# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=388&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 389 --- ## [What’s the point of withdrawing from W.H.O.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-point-of-withdrawing-from-w-h-o/1013227)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-point-of-withdrawing-from-w-h-o/1013227 "2025-01-23T20:51:39Z")
I assume that Trump’s reasoning is that the U.S. doesn’t benefit directly from WHO membership, and that we spend money on other countries (small, weak, populated by non-white non-Christians, etc.) that do benefit from WH… --- ## [New conspiracy theory in the works?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-conspiracy-theory-in-the-works/1013200)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-conspiracy-theory-in-the-works/1013200 "2025-01-23T20:38:45Z")
Mods: I put this here as it tangentially involves politics. If I was mistaken, please move it to the appropriate venue. So I was in the local Family Dollar today, and I heard an extremely loud guy was asking one of the … --- ## [Can someone explain to me how Executive Orders work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-to-me-how-executive-orders-work/1013248)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-to-me-how-executive-orders-work/1013248 "2025-01-23T20:35:13Z")
I’m not American, but like everyone in the World, I’ve been witnessing the flurry of executive orders coming out of the White House. I’m intrigued with how these work, and how they differ from other initiatives which th… --- ## [Problem solving as we age](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-solving-as-we-age/1013295)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-solving-as-we-age/1013295 "2025-01-23T20:32:01Z")
This is primarily about solving obligatory problems as opposed to non-obligatory problems. I have noticed a definite change in my thought processes since retirement. Nonobligatory problems were usually shelved when I ran… --- ## [Perry Mason on HBO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perry-mason-on-hbo/911306)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perry-mason-on-hbo/911306 "2025-01-23T20:07:55Z")
I liked it but it was slow. It’s set in 1932 when Perry is young and struggling to find work. He lives on a farm with 2 cows and there is also a small runway. He is working on case as a private detective. He a… --- ## [Cigar Aficianodos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cigar-aficianodos/1013252)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cigar-aficianodos/1013252 "2025-01-23T17:32:55Z")
One of my coffee shop buddies’ smokes cigars. He has what I think an odd habit of dipping the end of his cigar in coffee then spending the next 15 min or so trying to light it. Is this a real thing? or does my friend jus… --- ## [Ever have laminate flooring repaired/replaced?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-laminate-flooring-repaired-replaced/1013226)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-laminate-flooring-repaired-replaced/1013226 "2025-01-23T17:32:55Z")
After being ultra careful with keeping the laminate flooring (fake wood planks) that covers out entire first level for the past 7 years we finally had a dishwasher leak that ran down the seams of the flooring and now hav… --- ## [I have knee problems - tell me about arthroscopic surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-knee-problems-tell-me-about-arthroscopic-surgery/1013254)
**Author:** [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-knee-problems-tell-me-about-arthroscopic-surgery/1013254 "2025-01-23T16:47:00Z")
I’m old, fat, and lazy, and my knees are taking the brunt of the stress. I’ve got arthritis and a torn medial meniscus in my left knee. I’ve had a hyaluronic acid shot recently, so I’m waiting to see how that works. I’ve… --- ## [What are my options for a diuretic for hypertension, considering that my potassium runs low](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-my-options-for-a-diuretic-for-hypertension-considering-that-my-potassium-runs-low/1013217)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-my-options-for-a-diuretic-for-hypertension-considering-that-my-potassium-runs-low/1013217 "2025-01-23T16:24:09Z")
I have hypertension, I’m currently on an ARB and CCB (100mg losartan and 10mg amlodipine). They help a bit, but not a lot. My BP still runs about 160/100. In the past, I’ve tried the diuretic chlorothiazide. It took abo… --- ## [Debt relief commercial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debt-relief-commercial/1013266)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debt-relief-commercial/1013266 "2025-01-23T16:24:00Z")
I’ve seen this commercial numerous times but still don’t remember the debt relief service name. But that shouldn’t matter as the question I have is about the hapless over-spender. He claims to have $47,000 in debt that w… --- ## [What's the mechanism for keeping Trump off 2028 ballots?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-mechanism-for-keeping-trump-off-2028-ballots/1012931)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-mechanism-for-keeping-trump-off-2028-ballots/1012931 "2025-01-23T15:44:20Z")
