# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=561&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 562 --- ## [If I convinced you with certainty that you're in a simulation and offered to unplug you into base reality, would you accept and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-convinced-you-with-certainty-that-youre-in-a-simulation-and-offered-to-unplug-you-into-base-reality-would-you-accept-and-why/1001765)
**Author:** [@Humans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Humans)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2024, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-convinced-you-with-certainty-that-youre-in-a-simulation-and-offered-to-unplug-you-into-base-reality-would-you-accept-and-why/1001765 "2024-05-20T03:34:55Z")
Im more interested in the discussion and reasoning for your choice, but also added a poll just for fun You don’t know anything about base reality other than you’d still be alive in it. You don’t even know if the phys… --- ## [(Old) Summer camp in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-summer-camp-in-the-mmp/1001482)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 300\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2024, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-summer-camp-in-the-mmp/1001482 "2024-05-20T02:58:40Z")
School is winding down and all across the country, parents are planning to ship their kids off for a week or two for their (parental) peace and quiet and their (kids) enrichment and whatever… I guess. I wouldn’t know - … --- ## [What do I need to do to have a helicopter landing pad on my roof?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-need-to-do-to-have-a-helicopter-landing-pad-on-my-roof/1001641)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2024, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-need-to-do-to-have-a-helicopter-landing-pad-on-my-roof/1001641 "2024-05-20T00:30:25Z")
Assume I have a 7-story building, with no other buildings around of an equal or greater height. What sort of equipment or forms do I need to fill out or install to enable a helicopter to land on my roof? Don’t need answe… --- ## [Alternative world: Women are 30% physically stronger than men but everything else remains unchanged](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-world-women-are-30-physically-stronger-than-men-but-everything-else-remains-unchanged/1001028)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-world-women-are-30-physically-stronger-than-men-but-everything-else-remains-unchanged/1001028 "2024-05-19T21:51:08Z")
Suppose for a moment that instead of men being 30% physically stronger than women on average, it were reversed - women were 30% stronger and also 2-3 inches taller on average than men. But everything else remains unchan… --- ## [Raising sons shouldn't be and isn't just the mother's job](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-sons-shouldnt-be-and-isnt-just-the-mothers-job/1001652)
**Author:** [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-sons-shouldnt-be-and-isnt-just-the-mothers-job/1001652 "2024-05-19T21:27:25Z")
Kinda telling that you state that YOU raised your son to be a decent person and that your husband was his mother’s job. Where was his dad and your husband in all this, shouldn’t they have been taking on a greater role in… --- ## [Iranian president, foreign minister in helicopter crash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iranian-president-foreign-minister-in-helicopter-crash/1001771)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iranian-president-foreign-minister-in-helicopter-crash/1001771 "2024-05-19T19:41:02Z")
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/helicopter-iranian-presidents-convoy-accident-says-strate-tv-2024-05-19/ Haven’t seen another thread reporting this. As if the situation wasn’t chaotic enough… --- ## [How many people still believe in Sebastianism (the belief that King Sebastian of Portugal, MIA since 1578, will return as a Messiah to save Portugal)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-still-believe-in-sebastianism-the-belief-that-king-sebastian-of-portugal-mia-since-1578-will-return-as-a-messiah-to-save-portugal/1001597)
**Author:** [@TJEckleburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJEckleburg)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-still-believe-in-sebastianism-the-belief-that-king-sebastian-of-portugal-mia-since-1578-will-return-as-a-messiah-to-save-portugal/1001597 "2024-05-19T19:39:05Z")
I just learned about this the other day. I love learning about stuff like this that I’ve never heard of before :smile: (it’s a guilty pleasure of mine). My thread title and the first few lines of the Wikipedia article … --- ## [Mislav has been Banned for Trolling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mislav-has-been-banned-for-trolling/1001774)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mislav-has-been-banned-for-trolling/1001774 "2024-05-19T19:29:25Z")
This one is quicker than usual, but he’s been on our radar for a while. There is some Russian Trolling stuff in other threads. Only 2 warnings, but some blatant trolling of late. --- ## [Raw milk is making a revival- because of Avian flu](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-milk-is-making-a-revival-because-of-avian-flu/1001654)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-milk-is-making-a-revival-because-of-avian-flu/1001654 "2024-05-19T19:25:57Z")
Communities online have continued to push the rising trend of seeking out raw milk for consumption in the weeks following an update on the spread of bird flu in the U.S. earlier this month. In a press conference on Ma… --- ## [What would you like to confess to someone that's no longer in your life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-to-confess-to-someone-thats-no-longer-in-your-life/991438)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-to-confess-to-someone-thats-no-longer-in-your-life/991438 "2024-05-19T19:24:55Z")
