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**Author:** [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-shoulder-is-a-mess/1013048 "2025-01-20T15:49:26Z")
I have been dealing with shoulder pain for more than 6 months now. It started out similar to the frozen shoulder on the other side that I had back in 2019 that almost entire resolved after a cortisone shot and a couple o… --- ## [Biden says Equal Rights Amendment is the law of the land](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-says-equal-rights-amendment-is-the-law-of-the-land/1013093)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-says-equal-rights-amendment-is-the-law-of-the-land/1013093 "2025-01-20T14:13:30Z")
Three days before leaving office, President Biden announced that the Equal Rights Amendment is the law of the land, about five years after it was ratified by the mandatory three-quarters of states - but after a long peri… --- ## [Recommendations for dentists outside the USA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-dentists-outside-the-usa/828344)
**Author:** [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-dentists-outside-the-usa/828344 "2019-01-24T20:40:36Z")
I live in the New York area. And I have dental issues. I’m going to need extensive work. It’s not going to be pleasant, and it’s not going to be cheap. I’m considering going abroad to get the work done to keep my costs… --- ## [Are there things that have been discussed to death that we should not debate anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-things-that-have-been-discussed-to-death-that-we-should-not-debate-anymore/1012649)
**Author:** [@We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/We_re_wolves_not_werewolves)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-things-that-have-been-discussed-to-death-that-we-should-not-debate-anymore/1012649 "2025-01-20T13:29:31Z")
Inspired by this blog post I read ( Discourses We Can Stop Having, Ranked | Defector), do you think there are certain topics or discussions so played out, so thoroughly analyzed, that any further discussions are pointles… --- ## [So I'm Getting 1600 Square Feet... Way too long](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-getting-1600-square-feet-way-too-long/1012660)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-getting-1600-square-feet-way-too-long/1012660 "2025-01-20T06:59:13Z")
Our house has an in-law apartment in the basement. When we moved in I freshened it up with a new kitchen and a few other upgrades. I replaced the wood fireplace with a gas insert. There’s a wet bar in the living area and… --- ## [Jeff Beck's guitar collection goes on sale next week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeff-becks-guitar-collection-goes-on-sale-next-week/1013122)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeff-becks-guitar-collection-goes-on-sale-next-week/1013122 "2025-01-20T03:54:16Z")
Wow, what a monumental collection of axes. They go on sale January 22nd. Get your bids in soon! Link to Christie’s auction website – it has a virtual tour and a link to watch the auction live on youtube. You can view t… --- ## [Ammunition stores in SoCal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ammunition-stores-in-socal/1013125)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2025, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ammunition-stores-in-socal/1013125 "2025-01-19T22:35:59Z")
BBC had some reporters with rather inside access to the burned ruins of California (one guy said he also reported for Fox) then they went to another reporter who was amidst smokey ruins and basically rummaging through am… --- ## [Can you name this 1970s-1980s-ish British smut film?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-1970s-1980s-ish-british-smut-film/1013019)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-1970s-1980s-ish-british-smut-film/1013019 "2025-01-19T22:24:49Z")
Lately a memory from back in my childhood has been sneaking into my consciousness. For context, my parents kind of only haphazardly monitored what I watched, and I saw my share (and your share and his share and her share… --- ## [Please stop using the phrase "In this economy"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-using-the-phrase-in-this-economy/1013020)
**Author:** [@Jay\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay_Z)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-using-the-phrase-in-this-economy/1013020 "2025-01-19T21:53:24Z")
I am really getting infuriated with this. Economies are not binary. They are not simply “good” or “bad.” Competent viewers of society should understand that in “this economy”, 2025, probably most of the people in the … --- ## [Plasma TV exploded](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plasma-tv-exploded/1013117)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plasma-tv-exploded/1013117 "2025-01-19T21:40:32Z")
So I’m watching TV yesterday on my old LG plasma TV (60PN5300 if it matters), and suddenly there’s a loud BANG and the TV is now completely dead. No power light. I guess a transformer in the TV exploded? Does that make s… --- ## [Disposable Stadium Syndrome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disposable-stadium-syndrome/1005613)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disposable-stadium-syndrome/1005613 "2025-01-19T18:02:22Z")
