# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=413 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 414 --- ## [I Pit the Obsession With Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-obsession-with-trump/1011136)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-obsession-with-trump/1011136 "2024-12-17T14:13:46Z")
Ever since the election, it seems like every other thread – even threads that aren’t directly about the guy – have devolved into back-and-forth venting about him, and whether or not the country will be heading directly i… --- ## [Tasting new beers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasting-new-beers/950724)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasting-new-beers/950724 "2024-12-17T12:14:01Z")
So, what new beers have you poured down your gullet recently? Right now I am drinking something called a “White Russian Nitro” from Left hand Brewing. It is described as a white stout with coffee and vanilla added, it … --- ## [How can you securely share large files over the internet with someone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-securely-share-large-files-over-the-internet-with-someone/1011664)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-securely-share-large-files-over-the-internet-with-someone/1011664 "2024-12-17T11:42:40Z")
If you have someone who takes a lot of high quality family photos and as a result they have hundreds of GBs worth of photos and family videos, is there a way to transfer that securely to another person? Attachments in e… --- ## [Will butter soften if set out in your kitchen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-butter-soften-if-set-out-in-your-kitchen/1011676)
**Author:** [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-butter-soften-if-set-out-in-your-kitchen/1011676 "2024-12-17T10:10:18Z")
As I was setting out some butter to soften this morning for toast, I recalled a comment from someone in the UK a few years ago that their kitchen was never warm enough in the winter to have spreadable butter. She acted l… --- ## [Summer in Antwerp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-in-antwerp/1008939)
**Author:** [@Sooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sooner)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-in-antwerp/1008939 "2024-12-17T09:35:24Z")
My wife and I (in Charlotte NC) have rented an apartment in Antwerp for a couple months next summer. We will be taking our two dogs (Jack Russells) that are each right at 20 pounds. American Airlines, which is most con… --- ## [Will Joe Biden pardon Hunter? (Answer: Yes. Pardoned on December 1, 2024)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-joe-biden-pardon-hunter-answer-yes-pardoned-on-december-1-2024/994425)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 366\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-joe-biden-pardon-hunter-answer-yes-pardoned-on-december-1-2024/994425 "2024-12-17T08:54:10Z")
We talk about it every couple of years - how the pardon process is abused. In fact, didn’t we just have a thread on that? So here we go with a “will it be abused?” question. Hunter Biden is facing up to 17 years on va… --- ## [A major organisation has a major ethical failing. What do you expect/prefer to happen next?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-major-organisation-has-a-major-ethical-failing-what-do-you-expect-prefer-to-happen-next/1011629)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-major-organisation-has-a-major-ethical-failing-what-do-you-expect-prefer-to-happen-next/1011629 "2024-12-17T08:21:45Z")
Some major organisation, let’s say one that does a lot of things that are socially very useful, also has a history of egregious systemic failure in some aspect of their ethical behaviours (we’ll have an example in a mome… --- ## [Deliberately dim, sympathetic protagonists in non-comedies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deliberately-dim-sympathetic-protagonists-in-non-comedies/1011549)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deliberately-dim-sympathetic-protagonists-in-non-comedies/1011549 "2024-12-17T04:48:45Z")
Last night my wife told me about the book she was reading, a gothic novel in which the protagonist is just dumb as hell. The problem, she said, is that the author thinks it’s a smart protagonist, and it’s infuriating. I… --- ## [Jason Kelce takes offense to homophobic slur about his brother](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jason-kelce-takes-offense-to-homophobic-slur-about-his-brother/1009592)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jason-kelce-takes-offense-to-homophobic-slur-about-his-brother/1009592 "2024-12-17T03:22:48Z")
I made this post in the college football thread, but it probably deserves its own thread. ESPN College Gameday was at Happy Valley before the Penn State/Ohio State game. Jason Kelce was part of the Gameday crew. As he… --- ## [I pit the privacy injunction in the Prince Andrew "H6" spy scandal and the lack of coverage it's getting overseas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-privacy-injunction-in-the-prince-andrew-h6-spy-scandal-and-the-lack-of-coverage-its-getting-overseas/1011696)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-privacy-injunction-in-the-prince-andrew-h6-spy-scandal-and-the-lack-of-coverage-its-getting-overseas/1011696 "2024-12-17T01:57:47Z")
