# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=566&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 567 --- ## [Characters you love, played by actors/actresses you don't love so much (or even despise/hate)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-you-love-played-by-actors-actresses-you-dont-love-so-much-or-even-despise-hate/1001434)
**Author:** [@TJEckleburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJEckleburg)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-you-love-played-by-actors-actresses-you-dont-love-so-much-or-even-despise-hate/1001434 "2024-05-13T04:35:29Z")
The title says it all, folks, but here are my personal examples that inspired this thread: Buffy, a character I love to death, played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, who, no offense, as a real-life actress, is a bit boring,… --- ## [How does the monarchy work in British legal theory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-monarchy-work-in-british-legal-theory/1001075)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-monarchy-work-in-british-legal-theory/1001075 "2024-05-13T04:23:27Z")
I’m not talking about the role of the monarch; I’m looking for the legal theory behind the existence of the monarch. History gives us examples of Parliament exerting power over the monarch; either by limiting their auth… --- ## [Mold detection and cleaning in somewhat unusual places](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mold-detection-and-cleaning-in-somewhat-unusual-places/1001440)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mold-detection-and-cleaning-in-somewhat-unusual-places/1001440 "2024-05-13T04:04:42Z")
I discovered in recent years that my older car has a mild issue: if I open the trunk all the way, any rain water on it can drip off the corners of the lid and into my trunk. I thought this was just an annoyance at first. … --- ## [Poll: Imprisoning Trump for contempt would have what effect on his presidential chances?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-imprisoning-trump-for-contempt-would-have-what-effect-on-his-presidential-chances/1001192)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-imprisoning-trump-for-contempt-would-have-what-effect-on-his-presidential-chances/1001192 "2024-05-13T03:42:25Z")
If Judge Merchan were to hold Trump in criminal contempt for continued violation of the gag order and were to order him to be held in prison, would that help or hurt Trump’s chances at re-election? poll As many times as… --- ## [When to change voter registration when moving to a different state](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-to-change-voter-registration-when-moving-to-a-different-state/1001287)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-to-change-voter-registration-when-moving-to-a-different-state/1001287 "2024-05-13T03:35:54Z")
We currently live in Arizona. We are closing on a home in West Virginia the beginning of June and then we will move and sell our home in AZ. This process is going to take several months so we will own homes in two differ… --- ## [I have a Bartesian. Any tricks, tips, favorite pods, etc.? Let's discuss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-bartesian-any-tricks-tips-favorite-pods-etc-lets-discuss/1001378)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-bartesian-any-tricks-tips-favorite-pods-etc-lets-discuss/1001378 "2024-05-13T02:45:55Z")
Last Christmas, my wife got me a Bartesian cocktail maker. She actually got me this one, made by Black & Decker. You load your own spirits into it (I have Bacardi Rum, Tito’s Vodka, Jack Daniel’s Whiskey, and I don’t r… --- ## [How do you feel about the new ads for Body Wash, Mando Whole body deodorant etc.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-the-new-ads-for-body-wash-mando-whole-body-deodorant-etc/1001120)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-the-new-ads-for-body-wash-mando-whole-body-deodorant-etc/1001120 "2024-05-13T02:42:57Z")
My tv feed is inundated with commercials for Mando, Old Spice Body Wash and other products. It’s especially irritating they are constantly referring to using the product on our genitals. I can honestly say I’m not conce… --- ## [Carpool Lanes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpool-lanes/1001326)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpool-lanes/1001326 "2024-05-13T02:35:53Z")
The highways connecting Toronto to several satellite cities are some of the world’s busiest. Crowded for twenty hours every day. Often under construction. Some of this construction was to build “carpool lanes” for veh… --- ## [Amazing Northern Lights at La Ronge, Sask](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-northern-lights-at-la-ronge-sask/932404)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-northern-lights-at-la-ronge-sask/932404 "2024-05-12T23:00:24Z")
Some amazing Northern Lights pix from last night, posted by the EMS Service at La Ronge Saskatchewan. I’d read that more intense solar activity than usual was expected this year, and with the polar vortex and the deep f… --- ## [Anyone ever volunteer to be an Election Poll worker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-volunteer-to-be-an-election-poll-worker/1000323)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-volunteer-to-be-an-election-poll-worker/1000323 "2024-05-12T22:37:11Z")