…strikes again, after claiming stadiums in Atlanta and Arlington, this time in Cleveland, maybe: Digging deeper, the replacement for old Municipal Stadium was simply plopped onto the original footprint of MS, with lit… --- ## [Questions about the end of 'Half Life 2' (spoilers for a 20 year old video game)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-end-of-half-life-2-spoilers-for-a-20-year-old-video-game/1013011)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-end-of-half-life-2-spoilers-for-a-20-year-old-video-game/1013011 "2025-01-19T16:46:19Z")
So I picked up ‘Half Life 2’ on sale for a buck over the holidays, and just finished it last night. I was never much of a gamer until just a few years ago-- that is, I was an arcade rat in the 80s, but totally missed th… --- ## [What happened to Mike Malloy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-mike-malloy/16276)
**Author:** [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-mike-malloy/16276 "2025-01-19T15:44:00Z")
He WAS a radio host on WLS-AM 8900. Now, he’s not listed anywhere on their site. Geesh! You stop listening for a couple days and everything goes haywire. Well, either you’re closing your eyes to a situation you do not … --- ## [Educational game modelling early 20th Century alliances](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educational-game-modelling-early-20th-century-alliances/1013104)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educational-game-modelling-early-20th-century-alliances/1013104 "2025-01-19T00:07:06Z")
Back in 1979 in middle school, my history class did an activity where the class divided into teams, each representing a fictional nation with a certain amount of military power (army/navy). The teams could form alliances… --- ## [My Hypothesis: The Democrats are now the more conservative party than the GOP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hypothesis-the-democrats-are-now-the-more-conservative-party-than-the-gop/1012834)
**Author:** [@survinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/survinga)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hypothesis-the-democrats-are-now-the-more-conservative-party-than-the-gop/1012834 "2025-01-18T23:06:39Z")
Am I right? And does it even matter? I have been thinking about what the two parties now stand for, and what the candidates talked about during the campaigns: Kamala Harris - Her policies would run up far less debt th… --- ## [Windows 11 Location](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-11-location/1013079)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2025, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-11-location/1013079 "2025-01-18T22:49:12Z")
A few days ago my W11 decided that I had moved to New Zealand and adjusted the time accordingly. I reset it manually and reset it to automatic. Today, it did the same thing again. Does anyone have any idea what’s going … --- ## [Exceptions to "actors who always play themselves"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exceptions-to-actors-who-always-play-themselves/1012524)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2025, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exceptions-to-actors-who-always-play-themselves/1012524 "2025-01-18T21:34:18Z")
Some actors, like Daniel Day Lewis and Gary Oldman, are famous for completely disappearing into varied roles. But there’s another class of famous actors who are often perceived to be “playing themselves” \[1\] \[2\] \[3\] \[4\] … --- ## [Ceasefire! Israel and Hamas Jan 15, 2025 Breaking News](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ceasefire-israel-and-hamas-jan-15-2025-breaking-news/1013026)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ceasefire-israel-and-hamas-jan-15-2025-breaking-news/1013026 "2025-01-18T21:28:14Z")
According to the document, Israel will release 1,000 Palestinian prisoners who were arrested on October 8, 2023, but were not involved in Hamas’ attack on Israel the day before. Of the 33 hostages Hamas is expected t… --- ## [TV Series that only had a great first season (closed spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-that-only-had-a-great-first-season-closed-spoilers/1012879)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-that-only-had-a-great-first-season-closed-spoilers/1012879 "2025-01-18T19:39:17Z")
What are the TV Series that had a great first season then fell away rapidly after that? That you are not sure to recommend to friends because they’ll likely get hooked as you did, then disappointed if they can’t resist c… --- ## [Lucy Worsley and the princes in the towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucy-worsley-and-the-princes-in-the-towers/1012381)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucy-worsley-and-the-princes-in-the-towers/1012381 "2025-01-18T19:18:22Z")
