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**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-to-cancel-unused-credit-card-s/1024019 "2025-10-25T21:02:07Z")
Continuing the discussion from Season of the Kvetch (October mini-rants): I’ve been meaning to make a thread on this, and @icon has helpfully led right into it in a reply to me in the linked thread quoted just above. … --- ## [October 18, 2025 "No Kings" Protests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/october-18-2025-no-kings-protests/1023993)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 319\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/october-18-2025-no-kings-protests/1023993 "2025-10-25T21:56:08Z")
Is there a thread on this yet? I didn’t find one, but if there is, please merge. What are your plans for October 18th? What is planned in your city? If you are going to attend a protest, are you worried about your safet… --- ## [DIY a catio or get a prebuilt kit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diy-a-catio-or-get-a-prebuilt-kit/1022415)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diy-a-catio-or-get-a-prebuilt-kit/1022415 "2025-10-25T20:14:35Z")
One of our summer projects is to build a catio (an enclosed wire mesh patio for the cat) around our back deck. There are numerous kits available online, as well as DIY blueprints. The kits seem to be quite expensive for… --- ## [A new Penn&Teller Fool Us thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-penn-teller-fool-us-thread/1000699)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-penn-teller-fool-us-thread/1000699 "2025-10-25T19:32:59Z")
We haven’t been doing this for a while so I thought we should have a new one. This act was astounding on it’s face. It stumped P&T totally. Any Card At Any Number is a well know magic trick. The perfect version of it is… --- ## [Jurassic World Evolution 3 Community Park](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-world-evolution-3-community-park/1024192)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-world-evolution-3-community-park/1024192 "2025-10-25T18:36:38Z")
Continuing the discussion from Video Games You've Played Recently: That’d be fun! How would that work… are you able to connect parks together somehow, or do you just export/import each other’s work? Spinning this of… --- ## [How has the Amazon webservers issue affected you today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-amazon-webservers-issue-affected-you-today/1024130)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-amazon-webservers-issue-affected-you-today/1024130 "2025-10-25T18:06:33Z")
The Amazon web hosting service has been having issues for 6 hours now and I’m kinda surprised I haven’t seen a thread here on it unless I missed it. Our district has required us to use one curriculum service (uploading … --- ## [Today I got fooled by an AI video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-got-fooled-by-an-ai-video/1015553)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-got-fooled-by-an-ai-video/1015553 "2025-10-25T16:47:24Z")
This morning I got this youtube short in my feed, showing barnacles being removed from a whale at sea. Finally something good happening! But I found the scenario surprising enough to google a bit into it…and of course i… --- ## [What is the advanatage of having Qi2 (pronounced Chi 2) on a phone)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-advanatage-of-having-qi2-pronounced-chi-2-on-a-phone/1024250)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-advanatage-of-having-qi2-pronounced-chi-2-on-a-phone/1024250 "2025-10-25T16:26:47Z")
I got a Pixel 10 pro. One of its biggest new selling points it that it has Qi2 (basically a magnet in the back). This can sort of “snap” things to the phone that are magnetic. But, some things are lost like reverse ch… --- ## [Pancakes that make me feel like a man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes-that-make-me-feel-like-a-man/808884)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes-that-make-me-feel-like-a-man/808884 "2025-10-25T15:08:20Z")
Kodiak Cakes. Power Cakes. So friggin’ manly, they couldn’t contain the manliness in one name. There’s a damn bear growling at you right on the front of the industrial-grade cardboard box, so don’t wet yourself, Francis,… --- ## [How can I make myself into a Halloween decoration after death?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-make-myself-into-a-halloween-decoration-after-death/1024228)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-make-myself-into-a-halloween-decoration-after-death/1024228 "2025-10-25T14:46:36Z")
After my death, I want to leave my body to my kids to use as a Halloween decoration, specifically a skeleton. A real skeleton is much more eco-friendly than those plastic ones. So this raises several questions. First, a… --- ## [NCIS: Origins S2 E2 Who by Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncis-origins-s2-e2-who-by-fire/1024218)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncis-origins-s2-e2-who-by-fire/1024218 "2025-10-25T13:32:13Z")
