# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=386&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 387 --- ## [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… --- ## [Toy Collectors--all Female Cobra Troops figure set--GI Joe line](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toy-collectors-all-female-cobra-troops-figure-set-gi-joe-line/1013345)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toy-collectors-all-female-cobra-troops-figure-set-gi-joe-line/1013345 "2025-01-25T19:53:25Z")
My memory grows dim. There was a box set, possibly for collectors-only, of all female Cobra Vipers. I cannot recall the name. Can you? --- ## [Why \*did\* the hydrants in LA run dry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-hydrants-in-la-run-dry/1013309)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-hydrants-in-la-run-dry/1013309 "2025-01-25T19:40:47Z")
I think we’ve all heard the news stories about fire hydrants in the LA running dry while fighting the wildfires there. Trump blamed it on Gov. Newsom refusing to send water from NorCal to the south, which I know has bee… --- ## [The economics of God Mode](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-economics-of-god-mode/1013275)
**Author:** [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-economics-of-god-mode/1013275 "2025-01-25T19:31:34Z")
(feel free to move this more appropriate…it’s kinda politics adjacent) Three people attending the inauguration were worth $1T. Mr. Roman salute is on pace to be the first (or second) Trillionaire. He’s not going to be … --- ## [We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves is…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-re-wolves-not-werewolves-is/1013355)
**Author:** [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-re-wolves-not-werewolves-is/1013355 "2025-01-25T18:05:26Z")
…a shitposting sealion baiting posters into responding to his disingenuous claims with an ‘Aw, shucks…I didn’t read the sermon but it was definitely inappropriate for a bishop to give a speech on a topics that Republican… --- ## [We've met our Medicare deductible for the year. How soon before we stop getting overcharged?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-met-our-medicare-deductible-for-the-year-how-soon-before-we-stop-getting-overcharged/1013354)
**Author:** [@LucyInDisguise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LucyInDisguise)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-met-our-medicare-deductible-for-the-year-how-soon-before-we-stop-getting-overcharged/1013354 "2025-01-25T17:31:55Z")
I think this should be pretty simple. We’ve been on Medicare for just over a year. We have an AARP medi-gap policy backed by UHC. We met this year’s out-of-pocket deductible before the tenth of this month, but providers … --- ## [Comics with "footnotes"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-with-footnotes/1013144)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-with-footnotes/1013144 "2025-01-25T15:21:46Z")
Not sure about the industry term, but jokes/comments at the bottom of many or most pages of a comic. I only remember seeing it in Squirrel Girl and now in Star Trek Lower Decks. What are some other examples? Here’s a ty… --- ## [Help! Where have I heard Joe Chambers' jazz song "Circles"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-where-have-i-heard-joe-chambers-jazz-song-circles/1013304)
**Author:** [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-where-have-i-heard-joe-chambers-jazz-song-circles/1013304 "2025-01-25T14:37:20Z")
Jazz drummer/vibes played Joe Chambers composed a song “Circles.” It was first recorded by Max Roach’s band M/Boom in 1984, then by Chambers himself in 2021, in the version linked below. I KNOW I have heard this melody … --- ## [Hundreds of CNN staffers and on-air reporters are being laid off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hundreds-of-cnn-staffers-and-on-air-reporters-are-being-laid-off/1013315)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2025, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hundreds-of-cnn-staffers-and-on-air-reporters-are-being-laid-off/1013315 "2025-01-25T14:05:29Z")
To complement the thread about TV meteorologists being laid off, there are major changes coming to CNN, with some familiar faces likely to either lose their jobs or get shunted to late-night or early morning time slots. … --- ## [Do you get dressed on your day off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-dressed-on-your-day-off/715146)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2025, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-dressed-on-your-day-off/715146 "2025-01-25T11:32:48Z")
The scenario: It’s your day off from work. You live alone. You wake up in the morning, and there is nowhere you need to be that day. Do you get dressed, or do you lounge around in whatever you woke up in? Me? I sleep … --- ## [Keep an eye on the Republicans' reaction to the California fires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-an-eye-on-the-republicans-reaction-to-the-california-fires/1012984)
**Author:** [@survinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/survinga)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2025, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-an-eye-on-the-republicans-reaction-to-the-california-fires/1012984 "2025-01-25T08:47:15Z")
They have been lecturing California & also lying about California. They’re talking about putting conditions on the federal aid. It’s been a relentless torrential flood of lies, and hatred toward a suffering fellow stat… --- ## [Odd Political Note--YouTube](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-political-note-youtube/1013320)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2025, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-political-note-youtube/1013320 "2025-01-25T07:18:31Z")
I’ve noticed a sharp uptick in pro-Trump videos, on YouTube, under the heading “Recommended For You”. Is this just post-election yipping by MAGAists? Or are Trump’s Tech Bros propagandizing? --- ## [The unmaking of a Presidency and a Country out of petty spite](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unmaking-of-a-presidency-and-a-country-out-of-petty-spite/1013191)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2025, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unmaking-of-a-presidency-and-a-country-out-of-petty-spite/1013191 "2025-01-25T04:01:32Z")
I am reading through Trump’s list of Executive Orders signed today, and the “INITIAL RESCISSIONS OF HARMFUL EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND ACTIONS” Executive Order popped up. Initial Rescissions Of Harmful Executive Orders And Act… --- ## [Star Wars Skeleton Crew (spoilers as they come)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-skeleton-crew-spoilers-as-they-come/1005123)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2025, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-skeleton-crew-spoilers-as-they-come/1005123 "2025-01-25T02:34:45Z")
The next upcoming Star Wars streaming series. It’ll be interesting to see what in this one causes anvry review bombing. The adolescent Rebo seems to have limbs out of proportion with an adult Rebo, but that probably won’… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=385&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=387&state=tracking)