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**Author:** [@Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pasta)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-fire-post-but-not-the-post-fire/1014809 "2025-02-26T01:02:46Z")
I haven’t been by here the past couple of months (not that gaps are rare for me), but I did notice there were some threads on the California wildfires. Maybe of interest: my family and I remain displaced due to the Eato… --- ## [Is this proper use of English: "\[x\] will make you laugh and sick"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-proper-use-of-english-x-will-make-you-laugh-and-sick/1014700)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-proper-use-of-english-x-will-make-you-laugh-and-sick/1014700 "2025-02-26T00:05:35Z")
Watching a YouTube theme park attraction review video, the narrator said, of a certain attraction, that “this ride will make you laugh and sick.” That hit my ears wrong. “This ride will make you laugh and puke,” sure – t… --- ## [Asteroid 2024 yr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-2024-yr4/1013676)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-2024-yr4/1013676 "2025-02-25T23:29:00Z")
It currently has a 1.2% chance of hitting earth in 2032. Not high odds, but still I wish I had any confidence at all that the current world leadership could get together to deal with the risk. --- ## [How is carbon dating greenland shark eye lenses accurate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-carbon-dating-greenland-shark-eye-lenses-accurate/1014217)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-carbon-dating-greenland-shark-eye-lenses-accurate/1014217 "2025-02-25T22:02:00Z")
I’m familiar with carbon 14 being generated by cosmic rays, then entering the food chain through photosynthetic plants and then eventually consumed by animals. I’m comfortable with the idea that carbon dating animal bon… --- ## [Advice--plugged drain on countertop dishwasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-plugged-drain-on-countertop-dishwasher/1014754)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-plugged-drain-on-countertop-dishwasher/1014754 "2025-02-25T21:47:21Z")
Title says it all. I’ve tried vinegar, hot water, liquid soap (you can unplug a toilet with it, so why not?) and Zap Drain defense (non-caustic enzyme–don’t hurt pipes), snake and plunger. Nada. Phooey. Not gonna cal… --- ## [Are we ready to fully automate air traffic control](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-ready-to-fully-automate-air-traffic-control/1013685)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-ready-to-fully-automate-air-traffic-control/1013685 "2025-02-25T21:15:19Z")
Is technology now good enough to fully automate the US air traffic control system? I strongly doubt it, but I wanted to give better informed Dopers a place to chime in. I didn’t want this topic to distract from the threa… --- ## [Should Canada Quit the Five Eyes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-canada-quit-the-five-eyes/1013323)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-canada-quit-the-five-eyes/1013323 "2025-02-25T21:08:29Z")
The Five Eyes is an intel-sharing group: Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. Why should Canada be sharing national security intel with the United States, the country that now poses the greates… --- ## [I don't understand the end game of the Graceland auction fraud](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-the-end-game-of-the-graceland-auction-fraud/1014787)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-the-end-game-of-the-graceland-auction-fraud/1014787 "2025-02-25T20:30:25Z")
Lady who perpetuated the scheme pleads guilty I just don’t understand what she thought would happen. How did she decide this was a way to actually physically come out ahead? Can anyone explain the logic behind how sh… --- ## [Bigfoot.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809)
**Author:** [@liontamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liontamer)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809 "2025-02-25T18:59:11Z")
I’m sure this has been discussed but who here has had an encounter? There are at least two shows dedicated to them. Personally I think they are induced by drugs, alcohol or some combination of the two. I also do not w… --- ## [How do I stop getting emails?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-stop-getting-emails/1014784)
**Author:** [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-stop-getting-emails/1014784 "2025-02-25T18:45:38Z")
Recently I’ve been getting emails at my Gmail address from the Dope. I don’t want these cluttering up my inbox. I don’t recall signing up for emails so I don’t know how to turn them off. Does anybody here have any sugges… --- ## [I picked up a dumped dog today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-picked-up-a-dumped-dog-today/1014336)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-picked-up-a-dumped-dog-today/1014336 "2025-02-25T18:40:55Z")
