# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=495&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 496 --- ## [What Is "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion", and Is It a Good Thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-and-is-it-a-good-thing/999804)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2024, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-and-is-it-a-good-thing/999804 "2024-08-23T02:19:01Z")
Topic question is the premise for debate. Continuing the discussion from What were you THINKING?: I’m vaguely aware that there are studies showing the benefits of workplace diversity, but since I am not and have not… --- ## [The horsefly in Amazon's delivery ointment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horsefly-in-amazons-delivery-ointment/1005840)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2024, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horsefly-in-amazons-delivery-ointment/1005840 "2024-08-23T01:49:20Z")
I’ve posted a few times about the saga of The Poky House. We bought a little house in Colorado, and are spending the summer up there fixing it up. We had to come back to Phoenix to pick up a countertop, and while we were… --- ## [Gender fluid relative at wedding events](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-fluid-relative-at-wedding-events/1004907)
**Author:** [@a6ka97](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a6ka97)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2024, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-fluid-relative-at-wedding-events/1004907 "2024-08-23T01:32:33Z")
Please don’t be offended if I happened to use the wrong terms/phrases in this question, My 22 year old niece/nephew was born a biological female. During high school they decided they identified more as a male and transi… --- ## [Mahaloth does a push-up and sit-up challenge. Here we go. Uh, join me? Or not](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mahaloth-does-a-push-up-and-sit-up-challenge-here-we-go-uh-join-me-or-not/1003414)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mahaloth-does-a-push-up-and-sit-up-challenge-here-we-go-uh-join-me-or-not/1003414 "2024-08-23T00:47:37Z")
I have 30 days and am following the chart you see below for both push-ups and sit-ups. I’m 45, turning 46 in two months. Not in great shape, not morbidly obese, but definitely noticing the degradation age brings us. I d… --- ## [How to save your "start" location in Google Maps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-save-your-start-location-in-google-maps/1005430)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2024, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-save-your-start-location-in-google-maps/1005430 "2024-08-23T00:38:17Z")
This is on my computer, not a cell phone. Every time I look up directions to some place I have to manually enter my home address. I haven’t found a way to save that location so far. And I don’t want it to transfer to my… --- ## [My move to the retirement facility (If joining the thread late, at least skim the first few posts)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-move-to-the-retirement-facility-if-joining-the-thread-late-at-least-skim-the-first-few-posts/988672)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 631\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-move-to-the-retirement-facility-if-joining-the-thread-late-at-least-skim-the-first-few-posts/988672 "2024-08-22T22:47:58Z")
Continuing the discussion from Diplomacy/behavior problem re friend's dog: This is the nudge I needed-- thanks. Two weeks ago my landlord dropped a bomb on me. I’ve lived here 10 years and love this house and never pl… --- ## [Leg cramps and potassium](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leg-cramps-and-potassium/1005165)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leg-cramps-and-potassium/1005165 "2024-08-22T21:49:47Z")
I suffer from night time leg/foot cramps on a not infrequent basis. This usually happens after strenuous exercise. I normally drink about a quart of electrolyte replacement drink after a bike ride plus another 40 ounces… --- ## [How long does the reaction bump from a wasp sting last?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-the-reaction-bump-from-a-wasp-sting-last/1005801)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-the-reaction-bump-from-a-wasp-sting-last/1005801 "2024-08-22T21:30:45Z")
I got stung by a wasp a week ago; still have a bump at the spot, like a mosquito bite bump, only bigger. How long does it take to go away? Doesn’t hurt or anything, just an irritant. --- ## [Why don't movies have Intermissions anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-movies-have-intermissions-anymore/1005546)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-movies-have-intermissions-anymore/1005546 "2024-08-22T20:25:52Z")
Seems like now that theaters are desperate for anything, bringing back intermissions would help. There’s been so many times I’d go get a refill of soda or popcorn but I can’t because the movie is still in an important sc… --- ## [Book Banning in Utah](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-banning-in-utah/1005508)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-banning-in-utah/1005508 "2024-08-22T18:44:23Z")
