# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=570&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 571 --- ## [OK, this lazy AI image generation is getting ridiculous](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-lazy-ai-image-generation-is-getting-ridiculous/1001194)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-lazy-ai-image-generation-is-getting-ridiculous/1001194 "2024-05-07T14:28:11Z")
Why is there an ear growing from this gutter? --- ## [Windows: I want to backup a file, compress every night saving it with a unique title showing the date](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-i-want-to-backup-a-file-compress-every-night-saving-it-with-a-unique-title-showing-the-date/1001187)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-i-want-to-backup-a-file-compress-every-night-saving-it-with-a-unique-title-showing-the-date/1001187 "2024-05-07T14:12:28Z")
\[I want a free solution.\] I have a Windows mdb database. Every night I wish to run a backup. I wish to compress the database and save it with a unique name consisting of the database name and date. Is there a problem … --- ## [Ought public libraries advance social agendas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ought-public-libraries-advance-social-agendas/999737)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ought-public-libraries-advance-social-agendas/999737 "2024-05-07T13:46:50Z")
Perhaps phrased another way, ought a community’s public library reflect that community’s predominant views and beliefs, or ought it seek to expose the community to alternative views? This is the context in which this is… --- ## ["Laundry straps" -- what are these for and how do you use them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laundry-straps-what-are-these-for-and-how-do-you-use-them/1000916)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2024, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laundry-straps-what-are-these-for-and-how-do-you-use-them/1000916 "2024-05-07T13:25:29Z")
I came across this item on amazon: 12 Pcs Laundry Strap with Buckle Wash Care Utility Strap Replacement Household Cleaning Loop Accessories Tools Apparently these are used to sort laundry while it’s being washed? There… --- ## [What will you do if Trump wins in November?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-you-do-if-trump-wins-in-november/997214)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 251\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2024, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-you-do-if-trump-wins-in-november/997214 "2024-05-07T13:04:20Z")
I know I would be mad as hell. My first instinct is to leave the country, but I wouldn’t realistically know where to go or how to do it. If there is evidence of a steal, I would definitely support demonstrations. I don… --- ## [After Putin, who? What?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-putin-who-what/967907)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2024, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-putin-who-what/967907 "2024-05-07T11:48:46Z")
Given the speculation (however tenuously supported) about Putin’s health, one wonders who would succeed him? I can’t see him retiring; I expect he’ll cling to power until death or overwhelming disability removes him fro… --- ## [Star Wars: The Bad Batch on Disney + \[Open Spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-the-bad-batch-on-disney-open-spoilers/941363)
**Author:** [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2024, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-the-bad-batch-on-disney-open-spoilers/941363 "2024-05-07T11:40:35Z")
I’ve just seen the first episode of The Bad Batch on Disney+ So, we’re following the continuing adventures of Clone Force 99, “The Bad Batch”. They’d appeared in the previous series The Clone Wars, and both are helmed … --- ## [Mass. Detective searched "gunpowder residue" before wife's death](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-detective-searched-gunpowder-residue-before-wifes-death/1001180)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2024, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-detective-searched-gunpowder-residue-before-wifes-death/1001180 "2024-05-07T10:17:49Z")
Not a master criminal by any means. For which we should be grateful. --- ## [Should “The Olympics” Include Fine Arts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-olympics-include-fine-arts/1001081)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2024, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-olympics-include-fine-arts/1001081 "2024-05-07T04:56:41Z")
For the first fifty years, the modern Olympics included art competitions. Should these be resurrected? Or was this always a middling idea? --- ## [Confusing product names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2024, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-product-names/1000472 "2024-05-07T04:41:36Z")
“Chicken of the Sea” isn’t chicken. “Fruit of the Loom” has nothing to do with fruit. I never could understand what fruit had to do with underwear. Oh, the output from the loom is cloth, used to make underwear. Long st… --- ## [Renovate or strip a beachside high-rise condo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renovate-or-strip-a-beachside-high-rise-condo/1001204)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2024, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renovate-or-strip-a-beachside-high-rise-condo/1001204 "2024-05-07T02:42:02Z")