I did and went to the training today. Only 20 minutes from my house, so not too bad. But when they got to expected time of arrival it was 5am and then all indications was staying until at least 8:30pm. (this was a little… --- ## [Dumb, obvious jokes some people can't help but reflexively make](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-obvious-jokes-some-people-cant-help-but-reflexively-make/994928)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 311\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-obvious-jokes-some-people-cant-help-but-reflexively-make/994928 "2024-05-12T22:13:00Z")
After I made this post in another thread — It occurred to me it might be a good idea to catalog the various knee-jerk “witticisms” that the tellers think are amusing but that the recipients have probably heard a thousa… --- ## [Neil Young and Crazy Horse on tour](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-young-and-crazy-horse-on-tour/997752)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-young-and-crazy-horse-on-tour/997752 "2024-05-12T21:57:14Z")
Just got tickets for the show at Jiffy Lube Live arena in the DC area May 11. I’m driving up from SW Virginia, my brother is driving down from NYC, about 3.5 hours each, and we will meet our old friend Tim, who lives ab… --- ## [The Sinister London "Pusher". He's still out there. {LINK}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sinister-london-pusher-hes-still-out-there-link/1001372)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sinister-london-pusher-hes-still-out-there-link/1001372 "2024-05-12T21:44:31Z")
How many of you recall how a London jogger pushed a complete stranger under a bus, & then jogged on , indifferent? He has never been caught. {LINK, WITH A PHOTO OF THIS GUY} --- ## [Light aircraft pilot procedures before takeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-aircraft-pilot-procedures-before-takeoff/1001423)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-aircraft-pilot-procedures-before-takeoff/1001423 "2024-05-12T20:16:32Z")
Today we had lunch at the Hummingbird Cafe at Shoreham Airport, a small airport used mostly by light aircraft. The decking we sat on is immediately (and I mean immediately) adjacent a taxiway and “parking” area, and a bi… --- ## [Will the Uniparty Help Democrats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-uniparty-help-democrats/1001283)
**Author:** [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-uniparty-help-democrats/1001283 "2024-05-12T20:12:44Z")
When Representative Marjorie Taylor Green introduced her motion to vacate the House Speaker today she was booed and responded that this would show Americans who the Uniparty was. As I understand it, the idea of the Unip… --- ## [The Pietà: Was Mary really there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pieta-was-mary-really-there/1001344)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pieta-was-mary-really-there/1001344 "2024-05-12T19:53:02Z")
Michelangelo’s Pietà depicts Mary holding the body of Jesus after he is taken down from the cross. But does the Bible describe this? Is they any indication that she was even in the vicinity? BTW this question is about t… --- ## [Tell me how airplane movie watching works - headphone related](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-how-airplane-movie-watching-works-headphone-related/1001388)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-how-airplane-movie-watching-works-headphone-related/1001388 "2024-05-12T19:48:03Z")
My gym Bluetooth headphones bit the dust so I need to buy a new pair. Add to that, I’m traveling to Europe this year (from America) and want to make sure the pair I buy will be compatible with the airplanes system. Probl… --- ## [Were you ever Star? Or just Grandma's favorite?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-ever-star-or-just-grandmas-favorite/1000885)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-ever-star-or-just-grandmas-favorite/1000885 "2024-05-12T19:45:50Z")
Were you in a highschool production? In any capacity? Tell your story. It’s time to get your just rewards!! --- ## [Presenting AMERICAN GREATNESS, my new political satire comic book/graphic novel (Kickstarter)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-american-greatness-my-new-political-satire-comic-book-graphic-novel-kickstarter/1000503)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-american-greatness-my-new-political-satire-comic-book-graphic-novel-kickstarter/1000503 "2024-05-12T18:55:28Z")
Presenting AMERICAN GREATNESS, a political satire comic book/graphic novel. It was originally a novel called CULTURAL PRACTICES OF THE HEARTLAND – which at least a handful of Dopers have read. But the visuals of the stor… --- ## [I finally get to try all goat milk gjetost from ski queen (packaged in the blue cube)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-get-to-try-all-goat-milk-gjetost-from-ski-queen-packaged-in-the-blue-cube/1001398)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-get-to-try-all-goat-milk-gjetost-from-ski-queen-packaged-in-the-blue-cube/1001398 "2024-05-12T17:32:50Z")
