreamsOfACheetah)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/older-gamer-starting-to-hate-old-games/1025006 "2025-11-30T19:50:28Z")
Ok, so I’m in my mid-50s now, and have been playing video games since the late 70’s. I’ve owned the TRS-80 (you bought games in a plastic bag at Radio Shack), the Radio Shack Color computer, Commodore Vic-20, Commodore 6… --- ## [Historical myths that reallly get on your tits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-myths-that-reallly-get-on-your-tits/704744)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 364\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-myths-that-reallly-get-on-your-tits/704744 "2025-11-30T18:30:11Z")
By ‘myths’ I mean misconceptions and inaccuracies about past events that get bandied about which annoy you, not getting pissed off about the Twelve Labours of Heracles or something. Here’s a coupla mine; We’ve talked a… --- ## [Why would peaceful protesting be of any use against Trump and MAGA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-peaceful-protesting-be-of-any-use-against-trump-and-maga/1023939)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-peaceful-protesting-be-of-any-use-against-trump-and-maga/1023939 "2025-11-30T18:02:08Z")
The idea of peaceful protesting is that “If we protest, then Trump and MAGA will listen to us and change their ways.” But if Trump and MAGA were like that, they wouldn’t be MAGA in the first place. The whole “point” of M… --- ## [Store credit cards: How would returns affect promotional 0% APRs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-credit-cards-how-would-returns-affect-promotional-0-aprs/1025238)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-credit-cards-how-would-returns-affect-promotional-0-aprs/1025238 "2025-11-30T17:10:21Z")
Let’s say I have a Best Buy credit card, and it has a promotion where spending $1000 in a single transaction gets you 24 months 0% APR financing. If I pay off that balance within 24 months, there should be no interest. B… --- ## [How can I tell for sure whether or not I have bats in my belfry (non-metaphorical)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-tell-for-sure-whether-or-not-i-have-bats-in-my-belfry-non-metaphorical/1025211)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-tell-for-sure-whether-or-not-i-have-bats-in-my-belfry-non-metaphorical/1025211 "2025-11-30T16:18:05Z")
I also considered ‘Batsgiving!’ For a title but I figured that would not be factual enough :smirk: So, late Wednesday night, T-Day Eve, I was up in my office area when a bat suddenly started flying around in wild circ… --- ## [Where Did the Meme "I Don't Do Windows" Come From?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-meme-i-dont-do-windows-come-from/465658)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2025, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-meme-i-dont-do-windows-come-from/465658 "2025-11-30T15:54:36Z")
I don’t think I have seen this in a while but TV shows in the '60’s and '70’s would often have a potential maid being interviewed claiming “I don’t do windows”. That seems like an odd thing to say. One example I can thin… --- ## [Which devices do you leave plugged in 24/7/365?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-devices-do-you-leave-plugged-in-24-7-365/1025012)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-devices-do-you-leave-plugged-in-24-7-365/1025012 "2025-11-30T14:32:26Z")
Yes, I’m grumbling about my electric bill :enraged\_face: --- ## [Miss Universe contestants walk out after confrontation with contest executive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-universe-contestants-walk-out-after-confrontation-with-contest-executive/1024707)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-universe-contestants-walk-out-after-confrontation-with-contest-executive/1024707 "2025-11-30T13:13:54Z")
Apparently he wanted them to post pro-Thailand stuff to win a contest and dinner with him. He called out Miss Mexico and then wanted security when she wanted to leave. I’m happy so many left with her. --- ## [Is Alice's Restaurant a tradition for your Thanksgiving?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-alices-restaurant-a-tradition-for-your-thanksgiving/603983)
**Author:** [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 360\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2025, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-alices-restaurant-a-tradition-for-your-thanksgiving/603983 "2025-11-30T07:54:16Z")
Despite not growing up with it (I never heard the song until I was in college) I now try to find it every year. This year I watched the YouTube version, illustrated in MSPaint. How about you? --- ## [The Impending MAGA Implosion (What's Changed?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-impending-maga-implosion-whats-changed/1025125)