So those of you outside the UK may not of heard of this scandal. King Charles disgraced brother prince Andrew has been caught gong into business with a Chinese businessman who was later denied entry to the UK for being a… --- ## [Oh No, please no ... NOvember rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-please-no-november-rants/1009569)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 365\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-please-no-november-rants/1009569 "2024-12-17T01:16:09Z")
It’s after 6pm on Nov 1st (well here in SC anyway) and I don’t see a new thread, so here ya go! My only rant is that I want it to be like November 10th so I can stop the anxiety cycle I’m in. --- ## [SDMB mentioned in video about #5 Dorrance stainless steel hooks lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-mentioned-in-video-about-5-dorrance-stainless-steel-hooks-lady/1011699)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-mentioned-in-video-about-5-dorrance-stainless-steel-hooks-lady/1011699 "2024-12-16T23:34:51Z")
Longtime members of this board will remember the story circulating in the early 2000s about the woman named Carole (probably an assumed name) who wanted to be a DBE (double below-elbow) amputee and wanted to wear Dorranc… --- ## [Tax on gift cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-on-gift-cards/1011687)
**Author:** [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-on-gift-cards/1011687 "2024-12-16T22:49:33Z")
I was in line behind someone at a Walgreens today and the were buying Amazon gift cards. The total rang up with some odd cents at the end. My assumption was that he was charged sales tax on them as I can’t imagine peopl… --- ## [Why do people insist on being "nice" despite being told not to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-insist-on-being-nice-despite-being-told-not-to/1011619)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-insist-on-being-nice-despite-being-told-not-to/1011619 "2024-12-16T21:10:18Z")
We just got a very heavy box in the mail. FREEZE ON ARRIVAL it said on the side. So we open this thing up and there’s some Polish sausages on top of a couple bottles of saurkraut and a jar of mustard and a package of rol… --- ## [Collecting Pop Tops from Soda Cans - Scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collecting-pop-tops-from-soda-cans-scam/1011266)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collecting-pop-tops-from-soda-cans-scam/1011266 "2024-12-16T21:10:12Z")
I tried looking this up on Google, but all I can get as an answer is maybe. HR just announced at my workplace that we should save the pop tops from our soda cans to give to a co-worker who is collecting them for some ch… --- ## [Let's talk about vehicle apps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-vehicle-apps/1011634)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-vehicle-apps/1011634 "2024-12-16T20:58:53Z")
I have a 2021 Mazda that pairs with a pretty nice app. I can start the car, check my mileage, view my fuel level, be alerted to open or unlocked doors, etc. Nice, right? Problem is, I just learned that I had only three … --- ## [Rule of thumb maintenance policy for lazy people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rule-of-thumb-maintenance-policy-for-lazy-people/1011409)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rule-of-thumb-maintenance-policy-for-lazy-people/1011409 "2024-12-16T20:34:26Z")
This may not work for any but the laziest, and may not work at all for anyone but me, but it seems to be working just fine for me: whenever I’m instructed to maintain something at a certain level of attention, whether m… --- ## [The German government fell today (12/16/24)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-german-government-fell-today-12-16-24/1011723)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-german-government-fell-today-12-16-24/1011723 "2024-12-16T19:12:06Z")
Interesting that this happened less than two weeks after the French government fell, so instability in the two largest countries in the EU by population. I don’t follow German politics, but this is much in contrast … --- ## [Why was the stored program concept developed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-stored-program-concept-developed/1010242)
**Author:** [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-stored-program-concept-developed/1010242 "2024-12-16T18:58:55Z")
Putting here instead of FQ because I know the answer - or knew it after I researched it. Whether von Neumann invented the stored program concept is a bit controversial, but this thread isn’t about that. As a computer ar… --- ## [Medication ads on TV - actors vs compensated patients?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medication-ads-on-tv-actors-vs-compensated-patients/1011711)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medication-ads-on-tv-actors-vs-compensated-patients/1011711 "2024-12-16T18:16:28Z")