Once when I was in high school, I was sitting down with two friends when three beautiful girls approached us. I didn’t know any of them, but my friends did. Two of the girls were evidently friendly enough with my pals to… --- ## [Tax refund check for deceased person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-refund-check-for-deceased-person/1001726)
**Author:** [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-refund-check-for-deceased-person/1001726 "2024-05-19T16:49:59Z")
My mother passed away in April. Two weeks ago Mom’s tax refund check came in the mail. We didn’t even think about her tax refund while dealing with her illness and her passing and everything that came after. Then this… --- ## [I've heard of limb lengthening surgery, and now there's limb SHORTENING surgery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-of-limb-lengthening-surgery-and-now-theres-limb-shortening-surgery/1001515)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-heard-of-limb-lengthening-surgery-and-now-theres-limb-shortening-surgery/1001515 "2024-05-19T14:18:23Z")
The lengthening surgery is usually used for people who, due to accident or disease, have limbs, usually legs, of uneven length, and it’s time-consuming and very painful. Now, I’m seeing online chatter about limb-shorten… --- ## [For the first time in 24 years, boxing has an undisputed heavyweight champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-first-time-in-24-years-boxing-has-an-undisputed-heavyweight-champ/1001753)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2024, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-first-time-in-24-years-boxing-has-an-undisputed-heavyweight-champ/1001753 "2024-05-19T08:29:15Z")
Tonight in Saudi Arabia, Oleksandr Usyk defeated Tyson Fury via decision, making him the first man since Lennox Lewis to hold the lineal championship and the heavyweight titles of all four sanctioning bodies. I don’t … --- ## [Slovakia Prime Minister in Attempted Assassination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slovakia-prime-minister-in-attempted-assassination/1001598)
**Author:** [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2024, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slovakia-prime-minister-in-attempted-assassination/1001598 "2024-05-19T05:40:14Z")
My family’s from Slovakia so a lot of natural affiliation. What a bummer for the country. --- ## [How did Canada become more culturally public transit than the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-canada-become-more-culturally-public-transit-than-the-us/998809)
**Author:** [@Jackson99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackson99)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2024, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-canada-become-more-culturally-public-transit-than-the-us/998809 "2024-05-19T05:30:06Z")
How did Canada become more culturally public transit than the US? In the US for the most part people drive than take a public city bus. I read some where some thing happen in post WW2 where in Canada and the US gone dow… --- ## [Giant Dipper roller coaster in Santa Cruz: 100 years old today!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-dipper-roller-coaster-in-santa-cruz-100-years-old-today/1001725)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2024, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-dipper-roller-coaster-in-santa-cruz-100-years-old-today/1001725 "2024-05-19T05:11:14Z")
The Giant Dipper is a must-do for anyone who loves thrill rides. It’s not the highest, fastest or scariest, but there’s no denying its classic status. Along with it’s twin in San Diego and the Dragon Coaster in NY, it’s … --- ## [From a Christian perspective - What's the case against pre-destination?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-a-christian-perspective-whats-the-case-against-pre-destination/1001144)
**Author:** [@survinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/survinga)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2024, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-a-christian-perspective-whats-the-case-against-pre-destination/1001144 "2024-05-19T03:38:42Z")
My view (as a Christian) is that pre-destination goes against the choice that we make of our own free will. If I have to receive Christ as my Lord & Savior in order to enter the kingdom of Heaven, then I am making a ch… --- ## [Can anyone help me find a neck pouch that will hold my e-reader and phone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-help-me-find-a-neck-pouch-that-will-hold-my-e-reader-and-phone/1001719)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2024, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-help-me-find-a-neck-pouch-that-will-hold-my-e-reader-and-phone/1001719 "2024-05-19T02:30:59Z")
I mostly wear T-shirts all summer (with daily highs this week in the 80s, it is summer as far as I am concerned) and am looking for a neck pouch that can hold my e-reader and phone. Phone is no problem, but the e-reader… --- ## [Why are pineapple juice cans so much thicker than other canned beverages such as apple juice or soda?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-pineapple-juice-cans-so-much-thicker-than-other-canned-beverages-such-as-apple-juice-or-soda/1001625)
