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**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-gravity-was-lessened-by-10/1004575 "2024-07-24T13:31:58Z")
Stolen (with permission) from @Moriarty. What would be the effects if gravity on Earth was lessened by 10%…besides having to rewrite basketball rules and regs, of course? --- ## [RF information density in an urban environment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rf-information-density-in-an-urban-environment/1004526)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rf-information-density-in-an-urban-environment/1004526 "2024-07-24T12:59:29Z")
Just an idle thought: it occurred to me that anywhere in a modern city there are probably several WiFi networks within range. Several cell phone (mobile, for UK readers) networks. Then you could pick up quite a few AM … --- ## [Use of quotation marks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-quotation-marks/1004129)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-quotation-marks/1004129 "2024-07-24T12:27:03Z")
I got into a kerfuffle with another poster, @colinfred. Theyposted a comment puporting to quote me. They used my screen name, and put quotation marks around what I had supposedly said. We got modded which was fair. It wa… --- ## [Question about a possible business expense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-possible-business-expense/1004730)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-possible-business-expense/1004730 "2024-07-24T12:05:07Z")
If you buy nylons for the sole purpose of masking your face during robberies, can you deduct them as a business expense? --- ## [Eve writes Hollywood obituaries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-writes-hollywood-obituaries/1004351)
**Author:** [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-writes-hollywood-obituaries/1004351 "2024-07-24T11:10:24Z")
No, she’s not dead. I’m not good enough for clever thread titles. Beloved former Doper and gossip columnist to the Silent Screen has a website with just breaking obits from Hollywood. www.evesobits.com. The blurb fro… --- ## [Monopoly...Reading Railroad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-reading-railroad/1003238)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-reading-railroad/1003238 "2024-07-24T05:01:38Z")
Is it pronounced “Redding” or “Reeding”? Need answer fast …! --- ## [Thoughts on an old ThelmaLou thread from August 2017](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-an-old-thelmalou-thread-from-august-2017/1004668)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-an-old-thelmalou-thread-from-august-2017/1004668 "2024-07-24T03:09:11Z")
The current situation with Kamala Harris as the potential adversary to Trump made me think of ThelmaLou’s thread after Trump’s election. Though I really, really hope that Harris wins this, I honestly don’t know how re… --- ## [Are We Moving Past Experience As a Criteria in Our Elections? (2024 and future elections)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-moving-past-experience-as-a-criteria-in-our-elections-2024-and-future-elections/1004704)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-moving-past-experience-as-a-criteria-in-our-elections-2024-and-future-elections/1004704 "2024-07-24T02:51:49Z")
Inspired by our many current discussions on Harris’ qualifications for 2024, and the qualifications of any VP picks, I want to actually dig down on the subject in the title. First, the orange elephant in the room: Trum… --- ## [Yellowstone geyser goes kablooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstone-geyser-goes-kablooey/1004711)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstone-geyser-goes-kablooey/1004711 "2024-07-24T02:07:52Z")
A largeish, unfaithful event. Nobody boiled. --- ## [High schools and gun clubs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-schools-and-gun-clubs/1004327)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-schools-and-gun-clubs/1004327 "2024-07-24T01:49:26Z")
Is it common for high schools (or junior high schools) to have gun clubs/ rifle clubs? Are they generally “officially sanctioned” by the school districts? I never heard of such a thing at the suburban public school I at… --- ## [TV diagonal measurement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-diagonal-measurement/1004406)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-diagonal-measurement/1004406 "2024-07-24T01:30:09Z")
I’m sure we’ve all seen memes where people complain their televisions are smaller than advertised, because they measure the width instead of the diagonal length. Big laughs at people who don’t know that TV screens are m… --- ## [Relativity: Even if an hour on Planet X is ten years on Planet Earth, don't events happen equally fast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relativity-even-if-an-hour-on-planet-x-is-ten-years-on-planet-earth-dont-events-happen-equally-fast/1004700)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relativity-even-if-an-hour-on-planet-x-is-ten-years-on-planet-earth-dont-events-happen-equally-fast/1004700 "2024-07-24T01:02:27Z")
