# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=311 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 312 --- ## [No transplants for Primary Pulmonary Hypertension?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-transplants-for-primary-pulmonary-hypertension/1018714)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2025, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-transplants-for-primary-pulmonary-hypertension/1018714 "2025-05-23T22:14:58Z")
Nothing personal, something I saw in an ER rerun “Dear Abby” from Season 10. Apparently from the episode (2003), it implies that that’s not something that will get you on a waiting list for a transplant. From the ep: … --- ## [An expression of love](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-expression-of-love/1018666)
**Author:** [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-expression-of-love/1018666 "2025-05-23T22:13:26Z")
Love is a warm spot on the carpet where the dog has been waiting right outside your door. Yesterday I was dog-sitting for a friend who was going to be out of the house most of the day. The dog is about 1 year old, terr… --- ## [Denver: Soccer is more important than people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/denver-soccer-is-more-important-than-people/1018673)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/denver-soccer-is-more-important-than-people/1018673 "2025-05-23T20:39:42Z")
Mike Johnston the mayor and the City Council have decided to build a stadium from scratch for the Women’s Soccer franchise that Denver was recently awarded. Today they announced that workers will have to take two unpaid… --- ## [FedX question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedx-question/1018546)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedx-question/1018546 "2025-05-23T16:51:33Z")
My CC number got stolen, so I waiting for a new card. It will need to be signed for. It’s coming FedX. I’m hard of hearing, so may not hear the doorbell. Sigh. I left a note on the door to call me @ 555-5555 if I don’t… --- ## [What's cheaper? Thermostat on 76 and the fans on or](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-cheaper-thermostat-on-76-and-the-fans-on-or/1018683)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-cheaper-thermostat-on-76-and-the-fans-on-or/1018683 "2025-05-23T13:49:19Z")
What’s cheaper? Thermostat on 76 and the fans on? Or thermostat set at 72 with no fans on? --- ## [Embarrassing naked moments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-naked-moments/10010)
**Author:** [@randomlyblanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randomlyblanks)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2025, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-naked-moments/10010 "2025-05-23T12:27:14Z")
i’m a high school senior, and normally i never shower after gym class, but yesterday i was leaving school early, and decided that since nobody would be there with me, i could (besides we just ran two miles, so i was swea… --- ## [Drive to Survive and similar Netflix series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-to-survive-and-similar-netflix-series/1015404)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2025, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-to-survive-and-similar-netflix-series/1015404 "2025-05-23T11:03:07Z")
For those that don’t know, Drive to Survive is a netflix documentary / reality series about Formula 1. For many of us, that never really “got” formula one, seeing the behind the scenes drama and decisions, and then seei… --- ## [Chemical castration?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chemical-castration/1018676)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2025, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chemical-castration/1018676 "2025-05-23T10:04:47Z")
There seems to be a new movement towards this in the UK. What do we think? I will just mention Alan Turing… --- ## [Piper Mutt becomes suspicious of shrinkflation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-mutt-becomes-suspicious-of-shrinkflation/1018688)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2025, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-mutt-becomes-suspicious-of-shrinkflation/1018688 "2025-05-23T09:20:40Z")
The Piper Mutt is a big black-and-tan mutt who wouldn’t be out of place on a farm. Nonetheless, I’ve ended up with him. We have a morning ritual. I let him out, he comes bounding back in a bit later. I toss a chew stick… --- ## [Overrated cooking methods?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overrated-cooking-methods/1018624)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2025, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overrated-cooking-methods/1018624 "2025-05-23T02:42:51Z")
I just saw a Cracker Barrel commercial where they advertise new ‘campfire meals’ in which everything- your protein, starch and veg- are all wrapped together in a foil packet and cooked. It’s presented as this magical exp… --- ## [You Decide You Have to Leave Your Country. Where Do You Go and Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-decide-you-have-to-leave-your-country-where-do-you-go-and-why/1016395)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-decide-you-have-to-leave-your-country-where-do-you-go-and-why/1016395 "2025-05-23T01:49:38Z")
