# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=236 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 237 --- ## [(Old) Turning up the heat in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-turning-up-the-heat-in-the-mmp/1023053)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 321\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-turning-up-the-heat-in-the-mmp/1023053 "2025-09-22T06:29:40Z")
Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 14c/57f with a predicted high of 16c/61f and mostly cloudy. Weather app says “Cloudy with a chance of mild fucking depression.” Not here, this is the kind of weather I like. There’s a… --- ## [Has anyone been invited to Amazon Vine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-been-invited-to-amazon-vine/1023262)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-been-invited-to-amazon-vine/1023262 "2025-09-22T01:45:59Z")
I just got an invitation to the exclusive, “invitation only” :roll\_eyes:, Amazon Vine. This is a program designed to generate reviews-- you get free stuff you request from things sold on Amazon, and then you review it. … --- ## [Resubscribing to the Washington Post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resubscribing-to-the-washington-post/1022946)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resubscribing-to-the-washington-post/1022946 "2025-09-22T00:33:22Z")
I picked up a subscription shortly after Trump was elected the first time, and really appreciated the paper. I dropped it when Bezos tried hard enough to kill it that a lot of the best reporters left. But they are still … --- ## [Basing nukes in space](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basing-nukes-in-space/1023062)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basing-nukes-in-space/1023062 "2025-09-21T20:34:16Z")
This was a common idea in science fiction circa 1945-1965; Heinlein especially was convinced that nukes based in space would trump any other strategic weapons system. Yet obviously that didn’t happen so there must have b… --- ## [Plase recommend a solution for my password management needs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plase-recommend-a-solution-for-my-password-management-needs/1023259)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plase-recommend-a-solution-for-my-password-management-needs/1023259 "2025-09-21T18:25:14Z")
I use Firefox as a browser under an account that syncs across all my devices (an iPhone and several Windows machines), and I also use its built-in password manager (which used to be called Lockwise but is now simply the … --- ## [Quirky/Oddly Specific Things You're Attracted To](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirky-oddly-specific-things-youre-attracted-to/1022815)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirky-oddly-specific-things-youre-attracted-to/1022815 "2025-09-21T17:31:27Z")
Just about everyone is drawn to physical indicators of health (clear skin, good teeth, etc.). And I haven’t met anyone who wasn’t drawn to confidence, intelligence, and a sense of humor. But what I’m interested in is c… --- ## [Recommend me a "writing icing" for cookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-writing-icing-for-cookies/1023229)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-writing-icing-for-cookies/1023229 "2025-09-21T15:53:54Z")
Title pretty much explains it. I need a brand of icing that comes in a few colors (blue being one), comes already in a tube for easy use in writing, and is pliant enough to be used by a 9- or 10-yr-old, but still hold to… --- ## [GOP Will Eat Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-will-eat-itself/1023186)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-will-eat-itself/1023186 "2025-09-21T15:36:26Z")
People have been saying for a while that the Republican Party collapse from infighting between factions. I’m starting this thread as a repository for stories about Republican infighting. Charlie Kirk’s murderer may be … --- ## [Fictional events that eventually become reality? (Read the OP.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-events-that-eventually-become-reality-read-the-op/1021077)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-events-that-eventually-become-reality-read-the-op/1021077 "2025-09-21T15:29:20Z")
This was brought to mind by the breaking news that Pee-Wee Herman’s bicycle is now really going to be in the Alamo: https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/iconic-red-bike-1985-peewee-big-adventure-alamo-san-antonio-do… --- ## [Do any coal mines ship to power plants and steel plants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-coal-mines-ship-to-power-plants-and-steel-plants/1022239)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-coal-mines-ship-to-power-plants-and-steel-plants/1022239 "2025-09-21T14:11:12Z")
The same coal, I mean – if it’s good enough to make coke for a blast furnace (or whatever has replaced blast furnaces) is it too expensive for power plants? How about decades ago? Did most met coal come from mines that … --- ## [Am I allowed to post a thread inviting people to my Facebook recipe group?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-allowed-to-post-a-thread-inviting-people-to-my-facebook-recipe-group/1023246)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2025, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-allowed-to-post-a-thread-inviting-people-to-my-facebook-recipe-group/1023246 "2025-09-21T12:28:21Z")
