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**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2025, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pick-up-trash-outside/1007796 "2025-08-20T02:37:31Z")
We’ve ceased to be surprised at the amount of trash lying around in our suburban residential neighborhood, and how long our neighbors will allow trash to lie on their property without picking it up. That really befuddle… --- ## [Lindbergh's navigating to Paris](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindberghs-navigating-to-paris/586325)
**Author:** [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2025, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindberghs-navigating-to-paris/586325 "2025-08-20T01:58:06Z")
I was musing about Lindy’s famed non-stop flight from Long Island to Paris, and although Wikipedia says he navigated by the stars and dead reckoning, I can’t understand how he could even find France, let alone Paris and … --- ## [Resident Alien, aka Quincy, E.T](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 513\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resident-alien-aka-quincy-e-t/931719 "2025-08-20T01:07:42Z")
Enjoyed the first episode. Has a bit of a Northern Exposure/iZombie vibe to it. (Discourse complaint #1,000,001–why lop off periods at the end of topics?) --- ## [DIY Computer Omnibus Thread. Builds. Upgrades. New Tech. Etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diy-computer-omnibus-thread-builds-upgrades-new-tech-etc/994187)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diy-computer-omnibus-thread-builds-upgrades-new-tech-etc/994187 "2025-08-20T00:59:29Z")
We have a couple of threads on “Help me build a PC” and I thought maybe we could have a general thread about building/maintaining/upgrading PCs and the new tech that can affect all of that? People can ask questions. We… --- ## [Can a bullet injure you if it doesn't hit you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-bullet-injure-you-if-it-doesnt-hit-you/637301)
**Author:** [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-bullet-injure-you-if-it-doesnt-hit-you/637301 "2025-08-20T00:48:48Z")
I’m thinking of a bullet through the sleeve scenario. Or, if you make a ring with thumb and finger, and fire a bullet through that. Would you get injured? Is there a shockwave/ring of fire/plasma/vortex surrounding the b… --- ## [Let's talk about the nodule from my thyroid ultrasound](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-the-nodule-from-my-thyroid-ultrasound/999603)
**Author:** [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-the-nodule-from-my-thyroid-ultrasound/999603 "2025-08-20T00:43:09Z")
Standard disclaimers - you’re not my doctor, may not even be a doctor, and I have a follow-up with my endocrinologist on April 17th. tl;dr: solid, hypervasular nodule in heterogenous thyroid. My TSH (thyroid stimulatin… --- ## [How are these people still alive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-these-people-still-alive/1022236)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2025, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-these-people-still-alive/1022236 "2025-08-20T00:02:17Z")
So My Beloved and I go out early yesterday afternoon to fuel up the Soul, and we pull up behind another elderly couple attempting to also fuel up. Although there are easy to follow instructions on the pump screen, they … --- ## [Banning the Associated Press from White House briefings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-the-associated-press-from-white-house-briefings/1014791)
**Author:** [@JoePockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoePockets)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-the-associated-press-from-white-house-briefings/1014791 "2025-08-19T23:16:38Z")
I’m trying to understand this, So the press can’t cover him because he is upset that they don’t use the made up name of an international waterway. Is it legal for the President to pick and choose who attends when he brie… --- ## [Confused about protein](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confused-about-protein/1022151)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confused-about-protein/1022151 "2025-08-19T22:09:45Z")
Just sharing here but given that high protein intake is all the rage I’ve been digging and I am getting more and more confused. From a practical POV I’m fine - my sense is that most of us would do better working on incr… --- ## [Let's tell a story four words at a time (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587)
