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**Author:** [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-tacos/56047 "2025-04-14T12:30:22Z")
I was listening to the Sohpie B. Hawkins song, “As I Lay Me,” and for years I’ve always wondered what the small chorus is singing in the background of the main chorus. I always thought it sounded like, “I love Tacos.” I’… --- ## [Bob's your Uncle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645 "2025-04-14T06:25:11Z")
I had an Uncle Bob. I’m amazed how many thingies are Bob. A name for your uncle. Tails. Haircuts. Sticking your face in water trying to catch an apple. Whites. Fishing lure set up. A bodily/head movement. A unit… --- ## [Antibiotic resistance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antibiotic-resistance/838110)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antibiotic-resistance/838110 "2025-04-14T05:23:03Z")
Is it possible to become tolerant of antibiotics? I’ve taken them a lot when younger. I used to get upper respiratory infections every winter and was always given penicillin or amoxicillin. Last February (2018) I had to… --- ## [Do you have an inner voice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-an-inner-voice/1011680)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-an-inner-voice/1011680 "2025-04-14T04:00:43Z")
I’m sure this has been done before. I’ve read this in the past: some people do not have an inner monologue. I came across it again today, based on a social media question about reading silently to yourself. This perso… --- ## [I am being ripped off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-ripped-off/1016936)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-ripped-off/1016936 "2025-04-14T02:36:54Z")
I am a mathematician and I produce and sell theorems. But most of the people I do business with are not interested in buying a theorem from me. So I pay them in seldincoins, which are kind of IOU. My barber, for examp… --- ## [You FUCKING Bastard!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-bastard/215146)
**Author:** [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-bastard/215146 "2025-04-14T01:32:31Z")
I’m up way too late, and I decide to dial in some internet radio via iTunes to have some background noise, while I try to take care of a couple of things for work. As I’m typing away, I find one of the tunes that’s play… --- ## [How do I get a summer job?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-a-summer-job/1017010)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-a-summer-job/1017010 "2025-04-14T00:43:54Z")
Mid-50’s teacher. Deciding to take this summer off from traveling and thought a summer job would help pay off some bills (please don’t make this political about the economy). I’d just like some quiet job like warehous… --- ## [Best e-Reader Kindle v Kobo v Nook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-e-reader-kindle-v-kobo-v-nook/804576)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2025, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-e-reader-kindle-v-kobo-v-nook/804576 "2025-04-13T23:41:24Z")
I’m recovering from surgery and have a lot of time on my hands. I’m wondering whether it might be time to make the leap away from Kindle for e-readers, or at least expand my universe. I realized that I’m firmly tied up i… --- ## [Cannabis stores with punny names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabis-stores-with-punny-names/982416)
**Author:** [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2025, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabis-stores-with-punny-names/982416 "2025-04-13T23:04:40Z")
When Canada legalized cannabis sales, Toronto had a flurry of stores opening up with punny names on a scale only seen before with hair salons. Off the top of my head: Highlife Cannabis Baker & Blazer Cannabis Fogtown … --- ## [Moving money after account owner dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-money-after-account-owner-dies/1016969)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-money-after-account-owner-dies/1016969 "2025-04-13T22:20:12Z")
My mother died a few days ago. (Thanks in advance for your condolences.) My sister and I are her sole heirs, my sister is her executor, and one or both of us are named as beneficiaries of her various bank and investment… --- ## [Emailing v texting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emailing-v-texting/1016673)
**Author:** [@mglambo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mglambo)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emailing-v-texting/1016673 "2025-04-13T21:21:02Z")
I have a friend who is much harder to reach via text than email. He and I are both retired. He might check his phone texts every day or two but he’s right on top of emails. He is practically the only person I know who co… --- ## [Mysterious cache of photos from 1960s San Francisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-cache-of-photos-from-1960s-san-francisco/1016943)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-cache-of-photos-from-1960s-san-francisco/1016943 "2025-04-13T20:32:52Z")
A huge cache of over 8,000 photos was found in an abandoned storage locker. About a third of them are on undeveloped film, and therefore have not yet been seen. The photos are of a large number of public events in San Fr… --- ## [Turning a Python app into a web app for easier distribution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-a-python-app-into-a-web-app-for-easier-distribution/1016772)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-a-python-app-into-a-web-app-for-easier-distribution/1016772 "2025-04-13T20:29:11Z")
Anyone have experience or advice on turning a Python script into a web app? Background Continuing the discussion from How do I make a computer program that other computers do not see as a threat?: In that other thread,… --- ## [Have you ever seen a bell-mouth spillway? (aka a “Glory Hole”)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-bell-mouth-spillway-aka-a-glory-hole/1016480)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-bell-mouth-spillway-aka-a-glory-hole/1016480 "2025-04-13T20:16:51Z")
Dam! Today was my first one. It is pretty cool! • https://i.imgur.com/MAsD6pK.mp4 Lake Berryessa’s water level is high enough that water is flowing through the spillway … --- ## [Do you own any albums on which you only like 1 song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-any-albums-on-which-you-only-like-1-song/1016799)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-any-albums-on-which-you-only-like-1-song/1016799 "2025-04-13T13:50:00Z")
Apologies to all you streamers, but this is aimed at folk (dinosaurs?) who own LPs and CDs. We still have maybe 3-4’ of albums. We keep them downstairs under our old stereo and listen to them rarely. Recently I’ve dec… --- ## [What's with these three painted dots on my windshield (they were there when I bought the car from the dealer)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-these-three-painted-dots-on-my-windshield-they-were-there-when-i-bought-the-car-from-the-dealer/1016927)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2025, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-these-three-painted-dots-on-my-windshield-they-were-there-when-i-bought-the-car-from-the-dealer/1016927 "2025-04-13T08:28:11Z")