**Author:** [@Skwirl137](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skwirl137)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2024, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-pineapple-juice-cans-so-much-thicker-than-other-canned-beverages-such-as-apple-juice-or-soda/1001625 "2024-05-19T02:04:17Z")
Why are pineapple juice cans so much thicker and robust than other canned beverages? --- ## [Sally Bowles Fur Coat in Cabaret movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-bowles-fur-coat-in-cabaret-movie/1001746)
**Author:** [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2024, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-bowles-fur-coat-in-cabaret-movie/1001746 "2024-05-18T23:41:02Z")
Can anyone hazard a guess what kind of fur that it was made from? There are two types: a silky gray (in small pieces - chincilla?) and the collar is a different fur altogether, maybe sable? I can’t find out anywhere… --- ## [Timeline question about Dune](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timeline-question-about-dune/1001525)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2024, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timeline-question-about-dune/1001525 "2024-05-18T23:20:39Z")
How long was it from the day Paul Atreides and family landed on Arrakis to the Harkonnen/Sardaukar attack? At least as far as I can count days mentioned in the book it wasn’t long- 10 days to 2 weeks? Certainly it was a … --- ## [Dabney Coleman dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dabney-coleman-dies/1001734)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2024, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dabney-coleman-dies/1001734 "2024-05-18T23:15:55Z")
I can’t believe he was 92! --- ## [How to Dispose of Lithium Ion Battery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-dispose-of-lithium-ion-battery/1001742)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2024, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-dispose-of-lithium-ion-battery/1001742 "2024-05-18T22:53:30Z")
I have a large, Lithium ion battery for my weed whacker that has lived a full life and can no longer be charged. What is the best way to dispose of this? --- ## [Identifying off-duty police](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-off-duty-police/1001645)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-off-duty-police/1001645 "2024-05-18T20:53:48Z")
Every so often on a TV cop show I’ve seen some reference to either a plain-clothes cop, or an off-duty cop in civilian clothing, being identified as a cop by unsavoury bad guys. (eg "I was in the coffee shop and the gang… --- ## [Things you do just because that’s how your parents did it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-just-because-that-s-how-your-parents-did-it/1000474)
**Author:** [@Midtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Midtown)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-just-because-that-s-how-your-parents-did-it/1000474 "2024-05-18T20:33:21Z")
I store paper grocery on top on the fridge. I use them for trash receptacles throughout the house. Never get auto repairs done on your car at the dealership. They over charge you. Stuff like that. --- ## [New iPad commercial--made to offend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ipad-commercial-made-to-offend/1001385)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2024, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ipad-commercial-made-to-offend/1001385 "2024-05-18T18:36:59Z")
I see all the backlash from people outraged, outraged! by the new iPad commercial, demanding and receiving an apology from Apple for making it. This article even says Of course, to be fair, the ad is also meant to caus… --- ## [What's Rudy Giuliani's life going to look like post shenanigans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-rudy-giulianis-life-going-to-look-like-post-shenanigans/994942)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-rudy-giulianis-life-going-to-look-like-post-shenanigans/994942 "2024-05-18T18:00:27Z")
I’m just using Rudy as an example. I’m more curious about how wealthy people in general deal with ruin. So assuming he doesn’t go to jail, what’s his life going to look like? I mean he’s several millions of dollars in … --- ## [Why the doom about Trump's immunity case at SCOTUS? {KEEP THIS ONE NARROW FOCUSED}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-doom-about-trumps-immunity-case-at-scotus-keep-this-one-narrow-focused/1000972)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-doom-about-trumps-immunity-case-at-scotus-keep-this-one-narrow-focused/1000972 "2024-05-10T19:03:21Z")
So there seems to be general feeling of gloom in the media about Trump’s immunity case in the SCOTUS. Specifically a lot of people are saying that, while SCOTUS is unlikely to find for Trump outright and find he is immu… --- ## [Russo Chinese Relationship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russo-chinese-relationship/1001715)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russo-chinese-relationship/1001715 "2024-05-18T17:12:44Z")
An analysis piece on the BBC after Putin’s visit to Beijing suggests that Putin is very much a junior partner in the relationship and that Xi may not want to upset the West too much. Russian and Chinese state media foc… --- ## [Is trying to make the UAW unpopular a smart move for the GOP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trying-to-make-the-uaw-unpopular-a-smart-move-for-the-gop/1000403)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trying-to-make-the-uaw-unpopular-a-smart-move-for-the-gop/1000403 "2024-05-18T15:11:16Z")
I haven’t been following it closely enough to judge-is the UAW big enough that this might backfire? or is it a good idea, politically speaking? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=560&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=562&state=muted)