# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=616 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 617 --- ## [If I win the lottery, do I really need a financial advisor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-win-the-lottery-do-i-really-need-a-financial-advisor/997606)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-win-the-lottery-do-i-really-need-a-financial-advisor/997606 "2024-03-05T17:26:49Z")
UNFORTUNATELY, this does not yet apply to me or a friend.\* Every single place that gives advice to lottery winners harps on the idea that you MUST get a financial advisor. Now I would definitely get a lawyer so I can h… --- ## [Trouble accessing Facebook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-accessing-facebook/998497)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-accessing-facebook/998497 "2024-03-05T17:03:08Z")
I cannot access Facebook at all right now. I tried to change the password via their system: typed in my email address, received code via email, typed in code, got sent to “change password” page and did so, hit enter…and… --- ## [Are Pants So Big Again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pants-so-big-again/998416)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pants-so-big-again/998416 "2024-03-05T16:36:34Z")
I tend to favour slightly tight cotton jeans, preferably with a dollop of elasticity. But this article says people are trending wide. I don’t follow fashion trends, and this one does not yet seem to have taken hold in … --- ## [Decaffeinate Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decaffeinate-me/998468)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decaffeinate-me/998468 "2024-03-05T16:33:55Z")
I got a message this morning that my mother was in the hospital. She woke up very dizzy, with a blood pressure over 200. She was just getting over meningitus, so my sister took her in to the ER. Turned out to be Flu B … --- ## [Is it difficult to get a tourist visa to visit the U.S.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-difficult-to-get-a-tourist-visa-to-visit-the-u-s/998418)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-difficult-to-get-a-tourist-visa-to-visit-the-u-s/998418 "2024-03-05T16:30:22Z")
I was reading this article just now: The migrants pass along a chain of countries chosen because of easy visa requirements, according to interviews with more than a dozen families and their agents in three states in we… --- ## [Just bought a magnificent little micro pc for $200](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-bought-a-magnificent-little-micro-pc-for-200/998409)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-bought-a-magnificent-little-micro-pc-for-200/998409 "2024-03-05T16:18:50Z")
This palm sized gem is replacing a 2014 large tower with Windows 10 on it. It is 3.5"x3.5"x1.5" in size. Can hang from the back of the monitor (includes the bracket). 512GB SSD and 16GB of Ram. 3 HDMI (which I need for… --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter D and were released on or after January 1, 2000? See rules in OP \[final polls added\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-d-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-polls-added/998300)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2024, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-d-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-polls-added/998300 "2024-03-05T11:28:10Z")
RULES: Submissions must begin with the letter D. 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 releas… --- ## [This is not what I call brilliance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-not-what-i-call-brilliance/998324)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2024, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-not-what-i-call-brilliance/998324 "2024-03-05T09:48:54Z")
I was reading through one of the clickbait articles titled “Brilliant but Unethical Life Hacks”. It was supposedly giving you ways you could cleverly cheat your way through various situations. It included this gem: “I… --- ## [Formula 1 2023 thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-2023-thread/980718)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 258\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2024, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-1-2023-thread/980718 "2024-03-05T07:31:37Z")
The season has begun! The first race in Bahrain is tomorrow, Sunday March 5 at 18:00 local time (UTC +3), 10 am U. S. EST. I haven’t been following the off-season activities much, just watched a few YouTube videos. So I… --- ## [Samuel Adams has jumped the shark!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuel-adams-has-jumped-the-shark/994131)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2024, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuel-adams-has-jumped-the-shark/994131 "2024-03-05T05:23:40Z")
The Boston Beer Company has decided to “remaster” Samuel Adams Boston Lager in an attempt to make it a “brighter” more “approachable” beer. What they ended up with, IMHO, is an inferior product compared to the original. … --- ## [The secret is out, but I am not telling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-is-out-but-i-am-not-telling/991801)
**Author:** [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2024, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-is-out-but-i-am-not-telling/991801 "2024-03-05T03:08:12Z")
Its fun that way. --- ## [Suppose that Trump takes a substantial lead over Biden in the polls. What's the Democratic strategy then?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-that-trump-takes-a-substantial-lead-over-biden-in-the-polls-whats-the-democratic-strategy-then/996553)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-that-trump-takes-a-substantial-lead-over-biden-in-the-polls-whats-the-democratic-strategy-then/996553 "2024-03-05T02:41:17Z")
Over the past eight years, there is one scenario the Democrats have never had to confront, and that is a situation in which Trump has taken a substantial lead in the polls over the D-nominee. Throughout 2016, Trump trai… --- ## [More than 130 dead in plane crash in China {2022-03-21}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-130-dead-in-plane-crash-in-china-2022-03-21/961426)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2024, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-than-130-dead-in-plane-crash-in-china-2022-03-21/961426 "2024-03-05T02:19:50Z")
Not a lot known. It was a 737-800, and was cruising at altitude when it dropped from the sky. --- ## [Vintage (French?) car ID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-french-car-id/998420)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2024, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-french-car-id/998420 "2024-03-05T02:13:57Z")
We’re watching the last episode of Monsieur Spade. There is a sporty-looking, pale yellow, coupé. The character opens the trunk (boot), and the lid is hinged on the left side. I could not make out a badge. Any ideas … --- ## [Transferring everything from old Samsung Phone to new Samsung Phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transferring-everything-from-old-samsung-phone-to-new-samsung-phone/998325)
**Author:** [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2024, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transferring-everything-from-old-samsung-phone-to-new-samsung-phone/998325 "2024-03-04T23:38:52Z")
I’ve just received my new Samsung Galaxy 24 Ultra from Verizon. My old phone is a Samsung Galaxy Note 9, which is on its last legs (it’s a periodic heating problem and I’ve been nursing it along, but it is getting reall… --- ## [The law for people born on leap days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-law-for-people-born-on-leap-days/998274)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-law-for-people-born-on-leap-days/998274 "2024-03-04T23:31:00Z")