**Author:** [@jepflast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jepflast)\ **Replies:** 9999\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587 "2025-08-19T21:31:45Z")
Maintaining coherent sentences would be good. Maintaining a coherent story would be phenomenal. Let’s see what we can do. With any luck, hilarity will ensue. Use punctuation whenever necessary, and you may even begin… --- ## [Pay for usage hotspot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-for-usage-hotspot/1022245)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-for-usage-hotspot/1022245 "2025-08-19T21:20:41Z")
I’m looking for opinions or options or even factual answers. I’d like to have hotspot capabilities to access the internet remotely, but only on occasion (about 2 days a month). I don’t want to spend a pile of money on a… --- ## [Was there a topless scene in Can’t Buy Me Love (1987)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-topless-scene-in-can-t-buy-me-love-1987/711074)
**Author:** [@Saturn\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saturn_Dreams)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-topless-scene-in-can-t-buy-me-love-1987/711074 "2025-08-19T21:19:04Z")
Or is there such a thing as group false memory? The scene in question is this (safe for work) one: No puedes comprar mi amor (Can't Buy Me Love, 1987) - YouTube (I could only find a Spanish dubbed version:() Former ner… --- ## [Ancient Roman restaurants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-roman-restaurants/1022017)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-roman-restaurants/1022017 "2025-08-19T20:50:17Z")
The romans had several types of eateries, including what was then “Fast food” (likely a lot healthier than todays, altho maybe the germ count….), And we have found some in Pompeii . But did any of them have anything lik… --- ## [Freeway planning in San Francisco, 1964](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freeway-planning-in-san-francisco-1964/1022286)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freeway-planning-in-san-francisco-1964/1022286 "2025-08-19T20:03:24Z")
Link to PDF: SF Freeways Had they given up on extending the Embarcadero Freeway to the bridge by then? --- ## [What age did you first see porn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-age-did-you-first-see-porn/548014)
**Author:** [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-age-did-you-first-see-porn/548014 "2025-08-19T18:06:16Z")
A friend of mine who is a single mother talked to me briefly about her embarassing situation. Her son who is 8 found one of her porn DVD’s and potentially watched up to 5 minutes of it. I may go into more detail later bu… --- ## [GeForce Now will soon get RTX 5080s and 2x the games (play AAA PC games on any laptop or phone, no special hardware needed)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geforce-now-will-soon-get-rtx-5080s-and-2x-the-games-play-aaa-pc-games-on-any-laptop-or-phone-no-special-hardware-needed/1022283)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geforce-now-will-soon-get-rtx-5080s-and-2x-the-games-play-aaa-pc-games-on-any-laptop-or-phone-no-special-hardware-needed/1022283 "2025-08-19T16:31:07Z")
Continuing the discussion from DIY Computer Omnibus Thread. Builds. Upgrades. New Tech. Etc: While I was investigating new PC gaming hardware, Nvidia happened to announce that their GeForce Now streaming service will se… --- ## [Hey, Arnold, here's a \_\_\_\_\_](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-arnold-heres-a/1022032)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-arnold-heres-a/1022032 "2025-08-19T16:15:06Z")
We had a lot of fun with this game many years ago, so let’s try it again. The idea is that you hand Arnold Schwarzenegger an object. The next poster acts as Arnold, answering what he would do with that object, and then… --- ## [A friendly game of Mornington Crescent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friendly-game-of-mornington-crescent/929179)
**Author:** [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Replies:** 408\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friendly-game-of-mornington-crescent/929179 "2025-08-19T16:08:31Z")
It seems to me high time we had another round of this marvellous game; hopefully others will feel the same and join us. I suggest we use Gummeridge’s 1957 rules, and for the Jubilee Line I think Portlock & Watlingham’s 2… --- ## [Anybody here a fan of Scott-E-Vest products?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-a-fan-of-scott-e-vest-products/1022257)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-a-fan-of-scott-e-vest-products/1022257 "2025-08-19T15:29:21Z")
Anybody here a fan of Scott-E-Vest products? ➜ https://www.scottevest.com ■ I love their travel vests with all the pockets, and also the fleece zippered hoodie and its many pockets. Their products aren’t cheap but they… --- ## [Eric Estrada, Utah cop, killed on duty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-estrada-utah-cop-killed-on-duty/1022256)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-estrada-utah-cop-killed-on-duty/1022256 "2025-08-19T15:18:52Z")
