# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=584 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 585 --- ## [What does your household consume more of than usual?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-household-consume-more-of-than-usual/999396)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-household-consume-more-of-than-usual/999396 "2024-04-17T15:12:39Z")
It doesn’t have to be obscene amounts. For us it is apples. Two a day. Every day. 14 a week. 730 apples a year. If each one is 1/3 lb and on average they are $2.5 a pound, that is ~$600 a year just for the apples. Ea… --- ## [Urban Legend - Man Sticks Penis Into Vacuum, Gets Cut Off - How true is it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-legend-man-sticks-penis-into-vacuum-gets-cut-off-how-true-is-it/1000256)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-legend-man-sticks-penis-into-vacuum-gets-cut-off-how-true-is-it/1000256 "2024-04-17T14:02:31Z")
I feel this is one of those ancient jokes/stories, about a man who has the bright idea of sticking his penis into a vacuum cleaner to get a crude blowjob from it, only to have his penis cut off because his penis went int… --- ## [Trina Robbins has died at age 85](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trina-robbins-has-died-at-age-85/1000402)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trina-robbins-has-died-at-age-85/1000402 "2024-04-17T13:00:07Z")
If you’re saying “Who?” you should know that I feel pretty much the same way. I never heard of her until this morning, when I read about her in Keefknight’s The K Chronicles This is somebody I ought to have known more… --- ## [Does Taiwan ever challenge Beijing to reform itself in the interest of reunification?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-taiwan-ever-challenge-beijing-to-reform-itself-in-the-interest-of-reunification/1000278)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-taiwan-ever-challenge-beijing-to-reform-itself-in-the-interest-of-reunification/1000278 "2024-04-17T12:54:22Z")
As we know, the Beijing government has long been waging a multi-pronged campaign to reabsorb Taiwan. Taiwan is a former dictatorship that reformed itself. It now has a relatively open society, human rights, and free ele… --- ## [A friend lies/cheats about something kinda small. Do you say anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friend-lies-cheats-about-something-kinda-small-do-you-say-anything/1000326)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friend-lies-cheats-about-something-kinda-small-do-you-say-anything/1000326 "2024-04-17T12:25:03Z")
I golf 9 holes with the same group of 8-12 guys every Sunday. We play a $5 game - very low stakes, with a variety of different bets/payouts. I’ve been playing with some of these guys for 30 years. Yesterday I was play… --- ## [Need help determining best Q song (mmm song poll related)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-determining-best-q-song-mmm-song-poll-related/1000228)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-determining-best-q-song-mmm-song-poll-related/1000228 "2024-04-17T12:23:08Z")
Just trying to clean things up a bit here. For the song polls I grouped the letters QVYZ together. I want to separate them for the ultimate poll, but I find that we have a five-way tie for the letter Q. So, please, sel… --- ## [Justice Thomas absent from Court](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-thomas-absent-from-court/1000392)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-thomas-absent-from-court/1000392 "2024-04-17T12:19:51Z")
Didn’t see this anywhere here: Only a couple of days, but speculation is starting. --- ## [Aggravating issue with new smartphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aggravating-issue-with-new-smartphone/1000368)
**Author:** [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aggravating-issue-with-new-smartphone/1000368 "2024-04-17T09:54:12Z")
Finally had to replace my 8 year old one with a new one, Samsung Galaxy S24+ ( Android ). It’s a keyboard issue, and despite diddling with all my settings and internet searches, the solution seems to elude me. On my old… --- ## [Madison Cawthorn, controversial Republican Congressman from North Carolina, has lost the primary election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madison-cawthorn-controversial-republican-congressman-from-north-carolina-has-lost-the-primary-election/964616)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 301\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madison-cawthorn-controversial-republican-congressman-from-north-carolina-has-lost-the-primary-election/964616 "2024-04-17T08:32:26Z")
That dumb shit lost the best paying, easiest job he’s likely to ever have. All he had to do was act half-assed adult, but that was beyond him. Hope that’s better… --- ## [Old and/or abandoned cemeteries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-and-or-abandoned-cemeteries/1000155)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-and-or-abandoned-cemeteries/1000155 "2024-04-17T06:17:44Z")
