# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=624&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 625 --- ## [Why do people say the World economic forum is pushing socialist views?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-say-the-world-economic-forum-is-pushing-socialist-views/997610)
**Author:** [@Jackson99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackson99)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2024, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-say-the-world-economic-forum-is-pushing-socialist-views/997610 "2024-02-22T06:27:17Z")
I hear from people that the World economic forum is pushing socialist views can some one here elaborate on that, like what views are they pushing. The World Economic Forum (WEF) is an international non-governmental orga… --- ## ["Smoke, smoke smoke that cigarette..." song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoke-smoke-smoke-that-cigarette-song/997897)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoke-smoke-smoke-that-cigarette-song/997897 "2024-02-22T14:46:43Z")
Do you remember it? I haven’t thought about it in decades but I certainly remember it. Looking it up in Wikipedia there have been so many covers that I have no idea what version I heard. The song was written when I was o… --- ## [Computer architecture stack direction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-architecture-stack-direction/997887)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2024, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-architecture-stack-direction/997887 "2024-02-22T13:44:30Z")
Thought triggered by a recent Youtube video. ‘https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2h\_hJ5MSpY&t=4s’ Has anyone ever come across an architecture in which the stack actually grows upwards in memory? I’ve worked in low level… --- ## [Discrepancies in Discourse user summaries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discrepancies-in-discourse-user-summaries/997922)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2024, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discrepancies-in-discourse-user-summaries/997922 "2024-02-22T13:24:38Z")
I noticed in the profile for this user, it may happen often but be less obvious with more prolific posters. In this instance, she is listed as having started five topics, but when you choose the topics tab, only three ar… --- ## [Abnormal mammogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abnormal-mammogram/997878)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2024, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abnormal-mammogram/997878 "2024-02-22T13:19:05Z")
I know others here have had these, and more besides, so I guess I’m reaching out because Dr Google isn’t much fun. I was called for a routine mammogram just under two weeks ago (due to my age), using a 3D mammogram rath… --- ## [Non-US Dopers: What Do You Call This Device?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-what-do-you-call-this-device/997728)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2024, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-what-do-you-call-this-device/997728 "2024-02-22T12:31:59Z")
https://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-DRM00-Royal-Stepstool-Potty/dp/B01CK4ZYU4 We call it a “Potty Chair” or a “Potty Training Chair.” “Potty” is the diminutive/juvenile way of saying “pot,” referring (I assume) to the d… --- ## [Another piece of childhood disappears ..... uniliever discontiunes choco tacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-piece-of-childhood-disappears-uniliever-discontiunes-choco-tacos/968609)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2024, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-piece-of-childhood-disappears-uniliever-discontiunes-choco-tacos/968609 "2024-02-22T04:26:21Z")
I first encountered these years before they went nationwide and were bought by big ice cream as they were one of a few ice cream treats I could/can eat due to having overly sensitive teeth in fact the ice cream truck own… --- ## [Things to do in soutwestern Quebec / southeastern Ontario](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-in-soutwestern-quebec-southeastern-ontario/997868)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-in-soutwestern-quebec-southeastern-ontario/997868 "2024-02-22T03:50:19Z")
We’re going to extreme upstate NY for the solar eclipse in April. The place we’re staying may be very relaxing (lakefromt, very peaceful) but I suspect that some household members may get bored after a couple days. We’… --- ## [IF() Statement in Excel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-statement-in-excel/997638)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2024, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-statement-in-excel/997638 "2024-02-22T03:48:38Z")
I need to know how to write the following IF() statement in Excel. Yes, I once knew Excel very well, but they HAD to change the syntax to something less logical. Now, I can’t write a simple ()IF statement! Here is what … --- ## [\*Realistically\*, what are the worst possible outcomes of a Trump win in 2024?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realistically-what-are-the-worst-possible-outcomes-of-a-trump-win-in-2024/996643)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2024, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realistically-what-are-the-worst-possible-outcomes-of-a-trump-win-in-2024/996643 "2024-02-22T03:11:58Z")
