# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=490 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 491 --- ## [Wow, I didn't realize how little some voters know about government!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-didnt-realize-how-little-some-voters-know-about-government/1006015)
**Author:** [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-didnt-realize-how-little-some-voters-know-about-government/1006015 "2024-08-28T22:58:00Z")
So I was discussing the citizenship test green card holders have to pass before becoming American citizens with my (admittedly young) Doctor and I asked him how many members of congress there were. He said 8. Stunned, … --- ## [What does a CEO actually do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-ceo-actually-do/1005948)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-ceo-actually-do/1005948 "2024-08-28T22:08:46Z")
My question is motivated by the recent naming of Brian Niccol as CEO at Starbucks. Niccol comes from Chipotle, where he oversaw improvement in their sales after problems with food safety. Starbucks has been suffering l… --- ## [Cultural impact of fifty years of pencil-and-paper roleplaying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cultural-impact-of-fifty-years-of-pencil-and-paper-roleplaying/1006371)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cultural-impact-of-fifty-years-of-pencil-and-paper-roleplaying/1006371 "2024-08-28T21:50:24Z")
It’s been fifty years since the release of Dungeons & Dragons. I listened to an interesting piece on NPR this morning talking about it’s cultural impact. It brought back a lot of memories. I was too young to play when D&… --- ## ["With my luck I'll get the half that talks."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-my-luck-ill-get-the-half-that-talks/1006170)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-my-luck-ill-get-the-half-that-talks/1006170 "2024-08-28T20:12:43Z")
Does anyone remember an old black and white movie (or maybe all I had at the time was a black and white television) where two men were pretending to be magicians and were about to do the saw the lady in half trick. One … --- ## [Are there ANY health benefits to a tanning bed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-health-benefits-to-a-tanning-bed/995079)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-health-benefits-to-a-tanning-bed/995079 "2024-08-28T20:07:37Z")
My gym membership includes an option to use their tanning beds. But, due to some quirk (they said it was a law; I didn’t bother to check), you can only use it for like 9 minutes at a time. I haven’t tried it, but was t… --- ## [Any realistic fiction books about white collar professionals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-realistic-fiction-books-about-white-collar-professionals/1006347)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-realistic-fiction-books-about-white-collar-professionals/1006347 "2024-08-28T19:44:08Z")
I was watching Industry on HBO, which is about a group of graduates working for an investment bank. It reminded me about the pressures of working as an attorney when I first started at my law firm. Every graduate in the … --- ## [Hulk Hogans Real American Beer review](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hulk-hogans-real-american-beer-review/1006311)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hulk-hogans-real-american-beer-review/1006311 "2024-08-28T19:34:02Z")
Here’s my rating from Ratebeer. It’s #1485 for me. Ratings are out of 5. \*Pours a slightly darker straw color. Aroma is very grassy, very grainy. Looks very effervescent with a zillion bubbles floating up from the … --- ## [Guest starring in your own TV show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-starring-in-your-own-tv-show/1006195)
**Author:** [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-starring-in-your-own-tv-show/1006195 "2024-08-28T18:31:30Z")
Recently we were watching an episode of Dr. Kildare from 1965. In the opening, the usual credits roll with freeze frames at the regular points. Title, “Starring Richard Chamberlin”, "and Raymond Massey’. Then the next f… --- ## [In this thread we discuss dash lights and what they resemble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-thread-we-discuss-dash-lights-and-what-they-resemble/1006226)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-thread-we-discuss-dash-lights-and-what-they-resemble/1006226 "2024-08-28T17:54:18Z")
Tire pressure light - Lyre Check engine - Crack pipe. Or at least what I think a crack pipe looks like. I wouldn’t know. Im a Midwestern suburbanite. We get our kicks from Monster energy drinks and cold plunges. Low oi… --- ## [I never knew they were \*that\* good - artists with under reported skills](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-knew-they-were-that-good-artists-with-under-reported-skills/968663)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-knew-they-were-that-good-artists-with-under-reported-skills/968663 "2024-08-28T17:44:11Z")
