# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=488 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 489 --- ## [Monthly Photo Competition #21 – August, 2024 – “Flight” {poll added}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-21-august-2024-flight-poll-added/1005302)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-21-august-2024-flight-poll-added/1005302 "2024-08-31T20:19:09Z")
This is the monthly thread for August , 2024. The topic this month is “Flight”, chosen by Spiderman. The Man of Spiders specifies that the topic is “manned/man-made aviation related”. NEW: Please post only your photo an… --- ## [Lunatics and psychos in your life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatics-and-psychos-in-your-life/1006433)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatics-and-psychos-in-your-life/1006433 "2024-08-31T19:40:09Z")
Ever had someone in your life that just can’t seem to move on? A stalker? A fatal attraction type? I dated a girl in college in the 60s. It was my first serious relationship and we got engaged at some point. Then I had … --- ## [A question about applying torque to sockets (for fastener removal)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-applying-torque-to-sockets-for-fastener-removal/1006524)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-applying-torque-to-sockets-for-fastener-removal/1006524 "2024-08-31T18:44:47Z")
Our son and I spend quite a bit of time working on cars. We have a good selection of sockets, breaker bars, impact wrenches, extensions, and various accessories. One of our drawer cabinets contains nothing but chrome-va… --- ## [Google only displaying 10 results per page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-only-displaying-10-results-per-page/1006486)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-only-displaying-10-results-per-page/1006486 "2024-08-31T16:57:37Z")
Google is only returning 10 results per page. I just noticed it today. I can’t find how to increase the number of results per page to 100, as it used to be. I’ve gone to My Account, and have tried Search personalizati… --- ## [Carry mortgage or rent? Opinions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carry-mortgage-or-rent-opinions/1006333)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carry-mortgage-or-rent-opinions/1006333 "2024-08-31T14:28:44Z")
We have a double-wide that we are trying to sell. It does not qualify for a conventional mortgage, because it has been moved. We paid for it in cash, but we are finding that there aren’t many cash buyers interested in th… --- ## [How to succinctly respond to a JFK assassination conspiracy proponent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-succinctly-respond-to-a-jfk-assassination-conspiracy-proponent/1006246)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-succinctly-respond-to-a-jfk-assassination-conspiracy-proponent/1006246 "2024-08-31T15:23:05Z")
A friend of mine read an article or heard a podcast and is convinced that JFK was shot by more than one gunman. I don’t really want to engage, but he has brought it up twice recently. I’m looking for a succinct, substa… --- ## [Landing a helicopter on a moving ship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/landing-a-helicopter-on-a-moving-ship/1006108)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/landing-a-helicopter-on-a-moving-ship/1006108 "2024-08-31T13:08:52Z")
My question is a little different than this similar one. I was watching a movie where a helicopter landed on a moving ship’s helipad. As it came in to touch down, it very gently touched down, just as I’ve seen them do… --- ## [Dentist question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dentist-question/1006271)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dentist-question/1006271 "2024-08-31T12:16:09Z")
After going to the same practice for 20+ years I had to change providers. The old one stopped taking insurance but that’s another story. As far back as I can remember every dentist that I ever went to had rinse/spit bowl… --- ## ["House to start an impeachment inquiry into President Biden"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-to-start-an-impeachment-inquiry-into-president-biden/989995)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 510\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-to-start-an-impeachment-inquiry-into-president-biden/989995 "2024-08-31T11:27:20Z")
Goodness knows, there’s no other governmentin’ that really needs to be done right now. … But it’s unclear whether any formal resolution would have the votes to pass. Republicans hold a narrow majority in the House a… --- ## [Crediting the right Beatle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crediting-the-right-beatle/956557)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crediting-the-right-beatle/956557 "2024-08-31T01:20:01Z")
I thought of an amusing (to me) parallel. There was a story of Frank Sinatra, for years, in his concerts saying Something was his favorite Lennon-McCartney song. He eventually corrected it. Reminded me of accounts of Len… --- ## [Can we drop the translation rule?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-drop-the-translation-rule/1006496)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-drop-the-translation-rule/1006496 "2024-08-31T01:17:45Z")
