# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=411 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 412 --- ## [Ow! My Spine! (Already Have Dr's Appointment)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-my-spine-already-have-drs-appointment/1007755)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-my-spine-already-have-drs-appointment/1007755 "2024-12-19T14:18:17Z")
About a month and a half ago, I woke with great pain in my lower back, all through my pelvis and my hips. I wasn’t sure at the time if I ad simply slept in a bad position, injured myself in my sleep, or both. As time wen… --- ## [Help Me Replace My Windows Computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-replace-my-windows-computer/1009420)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-replace-my-windows-computer/1009420 "2024-12-19T14:01:02Z")
There was a thread earlier this year regarding replacement of a Mac, and there are also a couple of threads regarding building a new computer or replacing parts on an existing computer. Well, I have a 2017 Windows deskt… --- ## [The Bronze Turd Award appears in Washington DC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bronze-turd-award-appears-in-washington-dc/1009218)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bronze-turd-award-appears-in-washington-dc/1009218 "2024-12-19T13:25:27Z")
Nobody seems to have noted this, so I will Here’s a transcript of the inscription: This memorial honors the brave men and women who broke into the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021 to loot, urinate and defecate… --- ## [Face book can take a long walk on a short pier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/face-book-can-take-a-long-walk-on-a-short-pier/1007345)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/face-book-can-take-a-long-walk-on-a-short-pier/1007345 "2024-12-19T13:09:00Z")
I ONLY use facebook to look at pictures of my dogs when I board them. The ‘kennel’ has a facebook page where it uploads pictures to their facebook page. So, I look about once a year. And I forgot my fb credentials and t… --- ## [What is the record number of assassination attempts on a US President/ Candidate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-number-of-assassination-attempts-on-a-us-president-candidate/1011768)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-number-of-assassination-attempts-on-a-us-president-candidate/1011768 "2024-12-19T12:44:31Z")
I am not advocating violence. But, I grow to wonder–which President had the largest number of attempts on his life? Thwarted plots count. --- ## [Invasive species: Giant hornets in Washington state, British Columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasive-species-giant-hornets-in-washington-state-british-columbia/853181)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasive-species-giant-hornets-in-washington-state-british-columbia/853181 "2024-12-19T12:08:52Z")
The media has been reporting of late using the rather sensationalist term “murder hornet” for these critters: The Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia) has arrived in the Pacific Northwest (believed to be either a stowaw… --- ## [New York state is looking into creating a special hotline for CEOs to report threats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-state-is-looking-into-creating-a-special-hotline-for-ceos-to-report-threats/1011732)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-state-is-looking-into-creating-a-special-hotline-for-ceos-to-report-threats/1011732 "2024-12-19T11:48:21Z")
I guess regular 911 is good enough for the proletariat class, but the CEOs need their own special law enforcement division. Also they want to make killing CEOs an act of terrorism. Killing the bottom 99% will still be re… --- ## [Possible and likely US political outcomes for next four years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-and-likely-us-political-outcomes-for-next-four-years/1011235)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-and-likely-us-political-outcomes-for-next-four-years/1011235 "2024-12-19T10:49:52Z")
I’m going to lay out some alternative outcomes for the US political situation over the next four years, with reasoning. Feel free to weigh in. Trump is actually still inept. His handlers can’t control him the way they… --- ## [Was I The A$$hole?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-i-the-a-hole/1008384)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-i-the-a-hole/1008384 "2024-12-19T08:39:19Z")
This is about a thread on Facebook. I thought that I was both on the moral side and doing quite well in the argument. Then, the thread was not there anymore. I’m assuming that somebody deleted it. So, this is from memory… --- ## [Do you feel guilty about taking advantage of loss leader deals for small businesses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-guilty-about-taking-advantage-of-loss-leader-deals-for-small-businesses/1011002)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-guilty-about-taking-advantage-of-loss-leader-deals-for-small-businesses/1011002 "2024-12-19T07:47:25Z")
