# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=355&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 356 --- ## [Do you know anyone who is a walking fire hazard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-who-is-a-walking-fire-hazard/1015696)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-who-is-a-walking-fire-hazard/1015696 "2025-03-17T17:04:05Z")
Ugh, I have a cousin who has zero foresight when it comes to fire hazards. He has several electronic heaters around his house. He leaves them on unattended sometimes. One time he left one on in the bathroom unintended w… --- ## [Problem with msn.com links](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-msn-com-links/1015682)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-msn-com-links/1015682 "2025-03-17T16:52:37Z")
So I posted a link to https ://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/he-voted-for-trump-now-his-wife-sits-in-an-ice-detention-center/ar-AA1B0Qwo \[note an extra space added to show what is happening\] And the link was instead poste… --- ## [2023: 11-year-old girl FAFOs while misusing 911 service](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-11-year-old-girl-fafos-while-misusing-911-service/1015690)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-11-year-old-girl-fafos-while-misusing-911-service/1015690 "2025-03-17T16:22:45Z")
This video was just posted yesterday, and is going viral. TL : DW - an 11-year-old girl, about whom I am guessing had never been in trouble before, prank-called 911, stating that she had witnessed a kidnapping. None of… --- ## [Flu, how to do it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flu-how-to-do-it/1015419)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flu-how-to-do-it/1015419 "2025-03-17T16:14:30Z")
Need help two major things: how do I clear my nose out so I can breath, & how do I sit up in terms of posture, not greatness. I am 58, and to my knowledge, have never had flu before. So I need shortcuts om all the comfor… --- ## [Poll: Is “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” about LSD / drugs / psychedelia, or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-lucy-in-the-sky-with-diamonds-about-lsd-drugs-psychedelia-or-not/1015334)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-lucy-in-the-sky-with-diamonds-about-lsd-drugs-psychedelia-or-not/1015334 "2025-03-17T15:58:52Z")
poll Continuing the discussion from Myths that form about songs and bands / band members: Within that thread sprang up a bit of a debate over the true origin and meaning of the song Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds, with s… --- ## [Covid, Amtrak: thoughts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-amtrak-thoughts/1013167)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-amtrak-thoughts/1013167 "2025-03-17T15:04:27Z")
We’ve long wanted to take Amtrak from Seattle to Chicago/Milwaukee and back. Friends in Milwaukee have invited us out for a couple of weeks in April. It’s hard for us to evaluate the Covid risk and so, we turn to the Dop… --- ## [Is Amazon blocking some political podcasts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-amazon-blocking-some-political-podcasts/1015697)
**Author:** [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-amazon-blocking-some-political-podcasts/1015697 "2025-03-17T13:34:57Z")
We used to be able to get various left-leaning podcasts like Democracy Docket, Unjustified, Shrinking Trump, and Weekend Show with Anthony Davis through our Echo Devices. Alexa now claims not being able to find them, t… --- ## [Wal-Mart Equate Brand Product is "Women Owned"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wal-mart-equate-brand-product-is-women-owned/1015351)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wal-mart-equate-brand-product-is-women-owned/1015351 "2025-03-17T12:50:28Z")
So, I’ve been using Wal-Mart’s Everyday Clean shampoo for years now. It’s sold under their Equate brand, which according to Wikipedia is a private label store brand of Wal-Mart’s, and which they’ve owned since 1993. The… --- ## [Why wasn't The Hulk Nude The First Time He Transformed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wasnt-the-hulk-nude-the-first-time-he-transformed/1015548)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wasnt-the-hulk-nude-the-first-time-he-transformed/1015548 "2025-03-17T12:07:05Z")
I can suspend disbelief enough to assume Bruce Banner figured out how to create some pants that wouldn’t completely come apart at the seams later, but the first time there’s no way Banner’s pants would have survived the … --- ## [(Old) Who, me? I started the MMP today!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-who-me-i-started-the-mmp-today/1015386)