I am interested in my family history but it’s my youngest sister who has done the most work, organizing documents, pictures, and other materials on some of our different family lines. This past weekend, when she and my … --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter S and were released on or after January 1, 2000? See rules in OP {FINAL POLL ADDED}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-s-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/1000028)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-s-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/1000028 "2024-04-17T05:34:43Z")
RULES: Submissions must begin with the letter S . Exclude articles such as “a”, “an”, “the”, etc. that begin the title. Example: “The Hokey Pokey” belongs in the H poll, not the T poll. Songs must have been first relea… --- ## [It's a surprise birthday party for you! What cake would you be happiest and least happy to find waiting on the table?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-surprise-birthday-party-for-you-what-cake-would-you-be-happiest-and-least-happy-to-find-waiting-on-the-table/1000320)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-surprise-birthday-party-for-you-what-cake-would-you-be-happiest-and-least-happy-to-find-waiting-on-the-table/1000320 "2024-04-17T04:03:51Z")
Yes, it has to be a true cake – no ice cream ‘cakes’, no twinkies with a candle, and definitely no pie. The cake will be excellently baked and frosted (if that’s what you wish) nothing burned or rotten ingredients or po… --- ## [The old Stock Exchange in Copenhagen is burning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-stock-exchange-in-copenhagen-is-burning/1000362)
**Author:** [@Mikkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikkel)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-stock-exchange-in-copenhagen-is-burning/1000362 "2024-04-17T03:19:57Z")
As the title says. The old Stock Exchange (Børsen) in Copenhagen has been burning since this morning, local time. The building is 400 years old and beautiful. I always enjoy it when I pass it. There is no doubt it will … --- ## [Tom Selleck's hands](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-sellecks-hands/1000365)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-sellecks-hands/1000365 "2024-04-17T01:06:48Z")
I finally got some time to catch up with the Blue Bloods episodes I haven’t had the time to watch until now. Over the last coule of seasons, something was bugging me about Tom Selleck and I couldn’t put my finger on it u… --- ## [Help? Simple Tracfone Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-simple-tracfone-q/1000298)
**Author:** [@LynnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LynnM)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-simple-tracfone-q/1000298 "2024-04-16T23:31:23Z")
Asking for Tracfone help here because I have problems getting info from them. Will spare you details. Simple situation: I’ve had the same Tracfone phone number for 9-years, using an Alcatel flip phone only for voice+te… --- ## [You're doing TLA (Three Letter Acronyms) Wrong!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-doing-tla-three-letter-acronyms-wrong/999831)
**Author:** [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-doing-tla-three-letter-acronyms-wrong/999831 "2024-04-16T23:30:52Z")
Inspired by this thread, which is popping up a lot as we get closer the April 8th: But I’ve seen the same thing in a few other posts lately. You’re doing TLA (Three Letter Acronyms) Wrong! If you think you need to de… --- ## [N. Carolina Lt Governor Mark Robinson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/n-carolina-lt-governor-mark-robinson/998761)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/n-carolina-lt-governor-mark-robinson/998761 "2024-04-16T23:19:43Z")
I know that we have threads to pit Republicans, but this guy just seems so deeply whacko he needs his own thread. A snapshot: "He once described the movie Black Panther as “created by an agnostic Jew and put to film by … --- ## [Could any bridge have withstood Baltimore collision?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-any-bridge-have-withstood-baltimore-collision/999539)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-any-bridge-have-withstood-baltimore-collision/999539 "2024-04-16T22:49:10Z")
After reading this, I think not. But I’m not an engineer. (Gift link) Created a new thread because the other was breaking news. How could something traveling slower than a casual bike rider cause such a devastating … --- ## [How much damage can a Shahed drone do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-damage-can-a-shahed-drone-do/1000319)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-damage-can-a-shahed-drone-do/1000319 "2024-04-16T22:31:19Z")
Shahed 136 drones were among the weapons used in the recent attack on Israel by Iran. According to Wikipedia, these are fitted with a 110-pound warhead, but no other detail is provided. They don’t fly very fast (115 MP… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad... ba ba ba Becky and Pets!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-ba-ba-ba-becky-and-pets/1000328)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-ba-ba-ba-becky-and-pets/1000328 "2024-04-16T22:19:48Z")
Pet news: Bayliss the benighted, beautiful and best boy ever on his buttons. He never ceases to astound me with the combo of words he uses. I spend too much time trying make a narrative of his poetry. Or make them fit i… --- ## [Sign-gate: University of Michigan sign stealing scandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-gate-university-of-michigan-sign-stealing-scandal/992084)