I’ve loved me some gjetost goat/cow milk blend for well over a decade or so now, the stuff in the red cube. I adore that creamy/caramel/salty/sweet flavor and that tingly oral sensation you get as the thin slices melt i… --- ## [My wife nearly got into a fight at the Taylor Swift show in Paris last night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-nearly-got-into-a-fight-at-the-taylor-swift-show-in-paris-last-night/1001408)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-nearly-got-into-a-fight-at-the-taylor-swift-show-in-paris-last-night/1001408 "2024-05-12T16:02:49Z")
So, we’re at the second night of the Eras Tour’s new European leg. It’s me, my wife, and our two daughters, 10 and 13. We’re in the middle of the floor, a bit back from where the crush is really bad; the visibility is cr… --- ## [Hallucinations in people lacking certain senses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hallucinations-in-people-lacking-certain-senses/1001347)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hallucinations-in-people-lacking-certain-senses/1001347 "2024-05-12T11:41:35Z")
Isolation tanks have been reported to cause hallucinations in some individuals. One theory is that in the absence of sensory input, the brain makes shit up. Why don’t blind or deaf people have hallucinations? --- ## [This is sad - teacher pay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-sad-teacher-pay/1001172)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-sad-teacher-pay/1001172 "2024-05-12T03:54:27Z")
My neighbor quit teaching this year and started bartending because she couldn’t pay her bills. My daughter is a teacher and is struggling. She switched to special needs kids to get away from the abuse and bullying from… --- ## [UPDATE: The children taken from their parents at the border in 2018](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-the-children-taken-from-their-parents-at-the-border-in-2018/1001260)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-the-children-taken-from-their-parents-at-the-border-in-2018/1001260 "2024-05-12T02:19:13Z")
Continuing the discussion from Remember those children who were taken from their parents at the border in 2018: … Joe Biden made reunification a part of his 2020 campaign for president and, upon taking office, insta… --- ## [Can you partition a drive on Android 11?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-partition-a-drive-on-android-11/1001418)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-partition-a-drive-on-android-11/1001418 "2024-05-12T02:03:38Z")
Most of the phone manufacturers have eliminated SD cards. Most of this years phones have huge 1TB drives. Has Google caught up and started offering partitioning that monster? I have 60 Gigs of music on a SD card. I’ve… --- ## [I'm finding Virtual Co-working sites helpful](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finding-virtual-co-working-sites-helpful/1001369)
**Author:** [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finding-virtual-co-working-sites-helpful/1001369 "2024-05-12T00:10:51Z")
Also known as “Body Doubling Apps” this is not about having your office co-workers on your computer with you as you work from home (well, it actually could be) this is about having a stranger or group of strangers on you… --- ## [Spot the American!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-american/1001212)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2024, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-american/1001212 "2024-05-11T22:36:20Z")
A recycled click-bait article has a list of ways Europeans can spot an American ‘from a mile away’. 1.“They act so amazed by things that are more than 200 years old, presumably because they don’t have many things that … --- ## [What do you think about the “If you don’t like it don’t consume it” argument in reference to media?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-the-if-you-don-t-like-it-don-t-consume-it-argument-in-reference-to-media/1001214)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-the-if-you-don-t-like-it-don-t-consume-it-argument-in-reference-to-media/1001214 "2024-05-11T21:54:31Z")
Whenever someone says they don’t think a specific kind of media or specific media entry (sequels, reboots, remakes etc.) should exist or is necessary there’s almost always the inevitable response of “Well, if you don’t l… --- ## [Damn Dirty April! (Monthly Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 316\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679 "2024-05-11T21:44:18Z")
I’ll start with a self-Pitting. I saw this tweet and as a Seahawks fan, for a moment I was a bit dismayed: Then I realized what fucking day it was. :man\_facepalming: --- ## [Early Voting and “I Voted” Stickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-voting-and-i-voted-stickers/1001274)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-voting-and-i-voted-stickers/1001274 "2024-05-11T17:13:00Z")
Double topic, wow!:open\_mouth: Is early voting offered where you are and do you take advantage of it? It is here where I live and yes I do take advantage as there are just a few early voting polls scattered throughout … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=565&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=567&state=watching)