# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=302&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 303 --- ## [MAGA views America as a conquered nation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maga-views-america-as-a-conquered-nation/1019251)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maga-views-america-as-a-conquered-nation/1019251 "2025-06-08T01:29:37Z")
I was listening to the Political Gabfest last week and John Dickerson said something that really resonated with me. It cleared up a lot of questions for me about the Trump administration and what its goals are. He said… --- ## [The Chinese Version of Where You Live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chinese-version-of-where-you-live/1019306)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chinese-version-of-where-you-live/1019306 "2025-06-07T22:58:37Z")
Many bigger cities have a “Chinatown” with restaurants serving delicious or dicey food late at night, distinctive signs, tai chi in the park, dim sum joints, big window displays of barbecued meat, and stores selling woks… --- ## [Looks like we’re sending more smoke down south](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-we-re-sending-more-smoke-down-south/1019014)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-we-re-sending-more-smoke-down-south/1019014 "2025-06-07T21:44:50Z")
Wildfire season has started early in the Canadian West, and predictions are for even more smoke than last year. It’s extremely hazy in southern Sask right now, and I’m even seeing bits of ash floating down, although i… --- ## [Is there a procedure to legally change your social security number?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-procedure-to-legally-change-your-social-security-number/1019076)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-procedure-to-legally-change-your-social-security-number/1019076 "2025-06-07T18:31:51Z")
I know there are always warnings about keeping your social security number private, but it really isn’t possible. I mean, it seems like everything you do with financial effects requires you to put it on an application o… --- ## [You're Marty McFly, ready to play 3 songs from the future at a 1955 prom. What do you play?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-marty-mcfly-ready-to-play-3-songs-from-the-future-at-a-1955-prom-what-do-you-play/603256)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-marty-mcfly-ready-to-play-3-songs-from-the-future-at-a-1955-prom-what-do-you-play/603256 "2025-06-07T18:31:12Z")
Title says it all. Assume, since this is a fantasy and all, that your backing band (and you too!) has the chops to play whatever it is from 1956-now that you select. What do you play? How would the crowd react? Hell, ho… --- ## [Do you have mood boards? Well, I want to see them!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-mood-boards-well-i-want-to-see-them/1019302)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-mood-boards-well-i-want-to-see-them/1019302 "2025-06-07T18:23:22Z")
And I want to show you mine. The board could be about anything. Clothes, art, design, vacations, kidnapping plans. . . whatever. Mine are all mostly about three different rooms in my future house and they are all Pinter… --- ## [Trump is going to use a gifted foreign aircraft as Air Force One](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-going-to-use-a-gifted-foreign-aircraft-as-air-force-one/1018256)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 197\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-going-to-use-a-gifted-foreign-aircraft-as-air-force-one/1018256 "2025-06-07T15:44:32Z")
--- ## [Discussions about sex, where to draw the line?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussions-about-sex-where-to-draw-the-line/1018175)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussions-about-sex-where-to-draw-the-line/1018175 "2025-06-07T14:22:42Z")
Hello, Engineer Comp Geek directed me to this forum. I was told to avoid “penthouse talk”. I thought I was doing so with my posts. I’ve been in spaces such as fraternities, blue collar jobs, and of course poker tables. … --- ## [So what did happen to the settlers at Roanoke?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-happen-to-the-settlers-at-roanoke/517434)
**Author:** [@msean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msean)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2025, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-happen-to-the-settlers-at-roanoke/517434 "2025-06-07T13:37:46Z")
There’s an excellent and more detailed discussion of this in “A Voyage Long And Strange”. --- ## ["Intellectual Dark Web" Stupidity Omnibus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intellectual-dark-web-stupidity-omnibus/827193)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 309\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2025, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intellectual-dark-web-stupidity-omnibus/827193 "2025-06-07T13:37:22Z")
The “Intellectual Dark Web” is a group of largely right-wing, conservative, and reactionary thinkers. They are almost all cishet white men; their main qualifying factor is being willing to “Speak hard truths” (T/N: const… --- ## [I no long feel ashamed of being part of "Pet Rock" generation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-no-long-feel-ashamed-of-being-part-of-pet-rock-generation/1019239)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-no-long-feel-ashamed-of-being-part-of-pet-rock-generation/1019239 "2025-06-07T13:32:51Z")
