# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=493&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 494 --- ## [Shepard, Gagarin, and Public Education in Arkansas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepard-gagarin-and-public-education-in-arkansas/1002943)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepard-gagarin-and-public-education-in-arkansas/1002943 "2024-08-25T21:51:07Z")
Did anyone here at SDMB had a similar experience? I went to elementary school in a small but not tiny town in Arkansas in the 1960s. We were taught that Alan Shepard was the first man in space. Our text books supported… --- ## [Trump: In 4 years we’ll have it fixed. You won’t have to vote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-in-4-years-we-ll-have-it-fixed-you-won-t-have-to-vote/1004870)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 258\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-in-4-years-we-ll-have-it-fixed-you-won-t-have-to-vote/1004870 "2024-08-25T21:41:41Z")
I know anything out of his mouth shouldn’t be news but this was a little shocking. He seems to imply he will fix it where voting will not be an option in 4 years. --- ## [JD Vance couch story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-vance-couch-story/1005715)
**Author:** [@SpicyDuckBillyHunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpicyDuckBillyHunt)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2024, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-vance-couch-story/1005715 "2024-08-25T21:16:16Z")
I don’t understand how this made up story by one guy makes it to international news. Don’t people say bizarre untrue things on social media all the time? Can someone explain the process of one tweet becoming an internat… --- ## [What happened to Rob Reiner as a director?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-rob-reiner-as-a-director/1006209)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-rob-reiner-as-a-director/1006209 "2024-08-25T21:10:56Z")
I heard quite a bit about how M. Night Shyamalan experienced a dramatic decline in his movie-making skills and it actually is quite true. However, he has managed to occasionally direct and write some better movies, inclu… --- ## [3,000m record broken](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-000m-record-broken/1006213)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-000m-record-broken/1006213 "2024-08-25T20:50:24Z")
…by Jakob Ingebrigtsen in 7:17.55, taking 3.12 sec off the previous record of 7:20.67. This was the last remaining record held by Daniel Komen, dating back to 1996. --- ## [Tulsa Area dog hiking and swimming areas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tulsa-area-dog-hiking-and-swimming-areas/1006111)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tulsa-area-dog-hiking-and-swimming-areas/1006111 "2024-08-25T19:43:34Z")
I’m relocating to Tulsa, Oklahoma for a few months starting in mid-September, and I’m bringing my Jack Russell named Milo with me. Where I currently live, there are many parks and trails suitable for dogs. I walk him on … --- ## [Stopping genocide, both generally and in specific](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stopping-genocide-both-generally-and-in-specific/1006161)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stopping-genocide-both-generally-and-in-specific/1006161 "2024-08-25T19:27:00Z")
The advocates and protesters we commonly call “pro-Palestinian” are sometimes their own worst enemies, in my opinion, and (given my knowledge base) I’m a little unsure about the motives of some (especially those who use … --- ## [I am pitting Microsoft again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-pitting-microsoft-again/1006013)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-pitting-microsoft-again/1006013 "2024-08-25T17:33:55Z")
Microsoft downloaded more malware into my computer without my consent. I try to ignore these malware downloads as long as possible but I was traveling this week and I had to power off my computer. And Microsoft installe… --- ## [Returning to the scene of the accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/returning-to-the-scene-of-the-accident/1005553)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2024, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/returning-to-the-scene-of-the-accident/1005553 "2024-08-25T17:21:37Z")
A couple of years back, I had to swerve to avoid hitting a school bus that pulled out in front of me and I wound up taking out a mailbox and trashing the right front of my car. No injuries, just a messed up bit of fende… --- ## [The Flying Fickle Finger of Fate flew over our house and shat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-fickle-finger-of-fate-flew-over-our-house-and-shat/1006102)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-fickle-finger-of-fate-flew-over-our-house-and-shat/1006102 "2024-08-25T15:51:52Z")
Mr VOW has been plagued with increasing back pain. He had scans done, and we’ve been waiting to hear back from the doctor. It’s been harder and harder for him to stand and get his legs to support him. He started with a c… --- ## [Does anyone take two Lansoprazole (or Omeprazole)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-take-two-lansoprazole-or-omeprazole/1006098)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-take-two-lansoprazole-or-omeprazole/1006098 "2024-08-25T15:24:45Z")
