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**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 405\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-season-5-discussion-starts-21nov2023/993228 "2024-05-26T13:55:50Z")
From the Wiki article It stars Juno Temple as Dorothy “Dot” Lyon, a seemingly typical Midwestern housewife living in Scandia, Minnesota, whose mysterious past comes back to haunt her after she lands in hot water with t… --- ## [I support the cause of the pro-Palestinian protestors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-support-the-cause-of-the-pro-palestinian-protestors/1000841)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 272\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2024, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-support-the-cause-of-the-pro-palestinian-protestors/1000841 "2024-05-26T13:39:24Z")
I do have some caveats. First off, I support putting pressure on Israel to cease fire in Gaza, IMO that is a just cause. That would be primarily for the purpose of providing food and medical aid to Gazans. I have no dou… --- ## [Jurassic Park: Chaos Theory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-chaos-theory/1002088)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-chaos-theory/1002088 "2024-05-26T12:49:48Z")
This released yesterday and I binged all 10 episodes of the first season (with more definitely to come). If you aren’t familiar, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous was an animated series set in the, um, world of Jurassic Wo… --- ## [UK Dopers - Visa & Mastercard question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-visa-mastercard-question/1001770)
**Author:** [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2024, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-visa-mastercard-question/1001770 "2024-05-26T09:59:34Z")
Spike (17) is going on a school trip to Scotland and England in a couple of weeks. We were going over his packing list, and one item stated that Visa and Mastercard were not widely accepted over there. That doesn’t sou… --- ## [Is this video a joke or serious?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-video-a-joke-or-serious/1002025)
**Author:** [@SpacedOutBanana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacedOutBanana)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2024, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-video-a-joke-or-serious/1002025 "2024-05-26T09:24:06Z")
Is this them doing a joke bit or is he seriously pissed? Always heard how nice he is to work with, so… assuming probably a joke? Its a video by the kid who starred alongside Charlie Day in Fist Fight and if… --- ## [What do you think about this map of the Old Man Logan setting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-this-map-of-the-old-man-logan-setting/1002078)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2024, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-this-map-of-the-old-man-logan-setting/1002078 "2024-05-26T03:36:35Z")
What do you think about this map of the US after the villain takeover in Old Man Logan from a technical/worldbuilding standpoint? I like the map and the setting but there are three changes I would make: 1: The villain … --- ## [Could a right-handed boxer become a good southpaw?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-right-handed-boxer-become-a-good-southpaw/1002074)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-right-handed-boxer-become-a-good-southpaw/1002074 "2024-05-26T01:53:01Z")
Bill Lake is a decently successful boxers, and a righty. For whatever reason, his coach thinks he should learn to box as if he was a lefty. Could he learn to do it as well as a naturally left-handed person? Or at all? --- ## [Could attorneys representing poor-to-middle-class defendants successfully use Trump-style legal defense tactics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-attorneys-representing-poor-to-middle-class-defendants-successfully-use-trump-style-legal-defense-tactics/1001983)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2024, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-attorneys-representing-poor-to-middle-class-defendants-successfully-use-trump-style-legal-defense-tactics/1001983 "2024-05-26T01:16:35Z")
This is going to be kind of a scattershot Factual Question because it gets into different jurisdictions, different rules, etc. And of course the difference between criminal trials and civil trials will have an effect. S… --- ## [Series that converges on π-3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-converges-on-3/1002048)
**Author:** [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2024, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-converges-on-3/1002048 "2024-05-26T00:44:29Z")
I once read about an interesting formula/series for π that rather than converging on pi or some multiple or fraction of it, instead converged on the decimal portion of it, π minus the 3. Another part that I might be mis… --- ## [A lump in my chest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lump-in-my-chest/1001724)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lump-in-my-chest/1001724 "2024-05-25T22:35:05Z")
