# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=572 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 573 --- ## [One Word, yet again (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-yet-again-part-1/914741)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 9999\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-yet-again-part-1/914741 "2024-05-03T16:24:25Z")
Since the earlier thread was closed for having more than 10k posts. The last word there: end… --- ## [Scuba Charter Disaster in California: over 30 feared dead.\[Sept.2019\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scuba-charter-disaster-in-california-over-30-feared-dead-sept-2019/839592)
**Author:** [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scuba-charter-disaster-in-california-over-30-feared-dead-sept-2019/839592 "2024-05-03T15:43:10Z")
This will be ugly. The MV Conception caught fire early this morning while anchored off of Santa Cruz Island, one of California’s Channel Islands. Per Ventura County Fire Department, five crew members awake on the bri… --- ## [9 year old runs for help, after parents seriously hurt in tornado](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-year-old-runs-for-help-after-parents-seriously-hurt-in-tornado/1001101)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-year-old-runs-for-help-after-parents-seriously-hurt-in-tornado/1001101 "2024-05-03T13:12:01Z")
Maybe it’s time to increase Branson’s allowance? :wink: I can’t imagine doing something like this at that age. Running for help at night during a lightning storm? I’m sure the child was wondering if another funnel cloud… --- ## [Do you think off campus college housing is still affordable as of today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-off-campus-college-housing-is-still-affordable-as-of-today/970935)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-off-campus-college-housing-is-still-affordable-as-of-today/970935 "2024-05-03T13:18:19Z")
Due to the increased cost of living because of inflation, I’ve been wondering if renting an apartment or house off campus is still affordable for college students as of today, depending on where the college is located? S… --- ## [How do I get threads readable,](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-threads-readable/1000641)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-threads-readable/1000641 "2024-05-03T11:30:22Z")
So I took a break. came back and now, every thread I try to read, is about 3.5 inches wide on my 17’’ laptop. How do I get it readable without a million scroll downs. --- ## [Study correlating physical ability at 60 compared to 80?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/study-correlating-physical-ability-at-60-compared-to-80/1000849)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/study-correlating-physical-ability-at-60-compared-to-80/1000849 "2024-05-03T11:14:19Z")
Not necessarily for those two ages exactly. I’m now 60. I think I have relatively good physical abilities still. I’d like to have an idea of what I might expect my abilities when I’m 80. Is there some study or data t… --- ## [Sigh - I don't WANT to be the adult in the room](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-i-dont-want-to-be-the-adult-in-the-room/1001050)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-i-dont-want-to-be-the-adult-in-the-room/1001050 "2024-05-03T08:34:05Z")
NM - I just posted a story, only to realize after hitting “create new topic” that it was ridiculously long. I will post it again when I reduce it to a reasonable length. --- ## [DJT and stock manipulation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/djt-and-stock-manipulation/1000984)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/djt-and-stock-manipulation/1000984 "2024-05-03T04:03:21Z")
I don’t know anything about SEC regulation or the laws that govern Wall Street. Explain it like I’m a 5 year old. This is obviously about the stock DJT, Truth Central and Donald Trump. Please remember this is FQ and kee… --- ## [“As a society, let’s agree…” (noxious expressions)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-society-let-s-agree-noxious-expressions/1000939)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-society-let-s-agree-noxious-expressions/1000939 "2024-05-03T02:45:42Z")
This is not the first thread to mention phrases, buzzwords or slang which you don’t personally care for. But it seems like it’s been a while. And I want to again lightly rant specifically about “filler” expressions whi… --- ## [Question about infrared video recording](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-infrared-video-recording/1001018)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-infrared-video-recording/1001018 "2024-05-03T02:39:02Z")
I recently heard a homicide detective testify in a criminal trial that, if two individuals appear side by side in an infrared video recording (hereafter “IVR”) filmed at night, and one appears to be wearing a dark jacket… --- ## [Methinks effective altruism has been tarred with a wide brush](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/methinks-effective-altruism-has-been-tarred-with-a-wide-brush/1000606)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/methinks-effective-altruism-has-been-tarred-with-a-wide-brush/1000606 "2024-05-03T02:25:35Z")