**Author:** [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2025, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-impending-maga-implosion-whats-changed/1025125 "2025-11-30T05:57:01Z")
This is one of those thread titles that might age like milk. Two years from now, as I’m sitting in an ICE detention facility awaiting deportation to Sweden, I might look back at this, laughing at how foolish I was to th… --- ## [Who can identify a pub(s) in Dublin (based on virtually no information)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-can-identify-a-pub-s-in-dublin-based-on-virtually-no-information/1025235)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2025, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-can-identify-a-pub-s-in-dublin-based-on-virtually-no-information/1025235 "2025-11-30T04:48:49Z")
I just noticed a BBC article on the “Top 5 Pubs in Dublin.” My wife and I were in Dublin for a week in 2014, staying at a B&B in Ballsbridge. We took the train into town to visit some pubs, take tours, catch transporta… --- ## [Cruising Google Maps for all the places you've ever lived, worked, or often stayed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruising-google-maps-for-all-the-places-youve-ever-lived-worked-or-often-stayed/1025176)
**Author:** [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2025, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruising-google-maps-for-all-the-places-youve-ever-lived-worked-or-often-stayed/1025176 "2025-11-30T04:34:12Z")
Every now and then I’ll cruise google satellite and street view looking for the places I’ve lived, worked, went to school, or just visited often, like the homes of family members where I stayed overnight more than once. … --- ## [How can we take this latest Trump nastiness \["Quiet, Piggy" remark, and responses to said remark\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-take-this-latest-trump-nastiness-quiet-piggy-remark-and-responses-to-said-remark/1024971)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 201\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2025, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-take-this-latest-trump-nastiness-quiet-piggy-remark-and-responses-to-said-remark/1024971 "2025-11-30T04:01:01Z")
He called a female reporter “Piggie” on Airforce 1. He pointed his finger and said “Quiet, piggie” after she asked an Epstein files question. Come on. This is not right. --- ## [How long can a bottle of milk last without spoiling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-can-a-bottle-of-milk-last-without-spoiling/1024672)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2025, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-can-a-bottle-of-milk-last-without-spoiling/1024672 "2025-11-30T03:17:11Z")
Assume it is pasteurized, sealed and properly refrigerated. Nitrogen back-filled if that is a thing. Does the fat content make a difference? --- ## [Gallium and its role in geo-politics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gallium-and-its-role-in-geo-politics/1025136)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gallium-and-its-role-in-geo-politics/1025136 "2025-11-30T01:55:37Z")
I heard a talk by James Kenneth Galbraith, son of economist John Kenneth Galbraith, today. One of his points was that gallium is essential to electronics, chips, etc. It is obtained as a byproduct from making aluminum. C… --- ## [Getting anti-Trump protests up to the level of the "3.5 percent rule"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-anti-trump-protests-up-to-the-level-of-the-3-5-percent-rule/1025242)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2025, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-anti-trump-protests-up-to-the-level-of-the-3-5-percent-rule/1025242 "2025-11-30T01:36:52Z")
The “3.5 percent rule” states that when 3.5% of the population engages in sustained protest against a regime or authoritarian government, that government is likely to fall from power. It is, of course, only a rule of thu… --- ## [Is it better to have a mixed pair of cats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-better-to-have-a-mixed-pair-of-cats/1025134)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2025, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-better-to-have-a-mixed-pair-of-cats/1025134 "2025-11-30T01:14:33Z")
My dear dopey cat Rudy passed away a short time ago, and I think his sister needs a new friend. Would it be better for her to have another female around or a male (fixed, of course)? --- ## [YOUR misheard lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 586\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2025, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166 "2025-11-29T21:58:23Z")
There are a lot of well-known mondegreens. ‘Scuse me while I kiss this guy’ and ‘Wrapped up like a douche’ come immediately to mind. This thread is not for those. This thread is for lyrics that you, personally, have m… --- ## [Posters in Buffy the Vampire Slayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-in-buffy-the-vampire-slayer/1025217)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-in-buffy-the-vampire-slayer/1025217 "2025-11-29T21:19:58Z")
I’ve been binge watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer and I’ve noticed that apparently at least one set designer on the show has, like me, a fondness for jam bands. I’ve seen posters hanging in the background of numerous sce… --- ## [TV shows that got worse as they became more popular](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-got-worse-as-they-became-more-popular/1017305)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2025, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-got-worse-as-they-became-more-popular/1017305 "2025-11-29T20:57:50Z")
