# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=432 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 433 --- ## [What would Molly Ivins say?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-molly-ivins-say/1010269)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-molly-ivins-say/1010269 "2024-11-19T12:49:07Z")
I wrote this last week for my own therapy and amusement. Then some friends decided to hold an Irish Wake for – well, it wasn’t clear. The Democratic Party, or the Country, or something. It was an excuse to get together a… --- ## ["Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 9999\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2024, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659 "2024-11-19T10:57:21Z")
Continuing the discussion from "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1) - #10001 by SeaSun. Previous discussions: "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1) --- ## [Correlation between voice & musical talent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correlation-between-voice-musical-talent/1010351)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2024, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correlation-between-voice-musical-talent/1010351 "2024-11-19T08:49:39Z")
This is not good enough a question for GQ, so… I am currently listening to my house-mate singing along to music. He’s terrible. I would assume he was doing drunk kareoke if it was not 08:30 am, and I know he slept. I m… --- ## [Stabilizing binoculars with astigmatism correction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stabilizing-binoculars-with-astigmatism-correction/1010361)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2024, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stabilizing-binoculars-with-astigmatism-correction/1010361 "2024-11-19T04:21:33Z")
I wish I could use binoculars better. I have extremely shaky hands, so even low magnification is barely useable. I also have a couple diopters of astigmatism in both eyes, and in my limited experience eyepieces usually c… --- ## [Secret Santa 2024 - any interest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2024-any-interest/1010383)
**Author:** [@Nayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nayna)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2024, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2024-any-interest/1010383 "2024-11-19T03:30:02Z")
I managed Secret Santa for the first time in 2023. I personally love it, and I’m happy to manage it again this year if there’s interest. Anyone? --- ## [New Zealand spin-off of "leftist countries" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-spin-off-of-leftist-countries-thread/1009952)
**Author:** [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2024, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-spin-off-of-leftist-countries-thread/1009952 "2024-11-19T02:21:28Z")
New Zealand often comes up, and as someone who emigrated here over twenty years ago, I’d echo the ‘pace of life’ advantages, along with the general scenery being fabulous. However, literally yesterday, the Coalition g… --- ## [How far back is (US) paper money good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-back-is-us-paper-money-good/1010359)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2024, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-back-is-us-paper-money-good/1010359 "2024-11-19T01:47:50Z")
Let’s say I found a bunch of post-Civil War $20 paper notes in a forgotten-about safe somewhere. Could I take them to a bank and exchange them for 1:1 new notes? Or would this necessitate a phone call to some federal off… --- ## [So I want to get back into World of Warcraft, and start from the beginning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-want-to-get-back-into-world-of-warcraft-and-start-from-the-beginning/1010174)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2024, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-want-to-get-back-into-world-of-warcraft-and-start-from-the-beginning/1010174 "2024-11-19T01:16:33Z")
The thread title says it all-- I want to play WoW and start all over again, from the beginning, by rolling a new toon and going from there. Do I have to buy a “base” game (for lack of a better choice of words) and just b… --- ## [Lowe’s, Menards, HDepot, Which Should I Patronize?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowe-s-menards-hdepot-which-should-i-patronize/1010326)
**Author:** [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2024, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowe-s-menards-hdepot-which-should-i-patronize/1010326 "2024-11-19T01:11:20Z")
I’m mostly talking politics here; I’d rather not give money to MAGA or extreme libertarian businesses. Since the recent Washington Post controversy I’m cutting back on my Amazon purchases, shopping more at local busines… --- ## [What was the plan after Andrew Johnson's impeachment/conviction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-plan-after-andrew-johnsons-impeachment-conviction/1010396)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-plan-after-andrew-johnsons-impeachment-conviction/1010396 "2024-11-18T22:37:28Z")
