# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=434&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 435 --- ## [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… --- ## [Shopping cart question - dangling wire between front wheels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-cart-question-dangling-wire-between-front-wheels/1009994)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-cart-question-dangling-wire-between-front-wheels/1009994 "2024-11-15T15:31:50Z")
I’ve noticed that shopping carts now have little dangling wires between the two front wheels. Just long enough to touch the ground. “Wire” isn’t quite right. More like small gauge metal cable? --- ## [Israel is attacking Iran (October 25, 2024, 7:30p CST)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-attacking-iran-october-25-2024-7-30p-cst/1009230)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-attacking-iran-october-25-2024-7-30p-cst/1009230 "2024-11-15T14:34:02Z")
Not a lot of details but it seems Israel has retaliated against Iran. This was expected but still, this is ratcheting up global tensions and that can’t be good. Five explosions were reported heard across Tehran and … --- ## [We need a better, smarter electorate. Now ... how?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-better-smarter-electorate-now-how/1010021)
**Author:** [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-better-smarter-electorate-now-how/1010021 "2024-11-15T14:34:44Z")
Continuing the discussion from Some of you may disagree with my opinion about many Trump voters, and that's OK: Okay. The Democrats need to do an exhaustive and ‘no holds barred’ post-mortem. They should, they must, a… --- ## [Blatant racism in the workplace](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blatant-racism-in-the-workplace/1010235)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blatant-racism-in-the-workplace/1010235 "2024-11-15T14:09:22Z")
I encountered it today, and it was a bit of a shock to hear it so openly. “Only white people should be allowed to vote.” That was the comment from one of my helpers. I’m still upset and angry about it because the make … --- ## [Looking for the name of a movie - father shoots daughter by accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-name-of-a-movie-father-shoots-daughter-by-accident/1010255)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2024, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-name-of-a-movie-father-shoots-daughter-by-accident/1010255 "2024-11-15T13:17:42Z")
Maybe early 2000’s. In the theaters, not a TV movie. A drama, not a crime thriller or shoot 'em up. As I recall, the plot is: daughter gets assaulted, father buys a gun for the daughter’s protection, everyone is paran… --- ## [Pitting conservative Christians (followup to "How can I stay safe as a nonbinary person...")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-conservative-christians-followup-to-how-can-i-stay-safe-as-a-nonbinary-person/1010071)
**Author:** [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2024, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-conservative-christians-followup-to-how-can-i-stay-safe-as-a-nonbinary-person/1010071 "2024-11-15T13:17:01Z")
This is a follow-up to this thread I made the other day, where I was scared about me and my friends’ safety: How can I stay safe as a nonbinary person, now that Trump has won(?)? Just to be clear, I know I’m not exactly … --- ## [The political rage that I feel is eating me up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-political-rage-that-i-feel-is-eating-me-up/1009971)
**Author:** [@survinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/survinga)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2024, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-political-rage-that-i-feel-is-eating-me-up/1009971 "2024-11-15T11:50:03Z")
Since Tuesday night, I’ve been in a stupor. I’m unable to concentrate at work. I’m unable to concentrate when talking to my kids or my wife. I live in Georgia. There are Trump signs all over the place, and people who… --- ## [Hot toddy after long wait to vote!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-toddy-after-long-wait-to-vote/1010236)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2024, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-toddy-after-long-wait-to-vote/1010236 "2024-11-15T11:32:10Z")
Today was municipal and school board elections in Sask, and I just came back from the longest voting line I’ve ever been in! Roughly an hour and a half, start to finish. Voting was in a school and the line curved aroun… --- ## [Muted category still shows under Latest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muted-category-still-shows-under-latest/1010282)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2024, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muted-category-still-shows-under-latest/1010282 "2024-11-15T11:03:57Z")
Trying out the mute function for categories, and a few P&E threads are still showing up under Latest despite my settings: Not bad for the number of threads there, but I’d prefer my settings to work completely. A… --- ## [How to replace the spring in an old cupboard hinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-replace-the-spring-in-an-old-cupboard-hinge/1010179)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2024, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-replace-the-spring-in-an-old-cupboard-hinge/1010179 "2024-11-15T08:39:59Z")