I stumbled down a Youtube rabbit hole and started watching some Roy Clark videos. I knew he played guitar and banjo, both pretty well, but knew him mainly from his good ol’ boy Hee Haw persona. Clearly Roy Clark was an a… --- ## [Abandoning twitter good idea or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abandoning-twitter-good-idea-or-not/1005989)
**Author:** [@Iori\_Yagami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iori_Yagami)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abandoning-twitter-good-idea-or-not/1005989 "2024-08-28T15:51:26Z")
It is not a secret that twitter changed to muskitter some time ago. Now, a lot of garbage reichwinger crap is not being filtered out. Each time people are discussing the exodus, they bring up this: xitter is full of re… --- ## [Self-burning children's books--a labor-saver for angry mobs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-burning-childrens-books-a-labor-saver-for-angry-mobs/1006323)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-burning-childrens-books-a-labor-saver-for-angry-mobs/1006323 "2024-08-28T15:35:55Z")
A book with a button-cell battery apparently catches fire in a minivan. Be sure to treat your copy of JJ’s Potty Time with caution. --- ## [USB port stopped charging iPhone (but shows power)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usb-port-stopped-charging-iphone-but-shows-power/1006308)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usb-port-stopped-charging-iphone-but-shows-power/1006308 "2024-08-28T13:29:06Z")
This is a sofa with 4 USB ports - one on either end, near the armrests, and two in the center console. The two center ports no longer charge an iPhone, but I plugged a small USB light into them and this little light of … --- ## [UK Dopers - can you identify this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-can-you-identify-this/1006277)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-can-you-identify-this/1006277 "2024-08-28T11:13:11Z")
I found this “ticket” inside a 1939-vintage used UK book. Any ideas what it is? Train ticket? Where and/or when? Looks like it’s post-decimalization. … --- ## [Billy Joel's Piano Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-joels-piano-man/7084)
**Author:** [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-joels-piano-man/7084 "2024-08-28T09:10:29Z")
"- Now Paul is a real estate novelist, " -who never had time for a wife, ," What the hell did Paul do for a living, and why didn’t he have time for a wife? - MC --- ## [Need for locked luggage while travelling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-for-locked-luggage-while-travelling/1005741)
**Author:** [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-for-locked-luggage-while-travelling/1005741 "2024-08-28T08:52:04Z")
I’ve been reading travel tips, and many of them say to use some kind of luggage lock either on the flight and/or in the hotel. I’ve taken multiple unlocked trips with no theft issues. What do people think about locks? Yo… --- ## [What’s puzzling you is the nature of my game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-puzzling-you-is-the-nature-of-my-game/1006229)
**Author:** [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-puzzling-you-is-the-nature-of-my-game/1006229 "2024-08-28T02:31:27Z")
Andrew Hickey’s song #167 is “Sympathy for the Devil” and of course that worm has drilled deep into my aural orifice. What’s puzzling me is… Is the devil’s game about puzzling you? or Are you puzzled about the nature … --- ## [Will you pay any attention to the paralympics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pay-any-attention-to-the-paralympics/1005274)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pay-any-attention-to-the-paralympics/1005274 "2024-08-28T01:37:11Z")
In the Olympics thread, a poster commented: How do the rest of you feel? I’m not a big fan of watching much sport at all, but I have never had any interest in watching the paralympics. Just curious how broad the inte… --- ## [Cover versions that changed time signature?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-versions-that-changed-time-signature/1006082)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-versions-that-changed-time-signature/1006082 "2024-08-28T00:10:21Z")
Continuing the discussion from Billy Joel's Piano Man: copying a relevant sentence as context for this thread here: joe cocker’s “with a little help from my friends”, also comes to mind \[being 3/4 time signature\], as … --- ## [Oh my fucking god. I cannot stand the far left](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-fucking-god-i-cannot-stand-the-far-left/1005406)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 369\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-fucking-god-i-cannot-stand-the-far-left/1005406 "2024-08-27T21:11:37Z")
I miss 20 years ago when people like me and dennis kucinich were the far left. Medicare for all, gay rights, higher minimum wage, integration of minorities into society, progressive taxation. Now the overton window has… --- ## [SDMB NFL Pick 'em and Survival Leagues 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues-2023/989478)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues-2023/989478 "2024-08-27T20:12:28Z")
