# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=558&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 559 --- ## [Why don't cop cars follow ambulances to pull over inconsiderate drivers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-cop-cars-follow-ambulances-to-pull-over-inconsiderate-drivers/1001646)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-cop-cars-follow-ambulances-to-pull-over-inconsiderate-drivers/1001646 "2024-05-23T19:55:06Z")
I see this all the time now, an ambulance with full sirens is blaring and not only are there cars still driving but also a bunch of cars driving full speed right behind the ambulance exploiting it’s siren for themselves. … --- ## [How tight is Ticketmaster's monopoly? (do they have one?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tight-is-ticketmasters-monopoly-do-they-have-one/981279)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tight-is-ticketmasters-monopoly-do-they-have-one/981279 "2024-05-23T18:29:02Z")
Perhaps I could have put this in Factual Questions but let’s face it there is no way anyone is going to stick to the strict questions I’m asking, so I’ll put it here. There has been plenty of recent brouhaha over Ticket… --- ## [Fallout - the Future of the Game Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-the-future-of-the-game-thread/1001976)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-the-future-of-the-game-thread/1001976 "2024-05-23T18:23:25Z")
Continuing the discussion from Fallout Episode 8: The Beginning: For speculation on the Fallout game series, although tie-ins and how they interact is fair game. Specifically, Fallout 5, possible sequels and sub games … --- ## [Would you like to eat this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-to-eat-this/1001899)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-to-eat-this/1001899 "2024-05-23T16:05:59Z")
Vanilla ice cream over chocolate brownie with scotch whiskey poured over? This sounds so decadent to me. I’ve had little experience with true desserts. Oh, but if I could. (Hey, you could share, ya know!) --- ## [Woman found living in grocery store sign](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-found-living-in-grocery-store-sign/1001493)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-found-living-in-grocery-store-sign/1001493 "2024-05-23T15:21:14Z")
“…She had fashioned a desk, houseplant, computer printer, Keurig coffeemaker and food in the sign that looked over the store’s parking lot.” --- ## [Marinade for carne asada?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marinade-for-carne-asada/542768)
**Author:** [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marinade-for-carne-asada/542768 "2024-05-23T13:37:54Z")
Got a huge slab of tri-tip and instead of just grilling it I thought I’d make some carne asada with it. Problem: the 2 or 3 recipes for carne asada I’ve used in the past have turned out somewhat bland. Anybody got any go… --- ## [ChatGPT made me LOL with this one. Nicely done!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chatgpt-made-me-lol-with-this-one-nicely-done/1001898)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chatgpt-made-me-lol-with-this-one-nicely-done/1001898 "2024-05-23T13:33:43Z")
Me: Do you know what a narrow salvo of photon torpedoes is? ChatGPT: A narrow salvo of photon torpedoes is a term from the “Star Trek” universe, referring to a specific type of attack pattern used by starships equipped … --- ## [Mayor in the Phillipines accused of being Chinese plant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-in-the-phillipines-accused-of-being-chinese-plant/1001963)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-in-the-phillipines-accused-of-being-chinese-plant/1001963 "2024-05-23T12:57:38Z")
It sounds like a movie plot. I’ve heard of long-term planning, but this is something else. --- ## [Supreme court upholds unorthodox funding for watchdog financial agency critics complain its an end run around congress](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-upholds-unorthodox-funding-for-watchdog-financial-agency-critics-complain-its-an-end-run-around-congress/1001946)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-upholds-unorthodox-funding-for-watchdog-financial-agency-critics-complain-its-an-end-run-around-congress/1001946 "2024-05-23T12:38:30Z")
ok after the 2008 crisis, they made the dodd-frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act which was passed by congress and signed President Obama signed into law Now one of the things that was provided for in… --- ## [Sexual transmission of covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-transmission-of-covid/1001837)
**Author:** [@BleizDu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BleizDu)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-transmission-of-covid/1001837 "2024-05-23T10:09:38Z")
This was a thing spoken about at the beginning. I remember during lockdown reading a booklet or two about safer sex in covid times. (You can picture the recommandations!) An internet search didn’t yield much info about … --- ## [A Mythical, Architectural Alphabet. With Link, Please And Thank You](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mythical-architectural-alphabet-with-link-please-and-thank-you/1001877)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mythical-architectural-alphabet-with-link-please-and-thank-you/1001877 "2024-05-23T06:10:23Z")