I’m sort of resigning myself to a Trump win, and trying to stay optimistic about what’s the worst that could happen, and not fall for alarmism. Domestically, I know he’ll try to fundamentally change things, but how much… --- ## [Stranded vs. solid house wiring](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranded-vs-solid-house-wiring/997789)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2024, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranded-vs-solid-house-wiring/997789 "2024-02-22T02:13:49Z")
I worked on the 1956 wiring in the house again, replacing the garbage disposal. When did solid replace stranded wiring in house electrical systems? I hate that stuff, particularly when it is 70 years old. --- ## [Any experiences with "eclipse" binoculars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experiences-with-eclipse-binoculars/997893)
**Author:** [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experiences-with-eclipse-binoculars/997893 "2024-02-22T00:46:28Z")
While looking at eclipse glasses, I’ve noticed that “eclipse” binoculars are also available, with built-in filters. I’m considering getting them, but I wonder how much use they would get after the April eclipse. Supposed… --- ## [Latest meme I don't understand: "lobotomy" songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-meme-i-dont-understand-lobotomy-songs/997865)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-meme-i-dont-understand-lobotomy-songs/997865 "2024-02-21T23:34:09Z")
Basically taking a innocent children’s tune like Mary Had A Little Lamb, Old MacDonald Had A Farm, etc. and adding a bizarre score of notes to it. Plus, what the heck is the “fire in the hole” references got to do with i… --- ## [Moderation in "Difference between Grizzly and Brown bears" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderation-in-difference-between-grizzly-and-brown-bears-thread/997904)
**Author:** [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderation-in-difference-between-grizzly-and-brown-bears-thread/997904 "2024-02-21T22:20:55Z")
Beckdawrek posted the following sequence. The context is that there is a species called the Brown bear (including the Grizzly); and a separate species called the American black bear (or just Black bear). But the latt… --- ## [Palworld the PC/XBox Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palworld-the-pc-xbox-game/996756)
**Author:** [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palworld-the-pc-xbox-game/996756 "2024-02-21T21:32:11Z")
I searched and was surprised there wasn’t already a topic on the game Palworld, available on PC and XBox. The game has set sales records, selling on Steam at a rate of about a million a day. At most recent count, from t… --- ## [25th anniversary of SDMB!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/25th-anniversary-of-sdmb/995532)
**Author:** [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/25th-anniversary-of-sdmb/995532 "2024-02-21T20:59:23Z")
As we enter 2024, it should be noticed that the Straight Dope Message Board is celebrating its 25th anniversary! I’m proud to have been there from the beginning (and earlier on AOL)! What are we doing to celebrate? --- ## [When did you learn White bread lacks nutrients?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-learn-white-bread-lacks-nutrients/997747)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-learn-white-bread-lacks-nutrients/997747 "2024-02-21T20:52:00Z")
I’m rewatching the History Channel series The Food That Built America. For people that haven’t watched the series. Here is a short summary. The episode on bakeries starts with Lee Marshall and Continental Baking. Marsh… --- ## [It’s hard to get a job these days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-hard-to-get-a-job-these-days/996932)
**Author:** [@Imuseless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imuseless)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-hard-to-get-a-job-these-days/996932 "2024-02-21T20:48:51Z")
It’s hard to get a job these days. I never been to prison and don’t have a record. But it’s getting harder to find a job these days in 2024. I was born in 1993 so I’m 31 years old. I was in special Ed during grades 4 to … --- ## [Does anyone else watch the BBC Comedy "The Office"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-watch-the-bbc-comedy-the-office/153326)
**Author:** [@constantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/constantine)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-watch-the-bbc-comedy-the-office/153326 "2024-02-21T20:27:48Z")
I saw this show, starring Ricky Gervais, for the first time on a flight from LA to London. I thought it was hilarious and I think its awesome that BBC America is now showing it. So far they have only shown episodes 1 a… --- ## [This is a bag - party (drinking) game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-bag-party-drinking-game/997858)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-bag-party-drinking-game/997858 "2024-02-21T18:08:16Z")
