# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=342&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 343 --- ## [Now that Musk bought Twitter -- Breaking News only](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 504\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737 "2025-04-04T23:14:29Z")
Well, the IMHO thread kept heading off the rails, and is now in the pit. But I think there’s interest in just following what’s happening to Twitter. Layoffs? Hardcore-only? More traffic? Fewer advertisers? New/broken f… --- ## [Physicist designs new bats for the Yankees. They hit 9 homers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physicist-designs-new-bats-for-the-yankees-they-hit-9-homers/1016336)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physicist-designs-new-bats-for-the-yankees-they-hit-9-homers/1016336 "2025-04-04T22:24:03Z")
They look pretty cool. Let’s see how long before they are banned. --- ## [A question about Good Omens (seasons 1 vs 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-good-omens-seasons-1-vs-2/1016644)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-good-omens-seasons-1-vs-2/1016644 "2025-04-04T21:46:42Z")
In S1 E1 Crawly (or Crowly) is a fallen angel who took the form of a snake to tempt Eve and Adam to eat a fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. Well, when asked, Crowly says (as Pratchett or Gaiman wrote in the book) he wasn… --- ## [Nintendo Switch 2 - predictions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-switch-2-predictions/1007520)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-switch-2-predictions/1007520 "2025-04-04T20:13:43Z")
I think they are going to announce it either in November…which would be strange considering it isn’t out for holidays, or they will drop its announcement in January. Some predictions I have: Price: $399 Name: Super Sw… --- ## [Should Democratic Senators play nice with Republicans and support the continuing resolution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-democratic-senators-play-nice-with-republicans-and-support-the-continuing-resolution/1015454)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 291\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-democratic-senators-play-nice-with-republicans-and-support-the-continuing-resolution/1015454 "2025-04-04T20:02:47Z")
Continuing the discussion from Fighting for the American Democratic Experiment and Against Trump: Practical Steps and Best Practices: This is a real issue up for debate within the Senate Democratic caucus. The House pas… --- ## [If it took only a short time to travel between your home and workplace, would you be more or less likely to work from home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-took-only-a-short-time-to-travel-between-your-home-and-workplace-would-you-be-more-or-less-likely-to-work-from-home/1010129)
**Author:** [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-took-only-a-short-time-to-travel-between-your-home-and-workplace-would-you-be-more-or-less-likely-to-work-from-home/1010129 "2025-04-04T19:17:25Z")
If didn’t take long for you to get to work and you were offered the choice, would you be: poll --- ## [Childhood treats rediscovered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-treats-rediscovered/1016565)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-treats-rediscovered/1016565 "2025-04-04T18:54:39Z")
I never really forgot it, just couldn’t find it anytime I bothered to look for it over the years. A few weeks ago, I discovered halva at a local walmart. Just the one, I’ve checked around at others and not seen it at a… --- ## [Questions about Lincoln’s assassination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-lincoln-s-assassination/1016617)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-lincoln-s-assassination/1016617 "2025-04-04T18:39:17Z")
Wasn’t sure if this belongs in P&E or not. Assume Booth still kills Lincoln, but somehow the searchers just don’t find him, either by prior planning or luck. Or what if Booth doesn’t reveal himself and just slips away (… --- ## [The Fish House - Fried Shrimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fish-house-fried-shrimp/487224)
**Author:** [@Robt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robt)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fish-house-fried-shrimp/487224 "2025-04-04T17:20:38Z")
There used to be a little fish place called The Fish House at Grand and LaSalle or Grand and Wells. To say it had the best fried shrimp ever cannot do justice to how good their fried shrimp was. If you ever had it, you… --- ## [Long Island Kitties in Trouble due to fire at cat sanctuary (2025-Mar-31)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-island-kitties-in-trouble-due-to-fire-at-cat-sanctuary-2025-mar-31/1016532)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2025, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-island-kitties-in-trouble-due-to-fire-at-cat-sanctuary-2025-mar-31/1016532 "2025-04-04T13:51:00Z")
