# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=465&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 466 --- ## [Could Vance get elected on his own?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-vance-get-elected-on-his-own/1008397)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-vance-get-elected-on-his-own/1008397 "2024-10-04T23:09:24Z")
If Trump dies before the election (say by natural causes) could Vance ride a wave of “sympathy” to the White House, or would the GOP just implode? I don’t think he can keep the MAGA cult alive by himself. --- ## ["This Town Is A Baseball Town"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-town-is-a-baseball-town/1008359)
**Author:** [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-town-is-a-baseball-town/1008359 "2024-10-04T22:34:16Z")
I think St. Louis is a “baseball town”, where they care much more about the Cardinals than any other team they have/had. How would you rank the order of sports franchises in your town/fanbase currently and historically,… --- ## [Sanewashing -- Originator?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sanewashing-originator/1008411)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sanewashing-originator/1008411 "2024-10-04T22:21:48Z")
In the last couple-three weeks, I’ve seen the term sanewashing (sometimes hyphenated) used to discuss people interpreting the speeches of a certain politician.† Does anyone know who invented/first used this term? . † P… --- ## [Longshoremen on the East coast strike. Is this the October surprise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longshoremen-on-the-east-coast-strike-is-this-the-october-surprise/1008330)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longshoremen-on-the-east-coast-strike-is-this-the-october-surprise/1008330 "2024-10-04T20:46:56Z")
October is here, and it seems like we’re getting our October surprise on the first day of the month. The International Longshoremen’s Association has gone on strike on the East and Gulf coasts. This is their first stri… --- ## [Threes company reruns are on](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-reruns-are-on/716660 "2024-10-04T19:20:42Z")
I’ve never seen an episode but the pilot is on tv. I just want to take a moment to say Suzanne Somers was sexy as hell in the 70s. I only knew her tv work in the 80s (shes the sheriff) and 90s (Step by Step). Threes comp… --- ## [Sadly, Stupidity is very, very, Old. LINK to story about an ancient battlefield](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadly-stupidity-is-very-very-old-link-to-story-about-an-ancient-battlefield/1008448)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadly-stupidity-is-very-very-old-link-to-story-about-an-ancient-battlefield/1008448 "2024-10-04T19:15:37Z")
A new analysis of dozens of arrowheads is helping researchers piece together a clearer portrait of the warriors who clashed on Europe’s oldest known battlefield 3,250 years ago. The bronze and flint arrowheads were rec… --- ## [Is this really a microagression?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-a-microagression/1006485)
**Author:** [@We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/We_re_wolves_not_werewolves)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-a-microagression/1006485 "2024-10-04T19:11:51Z")
For work we are required to view various DEI videos occasionally. These videos usually show simulations of certain work situations and then comment or ask questions on them. In a recent one, the video shows what is obvio… --- ## [What would MLB have done with this scenario? What would you have done?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-mlb-have-done-with-this-scenario-what-would-you-have-done/1008407)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-mlb-have-done-with-this-scenario-what-would-you-have-done/1008407 "2024-10-04T18:21:46Z")
In Monday’s Mets-Braves doubleheader, where MLB decreed that both games must be played to a conclusion before the playoffs proper could begin on Tuesday, what would have happened if the first game had gone 20 or more in… --- ## [Consequences of letting a flaking/chipping bathtub go un-resurfaced?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consequences-of-letting-a-flaking-chipping-bathtub-go-un-resurfaced/1008418)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consequences-of-letting-a-flaking-chipping-bathtub-go-un-resurfaced/1008418 "2024-10-04T18:01:55Z")
Been renting an apartment for the past 2 months. However, not long after I moved in, the bathtub’s paint and outer surface began flaking and peeling off in big chips. It’s still pretty small; though - like only about 5% … --- ## [Announcement: I may never buy any other type of shoes. That is all](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcement-i-may-never-buy-any-other-type-of-shoes-that-is-all/1008237)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcement-i-may-never-buy-any-other-type-of-shoes-that-is-all/1008237 "2024-10-04T17:38:09Z")