Utah has actually banned 13 books. Not just on a reading list, not just in one school- but totally and completely for all school- and maybe more- The Utah State Board of Education has ordered schools to remove 13 books,… --- ## [Universally anagrammable words/words with the most anagrams](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-anagrammable-words-words-with-the-most-anagrams/1006051)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universally-anagrammable-words-words-with-the-most-anagrams/1006051 "2024-08-22T18:33:54Z")
The words “I” and “a” are universally-annagrammable: every possible arrangement of letters in the words (or permutation, or anagram) is an English word. Of course, since there’s only one way to arrange the letters in a o… --- ## [Will Trump ditch Vance as VP pick, and if so, who will he replace him with?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-ditch-vance-as-vp-pick-and-if-so-who-will-he-replace-him-with/1005913)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-ditch-vance-as-vp-pick-and-if-so-who-will-he-replace-him-with/1005913 "2024-08-22T18:31:18Z")
Carried over from this closed thread, do you think Trump will stick with JD Vance or ditch him for a new VP pick? And if so, who will he choose? I think there’s a very good chance he’ll get so increasingly desperate at … --- ## [World War One Topics--Espionage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-war-one-topics-espionage/1006025)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-war-one-topics-espionage/1006025 "2024-08-22T17:59:58Z")
My memory fails me, & my Google-Fu has fizzled. During World War One, the US created an essentially all-amateur security & counterintelligence force that was 100% Civilian, & utterly useless. Bully-boys, who wound up ab… --- ## [Words that are their own antonym](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-their-own-antonym/1005402)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-their-own-antonym/1005402 "2024-08-22T17:58:55Z")
Saw the use of the term “sanctioned” in a quoting of our official rules just now in ATMB, in terms of dissuading hijacks, but the first definition that came to mind when I first saw it was “to give effective or authorita… --- ## [Need help with a mailbox solution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-a-mailbox-solution/1006020)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-a-mailbox-solution/1006020 "2024-08-22T17:13:04Z")
I’m in property management. We are having a cluster mailbox installed in front of a 6 unit apartment complex we just picked up. The mailbox has 8 individual boxes for tenant mail and 2 boxes for packages. The idea is t… --- ## [Yelling at each other about 9/11 (Split from the "How has Trump pissed you off today" thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yelling-at-each-other-about-9-11-split-from-the-how-has-trump-pissed-you-off-today-thread/1005482)
**Author:** [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Replies:** 374\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yelling-at-each-other-about-9-11-split-from-the-how-has-trump-pissed-you-off-today-thread/1005482 "2024-08-22T16:40:45Z")
Gotta confess, 9/11 is one of those disasters that I don’t fully comprehend, from how did WTC7 collapse, to where’s was the wreckage of TWO airliners, both in Shanksville and the Pentagon? --- ## [Let's talk about Walmart stock splitting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-walmart-stock-splitting/997040)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-walmart-stock-splitting/997040 "2024-08-22T16:19:20Z")
Walmart has announced a 3:1 stock split after closing on 2/23. I have owned WMT stock for a few years. I bought at $148 and today it’s at $168. When the split happens I will have triple the number of shares, but the shar… --- ## [Help me understand this statistic (labor force participation)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-statistic-labor-force-participation/1006033)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-statistic-labor-force-participation/1006033 "2024-08-22T15:21:38Z")
Besides actual unemployment, I suppose some of the difference is because of how much women participate in the workforce But what is is special about Slovakia? Why is it so high? --- ## [Just feeding back that virtually everything is awful](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-feeding-back-that-virtually-everything-is-awful/967313)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-feeding-back-that-virtually-everything-is-awful/967313 "2024-08-22T13:57:50Z")
The more time I spend on this new software SDMB, the more depressed I become because absolutely every single thing about the way it functions is a total feeaking nightmare. Not o ne single aspect of this software improve… --- ## [Very dumb question -- is "liking" posts a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-dumb-question-is-liking-posts-a-thing/1004435)