So there’s a bar down the street from me that has really good pizza and after midnight it’s half off. I was really craving some pizza late at night, so I headed over and ordered a 14" supreme (taking home half of it). Th… --- ## ["Get the government off my back"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-the-government-off-my-back/1010973)
**Author:** [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-the-government-off-my-back/1010973 "2024-12-19T06:53:28Z")
I have seen this opinion lately from time to time, from individuals. Does anyone (e.g. average Joe) have a specific example of the gov’t as a burden? Is this cross bearing? Can people absorb the government by the peo… --- ## [Shittiest universities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shittiest-universities/1007264)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shittiest-universities/1007264 "2024-12-19T06:37:19Z")
Not the most excruciating of pittings, but… Guess I’ll need some ignorance full-nelsoned outta me here - according to this website… These are the 63 worst colleges in America 2024 - Degreechoices.com …where in the fuck… --- ## [Filmore is pitted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filmore-is-pitted/1007042)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filmore-is-pitted/1007042 "2024-12-19T06:34:53Z")
@filmore is a dumbass of epic proportion. He keeps arguing in the Trump/Harris debate thread that Harris needs to prove to voters she actually worked at McDonalds and isn’t lying so that independent and undecided voters … --- ## [Pitting BorealisCooper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-borealiscooper/1010149)
**Author:** [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-borealiscooper/1010149 "2024-12-19T06:33:44Z")
Today’s Coveted Golden Sealioning Award Goes To … @BorealisCooper! Come on down! Stranger --- ## [Furious At My New Landlords! They Won't Make Repairs!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furious-at-my-new-landlords-they-wont-make-repairs/1007493)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furious-at-my-new-landlords-they-wont-make-repairs/1007493 "2024-12-19T06:31:53Z")
I was finally able to move out of my old apartment. It was rodent infested, in a high crime neighborhood, 500 something feet (as opposed to the apartment in Somerton which was almost 800), yet the rent ws more each month… --- ## [The travesty of not running Joe Biden in 2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travesty-of-not-running-joe-biden-in-2016/1004617)
**Author:** [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-travesty-of-not-running-joe-biden-in-2016/1004617 "2024-12-19T06:29:30Z")
So now this saga is over. Joe Biden achieved his lifelong dream which begun in earnest over thirty years ago to become President of the United States. One which he was first on the public record for before anyone outside… --- ## [Fuck you, Joe Manchin!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-joe-manchin/953201)
**Author:** [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Replies:** 371\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-joe-manchin/953201 "2024-12-19T06:28:16Z")
Fuck you, Joe Manchin! And that is all. --- ## [I pit Elmo and his Tesla heist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-elmo-and-his-tesla-heist/1002838)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-elmo-and-his-tesla-heist/1002838 "2024-12-19T06:25:42Z")
Ok I don’t have the highest opinion of modern corporations, but even I am pretty floored by this, maybe I’m too naive. Elon Musk just reached in the till at Tesla and pocketed 55 BILLION! I’ve never had a high opinio… --- ## [Ballot drop-boxes are being torched in Oregon and Washington](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ballot-drop-boxes-are-being-torched-in-oregon-and-washington/1009368)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ballot-drop-boxes-are-being-torched-in-oregon-and-washington/1009368 "2024-12-19T06:17:01Z")
That Oregon does all mail-in voting makes this act even more despicable. Does the perp really, seriously think there are no Trump votes in there? (I do see another thread in P&E. I’m leaving it here.) On a happier no… --- ## [Fusion Power - No longer 30 years away?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fusion-power-no-longer-30-years-away/1011823)
**Author:** [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fusion-power-no-longer-30-years-away/1011823 "2024-12-19T02:00:01Z")
So apparently someone thinks they can have an operating fusion power plant within a decade. However, I feel like the following line in the story is doing a lot of work: Oh, you don’t say! --- ## [Could you have a true dictatorship in a country with more guns than people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-have-a-true-dictatorship-in-a-country-with-more-guns-than-people/1009915)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-have-a-true-dictatorship-in-a-country-with-more-guns-than-people/1009915 "2024-12-19T01:37:10Z")
