# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=384 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 385 --- ## [Christianity and homosexuality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christianity-and-homosexuality/1013458)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christianity-and-homosexuality/1013458 "2025-01-27T22:57:13Z")
Answering a question in this thread in P&E= bishop-vs-trump Where would that be? Chapter, verse? (LGBT is condemned ) See Romans 1:26–27. or 1 Corinthians 6:9–10- which can be translated as Don’t you realize that thos… --- ## [FedEx out-state license plates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedex-out-state-license-plates/1013364)
**Author:** [@Petek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petek)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedex-out-state-license-plates/1013364 "2025-01-27T19:01:05Z")
I live in California. Today (Jan. 24, 2025) a FedEx truck arrived at my apt. complex to make a delivery. I noticed that the truck had a Montana license plate. Why would this be so? I doubt that FedEx shipped a product fr… --- ## [Trump claims Canadians want to be the 51 US state. Canadian dopers any thoughts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-claims-canadians-want-to-be-the-51-us-state-canadian-dopers-any-thoughts/1012730)
**Author:** [@LouMa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouMa)\ **Replies:** 245\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-claims-canadians-want-to-be-the-51-us-state-canadian-dopers-any-thoughts/1012730 "2025-01-27T17:45:50Z")
Trump recently suggested that Canada should be US state 51, “Canadian people want it” Canadian dopers, what is your perspective on becoming US citizens under Trump? --- ## [Alternatives to cubicles in the modern office](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-cubicles-in-the-modern-office/1013332)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-cubicles-in-the-modern-office/1013332 "2025-01-27T17:25:42Z")
Apparently the inventor of cubicles isn’t feeling it, decades after they’ve become ubiquitous in American workplaces. What’s the alternative? I’ve seen old-timey workplaces on TV and in the movies and such, and it look… --- ## [A question about nationalization and foreign dominated industry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-nationalization-and-foreign-dominated-industry/1013473)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-nationalization-and-foreign-dominated-industry/1013473 "2025-01-27T15:51:49Z")
Ok with our fearless leader threatening tariffs every time he doesn’t get his own way like its 1872 what would happen if say China decides they’d had enough to take over the Chinese branches/factories of every us… --- ## [Why is this happening - weird work office anomaly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-happening-weird-work-office-anomaly/1013294)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-happening-weird-work-office-anomaly/1013294 "2025-01-27T14:51:01Z")
I have a desk in the office I share with a co-worker. Every time she moves her chair my computer screen goes black for 6-7 seconds. It’s very annoying. Our computers are not physically connected - each is plugged into t… --- ## [Does anyone know the truth behind Desmond Harrington (Quinn on "Dexter") weight loss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-the-truth-behind-desmond-harrington-quinn-on-dexter-weight-loss/581633)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-the-truth-behind-desmond-harrington-quinn-on-dexter-weight-loss/581633 "2025-01-27T09:30:50Z")
The actor Desmond Harrington, aka “Quinn” on Dexter, began the show looking healthy and strong. However, as the seasons progressed, he gradually began to lose weight. It was subtle at first, but became very exaggerated o… --- ## [Life without depression is so much better](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-without-depression-is-so-much-better/1013271)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-without-depression-is-so-much-better/1013271 "2025-01-27T12:33:17Z")
Due to a mix of bad genetics (mental illness runs in my family) and severe trauma when I was young, I have struggled with depression my entire adult life. I’m in my mid 40s now, been dealing with it since I was a teenage… --- ## [Flashlight Recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flashlight-recommendations/1013208)
**Author:** [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flashlight-recommendations/1013208 "2025-01-27T11:30:30Z")
I live rural and need a good flashlight. By good, I mean it shines a nice broad bright beam so I can see my way to walk in the dark. I hate hate hate strobes, just thinking about them raises my blood pressure. I am not g… --- ## [Help with this math problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-this-math-problem/1013209)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-this-math-problem/1013209 "2025-01-27T03:44:28Z")
