# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=536&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 537 --- ## [Possible evidence the internet IS a series of tubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-evidence-the-internet-is-a-series-of-tubes/1003283)
**Author:** [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-evidence-the-internet-is-a-series-of-tubes/1003283 "2024-06-24T22:57:48Z")
I have very reliable internet/router so this would be a rare coincidense. I just had about 4 feet of bathtub drain pipe (tubes?) replaced. The internet was working throughout most of the plumbers 1.5 hours but after he … --- ## [Eating cow, eating lamb, eating dog, eating cat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-cow-eating-lamb-eating-dog-eating-cat/993106)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-cow-eating-lamb-eating-dog-eating-cat/993106 "2024-06-24T21:43:23Z")
So it seems that Vietnam is cracking down on dog meat, for various ethical reasons, And for the life of me, I cannot see any ethical difference between eating a cow, a sheep or a dog, provided all are kept and slaughtere… --- ## [How did “red carpets” come to be adopted as the fancy color?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-red-carpets-come-to-be-adopted-as-the-fancy-color/1003266)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-red-carpets-come-to-be-adopted-as-the-fancy-color/1003266 "2024-06-24T21:25:41Z")
It’s seen at movie premieres and big events, and the phrase “roll out the red carpets.” Why did red specifically become the color to welcome the rich n’ famous? --- ## [Stealing planets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stealing-planets/1003149)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stealing-planets/1003149 "2024-06-24T21:20:26Z")
Or maybe just borrowing them. I’m looking for SF stories where a Solar System planet or other body has been moved to somewhere outside the Solar System. I’ve thought of several, but I’m sure there are more. Here’s my lis… --- ## [Real estate companies that cover multiple states](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-estate-companies-that-cover-multiple-states/1003243)
**Author:** [@cncdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cncdad)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-estate-companies-that-cover-multiple-states/1003243 "2024-06-24T20:28:19Z")
Wife and I are retiring soon and we know what requirements we have for our retirement place but don’t now how to find it. It could be in a multitude of states from the Midwest to the east coast. So we need a real estate … --- ## [S&H Stamps. Anyone remember them from their heyday?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-h-stamps-anyone-remember-them-from-their-heyday/969427)
**Author:** [@EDOK9Trainer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EDOK9Trainer)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-h-stamps-anyone-remember-them-from-their-heyday/969427 "2024-06-24T20:23:38Z")
So anyone here old enough to have collected these stamps back in the 60’s and 70’s? As kids my sister, brothers and I collected them and added them to their books for later use. I see on this Wiki article that it came … --- ## [(Old) Of Humid Bondage- A Heatwave MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-of-humid-bondage-a-heatwave-mmp/1002970)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 402\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2024, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-of-humid-bondage-a-heatwave-mmp/1002970 "2024-06-24T18:24:10Z")
Looks like we’re getting an East Coast heatwave. This is gonna make work suck. Everybody else stay cool, stay hydrated, and hijack away! --- ## [What did Lewis and Clark imagine a Missouri-river Northwest Passage would look like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-lewis-and-clark-imagine-a-missouri-river-northwest-passage-would-look-like/1003200)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-lewis-and-clark-imagine-a-missouri-river-northwest-passage-would-look-like/1003200 "2024-06-24T17:09:13Z")
I’m rewatching Ken Burns’ Lewis & Clark and am still puzzled by one thing: What did Jefferson, Lewis, Clark, et al imagine a Missouri-river Northwest Passage would look like? Did they hope there was a big lake that fed … --- ## [Pedestrian self-defense?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedestrian-self-defense/1002715)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedestrian-self-defense/1002715 "2024-06-24T17:05:14Z")
I am a pedestrian 66 year old with a solid hardwood walking stick. I start walking across the crosswalk when it is my turn and. instead of stopping until a finish crossing a vehicle starts slowly rolling across to “enco… --- ## [Re-litigating Bernie Sanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-litigating-bernie-sanders/1003246)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-litigating-bernie-sanders/1003246 "2024-06-24T16:17:09Z")