I take one Lansoprazole every morning, half an hour before ingesting anything else. It works well all day, at least until about mid-afternoon, when I start to feel acid coming up again. I’m also quite acidic when I lie… --- ## [Tell me something before the FDIC if the James boys or Dillinger gang robbed the bank you had your money in were you screwed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-before-the-fdic-if-the-james-boys-or-dillinger-gang-robbed-the-bank-you-had-your-money-in-were-you-screwed/1006120)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-before-the-fdic-if-the-james-boys-or-dillinger-gang-robbed-the-bank-you-had-your-money-in-were-you-screwed/1006120 "2024-08-25T15:17:44Z")
a while back we were watching The Long Riders on TV and wondered what would happen to Farmer John’s money if the bank got robbed … I know these days it’s insured and he suffers no losses but from 1860 to 1930 was it sor… --- ## [About the importance of voting and participation in politics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-importance-of-voting-and-participation-in-politics/1006130)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-importance-of-voting-and-participation-in-politics/1006130 "2024-08-25T14:59:13Z")
Continuing the discussion from Democratic National Convention August 19-22 2024: While I do understand your point, you should consider walking that back a bit. I have always been irritated by the fact that the person w… --- ## [Now help me find this comic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-help-me-find-this-comic/1006184)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-help-me-find-this-comic/1006184 "2024-08-25T14:18:00Z")
You were of no help in the past, let’s see what we can do here. Beers on me to the winner. I remember seeing this in a book of old one panel cartoons in the library when I was a kid. So this one might go back to the 50’… --- ## [Please re-open the DNC thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-re-open-the-dnc-thread/1006129)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-re-open-the-dnc-thread/1006129 "2024-08-25T14:08:07Z")
The DNC thread was closed due to a brief hijack. There are still potential questions and comments to be made, especially since not everybody watched it all in real-time. There are still speeches I haven’t had time to cat… --- ## [Lies from the government \[Vietnam POWs\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lies-from-the-government-vietnam-pows/1005721)
**Author:** [@TXRebel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TXRebel)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2024, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lies-from-the-government-vietnam-pows/1005721 "2024-08-25T13:24:45Z")
I’m not sure if this the right place to ask this so if it isn’t please move it mods. I’m currently reading The Women by Kristin Hannah. One of the things she said in the book was that the US government at one time during… --- ## [German Festival Stabbing Attack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-festival-stabbing-attack/1006124)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2024, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-festival-stabbing-attack/1006124 "2024-08-25T10:33:31Z")
A fatal stabbing attack at a German “Festival of Diversity” kills 3 and leaves 5 critically injured. Apparently the attacker got away? That’s absolutely wild. How do you stab multiple people to death in broad view of … --- ## [Should I call 911 over a can of sparkling water that will likely explode?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-call-911-over-a-can-of-sparkling-water-that-will-likely-explode/1005949)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2024, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-call-911-over-a-can-of-sparkling-water-that-will-likely-explode/1005949 "2024-08-25T10:10:59Z")
As I hopped in my car I heard a hiss. I looked around to see where the noise was coming from and saw my can of convicted melon Liquid Death sparkling water with its bottom bulging out. Much like a gravid black widow. Hor… --- ## [To the Canadians out there](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-canadians-out-there/1006136)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2024, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-canadians-out-there/1006136 "2024-08-25T05:17:52Z")
I watch some Canadian youtubers and it seems that what you call a sweater, I call a sweatshirt. Sweaters are the things knit with yarn. Is there a reason? --- ## [LTG Arthur Gregg Passes Away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ltg-arthur-gregg-passes-away/1006180)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2024, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ltg-arthur-gregg-passes-away/1006180 "2024-08-25T04:37:04Z")
Army Trailblazer Retired Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg Dies Retired Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg, a trailblazing officer for whom the Army renamed an installation, died Aug. 22. He was 96. “The entire Fort Gregg-Adams family is deep… --- ## [Music to Chill by for the End of the Week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-chill-by-for-the-end-of-the-week/1006122)