Our kitchen has cupboards that I suppose date back to the 1970s. The hinges are spring-loaded so that they snap shut. I opened one of the cupboards the other day and the spring in the hinge flew out. I retrieved it fr… --- ## [Do you consider calendar dates dependent on humans observing it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-calendar-dates-dependent-on-humans-observing-it/1010204)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2024, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-calendar-dates-dependent-on-humans-observing-it/1010204 "2024-11-15T04:39:22Z")
For example, was there a July 19, 3110 BC? Will there be a July 19, 3110 AD for sure, or is it dependent on the continued existence of the Gregorian calendar / humanity / planet Earth? --- ## [Dune on Democracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dune-on-democracy/1010122)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2024, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dune-on-democracy/1010122 "2024-11-15T01:38:25Z")
Frank Herbert was a very intelligent man with some weird ideas, who wrote an extremely involved epic saga of humanity’s future. One of his major ideas was that aristocracy was a natural human state of governance. As he… --- ## [Crazy football idea: Buzz Lightyear helmets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-football-idea-buzz-lightyear-helmets/1010057)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2024, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-football-idea-buzz-lightyear-helmets/1010057 "2024-11-15T01:36:42Z")
It’s well known that American football is associated with a lot of head injuries, both acute and chronic. The NFL has been experimenting with new helmet designs, with extra padding, in the hopes of reducing this (see ex… --- ## [Deportation: What if no country agrees to take them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deportation-what-if-no-country-agrees-to-take-them/1010097)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2024, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deportation-what-if-no-country-agrees-to-take-them/1010097 "2024-11-15T01:34:05Z")
Donald Trump has promised to deport as many as 10 million people from the US. What happens if no country(s) agree to take them? (Please remember this is in FQ) --- ## [Star Trek 4 Sounds Like it Was Pitched By A Crazy Person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-4-sounds-like-it-was-pitched-by-a-crazy-person/1010001)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-4-sounds-like-it-was-pitched-by-a-crazy-person/1010001 "2024-11-14T23:53:40Z")
Hear me out. "Ok. Where did we leave off? The Enterprise is destroyed and our heroes are stranded on Vulcan. Probably on the run or at least wanted by Starfleet. So, we have them go back to Earth to face justice but on … --- ## [What do the upper-middle class in poorer countries do to save money that the lower-middle class in richer countries don't?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-upper-middle-class-in-poorer-countries-do-to-save-money-that-the-lower-middle-class-in-richer-countries-dont/1010181)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2024, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-upper-middle-class-in-poorer-countries-do-to-save-money-that-the-lower-middle-class-in-richer-countries-dont/1010181 "2024-11-14T23:45:03Z")
I found it interesting travelling around Southeast Asia and Balkans and staying at some fairly nice AirBNBs and people’s homes that, the hot water heater was by default off and had to be turned on whenever you took a sho… --- ## [I lost my horse Saturday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-horse-saturday/1010246)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-horse-saturday/1010246 "2024-11-14T23:26:54Z")
I haven’t been able to post before, not ready. My boy Irish has been with me since 1995, he was a yearling when I got him. Recently he lost his remaining vision, and wandered through a fence and hurt his leg. I had the v… --- ## [Shel Talmy has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shel-talmy-has-died/1010265)
**Author:** [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2024, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shel-talmy-has-died/1010265 "2024-11-14T23:02:45Z")
Shel Talmy, record producer who was best known for producing the early records of The Kinks and The Who, has died at 87. He had been active on Facebook sharing stories from his career as a producer. --- ## [Election Return watchers: Two questions about when things started trending toward Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-return-watchers-two-questions-about-when-things-started-trending-toward-trump/1009944)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-return-watchers-two-questions-about-when-things-started-trending-toward-trump/1009944 "2024-11-14T22:33:41Z")
First, I typically don’t watch election return coverage, and this time was no exception, and since I rarely watch live TV, I wasn’t getting election updates. Anyway. . . I suspect that the cameras would occasionally cu… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=433&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=435&state=tracking)