Our (sister and I) mother died a year ago, and we’ve managed to take care of most of her assets at this point-except the condo she had (NE Florida). First, she was well into middle-late dementia by the time she got sick… --- ## [Are infamous high profile, but poor, criminals represented by good lawyers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-infamous-high-profile-but-poor-criminals-represented-by-good-lawyers/1001153)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2024, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-infamous-high-profile-but-poor-criminals-represented-by-good-lawyers/1001153 "2024-05-06T23:36:44Z")
So when you have incredibly high profile infamous crimes carried out by criminals who become household names but aren’t particularly rich, who represents them in court? The likes of John Wayne Gacy, Ramzi Yousef, Sirhan… --- ## [Need answer fast: I have a contact lens stuck in my eye](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-i-have-a-contact-lens-stuck-in-my-eye/1000926)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-i-have-a-contact-lens-stuck-in-my-eye/1000926 "2024-05-06T22:35:21Z")
I was experimenting with contact lenses, and put two in this morning. The right one worked fine. The left one wouldn’t center, and isn’t doing anything vision wise. So I bought some artificial tears, and tried to float i… --- ## [How does Amazon justify their huge infrastructure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-amazon-justify-their-huge-infrastructure/1000873)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-amazon-justify-their-huge-infrastructure/1000873 "2024-05-06T21:30:25Z")
There are numerous Amazon facilities just in the Cleveland area. Each one is the size of a large factory. One replaced a shopping center. They have acres of parking although I have never seen one even close to being full… --- ## [Food you love, but can't eat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2024, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-love-but-cant-eat/1001107 "2024-05-06T21:17:12Z")
What’s a food you love, but can’t eat for one reason or another? For me it’s shrimp. Love it, could be happy eating little else, but I can’t. About a decade or so ago I ate a bunch of shrimp and got all itchy all over.… --- ## [Alpha-gal syndrome and the function of galactose-α-1,3-galactose in cows/pigs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alpha-gal-syndrome-and-the-function-of-galactose-1-3-galactose-in-cows-pigs/1001183)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alpha-gal-syndrome-and-the-function-of-galactose-1-3-galactose-in-cows-pigs/1001183 "2024-05-06T20:44:39Z")
My main question is: “What is the function and is it necessary for cows and pigs to have galactose-α-1,3-galactose?” For context, this is involved in Alpha-gal syndrome, an allergic reaction to mammalian meat catalyzed … --- ## [Why aren’t the furthest hit golf balls or baseballs launched at 45 degree angles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-aren-t-the-furthest-hit-golf-balls-or-baseballs-launched-at-45-degree-angles/1000895)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-aren-t-the-furthest-hit-golf-balls-or-baseballs-launched-at-45-degree-angles/1000895 "2024-05-06T20:14:10Z")
In golf, the launch angle range of a driver is typically 8 - 12 degrees. When you watch the trajectory of the longest hit golf balls, their launch angles appear to be less than 20 degrees. Similarly, while the arcs of … --- ## [Alpaca Sex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alpaca-sex/1001112)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alpaca-sex/1001112 "2024-05-06T19:24:54Z")
I learned on Late Night with Stephen Colbert last night that the male alpaca has a very long thin penis with a cartiligenous tip, almost like a spear. I’m sure there are plenty of human guys who could fantasize about ha… --- ## [Am I getting electrocuted by my tablet? (don't need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-getting-electrocuted-by-my-tablet-dont-need-answer-fast/1001119)
**Author:** [@Fish\_Cheer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish_Cheer)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-getting-electrocuted-by-my-tablet-dont-need-answer-fast/1001119 "2024-05-06T18:56:56Z")
I have a Microsoft Surface Pro tablet that I really like. However, when I slide my fingers across the back of the tablet (made of metal, maybe aluminum?), I get a weird vibrating/buzzing sensation. At first, I thought it… --- ## [I went to a cannabis store today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-a-cannabis-store-today/980325)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2024, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-a-cannabis-store-today/980325 "2024-05-06T17:21:02Z")
Had to make a little road trip. The first visit to a pot shop. It boggles the mind the variety of product. I got three vape cartridges, and an assortment of four 1/8s of flower. I’ve never vaped before, but I’ve read goo… --- ## [All Things Considered, Is Beer Or Wine Better For A Whole (Ancient? European?) Civilization?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-things-considered-is-beer-or-wine-better-for-a-whole-ancient-european-civilization/1000678)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-things-considered-is-beer-or-wine-better-for-a-whole-ancient-european-civilization/1000678 "2024-05-06T17:14:59Z")
