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**Author:** [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2025, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-god-actual-topic-need-thread-ideas/29885 "2025-07-15T07:34:56Z")
No actually I didn’t. I just need some good thread ideas. No one ever posts in mine. So could you help me out a little? Jeff --- ## [Retail Therapy: What’s the Most Fun Thing You’ve Bought on a Whim?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-therapy-what-s-the-most-fun-thing-you-ve-bought-on-a-whim/1020648)
**Author:** [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2025, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-therapy-what-s-the-most-fun-thing-you-ve-bought-on-a-whim/1020648 "2025-07-15T02:27:20Z")
Today was my wife’s first day back home after a month in Brazil (way too long!). I’m still kicking myself for not planning ahead with the visa—live and learn. We kept things low-key, did some shopping for her… and then, … --- ## [Book identification - humor book (Sam Levenson-like) from 1965-1975 probably](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-identification-humor-book-sam-levenson-like-from-1965-1975-probably/1020826)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-identification-humor-book-sam-levenson-like-from-1965-1975-probably/1020826 "2025-07-15T02:09:32Z")
In the 1980s, there was a library that had some non-library books in a lounge (they were not in “the system,” they were just there for browsing while relaxing or taking away if you wanted). One of them was a humor book … --- ## [RIP Time Life Music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-time-life-music/1020847)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-time-life-music/1020847 "2025-07-15T00:00:24Z")
I had assumed Time Life was streaming music instead of selling large box sets of CD’s. I avoided the trap of their subscription service. Remember the 99 cent cd’s that automatically enrolled buyers? I guess licensing r… --- ## [Township not billing us for sewer usage- what to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/township-not-billing-us-for-sewer-usage-what-to-do/1017971)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/township-not-billing-us-for-sewer-usage-what-to-do/1017971 "2025-07-14T21:48:40Z")
So after 18 years at our current house our septic system started to fail. The Township required all grandfathered septic systems to be retired, not replaced, and we needed to switch to sewer. So going on a year ago we ju… --- ## [E-mail notifications](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-notifications/1020811)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-notifications/1020811 "2025-07-14T21:17:31Z")
In the last several days or in the last week, I have stopped receiving email notifications for watched threads and when people quote me. I couldn’t have (intentionally) turned them off, since I had to do some searching … --- ## [The Government bans superheroes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-government-bans-superheroes/1020850)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-government-bans-superheroes/1020850 "2025-07-14T20:41:45Z")
How many times has this plot point been used? I know of Watchmen and the Incredibles. --- ## [Grand Canyon Lodge (North Rim) destroyed by wildfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-lodge-north-rim-destroyed-by-wildfire/1020823)
**Author:** [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-lodge-north-rim-destroyed-by-wildfire/1020823 "2025-07-14T20:20:30Z")
This is heartbreaking. Such a beautiful spot: --- ## [Wimbledon 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbledon-2025/1020298)
**Author:** [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbledon-2025/1020298 "2025-07-14T19:34:51Z")
The first day and #9 Medvedev has already crashed out. He departed in the first round at Roland Garros as well. Second round at AO. Not a great year for Daniil so far. #20 Ostapenko also out. Probably didn’t enjoy the c… --- ## [Mouse cursor wandering all over screen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouse-cursor-wandering-all-over-screen/1018483)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouse-cursor-wandering-all-over-screen/1018483 "2025-07-14T18:24:01Z")
This just started. Windows 10, all applications, even before I log in. If I’m not actively using the mouse, the cursor sits there for about 2 seconds, then it starts wandering all over the screen, changing direction appa… --- ## [If congress refuses to certify the EC vote?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-congress-refuses-to-certify-the-ec-vote/1020803)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-congress-refuses-to-certify-the-ec-vote/1020803 "2025-07-14T18:13:16Z")
Rather than hijack the 3rd term thread I decided to open a new one. Imagine a US election with two parties, I will call A and B for the purpose of this thread. Suppose Party A wins a majority of the electoral votes, bu… --- ## [Musical Texas Dopers - Who is/was Pepe Lopez?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-texas-dopers-who-is-was-pepe-lopez/1020812)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-texas-dopers-who-is-was-pepe-lopez/1020812 "2025-07-14T16:50:16Z")
Referenced in the second verse of the Old 97s song “Desperate Times” (first verse references Abbie Hoffman. I know who he was.) Last night I dreamt of you Pepe Lopez strung out on the stage It don’t even look like yo… --- ## [Commodore 64 emulator - multiplayer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commodore-64-emulator-multiplayer/999680)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commodore-64-emulator-multiplayer/999680 "2025-07-14T16:28:19Z")
I use the CCS64 Emulator to play the Commodore 64 games of my youth. There doesn’t seem to be a way to play online with other people built in, but I’m wondering if there’s a way to do it. Over a LAN? Screen sharing? Any … --- ## [Advice about expiration dates for medications - Plan B specifically](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-about-expiration-dates-for-medications-plan-b-specifically/1020719)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-about-expiration-dates-for-medications-plan-b-specifically/1020719 "2025-07-14T14:47:55Z")
You are not my doctor and I would never take medical advice from a rando on the internet. But… How long do you think Plan B would be after the expiration date? Would it help to store it in the freezer or would that kil… --- ## [Do you have a bidet or hand sprayer in your home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-bidet-or-hand-sprayer-in-your-home/1020392)
**Author:** [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-bidet-or-hand-sprayer-in-your-home/1020392 "2025-07-14T13:32:40Z")
To most Americans these are exotic devices found only overseas or, rarely, at some fancy hotel or some uptown friend’s house (cf. Crocodile Dundee discovering one in a NY hotel). My wife and her sister are on a month-lo… --- ## [What is the fastest way to cool down the interior of your car on a hot summer day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-fastest-way-to-cool-down-the-interior-of-your-car-on-a-hot-summer-day/1020745)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-fastest-way-to-cool-down-the-interior-of-your-car-on-a-hot-summer-day/1020745 "2025-07-14T11:04:48Z")