**Author:** [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Replies:** 270\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-who-me-i-started-the-mmp-today/1015386 "2025-03-17T06:10:11Z")
I’ve been waiting for y’all but no one jumped in to start, so Annie encouraged me to go for it. --- ## [Question about different "areas" in a home basement foundation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-different-areas-in-a-home-basement-foundation/1015446)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-different-areas-in-a-home-basement-foundation/1015446 "2025-03-17T06:05:24Z")
A new house is being built near me. Right now, the foundation is poured. It will have a full basement - with 3 “escape” windows. When I look at the foundation, it is divided into 4 separate “areas.” The main area (wi… --- ## [Let us assume that Victor Frankenstein was real, and it all worked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-assume-that-victor-frankenstein-was-real-and-it-all-worked/1015470)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-assume-that-victor-frankenstein-was-real-and-it-all-worked/1015470 "2025-03-16T23:41:20Z")
We are assuming that the MOVIE VERSION of Frankenstein actually happened. And a Human-like being could be assembled from parts of the dead, and re-animated by electrical & chemical means. This would have happened in th… --- ## [The fate of the 1890 Census - DESTROYED](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fate-of-the-1890-census-destroyed/1015673)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fate-of-the-1890-census-destroyed/1015673 "2025-03-16T23:40:12Z")
The loss of veterans records by fire came up in a recent thread and it reminded me of the terrible fate that befell the 1890 Census. The 1890 Census was an important one for other reasons but particularly in Lorain, Ohio… --- ## [Why did the Jedi take a side in the Clone Wars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-jedi-take-a-side-in-the-clone-wars/1015660)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-jedi-take-a-side-in-the-clone-wars/1015660 "2025-03-16T23:11:54Z")
I am reading a Star Wars novel set in the first days of the Galactic Empire (it starts literally days after Palpatine makes his speech to the Senate). There is a character who had fought for the Separatists and they wer… --- ## [Topic ban for Aspidistra, no more posting about Trans People will be allowed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-ban-for-aspidistra-no-more-posting-about-trans-people-will-be-allowed/1015676)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-ban-for-aspidistra-no-more-posting-about-trans-people-will-be-allowed/1015676 "2025-03-16T20:36:14Z")
Topic Ban for @Aspidistra for Trans Issues. She is no longer to post about Trans people at all. As the poster has been unable to follow explicit moderation instruction when informed they are in violation of our existing… --- ## [Tornado bit me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tornado-bit-me/1015670)
**Author:** [@knavette57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knavette57)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tornado-bit-me/1015670 "2025-03-16T20:10:44Z")
However, it was my country shack in the MO outback, and not much damage. However, my childhood town, in Arnold MO, was damaged. The elementary school that I attended seems intact, but many of the old trees were downed.… --- ## [Could Gov J B Pritzker be the next leader of the Democratic party?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-gov-j-b-pritzker-be-the-next-leader-of-the-democratic-party/1014596)
**Author:** [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-gov-j-b-pritzker-be-the-next-leader-of-the-democratic-party/1014596 "2025-03-16T19:59:02Z")
He gave an awesome State of the State. Here’s a link to the text: Gov J B Pritzker’s 2025 State of the State here are a few excerpts: “I know it’s in fashion at the federal level right now to just indiscriminately sl… --- ## [I've been selected for jury duty next week - circuit court.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-selected-for-jury-duty-next-week-circuit-court/569977)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-selected-for-jury-duty-next-week-circuit-court/569977 "2025-03-16T19:42:17Z")
I answered my first juror questionnaire online a few months ago and last month I received a summons. I am to report to the courthouse for the juror pool Monday morning. --- ## [Aspidistra has been suspended for 30 days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aspidistra-has-been-suspended-for-30-days/1015623)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aspidistra-has-been-suspended-for-30-days/1015623 "2025-03-16T19:02:53Z")
Aspidistra has been suspended for 30 days for ignoring mod instructions to stop misgendering trans people in this thread in the Pit: SDMB rules state: Do not deliberately misgender another poster – that is, refer to … --- ## [Kevin Drum has passed away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-drum-has-passed-away/1015400)
