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**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difficulty-posting-from-iphone/1019165 "2025-06-04T19:40:20Z")
Something has changed when posting with Safari on an iPhone. The Reply button keeps auto-scrolling out of view. If I’m quick with the finger, I can click it before it’s gone. This is a new problem. I can’t find where in… --- ## [Dear President, I would like a felony pardon because](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-president-i-would-like-a-felony-pardon-because/1019057)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-president-i-would-like-a-felony-pardon-because/1019057 "2025-06-04T18:47:47Z")
…I can give you a lot of money …I can name a building after you (add your own) --- ## [Random Thought: Who are the Minds Behind Slot Machines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-thought-who-are-the-minds-behind-slot-machines/1019145)
**Author:** [@d1opez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d1opez)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-thought-who-are-the-minds-behind-slot-machines/1019145 "2025-06-04T16:34:32Z")
This was a random topic I suddenly found interesting and looked into a little bit: Who are the people designing casinos? Have you ever heard in random “fun fact” videos about the science behind casinos, how they take aw… --- ## [How can you work (type mainly) if you temporarily lose use of your dominant hand?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-work-type-mainly-if-you-temporarily-lose-use-of-your-dominant-hand/1018983)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-work-type-mainly-if-you-temporarily-lose-use-of-your-dominant-hand/1018983 "2025-06-04T16:09:30Z")
Someone I know recently broke their arm. Quite a bad break, likely needs surgery to fix. Whatever happens, they will be without use of their right-arm for a couple months at least and they are right handed. I asked an… --- ## [In what all ways did the TACO insult cause trump narcissistic injury](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-all-ways-did-the-taco-insult-cause-trump-narcissistic-injury/1019065)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-all-ways-did-the-taco-insult-cause-trump-narcissistic-injury/1019065 "2025-06-04T15:58:40Z")
So trump has malignant narcissism, which a subtype of narcissistic personality disorder. Malignant narcissism means you have traits of narcissism, sociopathy, paranoia and sadism all at once. Erich Fromm once described … --- ## [The Doctor will no longer be in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doctor-will-no-longer-be-in/1019108)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doctor-will-no-longer-be-in/1019108 "2025-06-04T14:39:57Z")
Barret Eugene Hansen, radio’s “Dr. Demento”, is retiring. On his weekly show he announced he’s 84 now and he’s decided he’s going to stop doing the show in the future. He’s going to do retrospective and flashback shows … --- ## [Testimony in Spanish, one juror speaks Spanish can lead to mistrial?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testimony-in-spanish-one-juror-speaks-spanish-can-lead-to-mistrial/456093)
**Author:** [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testimony-in-spanish-one-juror-speaks-spanish-can-lead-to-mistrial/456093 "2025-06-04T14:12:36Z")
I didn’t want to hijack Asimovian’s thread, so I’m starting a new thread. In post 6, Bricker said I guess my question (for everyone, not just Bricker) is roughly, what’s wrong with a witness talking about testimony sa… --- ## [Sgt Peppers as it was intended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sgt-peppers-as-it-was-intended/685043)
**Author:** [@Melchior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melchior)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2025, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sgt-peppers-as-it-was-intended/685043 "2025-06-04T14:07:15Z")
The Beatles recorded Penny Lane and \*Strawberry Fields Forever \*as part of the recording sessions for Sgt. Peppers, but it was decided to release them as singles instead and not to put them on the album. Where do you thi… --- ## [RIP Johnny Hardwick ('Dale Gribble' on King Of The Hill)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-johnny-hardwick-dale-gribble-on-king-of-the-hill/988411)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2025, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-johnny-hardwick-dale-gribble-on-king-of-the-hill/988411 "2025-06-04T13:05:53Z")
The Government finally got ‘Rusty Shackleford’. JOHNNY HARDWICK, THE Texan soul of the long-running animated sitcom King of the Hill — for which he voiced the eccentric, paranoid, chain-smoking neighbor Dale Gribble … --- ## [Who said it? \[Better to remain silent and be thought a fool...\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-said-it-better-to-remain-silent-and-be-thought-a-fool/546764)
**Author:** [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2025, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-said-it-better-to-remain-silent-and-be-thought-a-fool/546764 "2025-06-04T12:47:22Z")
In How to seem smarter than you really are Al Bundy said: Now, as I’m sure many of you know, the quote is actually something like “It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove… --- ## [Planning a trip to Spain and Portugal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planning-a-trip-to-spain-and-portugal/1016181)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2025, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planning-a-trip-to-spain-and-portugal/1016181 "2025-06-04T09:26:47Z")