O.k., maybe a little ashamed. :grin: More and more I am seeing ads for what is supposed to be the next craze-gold foil boxes filled with cushioning material and containing a specially imprinted…POTATO!! There are nume… --- ## [Managing the deaths of those around you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/managing-the-deaths-of-those-around-you/1019264)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/managing-the-deaths-of-those-around-you/1019264 "2025-06-07T13:13:24Z")
–Mods: I read the Fora descriptors. This seems to be the right place for this. If I’ve chosen poorly, please re-plant this thread in the proper field. Many thanks. – This is hard to lay out in a linear fashion. In the l… --- ## [Weirdest Potato Chip Flavour](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-potato-chip-flavour/977799)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2025, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-potato-chip-flavour/977799 "2025-06-07T12:55:43Z")
I don’t miss them. But growing up, one could purchase hot dog with mustard flavoured potato chips. What are/were the weirdest widely available flavours you can recall?. Were they edible? --- ## [Fiendish riddle: Can you answer it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendish-riddle-can-you-answer-it/1019232)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2025, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendish-riddle-can-you-answer-it/1019232 "2025-06-07T12:16:45Z")
From Marilyn vos Savant’s “Parade” column, September 12, 1999. She didn’t know, and I don’t have a follow-up issue. I’ll repeat the entire riddle, including the names of the guilty parties in case any are still alive–a… --- ## [A few questions about skeet shooting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-skeet-shooting/1019213)
**Author:** [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2025, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-skeet-shooting/1019213 "2025-06-07T11:32:09Z")
As I leave work in the evenings, I sometimes hear some loud bangs. Turns out there’s a shooting club nearby. Looking it up on Google Maps, I see facilities for skeet or trap shooting (not exactly sure what the differen… --- ## [Has any modern woo been accepted as real science?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-modern-woo-been-accepted-as-real-science/1018724)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2025, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-modern-woo-been-accepted-as-real-science/1018724 "2025-06-07T11:21:15Z")
Moving on from this thread. I made the statement, “AFAIK, not one single modern phenomenon that has been dubbed woo has proven to be real.” Of course many advances in science have been disbelieved at one point or ano… --- ## [Creating maps in Google maps of another program? possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-maps-in-google-maps-of-another-program-possible/1019177)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2025, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-maps-in-google-maps-of-another-program-possible/1019177 "2025-06-07T08:17:21Z")
Once upon a time, I could photocopy pages from atlases or parts of road maps to create a map of a route I wanted to take, and estimate its length. With Google maps, I can get only suggested routes-- there doesn’t seem t… --- ## [What music do you want to die to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-do-you-want-to-die-to/1019204)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2025, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-do-you-want-to-die-to/1019204 "2025-06-07T03:29:17Z")
I’ve actually given this some thought. If I’m lucky enough to die in bed, alert and aware enough to hear music I’ve chosen… what would it be? I would really like to curate the last music I ever hear. Here’s what would b… --- ## [I shattered "My Doctor's" Mind in Kroger's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shattered-my-doctors-mind-in-krogers/1019219)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2025, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shattered-my-doctors-mind-in-krogers/1019219 "2025-06-07T02:38:42Z")
First thing First: I have no doctor Had to make a beer run. Kroger has these download coupons for insane beer discounts. Catch is, you use it, you lose it. So, if it lets you use it 5 times in a single transaction, you … --- ## [Heads of state who visit the White House - specifically because the US president himself arranged it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-of-state-who-visit-the-white-house-specifically-because-the-us-president-himself-arranged-it/1019280)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-of-state-who-visit-the-white-house-specifically-because-the-us-president-himself-arranged-it/1019280 "2025-06-06T23:43:32Z")
Trying to keep this non-political: Recently, the South African leader visited the White House - and then Trump ambushed him by showing him photos of “slain white farmers” that weren’t even from South Africa - and then t… --- ## [Best way to learn some basic Italian in a month?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-learn-some-basic-italian-in-a-month/1019078)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2025, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-learn-some-basic-italian-in-a-month/1019078 "2025-06-06T23:38:47Z")
