# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=475&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 476 --- ## [The behavior of Christians shows that they do not, in fact, believe that Heaven and Hell are real](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-behavior-of-christians-shows-that-they-do-not-in-fact-believe-that-heaven-and-hell-are-real/1007305)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-behavior-of-christians-shows-that-they-do-not-in-fact-believe-that-heaven-and-hell-are-real/1007305 "2024-09-19T14:35:02Z")
Long-winded post, but I’ll try to keep it concise for GD. I know not all Christian denominations believe in Hell. But there is a significant chunk that holds to the view that 1) Hell is eternal torment (not annihilation… --- ## [Will you answer someone else's phone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-answer-someone-elses-phone/1007401)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-answer-someone-elses-phone/1007401 "2024-09-19T13:26:58Z")
Once upon a time in the olden days, the phone hung on the wall or sat on a table and it was usually answered by whoever was closest. Oh, and you didn’t know who was calling till you answered. Can you imagine?? … --- ## [How to Charge for Odd Jobs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-charge-for-odd-jobs/1007400)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-charge-for-odd-jobs/1007400 "2024-09-19T11:26:33Z")
I have some dead lilac branches from bushes that need cutting to the ground (as they all shoot out of one root). They are probably 3-4’ thick, 10-12’ tall, and I do not have the tools to cut these without making the job … --- ## [Words imposed on us which we do not need](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-imposed-on-us-which-we-do-not-need/1006707)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-imposed-on-us-which-we-do-not-need/1006707 "2024-09-19T07:21:12Z")
There has been an upgrade of Office365 at work and whilst blundering around trying to refamiliarise myself I notice: favourited??? Really!!! Somebody way above my pay grade thought that was a technical term the Englis… --- ## [Help me with a 'plan': it can be conservative, or outrageous, I don't care!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-a-plan-it-can-be-conservative-or-outrageous-i-dont-care/1000998)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-a-plan-it-can-be-conservative-or-outrageous-i-dont-care/1000998 "2024-09-19T05:32:01Z")
In the last 20 years or so I’ve been a card-carrying misanthrope (just for back story) but it means I have only one real-life friend. He’s going through shit of his own at the moment so I don’t want to ask HIM to help me… --- ## [What's With This Weird Disclaimer I Hear On Some Drug Ads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-this-weird-disclaimer-i-hear-on-some-drug-ads/919373)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-this-weird-disclaimer-i-hear-on-some-drug-ads/919373 "2024-09-19T01:50:47Z")
“Colon Blow should not be given to children under six, and should not be given to children under 18.” They could have skipped the first clause and just said “…not be given to children under 18” and been done with it. It… --- ## [Trump Launches New Crypto Business](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-launches-new-crypto-business/1007419)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-launches-new-crypto-business/1007419 "2024-09-19T00:03:47Z")
Nothing could possibly go wrong here (limited gift link below). After all, the venture has a decentralized finance expert in 18 year old Barron, and stand-up dudes like Eric and Donald Jr. are further supported by extra… --- ## [So how does the binding of an agonist to a receptor work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-does-the-binding-of-an-agonist-to-a-receptor-work/1007443)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-does-the-binding-of-an-agonist-to-a-receptor-work/1007443 "2024-09-18T23:58:43Z")
You’d assume I would know this, but I don’t. I know binding energy is a measure of how strongly the agonist binds to the receptor. But what does that mean in practice? What does agonist A with more binding energy than a… --- ## [I thought of a similar idea like the exploding pagers long ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-of-a-similar-idea-like-the-exploding-pagers-long-ago/1007438)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-of-a-similar-idea-like-the-exploding-pagers-long-ago/1007438 "2024-09-18T23:26:53Z")
Probably 10 years ago I wondered to myself - what if the Chinese had installed a “time bomb” in every major computer chip they sold? Not a bomb that explodes, just a feature that would disable the chip when it received s… --- ## [Hearty and Hardy - Homophones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hearty-and-hardy-homophones/1007399)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hearty-and-hardy-homophones/1007399 "2024-09-18T23:25:46Z")
