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**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… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - April 2024 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-april-2024-edition/999749)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-april-2024-edition/999749 "2024-05-02T15:21:06Z")
My apologies! I was away from my computer all weekend and it wasn’t until this morning that I remembered it was now April and I was late with the new thread. My corner of the US is warming up, flowers are blooming and … --- ## [Ipad integrating with pc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipad-integrating-with-pc/1000807)
**Author:** [@mglambo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mglambo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipad-integrating-with-pc/1000807 "2024-05-02T15:00:28Z")
I own a desktop PC. I also use an android phone. Also I have an iPad that has a battery that has just died. I’m not a tech savvy person. I mostly use the iPad for music, scrolling chords and lyrics when playing. I nee… --- ## [It's May Day today!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-may-day-today/1001042)
**Author:** [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-may-day-today/1001042 "2024-05-02T14:48:36Z")
I haven’t seen any mention on the SDMB of May Day today. Has the day’s commemoration diminished in importance? --- ## [What comes to mind when you hear the phrase 'moral turpitude'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comes-to-mind-when-you-hear-the-phrase-moral-turpitude/1000979)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comes-to-mind-when-you-hear-the-phrase-moral-turpitude/1000979 "2024-05-02T13:59:19Z")
The question is in the thread title - when you hear the phrase ‘moral turpitude’, what comes to mind? --- ## [Can anyone identify the plane from Spy X Family: Code White? (WW2 era twin engine aircraft)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-the-plane-from-spy-x-family-code-white-ww2-era-twin-engine-aircraft/1000953)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-the-plane-from-spy-x-family-code-white-ww2-era-twin-engine-aircraft/1000953 "2024-05-02T08:03:42Z")
Unfortunately the movie has not come to home yet so I can’t find a good clip of it in detail (you can see it extremely well in film while parked in one scene) so this quick couple of seconds from the trailer are the best… --- ## [Who are the brilliant storytellers today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-brilliant-storytellers-today/995329)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-brilliant-storytellers-today/995329 "2024-05-02T03:16:25Z")
There are people like Ken Burns that collect information and are great story tellers. This is not about them. I am talking about people that are brilliant in their field and can tell stories and share their ideas for h… --- ## [WI: Marvel villains get the Infinity Gems?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wi-marvel-villains-get-the-infinity-gems/1000987)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wi-marvel-villains-get-the-infinity-gems/1000987 "2024-05-02T02:35:07Z")
Somehow the Infinity Gems end up in the hands of six different 616 Marvel villains. Which six villains would you choose for an event like this and why? Whichever villains you choose how do you think the heroes would fa… --- ## [Danger of Drones on US. Hijack from Ukraine Invasion thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-of-drones-on-us-hijack-from-ukraine-invasion-thread/999743)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-of-drones-on-us-hijack-from-ukraine-invasion-thread/999743 "2024-05-02T01:31:31Z")
Be careful what you wish for. 800 miles inland from the USA’s seashore covers WAG 80% of the population and 90% of the productive infrastructure. What’s left is the mostly uninhabited intermountain West and the upper M… --- ## [Stormy Daniels--why exactly $130,000?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stormy-daniels-why-exactly-130-000/1000912)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stormy-daniels-why-exactly-130-000/1000912 "2024-05-01T23:20:39Z")
Everybody is talking about the legal aspects of Trump’s court case: whether the hush payments qualify as a felony or a misdemeanor , how were the checks recorded, etc,etc. But nobody is talking about one really peculiar… --- ## [So- How About a Place to Try and Critique Jokes. Adult Humor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-about-a-place-to-try-and-critique-jokes-adult-humor/1000989)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-about-a-place-to-try-and-critique-jokes-adult-humor/1000989 "2024-05-01T22:40:09Z")
So I am not a comedian. I don’t think I’m very funny. But sometimes I have an idea for a joke that I think could be funny in the hands of someone who’s actually funny. An example would be y (posted in another thread) jo… --- ## [Black Holes: A couple videos that really help us laymen undestand what happens around one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-holes-a-couple-videos-that-really-help-us-laymen-undestand-what-happens-around-one/1001032)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-holes-a-couple-videos-that-really-help-us-laymen-undestand-what-happens-around-one/1001032 "2024-05-01T21:55:58Z")
I know many here do not like watching YouTube videos. But, these two videos (I think) are well worth a watch if you are interested in what happens around/in a black hole. What happens if you fall in one and in the seco… --- ## [From notebook code to the actual program with C++](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-notebook-code-to-the-actual-program-with-c/1000679)
**Author:** [@Gateway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gateway)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-notebook-code-to-the-actual-program-with-c/1000679 "2024-05-01T21:13:31Z")
Hey. So as some of you might know, I’ve been trying to get into program coding, with my chosen language being C++. I got a book on it and tried to follow its instructions but something went wrong. The sticking point: H… --- ## [WordPlay: The Final Words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordplay-the-final-words/1001031)
**Author:** [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordplay-the-final-words/1001031 "2024-05-01T21:02:16Z")
WordPlay: The Final Word I’ve always loved dictionaries. When I was a teenager I’d actively read them to increase my vocabulary. (It worked.) Working as a library assistant for 14 years didn’t hurt my love for them e… --- ## [What's going on with Octagon's posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-octagons-posts/1001019)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-octagons-posts/1001019 "2024-05-01T21:00:15Z")
Not accusing them of anything nefarious. Octagon creates a lot of threads looking for obscure facts namely about WWI. It’s gotten to the point that it looks like research for a book, homework maybe, something else, may… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=572&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=574&state=watching)