Title says it all. Let’s not make this another Trump thread. Just assume, for some reason, you decide to GTFO. Where are you now, and what’s your choice? Assume that you have some mechanism to be let in. I’m a US citize… --- ## [Unethical people & product warranties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unethical-people-product-warranties/1018585)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unethical-people-product-warranties/1018585 "2025-05-22T23:55:50Z")
So I asked a question on Reddit about hiking socks. Specifically, I asked if there were any that were machine washable with warm water, normal cycle, and tumble dry medium, because while my Darn Tough socks are great a… --- ## [Selfish, elderly democratic politicians are really pissing me off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfish-elderly-democratic-politicians-are-really-pissing-me-off/1018638)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfish-elderly-democratic-politicians-are-really-pissing-me-off/1018638 "2025-05-22T23:39:45Z")
What brought this thread about was the vote in the house for the Trump budget which will, among other things, cut medicad enrollment by millions. I heard that the GOP can lose 4 votes and still pass the bill. I thought ‘… --- ## [When nature and geometry intersect](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-nature-and-geometry-intersect/1018559)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-nature-and-geometry-intersect/1018559 "2025-05-22T23:06:30Z")
The built world offers all sorts of stark geometric compositions to explore. The natural world offers often softer organic compositions. Yin and yang, hard and soft, different photographic worlds, isn’t it? Oh, hell, … --- ## [The Ravenchord piano, and self-tuning pianos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ravenchord-piano-and-self-tuning-pianos/1003204)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ravenchord-piano-and-self-tuning-pianos/1003204 "2025-05-22T21:22:13Z")
I believe this is just a concept, not actually prototyped yet (not sure) - here is the Ravenchord piano, a totally new way to construct the innards of a piano - https://www.whipsaw.com/work/ravenchord-piano It would use… --- ## [United healthcare CEO assassinated, the P&E edition {This is not a gun debate/statistics thread!}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-healthcare-ceo-assassinated-the-p-e-edition-this-is-not-a-gun-debate-statistics-thread/1011195)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 894\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-healthcare-ceo-assassinated-the-p-e-edition-this-is-not-a-gun-debate-statistics-thread/1011195 "2025-05-22T21:01:10Z")
This is the central meaning of this event, regardless of the killer’s actual motivation. --- ## [I want to write a "Choose Your Adventure" book for Christmas... any tips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-write-a-choose-your-adventure-book-for-christmas-any-tips/1018635)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-write-a-choose-your-adventure-book-for-christmas-any-tips/1018635 "2025-05-22T20:23:25Z")
Title says it all. Anyway, never done this before (I’ve written a book, but it was pretty easy). If anyone here has any suggestions, that would be great. The best thing would be a plot-generator (coining a phrase) that… --- ## [Is there any way of sending the IRS a pdf of your paper tax return?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-of-sending-the-irs-a-pdf-of-your-paper-tax-return/1018639)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-of-sending-the-irs-a-pdf-of-your-paper-tax-return/1018639 "2025-05-22T20:17:22Z")
As usual, I take advantage of the automatic 2 month extension given to non-residents to file US tax returns. I never owe anything anyway, given the foreign tax credit. Usually, I wait till mid-June and, for reasons, al… --- ## [Does Pope Leo XIV have diplomatic immunity in the United States](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-pope-leo-xiv-have-diplomatic-immunity-in-the-united-states/1018230)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-pope-leo-xiv-have-diplomatic-immunity-in-the-united-states/1018230 "2025-05-22T18:29:01Z")
Pope Leo XIV (ne Robert Francis Prevost) is now simultaneously a foreign head of state and a US citizen (and also a Peruvian citizen). What’s the protocol if when he visits the USA? Would he have diplomatic immunity duri… --- ## [The song in my head... 46 years and still going strong!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-in-my-head-46-years-and-still-going-strong/1018607)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-in-my-head-46-years-and-still-going-strong/1018607 "2025-05-22T18:03:15Z")