I got my first, but definitely not my last, pair of Skechers slip-ons. Does anyone who owns a pair not love them? Skechers slip-ons: mmm endorsed. mmm, admittedly too lazy to bend over if it can be avoided … --- ## [EZ-Cheap Spin Motors? (Slow & low power)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ez-cheap-spin-motors-slow-low-power/1008308)
**Author:** [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ez-cheap-spin-motors-slow-low-power/1008308 "2024-10-04T15:02:08Z")
An artist friend wants to fill a window display with 10 or 20 rotating disks, maybe paper plate size, maybe some bigger. Some disks might be paper plates, some might be 1/4" plywood. Some might be horizontal, some more … --- ## [Boiling water, electric stove, noise. Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boiling-water-electric-stove-noise-why/1008385)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boiling-water-electric-stove-noise-why/1008385 "2024-10-04T14:32:00Z")
Most of my life I have had residential electric stoves, but until recently, they had “conventional”, flat-coiled burners. All of those – when boiling water, no matter what kind of container or pot I used – made a loud n… --- ## [Other than roasting by an open fire, any ideas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-roasting-by-an-open-fire-any-ideas/1008404)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-roasting-by-an-open-fire-any-ideas/1008404 "2024-10-04T11:53:55Z")
We have about fifteen pounds. We have a chestnut knife and previous years have roasted some in the fireplace. My gf has made a soup. Other uses? --- ## [Dungeons & Dragons 2024 PHB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeons-dragons-2024-phb/1007807)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeons-dragons-2024-phb/1007807 "2024-10-04T04:50:23Z")
I have looked it over, looks okay so far. We are gonna hold off on wholesale switching over, but we are grabbing a few fun things- like weapon mastery. Is anyone switching over? Thoughts on the book? --- ## [Would it bother you to see a predator catch and kill its natural prey in the wild?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-to-see-a-predator-catch-and-kill-its-natural-prey-in-the-wild/1007351)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-to-see-a-predator-catch-and-kill-its-natural-prey-in-the-wild/1007351 "2024-10-04T03:50:49Z")
Recently returned from a trip to Kenya. One of the highlights IMO was when we got to see 2 cheetahs take down a mother and baby impala. The following day, one member of our group eschewed the game drive, saying he was … --- ## [Amino acids and DNA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amino-acids-and-dna/1008386)
**Author:** [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amino-acids-and-dna/1008386 "2024-10-04T03:50:39Z")
In DNA, the various amino acids are encoded by triplets of nucleotides. Some amino acids have more than one encoding. It is my understanding that the encodings are almost identical across all the species we know which is… --- ## [Chromebook: how to type a single straight quote?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chromebook-how-to-type-a-single-straight-quote/1008417)
**Author:** [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chromebook-how-to-type-a-single-straight-quote/1008417 "2024-10-04T03:45:14Z")
Not a ‘,\`or a ‘. We need a ’ No combination of key mashing produces the desired result. Google documentation is less than helpful. On review the font here also doesn’t show what I mean:( My iPhone keyboard shows \`‘’’ … --- ## [Who studies non-CTE brains?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-studies-non-cte-brains/1008423)
**Author:** [@StrongStyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StrongStyle)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-studies-non-cte-brains/1008423 "2024-10-04T03:37:41Z")
This isn’t a well defined question, I don’t think. However, when Junior Seau died, his brain was studied at Boston University to confirm ge suffered from CTE. When professional wrestler Daffney Unger did her last stream … --- ## [Restore Session stymied by appxstaging](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restore-session-stymied-by-appxstaging/1008433)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restore-session-stymied-by-appxstaging/1008433 "2024-10-04T03:13:41Z")
I’ve recently needed to restore to a previous stable point a few days ago, but kept getting an unsuccessful restoration due to “appxstaging”. Is this a virus, or a malfunctioning app? How do I get around this pothole a… --- ## [Star Trek Turbolift question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-turbolift-question/1008336)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-turbolift-question/1008336 "2024-10-04T02:21:13Z")
