# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=412&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 413 --- ## [Easement rights in Arkansas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easement-rights-in-arkansas/1011773)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easement-rights-in-arkansas/1011773 "2024-12-19T20:58:12Z")
A real estate agent purchased a land locked area of land behind my property and asked for an easement so that whoever buys it from her can access it. I have no problem with a property owner using the edge of my property … --- ## [Books you reread over and over](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-you-reread-over-and-over/1011325)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-you-reread-over-and-over/1011325 "2024-12-19T20:43:17Z")
I covered book series you reread over and over, such as the Nero Wolfe Mysteries for me. Now, standalone books, not really part of a series- For me it is Lord of the Rings- of course, but also’ American Gods and The … --- ## [Does divestment make a difference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-divestment-make-a-difference/1011861)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-divestment-make-a-difference/1011861 "2024-12-19T19:56:29Z")
For about a year now, there have been calls for institutions to divest from businesses that are facilitating Israel’s absurdly destructive bombing campaign in Gaza. I assume the divestment is targeted at the manufacture… --- ## [Is it possible to block a mod?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-block-a-mod/1011836)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-block-a-mod/1011836 "2024-12-19T19:41:00Z")
I would like to block a moderator for their posts as a regular poster and unrelated to their job as a moderator. If you open up a regular user’s profile, in the top right, you get the ability to set them to normal / mute… --- ## [Making Meatloaf for the first time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-meatloaf-for-the-first-time/943392)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-meatloaf-for-the-first-time/943392 "2024-12-19T18:35:00Z")
As the title says. I’m a meatloaf making newbie. As such, I don’t really want to try some un-vouched for recipe off a website(doing that with other dishes has been hit or miss for me). So, please, can I have your reci… --- ## [Technology Increasing Student Brawls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-increasing-student-brawls/1011690)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-increasing-student-brawls/1011690 "2024-12-19T18:18:55Z")
The NYT story below is about how smartphones have increased brawling at schools. Though I have no reason to doubt this, it is not like peers didn’t always sometimes encourage other people to fight. The scope is differe… --- ## [Pitting crappy action movies and killing families](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-crappy-action-movies-and-killing-families/1008710)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-crappy-action-movies-and-killing-families/1008710 "2024-12-19T18:04:47Z")
So I’m poking around on Prime and Netflix for something to watch, and I somehow ended up on the “action” section. None of them starred people I’d heard of, and almost all were about someone taking revenge for “his wife a… --- ## [My knife slipped past TSA airport screening — accidentally of course; twice actually](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-knife-slipped-past-tsa-airport-screening-accidentally-of-course-twice-actually/1011817)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-knife-slipped-past-tsa-airport-screening-accidentally-of-course-twice-actually/1011817 "2024-12-19T17:36:40Z")
Pics below. Sorry for the long OP. You can quickly scan through it. TLDR = a few times I’ve accidentally forgotten my knife in my carry-on bag. Sometimes it got confiscated by TSA but 2x it did not. Has this happened to … --- ## [Cataracts -- what to expect in early stages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cataracts-what-to-expect-in-early-stages/1008643)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cataracts-what-to-expect-in-early-stages/1008643 "2024-12-19T17:29:36Z")
I visited my regular optometrist yesterday, as I do every year, to update my glasses prescription. I expressed a feeling that bright lights are not as bright as they used to be, and he confirmed that I have the beginning… --- ## [Shine the bat-signal: we need a Democracy Defense Force (Legal Defense Fund for those targeted by Trump)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shine-the-bat-signal-we-need-a-democracy-defense-force-legal-defense-fund-for-those-targeted-by-trump/1011772)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shine-the-bat-signal-we-need-a-democracy-defense-force-legal-defense-fund-for-those-targeted-by-trump/1011772 "2024-12-19T16:28:01Z")
This just in: Trump files harassing lawsuit against the Des Moines Register, claims report of final election poll is, “Election interference”. What a surprise: Trump sends up another Roman candle that we’re supposed to m… --- ## [A school shooting just happened in Madison, Wisconsin \[Dec 16, 2024\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-school-shooting-just-happened-in-madison-wisconsin-dec-16-2024/1011721)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-school-shooting-just-happened-in-madison-wisconsin-dec-16-2024/1011721 "2024-12-19T16:26:09Z")
However none of the victims were CEOs of powerful companies, so the media will forget all about this by tomorrow. --- ## [The Annual 'A Christmas Carol' Thread (2024)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-annual-a-christmas-carol-thread-2024/1011496)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-annual-a-christmas-carol-thread-2024/1011496 "2024-12-19T16:07:55Z")
I’ve often said that the 1984 version of A Christmas Carol, starring George C. Scott as ‘Scrooge’ and Edward Woodward as ‘The Ghost of Christmas Present’, is my favourite. I’ve given my reasons in the past, so I’ll not … --- ## [Why was Joker 2 so bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-joker-2-so-bad/1009412)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-joker-2-so-bad/1009412 "2024-12-19T15:42:52Z")
I did not get a chance to see it but I intend to when it comes out on streaming. I see a lot of reviews on youtube that it is the worst movie of 2024. I’m avoiding watching those to avoid spoilers but can someone paint… --- ## [Mohela (Student Loan Servicing Folks)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mohela-student-loan-servicing-folks/1009999)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mohela-student-loan-servicing-folks/1009999 "2024-12-19T14:57:49Z")
a) I wake up and in my web browser I pick my saved URL to Mohela, to obtain my current balance, and the link doesn’t work. It’s a link that worked previously. So… b) I type “Mohela student loan” (without quotation marks… --- ## [“It’s a free country”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-a-free-country/1011608)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-a-free-country/1011608 "2024-12-19T14:39:12Z")
Kennedy’s lawyer is apparently petitioning to review access to the polio vaccine which has prevented many cases of tragic illness. Like Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Siri insists he does not want to take vaccines away from anyone wh… --- ## [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… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=411&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=413&state=muted)