This is darn adorable. And possibly inhabitable. Recite Your ABCs… {LINK} --- ## [Which is superior, an adversarial or an inquisitorial system of justice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-superior-an-adversarial-or-an-inquisitorial-system-of-justice/1001623)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-superior-an-adversarial-or-an-inquisitorial-system-of-justice/1001623 "2024-05-23T04:32:22Z")
Which is better, an adversarial system of justice like that of United States, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, India, and Britain or an inquisitorial system like that of France, Thailand, Japan, Germany, and (unexpectedly) … --- ## [Has anyone here ever met or worked with Nathan Fielder? And anyone here like his show The Curse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-met-or-worked-with-nathan-fielder-and-anyone-here-like-his-show-the-curse/996626)
**Author:** [@SpacedOutBanana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacedOutBanana)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-met-or-worked-with-nathan-fielder-and-anyone-here-like-his-show-the-curse/996626 "2024-05-23T03:33:30Z")
Recently became a fan because of that show. Wild!!! --- ## [Do not eat or drink after midnight before surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-eat-or-drink-after-midnight-before-surgery/1001892)
**Author:** [@Meiguoren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meiguoren)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-eat-or-drink-after-midnight-before-surgery/1001892 "2024-05-22T23:59:48Z")
I go in tomorrow for shoulder surgery. And those are my instructions, which I will follow. Being curious I did Google why I need to do that. So do know the answer of why. You could die choking on your stomach contents… --- ## [Can someone explain the Taylor Swift phenomenon to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-taylor-swift-phenomenon-to-me/981339)
**Author:** [@hostility](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hostility)\ **Replies:** 1025\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-taylor-swift-phenomenon-to-me/981339 "2024-05-22T23:59:33Z")
She’s been around a pretty long time. We’ve all heard about the concert ticket fiasco last fall. She just started her tour those tickets were for. People are just nuts for her. I’ve listened to some of her music (even wa… --- ## [Kerbal Space Program 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerbal-space-program-2/838913)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerbal-space-program-2/838913 "2024-05-22T23:22:42Z")
Trailer Website Time to set aside another 750 hours over the next couple of years. At least this means I can stop playing the original… --- ## [Did you choose the career of a parent, sibling, or close relative?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-choose-the-career-of-a-parent-sibling-or-close-relative/1001691)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-choose-the-career-of-a-parent-sibling-or-close-relative/1001691 "2024-05-22T22:32:27Z")
I’ve heard stories and actually met people who followed the same career path as a parent or close relative: e.g. “Dad was a farmer, and so am I.” Hence the topic question. My mother was a SAHM - while in my childhood, I… --- ## [The Great Ongoing Revolving Speakership of the 118th Congress {Mike Johnson is new speaker as of 2023-10-25}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-revolving-speakership-of-the-118th-congress-mike-johnson-is-new-speaker-as-of-2023-10-25/991432)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 1879\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-revolving-speakership-of-the-118th-congress-mike-johnson-is-new-speaker-as-of-2023-10-25/991432 "2024-05-22T21:43:10Z")
Continuing the discussion from Hi folks - After consulting with the Mods the consensus is to retire the “McCarthy’s ouster” thread I started ten whole days ago. My, what an eternity in politics. Is it a coincidence th… --- ## [The product is okay, but the packaging goes to 11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-product-is-okay-but-the-packaging-goes-to-11/987830)
**Author:** [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-product-is-okay-but-the-packaging-goes-to-11/987830 "2024-05-22T21:30:31Z")
I’ve been on a headphone and earbud collecting kick for the past couple or years. Sometimes I see some that just peaks my curiosity. One of those things was the " Baseus Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling Wireless Earbuds fo… --- ## [Need help identifying this caterpillar please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-this-caterpillar-please/1001883)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-this-caterpillar-please/1001883 "2024-05-22T21:39:21Z")