In the things you never thought about for 60 years category: You know the little light panel in the wall, that shows a light bar going by, either up/down or left/right when the lift moves? In the reality of the show, is… --- ## [Have you heard of Project Lucifer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-project-lucifer/1008282)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-project-lucifer/1008282 "2024-10-04T00:24:39Z")
It’s a conspiracy theory about NASA using a probe to create a new Sun in our solar system. Why? I don’t know. But it’s out there in the Internet! And it certainly has one of the cooler names for a conspiracy. --- ## [23andme? More like $0.23 and me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/23andme-more-like-0-23-and-me/997199)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/23andme-more-like-0-23-and-me/997199 "2024-10-03T22:45:59Z")
The wheels have come wildly off the bus with the latest details of the hack. This isn’t the first time at-home genetic testing company 23andMe has been in the news for a hack, but the recent breach — whose details we… --- ## [Adventures in Housing - local specialties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-housing-local-specialties/1007572)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-housing-local-specialties/1007572 "2024-10-03T20:11:31Z")
The NPR show Marketplace is doing a series in their Adventures in Housing category, where they explore some styles of housing that are associated with specific locales. So far they have done 3: Shotgun houses in New Or… --- ## [CNN list of top 20 greatest American foods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-list-of-top-20-greatest-american-foods/1007803)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-list-of-top-20-greatest-american-foods/1007803 "2024-10-03T18:25:49Z")
I have some objections to their list, but I agree with the majority. My main complaints are fried okra and banana pudding, which I think are marginal dishes at best. BBQ is too broad to be a dish, it’s a category. They… --- ## [Schlep Timbre (September Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlep-timbre-september-mini-rants/1006553)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 448\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlep-timbre-september-mini-rants/1006553 "2024-10-03T17:59:58Z")
Continuing the discussion from August Disgust (Monthly Mini-Rants): Got back from vacation, where I was in Vegas for a few days, then at my wife’s parents’ house for a few days, then flew home. My wife is driving back … --- ## [Conversations You Would Have Never Imagined Having Twenty or Thirty Years Ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-you-would-have-never-imagined-having-twenty-or-thirty-years-ago/1008227)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-you-would-have-never-imagined-having-twenty-or-thirty-years-ago/1008227 "2024-10-03T17:56:44Z")
My son and I were having a telephone conversation today and he mentioned that he had to do a firmware update on his cats’ litter box but that it wasn’t that difficult because it is connected to wi-fi. We also discussed … --- ## [Where to donate money to benefit animals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-donate-money-to-benefit-animals/1008338)
**Author:** [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-donate-money-to-benefit-animals/1008338 "2024-10-03T17:20:50Z")
Yes, the time has come to draw up my will. I want to leave a substantial amount of money to an outfit or outfits that does good work in animal rescue, works against animal cruelty, etc. Any thoughts on where I should be… --- ## [Here's a first (that I know of): A fatal shooting at a gun store!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-first-that-i-know-of-a-fatal-shooting-at-a-gun-store/1008265)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-first-that-i-know-of-a-fatal-shooting-at-a-gun-store/1008265 "2024-10-03T15:46:54Z")
Okay, it was a shootout during a burglary, and the suspect was killed and two officers were injured, but that it happened at one of the biggest gun stores in the U.S. - I mean, wouldn’t that be the safest place on earth?… --- ## [Why not cake flour for more cooking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-cake-flour-for-more-cooking/1008348)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-cake-flour-for-more-cooking/1008348 "2024-10-03T15:12:36Z")
As a general rule, more gluten = stronger & chewier food. But sometimes you want tender and soft. Cakes obviously, but also cookies, pancakes and biscuits. So the question is, why don’t more recipes suggest cake flour… --- ## [Free at home Covid tests are available again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-at-home-covid-tests-are-available-again/993434)
**Author:** [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-at-home-covid-tests-are-available-again/993434 "2024-10-03T11:45:28Z")
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