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**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2025, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-and-finances-long/1012468 "2025-01-15T00:32:24Z")
I was happy in my first apartment. Then, we found it was infested with at least two kinds of toxic mold and wasn’t safe to inhabit. We panicked. My beloved found a great storage space (cheap, big, climate controlled etc)… --- ## [Shallow Impact (the real movie of an asteroid strike)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shallow-impact-the-real-movie-of-an-asteroid-strike/1012982)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2025, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shallow-impact-the-real-movie-of-an-asteroid-strike/1012982 "2025-01-15T00:26:33Z")
(This was originally going to be a reply in the moon crater thread in FQ, but it started to look like a new thread…) A small meteorite fell in Canada in July of last year. The writeup for it was released yesterday and i… --- ## [Sink Drain Oddity - A Question of Physics, not Necessarily of Plumbing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-drain-oddity-a-question-of-physics-not-necessarily-of-plumbing/1012742)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-drain-oddity-a-question-of-physics-not-necessarily-of-plumbing/1012742 "2025-01-14T22:15:11Z")
I’ve noticed an odd behavior over the years I’m at a loss to explain. Looking for a factual answer, but this probably doesn’t rise to the level of FQ; anecdote and surmise is probably where we’ll end up. I’m going to d… --- ## [Did the Groom of the Stool literally have to wipe the royal bum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-groom-of-the-stool-literally-have-to-wipe-the-royal-bum/1012587)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-groom-of-the-stool-literally-have-to-wipe-the-royal-bum/1012587 "2025-01-14T22:06:32Z")
The Groom of the Stool was known to be the King’s bathroom attendant back in the day; say, King Henry VIII’s time. As it’s said, being that close to the king gave the person direct access to secrets and insider knowledg… --- ## [Best Law & Order quotes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-law-order-quotes/727355)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-law-order-quotes/727355 "2025-01-14T21:52:00Z")
We had a thread similiar thread like this awhile ago, but it was too old to drag up. I’ve been binge watching the series. (The worst part of binge-watching something? Having the theme song stuck in your head) They us… --- ## [Best songs written for commercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-written-for-commercials/1012833)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-written-for-commercials/1012833 "2025-01-14T20:34:47Z")
This must have been discussed before but I haven’t been able to find such a thread. What’s your favorite song that was written for a commercial? I’d like to limit this to songs that were newly written for a commercial, n… --- ## [What New Skill Are You Learning in 2025?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-skill-are-you-learning-in-2025/1012759)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-skill-are-you-learning-in-2025/1012759 "2025-01-14T20:08:28Z")
I’ve just finished my first 7-day streak learning Bahasa Indonesia on Duolingo. My original goal was to study Javanese but there’s surprising little material available for that language, be it online or even in book for… --- ## [Why is there pie by my name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-pie-by-my-name/1012927)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-pie-by-my-name/1012927 "2025-01-14T19:23:49Z")
Why is there pie by my name? --- ## [Go (name)! Go (name)! It's your birthday...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-name-go-name-its-your-birthday/138669)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-name-go-name-its-your-birthday/138669 "2025-01-14T18:12:23Z")
I am not sure if it’s “Go” or “Hey” but where the heck did this saying/chant/thing come from? --- ## [The curse of volunteering at an animal rescue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-curse-of-volunteering-at-an-animal-rescue/1012807)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-curse-of-volunteering-at-an-animal-rescue/1012807 "2025-01-14T17:52:35Z")
So I have been unemployed for about a year. I have some health issues, specifically with short term memory, that have made getting employment a little challenging. I mean, I am still intelligent and able, but not as able… --- ## [How much ought rebuilding be subsidized/encouraged following natural disasters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-ought-rebuilding-be-subsidized-encouraged-following-natural-disasters/1012916)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-ought-rebuilding-be-subsidized-encouraged-following-natural-disasters/1012916 "2025-01-14T17:51:11Z")