In case I didn’t do the pic-embedding thing right, I’m asking about three dots, forming a triangle, that are painted on my windshield of my new-to-me car. One is red, one is white, the other is green, forming a triangle.… --- ## [Loud hotel neighbors - what to do, if anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-hotel-neighbors-what-to-do-if-anything/226834)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2025, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-hotel-neighbors-what-to-do-if-anything/226834 "2025-04-13T06:11:39Z")
As a perk of my job, I had the pleasure of spending the other night in beautiful downtown Cincinnati. It is amazing how warm 20 degrees seems after Chicago’s single digits! Checked into a very comfortable hotel room ri… --- ## [I want to hear James Spader recite "The Hunting of the Snark"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-hear-james-spader-recite-the-hunting-of-the-snark/1016949)
**Author:** [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2025, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-hear-james-spader-recite-the-hunting-of-the-snark/1016949 "2025-04-13T01:58:04Z")
Just putting it out there. --- ## [Explain trade deficits to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-trade-deficits-to-me/1016829)
**Author:** [@Honolulu\_Lulu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honolulu_Lulu)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-trade-deficits-to-me/1016829 "2025-04-13T00:38:42Z")
Please explain trade deficits to me. I don’t understand how they even exist. If I google it, I get, “A trade deficit occurs when a country’s imports exceed its exports, meaning it buys more goods and services from othe… --- ## [California looking to exempt itself from tariffs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-looking-to-exempt-itself-from-tariffs/1016628)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-looking-to-exempt-itself-from-tariffs/1016628 "2025-04-13T00:21:59Z")
Technically it is a factual question but I presume it will become a political discussion. I read an article that Gov. Newsom is looking to negotiate agreements with foreign countries to exempt California from the retali… --- ## [How many Dopers are Vegan or Vegetarian?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-are-vegan-or-vegetarian/991773)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2025, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-are-vegan-or-vegetarian/991773 "2025-04-12T23:42:26Z")
Prompted by the recent poll question about ‘If you were restricted to only one animal protein, what would it be?’ It got me wondering how many Vegans or Vegetarians we have here. I made it a multiple-choice poll, becau… --- ## [Math questions stationary Cycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-questions-stationary-cycle/1016871)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-questions-stationary-cycle/1016871 "2025-04-12T20:17:40Z")
I was looking at stationary bikes and the resistance methods they use. The flywheel caught my attention. If I had a 50# flywheel for instance and I wanted to calculate how much energy it would take to get it to a given r… --- ## [Specific question about estranged families](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/specific-question-about-estranged-families/1016308)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2025, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/specific-question-about-estranged-families/1016308 "2025-04-12T19:07:17Z")
Everyone I know has a story about their estranged family, but I’ve noticed something a bit odd about some of these stories, the ones that involve grown children who have cut a parent dead, often a parent who is completel… --- ## [Advice on how to deal with long-lost friend who has transitioned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-how-to-deal-with-long-lost-friend-who-has-transitioned/1016915)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-how-to-deal-with-long-lost-friend-who-has-transitioned/1016915 "2025-04-12T18:00:08Z")
Years ago, in my last year of high school, in a new, for me, school, I was befriended by a guy who sat next to me in home room. It was literally in the first five minutes of my first day, when he turned around and introd… --- ## [Ghost of Tsushima - my thoughts while I play (open spoilers as I progress)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-of-tsushima-my-thoughts-while-i-play-open-spoilers-as-i-progress/1016059)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2025, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-of-tsushima-my-thoughts-while-i-play-open-spoilers-as-i-progress/1016059 "2025-04-12T17:54:45Z")
I’m about 9 hours into this game and really enjoying its vibe. I think of it as a “putz around and do stuff on the map” type of game, mixed in of course with some real missions/levels that have been good so far. No one … --- ## [Why do lasers go "pew pew", anyway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-lasers-go-pew-pew-anyway/1016712)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-lasers-go-pew-pew-anyway/1016712 "2025-04-12T17:48:49Z")
Where did the trend of lasers sounding like “pew! pew!” come from, originally? By the time Star Wars came around, was that already a common meme? In the Trek Original Series, the phasers were more like sustained pulses… --- ## [Song Titles that are wrong according to the lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-are-wrong-according-to-the-lyrics/996352)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2025, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-titles-that-are-wrong-according-to-the-lyrics/996352 "2025-04-12T15:37:52Z")
This is for songs where the author may have a clever or catchy title, but it clearly does not match the lyrics. In my mind is Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal”. --- ## [Not following the 'reciprocal tariff' philosophy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-following-the-reciprocal-tariff-philosophy/1016568)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-following-the-reciprocal-tariff-philosophy/1016568 "2025-04-12T15:17:48Z")
I know there is an extensive tariff thread ongoing, but I don’t think I’ve seen a reasoning for why it is ‘ok’ for other countries to tariff US goods, but not ok for US to impose tariffs. First, I recognize that the ‘re… --- ## [Grumpy old luddites around here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grumpy-old-luddites-around-here/1016701)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grumpy-old-luddites-around-here/1016701 "2025-04-12T14:37:24Z")
It seems like there have been an inordinate number of “I’m old, I don’t want to change, and computers are expensive!” posts around here. Even when the computers and software in question are actually quite ancient and t… --- ## [Thoughts on Smart TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-smart-tv/1016954)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2025, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-smart-tv/1016954 "2025-04-12T12:05:20Z")
I’m seeing a lot of commercials for medications. Maybe because I’m working my way through Grey’s Anatomy. I find myself wondering who the heck makes up the names for these drugs. Three syllables, three letters in each s… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=334) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=336)