# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=433 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 434 --- ## [A benefit for Holocaust survivors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-benefit-for-holocaust-survivors/1010305)
**Author:** [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2024, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-benefit-for-holocaust-survivors/1010305 "2024-11-17T22:48:24Z")
Strange topic, I know, but I wasn’t sure how to word it. My parents just discovered that, as Holocaust survivors, they are entitled to free in-home care for the rest of their lives, as much as they need, paid for by the… --- ## [Windows encryted files sent to IOS device](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-encryted-files-sent-to-ios-device/1010367)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-encryted-files-sent-to-ios-device/1010367 "2024-11-17T21:26:24Z")
I used the built-in encryption capability on my Windows 10 laptop to lock down some folders and individual files. Today I emailed myself one of those files and found I was able to view it on my phone. No encryption, didn… --- ## [Re-Posted Bill Maher makes a good point. LINK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-posted-bill-maher-makes-a-good-point-link/1010332)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-posted-bill-maher-makes-a-good-point-link/1010332 "2024-11-17T21:11:32Z")
Mr Maher points out, in his monologue, that the Left is shooting itself in the foot, ignoring the public’s feelings, including the minorities they are allegedly defending. He goes on to point out that the Red Hats “do n… --- ## [Who was better looking, Paul Newman or Robert Redford?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-better-looking-paul-newman-or-robert-redford/985315)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2024, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-better-looking-paul-newman-or-robert-redford/985315 "2024-11-17T12:17:32Z")
I’m watching “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and I asked my wife who was the better looking of Newman and Redford. She was non-committal and asked me what I thought. I’m not generally a good judge of men’s attractiv… --- ## [14\_New\_Vertix\_Gereration scam (Whatsapp)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-new-vertix-gereration-scam-whatsapp/1010197)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2024, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-new-vertix-gereration-scam-whatsapp/1010197 "2024-11-17T07:39:06Z")
For godsakes. Whatsap spammers have me on their list, somehow. My typical resolution is to be extremely abusive and insulting to these people, which normally gets me banned and so no longer get spam. Which from my poi… --- ## [Inflating car tires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflating-car-tires/1010014)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2024, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflating-car-tires/1010014 "2024-11-17T04:58:14Z")
My husband and I have an ongoing dispute about putting air in car tires. I insist on having him do it, being more than a little afraid of having a tire explode at me (happened to me with a bike tire I was inflating in my… --- ## [PPP version of income, GDP, etc.: - To adjust or not to adjust?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ppp-version-of-income-gdp-etc-to-adjust-or-not-to-adjust/1010298)
**Author:** [@Gordon\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_G)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2024, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ppp-version-of-income-gdp-etc-to-adjust-or-not-to-adjust/1010298 "2024-11-17T04:30:04Z")
In the 20th century, a country’s GDP or other stat (e.g. median wage) was calculated in the local currency and converted to U.S. Dollars at the currency exchange rate at the time of list compilation. (I think.) Nowaday… --- ## [What is the most severe, irrevocable change you plan to make in your life in the next four years due to politics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-severe-irrevocable-change-you-plan-to-make-in-your-life-in-the-next-four-years-due-to-politics/1009973)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2024, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-severe-irrevocable-change-you-plan-to-make-in-your-life-in-the-next-four-years-due-to-politics/1009973 "2024-11-17T04:08:13Z")
I’ve asked on this topic before, but this seemed to be a good time to revive it. As I’ve mentioned before, in 2020, an acquaintance shut down his thriving small business and moved literally across the country because he… --- ## [Android Phone Help Needed! Trying to save pictures to my computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-phone-help-needed-trying-to-save-pictures-to-my-computer/1010339)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2024, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-phone-help-needed-trying-to-save-pictures-to-my-computer/1010339 "2024-11-17T03:01:21Z")
I have a Motorola Moto G Play. Needs replacing, got a problem… But I want to save the 900 photos to my computer before shit-canning it. I messed around with it and saved them all in a folder, hook it up with the cord to… --- ## [Sometimes a banana is just a banana?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-a-banana-is-just-a-banana/1010240)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-a-banana-is-just-a-banana/1010240 "2024-11-17T02:31:54Z")