I found a female yellow lab lab mix. No collar or chip. Very sweet girl. When I stopped my car, she came running to it and tried to climb in. Probably dumped, but hopeful there’s an owner. I’ve posted on the post & found… --- ## [Do you give a damn about car alarms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-give-a-damn-about-car-alarms/1014188)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-give-a-damn-about-car-alarms/1014188 "2025-02-25T17:59:17Z")
I know I don’t. When I hear one go off, I either don’t care (because I assume it went off mistakenly, which I guess is true most of the time), or I get annoyed (because it goes off in the middle of the night, or has a pa… --- ## [Dropping the body bag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropping-the-body-bag/1014646)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropping-the-body-bag/1014646 "2025-02-25T17:13:01Z")
One of our local hospitals here in Sacramento, CA, seems to have some major issues coping with deceased patients. I’m not the squeamish type, but this is pretty horrible. --- ## [Random plumbing supply left in my mailbox; have I been threatened?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-plumbing-supply-left-in-my-mailbox-have-i-been-threatened/1014718)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-plumbing-supply-left-in-my-mailbox-have-i-been-threatened/1014718 "2025-02-25T15:16:49Z")
I almost thought this too stupid to ask, but if there’s even a remote chance I need to take it seriously… So I opened my mailbox today and there’s a random plumbing supply in it. Not a pipe, some joint or hub or somethi… --- ## [Influence of Franz Liszt on Maurice Ravel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/influence-of-franz-liszt-on-maurice-ravel/1014731)
**Author:** [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/influence-of-franz-liszt-on-maurice-ravel/1014731 "2025-02-25T15:05:31Z")
I went to my nephews’ concert yesterday. Their piano accompanist wrote that Maurice Ravel was “inspired by Lizst’s Sonnet 104 del Petrarca, S. 161/5” He implied that Ravel was inspired by Liszt to write a later presented… --- ## [Why remove old links?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-remove-old-links/1014759)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-remove-old-links/1014759 "2025-02-25T12:32:34Z")
I noticed I had a reply to a post so I clicked on it Ir took me to a place that had me quite perplexed - to a post I made six years (six years & three days ago to be exact!), but only to my post, not to anyone commentin… --- ## [Why little to no (civil) resistance to Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-little-to-no-civil-resistance-to-trump/1014275)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-little-to-no-civil-resistance-to-trump/1014275 "2025-02-25T11:01:46Z")
For a non-american itś Hard to understand Why There is little to no resistance, especially against the acts that are out-of-bounds in terms of democratic boundaries. 75.000 civil servants pressured into retirement, comp… --- ## [How to handle Amazon disallowing Kindle downloads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-handle-amazon-disallowing-kindle-downloads/1014722)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-handle-amazon-disallowing-kindle-downloads/1014722 "2025-02-25T09:47:30Z")
Maybe I’ve been living under a rock, but I just heard this morning that Amazon will stop allowing downloads of purchased Kindle books starting after February 25, i.e., two days from now. It appears that the point is to l… --- ## [Does anyone know what the turnout in 2020, 2022 or 2024 primary election was in NY-8 district?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-the-turnout-in-2020-2022-or-2024-primary-election-was-in-ny-8-district/1014763)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-the-turnout-in-2020-2022-or-2024-primary-election-was-in-ny-8-district/1014763 "2025-02-25T06:59:51Z")
New York’s 8th district is Hakeem Jeffries’ district. He won the general election in 2024 with 168k votes. He won the general election in 2022 with 99k votes. Turnout is always lower in midterms vs presidential years. B… --- ## [Would this work– mechanical energy directly into chemical energy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-work-mechanical-energy-directly-into-chemical-energy/1014757)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-work-mechanical-energy-directly-into-chemical-energy/1014757 "2025-02-25T05:33:59Z")
If an electrolytic cell or chemical battery was surrounded by spinning magnets, could it be set up in such a way that the energy of the magnets would directly create electrolytic potential in the cell; in effect, convert… --- ## [Too weird--the Wonder Of Random Street View](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-weird-the-wonder-of-random-street-view/980815)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-weird-the-wonder-of-random-street-view/980815 "2025-02-25T05:26:17Z")