Suffolk County cat sanctuary recently burned to the ground, arson suspected. At least one article has a Go Fund Me link and another (paywalled, unfortunately) mentions volunteers looking for help, so I’m posting here fir… --- ## [Was The Powerpuff Girls EVER that great?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-powerpuff-girls-ever-that-great/1016069)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2025, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-powerpuff-girls-ever-that-great/1016069 "2025-04-04T07:53:00Z")
So I caught a bunch of stuff on the recently-axed live action Powerpuff Girls, and the news that Craig McCracken reacquired the rights and is planning some kind of revival. There’s been a predictable amount of hand-wring… --- ## [Looking for a word, AI is not helping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-word-ai-is-not-helping/1016529)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2025, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-word-ai-is-not-helping/1016529 "2025-04-04T07:39:11Z")
This is a word I have used almost daily for the past 6 months and a few days ago it left me and I isn’t coming back. I have tried googling and AI to no avail. It is a commonly used word. The closest word I am using in i… --- ## [Lyme Disease](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyme-disease/1016585)
**Author:** [@mglambo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mglambo)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyme-disease/1016585 "2025-04-04T01:49:39Z")
I was diagnosed yesterday with Lyme disease. Don’t know much about it. The doctor actually pulled a tick out of one of my bullseye shaped rashes. I also have three other rashes on my body. She prescribed a 2 week regime… --- ## [OnlyFans sued by users for alleged fraud](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onlyfans-sued-by-users-for-alleged-fraud/1016528)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onlyfans-sued-by-users-for-alleged-fraud/1016528 "2025-04-04T00:11:46Z")
Apparently the 2 men became suspicious that the attractive models they’d contacted were not actually chatting with the gentlemen. So the guys launched a class-action lawsuit. Imagine having your job be to chat with peopl… --- ## [Begging the question fallacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begging-the-question-fallacy/1016166)
**Author:** [@longtry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longtry)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2025, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begging-the-question-fallacy/1016166 "2025-04-04T00:09:25Z")
Here are some examples that AI gave me about the fallacy: The reason I believe in ghosts is that I have seen one. The law is just because it is the law. You should trust him because he is trustworthy. The president is … --- ## [2025 US House special elections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-us-house-special-elections/1014399)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-us-house-special-elections/1014399 "2025-04-03T23:59:24Z")
There are 3 upcoming House elections to replace members who took up a role in the new administration. These were of course drawn from very safe Republican districts, where the members had won with around a 20 point margi… --- ## [Too many vaccinations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-many-vaccinations/1016198)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-many-vaccinations/1016198 "2025-04-03T21:54:41Z")
I think I’ve had all of the childhood vaccinations but am close to sixty years old now, so they’re decades in the past. Would there be any harm in getting a measles any of the other usual ones, now as a precaution and so… --- ## [Local burger place claims they serve Coca-Cola but they don't, do I have a legal case against them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-burger-place-claims-they-serve-coca-cola-but-they-dont-do-i-have-a-legal-case-against-them/1016386)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-burger-place-claims-they-serve-coca-cola-but-they-dont-do-i-have-a-legal-case-against-them/1016386 "2025-04-03T20:45:17Z")
I’m kidding (the title is exaggeration) but I’m curious if they’re technically in trouble. There’s a local non-chain burger place (sit-down restaurant with a drive-thru) that’s been here as long as I’ve lived here for 3… --- ## [Please help with this internet math question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-with-this-internet-math-question/1016520)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-with-this-internet-math-question/1016520 "2025-04-03T20:42:00Z")
A coworker brought in this math problem. Initially I wanted to take 2/3 of 120. Giving 80 green and 40 red. That’s wrong because green is 2/3 of the number of red apples. A value we don’t know. What’s the equation to … --- ## [Have there been major improvements in dental anesthetics in the past few decades?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-major-improvements-in-dental-anesthetics-in-the-past-few-decades/1016134)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-major-improvements-in-dental-anesthetics-in-the-past-few-decades/1016134 "2025-04-03T20:02:13Z")