Work with me here on the hypothetical, please. Let’s assume, for the sake of argument, that TFG decides to throw all pretense of following the law out the window and announces that he’s running for President in the 2028… --- ## [Okay, I'm gonna tell this (TW: childhood abuse)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-im-gonna-tell-this-tw-childhood-abuse/1012857)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-im-gonna-tell-this-tw-childhood-abuse/1012857 "2025-01-23T13:41:30Z")
I think I’ve hinted around about this story before, but I’ve never told it on SDMB. I’ve hardly ever told it IRL. But something in another thread brought it to mind. Mainly it’s about a standoff between my parents when I… --- ## [The upcoming Big Freeze (1-18 to 1-22)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-upcoming-big-freeze-1-18-to-1-22/1013016)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-upcoming-big-freeze-1-18-to-1-22/1013016 "2025-01-23T12:04:32Z")
There is a super-frigid front on the way for the Lower 48 east of the Rockies which will arrive for the Great Plains states this Saturday and will continue in the usual southeastern direction for most of the following we… --- ## [Did anything ever give you a sudden burst of clarity in your life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anything-ever-give-you-a-sudden-burst-of-clarity-in-your-life/1013002)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anything-ever-give-you-a-sudden-burst-of-clarity-in-your-life/1013002 "2025-01-23T11:49:26Z")
For pretty much my whole life, I’ve always had a badly muddled mind. This was especially so with most life decisions. I would be stuck with indecision for months or even years on decisions that take most people fairly li… --- ## [British law enforcement, Peelian Principles and the underclasses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-law-enforcement-peelian-principles-and-the-underclasses/1011895)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-law-enforcement-peelian-principles-and-the-underclasses/1011895 "2025-01-23T10:09:35Z")
When Sir Robert Peel founded what is considered to be the first modern municipal police force in London, he had to overcome a historical aversion towards standing law enforcement– an aversion so strong that originally pr… --- ## [What was Phys Ed/Gym like in your school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-phys-ed-gym-like-in-your-school/1012926)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-phys-ed-gym-like-in-your-school/1012926 "2025-01-23T05:54:14Z")
I’m assuming we all had to suffer thru this class in high school. For reference, please include when and where you attended. And I’ll start. Baltimore county public schools - high school was '69-'72. PE was mandatory ev… --- ## [College Football 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 377\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326 "2025-01-23T04:05:20Z")
It does seem a little early to start the 2024 college football thread, but the NCAA has announced its proposed rule changes, which need to be approved by the Playing Rules Oversight Panel on April 18. There will be a tw… --- ## [Walmart employee found dead in Walk in Oven](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-employee-found-dead-in-walk-in-oven/1009150)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-employee-found-dead-in-walk-in-oven/1009150 "2025-01-23T01:56:18Z")
Horrible accident. I didn’t know walk in ovens existed This is a commercial bakery oven. It would be inefficient and extremely dangerous to try and turn a room into a oven. Anyone worked at Walmart or similar with a w… --- ## [Qualitative difference in "Similar topics"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qualitative-difference-in-similar-topics/1013228)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qualitative-difference-in-similar-topics/1013228 "2025-01-23T01:32:14Z")
I’ve noticed that when posting a new topic, a popup appears on the right side of my screen listing previous threads under the heading “Your topic is similar to…” but after the new topic is posted, there appears a listing… --- ## [I'm listening to Trump speak about ending the 'weaponization of the justice department'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-listening-to-trump-speak-about-ending-the-weaponization-of-the-justice-department/1013168)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-listening-to-trump-speak-about-ending-the-weaponization-of-the-justice-department/1013168 "2025-01-23T01:00:17Z")
Which anyone with a brain knows is a dog whistle for ‘the DOJ will protect republicans when they commit a crime, and make up crimes to prosecute and intimidate opponents of Trump and his cronies’. Fuck this stupid count… --- ## [An interview with Stewart Rhodes' ex-wife and son (he was the insurrection leader)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interview-with-stewart-rhodes-ex-wife-and-son-he-was-the-insurrection-leader/975879)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interview-with-stewart-rhodes-ex-wife-and-son-he-was-the-insurrection-leader/975879 "2025-01-23T00:21:52Z")