And… I get that this topic has been done more than once but to say drop the 2016 bit when Sanders was clearly running in 2020 and was winning till Biden stepped in at the last minute is distinctly limiting a very real… --- ## [Sometimes data mining gets things completely wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-data-mining-gets-things-completely-wrong/1002534)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-data-mining-gets-things-completely-wrong/1002534 "2024-06-24T15:29:06Z")
This is sort of the opposite of the Creepiest examples of internet tracking thread. I keep getting fliers and coupons in the mail for a pet supply store in Illinois. They even include a handy map showing where their st… --- ## [How are moderators appointed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-moderators-appointed/1001568)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-moderators-appointed/1001568 "2024-06-24T13:56:44Z")
Apologies if this has been covered in FAQs, but I haven’t seen anything quite on this topic. What’s the process? Who is ultimately in charge of it, and has the final authority? There is obviously a bit of a ‘Quis cust… --- ## [Small Group PA System Recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-group-pa-system-recommendations/1003207)
**Author:** [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-group-pa-system-recommendations/1003207 "2024-06-24T13:51:06Z")
My wife is part of a weekly discussion group; the group feels they need a PA system. Of course they don’t want to spent more than necessary. —The group has about 30 members. They meet in a low ceiling, tile floor room … --- ## [Star Trek Discovery season 5](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-season-5/999835)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2024, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-season-5/999835 "2024-06-24T10:46:24Z")
The first two episodes of the final season are out, if anyone wants to say anything about it. So far it has occasional action sequences punctuating long, slow scenes with melodramatic music, often of crew members express… --- ## [New user sees ignorance here on the Dope (about Trump)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-user-sees-ignorance-here-on-the-dope-about-trump/1002612)
**Author:** [@jimcommonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimcommonsense)\ **Replies:** 254\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2024, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-user-sees-ignorance-here-on-the-dope-about-trump/1002612 "2024-06-24T10:11:33Z")
I see the ignorance runs rampant here. It’s the left that used and weaponized the DOJ against Trump as they have nothing positive to campaign on. They are just like the 1930-1940’s nazi Germany using the gestapo to get… --- ## [Web Cookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-cookies/1003177)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2024, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-cookies/1003177 "2024-06-24T05:43:00Z")
I’m sure we all know about web cookies, Initially a “good” thing: "Hi! We’ve seen you before. (An implied ""we do not know your name / who you are, yet glad to see you again) and an unsaid perhaps we know your location o… --- ## [Korean language joke(?) from a Korean movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/korean-language-joke-from-a-korean-movie/1003247)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/korean-language-joke-from-a-korean-movie/1003247 "2024-06-24T03:27:21Z")
(If this question is better-suited to GQ, go ahead and move it) I just watched a Korean movie, “The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure” on Netflix. I was watching it with the dialogue dubbed in English, since I don’t spea… --- ## [Wells Fargo fires employees for using "mouse jigglers"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wells-fargo-fires-employees-for-using-mouse-jigglers/1003012)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wells-fargo-fires-employees-for-using-mouse-jigglers/1003012 "2024-06-23T22:16:42Z")
Wells Fargo has been in the news recently for firing a bunch of employees for using “mouse jigglers” and other tools to give the illusion that they are actively doing work when they are not. Now I have a couple of thou… --- ## [Human life cycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-life-cycle/1003230)
**Author:** [@Texikid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Texikid)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-life-cycle/1003230 "2024-06-23T21:52:13Z")
What am I talking about? In your opinion what are the stages of human life? I’m talking about adding on to a list that so far looks like this: Infant(0-1) Baby(1-3) Toddler(3-5) Preteen(10-12) Teen(13-19) College kid(… --- ## [How many different ways can you put value on human life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-ways-can-you-put-value-on-human-life/1003216)
**Author:** [@Texikid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Texikid)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-ways-can-you-put-value-on-human-life/1003216 "2024-06-23T21:34:53Z")
What are all the different ways you can value a human life?Lets use 137 pounds as an average. Examples: (World population) / (Money in the world) (Worth in meat) (Net worth of a single person) (Price of each element i… --- ## [Trump campaign promise belongs in Cafe Society](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-campaign-promise-belongs-in-cafe-society/1003231)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2024, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-campaign-promise-belongs-in-cafe-society/1003231 "2024-06-23T21:08:15Z")