The arrest and conviction of crypto criminal Sam Bankman-Fried has given effective altruism a bad name. That’s unfortunate, as it is a movement worthy of support. Some might argue that the best use of charitable expendit… --- ## [Why bother to vote? (Not what you think.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-bother-to-vote-not-what-you-think/1000578)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-bother-to-vote-not-what-you-think/1000578 "2024-05-03T02:01:57Z")
We just got our ballots for the local election in our little town on the North Shore of Boston. Eight positions (e.g., selectman, town clerk, assessor, public library trustee, school committee, etc.), and in every case, … --- ## [What horror movie could this picture be hinting to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-horror-movie-could-this-picture-be-hinting-to/1000872)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-horror-movie-could-this-picture-be-hinting-to/1000872 "2024-05-03T00:58:17Z")
From reddit, a redditor is going to see a horror movie, which is not named, and the only clue to it was this image. He can’t figure out what it is and I can’t either. What could it be? … --- ## [Star Wars: 19 years from then to now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-19-years-from-then-to-now/1000994)
**Author:** [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-19-years-from-then-to-now/1000994 "2024-05-03T00:46:21Z")
In May of ‘77, STAR WARS hit theaters, with young Luke Skywalker hearing about his father from old Obi-Wan Kenobi — and, in May of ‘05, REVENGE OF THE SITH hit theaters, with Luke getting born right in front of Obi-Wan, … --- ## [I have a patch of dry itchy skin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-patch-of-dry-itchy-skin/1000347)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-patch-of-dry-itchy-skin/1000347 "2024-05-03T00:43:30Z")
It’s just below my rib cage and driving me nuts. Anyone have a suggestion for any over-the-counter remedies? --- ## [How could've this happened - checking scam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-couldve-this-happened-checking-scam/1000976)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-couldve-this-happened-checking-scam/1000976 "2024-05-03T00:35:54Z")
My wife is the manager of gated community where residents pay “rental” space on the land (averaging about $1000 a month). Last month, a particular individual came in with a personal paper check (from a credit union) a… --- ## [Gravity is weird](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gravity-is-weird/1000521)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gravity-is-weird/1000521 "2024-05-03T00:05:09Z")
I was listening to a discussion that involved Eric Weinstein wherein he opined just how weak gravity was. He said something like., “We are all being held in our chairs by gravity yet when we are done, we will easily get … --- ## [Fiction and the march of science; what next?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiction-and-the-march-of-science-what-next/1000985)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiction-and-the-march-of-science-what-next/1000985 "2024-05-02T21:27:27Z")
As science and technology has made its mark on the human condition, fiction has had to adapt to the new realities. It’s been remarked here multiple times how many plot devices have been made obsolete by cell phones and b… --- ## [Huge traffic declines on right-wing media](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-traffic-declines-on-right-wing-media/999791)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-traffic-declines-on-right-wing-media/999791 "2024-05-02T19:44:41Z")
If you want to live in a right-wing bubble but don’t want to take the time to remember all those URLs, you always have The Righting.com. They take the rightiest articles from across right-wing media and post links to the… --- ## [Can anyone here educate me about what is happening in the Country of Georgia right now - April 2024?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-here-educate-me-about-what-is-happening-in-the-country-of-georgia-right-now-april-2024/1000983)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-here-educate-me-about-what-is-happening-in-the-country-of-georgia-right-now-april-2024/1000983 "2024-05-02T18:24:37Z")
This may be the wrong forum, if so, mods, please correct my mistake. I see that there are major protests in Georgia protesting a law of some sort. They are turning violent now that the police have started to show up. C… --- ## [Shiva Ayyadurai is a Criminal Lunatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiva-ayyadurai-is-a-criminal-lunatic/851722)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiva-ayyadurai-is-a-criminal-lunatic/851722 "2024-05-02T17:57:29Z")