Pulling off a dictatorship will necessarily require some harsh measures and the cancelation of civil liberties that will even piss off a lot of Trump supporters. If elections are cancelled or become show votes, even GOP … --- ## [Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-socialists-of-america-dsa/1010264)
**Author:** [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-socialists-of-america-dsa/1010264 "2024-12-19T01:07:36Z")
Would joining the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) make me one of Trump’s “enemies within”, a target of harassment by Trump’s jackbooted thugs? What harm could there be in joining the DSA? Does the DSA allow Vete… --- ## [Beware: PDF attachments can contain viruses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-pdf-attachments-can-contain-viruses/1011762)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-pdf-attachments-can-contain-viruses/1011762 "2024-12-18T23:42:55Z")
Hi, a PSA for today. Apologies if this has been discussed recently. This morning I received this text — A quick search yielded these — No, I di… --- ## [Inadvertent flag…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inadvertent-flag/1011822)
**Author:** [@MarkF2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkF2004)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inadvertent-flag/1011822 "2024-12-18T21:42:07Z")
Hi, My twitchy finger just touched a flag icon on a post. A Genuine Caption Contest (Part 2) - #678 by needscoffee Entirely my error but wouldn’t want any fallout to ensue… --- ## [Can Anyone ID this Sci Fi Duology?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-sci-fi-duology/1011821)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-sci-fi-duology/1011821 "2024-12-18T21:37:44Z")
I was thinking of a duology I read years ago (mid 2000s maybe). It was set on an Earth where Venus and Mars were the way 1800s scifi writers thought of them. Venus was Swampy and filled with Dinosaurs. Mars had an ancien… --- ## [Is there a SF alien invasion story told from the aliens' point of view?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-sf-alien-invasion-story-told-from-the-aliens-point-of-view/1011575)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-sf-alien-invasion-story-told-from-the-aliens-point-of-view/1011575 "2024-12-18T21:01:45Z")
What I am talking about is an alien invasion of Earth in the mold of War of the Worlds or Independence Day only the story is told from the perspective of the alien invaders. I’m especially interested in the sort where t… --- ## [Any experiences with Mahjong for Seniors? Does it keep your mind alert?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experiences-with-mahjong-for-seniors-does-it-keep-your-mind-alert/1011769)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experiences-with-mahjong-for-seniors-does-it-keep-your-mind-alert/1011769 "2024-12-18T20:02:48Z")
I’ve seen ads for Mahjong for Seniors. It’s a free App. Does it really help keep the mind active and alert? Which version (brand) are you using? --- ## [A problem for people who love math \[calculating component values in an electrical circuit\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-problem-for-people-who-love-math-calculating-component-values-in-an-electrical-circuit/1011766)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-problem-for-people-who-love-math-calculating-component-values-in-an-electrical-circuit/1011766 "2024-12-18T19:36:19Z")
I am designing a circuit that requires a resistance value to be calculated (or measured). Measuring it would be pretty simple, but I would like to know if the value can be calculated. Given an 60Hz AC input at 480v, ch… --- ## [Shelf stable caviar review](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shelf-stable-caviar-review/1011775)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shelf-stable-caviar-review/1011775 "2024-12-18T19:09:16Z")
Every so often I get the idea to try some more caviar. I had some at a party decades ago and liked it. Since then I have tried it a few times but have not found any “real” caviar that is inexpensive enough to buy so I h… --- ## [Is Trans fear driven by a fear of being deceived?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trans-fear-driven-by-a-fear-of-being-deceived/1010837)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 321\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trans-fear-driven-by-a-fear-of-being-deceived/1010837 "2024-12-18T18:14:23Z")
I had a thought, I don’t know how insightful it is, but I put it here for others to consider with me. One thing that stands out in all the anti-Trans conversations and topics is the fact that a lot of us are uncomforta… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=410) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=412)