I was looking for more info on a brand of bananas I wasn’t familiar with\* and found their website. The header image for their page is an apparently naked woman who seems to be very excited to be caressing some large b… --- ## [Premier12 baseball tournament - United States has advanced to Super Round](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premier12-baseball-tournament-united-states-has-advanced-to-super-round/1010346)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2024, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premier12-baseball-tournament-united-states-has-advanced-to-super-round/1010346 "2024-11-17T01:41:11Z")
Rather small and niche tournament, but figured I’d start a thread anyway: The United States and Venezuela just advanced out of Group A (which was held in Mexico) and are headed to Tokyo for the Super Round, which will d… --- ## [What piano piece is this? Mozart most likely](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-piano-piece-is-this-mozart-most-likely/1010028)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2024, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-piano-piece-is-this-mozart-most-likely/1010028 "2024-11-17T00:52:22Z")
Shazam has not helped my daughter and she wants me to seek out the piano sheet music for this piece, which is probably public domain. The video suggests Mozart, so I would think it is rather simple to identify, but we ca… --- ## [Thursday night football on Prime. The sound keeps cutting off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thursday-night-football-on-prime-the-sound-keeps-cutting-off/1010271)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thursday-night-football-on-prime-the-sound-keeps-cutting-off/1010271 "2024-11-16T21:37:13Z")
At any given time I use maybe 20% of my Internet bandwidth. So I know it’s not a me problem. But the sound keeps cutting off intermittently for a couple of seconds at a time. It’s extremely annoying. Anybody found a so… --- ## ["Hide my profile" option will be disabled Sunday, 7/14/2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hide-my-profile-option-will-be-disabled-sunday-7-14-2024/1004071)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hide-my-profile-option-will-be-disabled-sunday-7-14-2024/1004071 "2024-11-16T21:06:10Z")
“HIDE MY PROFILE” OPTION WILL BE DISABLED SUNDAY 7/14/2024 We’re going to disable the “Hide My Profile” option on Sunday, 7/14/2024, at roughly 8pm CDT. After this time, you will no longer be able to hide your profile a… --- ## [Bill Maher has a damn good point. Video link](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-has-a-damn-good-point-video-link/1010327)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-has-a-damn-good-point-video-link/1010327 "2024-11-16T20:08:57Z")
This needed to be said. REALITY CHECK FOR THE LEFT. Tough love, for the Left. --- ## [Canned Pork with Juices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-pork-with-juices/1010228)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-pork-with-juices/1010228 "2024-11-16T16:44:00Z")
I am going through the pantry. I have a 600-gram can of pork with juices. I recall using a similar can for some project last year. It was nice, shredded pork. What ought I to do with it? I am thinking of adding barbeque … --- ## [The Maori haka](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-maori-haka/1010286)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2024, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-maori-haka/1010286 "2024-11-16T11:45:06Z")
I don’t know what it is about this primal ritual that fascinates me. It’s ferocious and energetic, and must have scared the shit out of enemies in the past. Recently, one erupted in the New Zealand parliament in protest … --- ## [Please help identify a game from 1970s or so](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-a-game-from-1970s-or-so/1010318)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2024, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-a-game-from-1970s-or-so/1010318 "2024-11-16T08:07:26Z")
Back in the 1970s, I purchased a travel game which was fairly interesting to me at the time. I remember a lot about the game, but not the name of it. I tried searching and even using AI to ID it. No joy. Here’s what I re… --- ## [America in the next 50 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-in-the-next-50-years/125213)
**Author:** [@Montezuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montezuma)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2024, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-in-the-next-50-years/125213 "2024-11-16T03:35:40Z")
What will the united states be like you think, in the next 50 years? will her world position have changed? Economic domination more intense? Population increased by immigrants and Spanish overtaking English as the prima… --- ## [I'll keep my Trump-voting cousin, if you don't mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-keep-my-trump-voting-cousin-if-you-dont-mind/1010183)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2024, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-keep-my-trump-voting-cousin-if-you-dont-mind/1010183 "2024-11-16T03:15:18Z")
