# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=577&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 578 --- ## [Foreign students in Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-students-in-canada/1000754)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-students-in-canada/1000754 "2024-04-27T23:22:42Z")
It started in another thread as a diversion, but I would like to respond. I am in agreement that foreign students should pay more. Generations of my family have contributed, continuously, over their lifetimes to the qua… --- ## [Explain marathon pacemakers and what the wrongdoing was in this marathon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-marathon-pacemakers-and-what-the-wrongdoing-was-in-this-marathon/1000580)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-marathon-pacemakers-and-what-the-wrongdoing-was-in-this-marathon/1000580 "2024-04-27T22:32:22Z")
Inspired by this recent controversy in the news: I’ve read the Wikipedia article on pacemakers: Other than aerodynamic drafting, I’m not clear on what pacemakers can do for a runner that they can’t do for themselves… --- ## [World population declining?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-population-declining/943197)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-population-declining/943197 "2024-04-27T22:23:22Z")
The New York Times ran an article (paywall warning) on Sunday last week (“World Is Facing First Long Slide in Its Population”, May 23, 2021) about how the world population is in the middle of a long slide downward with m… --- ## [You want to make a movie that would (figuratively speaking, of course) pay off the U.S. national debt; what do you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-to-make-a-movie-that-would-figuratively-speaking-of-course-pay-off-the-u-s-national-debt-what-do-you-do/1000805)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-to-make-a-movie-that-would-figuratively-speaking-of-course-pay-off-the-u-s-national-debt-what-do-you-do/1000805 "2024-04-27T22:23:11Z")
Okay, in the late 1970s, there WAS a really bad movie ABOUT this called “Americathon”, a great concept that bombed in every way possible, and around the same time, there was a movie where Julie Andrews had a brief toples… --- ## [Mod warning for responding to condescending attack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-warning-for-responding-to-condescending-attack/1000839)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2024, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-warning-for-responding-to-condescending-attack/1000839 "2024-04-27T22:18:40Z")
@Saint\_Cad just got warned for a sarcastic response to another poster. That other poster had made what struck me as a condescending attack on Saint\_Cad. Message that is being sent is that if you go right up to the line… --- ## [Where Does This Video Take Place? (wolf chasing a bicyclist down the road)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-this-video-take-place-wolf-chasing-a-bicyclist-down-the-road/1000845)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-this-video-take-place-wolf-chasing-a-bicyclist-down-the-road/1000845 "2024-04-27T21:59:13Z")
A wolf is chasing a bicyclist down the road as passer-by try to scare it off. I can’t make heads or tails of the language, the countryside, or the road markings. It’s definitely not the US, that’s about all I can say for… --- ## [Needing convention panel ideas...again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-convention-panel-ideas-again/1000183)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-convention-panel-ideas-again/1000183 "2024-04-27T18:03:38Z")
Way back in 2008 I became co-chair of Orycon 30, a science fiction/fantasy convention held in Portland Oregon every year. The theme was “Days Of Futures Past” and it was about books, movies, television shows etc. that t… --- ## [What would Israeli success look like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-israeli-success-look-like/1000834)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-israeli-success-look-like/1000834 "2024-04-27T17:10:24Z")
I’m starting this thread in MPSIMS because I’m hoping for a friendly discussion, and no attacks of posters. I’m okay with some digressions. But I’d like to stick to the general idea of what Israel is hoping to get if … --- ## [Help me make sense of this situation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-sense-of-this-situation/1000799)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-sense-of-this-situation/1000799 "2024-04-27T15:54:01Z")
My best friend got me a job at his place, he’s the sales manager for our team and I’ve been there for a year, however something is bothering me; We have a work colleague who works with us, he’s supposed to be out doing … --- ## [“Thank you for your service”: here’s a reply. How do you reply? (Veterans, first responders, others)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-for-your-service-here-s-a-reply-how-do-you-reply-veterans-first-responders-others/1000740)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-for-your-service-here-s-a-reply-how-do-you-reply-veterans-first-responders-others/1000740 "2024-04-27T15:32:42Z")