I like this show a lot so far; the original series has drifted into comic book-ey territory gradually but irrevocably. Origins has overall better characterization and more engaging stories, and it’s just more of a cop sh… --- ## [Visiting northern Michigan in October](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-northern-michigan-in-october/1021869)
**Author:** [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-northern-michigan-in-october/1021869 "2025-10-25T04:47:51Z")
My sister and I are going to be in Michigan for several days in mid-October. We’ll be flying into Grand Rapids and then staying somewhere near Boyne City. We’ll have two full days to do some sight-seeing (I’ll have a thi… --- ## [Gasoline prices and Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-prices-and-trump/1024266)
**Author:** [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-prices-and-trump/1024266 "2025-10-25T02:52:37Z")
I live in the Chicago area, where gasoline prices are typically higher than the US median. Prices recently have declined significantly. However I haven’t heard anything about Trump claiming credit for the price decline… --- ## [What was this radio show on NPR?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-radio-show-on-npr/1024242)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-radio-show-on-npr/1024242 "2025-10-25T00:20:21Z")
At least I think it was NPR. Probably in the 80s. It was some kind of variety show with an eclectic blend of music, and one of the two hosts was a classical music dj, maybe Bennett something, or something Bennett. It’s b… --- ## [MRNA Vaccines Lead to Longer Lives for Cancer Patients](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrna-vaccines-lead-to-longer-lives-for-cancer-patients/1024261)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrna-vaccines-lead-to-longer-lives-for-cancer-patients/1024261 "2025-10-24T22:58:50Z")
There is a fascinating article in this morning’s Montreal Gazette reprinted from the Washington Post that claims that people with non-small-cell lung cancer and Melanoma and who had received the mRNA vaccine against Covi… --- ## [Do you count numbers differently than others?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-count-numbers-differently-than-others/1024151)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-count-numbers-differently-than-others/1024151 "2025-10-24T21:42:23Z")
Hard to explain. My wife and I play a lot of darts. Not always Cricket, often 501 (you must achieve exactly 501 points without going over, it’s kinda hard). We also play Cribbage. Also a lot of counting. My wife is a r… --- ## [\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ and Watson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-watson/1024209)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-watson/1024209 "2025-10-24T21:35:29Z")
Looking for famous people, real or fictional, with an assistant or partner named Watson. I can think of three: Sherlock Holmes. Francis Crick. Alexander Graham Bell. Any others? It should meet the followin… --- ## [How can I make an entire small town vanish before Halloween?! Need answers fast!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-make-an-entire-small-town-vanish-before-halloween-need-answers-fast/1024202)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-make-an-entire-small-town-vanish-before-halloween-need-answers-fast/1024202 "2025-10-24T20:08:18Z")
Thinking of examples like \[Jeru\]Salem’s Lot, ME; Ogden Marsh, IA; Snowfield, CO; Barrow, AK; and Périgord, OR, I thought it might be fun for Halloween to make the residents of a small American town of a couple hundred to… --- ## [What Hobbies Are Going to Experience a Demographic Crunch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hobbies-are-going-to-experience-a-demographic-crunch/1023445)
**Author:** [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Replies:** 246\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hobbies-are-going-to-experience-a-demographic-crunch/1023445 "2025-10-24T19:56:34Z")
Today I went to a modeling expo hosted by the Arkansas branch of the International Plastic Modeler’s Society. I know, I’m a wild man. I overheard one of the other organizers talking to someone and saying they had a lit… --- ## [Explain home audio to me: Is there such a thing as "metrics-driven" audiophilia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-home-audio-to-me-is-there-such-a-thing-as-metrics-driven-audiophilia/1024123)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-home-audio-to-me-is-there-such-a-thing-as-metrics-driven-audiophilia/1024123 "2025-10-24T18:16:18Z")
The home audio market has always kinda weirded me out. The showrooms tend to be a lot of leather couches and fancy lighting mixed with gold-plated digital cables, vacuum tubes, and snake oil. What gives? Is there a way t… --- ## [Why was the Hey Wolfpup Pit thread closed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-hey-wolfpup-pit-thread-closed/1019217)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-hey-wolfpup-pit-thread-closed/1019217 "2025-10-24T17:51:00Z")