Three days ago I found a lump in my chest. I called today and am seeing a Nurse Practitioner on Monday (the best I could do). The lump is about the size of a nickel, squeezed into the shape of an ovoid lozenge. It is on … --- ## [Bad, Bad, Bad ideas that should be eliminated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-ideas-that-should-be-eliminated/1002075)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2024, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-ideas-that-should-be-eliminated/1002075 "2024-05-25T22:34:09Z")
(With credit to @Beckdawrek for the title). I had to do some work on the kitchen sink faucet. But first, I needed to shut the water off. The shutoffs were 1970’s-vintage washer-and-seat valves, and I had to really cra… --- ## [Using Google Translate on Ktichen Knife - I'm impressed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-google-translate-on-ktichen-knife-im-impressed/1002073)
**Author:** [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2024, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-google-translate-on-ktichen-knife-im-impressed/1002073 "2024-05-25T22:25:41Z")
Not wanting to wake the zombie Japanese Tantō Blade - Translate Writing thread, I decided to start a new one. I have a Japanese kitchen knife my youngest brother gave me years ago. The only identifying images on the bl… --- ## [Coffee grind for dolce gusto or Nespresso (refillable) capsules?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-grind-for-dolce-gusto-or-nespresso-refillable-capsules/1002060)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-grind-for-dolce-gusto-or-nespresso-refillable-capsules/1002060 "2024-05-25T20:40:39Z")
I have a Dolce Gusto capsule bearing coffee maker … this model: and while I do use the “commercial” capsules (both D-G and 3rd party), every now and then I use my permane… --- ## [Ghostbusters!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghostbusters/1002050)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghostbusters/1002050 "2024-05-25T19:55:27Z")
Random thing. So tonight Siri (my phone was on the coffee table) caught part of my conversation which prompted her to randomly ask, “Who would you like me to call?” Jokingly I said, “Ghostbusters”. She called NYFS No 7… --- ## [George Floyd biopic in the works](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-floyd-biopic-in-the-works/1001995)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-floyd-biopic-in-the-works/1001995 "2024-05-25T19:15:47Z")
I wasn’t sure where else to put this, so here it is. It just didn’t feel right for Cafe Society. In short, his daughter Gianna and her mother are planning to executive-produce a biopic about him, and the feedback I’ve … --- ## [Bad bad bad Ivy and that awful aroma you're sportin'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-ivy-and-that-awful-aroma-youre-sportin/1001990)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-ivy-and-that-awful-aroma-youre-sportin/1001990 "2024-05-25T18:41:45Z")
After she made me actually hobble around stripping my bed and hunting errant dainties and socks for the laundry, she decided she needed to be away from me and ran upstairs. Moi? Sez I? What I do? Ok. I griped and huffe… --- ## [Parlance for "Yes"... Does a Bear... in the Woods (Mild Profanity)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parlance-for-yes-does-a-bear-in-the-woods-mild-profanity/1002046)
**Author:** [@Drummond\_Bays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drummond_Bays)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parlance-for-yes-does-a-bear-in-the-woods-mild-profanity/1002046 "2024-05-25T18:34:25Z")
Hello all! I may have the wrong terminology, but I am imploring upon The Teeming Millions to help expand my personal vernacular. I work in construction, so the naughty ones are more than welcome! I am actually seeking … --- ## [Am I getting older, or do Web browsers sometimes ignore my clicks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-getting-older-or-do-web-browsers-sometimes-ignore-my-clicks/1001961)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-getting-older-or-do-web-browsers-sometimes-ignore-my-clicks/1001961 "2024-05-25T18:15:22Z")
I’ve been observing this for the past year. Sometimes (not always) I click a link or button on a page, I get visual feedback that I’ve clicked (button flashing a different colour, for instance), but the click has no effe… --- ## [Former U.S. Marine accused of training Chinese fighter pilots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-u-s-marine-accused-of-training-chinese-fighter-pilots/1002063)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-u-s-marine-accused-of-training-chinese-fighter-pilots/1002063 "2024-05-25T17:30:06Z")
He’s an Australian citizen and can be handed over to them for charges. --- ## [What is the best song that begins with the letter Q,V, X, or Z? See rules in OP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-q-v-x-or-z-see-rules-in-op/993185)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-q-v-x-or-z-see-rules-in-op/993185 "2024-05-25T17:19:02Z")
Rules: NEW SUGGESTION: If you edit your already-posted entry to make a change, I may not see it. Better to make a new entry with changes or additions. NEW RULE: Please do not post title suggestions for others to su… --- ## [Are you done shoveling/blowing snow for the winter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981 "2024-05-25T15:55:54Z")