I’m posting it here just because of the cop’s name. Eric Estrada killed in Utah. Two police officers responding to a domestic disturbance call were shot and killed in Utah, and a man was taken into custody after bysta… --- ## [Aroma of Burning Wood or Plastic at Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aroma-of-burning-wood-or-plastic-at-work/1022121)
**Author:** [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aroma-of-burning-wood-or-plastic-at-work/1022121 "2025-08-19T14:37:21Z")
Had an unusual smell appear at work today. Although it permeated a larger area it was concentrated in a conference room outside my office. Everyone in the agency described the aroma a little differently with most leanin… --- ## [Kind of scary fall/medical incident yesterday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kind-of-scary-fall-medical-incident-yesterday/1022221)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kind-of-scary-fall-medical-incident-yesterday/1022221 "2025-08-19T14:03:02Z")
Yesterday was my grandson’s fourth birthday party; he’s very much into dinosaurs and on the spur of the moment,- I volunteered to take part in the entertainment - his other grandad was feeling too tired and hot after per… --- ## [What Are You Least Good At?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-least-good-at/1021674)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-least-good-at/1021674 "2025-08-19T13:47:42Z")
I phrased it that way, rather than saying “what are you bad at?” When it comes to academics, it’s math. I’m good at mental arithmetic, but once I got past basic operations it went downhill fast. Socially, I don’t read… --- ## [How do forums identify similar OPs? And did quoting change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-forums-identify-similar-ops-and-did-quoting-change/1022217)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-forums-identify-similar-ops-and-did-quoting-change/1022217 "2025-08-19T12:51:04Z")
When creating an OP, window opens saying “Your topic is similar to…” I always check it to ensure I am not duplicating a conversation. Occasionally I will starte a thread, only to be told that I posted a similar thread… --- ## [Seeking recommendatios of songs in Spanish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-recommendatios-of-songs-in-spanish/1020989)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-recommendatios-of-songs-in-spanish/1020989 "2025-08-19T11:43:09Z")
I’m looking for your recommendations for songs in Spanish - I don’t care much about the style, the time period, or any of that, though I’d be particularly interested if there are any bands who sing in Spanish who are mak… --- ## [Question about a fictional song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-fictional-song/1022180)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-fictional-song/1022180 "2025-08-19T10:54:03Z")
Has anyone ever put “Buck’s Song”, from Heinlein’s Time Enough For Love, to music? --- ## [Star Trek Lower Decks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 662\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340 "2025-08-19T09:53:01Z")
A new Star Trek cartoon is coming to CBS All Access August 6. I have to be honest, this doesn’t look like a show I’d be interested in. --- ## [The Stand Anthology is coming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stand-anthology-is-coming/1002456)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stand-anthology-is-coming/1002456 "2025-08-19T09:44:32Z")
I just learned today they are doing an Anthology of short stories set in the world of Stephen King’s The Stand (by different authors). I had no idea this was happening and I am all for it. The little vignettes in the exp… --- ## [WTF dialogue on the old "Room 222" show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-dialogue-on-the-old-room-222-show/754785)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-dialogue-on-the-old-room-222-show/754785 "2025-08-19T04:58:48Z")
I just watched an episode of the late 1960’s comedy-drama “Room 222” on youtube. The show takes place at a high school, and deals with the interactions of the faculty with each other and the students. Its outlook was ge… --- ## [Dicey Sounding Innocents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dicey-sounding-innocents/1022179)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dicey-sounding-innocents/1022179 "2025-08-19T03:16:12Z")
Last night, my wife and I were walking in Itaeweon and saw sign which had “Underground Internet Cable” on it. We both said it sounds like something dicey in a police show such as Blue Bloods or FBI. What other perfectly… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=255&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=257&state=tracking)