Inspired by the recent/current LA fires, but also by reading recently of Floridians not being able to obtain affordable hurricane insurance. It seems undeniable that climate change is resulting in much more development … --- ## [Screw Greg Abbott {Texas Governor}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-greg-abbott-texas-governor/934141)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 832\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-greg-abbott-texas-governor/934141 "2025-01-14T17:42:37Z")
So the governor here in Texas just announced that he’s rescinding all his executive orders for mask mandates, capacity restrictions, or pretty much everything else related to COVID-19, and is also preventing any enforcem… --- ## [Primary care providers should be paid more](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/primary-care-providers-should-be-paid-more/1012741)
**Author:** [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/primary-care-providers-should-be-paid-more/1012741 "2025-01-14T17:41:19Z")
Continuing the discussion from My definition of woke: And not just residencies. Medicare and Medicaid systematically devalue the care provided by primary care providers by giving them lower reimbursement rates than sp… --- ## [What’s your steering wheel style?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-steering-wheel-style/1012913)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-steering-wheel-style/1012913 "2025-01-14T16:37:26Z")
I know that I was taught to keep my hands at 2 & 10, but I don’t do that anymore. Now it’s both hands at the top with thumbs braced along the wheel. It just feels comfortable. Do you stick to the o’clock system or are yo… --- ## [Dear Americans. Get real diplomats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-americans-get-real-diplomats/1010989)
**Author:** [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-americans-get-real-diplomats/1010989 "2025-01-14T16:04:49Z")
Wtf is up with your ambassadors? You just sell the job to highest bidder? For real? --- ## [What made you first think, "Man, I'm old"? What makes you still feel young(ish)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-you-first-think-man-im-old-what-makes-you-still-feel-young-ish/1012353)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-you-first-think-man-im-old-what-makes-you-still-feel-young-ish/1012353 "2025-01-14T15:15:42Z")
I turned 40 this year and noticed a few gray hairs, but shrugged them off. I took a few classes at a community college, surrounded by 20-somethings and their newfangled slang and TikTok “tea”, but that wasn’t what did it… --- ## [Dry cleaner door ding-dong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-cleaner-door-ding-dong/1012924)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-cleaner-door-ding-dong/1012924 "2025-01-14T04:43:31Z")
I’ve just seen this Family Guy clip: Back before I was born my mother worked for a small “Mom and Pop” drycleaners. She stayed friends with the family and would visit them at the store and at their home. S… --- ## [What are Dad Jokes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dad-jokes/1012178)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dad-jokes/1012178 "2025-01-14T03:54:09Z")
I’m curious about the term, and I’m curious about the type of humor. What makes a joke a “Dad joke”? Also, that term seems to have a negative tone, a commentary on the quality of the joke. Please help me understand. --- ## [Looking for a calendar app/document template/etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-calendar-app-document-template-etc/1012934)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-calendar-app-document-template-etc/1012934 "2025-01-14T02:24:45Z")
I’m a teacher. I like to create a calendar for my students, listing what we’ll be covering (and have covered) when. Right now, I do this using a Google Doc that I share with them, that has a big table in it. The downs… --- ## [You can play baseball at ANY ballpark in history—what do you pick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-play-baseball-at-any-ballpark-in-history-what-do-you-pick/721882)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-play-baseball-at-any-ballpark-in-history-what-do-you-pick/721882 "2025-01-14T01:02:49Z")
I’m not really a sports guy—and this question is inspired by a Star Trek episode—but it’s been stewing for awhile, and I thought I’d finally get around to asking it. Anyway, the setup: You’re putting together an amateur… --- ## [Running Man remake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-man-remake/1012745)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2025, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-man-remake/1012745 "2025-01-13T22:50:27Z")