OK, every once in a while I go thru my old high school algebra and trig books to keep my mind exercised, but I’m not sure how this one is worked out: Determine values for a and b such that the equation ax + b = 0 has th… --- ## [You Made My Point For Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-made-my-point-for-me/1013219)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-made-my-point-for-me/1013219 "2025-01-27T01:01:42Z")
Continuing the discussion from Is it Time to Tone Down the Wokeness, Especially about the Past?: Basically, if anyone here has ever been cited or warned for pro-Left speech, I can’t think of an example. --- ## [Clean you or clean clothes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-you-or-clean-clothes/1013313)
**Author:** [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-you-or-clean-clothes/1013313 "2025-01-26T22:51:30Z")
Hypothetical. Let’s say that yesterday was a fairly ordinary day. No particularly hot weather or strenuous exertion, but you ended up … not quite fresh. Either before bedtime or the next morning, if these are your onl… --- ## [How was the value of gold and silver determined back when it was used for currency?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-the-value-of-gold-and-silver-determined-back-when-it-was-used-for-currency/1013157)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-the-value-of-gold-and-silver-determined-back-when-it-was-used-for-currency/1013157 "2025-01-26T21:30:03Z")
Back in the days before we had central banks that printed dollars / pounds / euros, etc., how was the value of currency established? Was it based solely on the weight of the metal, so that it didn’t matter whose picture… --- ## [Wisconsin Supreme Court 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-supreme-court-2025/1013369)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-supreme-court-2025/1013369 "2025-01-26T20:39:27Z")
I envy folks who are done with political ads – but for folks in Wisconsin (and us in neighboring states who get WI TV stations) are starting to get bombarded with ads for the Supreme court. It is technically non-partisa… --- ## [Is it Time to Tone Down the Wokeness, Especially about the Past?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-time-to-tone-down-the-wokeness-especially-about-the-past/1010287)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 1060\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-time-to-tone-down-the-wokeness-especially-about-the-past/1010287 "2025-01-27T17:06:50Z")
Now, don’t freak out on me. I know that racism and sexism are bad, and we need to stand up to it, and keep fighting. I understand that. Anyone who saw the election unfold knows that. I know that Maga people, for the … --- ## [Clipper question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clipper-question/1013438)
**Author:** [@mglambo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mglambo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clipper-question/1013438 "2025-01-26T19:08:48Z")
I just bought a BaByliss Silver FX Pro hair trimmer. I’ve never used a professional type of hair trimmer. Even after numerous Youtube videos i have no idea how to adjust the depth of the blade/cut. All the videos talk ab… --- ## [Subway murderer: did NYPD do the correct thing here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subway-murderer-did-nypd-do-the-correct-thing-here/1013329)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subway-murderer-did-nypd-do-the-correct-thing-here/1013329 "2025-01-26T18:54:53Z")
My family and I spent the holidays with my brother in Connecticut and on Dec 22 we all went into Manhattan so the kids could see a show with their aunt while my wife and I had a nice lunch. On the way back from lunch on … --- ## ["It would have never happened..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-have-never-happened/1013331)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-have-never-happened/1013331 "2025-01-26T18:30:29Z")
He was the guest of honor at some kind of rich guy event, and no matter the international crisis mentioned he claimed, “it would never have happened” if he was president so many times that it was downright embarrassing. … --- ## [Are there people who consider Col. Jessup as the good guy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-people-who-consider-col-jessup-as-the-good-guy/1013293)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-people-who-consider-col-jessup-as-the-good-guy/1013293 "2025-01-26T17:59:51Z")
I’m referring to the Jack Nicholson character in A Few Good Men. As a witness in a murder trial of his subordinates, he (eventually) admits that he ordered them to rough up the victim, which eventually led to his death… --- ## [Is DHT the only androgen that causes male pattern baldness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dht-the-only-androgen-that-causes-male-pattern-baldness/1013316)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dht-the-only-androgen-that-causes-male-pattern-baldness/1013316 "2025-01-26T15:43:09Z")
My understanding is that the reason people develop male pattern baldness is that the androgen DHT attaches to androgen receptors in the scalp, which kills the hair follices. Generally the hair follices on the top of the… --- ## [The Simpsons: Tapped Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231)
