# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=413&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 414 --- ## [Why aren't assassinations more common? (not advocating)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-assassinations-more-common-not-advocating/1011408)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-assassinations-more-common-not-advocating/1011408 "2024-12-18T17:23:18Z")
Whenever I see world leaders jetting around, meeting other leaders and doing tours, it is surprising to me that these visits are not more risky. There are a lot of crackpots out there, and, for some leaders, millions wit… --- ## [Material suggestions ( prototyping)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/material-suggestions-prototyping/1011759)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/material-suggestions-prototyping/1011759 "2024-12-18T17:23:06Z")
I will be making something that will have a shape almost identical to the plastic lid on a 5 gal bucket. It has to be several times stronger and rigid. Any suggestions. Right now I am thinking fiberglass But there might … --- ## [Legal question about Elon's monetary support of trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-about-elons-monetary-support-of-trump/1011649)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-about-elons-monetary-support-of-trump/1011649 "2024-12-18T16:52:02Z")
Elon invested some $200 million into electing trump and it’s my understanding that while Citizens United says that super PACs can spend unlimited money supporting an issue, they’re not allowed to coordinate with the cand… --- ## [eBay "return" advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-return-advice/1011471)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-return-advice/1011471 "2024-12-18T16:11:02Z")
My phone started having a bulge and glitching up, after overheating. So I decided to get a new phone. The phone seemed fine the day I got it (3 days ago), but today has crashed and started bootlooping (just keeps rebooti… --- ## [I'd support the right to arm bears, but](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-support-the-right-to-arm-bears-but/1011776)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2024, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-support-the-right-to-arm-bears-but/1011776 "2024-12-18T11:29:26Z")
…it looks like they don’t need it. A Virginia man has died after a bear in a tree shot by one of his hunting partners fell on him That’s some Three Stooges stuff right there. Yeah, I know they probably took him to a … --- ## [What would happen if someone ate a bowl of Colon Blow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-someone-ate-a-bowl-of-colon-blow/1011778)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2024, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-someone-ate-a-bowl-of-colon-blow/1011778 "2024-12-18T11:16:24Z")
Or, god forbid, Super Colon Blow? --- ## [How can an IP68 smartphone be okay with being submerged in water, but not be okay with some rain droplets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-an-ip68-smartphone-be-okay-with-being-submerged-in-water-but-not-be-okay-with-some-rain-droplets/1011701)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2024, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-an-ip68-smartphone-be-okay-with-being-submerged-in-water-but-not-be-okay-with-some-rain-droplets/1011701 "2024-12-18T05:22:28Z")
So I accidentally left my smartphone (Samsung S22) exposed to rain (to the point where it sat, almost soaked, for a while) and I’m getting contradictory info: On the one hand, it’s IP68 rated, and advertised as being a… --- ## [Are Korean names generally monosyllabic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-korean-names-generally-monosyllabic/1011692)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2024, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-korean-names-generally-monosyllabic/1011692 "2024-12-18T05:16:31Z")
Following the news events in Korea I was struck by how the surnames all generally seem to be monosyllabic (Han, Yoon, Kim etc), and the personal names mostly to be monosyllabic, or two syllables separated by a hyphen. I… --- ## [Should duplicates of recent threads be closed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-duplicates-of-recent-threads-be-closed/1011764)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2024, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-duplicates-of-recent-threads-be-closed/1011764 "2024-12-18T02:03:04Z")
Inspired by this recent thread. Some questions seem to get asked over and over again. This is just a sorta extreme recent example. Made me wonder if “fighting ignorance” might be advanced by educating folk about how… --- ## [What's with the Veteran of Foreign Wars membership criteria?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-veteran-of-foreign-wars-membership-criteria/1011647)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-veteran-of-foreign-wars-membership-criteria/1011647 "2024-12-18T00:54:30Z")
They only allow you if you’re literally a veteran of a foreign war, so people who served in the military but were never in an actual war or during wartime were stationed stateside don’t count. Also it has to be a declare… --- ## [Antarctic colony](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antarctic-colony/1011204)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antarctic-colony/1011204 "2024-12-17T23:15:55Z")
Could we set up a colony in Antarctica that could live for hundreds or thousands of years without resupply with today’s technology? --- ## [Timely Question: The Waltons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timely-question-the-waltons/1011685)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timely-question-the-waltons/1011685 "2024-12-17T22:49:20Z")
Yes, I am guilty of being THE last to warm up to a show. I am the last hold-out (probably) to start watching the Waltons. Anyway, two questions: a) What is Olivia’s maiden name? Do they ever say? b) In what season does… --- ## [Why is Amazon shipping my order from Australia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-amazon-shipping-my-order-from-australia/1011683)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-amazon-shipping-my-order-from-australia/1011683 "2024-12-17T21:52:53Z")