As of the last couple of years, most Internet browsers contain universal translators that are of sufficient quality to make non-English content a non-issue. Given this, I’m not sure that there’s still much value in the … --- ## [Greatest episodes of television ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-episodes-of-television-ever/835764)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-episodes-of-television-ever/835764 "2024-08-31T01:15:52Z")
What are your favorite episodes of television ever? Use your own definition for greatness. I will say that generally speaking, for me it’s the episodes that are unlike any other episodes in a series that tend to stand ou… --- ## [Do I lose torque putting an adapter on a breaker bar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-lose-torque-putting-an-adapter-on-a-breaker-bar/1006451)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-lose-torque-putting-an-adapter-on-a-breaker-bar/1006451 "2024-08-31T00:06:24Z")
I need to do some car maintenance and removing the plugs can take a lot of torque to remove. If I put a 1/2” to 3/8th adapter on my 1/2” breaker bar, do I lose torque? For some reason, it seems to me like I would but I … --- ## [Dog breeder found dead and puppies missing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-breeder-found-dead-and-puppies-missing/1006369)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-breeder-found-dead-and-puppies-missing/1006369 "2024-08-30T23:33:11Z")
Is there big money in purebred Dobermann puppies? Maybe the killer thought he was mistreating them? It’s a weird story, thus far. According to one site, a purebred dog from a reputable breeder can cost up to $3,00. But t… --- ## [Why don't my threads stay on the last post I read anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-my-threads-stay-on-the-last-post-i-read-anymore/1006431)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-my-threads-stay-on-the-last-post-i-read-anymore/1006431 "2024-08-30T22:58:55Z")
Until this week, if I left a thread open in my browser, it stayed on the last post I read until I went back to that tab and started scrolling again. But now, all the threads I leave open seem to scroll on their own, so … --- ## [Jar Jar Binks - do the Jedi just hope he gets killed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jar-jar-binks-do-the-jedi-just-hope-he-gets-killed/1006408)
**Author:** [@SpicyDuckBillyHunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpicyDuckBillyHunt)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jar-jar-binks-do-the-jedi-just-hope-he-gets-killed/1006408 "2024-08-30T22:49:49Z")
At the start of the Phantom Menace the Jedi don’t try to save him or help him. Multiple times he almost gets killed. Do they just quietly hope something will kill him? --- ## [I thought up a cool idea for a new RPG campaign (IMHO)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-up-a-cool-idea-for-a-new-rpg-campaign-imho/1006482)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-up-a-cool-idea-for-a-new-rpg-campaign-imho/1006482 "2024-08-30T22:41:30Z")
Level one players do …something…to anger a demigod (Say, Orcus.) and he’s coming for them. They have a year before he can get to them. But he’s on his way. Maybe they kill a very low-level acolyte, but this guy had inhe… --- ## [Interpreting works of art](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interpreting-works-of-art/1006253)
**Author:** [@f.coli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/f.coli)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interpreting-works-of-art/1006253 "2024-08-30T22:30:17Z")
I read a short story once in which the main character was living with a poet. He asked her at one point if his interpretation of one of her poems was correct. She replied that if that was what he thought the poem meant… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - August 2024 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-august-2024-edition/1004964)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-august-2024-edition/1004964 "2024-08-30T21:50:54Z")
Okay I’m back, home today with a tiny case of I-over-did-it-this-weekend, but nothing a little water and a good book can’t cure! And honestly, who wants to go outside, it’s been 100+Farenheit or 37+Celsius outside, there… --- ## [Stamping a Google Slides presentation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stamping-a-google-slides-presentation/1006467)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stamping-a-google-slides-presentation/1006467 "2024-08-30T20:01:53Z")
I would really like a way to stamp a student’s individual slide in their Google Slides as complete. It could be an image or a watermark but the key is that the student cannot copy the “stamp” to use in their other slide… --- ## [Studies do not say anything](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studies-do-not-say-anything/1002080)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studies-do-not-say-anything/1002080 "2024-08-30T19:28:04Z")