As per this thread I might be interested in moving to Spain or Portugal, so I’m booking a trip to check them out to see how I feel about them. So it will be part vacation, part scouting trip. The time table is flexible b… --- ## [Seeking email provider for mass emailing purposes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-email-provider-for-mass-emailing-purposes/1005185)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2025, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-email-provider-for-mass-emailing-purposes/1005185 "2025-06-04T07:26:43Z")
I’ve got Earthlink. And FileMaker. Was a good combo for years and years, I’d load up a database with an array of recipients, write an email body (with merge codes fetching info from the individual’s record), and use th… --- ## [Jon Benjamin! I forgot all about him!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-benjamin-i-forgot-all-about-him/1019077)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2025, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-benjamin-i-forgot-all-about-him/1019077 "2025-06-04T05:54:41Z")
Remember him, and his …has a van show? His downbeat, often hapless style always resonated with me. IMDB seems to show him to still be relatively busy, I suppose. Wish he’d find a vehicle to make him more prominent these … --- ## [What do court reporters do when a witness speaks a foreign language?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-court-reporters-do-when-a-witness-speaks-a-foreign-language/1019129)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2025, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-court-reporters-do-when-a-witness-speaks-a-foreign-language/1019129 "2025-06-04T04:52:28Z")
What happens if a witness in a court trial can not speak English (assuming a US court for this)? What does the court reporter do? I assume there would be an interpreter. Is the interpreter deemed faultless in their in… --- ## [What are the official rules of Dominoes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-official-rules-of-dominoes/1019082)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2025, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-official-rules-of-dominoes/1019082 "2025-06-04T04:02:14Z")
You would think this would be a simple issue. But I was recently asked how to play Dominoes so I checked YouTube. I watched six “How to Play Dominoes” videos - and I learned six different sets of rules. I realize Domino… --- ## [South Korea election - 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korea-election-2025/1019051)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2025, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korea-election-2025/1019051 "2025-06-04T00:46:53Z")
Early voting has started in the Korean presidential election. Turnout appears to be heavy. Main voting day is June 3. Leading candidates appear to be Polls have placed Lee Jae-myung of the main opposition Democratic … --- ## ["Songs Of A Lost World", The Cure's first album in 16 years is out, and it's great](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-a-lost-world-the-cures-first-album-in-16-years-is-out-and-its-great/1009542)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-a-lost-world-the-cures-first-album-in-16-years-is-out-and-its-great/1009542 "2025-06-03T23:49:55Z")
I’ve been a loyal Cure fan since I was a teenager in the early 80s, so I eagerly awaited this release, and I’m not disappointed. It’s the perfect autumn album (like many Cure albums) and follows their style on groundbrea… --- ## [How do I do that thing where I hold my iPhone up to something and it tells me what it is?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-do-that-thing-where-i-hold-my-iphone-up-to-something-and-it-tells-me-what-it-is/1019172)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-do-that-thing-where-i-hold-my-iphone-up-to-something-and-it-tells-me-what-it-is/1019172 "2025-06-03T22:43:53Z")
I’ve been clearing deadwood out of my back yard and I’ve come across a couple of very young saplings that I think are volunteers. They have a smooth brown bark with short horizontal white steaks, about a quarter inch lo… --- ## [Help me choose a vacuum and not get a swiffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-vacuum-and-not-get-a-swiffer/1019105)
**Author:** [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-vacuum-and-not-get-a-swiffer/1019105 "2025-06-03T21:10:30Z")
TLDR: new house, no carpets, decision-making part of my brain is super tired out, only big box store nearby is Home Depot. Realtor said I needed to get a swiffer since mopping is too wet for it. I spent way too much ti… --- ## [Looking for a weekend getaway in Port Orchard or Bremerton WA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-weekend-getaway-in-port-orchard-or-bremerton-wa/1019168)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-weekend-getaway-in-port-orchard-or-bremerton-wa/1019168 "2025-06-03T21:07:53Z")