People have started passing around video clips of this guy: Shiva Ayyadurai. Here’s his website. Until now, he was known for claiming he invented email and running for the Senate in Massachusetts with the tagline “MIT P… --- ## [Absolute Immunity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolute-immunity/1000739)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 254\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolute-immunity/1000739 "2024-05-02T17:15:53Z")
Today, SCOTUS hears arguments on Trump’s claim of absolute immunity. Let’s say they rule in his favor and say that presidents have absolute immunity from the consequences of any illegal acts. Should Biden take advantag… --- ## [Kevin McCarthy, Mike Johnson, and the Dems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-mccarthy-mike-johnson-and-the-dems/1001065)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-mccarthy-mike-johnson-and-the-dems/1001065 "2024-05-02T16:53:01Z")
One reason I’ve heard as to why the Democrats will block an attempt to oust Mike Johnson while they let Kevin McCarthy twist in the wind is that McCarthy repeatedly broke promises he made to the Democrats while Johnson,… --- ## [Bill Murray stickers on cars? What's up with that?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-murray-stickers-on-cars-whats-up-with-that/783942)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-murray-stickers-on-cars-whats-up-with-that/783942 "2024-05-02T16:48:48Z")
In the last year or so I started noticing small square white stickers on cards with a line sketch in black of what looks to me like Bill Murray with a thin moustache. What’s up with that? Is that image a promotion of s… --- ## [Arizona abortion ban accomplished](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-abortion-ban-accomplished/972110)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-abortion-ban-accomplished/972110 "2024-05-02T16:28:05Z")
Because of course we want 1864 laws to govern our right to control our own bodies. It wasn’t hard to notice that this law predates the year (1919) women got the right to vote. I can’t decide if I am stunned or furious… --- ## [Stephen King’s uncut The Stand. A specific question on a difference from the original](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-s-uncut-the-stand-a-specific-question-on-a-difference-from-the-original/1001067)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-s-uncut-the-stand-a-specific-question-on-a-difference-from-the-original/1001067 "2024-05-02T16:24:51Z")
I’m listening to the uncut version of The Stand. A scene towards the beginning has me wondering what the original scene was like. It’s one of the chapters with Larry, where he goes to watch A Nightmare On Elm Street at… --- ## [Frostpunk 2 Discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frostpunk-2-discussion/1000626)
**Author:** [@Dark\_Sponge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Sponge)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2024, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frostpunk-2-discussion/1000626 "2024-04-23T06:14:41Z")
Frostpunk is my all time favorite city builder. I played the beta of Frostpunk 2 this weekend and it looks to be just as good as the original. Anyone else play the beta or just psyched for the sequel? --- ## [Quantas app gives out passenger info to the wrong people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantas-app-gives-out-passenger-info-to-the-wrong-people/1001014)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantas-app-gives-out-passenger-info-to-the-wrong-people/1001014 "2024-05-02T15:47:53Z")
That’s a heck of a glitch. Maybe they got hacked? And of course scammers jumped on the issue. --- ## [Were any of the 18 African American Red Cross nurses sent to the American sector on the Rhine in 1919?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-any-of-the-18-african-american-red-cross-nurses-sent-to-the-american-sector-on-the-rhine-in-1919/1001003)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-any-of-the-18-african-american-red-cross-nurses-sent-to-the-american-sector-on-the-rhine-in-1919/1001003 "2024-05-02T15:38:30Z")
Were any of the 18 African American Red Cross nurses sent to the American sector on the Rhine in 1919? Or were they kept in France? I haven’t come across any references to them being used during the Allied Rhine Occupati… --- ## [Can certain kinds of thoughts and fantasies be described as evil?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-certain-kinds-of-thoughts-and-fantasies-be-described-as-evil/1001010)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-certain-kinds-of-thoughts-and-fantasies-be-described-as-evil/1001010 "2024-05-02T15:15:03Z")
If someone had constant thoughts and fantasies about raping, torturing, killing etc people that they may or may not enjoy but were perfectly moral in the real world (either for its own sake or from fear of consequences o… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=571) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=573)