Sorry, I’m late getting the ball rolling on this. Most of the OP will be a repeat from last year’s thread. I think this is actually our 19th year doing these. Those of you who played last year should have an invite in y… --- ## [Democratic National Convention August 19-22 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-national-convention-august-19-22-2024/1005835)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 1020\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-national-convention-august-19-22-2024/1005835 "2024-08-27T19:00:29Z")
I didn’t see a thread yet for this so i thought I would make one. I’ll start the speculation by wondering if they’ll get any big stars to perform (of course, none as big as Kid Rock). My dream is for Beyonce to come out… --- ## [Excel Efficiency: Fastest way to unprotect 100 worksheets in a workbook?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-efficiency-fastest-way-to-unprotect-100-worksheets-in-a-workbook/1006282)
**Author:** [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2024, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-efficiency-fastest-way-to-unprotect-100-worksheets-in-a-workbook/1006282 "2024-08-27T18:57:58Z")
I have Excel workbooks with dozens and dozens of protected worksheets. Sometimes I need to unprotect all of them to make a minor change, and then reprotect all of them again. They all have the same password. How I curren… --- ## [Unmuted microphones - in at least 3 P&E threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unmuted-microphones-in-at-least-3-p-e-threads/1006306)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unmuted-microphones-in-at-least-3-p-e-threads/1006306 "2024-08-27T18:00:12Z")
Lately we’ve had a few discussions about the practice of splitting off hijacks into new threads. (I tend to prefer aggregate threads rather than splitting, but I’m not a mod.) In P&E right now, the issue of whether mic… --- ## [Air Canada is the worst carrier ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-canada-is-the-worst-carrier-ever/948350)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-canada-is-the-worst-carrier-ever/948350 "2024-08-27T17:55:55Z")
I don’t want to hear about Spirit or RyanAir. If you pick those you know you have made the decision to save money and accept their shitty service. First of all, you can count how many fucks Air Canada gives about being… --- ## [How does the arrest of Pavel Durov affect Telegram and why is this bad for Russia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-arrest-of-pavel-durov-affect-telegram-and-why-is-this-bad-for-russia/1006210)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-arrest-of-pavel-durov-affect-telegram-and-why-is-this-bad-for-russia/1006210 "2024-08-27T17:53:21Z")
I’ve just read the wiki page on Durov. He’s a very interesting person. I have also seen dozens of tweets by people claiming that this is going to really hurt Russia, but I can’t see how. It seems his brother is still … --- ## [$5 million in methamphetamines disguised as watermelons discovered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-million-in-methamphetamines-disguised-as-watermelons-discovered/1006214)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-million-in-methamphetamines-disguised-as-watermelons-discovered/1006214 "2024-08-27T17:12:24Z")
They were found in a truck crossing the southern border. Will the driver become known as the “melon felon”? --- ## [Cooking apples. Oh so many cooking apples](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-apples-oh-so-many-cooking-apples/1005375)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-apples-oh-so-many-cooking-apples/1005375 "2024-08-27T17:09:27Z")
I moved house earlier this year, and have acquired as a result a number of mature fruit trees. Which is obviously lovely. But one has produced a bumper crop of Bramley cooking apples - ie apples you can’t eat raw as they… --- ## [The KT impact: deaths on the day found in Dakota](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kt-impact-deaths-on-the-day-found-in-dakota/831757)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kt-impact-deaths-on-the-day-found-in-dakota/831757 "2024-08-27T16:44:57Z")
BBC story here. Scientists have found creatures that were killed on the day of the impact and were immediately covered by mud and thus preserved as fossils. Amazing. --- ## [Hippos in Colombia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippos-in-colombia/1005209)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippos-in-colombia/1005209 "2024-08-27T16:48:13Z")
I have read a number of articles and seen video of hippos living wild in Colombia. They are descended from animals in the private zoo that Pablo Escobar maintained while still in power. The video I saw today on Animal … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=489) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=491)