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**Author:** [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-then-if-the-donald-loses-in-november-2024/997416 "2024-02-13T20:25:39Z")
MODs: I apologize in advance if this becomes a $#!+storm. It wouldn’t be my first and, if worse comes to worst, I encourage you to lock it down and remove it from history, time, and databases everywhere. This is very c… --- ## [More gambling stuff- the casino billboards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-gambling-stuff-the-casino-billboards/997520)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2024, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-gambling-stuff-the-casino-billboards/997520 "2024-02-13T18:24:06Z")
I see they do their legally required bit by having signs for the addicted gambler helplines. But the big signs outside the casino near me can be hilarious. The only one I can remember as it has stuck with me for years is… --- ## [Lighthouses on Lawns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lighthouses-on-lawns/997388)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lighthouses-on-lawns/997388 "2024-02-13T16:51:56Z")
Since I have returned to the United States, and since I have moved to Pennsylvania, I have noticed a lot of people have lighthouses on their front yards. Maybe they have always been there. Maybe the practice is widesprea… --- ## [Have you gone through Clear Lens Extraction/Refractive Lens Exchange surgery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-gone-through-clear-lens-extraction-refractive-lens-exchange-surgery/997081)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-gone-through-clear-lens-extraction-refractive-lens-exchange-surgery/997081 "2024-02-13T16:45:57Z")
I just saw a commercial for this procedure, and I was wondering if any of you have gone through with it and/or have an opinion about it? --- ## [Medical Training paid with service to stop Brain Drain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-training-paid-with-service-to-stop-brain-drain/997355)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-training-paid-with-service-to-stop-brain-drain/997355 "2024-02-13T15:53:56Z")
The Democratic Republic of Sitnamia is a poor African Nation. We have few natural resources to exploit and the only thing in abundance here is crime, illiteracy, and poverty. The IMF and G#'s sometimes toss us a couple… --- ## [75% of people actively hide illnesses - wait until you see why!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/75-of-people-actively-hide-illnesses-wait-until-you-see-why/996870)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/75-of-people-actively-hide-illnesses-wait-until-you-see-why/996870 "2024-02-13T15:47:18Z")
People are inclined to hide a contagious illness while around others, research shows | ScienceDaily. Many said they hid their illness because it would conflict with social plans, while a small percentage of participant… --- ## [Vaderling Returns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaderling-returns/997439)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaderling-returns/997439 "2024-02-13T15:25:05Z")
Super excited everyone! I’ve been holding this back for the last couple of weeks because it’s not official(paperwork ain’t done yet), but Vaderling is going to be living with me full time starting this evening, and soen… --- ## [What obligation do for-profit enterprises have to serve a community?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-obligation-do-for-profit-enterprises-have-to-serve-a-community/997097)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2024, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-obligation-do-for-profit-enterprises-have-to-serve-a-community/997097 "2024-02-13T07:15:39Z")
I read in this morning’s Dallas Morning News about how Greyhound Bus Lines (which is headquartered in a nearby suburb) is going to shut their downtown Dallas bus terminal when its lease expires, and the author of the art… --- ## [Question regarding the survival of Henry Johnson (World War I soldier). Would he have received a blood transfusion on the battlefield?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-the-survival-of-henry-johnson-world-war-i-soldier-would-he-have-received-a-blood-transfusion-on-the-battlefield/997429)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2024, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-the-survival-of-henry-johnson-world-war-i-soldier-would-he-have-received-a-blood-transfusion-on-the-battlefield/997429 "2024-02-13T05:29:15Z")
Given the severity of his wounds, would he have received a blood transfusion on the battlefield? How likely is it that blood transfusions would have been available to the 369th regiment? I couldn’t find any details on th… --- ## [What are your favorite Bible verses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-bible-verses/983925)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2024, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-bible-verses/983925 "2024-02-13T03:15:54Z")
Everyone knows John 3:16 but I’m personally a fan of John 3:17: “For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.” Joshua 1:9: “Have I not commanded you? Be … --- ## [RIP Damo Suzuki (of Can)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-damo-suzuki-of-can/997421)