As I understand it. After the Lincoln assassination, Andrew Johnson ascends to the presidency. But, as there is no mechanism for selecting a new vice-president at that time, the office is unfilled for the duration of hi… --- ## [LED Bulbs: Do they have generations and...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-bulbs-do-they-have-generations-and/998560)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-bulbs-do-they-have-generations-and/998560 "2024-11-18T22:09:59Z")
We have an LED bulb maybe 6 months old, tops. It has already died. The bulb gets a lot of “brief, on” and “long, off” cycles. I note this is highly likely an older, LED bulb sitting in my garage. It could be that LEDs d… --- ## [Holes cleaned up by Congress post-Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holes-cleaned-up-by-congress-post-trump/1010270)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holes-cleaned-up-by-congress-post-trump/1010270 "2024-11-18T21:57:07Z")
This is a Factual Question. During the Trump Administration, quite a lot of things that were “norms” but not “laws” were said to have been violated. Between 2020 and today, has Congress passed any Acts that would clean… --- ## [Why won't Biden do his duty (as perceived by the OP)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-biden-do-his-duty-as-perceived-by-the-op/1010297)
**Author:** [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-biden-do-his-duty-as-perceived-by-the-op/1010297 "2024-11-18T21:22:41Z")
In US history there have been several instances of Presidents making Supreme Court nominations in order to balance the size of the Court with the number of federal Courts of Appeals (aka Circuit Courts). Today the numbe… --- ## [Law and Order: Jack McCoy references "Chinatown"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-and-order-jack-mccoy-references-chinatown/1010419)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-and-order-jack-mccoy-references-chinatown/1010419 "2024-11-18T21:17:19Z")
Trying to remember an episode of “Law and Order” (classic) from the thinnest of clues. Jack and his associates are discussing a case (probably when Jack was DA) and something prompts Jack to do a brief impression of the… --- ## [Are 401K contributions significant to the stock market?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-401k-contributions-significant-to-the-stock-market/1009215)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-401k-contributions-significant-to-the-stock-market/1009215 "2024-11-18T18:50:30Z")
Many people that have “regular paying” jobs, IE - not in the gig economy, put a percentage of their paychecks into company sponsored 401K accounts with each pay period. I think it’s a reasonable assumption that a substa… --- ## [Has there been any whisper of global electronic screwing around with votes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-any-whisper-of-global-electronic-screwing-around-with-votes/1010288)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-any-whisper-of-global-electronic-screwing-around-with-votes/1010288 "2024-11-18T18:49:45Z")
Where have all the conspiracy theorists gone? :notes: Gone to flowers every-one? Okay, just humor me for a bit before I collapse with a permanent case of the vapors. Has anyone anywhere voiced even the tiniest hint o… --- ## [EV and PHEV owners: do you time your charging?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ev-and-phev-owners-do-you-time-your-charging/1010378)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ev-and-phev-owners-do-you-time-your-charging/1010378 "2024-11-18T17:53:41Z")
Not for variable pricing. I’m same electricity cost any time of day but wondering if less time at “full” charge (as full as the built in buffer allows, I’ve read 83% quoted but unsure if it is a reliable source) has any … --- ## [Infectious process of the mouth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infectious-process-of-the-mouth/1010400)
**Author:** [@Mr.Baggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Baggins)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infectious-process-of-the-mouth/1010400 "2024-11-18T17:24:37Z")
Mi son (young adult) has a weird problem. He’ll sometimes bite the inner part of his lip while eating and make a small wound. The weird part is (he claims) it won’t hurt the same day, but over the next day it will start … --- ## [(Old) Hauntings in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-hauntings-in-the-mmp/1010066)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 312\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-hauntings-in-the-mmp/1010066 "2024-11-18T16:40:06Z")
OK, this place is haunted, there is no other explanation. Our kitchen floor is lovely white textured ceramic tile. When it is clean, it is beautiful. When someone spills a drop of water, it looks filthy in less than 10 m… --- ## [Search Box: @Name Filter and Autocomplete Inoperative When \[in this topic\] Selected](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-box-name-filter-and-autocomplete-inoperative-when-in-this-topic-selected/1010398)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-box-name-filter-and-autocomplete-inoperative-when-in-this-topic-selected/1010398 "2024-11-18T15:37:19Z")