Had I had enough sense and foreknowledge to save the date, I would know… to the day… I entered puberty. Regardless, it was sometime between September 1978 - March 1979. I turn on Atlanta’s channel 17 (in a few years thi… --- ## [Non-Khadaji's What Non-existent Books are you Reading? May 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-khadajis-what-non-existent-books-are-you-reading-may-2025/1018620)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-khadajis-what-non-existent-books-are-you-reading-may-2025/1018620 "2025-05-22T16:15:19Z")
Writer for the Chicago Sun-Times turns out a list of books to read this summer that includes books that don’t exist. He claims that he used AI to generate the list, then didn’t check it for content, REALLY? You used AI… --- ## [Back from the dead for a sequel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-the-dead-for-a-sequel/1018425)
**Author:** [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-from-the-dead-for-a-sequel/1018425 "2025-05-22T16:08:24Z")
Somewhat inspired by the thread What is the WORST immediate sequel to a great film?: You may recall Hallowe’en Resurrection, an (inferior) sequel to the (not-great) Hallowe’en H20. Michael Myers being decapitated in H20 … --- ## [Did we just get a drive-by hosiery fetishist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-we-just-get-a-drive-by-hosiery-fetishist/1018664)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-we-just-get-a-drive-by-hosiery-fetishist/1018664 "2025-05-22T14:20:47Z")
There are four ancient threads resurrected in IMHO… I mean I like lingerie on a lady as much as the next guy (and on men, in the Rocky Horror Picture Show!) but Zombies in Stockings is not something I had considered… eve… --- ## [Why don't movie theaters play older franchise movies when the sequel is incoming?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-movie-theaters-play-older-franchise-movies-when-the-sequel-is-incoming/1018599)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-movie-theaters-play-older-franchise-movies-when-the-sequel-is-incoming/1018599 "2025-05-22T14:05:57Z")
I’ve only noticed this happening now but it’s too little too late, my local theater had a showing of the original Twister when Twisters was a month away, and currently they’re doing a showing of the original Karate Kid a… --- ## [What color are the Ghostbusters uniforms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-the-ghostbusters-uniforms/1018667)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-the-ghostbusters-uniforms/1018667 "2025-05-22T14:02:04Z")
I just watched Ghostbusters again recently, for possibly the 100th + time, and noticed something I had never noticed before. During the montage towards the middle of the movie (right after they capture Slimer) where the… --- ## [Acid reflux woes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acid-reflux-woes/1018561)
**Author:** [@Hal1776](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal1776)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acid-reflux-woes/1018561 "2025-05-22T13:20:51Z")
I have had acid reflux my entire life, and I need not one surgery, but two, as my reflux has completely ruined my teeth. On top of having a TIF procedure, I will also have to have all of my teeth extracted and replaced w… --- ## [Can an inner ear infection cause dizziness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-inner-ear-infection-cause-dizziness/1018426)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-inner-ear-infection-cause-dizziness/1018426 "2025-05-22T13:19:29Z")
For about three weeks, I had the following symptom. When I laid down in bed an my left side, I would experience 2-3 seconds of the room spinning. When I sat up from lying on my left side, likewise. It never affected m… --- ## [Ladies: Pantyhose or Stockings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-pantyhose-or-stockings/505056)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-pantyhose-or-stockings/505056 "2025-05-22T08:46:16Z")
And why one over the other? If stockings do you prefer thigh highs or garters? Colors, patterns or fishnets? Shiny or dull? Ever wear seamed? These are questions more about regular wearing, not so much the bedroom. --- ## [Do women like pantyhose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-like-pantyhose/368640)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-like-pantyhose/368640 "2025-05-22T07:38:46Z")
I’ve noticed it’s become rarer to see women wearing pantyhose or stockings in everyday wear. On the few times I see a women wearing stockings, they also wear dress slacks. Every time I hear or read about women wearing… --- ## [Stockings and suspenders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-suspenders/300029)
**Author:** [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-suspenders/300029 "2025-05-22T07:36:32Z")
So I’ve got it in my head that wearing those might be a fun idea. But it’s making me a bit nervous, so here are some burning questions. For people who have tried them: Do they actually work or do you tights keep falli… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=310) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=312)