Re: movies like Interstellar Suppose that on Planet X, one hour there is equivalent to 10 years on Planet Earth. But certain events, as a matter of practicality, must still be the equivalent in Earth-time, right? It’s … --- ## [If Hillary ran against Trump again, you'd stay home? Please explain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-hillary-ran-against-trump-again-youd-stay-home-please-explain/1002335)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 315\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2024, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-hillary-ran-against-trump-again-youd-stay-home-please-explain/1002335 "2024-07-23T23:18:20Z")
Continuing the discussion from Manhattan Prosecutors file criminal charges for Trump re Stormy Daniels case - ongoing discussion here (Guilty on all 34 counts, May 30, 2024): In the “Manhattan prosecutors” thread, this … --- ## [Curious mod action by What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-mod-action-by-what-exit/1004615)
**Author:** [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-mod-action-by-what-exit/1004615 "2024-07-23T19:56:00Z")
… in this thread: Kamala Harris and the runup to the 2024 Presidential Election In post ~18, my post that mentions Obama’s (so far) failure to endorse Harris is deemed “basically off-topic”, as this is “a thread assumin… --- ## [Last Example of Hollywood Star Power?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-example-of-hollywood-star-power/1004479)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-example-of-hollywood-star-power/1004479 "2024-07-23T21:02:58Z")
I saw an interesting question asked on Twitter: What was the last American movie that was a hit purely (or mostly purely) because people wanted to see the person who was starring in it. Not an IP or effects laden extrava… --- ## [Active Shooter incident in Lewiston, Maine 10/25/2023 (found dead, presumed suicide)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-incident-in-lewiston-maine-10-25-2023-found-dead-presumed-suicide/992109)
**Author:** [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Replies:** 220\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-incident-in-lewiston-maine-10-25-2023-found-dead-presumed-suicide/992109 "2024-07-23T20:50:48Z")
Reports coming out that an active shooter situation is ongoing in Lewiston, ME. This is the 2nd most populous city in Maine. Link to NBC news Apparently there has been a shooting at a bowling alley and restaurant. Pe… --- ## [Overtime pay {For Mods}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overtime-pay-for-mods/1004603)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2024, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overtime-pay-for-mods/1004603 "2024-07-23T20:04:55Z")
Okay not really a question, but nowhere else to put this. I submit a request that our mods get an extra coffee cup for the last 24 hours keeping the various Biden Harris threads on track. Wow you all are doing some hea… --- ## [What is the thread, "Unexpected Enthusiasm for Harris?" about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-thread-unexpected-enthusiasm-for-harris-about/1004703)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-thread-unexpected-enthusiasm-for-harris-about/1004703 "2024-07-23T19:19:14Z")
Continuing the discussion from Unexpected Enthusiasm for Harris?: John\_T posted: The first three paragraphs of the image you broke seemed on point and had nothing to do… --- ## [Is Your Roku Working?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-roku-working/1004508)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-roku-working/1004508 "2024-07-23T18:39:20Z")
Roku is some sort of TV thing. You plug a USB sort of device into the side of your TV and it gets TV. I am not too educated on how it works. I am having an odd problem since this morning. No picture. The sound is just f… --- ## [‘Cash is king.’ Oh really? Is it? Do you carry cash? Are you plastic always, all the time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cash-is-king-oh-really-is-it-do-you-carry-cash-are-you-plastic-always-all-the-time/922191)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 236\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cash-is-king-oh-really-is-it-do-you-carry-cash-are-you-plastic-always-all-the-time/922191 "2024-07-23T17:43:25Z")
Even before covid and the change shortage, I almost always used plastic. I rarely carried cash. And even now, during covid I only carry a little cash, under $50. I am almost always plastic, all the time. I use a CC for … --- ## [You're a ghost... now what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-ghost-now-what/1004394)