**Author:** [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 6536\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2025, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231 "2025-01-26T15:37:08Z")
I’ve got to confess a new addiction. I’m busily rebuilding Springfield in The Simpsons: Tapped Out on my iPad. It’s a free game and if you are a Simpsons fan, you will really enjoy it. Anyone else playing? Have any f… --- ## [Why is a newspaper is protected by the 1st amendment but an app is not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-newspaper-is-protected-by-the-1st-amendment-but-an-app-is-not/1013089)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-newspaper-is-protected-by-the-1st-amendment-but-an-app-is-not/1013089 "2025-01-26T15:09:03Z")
So keeping this somewhat generic as it’s obviously triggered by the TikTok ban, but don’t want it to be discussion of TokTok and whether it deserves a ban… It’s pretty clear that publications such as newspapers and book… --- ## [Kitchen And Bathroom Leaks- Need Answer Fast!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-and-bathroom-leaks-need-answer-fast/1013401)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-and-bathroom-leaks-need-answer-fast/1013401 "2025-01-26T12:53:17Z")
I will try to keep this short. On January tenth, I flew to Florida. I had two trusted friends who live a few blocks away pick up my mail. On Tuesday, I received a text from building management. ‘In order to prevent pipes… --- ## [Am I wrong to feel a bit bothered by these things?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-wrong-to-feel-a-bit-bothered-by-these-things/1013352)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2025, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-wrong-to-feel-a-bit-bothered-by-these-things/1013352 "2025-01-26T11:01:28Z")
Two situations have recently arisen in my life and both of them seem a little “off” to me. But when I try to translate my emotional response into a logical explanation, I’m coming up empty. So, Dopers - would either of … --- ## [What was I seeing in this mineral store?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-i-seeing-in-this-mineral-store/1013292)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2025, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-i-seeing-in-this-mineral-store/1013292 "2025-01-26T05:12:02Z")
Stores that sell minerals, crystals, semiprecious gems, fossils, colorful stones, and the like are interesting. I hadn’t been in one in years. But visiting one a few days ago yielded some mysteries. They had big quartz … --- ## [Anyone Remember Hailey's On It?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-haileys-on-it/1013386)
**Author:** [@Samantha\_Campoverde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Samantha_Campoverde)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2025, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-haileys-on-it/1013386 "2025-01-26T03:09:07Z")
Hey Guys, does Anyone Remember The Disney Channel Show Hailey’s On It? It Was A Disney Channel Show That Had This Girl, Hailey Banks, And Her Friend, Scott Denoga, And A Mascot Named Beta, I Remembered I Used To Love Thi… --- ## [The Gospel Bill Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gospel-bill-show/1013412)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gospel-bill-show/1013412 "2025-01-26T02:03:19Z")
Does anyone here watch The Gospel Bill Show? It originally aired in the 80s and early 90s. Being a so-called “adult” at that time, I never really watched it then but I was aware of it. I rediscovered it yesterday. Ma… --- ## [What role, if any, could 'old tech' play in resistance movements?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-role-if-any-could-old-tech-play-in-resistance-movements/1013240)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-role-if-any-could-old-tech-play-in-resistance-movements/1013240 "2025-01-25T21:39:38Z")
Not sure where in the world this question belongs on here, or if it should be on here at all, but I’m broadly curious about the fact that privacy could be difficult to come by, these days. We pretty much gave up our pri… --- ## [Spinning ice circle and minimal size for humans to be on it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinning-ice-circle-and-minimal-size-for-humans-to-be-on-it/1013344)
**Author:** [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinning-ice-circle-and-minimal-size-for-humans-to-be-on-it/1013344 "2025-01-25T21:08:44Z")
I and my kids have become interested in potentially making a spinning ice ring like has been going around the midwest the last two years. For example, Oldest spinning ring on YouTube The concept is fairly straightforwar… --- ## [Why China is kicking our ass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-china-is-kicking-our-ass/1013314)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-china-is-kicking-our-ass/1013314 "2025-01-25T20:28:11Z")
Sunday evening, I placed an order with jlcpcb for 5 prototype PCBs. The price for these boards? $2 I chose the “expensive” DHL delivery service, and paid the total cost of $21. The boards arrived today - 4 day after I… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=383) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=385)