I recently created a Facebook group called Quick, Easy and Awesome Recipes, where I’ve put about 25 recipes on it that meet those criteria. Group members are invited to participate by posting recipes and feedback of thei… --- ## [Found a fun website to plan trips around](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-fun-website-to-plan-trips-around/1023239)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2025, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-fun-website-to-plan-trips-around/1023239 "2025-09-21T11:40:27Z")
I recently discovered a website that points out fun and interesting things to check out between Point A and Point B. For instance, I thought I knew everything about the drive between Portland and Seattle-boy was I wrong… --- ## [Wedding vows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-vows/1023248)
**Author:** [@Happytree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happytree)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2025, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-vows/1023248 "2025-09-21T11:15:50Z")
I am eloping soon. This is not a seat- of -the -pants thing. “Mrs. Trees” and I have been living in sin for 20 years. We’ve only recently gotten a little sense of taking life seriously. We are to be wed 2 weeks from now… --- ## [What is "high society" today? Does it even exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-high-society-today-does-it-even-exist/1023123)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2025, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-high-society-today-does-it-even-exist/1023123 "2025-09-21T11:15:26Z")
Yesterday, I watched “The Age of Innocence” - a story set in the late 19th/early 20th century. The main characters were members of “society”. Which got me to wondering… Are debutant balls still a thing? Do young women “… --- ## [OK, YouTube's algorithm is scaring the hell out of me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-youtubes-algorithm-is-scaring-the-hell-out-of-me/1023172)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2025, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-youtubes-algorithm-is-scaring-the-hell-out-of-me/1023172 "2025-09-21T09:42:08Z")
I write the transcript for Jimmy Fallon’s routine tonight about the Jimmy Kimmel suspension, and one of the things I typed was a reference to The Summer I Turned Pretty. Not 20 minutes later, I got a notification from Y… --- ## ["a while ago" vs. "while ago"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-while-ago-vs-while-ago/1023226)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2025, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-while-ago-vs-while-ago/1023226 "2025-09-21T09:17:42Z")
This is probably a regional phenomenon. Has anyone noticed a difference in meaning between the phrases “a while ago” where it is pronounced as three distinct words and the i pronounced with a distinct long i sound and “… --- ## [The Rise of “Karens”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rise-of-karens/987320)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 288\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2025, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rise-of-karens/987320 "2025-09-21T03:15:26Z")
Karen became, of course, the trendy word for excessively demanding, condescending, customers complaining constantly and asking to speak with management. I have heard Keith suggested as a male equivalent. A comedy sho… --- ## [Why do so many cars - not just Jeeps - have ducks and stuff on their dashboards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-cars-not-just-jeeps-have-ducks-and-stuff-on-their-dashboards/1023036)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-cars-not-just-jeeps-have-ducks-and-stuff-on-their-dashboards/1023036 "2025-09-21T00:07:50Z")
Over the past year or so I’ve started noticing cars with a large number of little animals - often plastic ducks - on their dashboards. Jeep ducking - Wikipedia I looked it up, and apparently it started with Jeeps, and … --- ## [Can a military pilot who was downed pull rank on his rescue team?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-military-pilot-who-was-downed-pull-rank-on-his-rescue-team/1003193)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2025, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-military-pilot-who-was-downed-pull-rank-on-his-rescue-team/1003193 "2025-09-20T23:24:31Z")
So military pilots are almost always officers (yeah yeah warrant officers I know don’t make a weird distinction tangent), so what happens if say a military pilot is shot down over enemy territory, a rescue squad made up … --- ## [Is depleted uranium at all useful for defeating body armor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-depleted-uranium-at-all-useful-for-defeating-body-armor/1023168)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-depleted-uranium-at-all-useful-for-defeating-body-armor/1023168 "2025-09-20T22:47:00Z")