Continuing the discussion from Three men freeze to death in a friend's backyard and aren't found for three days: They are often pronounced the same, or with a difference that is difficult to discern. I think that’s t… --- ## [Biden campaign bus, cars driven by staffers attacked on highway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454 "2024-09-18T23:06:32Z")
A Biden campaign bus, and cars driven by other campaign staffers, were attacked on a freeway in Texas by a group of cars flying Trump 2020 flags. There’s a video in the link. Every time I think things are as bad as th… --- ## [Parallax View (1974) comic book reference](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parallax-view-1974-comic-book-reference/1007435)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parallax-view-1974-comic-book-reference/1007435 "2024-09-18T22:23:42Z")
OK, a product of its time. A political assassination involving shady people and witnesses that just keep dying. In one sequence Warren Beatty is subjected to, I dunno, brainwashing? He’s forced to watch a several minut… --- ## [International crime communications network dismantled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-crime-communications-network-dismantled/1007433)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-crime-communications-network-dismantled/1007433 "2024-09-18T22:04:17Z")
Fascinating stuff. I’m sure if they can dig into any records they’ll find evidence of all kinds of unsolved crimes. --- ## [What surprise result would least surprise you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-surprise-result-would-least-surprise-you/1007175)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-surprise-result-would-least-surprise-you/1007175 "2024-09-18T19:41:25Z")
I was think of creating a poll but better open ended maybe? I can think of several unlikely results that would not shock me. Harris losing PA and winning the EC? FL going Harris? TX? Harris winning the popular vote b… --- ## ["Appreciate you" vs "appreciate it"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appreciate-you-vs-appreciate-it/1007024)
**Author:** [@We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/We_re_wolves_not_werewolves)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appreciate-you-vs-appreciate-it/1007024 "2024-09-18T18:19:15Z")
When I was growing up and someone did you a favor or helped you out, a standard response to express your gratitude was to say “I appreciate it”, with the “it” being whatever action they took to help you out. These days, … --- ## [What is this guy wearing on his head?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-guy-wearing-on-his-head/1007282)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-guy-wearing-on-his-head/1007282 "2024-09-18T18:15:58Z")
There’s a guy I know (but not well enough to ask him this directly). I’ve seen on a few occasions he has a small oval-shaped disk attached to his head. It’s about an inch across. He wears it a little ways above his righ… --- ## [How Many National Borders Have You Walked Across?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-national-borders-have-you-walked-across/838727)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-national-borders-have-you-walked-across/838727 "2024-09-18T17:39:35Z")
Walked. Not driven over, ridden in a train, bicycled etc. Myself, I can think of four: US-Mexico (El Paso-Juarez and San Diego-Tijuana) Thailand-Laos (Nong Khai-Vientiane) Thailand-Cambodia (Aranyaprathet-Poipet and T… --- ## [Have you ever purchased anything with a cryptocurrency?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-purchased-anything-with-a-cryptocurrency/1007413)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-purchased-anything-with-a-cryptocurrency/1007413 "2024-09-18T17:32:18Z")
If you own or have owned a cryptocurrency, have you ever purchased anything with it? All I’ve ever done is bought and sold crypto in anticipation of the “Greater Fool” theory working to my advantage. So far, I’m about e… --- ## [Zelenskyy's Zeroes - The Sitcom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zelenskyys-zeroes-the-sitcom/975330)
**Author:** [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zelenskyys-zeroes-the-sitcom/975330 "2024-09-18T17:11:21Z")
As per this Mod Note, here’s the Sitcom Spinoff thread, now with titles! The Story So Far: Feel free to suggest an episode or scene! --- ## [Should society reconsider carrying electronics? Who knows what's in there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-society-reconsider-carrying-electronics-who-knows-whats-in-there/1007434)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-society-reconsider-carrying-electronics-who-knows-whats-in-there/1007434 "2024-09-18T17:02:33Z")