So lets say you are going to drive somewhere after your car has been sitting in the summer heat for hours. What is the fastest way to cool down the interior air so that the car becomes more comfortable? If you have a re… --- ## [(Old) A high seas MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-high-seas-mmp/1020586)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 289\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-high-seas-mmp/1020586 "2025-07-14T10:41:37Z")
Just finished a 1 mile walk around the Promenade Deck. It’s overcast and chilly. I see the edge of the earth - hope we don’t sail over! Happy Moanday! --- ## [Utility Room Fluorescent Light Fixture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utility-room-fluorescent-light-fixture/1020738)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utility-room-fluorescent-light-fixture/1020738 "2025-07-14T10:30:33Z")
I have a fluorescent light fixture in my laundry room. It takes four foot fluorescent tubes. It was working OK, and then, according to my wife, it flashed and then both bulbs didn’t work – she actually thought the powe… --- ## [Confederate base names going away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confederate-base-names-going-away/927855)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confederate-base-names-going-away/927855 "2025-07-14T03:18:05Z")
Shocked that the GOP is telling Trump to go F\*k himself on this bill. Approved In both house and senate. --- ## [There’s a black hole in the center of “almost” every galaxy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-s-a-black-hole-in-the-center-of-almost-every-galaxy/1020830)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-s-a-black-hole-in-the-center-of-almost-every-galaxy/1020830 "2025-07-14T03:03:25Z")
I’ve heard that statement quite a few times In various science shows and videos. Why the “almost”? Is it just that we haven’t observed every galaxy, or are there galaxies that we know of that definitively don’t have bl… --- ## [Computer advice (How to prepare for switching to a new Windows laptop)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-advice-how-to-prepare-for-switching-to-a-new-windows-laptop/1014899)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-advice-how-to-prepare-for-switching-to-a-new-windows-laptop/1014899 "2025-07-14T02:44:58Z")
I’ve got a Windows 10 laptop that’s getting old and is not capable of handling Win11, so I’m going to need a new computer sometime soon. But I want to make the process of transferring all my settings and data as easy as … --- ## [Why have conservatives left this message board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-conservatives-left-this-message-board/1017016)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 735\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-conservatives-left-this-message-board/1017016 "2025-07-14T02:41:52Z")
Taking this hijack elsewhere. Mods can move it to the forum of their choice: I don’t know where to put it. Continuing the discussion from Surprises coming for voters for the Leopards-Eating-Faces Party: Most MAGA are… --- ## [Speed of Light question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speed-of-light-question/1020771)
**Author:** [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speed-of-light-question/1020771 "2025-07-14T00:50:58Z")
I think I have this right, but I feel like I have this wrong, and I’d sure appreciate some help in finding out which it is. As I understand it, if you shoot a beam of light from the Earth to the Moon such that it’ll ref… --- ## [Anyone ever do a Grand Canyon Rim to Rim?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-do-a-grand-canyon-rim-to-rim/1003125)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-do-a-grand-canyon-rim-to-rim/1003125 "2025-07-14T00:33:41Z")
Not retiring yet but am becoming more open to taking more time off and doing my fantasy trips while I am still physically fit enough to pull them off. One of that list is the Grand Canyon rim to rim trip. Thinking of fun… --- ## [Are there non-ICE agents acting like ICE agents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-non-ice-agents-acting-like-ice-agents/1020725)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-non-ice-agents-acting-like-ice-agents/1020725 "2025-07-13T20:33:07Z")
On reddit and in a few opinion pieces in media, I’ve seen people say or speculate that a lot of the people who are claiming to be ICE are not actually employed by ICE and are impersonating them (or perhaps deputized in s… --- ## [Dating Ultimatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-ultimatum/1020459)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 253\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-ultimatum/1020459 "2025-07-13T20:15:18Z")
This post generated a lot of discussion on TwitteX today: Perhaps surprisingly, a lot of the responses were positive, saying men/people usually know if the other person is ‘the one’ quite quickly, so two years is plen… --- ## [Why are you always late?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-always-late/942631)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 996\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-always-late/942631 "2025-07-13T19:53:23Z")
This may come across as a pitting but I honestly want to know the thinking process behind being late all of the time. This is one of the sticking points between Mrs. Cad and me. She is always late. ALWAYS. She says w… --- ## [Have any of you weirdos tried eating bugs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-weirdos-tried-eating-bugs/1020710)
**Author:** [@Frilly\_Heck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frilly_Heck)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-weirdos-tried-eating-bugs/1020710 "2025-07-13T19:53:01Z")
I’m a relatively adventurous foodie, and I’m interested in reducing my carbon footprint. I also have some health issues that seem to be easier to manage when I have a diet that includes animal protein. So I have been tem… --- ## [Tell me about strawberries and yogurt with pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-strawberries-and-yogurt-with-pasta/1020715)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-strawberries-and-yogurt-with-pasta/1020715 "2025-07-13T16:55:55Z")
Not going to judge, but never heard of this dish which has shocked Wimbledon. --- ## [Sevin (the insecticide)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sevin-the-insecticide/1020706)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sevin-the-insecticide/1020706 "2025-07-13T16:15:12Z")
As a youth I remember seeing Sevin recommended as an insecticide for flowers and vegetables. I have been growing 2 chestnut trees to help rebuild the mighty chestnut forests. Recently I spotted some Japanese beetles caro… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=277&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=279&state=tracking)