**Author:** [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2024, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-damo-suzuki-of-can/997421 "2024-02-13T02:35:25Z")
I’m not saying I would have lost my faith in music without your work with Can, but I would have enjoyed music far less without it. Thank you, sir. --- ## [Are Most Flat Earthers Trolls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-most-flat-earthers-trolls/997011)
**Author:** [@Guapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guapo)\ **Replies:** 226\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-most-flat-earthers-trolls/997011 "2024-02-13T02:15:57Z")
I have been getting lots of flat earth posts in my FB feed lately. It is all so crazy. I know a few people believe it, but is it mostly trolling like the Birds Aren’t Real folks? If not, god help us --- ## [RIP Bob Edwards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-bob-edwards/997483)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2024, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-bob-edwards/997483 "2024-02-13T01:16:09Z")
Bob Edwards, who hosted NPR’s Morning Edition for almost a quarter century, had died at age 76. He was so popular there was widespread outcry when he was reassigned from his hosting job in 2004. Here’s the Dope threa… --- ## [Who controls Vincent Price's estate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-controls-vincent-prices-estate/997418)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2024, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-controls-vincent-prices-estate/997418 "2024-02-13T00:28:04Z")
A convention I am involved with (Orycon) wants to honor him as a “Ghost of Honor”, and would like to know who to contact for permission to use his name and image. --- ## [How do you manage your watch lists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-manage-your-watch-lists/997340)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2024, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-manage-your-watch-lists/997340 "2024-02-12T23:07:57Z")
If you have a bunch of streaming services, how do you deal with finding something to watch? I find I’m spending a minimum 20 minutes before I can settle on a title to watch, every single time. It’s becoming a problem. P… --- ## [Overcoming The Garcia Effect](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overcoming-the-garcia-effect/996486)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2024, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overcoming-the-garcia-effect/996486 "2024-02-12T22:19:46Z")
First of all, asking for a friend, so it isn’t just academic, and yes, he is under a doctor’s care, but he’s looking for outside ideas, his doctor knows he is, and will run anything radical past his doctor first. The Ga… --- ## [Do Insurance Companies Commonly Sue to Recover Damages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-insurance-companies-commonly-sue-to-recover-damages/995827)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-insurance-companies-commonly-sue-to-recover-damages/995827 "2024-02-12T21:44:45Z")
…from insured individuals? Over a year after my auto accident, I received a check from my insurance company refunding my deductible. There was no question of the other driver’s fault, but she didn’t seem well-off and … --- ## [Could you use another thumb in your life/job?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-use-another-thumb-in-your-life-job/997359)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-use-another-thumb-in-your-life-job/997359 "2024-02-12T21:41:13Z")
I stumbled across a video about a person who created a second thumb that you would fit it your wrist and control with your feet. It looks pretty cool, but would it be practical in many jobs or situations? And what would … --- ## [Cannabis users, have you ever tried this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabis-users-have-you-ever-tried-this/997478)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabis-users-have-you-ever-tried-this/997478 "2024-02-12T21:38:55Z")
It’s natural stuff you add to your weed to add flavor, supposedly reduce coughing, and overall just make your pot last longer. I’ve never heard of it. --- ## [How tired are you of being rational, fair, and even handed, especially in Politics and News?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tired-are-you-of-being-rational-fair-and-even-handed-especially-in-politics-and-news/997366)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2024, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tired-are-you-of-being-rational-fair-and-even-handed-especially-in-politics-and-news/997366 "2024-02-12T21:36:23Z")
I was going to put this in IMHO, as it’s more than JUST politics and elections, but the more I thought about it, the more it felt Rant-y, and knew it would likely produce the same sort of emotional disgust in others as i… --- ## [If Texas and California both seceded, how long would the USA survive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-texas-and-california-both-seceded-how-long-would-the-usa-survive/997267)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2024, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-texas-and-california-both-seceded-how-long-would-the-usa-survive/997267 "2024-02-12T21:07:22Z")