This is said to veterans and first responders. Is this said to others also? Who would they be? It’s been discussed before, but for suggested replies none have ever felt right to me. Here’s a reply that feels right to me … --- ## [Old-School Muscle Truck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-muscle-truck/1000832)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-muscle-truck/1000832 "2024-04-27T14:19:24Z")
(1) Fix & Drive: 1972 Ford “Super Pickup” F750 - YouTube --- ## [Textualism vs Originalism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textualism-vs-originalism/1000794)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textualism-vs-originalism/1000794 "2024-04-27T14:01:22Z")
I think this has a factual answer. I am putting together a lesson where students compare & contrast what I call “theoretical law” meaning the Constitution as written vs he Constitution as interpreted in 2024 re: abortio… --- ## [David Pecker - former National Enquirer Publisher - the Pit thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-pecker-former-national-enquirer-publisher-the-pit-thread/1000750)
**Author:** [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2024, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-pecker-former-national-enquirer-publisher-the-pit-thread/1000750 "2024-04-27T10:37:02Z")
David Pecker is the former Chairman of American Media (AMI) and Publisher of the National Enquirer: He’s critically involved in the Trump “hush money” trial. I’m not a young man, but I’ve struggled to stay sober at t… --- ## [Jonesy the cat in "Alien"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonesy-the-cat-in-alien/1000680)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2024, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonesy-the-cat-in-alien/1000680 "2024-04-27T07:29:14Z")
Just what is the role and purpose of this character? In some undefinable way he seems significant but I couldn’t tell you how. --- ## [Logically, where could this toilet leak possibly be coming from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logically-where-could-this-toilet-leak-possibly-be-coming-from/1000753)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2024, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logically-where-could-this-toilet-leak-possibly-be-coming-from/1000753 "2024-04-27T04:16:26Z")
I’ve got a Toto toilet whose fill valve wouldn’t shut off. I thought the excess water was going down the overflow tube but due to recent developments, I think I may be misremembering. I just figured it needed a new fill … --- ## [Trump can't make a fist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cant-make-a-fist/1000725)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2024, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cant-make-a-fist/1000725 "2024-04-27T03:44:44Z")
For a guy who uses this gesture as much as he does, I would think he would know how to make a fist: His thumb is pressed against his index finger - nobody who knows how to… --- ## [Immolating man at Trump trial: what do his pamphlets say?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immolating-man-at-trump-trial-what-do-his-pamphlets-say/1000516)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2024, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immolating-man-at-trump-trial-what-do-his-pamphlets-say/1000516 "2024-04-27T03:43:22Z")
Minutes ago a man in the Trump supporter designated area across from the courthouse where the trail is happening set himself on fire. He threw a bunch of multicolored pamphlets into the air, doused himself with something… --- ## [There was no nuclear disaster at Fukushima](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-no-nuclear-disaster-at-fukushima/990796)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 253\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2024, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-no-nuclear-disaster-at-fukushima/990796 "2024-04-27T03:11:02Z")
There was no nuclear disaster at Fukushima. The disaster there was a tsunami caused by an earthquake in the ocean. That danger is the same for any facility, of any sort, on a seacoast. Agreed. We might develop prac… --- ## [How soon after the air date can you see Stephen Colbert on Youtube?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-soon-after-the-air-date-can-you-see-stephen-colbert-on-youtube/1000812)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2024, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-soon-after-the-air-date-can-you-see-stephen-colbert-on-youtube/1000812 "2024-04-27T01:29:19Z")