We’ve been watching a couple of shows on Peacock, where apparently the only products they advertise are prescription medications. We recently noticed one medicine - for breast cancer I believe, flashes fine print saying… --- ## [Christian Bale gets around - Google maps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-bale-gets-around-google-maps/1011018)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-bale-gets-around-google-maps/1011018 "2024-12-16T17:35:17Z")
I thought there was a ‘strange things on Google maps’ thread but I couldn’t find it. Anyway, they’ve probably updated since then so… Helping a friend find a Planet Fitness near him, I found this strange graffiti (?) on … --- ## [(Old) I’ve Never Done This Before in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-i-ve-never-done-this-before-in-the-mmp/1004594)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 286\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2024, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-i-ve-never-done-this-before-in-the-mmp/1004594 "2024-07-30T01:40:55Z")
Wait, could it possibly be? I’ve looked three times through the last day’s worth of threads and can’t find a new MMP, so I’m starting one! This is unprecedented and I’m unreasonably excited. So what’s something rather … --- ## [Democrats need a Project 2029](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-need-a-project-2029/1011090)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-need-a-project-2029/1011090 "2024-12-16T16:13:31Z")
Assuming the DNC actually wants to implement policy in the future instead of being a permanent minority party (which os a big assumption), they need to start planning now for the next presidential election. Meek statemen… --- ## [In Your Eyes: What happened to the churches?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-eyes-what-happened-to-the-churches/193526)
**Author:** [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-eyes-what-happened-to-the-churches/193526 "2024-12-16T16:11:35Z")
I’ve heard Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes” twice in the last 24 hours, and I’ve noticed that the line “I see the doorway to a thousand churches” has been excised from the song. Is this some new development? Does anyone … --- ## [What is green corn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-green-corn/1011698)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-green-corn/1011698 "2024-12-16T15:59:20Z")
I just saw a picture of a hotel menu from 1890. The vegetable choices were mashed potatoes, roast sweet potatoes, boiled potatoes, macaroni in cream, green peas, green corn, and boiled rice. What is green corn? Judging … --- ## [The power of memory/nostalgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-power-of-memory-nostalgia/1011648)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-power-of-memory-nostalgia/1011648 "2024-12-16T15:39:17Z")
Today I did some grocery shopping and then made a batch of our nearly-sacred Christmas sugar cookie dough. These will be baked tomorrow, cut out with tin cutters I’ve inherited from my mother, and decorated in the only p… --- ## [The economic roots of fascism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-economic-roots-of-fascism/1009349)
**Author:** [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-economic-roots-of-fascism/1009349 "2024-12-16T14:43:25Z")
The NYT published a chart (gift link) recently showing how much non-college-degree white men’s average income had fallen relative to everyone else’s. It was, well, graphic. In 1980, this group was the only one (on the ch… --- ## [Who chooses screensavers for software companies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-chooses-screensavers-for-software-companies/1011553)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-chooses-screensavers-for-software-companies/1011553 "2024-12-16T14:11:54Z")
I’ve often wondered about the standard screen saver photos promulgated by my operating systems. Who chose THOSE specific photos and why. Usually they are landscapes. Sometimes they are MOSTLY natural settings, but alw… --- ## [Whatever happened to 1980s "life extension" authors Dirk Pierson and Sandy Shaw?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-1980s-life-extension-authors-dirk-pierson-and-sandy-shaw/214630)
**Author:** [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-1980s-life-extension-authors-dirk-pierson-and-sandy-shaw/214630 "2024-12-16T13:49:52Z")
Back in the 1980s, these two writers/researchers/biochemists were major champions of mega-vitamin therapy and other iffy propositions they claimed would radically extend lifespans and general health. I recall a rerun of… --- ## [Comedies with an extremely cringy and awkward major character](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-with-an-extremely-cringy-and-awkward-major-character/1011534)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-with-an-extremely-cringy-and-awkward-major-character/1011534 "2024-12-16T13:42:10Z")
Any good movies or TV shows where a main character makes you cringe in how awkward and embarrassing they are? The increasingly poor decisions of Todd Margaret The US version of the Office (the first few seasons at leas… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=412) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=414)