I don’t see it happening, at least in what’s left of my life \[narrator: which isn’t much\], but assuming arguendo that they both vamoosed, how long would it be before other states started edging, nay, stampeding toward t… --- ## [How does spotify count plays? (or am I really the first person to ever listen to this?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-spotify-count-plays-or-am-i-really-the-first-person-to-ever-listen-to-this/997356)
**Author:** [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-spotify-count-plays-or-am-i-really-the-first-person-to-ever-listen-to-this/997356 "2024-02-12T20:18:59Z")
So I’m listening to an album (Kid Bangham’s ‘Somebody’s Got to Suffer’) on Spotify. Half the tracks show only between 1000-2000 plays, but half of them show zero. Even after I listen to them, the counter doesn’t change t… --- ## [Restless Leg Syndrome -- one solution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restless-leg-syndrome-one-solution/997398)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restless-leg-syndrome-one-solution/997398 "2024-02-12T19:40:12Z")
In IMHO I posted asking about people’s experience with gabapentin, and learned that a number of respondents had been prescribed it for RLS, with varying results. That drug, and others prescribed for RLS, can have unwant… --- ## [Livingston - Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/livingston-shadow/997477)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/livingston-shadow/997477 "2024-02-12T17:11:51Z")
Has anyone else seen this guy singing this song? I’ve seen it on TikTok numerous times and play it a few times every time it pops up. I love it! \[https://youtube.com/shorts/jKeaqLqPaPY?si=JGPRXEdqs3s913JN\] --- ## [What is up with the bizarrely mild winter weather in the Eastern/Midwestern US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-up-with-the-bizarrely-mild-winter-weather-in-the-eastern-midwestern-us/386356)
**Author:** [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-up-with-the-bizarrely-mild-winter-weather-in-the-eastern-midwestern-us/386356 "2024-02-12T16:21:10Z")
Partially inspired by this thread (which is similar, but not quite the same – the GQ there was whether the snow in the west was somehow causing the weather in the east, and the answer appears to be fairly definitively “n… --- ## [Toby Keith actor and musician dies age 62](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toby-keith-actor-and-musician-dies-age-62/997181)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toby-keith-actor-and-musician-dies-age-62/997181 "2024-02-12T15:30:56Z")
Stomach cancer. What a horrible way to go. This one really effects me. I listen to Toby’s music regularly. He was a blue collar worker for several years before entering the music business. He also had sucess acting. R… --- ## [Herbs, spices or other flavors mostly enjoyed by all, that you can't stand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herbs-spices-or-other-flavors-mostly-enjoyed-by-all-that-you-cant-stand/981713)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 214\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herbs-spices-or-other-flavors-mostly-enjoyed-by-all-that-you-cant-stand/981713 "2024-02-12T15:26:33Z")
Not in an allergy sense, just in a distasteful sense. Difficulty level: “I can’t stand cilantro” won’t cut it, because that is a very well-known “love it or hate it” divisive herb. Examples: sonlost I the older hates o… --- ## [When did Fortune Cookies go from Fortunes to Affirmations? Did they get sued for false advertising?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-fortune-cookies-go-from-fortunes-to-affirmations-did-they-get-sued-for-false-advertising/997410)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2024, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-fortune-cookies-go-from-fortunes-to-affirmations-did-they-get-sued-for-false-advertising/997410 "2024-02-12T11:03:58Z")
Something I definitely noticed is that most of the fortune cookies I get no longer have fortunes. Instead of stuff like “You will be given a great opportunity this week” instead the one I got was “Punctuality is the poli… --- ## [POLL: Do you still carry your CDC COVID vaccination card?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-still-carry-your-cdc-covid-vaccination-card/982537)
**Author:** [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2024, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-still-carry-your-cdc-covid-vaccination-card/982537 "2024-02-12T07:57:09Z")
poll --- ## [Kelvin Kiptum, 24, marathon record holder, dies in car crash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kelvin-kiptum-24-marathon-record-holder-dies-in-car-crash/997449)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2024, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kelvin-kiptum-24-marathon-record-holder-dies-in-car-crash/997449 "2024-02-12T06:45:03Z")
His coach also died and a third occupant was seriously injured. He set the current record of 2:00:35 at the Chicago Marathon last October which was ratified just days ago. The first sub 2:00 marathon battle was shaping… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=630) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=632)