In terms of value of labor in the growing, harvesting and production of the end product; in terms of yield per hectare; in terms of net benefit to the consumers’ health; and all manner of other considerations, are wine a… --- ## [What makes FB or Meta good, but Tiktok bad with privacy stuff?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-fb-or-meta-good-but-tiktok-bad-with-privacy-stuff/1001129)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-fb-or-meta-good-but-tiktok-bad-with-privacy-stuff/1001129 "2024-05-06T16:42:08Z")
Let’s forget the elephant (or rather “panda”) in the room and pretend both FB and Tiktok are from the same country. On one hand you have the absolute largest social media with 2.9 billion profiles, including tens of tho… --- ## [Have you relocated due to Climate Change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-relocated-due-to-climate-change/1001106)
**Author:** [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-relocated-due-to-climate-change/1001106 "2024-05-06T16:36:15Z")
I recently finished reading On The Move by Abrahm Lustgarten which is about how climate change migration is already happening and how it will unfold in the US specifically. It’s a scary but interesting book. every fall… --- ## [The Bates Motel: Psycho Pre-Quel Series Starts Tonight On A&E](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bates-motel-psycho-pre-quel-series-starts-tonight-on-a-e/653268)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bates-motel-psycho-pre-quel-series-starts-tonight-on-a-e/653268 "2024-05-06T16:24:28Z")
In case anyone would like to give this new series a try, it is airing tonight (several times) on A&E and got a good review from the Boston Globe. As the review points out, those who have seen Psycho sort of know this wi… --- ## [What products or services are NOT getting worse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-or-services-are-not-getting-worse/1000981)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-or-services-are-not-getting-worse/1000981 "2024-05-06T14:59:05Z")
We’ve had recent threads about Boston Market going under, and one about Panera having similar problems. Then there was a discussion about how modern cars are collecting and sharing a lot of data about us, and today I … --- ## [Covid deaths- confirmed vs conspiracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-deaths-confirmed-vs-conspiracy/1001115)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-deaths-confirmed-vs-conspiracy/1001115 "2024-05-06T13:21:58Z")
Okay, some morons are claiming the number of covid deaths were bogus- that any death were covid was present - even say an automobile accident- was counted as a covid death. I say- mostly bullshit. So, during the covid “… --- ## [Can a blatantly racist film be considered "Great"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-blatantly-racist-film-be-considered-great/1001034)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2024, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-blatantly-racist-film-be-considered-great/1001034 "2024-05-06T12:17:58Z")
Coming off this thread- My point is that Gone with the Wind is so damn racist- it should no longer be considered “Great”. Now it is still on the AFIs 100 greatest films of all time list- at #6 no less. But they remo… --- ## [Auto-Correct Embarassments!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-correct-embarassments/1001104)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2024, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-correct-embarassments/1001104 "2024-05-06T11:28:40Z")
So, one of the techs in our department has been out since Tuesday. Protocol dictates that, when calling off, you make a call to the Attendance Secretary and also enter it into our iVisions system. When that happens, in… --- ## [It's been 12 years since America last had a normal presidential election, and voters born after 2005 have basically never seen "normal politics."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-12-years-since-america-last-had-a-normal-presidential-election-and-voters-born-after-2005-have-basically-never-seen-normal-politics/1001094)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2024, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-12-years-since-america-last-had-a-normal-presidential-election-and-voters-born-after-2005-have-basically-never-seen-normal-politics/1001094 "2024-05-06T09:02:08Z")
Can’t recall where I read it, but one article pointed out that young voters - loosely defined as those who will be age 18-20 this year - have basically never known “normal” politics in America. To them, the haywire, craz… --- ## [Windows 11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-11/972216)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2024, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-11/972216 "2024-05-06T07:31:47Z")
My laptop wants to install Windows 11. Has anybody installed it? Any problems? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=569&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=571&state=muted)