# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=544&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 545 --- ## [Annuity Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annuity-question/1002667)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annuity-question/1002667 "2024-06-12T15:26:13Z")
I have a tax deferred annuity that I can start drawing on. I now know that this wasn’t the wisest investment but here I am. What’s the best way to to get the money with the least tax hit? My initial advisor retired and g… --- ## [How much does rest help refresh, as apposed to sleep?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-rest-help-refresh-as-apposed-to-sleep/1002729)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2024, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-rest-help-refresh-as-apposed-to-sleep/1002729 "2024-06-12T14:56:14Z")
…If any? You miss REM sleep (correct?), which obviously means you enter you’re Dreamland, (where Kirby lives) with ‘What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?’ cranked up in your skull, on loop, only stopping upon exhibiting the dre… --- ## [Printout from Social Security](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printout-from-social-security/1002645)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printout-from-social-security/1002645 "2024-06-12T14:22:35Z")
Decades ago SS sent me, unbidden, a printout listing every job I ever had, and my earnings. I only ever got that one printout, Don’t know what reminded me of that. Did anyone ever get just the one, or do you get them reg… --- ## [I'm done with filling out surveys forever!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-done-with-filling-out-surveys-forever/1002569)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2024, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-done-with-filling-out-surveys-forever/1002569 "2024-06-12T13:13:10Z")
That’s it, I quit! I’m sick and tired of EVERY transaction I make, and that EVERY product I buy requires me to rate that product or tell them about the experience I had working with them. If I call and talk to someone at… --- ## [Skirt steak](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skirt-steak/1001146)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2024, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skirt-steak/1001146 "2024-06-12T12:37:00Z")
Skirt steak is my favorite cut and it’s on sale this week, so I bought a few pounds, cooked it, and hated it: it turned out dry, grey, tough, and tasteless. Whose fault is this? A) The way I cooked it. I turned on the b… --- ## [Do mathematicians assume certain mathematical hypothesis to be true while waiting for a proof?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mathematicians-assume-certain-mathematical-hypothesis-to-be-true-while-waiting-for-a-proof/1001824)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2024, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mathematicians-assume-certain-mathematical-hypothesis-to-be-true-while-waiting-for-a-proof/1001824 "2024-06-12T12:05:48Z")
Using the Reimann Hypothesis as an example: It certainly appears to be true (if I recall right, it’s shown itself to be true for trillions of digits thus far, via supercomputers, and there hasn’t yet been an exception fo… --- ## [Is it wrong to sneak vegetables into children’s food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-wrong-to-sneak-vegetables-into-children-s-food/1002232)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2024, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-wrong-to-sneak-vegetables-into-children-s-food/1002232 "2024-06-12T10:46:40Z")
This article says yes. Children are better off being trained to eat what is in front of them. But I’m still sceptical. Why not do that as well as ensure better nutrition? The arguments against it made in the article … --- ## [Ok. Call me quirky](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-call-me-quirky/1002712)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2024, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-call-me-quirky/1002712 "2024-06-12T03:56:59Z")
I want Taco Bell art. Saw a news story about people stealing the art off the walls of Taco Bell. Apparently you can buy them from online sellers. I’ve always liked those weird paintings. Apparently they are all print… --- ## [“Favorite Son” Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-son-question/1002757)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2024, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-son-question/1002757 "2024-06-12T03:45:15Z")
Have the Democratic and Republican candidates for the presidency ever come from the same state (in a particular race, obviously)? --- ## [The pithiest advice you ever got...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pithiest-advice-you-ever-got/795067)
**Author:** [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2024, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pithiest-advice-you-ever-got/795067 "2024-06-12T03:32:41Z")
“It only shoots where you point it.”- my marksmanship instructor --- ## [Bad, bad, bad Prosthetic eyeball optical illusion!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-prosthetic-eyeball-optical-illusion/1002606)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2024, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-prosthetic-eyeball-optical-illusion/1002606 "2024-06-12T03:07:59Z")
