# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=564 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 565 --- ## [Every day I encounter something wrong with the web or my operating system, and I need a random place to talk about it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-day-i-encounter-something-wrong-with-the-web-or-my-operating-system-and-i-need-a-random-place-to-talk-about-it/1001579)
**Author:** [@TJEckleburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJEckleburg)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-day-i-encounter-something-wrong-with-the-web-or-my-operating-system-and-i-need-a-random-place-to-talk-about-it/1001579 "2024-05-14T23:35:49Z")
For example, just one hour ago: I’m using a Chromebook. I went on Youtube, and ended up watching some Youtube shorts. I tried to post a comment to one of the Shorts videos, but then this happened: I discovered I can’t p… --- ## [Disagree with Miss Manners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disagree-with-miss-manners/1001400)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disagree-with-miss-manners/1001400 "2024-05-14T23:01:38Z")
I’ve read all of her books, numerous times over. I believe she is in her 80s, things were different when she was young. She has written no woman should speak to an unknown man in public, any man is too forward to say h… --- ## [Legal Types: What is Ineffective Assistance of Counsel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-types-what-is-ineffective-assistance-of-counsel/1001565)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-types-what-is-ineffective-assistance-of-counsel/1001565 "2024-05-14T22:50:25Z")
In the thread on Trump’s Hush Money trial the notion of requesting a mistrial due to ineffective assistance of counsel as a deliberate strategy has come up. However, generally, that notion has been rejected for a variety… --- ## [Queen Victoria was an artist. Who knew? LINK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-victoria-was-an-artist-who-knew-link/1001547)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-victoria-was-an-artist-who-knew-link/1001547 "2024-05-14T22:48:45Z")
Watercolors were Her Majesty’s field, and she painted in her journals. She also did inks and pencils. A warm & charming style, she had. LINK TO ARTICLE --- ## [I’m getting a little sick of everyone having their hand out!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-getting-a-little-sick-of-everyone-having-their-hand-out/1001467)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-getting-a-little-sick-of-everyone-having-their-hand-out/1001467 "2024-05-14T22:04:33Z")
It seems that everywhere I go, some entity is begging me for money. At the grocery store it’s “Round up for Education” (which I usually do, but don’t I pay taxes for this?). At Firehouse Subs, it’s some First Responder… --- ## [Has anyone here ever met or worked with Charlie Day of Sunny in Philly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-met-or-worked-with-charlie-day-of-sunny-in-philly/1001567)
**Author:** [@SpacedOutBanana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacedOutBanana)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-met-or-worked-with-charlie-day-of-sunny-in-philly/1001567 "2024-05-14T20:44:13Z")
Have always heard really nice things about him and he’s definitely my favorite of the gang. --- ## [ID this scene for me (from a comic book?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-scene-for-me-from-a-comic-book/1001530)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-scene-for-me-from-a-comic-book/1001530 "2024-05-14T20:01:31Z")
I remember seeing this scene. I’m around 90% certain it was in a comic book but I might be wrong. One of the characters had traveled back in time from a few years in the future to give the main cast an important message… --- ## [Vehicle crash test - "firecrackers" on the roof of the car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vehicle-crash-test-firecrackers-on-the-roof-of-the-car/1001563)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vehicle-crash-test-firecrackers-on-the-roof-of-the-car/1001563 "2024-05-14T19:29:04Z")
This video shows a Volvo being crash tested. On the roof of the car, toward the back above the rear window, there’s a row of some sort of small objects or devices which can be seen to “pop” or “fire” at th… --- ## [Opinions on Meidas Touch Youtube reports](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-meidas-touch-youtube-reports/1001277)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-meidas-touch-youtube-reports/1001277 "2024-05-14T18:49:21Z")
Several folk have linked to Meidas Touch Youtube vids in the threads concerning Trump and his litigation. I wondered what everyone thought the presenters and their material. Boy, do these guys have day jobs? Hard to i… --- ## [How to unstick a stuck barbecue grill vent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-unstick-a-stuck-barbecue-grill-vent/1001553)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-unstick-a-stuck-barbecue-grill-vent/1001553 "2024-05-14T18:33:04Z")