Enjoy, my buddies. --- ## [Amazon is no longer allowing users to backup books to computer as of 2/26/25](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-no-longer-allowing-users-to-backup-books-to-computer-as-of-2-26-25/1014527)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-no-longer-allowing-users-to-backup-books-to-computer-as-of-2-26-25/1014527 "2025-02-25T04:17:18Z")
This probably won’t make a difference to most users, but it allows Amazon to remove titles you’ve purchased if they lose their license to sell them. Also allows Amazon to substitute edited copies of titles, for example, … --- ## [At what alcohol content does a beverage indefinitely remain 'safe' to drink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-alcohol-content-does-a-beverage-indefinitely-remain-safe-to-drink/1014649)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-alcohol-content-does-a-beverage-indefinitely-remain-safe-to-drink/1014649 "2025-02-25T02:26:13Z")
So its my understand that if you drink 80 proof liquors like whiskey or vodka that were opened and then resealed, they are still safe to drink decades later. The taste may not be as good due to things like oxidation, but… --- ## [What less popular sports and games do you like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-less-popular-sports-and-games-do-you-like/1014168)
**Author:** [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-less-popular-sports-and-games-do-you-like/1014168 "2025-02-25T02:09:43Z")
American Football, Baseball, Soccer, Hockey, Boxing, UFC, Basketball, Tennis, and even Cricket are all very popular. What not-as-popular sports or competitive games do you enjoy, that you think should be more popular an… --- ## [Movies with overlapping casts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-overlapping-casts/1014577)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-overlapping-casts/1014577 "2025-02-25T01:40:22Z")
I was watching the new Bridget Jones movie yesterday, starring Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, and Chiwetel Ejiofor…and realized: "Hey! All those guys were in Love, Actually" I thought there might also be a con… --- ## [We Beat the Dream Team HBO on Max](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-beat-the-dream-team-hbo-on-max/1014675)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-beat-the-dream-team-hbo-on-max/1014675 "2025-02-24T23:52:44Z")
Interesting story from the players on The Select Team. They were All Americans selected to scrimmage with the Dream Team. Most of the players were eventually drafted into the NBA. The college players joked they were sel… --- ## [Donald Trump Doesn't Like Being Criticized (and Here's What He Can Do about That)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-doesnt-like-being-criticized-and-heres-what-he-can-do-about-that/1013142)
**Author:** [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-doesnt-like-being-criticized-and-heres-what-he-can-do-about-that/1013142 "2025-02-24T23:36:32Z")
Of course few of us do. But few of us have the option of doing something about it–and facing NO legal consequences. But that’s exactly what the Supreme Court has given Donald. Here’s the thing: Donald’s most-admired me… --- ## [Illustrate your progression of musical touchstones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illustrate-your-progression-of-musical-touchstones/1014627)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illustrate-your-progression-of-musical-touchstones/1014627 "2025-02-24T22:13:21Z")
Mine: The Archies \> The Beatles \> Kiss \> Jethro Tull \> Bob Dylan \> Paul Simon \> Elvis Costello \> Lou Reed \> Neil Young Structure how your musical tastes have evolved, using my example as a guide. Each of the artists ab… --- ## [Fat GI joes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-gi-joes/1014717)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-gi-joes/1014717 "2025-02-24T21:38:54Z")
watching the ARmy/Navy game, all the Academies field a football team, I was thinking how do they recruit them? If a 300 lb guy appeared at the recruiters office, they wouldn’t meet physical requirements for combat obviou… --- ## [(Old) Make Me Proud! In the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-make-me-proud-in-the-mmp/1014414)
**Author:** [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Replies:** 344\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-make-me-proud-in-the-mmp/1014414 "2025-02-24T21:01:05Z")
Oh yeah, and happy President’s Day, too. I finally made it back. Me and my GLP-1 had some issues over the weekend, but I’m here and feeling ok so far today. First of all since I didn’t make it back for the last MMP, {{… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=364) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=366)