Nothing in life is perfect. Usually, the imperfection is that people don’t check what science is saying. However, there is also sometimes the lesser known issue occurring of people checking what the science is saying, so… --- ## [Amateur free movies on youtube](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amateur-free-movies-on-youtube/1006007)
**Author:** [@Iori\_Yagami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iori_Yagami)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amateur-free-movies-on-youtube/1006007 "2024-08-30T19:20:04Z")
That’s for discussing the quality of amateur free youtube movies or rather the lack of quality and their suckage? Or maybe some hidden genius which I somehow don’t see. In my arrogant opinion, those comments under most … --- ## [The NSA Podcast: No Such Podcast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nsa-podcast-no-such-podcast/1006475)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nsa-podcast-no-such-podcast/1006475 "2024-08-30T18:21:13Z")
I’m not sure if this is the most appropriate forum for this but, apparently, the NSA has decided to create a podcast: YouTube Trailer Not clear yet when it intends to go live and whether it will be audio or video. I’ll… --- ## [Is there a hard line division between relativity and quantum mechanics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-hard-line-division-between-relativity-and-quantum-mechanics/1006275)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-hard-line-division-between-relativity-and-quantum-mechanics/1006275 "2024-08-30T17:04:33Z")
Disclaimer: I am probably asking a stupid question because my knowledge of this subject is lacking. Having said that… I’ve read from time to time about the incompatibility of General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics. La… --- ## [Who likes Monopoly (the game, of course)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-likes-monopoly-the-game-of-course/1003760)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-likes-monopoly-the-game-of-course/1003760 "2024-08-30T16:51:47Z")
Was about to pose this question on the Reading Railroad thread, since the original question had been answered, and people were getting into general discussions about the game, but I realized that it would go beyond threa… --- ## [The original May 1977 Siskel and Ebert Star Wars review](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-may-1977-siskel-and-ebert-star-wars-review/1006346)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-may-1977-siskel-and-ebert-star-wars-review/1006346 "2024-08-30T16:45:59Z")
Amazingly I can’t find it. I don’t think it’s available. Which is shocking. It was only 1977 Now I’m not talking the December rereview. That’s everywhere. And apparently there’s a myth floating around that they gave it … --- ## [On Polls and Polling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-polls-and-polling/1006449)
**Author:** [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-polls-and-polling/1006449 "2024-08-30T15:15:53Z")
From this post: The Hill report posts a YouGov survey (here) which, in section 4 (page 7 of the pdf), has the results of this question: How likely is it that you will vote in the 2024 presidential election this year? … --- ## [Would you accept leftover food from diners at the next table?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-accept-leftover-food-from-diners-at-the-next-table/1006106)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-accept-leftover-food-from-diners-at-the-next-table/1006106 "2024-08-30T13:26:06Z")
My sister described this situation. She and her husband stopped in at a moderately upscale sit down restaurant (botanical garden cafe). They ordered and as they were waiting for their food, the couple at the next table… --- ## [Why does choice matter when determining the morality of an action?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-choice-matter-when-determining-the-morality-of-an-action/1006174)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-choice-matter-when-determining-the-morality-of-an-action/1006174 "2024-08-30T12:15:17Z")
I’ve started this spinoff on the thread about whether or not homosexuality is a choice to explore a different take on the topic of choice. When it comes to homosexuality, IMHO it’s probably a complex thing, and likely t… --- ## [Don't go to the dentist and don't plan to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-go-to-the-dentist-and-dont-plan-to/1005916)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-go-to-the-dentist-and-dont-plan-to/1005916 "2024-08-30T12:12:11Z")
Within the Suffer in Hell pit thread there were a few comments from posters that commented about suffering from dental care as a child and as such do not undertake any dental care as an adult, as such medical professiona… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=487) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=489)