**Author:** [@ASanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASanders)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-dumb-question-is-liking-posts-a-thing/1004435 "2024-08-22T12:52:23Z")
I was poking about my profile dashboard and saw a stats indicator of posts I have liked or posts of mine that have been liked. Both are 0 (not surprisingly) but I’ve never noticed the ability to like posts here. If I had… --- ## [Environmental impact of online clothes shopping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/environmental-impact-of-online-clothes-shopping/1004213)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/environmental-impact-of-online-clothes-shopping/1004213 "2024-08-22T10:38:43Z")
I can buy clothes online, but it’s hard to know it it will fit. One way is to just buy a bunch of clothes, try it on, and then return what doesn’t fit. Alternatively I can travel to a store and try on clothes there. Th… --- ## [Dental X-Ray Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dental-x-ray-question/1006024)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dental-x-ray-question/1006024 "2024-08-22T10:10:44Z")
Every 6 months I get my teeth cleaned. Maybe not every visit, but the subject of X-Rays comes up. I generally opt out until at least a full year goes by. Is there generally accepted time frame to get X-Rays? Thx. --- ## [Does anyone else here actually enjoy jury duty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-here-actually-enjoy-jury-duty/627820)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-here-actually-enjoy-jury-duty/627820 "2024-08-22T07:56:09Z")
I’m scheduled to show up on July 20. I really like it… I get a day off work, get to sit for a few hours and read a book or play around on my laptop while I wait to be called, perhaps get called to a fairly interesting ca… --- ## [Dr. Ruth has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-ruth-has-died/1004152)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-ruth-has-died/1004152 "2024-08-22T06:54:58Z")
I have great affection for Dr. Ruth. As I became a teenager I somehow found her radio show and listened to it covertly on a walkman at night. Her forthright manner, openness and acceptance was important for me to hear … --- ## [What will SCOTUS do if Women Prevail in the Election and Pass National Abortion Access?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-scotus-do-if-women-prevail-in-the-election-and-pass-national-abortion-access/1005947)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-scotus-do-if-women-prevail-in-the-election-and-pass-national-abortion-access/1005947 "2024-08-22T05:47:26Z")
Continuing the discussion from The Woman Factor in the Clinton Loss, and Possible Harris Win: I think the strategy going forward is to just grind them out and outlive them. Both Thomas and Alito want to retire, not di… --- ## [Tell me how electrical wall outlets can go dead w/o tripping a circuit breaker. Hidden fire danger from short?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-how-electrical-wall-outlets-can-go-dead-w-o-tripping-a-circuit-breaker-hidden-fire-danger-from-short/1005710)
**Author:** [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-how-electrical-wall-outlets-can-go-dead-w-o-tripping-a-circuit-breaker-hidden-fire-danger-from-short/1005710 "2024-08-22T05:24:13Z")
More details about the situation in the subject line: I had three outlets, all along one wall, suddenly go dead. It happened when I had a shop-vac plugged into one of them, which suddenly quit sucking. No biggie, I un… --- ## [Other than getting the most votes legally, how can Trump become POTUS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-getting-the-most-votes-legally-how-can-trump-become-potus/1005910)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-getting-the-most-votes-legally-how-can-trump-become-potus/1005910 "2024-08-22T02:48:44Z")
Other than a few variations it looks like Trump is losing in the polls…but polls aren’t votes. I am looking into Trump’s past and present, and something tells me (like reality slapping me in the face with a rotten macke… --- ## [Big Green Egg vs. Weber Kettle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-green-egg-vs-weber-kettle/1005951)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-green-egg-vs-weber-kettle/1005951 "2024-08-22T02:31:42Z")
We jettisoned our old Weber kettle recently because we thought we were moving. However, we stayed put and now we have no grill. I’d like to buy a new one. I’m intrigued by the Big Green Egg, but it’s a lot more expens… --- ## [Personal visual models - do you have any?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-visual-models-do-you-have-any/1006012)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-visual-models-do-you-have-any/1006012 "2024-08-21T21:41:10Z")
Recently I realized that when I’m thinking over plans in my mind, I’m looking at a mental image of a giant dial with all the months/days of the year, with January at about the 8PM position on the clock face, and the year… --- ## [What's the straight dope on J.D. Vance and couches/eyeliner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-j-d-vance-and-couches-eyeliner/1005479)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-j-d-vance-and-couches-eyeliner/1005479 "2024-08-21T20:17:38Z")
Recently I’ve read that Vance did not, as some believe, have sexual congress with a piece of furniture, nor does he use eyeliner, as has been claimed by his detractors. Is there a factual basis to either of these claims?… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=494&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=496&state=tracking)