**Author:** [@cieskokid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cieskokid)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2024, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-chill-by-for-the-end-of-the-week/1006122 "2024-08-25T03:14:55Z")
I’m sure there are fellow 'dopers here who, like me, enjoy ending their work days and/or week with some choice music, what I refer to as my Sound\*Therapy. This is an excellent way to decompress and cleanse myself of the… --- ## [Most useful 2 year/tech school degree?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-useful-2-year-tech-school-degree/1006032)
**Author:** [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2024, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-useful-2-year-tech-school-degree/1006032 "2024-08-25T03:19:11Z")
Inspired by the “Most useful 4 year degree” thread. I’m thinking a diploma from an auto mechanic’s school might lead to the highest income, given the current shortage of mechanics. Or maybe a 2-year nursing or med tech … --- ## [How can I find what tartan I can wear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-find-what-tartan-i-can-wear/1005954)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2024, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-find-what-tartan-i-can-wear/1005954 "2024-08-25T02:02:31Z")
According to DNA testing I am not the Lindburgh baby. I am 1/3 Scottish So how would I find what clan I belong to and tartan I’m entitles to wear? Is it just tracing ancestry or are there rules? What documentation w… --- ## [I like or don't like that, but not like them!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-or-dont-like-that-but-not-like-them/1003050)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2024, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-or-dont-like-that-but-not-like-them/1003050 "2024-08-25T01:21:38Z")
I was thinking about the fact that I am not really enjoying The Acolyte. I find it kind of boring and the dialogue sounds too Earth 21st century in places which annoys me but the Dude Bros on line hate it because they ha… --- ## [Chain reaction of doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chain-reaction-of-doom/1006159)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2024, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chain-reaction-of-doom/1006159 "2024-08-25T01:02:16Z")
I just saw this story from Venus #16 (October 1951) Which immediately reminded me of Ice 9 from Cat’s Cradle (published 196… --- ## [Over wintering rechargeable yard tools](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-wintering-rechargeable-yard-tools/1005846)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-wintering-rechargeable-yard-tools/1005846 "2024-08-24T21:34:46Z")
I live where it gets wintery cold (-25C), and make sure to bring in my rechargeable batteries and the chargers. But how about the tools themselves? Like a weed whacker and a hedge trimmer. Are they good to stay out in t… --- ## [Old threads popping up in Unread feed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-threads-popping-up-in-unread-feed/1006140)
**Author:** [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-threads-popping-up-in-unread-feed/1006140 "2024-08-24T20:53:19Z")
This morning I was reading my Unread feed here and noticed that there were a bunch of threads whose last posts were years ago. Did they all get bumped by a spammer or troll who then got cornfielded, or is something else… --- ## [Saturday Night Live's depiction of Joe Biden and tripping over dates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-lives-depiction-of-joe-biden-and-tripping-over-dates/1006148)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-lives-depiction-of-joe-biden-and-tripping-over-dates/1006148 "2024-08-24T16:34:35Z")
SNL leans into a particular quirk of Joe Biden when they have an actor imitate him – specifically, as seen here, the-actor-as-Joe will tell a long story, likely that will end with him making an ill-advised statement abou… --- ## [Can someone help explain the neurobiology of pain and what all interventions work on it from a biological POV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-help-explain-the-neurobiology-of-pain-and-what-all-interventions-work-on-it-from-a-biological-pov/1006057)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-help-explain-the-neurobiology-of-pain-and-what-all-interventions-work-on-it-from-a-biological-pov/1006057 "2024-08-24T16:04:30Z")
Both my parents have/had bad chronic pain due to their health issues. I have mild chronic pain. So its something I’m interested in. If anyone has any books or scientific papers they feel are educational, feel free to po… --- ## [How do you find a workplace that's fun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-find-a-workplace-thats-fun/1001266)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-find-a-workplace-thats-fun/1001266 "2024-08-24T14:35:42Z")
I used to work in an office that had a lot of great social events. They’d find any excuse to throw a party, had outside-of-work events like wine tastings and a kickball team, and an office space with some nice benefits … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=492&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=494&state=tracking)