Has anyone else familiar with it? It goes like this, everyone sets in a circle, and recites these verses: This is a bag A what? A bag Oh, this is a bag The first person recites the first line, the second person the… --- ## [Wifi enabled products that do or don't need to be wifi enabled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wifi-enabled-products-that-do-or-dont-need-to-be-wifi-enabled/997145)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wifi-enabled-products-that-do-or-dont-need-to-be-wifi-enabled/997145 "2024-02-21T18:04:25Z")
So, I’m in the market for a new dishwasher, and half the models I’m perusing are extolling the virtues of their wifi-enabled versions. Really? WHY would I need a wifi enabled dishwasher. It gets full, I switch it on. I’m… --- ## [Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Montreal, and Ottawa road trip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-vermont-new-hampshire-montreal-and-ottawa-road-trip/996890)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-vermont-new-hampshire-montreal-and-ottawa-road-trip/996890 "2024-02-21T17:42:15Z")
I am planning a road trip through the above-mentioned areas in the fall. These are my must-sees so far: Bar Harbor / Acadia National Park, ME Freeport, ME Flume Gorge, NH Ben and Jerry’s, Waterbury, VT Gatineau Park (n… --- ## [Is there any control over these fund raising efforts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-control-over-these-fund-raising-efforts/997895)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-control-over-these-fund-raising-efforts/997895 "2024-02-21T17:32:49Z")
Is there any law preventing any random scammer from creating a site to raise money intending to simply take the money from anyone stupid enough to give it? Like, suppose I set up a webpage and call it, oh, “Save our Glo… --- ## [Spotify - sharing an account](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotify-sharing-an-account/997879)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotify-sharing-an-account/997879 "2024-02-21T16:22:38Z")
I have a Spotify premium individual plan. If I am driving and listening in my vehicle, and my spouse loads Spotify at home, my music stops. I get that. A while ago I tried the family plan, but I could not figure out how… --- ## [The 15 Billion Year Password](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-15-billion-year-password/985273)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-15-billion-year-password/985273 "2024-02-21T15:58:22Z")
Ever since I started that thread about passwords and an xkcd cartoon, I’ve been checking my new passwords, developed in xkcd-approved methods, in this password checker: Our system made me chose a new password today. … --- ## [Hernia anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hernia-anyone/917250)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hernia-anyone/917250 "2024-02-21T15:34:44Z")
My 49 yo body seems to enjoy finding ways to screw with me. First it was a bad knee. Then tendonitis in both elbows. Then pre-arthritic neck pain, then sciatica. Lots of visits to the physiotherapist. And now this… Frid… --- ## [I think the talk about the birds and the bees is way overdue (10 yo son) wife disagrees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-talk-about-the-birds-and-the-bees-is-way-overdue-10-yo-son-wife-disagrees/997667)
**Author:** [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-talk-about-the-birds-and-the-bees-is-way-overdue-10-yo-son-wife-disagrees/997667 "2024-02-21T14:43:58Z")
My son recently turned 10, and we haven’t had “the talk” yet. I think by this time we should have had it and probably to some significant detail. But my wife seems concerned because none of his friends other parent’s (th… --- ## [500 entities that comprise Trump org](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/500-entities-that-comprise-trump-org/997787)
**Author:** [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/500-entities-that-comprise-trump-org/997787 "2024-02-21T12:44:51Z")
People with financial/business/legal/real estate expertise: is there a legitimate reason for having ~500 legal entities in Trump org. ? I can understand splitting some stuff to manage liabilities, but this looks more li… --- ## [The UK "triple lock" on pensions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uk-triple-lock-on-pensions/997830)
**Author:** [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uk-triple-lock-on-pensions/997830 "2024-02-21T08:24:10Z")
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/state-pension-triple-lock-shock-as-labour-pledge-puts-tories-on-the-spot/ar-BB1izcPH Under the triple lock, the state pension increases every year in line with wages, inflation or 2… --- ## [Tips for using Discourse to avoid hijacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-using-discourse-to-avoid-hijacks/997712)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-using-discourse-to-avoid-hijacks/997712 "2024-02-21T07:58:21Z")
Apparently Discourse has nifty tools to create offshoot threads for exploring tangents. I request a tutorial. Is it just a matter of posting a link to another post in your new thread? Bonus: There’s a details option und… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=623&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=625&state=tracking)