And since it’s a video game do I need to worry it won’t work on my PS5? --- ## [Can we now, finally, chew the lying stripper a new one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-now-finally-chew-the-lying-stripper-a-new-one/399607)
**Author:** [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Replies:** 349\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-now-finally-chew-the-lying-stripper-a-new-one/399607 "2024-12-17T21:25:46Z")
All charges in the Duke rape case to be dropped. Those boys were ripped from end to end over this, their names dragged through the mud, castigated by the “Group of 88”, judged guilty in the court of public opinion, and … --- ## [Selling on FB marketplace](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-on-fb-marketplace/1006935)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-on-fb-marketplace/1006935 "2024-12-17T21:23:48Z")
Just a minor rant here - more of a “huh, people are the dumb”. Posting some really cheap stuff on FB, mainly to get rid of it. I expect the usual “is this available?” , followed by no replies ever again when I quickly… --- ## [How do they work with babies and toddlers (psychologically) on TV and movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-work-with-babies-and-toddlers-psychologically-on-tv-and-movies/1011725)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-work-with-babies-and-toddlers-psychologically-on-tv-and-movies/1011725 "2024-12-17T21:09:22Z")
I’ve just been bingeing Six Feet Under (again—what a great show it was) and I marveled at the baby-turned-toddler twins who played the (single character) Maya who joined the show in mid-course as a newborn and ends the s… --- ## [Good Riddance Warren Jeffs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-riddance-warren-jeffs/592281)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-riddance-warren-jeffs/592281 "2024-12-17T20:46:54Z")
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/10/us/10brfs-POLYGAMISTLE\_BRF.html?ref=us Arguably some good news. Pedophile pervert and self-proclaimed “prophet” Warren Jeffs has been sentenced to life in prison for impregnating a 15 y… --- ## [Q about velocity of a falling object](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-velocity-of-a-falling-object/1011179)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-velocity-of-a-falling-object/1011179 "2024-12-17T19:24:27Z")
If an object weighing between 17 (hen) to 41 (tom) pounds was dropped from an altitude of, let’s say, 2,000 ft., what would be it’s velocity when it landed on the Earth. --- ## [Pitting the Toyota service department. This is where I bought my car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-toyota-service-department-this-is-where-i-bought-my-car/1011326)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-toyota-service-department-this-is-where-i-bought-my-car/1011326 "2024-12-17T19:22:04Z")
So. Message comes up on dash board that the car needs service. Ok. I make an appointment. This is a 100 mile one way drive for me. Simple shit. Change the oil, replace the back up camera that no longer functions. They … --- ## [Gladiator II Question \*\*possible spoiler\*\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gladiator-ii-question-possible-spoiler/1010469)
**Author:** [@Dahu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahu)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gladiator-ii-question-possible-spoiler/1010469 "2024-12-17T18:47:23Z")
In the film, there is a scene where they re-enact a sea battle by flooding the arena in the Colosseum. Now, I understand that this actually was possible and did happen. But in the film there is a shark, and this feels f… --- ## [Will Asad Pull an Idi Amin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-asad-pull-an-idi-amin/628615)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-asad-pull-an-idi-amin/628615 "2024-12-17T18:33:30Z")
I just heard that the Syrian Defense Minister was assassinated (suicide bomber). Assad’s army still seems reliable-but there have been defections among some units. I’m sure that Assad has a loyal “Praetorian Guard” unit… --- ## [Happy Beethoven's birthday!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-beethovens-birthday/1011731)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-beethovens-birthday/1011731 "2024-12-17T16:13:40Z")
Time to get down, get funky! --- ## [Thor and Green Lantern...switch accessories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thor-and-green-lantern-switch-accessories/1011427)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thor-and-green-lantern-switch-accessories/1011427 "2024-12-17T16:00:59Z")
(Usually) Only Thor can pick up Mjolnir…because he’s worthy. The Green Lantern ring sought out and accepted Hal Jordan…because he’s worthy. Could these two…theoretically…switch their respective tools of the trade? --- ## [NFL 2024-25: Week 15](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-15/1011444)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-15/1011444 "2024-12-17T15:55:16Z")
The Lions and Chiefs both improved their records to 12-1 with narrow victories. The Lions won on a last-second field goal after converting a fourth down with 43 seconds left, their fourth such conversion of the game, ou… --- ## ['Groundhog Day' inspired movies/series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groundhog-day-inspired-movies-series/932592)
**Author:** [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groundhog-day-inspired-movies-series/932592 "2024-12-17T15:32:56Z")
Big fan of Groundhog Day. I also found that I really like many movies and series that were inspired by the same mechanic. That is: protagonist experiencing same day over and over, without being able to stop it. That is t… --- ## [Where there's a will...how soon should I lawyer up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-theres-a-will-how-soon-should-i-lawyer-up/993221)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-theres-a-will-how-soon-should-i-lawyer-up/993221 "2024-12-17T15:10:00Z")
So my stepdad died about 3 months ago. His bio son is the executor of the will. According to my stepdad (of 43 years btw) his will was meant to be split 5 x ways equally between my two sisters and I, his son, and his gra… --- ## [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… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=412&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=414&state=tracking)