Had my first major dental procedure in a few decades performed yesterday, and was pleasantly surprised to experience no pain in either the administration of the novocaine or the actual procedure. Have there been major c… --- ## [Want to Significantly Reduce the Possibility of Dementia: Get the Shingles Vaccine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-significantly-reduce-the-possibility-of-dementia-get-the-shingles-vaccine/984655)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-significantly-reduce-the-possibility-of-dementia-get-the-shingles-vaccine/984655 "2025-04-03T19:58:31Z")
This is just a Twitter thread,so its reliability is somewhat suspect until further evaluation: I personally have been thinking of getting the shingles vaccine for a long time but have hesitated because of a lot of rep… --- ## [Quaker Meeting House London Protest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quaker-meeting-house-london-protest/1016489)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quaker-meeting-house-london-protest/1016489 "2025-04-03T18:52:28Z")
This is UK stuff though it is “clusterfuck” kind of stuff. A dozen or so women were having a meeting in a Quaker Meeting House in London. Twenty plus Metro cops smashed the doors down and arrested everyone (it’s thou… --- ## [Brain Implant Enable Speech from Thought](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brain-implant-enable-speech-from-thought/1016548)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brain-implant-enable-speech-from-thought/1016548 "2025-04-03T18:08:13Z")
Use of AI together with her previous speech for creating the speech. Quite an advancement over previous attempts. --- ## [What's going on with gocomics.com?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285 "2025-04-03T17:44:09Z")
The site seems to have been down for the last three days. I need my comics fix and gocomic’s competitors don’t carry the strips I prefer to read. :frowning: --- ## [What would you do differently for the next pandemic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-differently-for-the-next-pandemic/1016073)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-differently-for-the-next-pandemic/1016073 "2025-04-03T16:13:43Z")
We’re a few years out of covid now, but it still seems like every month or two, the media tries to play up some disease du jour as the next likely pandemic (like bird flu). Suppose they’re right one of these days and the… --- ## [The SDMB Keeps Freezing- No Other Sites Do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-keeps-freezing-no-other-sites-do/1016484)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-keeps-freezing-no-other-sites-do/1016484 "2025-04-03T16:10:25Z")
I am using Firefox 134.02 (64 Bit). Often, on the SDMB but not other sites, I cannot click on a link or other thing I should be able to click on, when I am typing a post (it’s happening right now) the cursor stops moving… --- ## [2007 RAV4: Preventative maintenance due to age, not mileage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-rav4-preventative-maintenance-due-to-age-not-mileage/1016570)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-rav4-preventative-maintenance-due-to-age-not-mileage/1016570 "2025-04-03T15:47:20Z")
I’ve posted about this car before. It’s a 2007 Toyota RAV4, 2.4L engine, front-wheel drive, with only 41K miles on it. It’s in amazing condition…but 17 years old. It’s used mostly for short trips around town, but it s… --- ## [Is police in the USA seizing money for no reason and keeping it really a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-police-in-the-usa-seizing-money-for-no-reason-and-keeping-it-really-a-thing/1016539)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-police-in-the-usa-seizing-money-for-no-reason-and-keeping-it-really-a-thing/1016539 "2025-04-03T15:07:12Z")
This may well fit better in the Pit, as the behaviour described is so nasty, but for a start I’ll put it in MPSIMS. I have been reading repeatedly about the powers of the US police to seize assets from people they stop, … --- ## [When did Disney’s original SNOW WHITE break even?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-disney-s-original-snow-white-break-even/1016562)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-disney-s-original-snow-white-break-even/1016562 "2025-04-03T13:49:35Z")
All the clucking about what a “box office bomb” the new SNOW WHITE is has me wondering. I once heard that the original cartoon released three or four times before it made a profit. My Google search came up dry, so does a… --- ## [What's the Straight Dope on Drake getting called, basically, a pedophile by Kendrick Lamar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-drake-getting-called-basically-a-pedophile-by-kendrick-lamar/1014143)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-drake-getting-called-basically-a-pedophile-by-kendrick-lamar/1014143 "2025-04-03T13:18:16Z")
The two have a beef, that is for sure. In his most famous recent song “Not Like Us”, Kendrick full blown says: My question is: Is there any real evidence for these claims? Is this another R. Kelly or Harvey Weinstein … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=341&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=343&state=tracking)