This is about 16 minutes in length, done by the BBC, and very much worth watching even though it isn’t pleasant. One thing I found really disturbing was the way the son spoke, and halfway through it, I realized that it … --- ## [Would it be justified to remove the negative aspects of human nature entirely through fantastical means?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-justified-to-remove-the-negative-aspects-of-human-nature-entirely-through-fantastical-means/1011273)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-justified-to-remove-the-negative-aspects-of-human-nature-entirely-through-fantastical-means/1011273 "2025-01-22T23:46:55Z")
In my ideal post scarcity utopia mental and physical disease wouldn’t exist and people would be prevented from harming others or breaking whatever laws still exist by superhuman robots that can intervene anywhere within … --- ## [There is a MONSTER at the end of this thread!!!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-monster-at-the-end-of-this-thread/86687)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2025, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-monster-at-the-end-of-this-thread/86687 "2025-01-22T22:41:01Z")
I think it might be in the next thread. I’m pretty scared. I saw a picture of it and it looks like a big purple think with sharp teeth. I hope no one else posts to this thread because I know that the monster isn’t here, … --- ## [Advice for choosing new range (oven/stove)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-choosing-new-range-oven-stove/1008368)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-choosing-new-range-oven-stove/1008368 "2025-01-22T22:31:05Z")
This might be a good time to buy a new range, but there is a lot to consider. Happy to take advice and suggestions from Dopers. Here is what will affect my purchase: Must be “slide-in.” I’m currently set up for propane… --- ## [Unreasonable or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unreasonable-or-not/1013091)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2025, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unreasonable-or-not/1013091 "2025-01-22T21:58:18Z")
The only two things we have in common are cooking and gardening. I like to be involved, and I like her being involved. If I get too involved it quickly kills her interest. She only wants me to locate what we need and dri… --- ## [Stars on flags](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stars-on-flags/1013204)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2025, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stars-on-flags/1013204 "2025-01-22T21:38:35Z")
I recently did a review of national and subnational flags with respect to the stars on them. I figure I should not waste that effort, so I’m sharing some of the results. I looked at two things: 1) number of stars and 2)… --- ## [So, the Democrats need to flip some red states in the future](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-democrats-need-to-flip-some-red-states-in-the-future/1013195)
**Author:** [@survinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/survinga)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-democrats-need-to-flip-some-red-states-in-the-future/1013195 "2025-01-22T19:59:00Z")
Which states do we target, and how do we target them? I say to go back into the Blue Wall states. We barely lost them in 2024. We shouldn’t just throw up our hands in Wisconsin, PA, and Michigan. We still have Democr… --- ## [A company automatically upgrades you to a higher subscription tier for their product - does this sound illegal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-company-automatically-upgrades-you-to-a-higher-subscription-tier-for-their-product-does-this-sound-illegal/1013203)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-company-automatically-upgrades-you-to-a-higher-subscription-tier-for-their-product-does-this-sound-illegal/1013203 "2025-01-22T19:30:32Z")
Let’s say a company has three products: Basic (costing 50 of your earth currency units per annum) Premium (cost 75 pa) Gold (cost 150 pa) You’re on the Basic tier and you’re happy about that, but you receive a message… --- ## [Late Stage Capitalism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-stage-capitalism/1012725)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2025, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-stage-capitalism/1012725 "2025-01-22T19:06:41Z")
So lately it seems like I am seeing lots of younger folks throw around the term “late stage capitalism” as if it were a simple fact that this is where we are. Personally, I think a lot of them are a bit disappointed (rig… --- ## [Truck driver facilities at Ohio rest stops](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-driver-facilities-at-ohio-rest-stops/1013238)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-driver-facilities-at-ohio-rest-stops/1013238 "2025-01-22T18:01:03Z")
At the travel plazas on the Ohio Turnpike they have nice facilities for truckers. There are 4 suites, each with a shower, restroom and vanity. Plus coin-op laundry facilities and a bunch of chairs. Some ersatz couches. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=387&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=389&state=tracking)