Are there legal provisions governing when people born on a leap day, i.e. February 29, complete a year of their life? Suppose a child is born today. When will this person become of full age legally? Logically, it must be… --- ## [Do Most Current Conservatives Admire Dictators?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-most-current-conservatives-admire-dictators/998328)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-most-current-conservatives-admire-dictators/998328 "2024-03-04T22:49:46Z")
This article claims that they do, because of their ability to enforce social changes in favour of traditional and family. I’m not very convinced. It’s not like Trump was rebuked when challenging long-standing instituti… --- ## [So What Just Happened in Gaza? (March 1st 2024)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-just-happened-in-gaza-march-1st-2024/998329)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-just-happened-in-gaza-march-1st-2024/998329 "2024-03-04T22:28:25Z")
I am disappointed with press coverage. Something Very Bad jut happened in Gaza. There is just about no coverage about it except in the New York Times. I can see why, Gaza right now is a heck-hole. Starvation is starting … --- ## [Nuclear fission / fusion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-fission-fusion/996046)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-fission-fusion/996046 "2024-03-04T21:58:38Z")
Did scientists have a rough idea of how much energy would be produced when the theory was developed? --- ## [What happed to the molecular assembler sorta like Star Trek replicator?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happed-to-the-molecular-assembler-sorta-like-star-trek-replicator/993686)
**Author:** [@Jackson99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackson99)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happed-to-the-molecular-assembler-sorta-like-star-trek-replicator/993686 "2024-03-04T20:58:02Z")
There was a video on YouTube talking about advance printer more advance than 3D printer called molecular assembler or some thing. The machine needs a supply of moleculars and the tiny nano arms can move the moleculars ar… --- ## [U.S. Constitution Implementation Act (addresses Trump v. Anderson Supreme Court ruling)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-constitution-implementation-act-addresses-trump-v-anderson-supreme-court-ruling/998453)
**Author:** [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-constitution-implementation-act-addresses-trump-v-anderson-supreme-court-ruling/998453 "2024-03-04T19:47:05Z")
If the logic of this morning’s Supreme Court Trump v. Anderson ruling is followed consistently, the United States Constitution no longer protects freedoms I thought it did yesterday. Here is a modest proposal for a remed… --- ## [Q for bakers: Is there a real difference between chocolate and devil's food cakes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-bakers-is-there-a-real-difference-between-chocolate-and-devils-food-cakes/998402)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2024, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-bakers-is-there-a-real-difference-between-chocolate-and-devils-food-cakes/998402 "2024-03-04T19:02:00Z")
I mean, do the ingredients differ in some way, other than maybe how much cocoa powder you put in? Yesterday I was looking for a caramel cake mix – I swear there used to be some, but none to be found – while all the maj… --- ## [Section 5 of amendment 14](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/section-5-of-amendment-14/997338)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/section-5-of-amendment-14/997338 "2024-03-04T17:24:07Z")
I think this is different enough from the other threads related to the Insurrection section of amendment 14. Why is section 5 essentially being ignored in this case: Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropri… --- ## [Dining out a la carte - yea or nay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dining-out-a-la-carte-yea-or-nay/998279)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dining-out-a-la-carte-yea-or-nay/998279 "2024-03-04T17:20:45Z")
A few times over the years, I’ve noticed restaurants changing to all a la carte as opposed to entree-with-sides. Most recently, a local cafe where we used to have breakfast started charging if you wanted toast or potatoe… --- ## [Richard Lewis dies at 76 (2/28/2024)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-lewis-dies-at-76-2-28-2024/998251)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2024, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-lewis-dies-at-76-2-28-2024/998251 "2024-03-04T17:16:48Z")
--- ## [What's the maximum amount of secret insubordination a military commander, or agency director, could get away with?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-maximum-amount-of-secret-insubordination-a-military-commander-or-agency-director-could-get-away-with/998376)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-maximum-amount-of-secret-insubordination-a-military-commander-or-agency-director-could-get-away-with/998376 "2024-03-04T17:02:08Z")
Putting this in Cafe Society since it has to do with fiction being written: Suppose you take a modern NATO-like situation - say, someone like Putin attacking NATO (but it doesn’t have to be Putin, and doesn’t have to be… --- ## [(Old) Silly Songs In The MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-silly-songs-in-the-mmp/998088)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 356\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-silly-songs-in-the-mmp/998088 "2024-03-04T15:52:25Z")
A few days ago, someone changed the ink on the printer for our new system at work, which straight-up absolutely made me sing: :musical\_note: “I can see clearly now The ink is changed. I can see ALL the tickets In my … --- ## [Is all foreign election interference only for the right wing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-all-foreign-election-interference-only-for-the-right-wing/998371)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-all-foreign-election-interference-only-for-the-right-wing/998371 "2024-03-04T14:43:50Z")
I created a post that didn’t go over well with the mods, so I decided to just directly ask one of the questions that brought it to mind. We of course know all about Russia interfering in our elections for Trump. We know… --- ## [Songs about outdated tech or fads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-outdated-tech-or-fads/998388)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-outdated-tech-or-fads/998388 "2024-03-04T13:50:48Z")
I can think of three, but there are probably more. The song has to be about the tech itself and not some throwaway line. Daze - Together Forever (Tamagotchi) Barcode Brothers - SMS Bruckner & Garcia - PacMan Fever --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter C 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-c-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/998168)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2024, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-c-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/998168 "2024-03-04T12:11:18Z")
RULES: Submissions must begin with the letter C. 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 releas… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=615) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=617)