I found a Colbert segment while searching, but it was from last week. How soon is a given show available after its original air date? How can I find the show from a specific date in the past? --- ## [When/Where Did The 'Reporter Name, News Organization, Location' Method of Reporters Signing Off Begin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-where-did-the-reporter-name-news-organization-location-method-of-reporters-signing-off-begin/1000716)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-where-did-the-reporter-name-news-organization-location-method-of-reporters-signing-off-begin/1000716 "2024-04-26T22:35:42Z")
Like how at the end of a report you’ll hear, “Lester Holt, NBC Nightly News, Detroit” or “Wolf Blitzer, CNN News, Atlanta,” or so on. Who started this and when? --- ## [Were there cannibals in Papua New Guinea in the 1940's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-there-cannibals-in-papua-new-guinea-in-the-1940s/1000634)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-there-cannibals-in-papua-new-guinea-in-the-1940s/1000634 "2024-04-26T22:29:52Z")
I see that our president is getting a good bit of grief for describing his accounts of his uncle, a flier who was shot down and never found, during WWII. He said that there were cannibals there at the time so… Ok, so w… --- ## [The Gilded Age on HBO Max (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gilded-age-on-hbo-max-open-spoilers/958668)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gilded-age-on-hbo-max-open-spoilers/958668 "2024-04-26T22:15:27Z")
Is anyone watching Lord Fellowes’s latest show? This era in US history is really fascinating and while it’s not a Downton Abbey prequel per se it’s cool to see the kind of environment Cora would’ve grown up in. I can e… --- ## [Would you install a paintball-firing security system in your house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-install-a-paintball-firing-security-system-in-your-house/1000502)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-install-a-paintball-firing-security-system-in-your-house/1000502 "2024-04-26T22:02:27Z")
This seemed to be an inevitable evolution of the door cams and other home-security systems. I can see many many problems arising from someone using one of these things. --- ## [Fun Fair and how to win prizes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-fair-and-how-to-win-prizes/1000755)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-fair-and-how-to-win-prizes/1000755 "2024-04-26T20:16:38Z")
We’re so fortunate in our little town in the SW of England to have a Fun Fair. I had seen the posters for a couple weeks and had a little anticipation - especially about the dinosaurs (more in a bit). I find them attra… --- ## [...Question about moderation in the Biden pro-Palestine thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-moderation-in-the-biden-pro-palestine-thread/1000773)
**Author:** [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-moderation-in-the-biden-pro-palestine-thread/1000773 "2024-04-26T19:37:22Z")
Continuing the discussion from Are there any "good" options for pro-Palestine voters (as opposed to "choose between bad vs. worse"): This is a formal warning for disregarding moderator instructions. Your answer is a no… --- ## [Old "Hippies take over the world" story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-hippies-take-over-the-world-story/1000473)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-hippies-take-over-the-world-story/1000473 "2024-04-26T19:07:10Z")
“Generation Gaps” by Clancy O’Brien. It’s completely dated of course; people whose greatest ambition in life is to remain continually high don’t change the world, and the burnout of high drug use was starting to become o… --- ## [A short tutorial on making simple, abstract, watercolor cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-tutorial-on-making-simple-abstract-watercolor-cards/1000796)
**Author:** [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-tutorial-on-making-simple-abstract-watercolor-cards/1000796 "2024-04-26T18:54:24Z")
Hi. I made a tutorial on how to make simple, watercolor cards. Here is the YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtOzGopvs7k I am not an artist but even I can do something like this, so I am sure you can as well… --- ## [ID these military vehicles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-military-vehicles/1000749)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-military-vehicles/1000749 "2024-04-26T16:31:28Z")
The photo is from 1984. They don’t look like regular troop carriers and they have a large arm assembly on top. https://vintageaerial.com/photos/pennsylvania/york/1984/TYK/16/25?utm\_source=photo\_activity\_mailer&utm\_mediu… --- ## [RIP Zilog Z80 (1976-2024)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-zilog-z80-1976-2024/1000528)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-zilog-z80-1976-2024/1000528 "2024-04-26T16:15:34Z")
It had a good life. (Sob!) --- ## [Need ideas on how to rescue a failing septic system](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-on-how-to-rescue-a-failing-septic-system/982907)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-on-how-to-rescue-a-failing-septic-system/982907 "2024-04-26T15:37:02Z")
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