I have an old but still in pretty good shape Weber kettle-style grill with vents at the bottom that are opened and closed with a single metal lever. It’s gotten stuck tight and does not budge at all. Fortunately the vent… --- ## [Like a bull in a China shop: China's future is broken](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-a-bull-in-a-china-shop-chinas-future-is-broken/987900)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-a-bull-in-a-china-shop-chinas-future-is-broken/987900 "2024-05-14T17:51:34Z")
I’ve been saying for years that the stock price of Tesla - essentially giving it a market cap of more than all the other car companies in the world combined - is insane and unsustainable. I still think it is, but the wor… --- ## [Montenegro money supply](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montenegro-money-supply/1001352)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montenegro-money-supply/1001352 "2024-05-14T17:42:46Z")
I recently visited Montenegro. Their currency is the Euro, although they are not part of the EU.I don’t mean they have their own currency pegged to the Euro. I don’t mean just that they will accept Euros. I mean it’s the… --- ## [Banning menthol cigarettes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-menthol-cigarettes/940973)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 341\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-menthol-cigarettes/940973 "2024-05-14T16:26:51Z")
Reports are that the Biden administration is about to do this, but this has been on the table for several years. Question is how this plays out in terms of current Equal Rights laws and viewpoints. Key point is that for… --- ## [Ok, odd trump question - What does the Westboro Baptist Church think of Donald Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-odd-trump-question-what-does-the-westboro-baptist-church-think-of-donald-trump/1001517)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-odd-trump-question-what-does-the-westboro-baptist-church-think-of-donald-trump/1001517 "2024-05-14T16:11:17Z")
What does the Westboro Baptist Church think of Donald Trump? Will they endorse him? --- ## [When did TV stop crediting Guest stars in the opening credits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-tv-stop-crediting-guest-stars-in-the-opening-credits/1001470)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-tv-stop-crediting-guest-stars-in-the-opening-credits/1001470 "2024-05-14T15:50:33Z")
I’m watching a episode of Blue Bloods S3E1 and it suddenly dawned on me the main guest character actors aren’t credited in the opening. That was always a thing when I grew up. You might see the opening for “Cannon” sta… --- ## [WWII aerial battle overhead!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-aerial-battle-overhead/746590)
**Author:** [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-aerial-battle-overhead/746590 "2024-05-14T14:15:55Z")
What would it have been like on the ground when a formation of Allied bombers was intercepted by German fighters, both sides spraying machine gun fire? Would there have been a rain of lead? Was anyone on the ground eve… --- ## [Any reason to be concerned about CME’s this weekend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-reason-to-be-concerned-about-cme-s-this-weekend/1001380)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-reason-to-be-concerned-about-cme-s-this-weekend/1001380 "2024-05-14T13:01:49Z")
I was just reading this Gizmodo article, and it seems there is the possibility it could disrupt some forms of communications? --- ## [Is presentation important to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-presentation-important-to-you/1001278)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-presentation-important-to-you/1001278 "2024-05-14T11:56:58Z")
Is presentation important to you when you’re serving a meal? I’m thinking I might make Caprese salads for dinner. I used to slice Roma tomatoes into six slices, then add the fresh mozzarella, and then a basil leaf to e… --- ## [Who remembers "The Forty Year Old Hippie" comic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-the-forty-year-old-hippie-comic/1001519)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-the-forty-year-old-hippie-comic/1001519 "2024-05-14T11:52:25Z")
I’ve recently been digging up some favorite underground comics online. I’ve found websites posting issues of The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Dealer McDope. Yesterday I thought to hunt for The Forty Year Old Hippi… --- ## [FIFTY Years Ago Today!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifty-years-ago-today/999974)
**Author:** [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifty-years-ago-today/999974 "2024-05-14T05:22:29Z")
Here is a repost of something I wrote in 2004. I think it’s worth revisiting: April 8, 1974. Opening day at the old Atlanta Stadium (before the name was changed to Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium). Hank Aaron had finished… --- ## [Have robins evolved to follow lawn mowers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-robins-evolved-to-follow-lawn-mowers/1001451)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-robins-evolved-to-follow-lawn-mowers/1001451 "2024-05-14T01:06:24Z")