Since the introduction of practical, militarily significant infantry body armor, armaments manufacturers have been working to defeat it. Submachine guns firing pistol rounds have been displaced by Personal Defense Weapon… --- ## [Help finding laws that require a drug test for tramadol prescription](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-laws-that-require-a-drug-test-for-tramadol-prescription/1023233)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2025, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-laws-that-require-a-drug-test-for-tramadol-prescription/1023233 "2025-09-20T20:48:38Z")
Neither my rheumatologist nor physicians at pain centers can tell me the title or name of laws that require drug tests to receive a tramadol prescription. What should I google to find the titles of federal and Arkansas … --- ## [Yet another L&O Legal Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-l-o-legal-question/1023223)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-l-o-legal-question/1023223 "2025-09-20T20:29:29Z")
Previously on the Straight Dope, I asked: Today the episode is Pledge: During a hearing on a pretrial motion to dismiss, during witness testimony that skirts the edge of perjury, the defendant has an outburst that amou… --- ## [Where do I go for Washington State ticket information](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-go-for-washington-state-ticket-information/1023193)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-go-for-washington-state-ticket-information/1023193 "2025-09-20T20:22:40Z")
My attempt to get an Oregon Real ID was stalled because there is apparently some sort of ticket in the system in Washington State. All I have to go on is the ticket number-no “type of citation”, no county, no city, no d… --- ## [SDMB won't let me log out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-wont-let-me-log-out/1023170)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-wont-let-me-log-out/1023170 "2025-09-20T17:58:57Z")
Yes, I can’t use SDMB anymore. Yes, I was warned. Yes, I’m a second-class citizen and in the minority. However, I just wanted to mention that, if you are logged in, the new software won’t display content at all, and does… --- ## [Trump doubling down on his assault on the 1st Amendment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-doubling-down-on-his-assault-on-the-1st-amendment/1023187)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-doubling-down-on-his-assault-on-the-1st-amendment/1023187 "2025-09-20T16:46:27Z")
I was going to add this on to the Jimmy Kimmel thread, but I really think it deserves its own thread. Very simply, Trump is now saying the FCC should pull the license of any station that talks negatively about him. The… --- ## [Lip-synching in concerts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-synching-in-concerts/481505)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2025, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-synching-in-concerts/481505 "2025-09-20T15:54:43Z")
How is lip-synching handled in concert, I can imagine during a world tour an artiste might perfer to lip-synch at least some of the time to protect their lungs. Wiki seems to think it happens all the time. --- ## [Cleaning mold on furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-mold-on-furniture/1023178)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-mold-on-furniture/1023178 "2025-09-20T15:41:07Z")
I just realized that a chair I own similar to this one has white spots (on black fabric) that look like mold to me. Ignoring how it got there for the purposes of this thread (I think I just sat back in it while my back … --- ## [Do American Neo-Nazis care about German culture and the German language, or not really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-american-neo-nazis-care-about-german-culture-and-the-german-language-or-not-really/1023141)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-american-neo-nazis-care-about-german-culture-and-the-german-language-or-not-really/1023141 "2025-09-20T15:40:11Z")
So, in the midst of the heated MAGA-fascism Nazism debate, I had more of an FQ question although I’m sure the mods may move it to IMHO anyway: Do neo-Nazis, Stormfront, KKK, far-right or other fascists in America partic… --- ## [Had you heard of Charlie Kirk before he was killed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-you-heard-of-charlie-kirk-before-he-was-killed/1023003)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-you-heard-of-charlie-kirk-before-he-was-killed/1023003 "2025-09-20T14:47:36Z")
poll No political discussion, no gun control discussion, not even any suspect or assassination discussion, please… Just one, simple question: Who here had NOT heard of Charlie Kirk before he was killed? Raise your hand… --- ## [Optics for countering a rotating view?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/optics-for-countering-a-rotating-view/1023215)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/optics-for-countering-a-rotating-view/1023215 "2025-09-20T14:02:09Z")
Wikipedia’s article on the British Interplanetary Society and their proposed moon rocket has one rather remarkable cite tossed away virtually in passing: As it was considered that the cabin would have to rotate, BIS me… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=235) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=237)