Here goes: In a crazy physics thingy, my eyeball got damaged. The fake one. The real one is ok. Oh, sorry yeah I have a missing eyeball. (Car wreck, long story) I can tell you the whole story of the broken fake eyebal… --- ## [Is there a living politician that, if running for president in this US election (2024), would get you to vote for Donald Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-living-politician-that-if-running-for-president-in-this-us-election-2024-would-get-you-to-vote-for-donald-trump/1002455)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2024, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-living-politician-that-if-running-for-president-in-this-us-election-2024-would-get-you-to-vote-for-donald-trump/1002455 "2024-06-12T02:54:47Z")
This post is inspired by the current post in the Pit, If Hillary ran against Trump again, you’d stay home? Please explain. I figured to take the flip side. What politician/government official, alive today, is so bad th… --- ## [Angel Hernandez, Worst MLB Ump ever, retires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-hernandez-worst-mlb-ump-ever-retires/1002196)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-hernandez-worst-mlb-ump-ever-retires/1002196 "2024-06-12T01:53:47Z")
I am amazed to see this, it is also interesting to see someone who was so hated stick around for 30 years in MLB. Angel Hernandez Retiring Some of his worst calls and iconic moments. --- ## [Tell me about 529 plans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-529-plans/1002714)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2024, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-529-plans/1002714 "2024-06-12T01:31:22Z")
To make a very long story short, my late father created a 529 plan for my nephew. My half-brother, who is the executor of Dad’s will, currently controls it and has decided to transfer control of it to me (my sister and b… --- ## [Billy Strings and Outlaw Country](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-strings-and-outlaw-country/947449)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-strings-and-outlaw-country/947449 "2024-06-11T23:50:12Z")
All- Has anyone else discovered Billy Strings within the last couple years? Has it led to anything for any of ya’all? For me, it’s opened some doors. I never really cared for bluegrass much, but Billy Strings is freaki… --- ## [Maybe a hospital fund-raiser should not bring in an anti-vaxer like Rob Schneider for the entertainment section](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-a-hospital-fund-raiser-should-not-bring-in-an-anti-vaxer-like-rob-schneider-for-the-entertainment-section/1002631)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2024, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-a-hospital-fund-raiser-should-not-bring-in-an-anti-vaxer-like-rob-schneider-for-the-entertainment-section/1002631 "2024-06-11T23:24:10Z")
Our local hospital foundation has an annual fund-raiser. They just held it and had a good night, raising $350,000. Yay them! Just one little problem: they brought in a well-known anti-vaxer, Rob Schneider, to be the … --- ## [Time To Dismember (Rants of September){OLD}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-dismember-rants-of-september-old/989475)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 546\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2024, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-dismember-rants-of-september-old/989475 "2024-06-11T23:14:43Z")
I think this is new for this month. Went to our local bank today to attempt to open a savings account to deposit a fairly hefty check in. Talked to a rather sleepy cashier who told me that “both managers are off for the… --- ## [Advice for recent grad finding apartment in Los Angeles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-recent-grad-finding-apartment-in-los-angeles/1002676)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2024, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-recent-grad-finding-apartment-in-los-angeles/1002676 "2024-06-11T23:05:50Z")
My niece just got her first job and is relocating to Los Angeles. She’ll be working just off the UCLA campus in Westwood. She doesn’t know anyone in the area and has about 3 weeks to find a place and get moved in. She’ll… --- ## [First National Day of Prayer in 70 years with no prayer in the Capitol. Fake news? Origin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-national-day-of-prayer-in-70-years-with-no-prayer-in-the-capitol-fake-news-origin/1002711)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-national-day-of-prayer-in-70-years-with-no-prayer-in-the-capitol-fake-news-origin/1002711 "2024-06-11T21:26:20Z")
Out of nowhere, my friend messaged me the following on Facebook. He is a total right-wing nut, like things the election was stolen and all that. He message: “First time in 70 years, no prayer in Capital on National Day … --- ## [Publicly funded dental care arrives in Canada!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publicly-funded-dental-care-arrives-in-canada/994477)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publicly-funded-dental-care-arrives-in-canada/994477 "2024-06-11T21:14:20Z")