It’s eating my Lilac bush. What is it and how do I rid myself of them? The culprit. --- ## [Which presidents and prime ministers survived plane and helicopter crashes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-presidents-and-prime-ministers-survived-plane-and-helicopter-crashes/748669)
**Author:** [@Wizard101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wizard101)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-presidents-and-prime-ministers-survived-plane-and-helicopter-crashes/748669 "2024-05-22T21:10:38Z")
Of the presidents and prime ministers that have been in plane/helicopter crashes, which ones survived? --- ## [PT=Pain and Torture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pt-pain-and-torture/1001827)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pt-pain-and-torture/1001827 "2024-05-22T20:55:53Z")
No kidding. Personal Trauma Pissed and Threatening retribution Plaintive wails and Tears Pity and Terror Who are these people? Why would they think they’re helping folks? I saw one elderly lady. PTing from a hip t… --- ## [Could an individual state in the US implement conscription?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-an-individual-state-in-the-us-implement-conscription/1001917)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-an-individual-state-in-the-us-implement-conscription/1001917 "2024-05-22T20:37:19Z")
Could a state decide to draft residents into it’s National Guard and/or State Guard (if applicable)? --- ## [The Artful Dodger on Disney/Hulu](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-artful-dodger-on-disney-hulu/1001914)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-artful-dodger-on-disney-hulu/1001914 "2024-05-22T20:03:05Z")
I don’t know if anyone else has watched this, but I wanna throw in a recommendation: we just finished it, and it’s tremendous fun. The premise shows up in the first fifteen minutes: the titular character (Jack Dawkins) … --- ## [Poll: How old are you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-old-are-you/1001775)
**Author:** [@Humans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Humans)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-old-are-you/1001775 "2024-05-22T18:50:27Z")
Anonymous poll, out of curiosity want to get a feel for the demographic. My prediction is older than most similar websites. poll --- ## [What's the most intellectually challenging video game you've played?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-intellectually-challenging-video-game-youve-played/1001830)
**Author:** [@Humans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Humans)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-intellectually-challenging-video-game-youve-played/1001830 "2024-05-22T18:29:34Z")
What’s the video game that most made you think “shit, I’m dumb” (big difference from “shit, that’s dumb”, that’s difficult but not the kind I’m searching). For me it’s probably “Baba is you” (or maybe “the witness”), an… --- ## [Miss a car payment? Your autonomous car will repossess itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-a-car-payment-your-autonomous-car-will-repossess-itself/980552)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-a-car-payment-your-autonomous-car-will-repossess-itself/980552 "2024-05-22T18:18:20Z")
In the future: I don’t understand why anyone would voluntarily purchase a car with this “feature.” Seems like the marketplace should be able to sort itself out on that. On the other hand, imagine the secondary market… --- ## [Topic Ban for sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-ban-for-sitchensis/1001919)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-ban-for-sitchensis/1001919 "2024-05-22T17:06:21Z")
@sitchensis: After discussion in the mod loop, we have decided to ban you from discussions on topics where posters are expressing views on gender interactions. While you may have some good points to raise, you seem unab… --- ## [Do you wear headphones or earbuds while driving?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-headphones-or-earbuds-while-driving/1001791)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-headphones-or-earbuds-while-driving/1001791 "2024-05-22T16:58:39Z")
So, the SIGO and I had a conversation today about wearing headphones/earbuds/etc. while you were driving a car. These are basically devices that do not amplify hearing of ambient noise (e.g. hearing aids), but do allow… --- ## [Help me understand what Trump media's $300M loss actually means](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-what-trump-medias-300m-loss-actually-means/1001841)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-what-trump-medias-300m-loss-actually-means/1001841 "2024-05-22T16:29:36Z")
Warning: This is a FQ thread not a political thread and the mods have sharp teeth so post snark at your own risk. This article about Trump media contains the following explanation. In Q1, the company recorded $311 mil… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=557&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=559&state=tracking)