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**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… --- ## [Why does my car drop Android Auto at the same place every day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-car-drop-android-auto-at-the-same-place-every-day/1005953)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-car-drop-android-auto-at-the-same-place-every-day/1005953 "2024-08-30T11:30:55Z")
Driving along at the same place every day, my car will drop Android Auto with a connection time out? What could be interfering with the wifi or bluetooth signal to do this? Area 52? Desecrated burial mound? --- ## [My dog is neurotic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-is-neurotic/1006372)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-is-neurotic/1006372 "2024-08-30T11:09:24Z")
So this summer my dog has started having trouble sleeping through the night. He sleeps in an open crate in our bedroom. He gets fidgety and whines like he needs out, but when one of us gets up to let him out he kind of … --- ## [Why is calling Trump Supporters MAGAts allowed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-calling-trump-supporters-magats-allowed/1005060)
**Author:** [@CoolHandCox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoolHandCox)\ **Replies:** 388\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-calling-trump-supporters-magats-allowed/1005060 "2024-08-30T07:54:04Z")
I see the use of MAGAts to refer to Trump supporters in many threads, generally P&E. It’s used pretty casually and it appears to be perfectly fine to say. Why? It’s clearly a homophone of maggot. It’s derogatory. Ba… --- ## [Harris political appointments reaching out to Republicans/conservatives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-political-appointments-reaching-out-to-republicans-conservatives/1004940)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-political-appointments-reaching-out-to-republicans-conservatives/1004940 "2024-08-30T04:25:09Z")
The norm for Presidential political appointments has been to reach out to the other side and include members of the opposing party. I’m sure the Harris Administration will follow suit. But who should she reach out to, a… --- ## [Low carb/keto diet. {This thread is intended to share low-carb recipes, not for a debate over the benefits and detriments of such a diet.}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-carb-keto-diet-this-thread-is-intended-to-share-low-carb-recipes-not-for-a-debate-over-the-benefits-and-detriments-of-such-a-diet/1006400)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-carb-keto-diet-this-thread-is-intended-to-share-low-carb-recipes-not-for-a-debate-over-the-benefits-and-detriments-of-such-a-diet/1006400 "2024-08-30T03:00:52Z")
I cut carbs about seven years ago. I lost 70 to 80 pounds (with walking and yard work for exercise), and have kept it off. I still want to lost another 10 to 15 pounds, but it’s hard. Fortunately, I don’t have much of… --- ## [Wild-animal cull planned for Namibia to feed needy people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-animal-cull-planned-for-namibia-to-feed-needy-people/1006378)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-animal-cull-planned-for-namibia-to-feed-needy-people/1006378 "2024-08-30T02:29:20Z")
Yes, this is controversial, but I’m guessing that if the drought is severe enough that people can’t farm, the animals are going to starve to death too, and this would be a more humane alternative. --- ## [Help me understand this insult (RFK Jr "Jeffrey Dahmer of the animal kingdom")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-insult-rfk-jr-jeffrey-dahmer-of-the-animal-kingdom/1006317)
**Author:** [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-insult-rfk-jr-jeffrey-dahmer-of-the-animal-kingdom/1006317 "2024-08-30T01:28:54Z")
Last night, Lawrence O’Donnell (on his show on MSNBC) called RFK Jr the “Jeffrey Dahmer of the animal kingdom.” It was a hilarious insult but I’m wondering whether I really get it. Dahmer was fascinated by the insides of… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=488&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=490&state=watching)