Very recently, maybe yesterday, the presumptive republican nominee for President told a bunch of Republican lawmakers that he wants to start a UFC/migrant Bumfight League and it reminded me of a below D-list movie I saw … --- ## [Obituary Listings- Where?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obituary-listings-where/1003069)
**Author:** [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obituary-listings-where/1003069 "2024-06-23T20:49:31Z")
I left my hometown of San Diego 20 years ago. I like to keep abreast of Obituary listings, because reasons. The only comprehensive notices have always been the San Diego Union, which charges outrageous prices for the p… --- ## [Printer can’t find new WiFi signal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printer-can-t-find-new-wifi-signal/1003237)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printer-can-t-find-new-wifi-signal/1003237 "2024-06-23T20:32:16Z")
The other day I had to have Verizon install a new router and modem. They were only 3 months old, but apparently a recent power outage damaged the router? In any case, my old HP printer won’t get on the new WiFi signal. I… --- ## [Request: don't put ChatGPT or other AI-generated content in non-AI threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-dont-put-chatgpt-or-other-ai-generated-content-in-non-ai-threads/994241)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-dont-put-chatgpt-or-other-ai-generated-content-in-non-ai-threads/994241 "2024-06-23T19:19:31Z")
Continuing the discussion from Discussion thread for the Hamas Attacks Israel thread, October 2023: I’m not picking on this post in particular, but on something that sometimes happens around here. In threads on unrelate… --- ## [Help needed: friend's email has been spoofed and her email account settings have been changed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-needed-friends-email-has-been-spoofed-and-her-email-account-settings-have-been-changed/1003226)
**Author:** [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-needed-friends-email-has-been-spoofed-and-her-email-account-settings-have-been-changed/1003226 "2024-06-23T18:49:01Z")
I wonder if anyone can give me some help. I’ve seen things spoofed before and know some things to do but I didn’t think the spoofers would be able to make changes to the email account itself. But my friend discovered h… --- ## [As a felon can Trump be Commander in Chief?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-felon-can-trump-be-commander-in-chief/1003185)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2024, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-felon-can-trump-be-commander-in-chief/1003185 "2024-06-23T18:25:37Z")
If I understand correctly, felons are not allowed to join the military. So what happens if Trump is elected president? Will he be barred from acting as Commander in Chief? Would the highest ranking general become the … --- ## [How do you spell showfor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-spell-showfor/1003130)
**Author:** [@santypanty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/santypanty)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2024, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-spell-showfor/1003130 "2024-06-23T17:56:48Z")
cheoaforr? --- ## [Linking a Pit post about trolling to another thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-a-pit-post-about-trolling-to-another-thread/1003059)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-a-pit-post-about-trolling-to-another-thread/1003059 "2024-06-23T17:36:32Z")
In a thread in the Pit where we are discussing our opinions over whether or not posters are trolling, I linked to a thread where a poster was moderated to give an example of past misbehavior. I didn’t link to a particul… --- ## [Static Electric Shocks: Then vs. Now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/static-electric-shocks-then-vs-now/1002793)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/static-electric-shocks-then-vs-now/1002793 "2024-06-23T17:00:03Z")
I was making a comparison in another thread between various routine mild discomforts and receiving a static electric shock from e.g. a doorknob as we all have done. At which point I noticed it seems to have been many ye… --- ## [Samsung Accounts need to fuck off and die!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samsung-accounts-need-to-fuck-off-and-die/1002739)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samsung-accounts-need-to-fuck-off-and-die/1002739 "2024-06-23T16:50:31Z")
Never mind this isn’t the pit. Samsung almost bricked my phone after a hard reset because I couldn’t get their verification code. Its part of their phone software. It’s totally separate from the Google Account verifica… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=535&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=537&state=tracking)