IMDb Wikipedia Planned release date November 7, 2025. I just hope its not the dumpster fire that the '87 release was. I had already read the book and was stoked for the movie. Even more-so with Arnold as the star. … --- ## [British Museum suing curator for stealing artifacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-museum-suing-curator-for-stealing-artifacts/1012802)
**Author:** [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2025, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-museum-suing-curator-for-stealing-artifacts/1012802 "2025-01-13T22:50:21Z")
The suspect has apparently responded: “I thought it was a job requirement for working here.” --- ## [What is the purpose of jodhpurs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-jodhpurs/1006681)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2025, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-jodhpurs/1006681 "2025-01-13T22:49:30Z")
Since there’s already a thread on Puttees ( What was the purpose of puttees? - #11 by John\_DiFool ), I thought I’d bring up this topic. “Jodhpurs” are those weird pants with extra-wide thighs, but tight-fitting near the… --- ## [Well, I fell on ice today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-fell-on-ice-today/1012871)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-fell-on-ice-today/1012871 "2025-01-13T21:47:11Z")
This is aimed at those of you who live in climates that have snowy and icy winters. I generally am aware of whether or not I have slipped and fallen at least once each winter. Not like I write it down or anything. But… --- ## [Brother printer, Linux drivers, rpm vs deb, typo maybe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brother-printer-linux-drivers-rpm-vs-deb-typo-maybe/1012665)
**Author:** [@zuer-coli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuer-coli)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brother-printer-linux-drivers-rpm-vs-deb-typo-maybe/1012665 "2025-01-13T20:42:21Z")
Hello all, Please Note, this question may or may not have a factual answer. I’m looking into a new printer, I’m interested in this Brother printer: MFC-J1205W I don’t understand what’s going on with this page from Brot… --- ## [Isn’t It Tune You Went To Bed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isn-t-it-tune-you-went-to-bed/1012904)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isn-t-it-tune-you-went-to-bed/1012904 "2025-01-13T19:04:57Z")
Well? Isn’t it? --- ## [The differences between 1970s cinema and the cinema of today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-differences-between-1970s-cinema-and-the-cinema-of-today/457017)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-differences-between-1970s-cinema-and-the-cinema-of-today/457017 "2025-01-13T18:39:50Z")
I’ve been thinking lately that there is just something fundamentally different about 70s movies and TV shows versus the ones we have today. There are a bunch of different factors that seem to combine together to create t… --- ## [Manhattan Prosecutors file criminal charges for Trump re Stormy Daniels case - ongoing discussion here (Guilty on all 34 counts, May 30, 2024)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-prosecutors-file-criminal-charges-for-trump-re-stormy-daniels-case-ongoing-discussion-here-guilty-on-all-34-counts-may-30-2024/980953)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 6654\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2025, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-prosecutors-file-criminal-charges-for-trump-re-stormy-daniels-case-ongoing-discussion-here-guilty-on-all-34-counts-may-30-2024/980953 "2025-01-13T18:26:32Z")
It’s the Stormy Daniels situation. The Manhattan district attorney’s office recently signaled to Donald J. Trump’s lawyers that he could face criminal charges for his role in the payment of hush money to a porn star,… --- ## [Wayside local attractions to go visit; near"ish" to the Nachez Trace](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wayside-local-attractions-to-go-visit-near-ish-to-the-nachez-trace/1012798)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wayside-local-attractions-to-go-visit-near-ish-to-the-nachez-trace/1012798 "2025-01-13T18:13:21Z")
I’m coming down from the Chicago area to drive along the Natchez parkway and visit the historic Trace (whenever it warms up enough). I likely will get to it near Nashville but will probably not get all the way to the ot… --- ## [Why do more women like dancing than men do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-more-women-like-dancing-than-men-do/1012501)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-more-women-like-dancing-than-men-do/1012501 "2025-01-13T18:06:24Z")
Referencing this thread: …in which multiple people point out that a much greater proportion of women enjoy dancing than men. To be clear, the question here is not why you personally do or do not like dancing. Instea… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=393&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=395&state=tracking)