Okay, I just watched this special. Lucy at the end decides that RIII dun it, based on the following- Thomas More wore a hair shirt, thus he must have been pretty honest. Two, a letter was found that More met a man wh… --- ## [Dismalest movie ending (SPOILERS!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dismalest-movie-ending-spoilers/1007047)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Replies:** 194\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dismalest-movie-ending-spoilers/1007047 "2025-01-18T19:12:56Z")
I just caught the last 15 minutes of the movie Cell, (though I’ve seen it a few times). Dayum, that ending is grim. The film in general is pretty meh, but the final scene is a really well done bummer. You think John Cuza… --- ## [Womens orgasms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-orgasms/1013106)
**Author:** [@Kitty32](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitty32)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2025, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-orgasms/1013106 "2025-01-18T18:16:10Z")
I would like to know if a woman can have an orgasm without having sex. I have heard that some women can get turned on just by thinking certain thoughts and imagining certain people and sexy things. Have any women ever ex… --- ## [Strange inter TV relationships](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-inter-tv-relationships/1012847)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-inter-tv-relationships/1012847 "2025-01-18T17:07:24Z")
Shower Thought I recently had: Is Marge Simpson Mary Tyler Moore’s best friend’s sister? Well, I had to look it up and. . . yes but technically probably no. Mary Richard’s best friend, Rhoda Morgenstern, had a sister na… --- ## [Mexican sex workers storm Mexico City judicial building](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexican-sex-workers-storm-mexico-city-judicial-building/1013099)
**Author:** [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexican-sex-workers-storm-mexico-city-judicial-building/1013099 "2025-01-18T15:40:18Z")
I have not seen this reported anywhere but on social media but; If you can’t see the video, there are a lot of women with hammers and other blunt objects, mostly smashing up glass walls, doors and tabletops, as well … --- ## [Elementary school music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elementary-school-music/1012712)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elementary-school-music/1012712 "2025-01-18T15:38:09Z")
In elementary school, we always had a music segment in our classes. My 5th grade teacher was Mr. Hyatt. He played guitar (and was a SCUBA diver, and was a pretty cool guy – he’d be 85 years old now, if he’s still aliv… --- ## [Twin actors from movies and TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-actors-from-movies-and-tv/1013047)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-actors-from-movies-and-tv/1013047 "2025-01-18T15:31:41Z")
Continuing the discussion from Tell us an interesting random fact you stumbled across (Part 2): Both twins not necessarily actors. This started with a reference to Ann B. Davis (Alice on the Brady Bunch) who had a twin… --- ## [How intimidating is Hong Kong for the foreign tourist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-intimidating-is-hong-kong-for-the-foreign-tourist/1013084)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-intimidating-is-hong-kong-for-the-foreign-tourist/1013084 "2025-01-18T15:31:22Z")
My wife and I will be taking a cruise soon, from Hong Kong to Tokyo. Our plan is to get into HK a day early, to provide a buffer in the event of air travel snafus. So if all goes well, we’ll have a free day on our own … --- ## [R.I.P. David Lynch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-david-lynch/1013049)
**Author:** [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2025, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-david-lynch/1013049 "2025-01-18T07:44:07Z")
Passed away at the age of 78. He was one of my favorite directors for sure. Twin Peaks was absolutely iconic to me when I was in high school. There was no other mind like his in Hollywood. --- ## [Cost of EV charging stations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-of-ev-charging-stations/1013025)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2025, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-of-ev-charging-stations/1013025 "2025-01-18T04:53:42Z")
Just some information. Ohio received $14.1 million to build up to 360 stations in NW Ohio. That comes out to about $40,000 each. The stations will primarily be in 4 of Ohio’s 88 counties. --- ## [The huge power plant in Moss Landing, CA is on fire {2025-01-17}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-huge-power-plant-in-moss-landing-ca-is-on-fire-2025-01-17/1013072)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2025, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-huge-power-plant-in-moss-landing-ca-is-on-fire-2025-01-17/1013072 "2025-01-18T03:43:41Z")
The plant now has a lithium battery energy storage area, and that’s what’s on fire. Everyone nearby is advised to evacuate because of toxic smoke from the fire. That place is right next door to Elkhorn Slough, which is… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=388) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=390)