The absence of dental coverage has always been a sticking point in Canada’s otherwise excellent universal health care system (more accurately, the health care systems administered by the provinces and partially funded by… --- ## [The Poetry of Donald J. Trump -- Special Felony Conviction Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-special-felony-conviction-edition/1002347)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-special-felony-conviction-edition/1002347 "2024-06-11T20:49:29Z")
Trump produced a thirty minute screed in his typical stream-of-consciousness word-association mode. There’s no way I’m reproducing that whole thing, even to re-format it into a blank verse poem. But I’d feel guilty if I … --- ## [Can actors just "lose it?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-actors-just-lose-it/1002571)
**Author:** [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-actors-just-lose-it/1002571 "2024-06-11T19:11:08Z")
Is it possible for a talented actor or actress, known for consistent and solid performances, to experience a sudden inability to act, similar to “the yips” in sports, where they seemingly forget the basic skills of their… --- ## [Interesting bread ingredient(s)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-bread-ingredient-s/1002746)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-bread-ingredient-s/1002746 "2024-06-11T17:29:16Z")
The first ingredient in my loaf of Carbonaut™ Gluten Free bread is “resistant tapioca and/or resistant potato starch.” What is it resisting? More specifically: What the hell is it? --- ## [The Crane Brouhaha over Gaza, Pit edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crane-brouhaha-over-gaza-pit-edition/1000742)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crane-brouhaha-over-gaza-pit-edition/1000742 "2024-06-11T17:24:07Z")
BigT, what were you thinking when you posted this? Ignore Crane for a second. If I say, “I’m so hungry I could eat a cow”, and TOWP asks, “a cow?”, and I clarify, “a whole cow”, you realize I am being hyperbolic through… --- ## [Did bush jr have no influence within the gop after his term its like he never existed unless your discussing 9/11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-bush-jr-have-no-influence-within-the-gop-after-his-term-its-like-he-never-existed-unless-your-discussing-9-11/1002584)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2024, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-bush-jr-have-no-influence-within-the-gop-after-his-term-its-like-he-never-existed-unless-your-discussing-9-11/1002584 "2024-06-11T17:17:05Z")
Seeing how the Obamas and still active in politics and are in the news at least once a month someone brought up Bush jr and brought up he’s totally disappeared in public and political circles no asks him for an opinion o… --- ## [My Long Fever Tale. (Way too long, sorry)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-long-fever-tale-way-too-long-sorry/1002400)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-long-fever-tale-way-too-long-sorry/1002400 "2024-06-11T16:17:56Z")
Please allow me to share my current experience with a terrible fever, healthcare, and whatever comes to mind. Pardon, I’m going a little stir crazy For background, I’m a T1D with excellent blood sugar control. My A1c is… --- ## [Pat Sajak to retire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-sajak-to-retire/985401)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-sajak-to-retire/985401 "2024-06-11T15:42:11Z")
‘Wheel of Fortune’ host Pat Sajak announces his retirement: ‘It’s been a wonderful ride’ Pat Sajak, the longtime host of TV’s Wheel of Fortune, announced Monday that next season will be his last. “Well, the time has c… --- ## ["Nothing has changed about gold except the price"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-has-changed-about-gold-except-the-price/1002623)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-has-changed-about-gold-except-the-price/1002623 "2024-06-11T15:21:11Z")
This is the top “Latest News” item on Kitco dot com, a precious metals site, on a day when gold lost 100 points, fairly dramatically. I don’t know, it just seems a peculiarly pointless thing to say. But then I’m not au … --- ## [Trump, potential incarceration, and Secret Service protection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-potential-incarceration-and-secret-service-protection/1000506)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 252\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-potential-incarceration-and-secret-service-protection/1000506 "2024-06-11T14:26:53Z")
This keeps coming up in other threads, but I don’t want to carry them onto hijacks. With Trump’s various legal issues, the possibility exists that, at some point, he might find himself locked up in jail and/or prison. … --- ## [Broadly speaking, is the shift to cloud computing net carbon positive or negative?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broadly-speaking-is-the-shift-to-cloud-computing-net-carbon-positive-or-negative/1002542)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2024, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broadly-speaking-is-the-shift-to-cloud-computing-net-carbon-positive-or-negative/1002542 "2024-06-11T14:02:00Z")
A few years ago, my company moved its client-facing web applications from a small local host (we were one of four tenants) to a cloud service operated by one of the Big Three. My management is now asking whether we can a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=543&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=545&state=tracking)