I’m traveling to Italy for a work trip at the end of June, and would like to pick up just some very basic words & phrases (like yes/no/thank you/sorry, “where is the bathroom?”, “where is the train station?”, “can this … --- ## [This... Is... Jeopardy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 1235\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083 "2025-06-06T20:05:20Z")
I think this is a fun idea; let’s see if it gets any traction. Here’s how it’ll work: The first player (that’d be me) will come up with a category, and then post a Jeopardy!-like clue which fits the category. The first… --- ## [Explain to me Markdown and Obsidian for taking notes or doing anything else. Also word processing preferences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-to-me-markdown-and-obsidian-for-taking-notes-or-doing-anything-else-also-word-processing-preferences/1013141)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-to-me-markdown-and-obsidian-for-taking-notes-or-doing-anything-else-also-word-processing-preferences/1013141 "2025-06-06T19:46:58Z")
Continuing the discussion from Anyone write in shorthand (e.g. taking notes at meetings)?: Wiki: Obsidian (software) - Wikipedia Obsidian is a personal knowledge base and note-taking software application that operates… --- ## [How is a new Jewish temple founded?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-a-new-jewish-temple-founded/1016212)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-a-new-jewish-temple-founded/1016212 "2025-06-06T19:25:04Z")
Suppose that I want to found a newJewish temple in Rhode Island (just to choose a place at random). How do I go about doing it? For example, how do I get a Torah (or more than one-I’ve read in another thread that some ha… --- ## [What exactly does a trainer for a professional sport do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-does-a-trainer-for-a-professional-sport-do/1019141)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-does-a-trainer-for-a-professional-sport-do/1019141 "2025-06-06T19:04:01Z")
I say professional sport because that is the top echelon of a sport. If a boxer is going to fight in the world championship, why does he need a trainer? His trainer never had the ability to make it to the world champions… --- ## [Did anybody miss the posters that used to adorn mechanic's shops?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anybody-miss-the-posters-that-used-to-adorn-mechanics-shops/211459)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anybody-miss-the-posters-that-used-to-adorn-mechanics-shops/211459 "2025-06-06T17:44:50Z")
When I was a kid and I was dragged with my dad to the mechanics to get his old Datsun (frequently) repaired, I remember seeing all the girlie posters mechanics used to put on the ceilings (so they could glance at them wh… --- ## [Can Bayliss, the dog, have a pet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-bayliss-the-dog-have-a-pet/1019203)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-bayliss-the-dog-have-a-pet/1019203 "2025-06-06T16:05:05Z")
Over last weekend Bayliss had a friend. He’s enamored with it. We were shocked. He not a fluffy toy dog. A bit interested in a ball, for a moment. Rather have a food treat, more than anything. He followed Son-of-a-wr… --- ## [Gee, Mom and Dad. Thanks for fucking me over, 63 years in advance. A Legal Name Rant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-mom-and-dad-thanks-for-fucking-me-over-63-years-in-advance-a-legal-name-rant/1018462)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-mom-and-dad-thanks-for-fucking-me-over-63-years-in-advance-a-legal-name-rant/1018462 "2025-06-06T15:00:43Z")
So, my parents decided before I was born to honor both dead great-grandfathers. Therefore, my birth certificate reads: Cartooniverse Stephen Crane Doper Nice. Honor, honor, honor. Problem? When applying for my first S… --- ## [Two business opportunities: Option A, you're bankrolled with $100. Option B, you're bankrolled with a suitcase full of cash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-business-opportunities-option-a-youre-bankrolled-with-100-option-b-youre-bankrolled-with-a-suitcase-full-of-cash/1019241)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-business-opportunities-option-a-youre-bankrolled-with-100-option-b-youre-bankrolled-with-a-suitcase-full-of-cash/1019241 "2025-06-06T13:04:00Z")
Which one would you pick? I know Option B seems like the best one. It takes money to make money. But, I would pick Option A. Option B is too risky. Who knows where the hell that money came from. It could be acquired ill… --- ## [I hate, hate, hate two-factor verification](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-hate-hate-two-factor-verification/981811)
**Author:** [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2025, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-hate-hate-two-factor-verification/981811 "2025-06-06T10:14:37Z")
Number of times that two-factor verification has prevented me from logging into my own account (because I don’t have the right phone with me, e.g.) and then I subsequently received an email saying “we prevented someone s… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=301&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=303&state=tracking)