Right now we are watching the TV show Spin City. We were quite impressed with the writing and characters right off the bat. But we just started the second season, and it looks to be going in a direction we disfavor. … --- ## [Why are my golf clubs in Mosquero, NM?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-golf-clubs-in-mosquero-nm/1025059)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-golf-clubs-in-mosquero-nm/1025059 "2025-11-29T20:33:45Z")
I ordered some golf clubs, which are being shipped to me near Chicago via Fed Ex. They are being built in Scottsdale AZ. So I figured Fed Ex would have a hub at the Phoenix airport, then they would wing to OHare, 20 mi… --- ## [3D Color Printing. Are there good resources for the print files yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3d-color-printing-are-there-good-resources-for-the-print-files-yet/1025233)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3d-color-printing-are-there-good-resources-for-the-print-files-yet/1025233 "2025-11-29T19:57:38Z")
I’m seeing printers now under $500 that do the color blending I’ve been waiting for. But this brings up the next question, is there much resources for the colored print files? It is possible that Search Thingiverse - Th… --- ## [How can I use online sportsbooks' bonus bets to my advantage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-use-online-sportsbooks-bonus-bets-to-my-advantage/1025230)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-use-online-sportsbooks-bonus-bets-to-my-advantage/1025230 "2025-11-29T18:31:50Z")
So now that Missouri has legalized sports betting, the sportsbook apps are offering me bonus bets to sign up (the first hit is free, after all). They’re expecting me to play this dumb - like, bet it all on some wild prop… --- ## [The 22nd Amendment. Solved: how "serve" became "elected"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-22nd-amendment-solved-how-serve-became-elected/1025232)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-22nd-amendment-solved-how-serve-became-elected/1025232 "2025-11-29T17:53:05Z")
In many threads here on the Dope, the question of a possible Trump third term re: the 22nd Amendment had come to the question can he do an end around if he is not elected? For example, he is elected Vice-President and t… --- ## [I pit the New York Times, specifically their science reporting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-new-york-times-specifically-their-science-reporting/1024777)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-new-york-times-specifically-their-science-reporting/1024777 "2025-11-29T16:39:57Z")
So, the big medical/science news yesterday was that the FDA plans to remove the “black box warning” on estrogen products designed for hormone replacement therapy in menopausal women. This is a topic i happen to know a lo… --- ## [Ringo and his drums](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ringo-and-his-drums/1025130)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ringo-and-his-drums/1025130 "2025-11-29T16:22:29Z")
Not long ago I read that part of Ringo’s style could be attributed to the fact that he was a lefty playing a right handed drum kit. I always thought that drum kits were set up in all sorts of different configurations. Di… --- ## [Mani, Stone Roses bassist, dies at 63](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mani-stone-roses-bassist-dies-at-63/1025026)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mani-stone-roses-bassist-dies-at-63/1025026 "2025-11-29T14:39:33Z")
Big fan of The Stone Roses back in the day. Gary Mounfield was a great bassist, and their first album is still one of the greatest ever. The fluidity of his playing was the secret sauce behind the Stone Roses’ eponymou… --- ## [What's the best way to stop junk postal mail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-stop-junk-postal-mail/1025219)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-stop-junk-postal-mail/1025219 "2025-11-29T14:23:11Z")
I’m getting tired of having to walk down the street to get my postal mail, only to find it’s mostly, if not all, junk mail. I can’t remember ever getting a piece of junk mail I actually wanted, which means I have to haul… --- ## [Let's do another "help me buy a gaming PC" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-another-help-me-buy-a-gaming-pc-thread/986812)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2025, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-another-help-me-buy-a-gaming-pc-thread/986812 "2025-11-29T06:56:25Z")
It’s time for me to buy a new PC and I’m hoping to find a good deal as prices drop in the leadup to Prime Day. I keep thinking about getting a laptop but, realistically, it’ll just end up tied to a dock 99% of the time. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=193&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=195&state=watching)