Obviously aimed at those in colder climates. Here near Chicago, we’ve had a recent spate of mid-Feb temps in the 50s-low 60s. Long range forecast has it above 50 most days into early March. I’m betting that I will not… --- ## [SF Story - School uses brain implant to punish kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-story-school-uses-brain-implant-to-punish-kids/1002036)
**Author:** [@Mikestone8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikestone8)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2024, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-story-school-uses-brain-implant-to-punish-kids/1002036 "2024-05-25T13:43:42Z")
Story appearing in SF anthology (possibly kids’ sf) from early 2000s or before… Girl visits brother at boarding (reform?) school. Learns that he and other inmates have chips planted in their brains which can administer a… --- ## [Would you undergo surgery for an advanced and reliable brain computer interface?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-undergo-surgery-for-an-advanced-and-reliable-brain-computer-interface/1001929)
**Author:** [@Humans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Humans)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2024, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-undergo-surgery-for-an-advanced-and-reliable-brain-computer-interface/1001929 "2024-05-25T13:23:05Z")
Fast forward some years into the future and brain computer interfaces have advanced to the level of reliability and mass production. It allows you to control all computing devices (smartphone, laptop, smart devices, et… --- ## [Am I allowed to Threadshit this Topic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-allowed-to-threadshit-this-topic/1001931)
**Author:** [@Wrenching\_Spanners](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wrenching_Spanners)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2024, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-allowed-to-threadshit-this-topic/1001931 "2024-05-25T12:41:08Z")
I’m quite interested in discussing and debating the upcoming UK general election. However, Fiendish\_Astronaut has started a thread that’s horribly biased. His post is: “The announcement perhaps sums up the sense of d… --- ## [Straight Dope 2/10/2023: Are billionaires bad for democracy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-2-10-2023-are-billionaires-bad-for-democracy/979580)
**Author:** [@Cecil\_Adams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cecil_Adams)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-2-10-2023-are-billionaires-bad-for-democracy/979580 "2024-05-25T00:25:59Z")
Are billionaires bad for democracy? Recent history hasn’t been reassuring, has it? But the question is more complicated than you might think. Let’s break it down. Are billionaires bad, period? There’s a sizable constit… --- ## [What color is this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-this/1001878)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2024, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-this/1001878 "2024-05-25T00:23:27Z")
Help settle a bet, what color are the doors? --- ## [Did you ever have a cat get skunked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-have-a-cat-get-skunked/1002005)
**Author:** [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-have-a-cat-get-skunked/1002005 "2024-05-25T00:14:52Z")
No, Discourse. This is not similar to “have you ever had a hitch in your get-along”, let alone to the thread about the Catholic cathedral, which discourse apparently thought better of because that suggestion disappeared … --- ## [Putin Has Called for a ceasefire. With--certain provisos. NEWSLINK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putin-has-called-for-a-ceasefire-with-certain-provisos-newslink/1002029)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putin-has-called-for-a-ceasefire-with-certain-provisos-newslink/1002029 "2024-05-24T22:08:25Z")
Not a truce. And he gets to keep the land he stole. He wants to catch a breath, then start again. NEWSLINK ONE NEWSLINK TWO --- ## [Some of the genes that cause Alzheimer's or multiple sclerosis may have protected our ancestors from sheep or cattle diseases](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-the-genes-that-cause-alzheimers-or-multiple-sclerosis-may-have-protected-our-ancestors-from-sheep-or-cattle-diseases/1002043)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-the-genes-that-cause-alzheimers-or-multiple-sclerosis-may-have-protected-our-ancestors-from-sheep-or-cattle-diseases/1002043 "2024-05-24T22:03:45Z")
This is per a story in Nature, which is about as reliable as it gets. People who are studying the genomes of Northern European ancestors have discovered this link. It’s long been known that the sickle cell trait protec… --- ## [Why do these two subway trains have a different acceleration sounds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-these-two-subway-trains-have-a-different-acceleration-sounds/1001994)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-these-two-subway-trains-have-a-different-acceleration-sounds/1001994 "2024-05-24T20:41:39Z")
Here is an old (long out-of-service) H-series Toronto subway train. On acceleration, it has a distinctive warm, cricket-like sound (@0:35). Here is a newer (soon likely to be obsolete) T1-series train. It has a deeper, … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=555&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=557&state=tracking)