**Author:** [@OldManLogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldManLogan)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-gate-university-of-michigan-sign-stealing-scandal/992084 "2024-04-16T22:15:07Z")
An analyst that works for the University of Michigan football team was suspended due to purchasing tickets to non-Michigan games of future opponents and giving them to others to record plays and signs. According to NCAA … --- ## [Were (are) encyclopedias legit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-are-encyclopedias-legit/1000223)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-are-encyclopedias-legit/1000223 "2024-04-16T21:59:39Z")
There’s a comic in the current New Yorker about encyclopedias. It got me thinking about them. Were they ever really an attempt to collect all the vital worlds info those 20(?) something volumes? Or was it selling the pro… --- ## [When An Actor Is Nominated For An Emmy, Is It For A Singular Performance Or The Whole Show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-an-actor-is-nominated-for-an-emmy-is-it-for-a-singular-performance-or-the-whole-show/1000249)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-an-actor-is-nominated-for-an-emmy-is-it-for-a-singular-performance-or-the-whole-show/1000249 "2024-04-16T21:43:07Z")
An actor on a comedy I watch turned in a performance for the ages.\* Could he get an Emmy nomination based on that bit alone, or does the Television Academy (or whatever it’s called) consider the actors’ performances acro… --- ## [Is it possible that Tesla's recent complications stem from Elon Musk's toxicity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-that-teslas-recent-complications-stem-from-elon-musks-toxicity/983290)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-that-teslas-recent-complications-stem-from-elon-musks-toxicity/983290 "2024-04-16T20:59:01Z")
We have a Tesla in the driveway. But I would not buy another one because (a) I don’t particularly agree with the company’s “move fast and break pedestrians” attitude, and (b) the more I see of Elon Musk, the more I spec… --- ## [How do you feel about self-checkout now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-self-checkout-now/967725)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 744\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-self-checkout-now/967725 "2024-04-16T20:43:29Z")
My local Wal-Mart installed a few self-checkout lanes a few years ago, and perhaps because they were so popular (with the store, not the customers), they expanded the area about 2 years ago. As of today, about half the … --- ## [Is the late 1940s ignored in American pop-culture history?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-late-1940s-ignored-in-american-pop-culture-history/992283)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-late-1940s-ignored-in-american-pop-culture-history/992283 "2024-04-16T19:57:19Z")
I mean, we’ve all discussed how we have our idea of the 1950s, 1960s, etc. The “cultural '60s” might not begin until 1963 or later and not end until 1972 or 1973 (it all depends on what cultural or political markers we u… --- ## [How Could I (Ethically) Get To Touch A Chimp, Gorilla, Orangutan, Or Bonobo In The US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-i-ethically-get-to-touch-a-chimp-gorilla-orangutan-or-bonobo-in-the-us/1000248)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-i-ethically-get-to-touch-a-chimp-gorilla-orangutan-or-bonobo-in-the-us/1000248 "2024-04-16T19:49:06Z")
Is there an ethical great ape rehab facility in the US where a) the animals are used to humans enough that they’re not a threat, and b) the general public is allowed an audience (for lack of a better choice of words) wit… --- ## [Anyone here a fan of yerba mate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-a-fan-of-yerba-mate/1000367)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-a-fan-of-yerba-mate/1000367 "2024-04-16T19:31:01Z")
\[Earlier thread from 2006.\] I’ve certainly heard of it and seen the packages in the tea section of the grocery store. I was always under the impression that it was strong, high in caffeine, and would put hair on your ch… --- ## [Kronos is hit with ransomware. Things are not good](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kronos-is-hit-with-ransomware-things-are-not-good/956241)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kronos-is-hit-with-ransomware-things-are-not-good/956241 "2024-04-16T18:54:07Z")
Multi-million dollar payroll company Kronos was hit with ransomware and let’s just say it is bad rapidly going to worse. According to Kronos, they will be down for weeks. In addition: It also involved a data breach. … --- ## [What do you do if you hear someone in your house at night?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-if-you-hear-someone-in-your-house-at-night/1000225)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-if-you-hear-someone-in-your-house-at-night/1000225 "2024-04-16T18:36:11Z")
I’m asking this to see how much of a difference there is between places. We all know the stereotype about Americans having guns being very quick to shoot intruders, but I want to know how much of a difference there reall… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=583) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=585)