Background: I’m adopted, and because both my birth mother and birth father had tons of offspring, I have about a zillion bio-relatives. Loooooonnnnggg story short, I am slightly in touch with a few of them, and it’s fine… --- ## [What will the next era in the USA be like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-next-era-in-the-usa-be-like/1010274)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-next-era-in-the-usa-be-like/1010274 "2024-11-16T02:36:28Z")
My wife came home and said “It’s not going to be like Nazi Germany, it will be like Mao’s Cultural Revolution, where the smart and competent people are taken out and shot.” What say you? --- ## [Can gravity make gravity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-gravity-make-gravity/1010220)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-gravity-make-gravity/1010220 "2024-11-16T01:53:29Z")
Mass distorts spacetime: this distortion is gravity. Energy equals mass time the speed of light squared. If matter and energy are equivalent/interchangeable, then energy can create gravity, too…yes? In this thread, C… --- ## [Day six of my fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-six-of-my-fast/1010058)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-six-of-my-fast/1010058 "2024-11-16T01:09:54Z")
So first a breakdown of where I’m coming from: age 63; obese since early childhood; diagnosed with full-blown Type-2 diabetes since 2016; weight in the middle of January was 274 lbs on a 5’8" frame (height weight charts … --- ## [What laws apply to paid political endorsements?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-laws-apply-to-paid-political-endorsements/1010251)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2024, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-laws-apply-to-paid-political-endorsements/1010251 "2024-11-16T00:33:53Z")
I remember it was common for political tv and radio ads to end with a paid for by … disclaimer. I don’t remember hearing that disclaimer in my local or national political ads. What about Celebrity Endorsement? Anyone c… --- ## [I'm going to watch all of the James Bond Films \[Please avoid Spoilers for Goldeneye or later Bond movies\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-watch-all-of-the-james-bond-films-please-avoid-spoilers-for-goldeneye-or-later-bond-movies/845001)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 515\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-watch-all-of-the-james-bond-films-please-avoid-spoilers-for-goldeneye-or-later-bond-movies/845001 "2024-11-15T21:29:36Z")
A while back, I watched Dr. No, the first James Bond film, for the first time, and started a thread about it. (Holy crap, that was a year and a half ago. Time flies!) Last night I moved on to Bond #2, From Russia With … --- ## [Computer phobia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-phobia/1010059)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-phobia/1010059 "2024-11-15T19:32:24Z")
I’m a tech Luddite and use my devices for either entertainment or simple communications with those I need to contact. Whilst I have used computers in a business setting/s, it’s been via the business software with no rea… --- ## [From War Room to Living Room - Voyager (and wife)'s new book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-war-room-to-living-room-voyager-and-wife-s-new-book/1010241)
**Author:** [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-war-room-to-living-room-voyager-and-wife-s-new-book/1010241 "2024-11-15T19:10:52Z")
My wife and I have a book published by Bloomsbury on how military innovations got adopted for civilian use. There are 46 entries from computers and the internet to Cheetos … --- ## [Wylers Tik Tok Trend Inspired drink mix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wylers-tik-tok-trend-inspired-drink-mix/1010285)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wylers-tik-tok-trend-inspired-drink-mix/1010285 "2024-11-15T19:09:00Z")
Bought a 20 pack of Wylers Tik Tok Trend inspired drink mix. These are hard to come by and aren’t in many stores. The flavors are unique. The packaging is different too. The packets have no labeling. Just all white with … --- ## [Is it safe to eat this cheese?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe-to-eat-this-cheese/1010180)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe-to-eat-this-cheese/1010180 "2024-11-15T16:19:07Z")
I have some packaged mozzarella string cheese. It’s the kind that is individual sticks packed in plastic but attached to each other in a sheet but perforated so you can rip off one stick. Yes I know it’s horrible wastefu… --- ## [Grocery product placement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grocery-product-placement/1009568)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grocery-product-placement/1009568 "2024-11-15T15:46:58Z")
(Moderators feel free to move) I’m both confused and irritated! Recently I went to my local Schnucks looking for apple butter–it’s in season–didn’t think there’ll be any problem since apple cider is prominently displayed… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=432) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=434)