**Author:** [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-ghost-now-what/1004394 "2024-07-23T17:18:18Z")
Congratulations, you just got run over by a bus! You’re now in the afterlife, a ghost. You have presence, but have no ability to affect the real world. You are thankfully not tied to the place of your demise, you have t… --- ## [NFL Offseason 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2024/1000924)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2024/1000924 "2024-07-23T16:14:43Z")
Free agency frenzy is over. Draft is done. Undrafted free agents are sorting themselves out as we speak. Here’s your thread for NFL goings-on for the next few months. To start us off on offseason news, Zeke is returnin… --- ## [What is this French interjection? Sounds like "oura"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-french-interjection-sounds-like-oura/1004606)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-french-interjection-sounds-like-oura/1004606 "2024-07-23T15:54:56Z")
At 1:04 the woman sings something that sounds like “Oura!” between bars of her clarinetist’s solo. Is this similar to the French expression “Allez!”? --- ## [I kind of love Kamala Harris](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-kind-of-love-kamala-harris/1004658)
**Author:** [@illoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/illoe)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-kind-of-love-kamala-harris/1004658 "2024-07-23T15:12:19Z")
I think Trump is a venal horror show and, while Biden has been an exceptional president, I found his performance at the debate truly unsettling. So I was happy when he stepped down, if a little nervous about the next ste… --- ## [Calculating % alcohol when adding simple syrup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calculating-alcohol-when-adding-simple-syrup/1004567)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calculating-alcohol-when-adding-simple-syrup/1004567 "2024-07-23T14:37:46Z")
I have 1.75 liters of 100 proof vodka with zest of 28 lemons in it that has been steeping for six weeks. I am going to add simple syrup to make limoncello. My target is 30% alcohol. Do I calculate the amount of simple sy… --- ## [Another specific quantification thread: Harris edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-specific-quantification-thread-harris-edition/1004660)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2024, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-specific-quantification-thread-harris-edition/1004660 "2024-07-23T12:44:12Z")
On the heels of the big news and the growing certainty of the new nominee, I’d like to once again try to nail down specifics. As of right now, what would you set as the change in odds for a Democratic candidate to win t… --- ## [How do some people graduate from college without understanding the fundamentals of their major?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-some-people-graduate-from-college-without-understanding-the-fundamentals-of-their-major/1002119)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2024, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-some-people-graduate-from-college-without-understanding-the-fundamentals-of-their-major/1002119 "2024-07-23T11:04:09Z")
Case #1: Last May I was interviewing people for an electrical engineering position at our lab. I came up with what I thought was an easy written test for each of them to take. It consisted of three questions. The first … --- ## [Outer Wilds - some questions (NO spoilers!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outer-wilds-some-questions-no-spoilers/1004287)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2024, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outer-wilds-some-questions-no-spoilers/1004287 "2024-07-23T09:12:40Z")
I’m considering player Outer Wilds, the game with the 22 minute repeating cycle. That’s all I know about it other than to avoid all spoilers, which I’m definitely trying to do. I have a couple questions that I don’t thin… --- ## [Arby's Potato cakes are back! You stupid worthless fools. I order you to buy 300 per day until they are forced to put that back on every menu permanently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arbys-potato-cakes-are-back-you-stupid-worthless-fools-i-order-you-to-buy-300-per-day-until-they-are-forced-to-put-that-back-on-every-menu-permanently/1004197)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2024, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arbys-potato-cakes-are-back-you-stupid-worthless-fools-i-order-you-to-buy-300-per-day-until-they-are-forced-to-put-that-back-on-every-menu-permanently/1004197 "2024-07-23T06:52:14Z")
Ok it was all in the topic. perfect --- ## [The Apocalypse of the rural poor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apocalypse-of-the-rural-poor/1004657)
**Author:** [@bgeenb34](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bgeenb34)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2024, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apocalypse-of-the-rural-poor/1004657 "2024-07-23T06:27:59Z")
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