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**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… --- ## [What Should I Do On My Trip To Japan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-on-my-trip-to-japan/1018386)
**Author:** [@RayMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RayMan)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-on-my-trip-to-japan/1018386 "2025-06-03T09:04:14Z")
Hello all. I am traveling to Japan very soon, and I would like to hear your advice about what to do and see while I am there. Some background: I will be there May 27th through June 6th. I will be staying in Tokyo, in Sh… --- ## [Hey wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-wolfpup/1019127)
**Author:** [@Dirtymartini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirtymartini)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-wolfpup/1019127 "2025-06-03T04:21:32Z")
Just because you can’t counter my arguments in the Pronunciation thread is no reason to go crying to a moderator. Piece of shit. Uses the Cambridge dictionary then cries when I do the same. --- ## [US Dopers: In Trump's America, should we stay & fight or get out, and what's the final straw?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-in-trumps-america-should-we-stay-fight-or-get-out-and-whats-the-final-straw/1014197)
**Author:** [@survinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/survinga)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-in-trumps-america-should-we-stay-fight-or-get-out-and-whats-the-final-straw/1014197 "2025-06-03T03:47:57Z")
My final straw is the 2028 election. By then, I’ll be 62, and that election will tell me if we still have some semblance of hope as a Democracy or if we’re a full-blown Trump dictatorship. Currently, I’m leaning toward… --- ## [Seeking assistance constructing a trivia quiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-assistance-constructing-a-trivia-quiz/1018921)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-assistance-constructing-a-trivia-quiz/1018921 "2025-06-03T02:24:25Z")
I am in the process of constructing a trivia quiz and I thought it would be a brilliant idea to seek Doper input. I need suggestions for the questions I ask, but I want it to consist of a specific type of question. Each… --- ## [Have people been giving Grok incorrect feedback as a way to protest Musk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-people-been-giving-grok-incorrect-feedback-as-a-way-to-protest-musk/1019143)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-people-been-giving-grok-incorrect-feedback-as-a-way-to-protest-musk/1019143 "2025-06-03T01:50:21Z")
I know people are boycotting Tesla, just out of curiosity are people using Grok but giving it incorrect feedback just to screw up the system? Marking correct answers as factually inaccurate to screw up the RLHF, things l… --- ## [Ancients Predicting Solar Eclipses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancients-predicting-solar-eclipses/1018917)
**Author:** [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancients-predicting-solar-eclipses/1018917 "2025-06-03T00:53:55Z")
On this date (well sort of who knows exactly what calendar they were using) a solar eclipse occurred, as predicted by the Greek philosopher Thales, while Alyattes was battling Cyaxares leading to a truce. This is the ear… --- ## [An Amazon Bellyache, too weak for the Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-amazon-bellyache-too-weak-for-the-pit/1019072)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-amazon-bellyache-too-weak-for-the-pit/1019072 "2025-06-02T23:32:35Z")
In the last 14 days, Amazon has screwed-up delivery on 8 items. Everything was fine, on the 15th. Then, POW! They can’t find their own left foot, now, much less my address. Blew the latest delivery three time. I’ve … --- ## [The 1969 film Burn!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1969-film-burn/1019116)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1969-film-burn/1019116 "2025-06-02T23:13:34Z")
Pontecorvo is best known for The Battle of Algiers, but his film Burn! with Marlon Brando is a powerful look at slavery and colonialism. The DVD is poor quality and the remastering was for some reason entirely dubbed int… --- ## [Something that Bugs Me about Opie the Birdman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-that-bugs-me-about-opie-the-birdman/1019119)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-that-bugs-me-about-opie-the-birdman/1019119 "2025-06-02T22:38:14Z")
They showed this Andy Griffith Show, Opie the Birdman episode recently on MeTV. Or maybe TVLand., I can never remember between the two. It’s the one where Opie hand raises the three chicks of a bird that he killed with… --- ## ["You were logged out"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-were-logged-out/1018883)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-were-logged-out/1018883 "2025-06-02T22:31:20Z")
Not sure if this is an ATMB issue or a site feedback issue, or neither. I just had that happen, a “You were logged out” message. I logged back in with no problem, but if I’ve ever had it happen before it was enough years… --- ## [Botticelli May 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078)
**Author:** [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Replies:** 374\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078 "2025-06-02T22:03:43Z")
Hello and welcome to the May 2025 Botticelli thread, with me, your host W. De La Rue. Here is last month’s thread, and here are the rules in convenient document form. I am M. --- ## [Alcohol that nobody has made?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-nobody-has-made/1011023)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-nobody-has-made/1011023 "2025-06-02T21:52:24Z")
I don’t drink at all, ever, so all of the various mentions of various types of alcohol and their taste is entirely vague theory to me. But I was just thinking of all the different things used as bases for famous types of… --- ## [My achin' dry eye eye eye](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-achin-dry-eye-eye-eye/1012667)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-achin-dry-eye-eye-eye/1012667 "2025-06-02T21:43:52Z")
I was going to put this in mpsims, screw that this is a rant. Anyway, I went to the eye doctor, and was assured that I do have dry eye as I suspected. At least I don’t feel like I’ve been watching watching too many dru… --- ## [Do professional, non state affiliated assassins really exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-professional-non-state-affiliated-assassins-really-exist/1013402)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-professional-non-state-affiliated-assassins-really-exist/1013402 "2025-06-02T20:43:57Z")
Talk elsewhere about the Boeing whistleblower death got me thinking. Suppose you’re a CEO who wants someone dead badly enough. I know you can hire some guy off the streets for cash and drugs. I know governments have hug… --- ## [What does a political "conservative" believe today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-political-conservative-believe-today/1017031)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-political-conservative-believe-today/1017031 "2025-06-02T20:31:41Z")
I feel this has been asked before, but I ask it again in light of this thread. In that thread, people refer to Eisenhower and Buckley conservatives. Other than referring to historical individuals, how could someone exp… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=305&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=307&state=watching)