My Beloved and I will be celebrating our 38th Anniversary on July 11th, and plan on visiting Port Orchard and Bremerton. Our plans include driving up, then travelling by ferry from Port Orchard to Bremerton and Bremerto… --- ## [(Yet another) Medicare question: What do I actually \*need\* to do now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-medicare-question-what-do-i-actually-need-to-do-now/1019167)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-medicare-question-what-do-i-actually-need-to-do-now/1019167 "2025-06-03T18:58:12Z")
Well, technically it’s a little later for me, but for my wife: I am still employed with a pretty good plan. Chances are, unless I get fired, I’ll be working for another two years, possibly three. My wife is retired. … --- ## [Bad, bad, bad Hot Sox, that's what I want](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-hot-sox-thats-what-i-want/1019144)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-hot-sox-thats-what-i-want/1019144 "2025-06-03T15:19:24Z")
Get your mind out of the gutter, you ne’er-do-wells! Not Hot Sex, which is nice, but Hot Sox. Sorry, Bombas socks, I found a new friend. I’m kicking you to the curb. You have a fine fit and feel good but dang it you c… --- ## [Monthly Photo Competition #30 – May, 2025 – “Nature macros/close-ups” {Poll Added}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-30-may-2025-nature-macros-close-ups-poll-added/1017751)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-30-may-2025-nature-macros-close-ups-poll-added/1017751 "2025-06-03T14:10:40Z")
This is the monthly thread for May, 2025. The topic this month is “Nature macros/close-ups”, chosen by MacDoc. Please post only your photo and, if you want, a title in this thread. Any other text belongs in the rolling … --- ## [MUSHA RINGUM DURAM DA? What do it mean??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musha-ringum-duram-da-what-do-it-mean/364330)
**Author:** [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musha-ringum-duram-da-what-do-it-mean/364330 "2025-06-03T13:49:09Z")
I’m sure it’s been asked here before but of course a search yields nothing. What is the translation of “MUSHA RINGUM DURAM DA” as it is sung in the traditional Irish/appalachian tune “Whiskey in the Jar?” I guess this … --- ## [What did people think clouds were before the scientific explanation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-people-think-clouds-were-before-the-scientific-explanation/1018675)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-people-think-clouds-were-before-the-scientific-explanation/1018675 "2025-06-03T13:24:11Z")
Random thought I just had while watching beautiful clouds from my living room window. People before the age of enlightenment had all kinds of myths about things in space and the sky, the sun, moon, stars and planets. But… --- ## [Dissent in Garza v. Idaho (2019)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissent-in-garza-v-idaho-2019/1011618)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissent-in-garza-v-idaho-2019/1011618 "2025-06-03T11:55:50Z")
In Garza v. Idaho, Thomas and Gorsuch stated in their dissent that they felt Gideon v. Wainwright had been wrongly decided. What was their reasoning? IANAL, but my reading is that for originalist reasons, they said poor … --- ## [Is there enough oxygen at the top of Mount Everest to start a fire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-enough-oxygen-at-the-top-of-mount-everest-to-start-a-fire/1019071)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-enough-oxygen-at-the-top-of-mount-everest-to-start-a-fire/1019071 "2025-06-03T11:16:49Z")
Assuming that I had wood and a bunch of matches, could I get a fire going? --- ## [I saw a Trump supporter flying a USSR flag on his truck today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-trump-supporter-flying-a-ussr-flag-on-his-truck-today/1018881)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-trump-supporter-flying-a-ussr-flag-on-his-truck-today/1018881 "2025-06-03T10:26:55Z")
Was driving through downtown Grand Rapids this afternoon and saw a pickup with massive tires, clouds of black smoke billowing out of the exhaust pipes and… the flag of the Soviet Union waving on a pole attached to the ba… --- ## [Would leading AI companies see any benefit from using excess processing power of individuals computers and gaming systems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-leading-ai-companies-see-any-benefit-from-using-excess-processing-power-of-individuals-computers-and-gaming-systems/1018934)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-leading-ai-companies-see-any-benefit-from-using-excess-processing-power-of-individuals-computers-and-gaming-systems/1018934 "2025-06-03T10:06:28Z")
I don’t know anything about computer science, but I remember how years ago we’d have distributed computing systems where you’d download a program and it would use your excess CPU capacity to run models to benefit various… --- ## [10 feet of woven wire fencing as temporary fix for wood fence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-feet-of-woven-wire-fencing-as-temporary-fix-for-wood-fence/1019126)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-feet-of-woven-wire-fencing-as-temporary-fix-for-wood-fence/1019126 "2025-06-03T09:37:26Z")
We have a 10 foot section of picket fence that blew down because a post broke. I haven’t even looked in to replacing it because we didn’t have a dog and weren’t actively looking for one. Well a possible “perfect dog” j… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=303&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=305&state=tracking)