HI folks - This is a long-standing defect, like from when we first switched to Discourse. I’m finally getting around to beefing about it. Repro: On any topic page, click the magnifying glass then begin by entering @ in… --- ## [Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. Mike Tyson fights Friday night!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-has-a-plan-until-they-get-punched-in-the-mouth-mike-tyson-fights-friday-night/1010144)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 245\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-has-a-plan-until-they-get-punched-in-the-mouth-mike-tyson-fights-friday-night/1010144 "2024-11-18T14:34:58Z")
Mike Tyson fights Friday night. Who else will be watching? Mike Tyson is 58. Jake Paul is 27. Their fight is in Arlington TX. Will you watch? What do you expect? I rememb… --- ## [Purple skin anime character](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-skin-anime-character/1010349)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-skin-anime-character/1010349 "2024-11-18T14:12:54Z")
I saw a reddish purple skinned anime character recently and now it’s driving me crazy trying to think of who it was. It’s definitely anime style, probably scifi like Voltron or Macross. I thought briefly I might be mist… --- ## [iPhone and pictures: how to send pic as file?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-and-pictures-how-to-send-pic-as-file/1010392)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-and-pictures-how-to-send-pic-as-file/1010392 "2024-11-18T14:09:30Z")
When I take a picture on my iPhone and forward it to my desktop by e-mail, the pic is reproduced in the body of the e-mail. It doesn’t go as a file and I can’t figure out how to save it as a file on my desktop. What am … --- ## [Changing the arrangement of the numbers on a laptop with a number pad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-the-arrangement-of-the-numbers-on-a-laptop-with-a-number-pad/1010376)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-the-arrangement-of-the-numbers-on-a-laptop-with-a-number-pad/1010376 "2024-11-18T08:53:23Z")
Hi, everyone. I have a laptop with a ‘full’ keyboard that includes a number pad. I already know how to switch the keyboard layout - I use Dvorak exclusively. What I want to know is - is there a way to change the layou… --- ## [Are we doing a Secret Santa this year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-doing-a-secret-santa-this-year/1010219)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-doing-a-secret-santa-this-year/1010219 "2024-11-18T08:21:04Z")
I’m not volunteering to organize it, mind you. Just curious, because last year I missed the deadline to sign up. --- ## [Grey Cup ending](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grey-cup-ending/1010382)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grey-cup-ending/1010382 "2024-11-18T03:02:53Z")
It was 10-10 at the half and is now 41-16 Argonauts with, I think, three interceptions leading to TDs in the 4th quarter. Now exactly 1:58 left. 1:41. 1:35. 1:18. 1:12. 1:02, first and goal for the Bombers. :53. … --- ## [How do I become a freemason?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-become-a-freemason/1010218)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-become-a-freemason/1010218 "2024-11-18T05:14:41Z")
I don’t know whether this is the right forum to put this question, but I guess it is not suited for FQ, so here I start. All my life (literally: I was born in Spain) I have heard about those freemasons, or masons for sh… --- ## [Ok I give up. How do you ignore an entire subforum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-give-up-how-do-you-ignore-an-entire-subforum/1010381)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-give-up-how-do-you-ignore-an-entire-subforum/1010381 "2024-11-18T02:15:05Z")
Seen some people saying they have been ignoring the Politics subforum, but I cannot find that option anywhere. There is an option to “edit categories navigation”, but clicking or unclicking each subforum doesn’t seem to… --- ## [NFL 2024-25: Week 10](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-10/1009720)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-10/1009720 "2024-11-18T01:09:00Z")
The Lions have left no doubt that right now they are the best team in the NFC as they dominated the Packers in Green Bay. The Saints are making a case for the worst team in the league by losing their 7th straight, this t… --- ## [How is Trump's health and energy compared to the average 78-year old?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-trumps-health-and-energy-compared-to-the-average-78-year-old/1008645)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-trumps-health-and-energy-compared-to-the-average-78-year-old/1008645 "2024-11-18T00:10:04Z")
(Non-political thread - trying to keep politics out of this) I know we have quite a few Dopers here who are 78 years old, or are older than Trump himself. Whatever you may think of the guy, he seems to be indefatigable… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=431) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=433)