Every time I mow the robins hop right over to the freshly mowed sections to look for worms and bugs. Are they older birds that learned by trial and error? Or did they watch Mom doing it? The other birds just fly away. --- ## [Is contempt of court considered a special crime that doesn't deserve Constitutional rights because of practicality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-contempt-of-court-considered-a-special-crime-that-doesnt-deserve-constitutional-rights-because-of-practicality/1001516)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-contempt-of-court-considered-a-special-crime-that-doesnt-deserve-constitutional-rights-because-of-practicality/1001516 "2024-05-14T00:52:52Z")
As far as I’m aware, contempt of court is the only crime for which the Constitutional rights about a crime (right to trial by jury, right to due process, etc.) doesn’t apply - for obvious reasons, the need for practicali… --- ## [It's Webcomic Recco Time Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-webcomic-recco-time-again/916269)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-webcomic-recco-time-again/916269 "2024-05-14T00:50:20Z")
Yes, my friends. I noticed I’m running low on webcomics again. And I dearly love some webcomix. Even did one myself for about five years and I’m thinking about doing another one or two now that the store is up and run… --- ## [Squirrel. Ouchies.Stabby-Stabby, Shooty-shooty. NEWS and YouTube Link,](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrel-ouchies-stabby-stabby-shooty-shooty-news-and-youtube-link/1001489)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrel-ouchies-stabby-stabby-shooty-shooty-news-and-youtube-link/1001489 "2024-05-13T23:53:06Z")
Wife stabs husband with Squirrel. OK, CERAMIC Squirrel. (NEWSLINK) AND–a happy little Squirrel GOES POSTAL! And you will pay for it. On your xboxy-thingee. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRiRyopVm6Q --- ## [(Old) April Showers bringing May Flowers in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-april-showers-bringing-may-flowers-in-the-mmp/1001177)
**Author:** [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Replies:** 292\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-april-showers-bringing-may-flowers-in-the-mmp/1001177 "2024-05-13T23:49:51Z")
Good Morning MMPers! I was so happy to see the lillies of the valley first with buds late last week and starting to open into blooms yesterday. Our lilacs are in full bloom. I sat in the backyard over the weekend enjo… --- ## [Someone croaked Whitey Bulger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-croaked-whitey-bulger/823733)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-croaked-whitey-bulger/823733 "2024-05-13T23:43:13Z")
Notorious Gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger Killed After Being Transferred to West Virginia Prison ‘James “Whitey” Bulger, a notorious gangster who was captured in Santa Monica and convicted in 2013 of various crimes, was … --- ## [Do you see me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-me/1001438)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-me/1001438 "2024-05-13T22:51:49Z")
All my life I’ve felt at odds with everyone around me. I watched people. I noticed things got done. I walked around in a world, I was afraid I wasn’t really on. Mostly it was a vague feeling I certainly didn’t have … --- ## [What is the best way to quote from one thread and use that quote to make a new thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-quote-from-one-thread-and-use-that-quote-to-make-a-new-thread/1001502)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-quote-from-one-thread-and-use-that-quote-to-make-a-new-thread/1001502 "2024-05-13T21:49:57Z")
So I see a post in thread A, and it triggers some sideways issue in my mind and I want to make a new thread based on that post (or part of it), which will be thread B, maybe in a different forum. The only way I can imag… --- ## ["Mother's Day isn't yet!" pfft](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mothers-day-isnt-yet-pfft/1001460)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mothers-day-isnt-yet-pfft/1001460 "2024-05-13T21:14:12Z")
So for a couple of weeks, every business I have ever bought, sold, made inquiry, complained to, what have you, has sent me an ad explaining why some form of their good or service would make the PERFECT mother’s day gift. … --- ## [What discontinued fast food item would you bring back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-fast-food-item-would-you-bring-back/778783)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 236\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-fast-food-item-would-you-bring-back/778783 "2024-05-13T21:00:59Z")
You have the power to persuade a restaurant chain to bring back a discontinued item and have it on their menu again. What do you choose? I miss Wendy’s breadsticks, so soft and buttery. Also now that I ate so much fast… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=563) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=565)