There have been questions for years about US, Chinese, Russian and other country’s manufacture of electronics. What’s really in those chips? \*Are they gathering Intel? \*Tracking us? \*Can they be shut off to disrupt so… --- ## [DisplayPort 1.2 (HDCP 1.2), HDMI (HDCP 1.4) question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/displayport-1-2-hdcp-1-2-hdmi-hdcp-1-4-question/1007397)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/displayport-1-2-hdcp-1-2-hdmi-hdcp-1-4-question/1007397 "2024-09-18T16:42:33Z")
Hello, i just bought a cheap new Monitor for my PC. (My old Philips 27" is about 8 years old, so i wanted to try a new monitor. Getting unreliable…) So this new monitor is a CHEAP Samsung 27" monitor C27C322. But my qu… --- ## [\_We Didn't Start the Fire\_ - who is still alive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-didnt-start-the-fire-who-is-still-alive/1007328)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-didnt-start-the-fire-who-is-still-alive/1007328 "2024-09-18T15:48:53Z")
As best I can tell, there are four people named in the song We Didn’t Start the Fire who are still alive (counting either people mentioned by name, or people uniquely personally identified, ie, QE2 in the lyric “England’… --- ## [Mold on clothes - throw out or clean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mold-on-clothes-throw-out-or-clean/1007373)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mold-on-clothes-throw-out-or-clean/1007373 "2024-09-18T13:22:48Z")
I took a pair of dress pants from my closet today and found white mold on them. This has happened a handful of times before and I’m uncertain if it’s the nature of the garment, the conditions in the closet or both. The m… --- ## [First real surgery ever - deviated septum diagnosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-real-surgery-ever-deviated-septum-diagnosis/1007346)
**Author:** [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-real-surgery-ever-deviated-septum-diagnosis/1007346 "2024-09-18T12:48:42Z")
I finally got an appointment with an otolaryngologist last week, I was referred months ago and appointment day rolled around (on my birthday, no less, so I got to celebrate by having a sharp plastic thingy shoved up my n… --- ## [Your 6 greatest non-American and non-British bands](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-greatest-non-american-and-non-british-bands/1007121)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-greatest-non-american-and-non-british-bands/1007121 "2024-09-18T12:29:37Z")
Continuing the discussion from The 6 greatest British bands of all time: Inspired by the linked thread, I thought about the fact that music threads around here are almost always very anglo-centric. That’s not a criticis… --- ## [Dr. Phil or Dr. Shill?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-phil-or-dr-shill/1002592)
**Author:** [@Kelby2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelby2)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-phil-or-dr-shill/1002592 "2024-09-18T11:52:17Z")
What is it with this guy? Back in the day my wife was a big fan of Oprah Winfree and would watch her show every day. I think Dr. Phil became a sometime guest on her show before landing one of his own. It seemed like a… --- ## [Have you sold gold or silver recently-ish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-sold-gold-or-silver-recently-ish/1007349)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-sold-gold-or-silver-recently-ish/1007349 "2024-09-18T04:09:42Z")
I have both some junk silver and Kruggerands to sell. I see a ton of online options, plus some people saying coin dealers, but I’m not sure they have actual experience, or are just spitballing. Any real and somewhat re… --- ## [What's the craziest, funniest, weirdest, etc. avatar you've ever seen on a message board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-craziest-funniest-weirdest-etc-avatar-youve-ever-seen-on-a-message-board/1007418)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-craziest-funniest-weirdest-etc-avatar-youve-ever-seen-on-a-message-board/1007418 "2024-09-18T04:00:34Z")
For me, and it wasn’t here, it was George Floyd’s head Photoshopped on an astronaut’s body. --- ## [Dr. Strangelove bomber sequence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-bomber-sequence/1007259)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-bomber-sequence/1007259 "2024-09-18T02:41:58Z")
I watched a clip from Dr. Strangelove where James Earl Jones played the bombardier of a B-52. Is the sequence of arming the nuclear weapons legitimate, or created for drama by the writers? --- ## [Would you return a product you had used?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-return-a-product-you-had-used/1007341)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-return-a-product-you-had-used/1007341 "2024-09-18T01:08:18Z")
We recently bought and used 2 duffle bags from LL Bean for a trip. We decided we didn’t like using duffle bags instead of suitcases, didn’t wish to store them, and they cleaned up as tho unused. Having the receipts and… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=474&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=476&state=tracking)