No I wasn’t there to add on but I saw it in the forum and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Pit thread about another member closed. Usually they are keep open for the next incident. And no explanation was given which is un… --- ## [Ships that sank immediately after launch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ships-that-sank-immediately-after-launch/1024185)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ships-that-sank-immediately-after-launch/1024185 "2025-10-24T17:36:51Z")
After hearing about a yacht that immediately sank earlier this year, I got interested and did some research. Didn’t find a whole lot of large ships that sank right after launch, so obviously the people who make and launc… --- ## [In the American Civil War, how long did northern draftees serve?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-american-civil-war-how-long-did-northern-draftees-serve/1024193)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-american-civil-war-how-long-did-northern-draftees-serve/1024193 "2025-10-24T17:19:49Z")
I’m finding this a difficult question to research, in part due to the somewhat convoluted way the Union called up manpower due to the constitutional limits on the federal government’s authority: First there was the regu… --- ## ["Conservapedia": The Right's answer to Wikipedia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-the-rights-answer-to-wikipedia/394731)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 232\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-the-rights-answer-to-wikipedia/394731 "2025-10-24T16:16:40Z")
News to me they even thought they had any reason to provide an answer to the Wikipedia, but, according to the new Conservapedia website: Let’s see . . . here’s something from the page on dinosaurs: Nope, no “politica… --- ## [Beyyyaaaarrrggghhh! (Plumbing disaster)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beyyyaaaarrrggghhh-plumbing-disaster/1023858)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beyyyaaaarrrggghhh-plumbing-disaster/1023858 "2025-10-24T15:45:26Z")
Water poured through the ceiling of my condo bathroom this week. In the wee hours. The condo upstairs is vacant, office closed, no answer on the condo emergency number, so nobody to shut the water off. Next day, the o… --- ## [Shopping for commercial auto insurance (very small business idea)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-for-commercial-auto-insurance-very-small-business-idea/1024249)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-for-commercial-auto-insurance-very-small-business-idea/1024249 "2025-10-24T15:21:46Z")
I’m looking for guidance on how to find a commercial auto insurer to cover my manual transmission car as I rent it out to students (for money). This is assuming my regular insurance won’t cover me. Justification: In t… --- ## [My soccer team appears to have picked up a nickname (and it sucks)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-soccer-team-appears-to-have-picked-up-a-nickname-and-it-sucks/1021700)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-soccer-team-appears-to-have-picked-up-a-nickname-and-it-sucks/1021700 "2025-10-24T15:08:03Z")
So St. Louis City SC has only been in the league for a few seasons, and I guess they’ve been copying the Euro model and waiting for their nickname to develop organically. Well, it appears they have one: I heard an announ… --- ## [Obscure Quotes Only Fans Would Recognize](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-quotes-only-fans-would-recognize/1022781)
**Author:** [@IMadeLem0nade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMadeLem0nade)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-quotes-only-fans-would-recognize/1022781 "2025-10-24T14:38:35Z")
Write obscure quotes only a fan would recognize. TV shows, YouTube shows, and Movies are fair game. I’ll start you off. if you guess it correctly, you can choose a new quote. Bonus points if you can name the character! … --- ## [How do I get Firefox to stop asking my location?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-firefox-to-stop-asking-my-location/1024247)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-firefox-to-stop-asking-my-location/1024247 "2025-10-24T09:59:07Z")
Seems like every time I surf the Web, Firefox drops something like, “Share your location?” in some message box on top of my screen. I get it; it’s handy for local pizza delivery and such, but it is just a pain in the as… --- ## [MENACE: Upcoming turn based tactics game with strategic layer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/menace-upcoming-turn-based-tactics-game-with-strategic-layer/1024101)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/menace-upcoming-turn-based-tactics-game-with-strategic-layer/1024101 "2025-10-24T03:32:18Z")
I found out about MENACE a long time ago, long before it was even close to release. The game is being made by the same studio that made Battle Brothers, an incredibly fun tactics game with a minimalist art style that I W… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=214) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=216)