**Author:** [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-drum-has-passed-away/1015400 "2025-03-16T18:14:00Z")
While many would rightly focus on his career as a blogger and journalist, what stands out most to me is the impact he had as a pragmatic progressive who never lost sight of reality. Kevin was one of the pioneers of the … --- ## [How do you decelerate a spaceship powered by a solar sail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-decelerate-a-spaceship-powered-by-a-solar-sail/1015643)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-decelerate-a-spaceship-powered-by-a-solar-sail/1015643 "2025-03-16T17:35:39Z")
My understanding is that one hypothetical way for a spaceship to travel to a nearby star system is a solar sail. A laser based on the earth or the moon would push a solar sail attached to a spaceship, causing it to accel… --- ## [Cincinnati Greek Chili](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cincinnati-greek-chili/34219)
**Author:** [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cincinnati-greek-chili/34219 "2025-03-16T16:18:58Z")
AKA “Gold Star Chili” or “Skyline Chili”. The thread about “Chicago Style” hot dogs made me think about food named for cities, and hence, this stuff. I’ve never had it, only heard accounts of it, which make me curious. … --- ## [Raskin encourages DOGE Privacy Act Requests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raskin-encourages-doge-privacy-act-requests/1015664)
**Author:** [@justdoit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justdoit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raskin-encourages-doge-privacy-act-requests/1015664 "2025-03-16T15:34:47Z")
Something to consider. “The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has issued an injunction commanding DOGE to comply with citizen requests under the Freedom of Information Act. This law encompasses the Fede… --- ## [Electricity is magic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electricity-is-magic/1015572)
**Author:** [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electricity-is-magic/1015572 "2025-03-16T14:25:10Z")
This is where I confess that I don’t understand electricity. My dad understood it, and made money with that understanding. My big brother understood it by the age of eight. Me, I have a brain that refuses to grasp anythi… --- ## [JD Vance says that Nazis are discriminated against in Germany](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-vance-says-that-nazis-are-discriminated-against-in-germany/1014356)
**Author:** [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-vance-says-that-nazis-are-discriminated-against-in-germany/1014356 "2025-03-16T09:35:12Z")
This jerk makes my blood boil. --- ## [Hunter Biden Art](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-biden-art/990740)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-biden-art/990740 "2025-03-16T06:29:05Z")
What will determine the value of Hunter Bidens art in the future? Could something as simple as a few of the right people adding i to their collection assure collectors of its value? --- ## [SpaceX/ISS rendevous live stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spacex-iss-rendevous-live-stream/1015639)
**Author:** [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spacex-iss-rendevous-live-stream/1015639 "2025-03-16T05:46:14Z")
Nice clear video as they move toward docking. --- ## [Auto insurance ID cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-insurance-id-cards/1010862)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-insurance-id-cards/1010862 "2025-03-16T01:51:39Z")
Once upon a time the ID cards were nice plastic the same size as a credit card so you could keep them in a wallet. For the past 10 years or so they have been light cardboard. They are printed on a larger sheet and you ha… --- ## [Antimatter speculation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antimatter-speculation/1015570)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antimatter-speculation/1015570 "2025-03-16T01:14:10Z")
We have built an amazingly powerful (fast) spaceship, which we have been using to traverse the great void. We have visited most of the galaxies in our supercluster and made mundane and awesome discoveries. Now we venture… --- ## [Best queue system for amusement parks (using smartphones)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-queue-system-for-amusement-parks-using-smartphones/1015564)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-queue-system-for-amusement-parks-using-smartphones/1015564 "2025-03-16T01:04:57Z")
I don’t know if any such system has been implementer. But what would be the most practical and fair system for mostly eliminating queues using smartphones? What first comes to mind is an app where you choose a ride and … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=354&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=356&state=tracking)