# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=673&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 674 --- ## [Mandela sings about killing whites video-explain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandela-sings-about-killing-whites-video-explain/683788)
**Author:** [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2023, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandela-sings-about-killing-whites-video-explain/683788 "2023-12-15T20:27:34Z")
I saw a link to this video from a Vice article about the white-man march. Since I am a bit of a masochist I can’t help but read a lot of the white supremacist comments on youtube, and I see a lot of accusa… --- ## [Funny Names For Porn Stars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-names-for-porn-stars/126616)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-names-for-porn-stars/126616 "2023-12-15T19:46:46Z")
How about Clit Eastwood or Vulvita for starters? :smiley: Quasi --- ## [Legal merits and flaws of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-merits-and-flaws-of-dobbs-v-jackson-womens-health-organization/967201)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-merits-and-flaws-of-dobbs-v-jackson-womens-health-organization/967201 "2023-12-15T16:48:07Z")
This is the thread to discuss the legal merits and flaws of the Dobbs decision. Question before the Court: Whether all pre-viability prohibitions on elective abortions are unconstitutional. Full docket here: Docket … --- ## [How do I make a forum in ChatGPT?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-forum-in-chatgpt/994388)
**Author:** [@Amber13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber13)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-forum-in-chatgpt/994388 "2023-12-15T16:47:07Z")
I’m planning to make a forum when I get a mac on christmas, i’m gonna use ChatGPT to make a forum, How do I make a forum using ChatGPT and how do I get users in a forum using ChatGPT? --- ## [Speaker elected! {Canada}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaker-elected-canada/991063)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaker-elected-canada/991063 "2023-12-15T16:32:19Z")
In the Canadian House of Commons :grin: I don’t know if many non-Canadian Dopers were following the story, but the Speaker of our House of Commons had a major faux-pas two weeks ago, when President Zelenskyy was addres… --- ## [Pluto TV has added 35 years of "The Price Is Right"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pluto-tv-has-added-35-years-of-the-price-is-right/927969)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pluto-tv-has-added-35-years-of-the-price-is-right/927969 "2023-12-15T14:36:04Z")
Yep, an entire channel of Bob Barker’s era! I’m watching an episode from '81, '82 or '83 right now, given that they tried to give away a car which was only made for the '82 or '83 model years. --- ## [Violent Night-amazing upcoming Christmas movie with David Harbour](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violent-night-amazing-upcoming-christmas-movie-with-david-harbour/972817)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violent-night-amazing-upcoming-christmas-movie-with-david-harbour/972817 "2023-12-15T13:57:12Z")
The trailer is here. I’m pretty interested. He’s no Bill Goldberg of course, but he can do a good Kris “Krusher” Kringle. --- ## [FBI Counterintelligece agent pleads guilty to working for Russian oligarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-counterintelligece-agent-pleads-guilty-to-working-for-russian-oligarch/994632)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-counterintelligece-agent-pleads-guilty-to-working-for-russian-oligarch/994632 "2023-12-15T13:25:31Z")
Charles McGonigal, a senior FBI agent, has been charged with conspiracy. They allege he was working for the oligarch in question, Oleg Deripaska, a known buddy of Putin. Had the relationship progressed, I wonder what els… --- ## [Install Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/install-straight-dope-message-board/994622)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2023, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/install-straight-dope-message-board/994622 "2023-12-15T11:11:32Z")
I’m sure my question must have been asked and answered already in (at least) one of the forums but damned if I can find it. So, let me ask - what does Chrome mean when it offers me the opportunity to “Install Straight Do… --- ## [A very special mmm music poll – What are your favorite X songs? (see explanation in OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-special-mmm-music-poll-what-are-your-favorite-x-songs-see-explanation-in-op/994235)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2023, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-special-mmm-music-poll-what-are-your-favorite-x-songs-see-explanation-in-op/994235 "2023-12-15T09:48:11Z")
TL/DR: I need an X song for the final final poll. As we are nearing the end of the music polls I am considering how to construct the ultimate poll to end all polls. I would like representation from each letter. This po… --- ## [Poland elections: Law & Justice Party appears to have been defeated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poland-elections-law-justice-party-appears-to-have-been-defeated/991637)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2023, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poland-elections-law-justice-party-appears-to-have-been-defeated/991637 "2023-12-15T09:02:57Z")
Poles went to the polls today. The Law & Justice party, in power since 2015, was hoping for a third term, but it appears to have fallen short. Exit polls indicate that L&J came in first in the popular vote, but with on… --- ## [Barry Humphries has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barry-humphries-has-died/983052)
**Author:** [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2023, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barry-humphries-has-died/983052 "2023-12-15T07:24:54Z")
Barry Humphries, best known through the persona of Dame Edna Everidge, has died in Melbourne, Australia. Those of us who loved his work remember Dame Edna but also his creations Barry McKenzie, Sir Les Patterson, Sandy … --- ## [Where/how to invest a few thousand that I can add to over time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-how-to-invest-a-few-thousand-that-i-can-add-to-over-time/994438)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2023, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-how-to-invest-a-few-thousand-that-i-can-add-to-over-time/994438 "2023-12-15T05:18:39Z")
I would like to open some sort of investment account that I can continue to add small amounts of money for the next 7-8 years. I’m looking to have a nice balance to take a big vacation when I retire. Right now I have $1… --- ## [Can brain tissue get sunburned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-brain-tissue-get-sunburned/981052)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2023, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-brain-tissue-get-sunburned/981052 "2023-12-15T03:44:25Z")
I recently saw a comic book character (one in a long line of similar characters) who has a transparent dome for a cranium, exposing her brain beneath. As per the course for such fashion, she’s of course completely lackin… --- ## [That odd old (or newer) song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-odd-old-or-newer-song/994540)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2023, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-odd-old-or-newer-song/994540 "2023-12-15T01:57:25Z")
Do you like one? Mine is I’ve got a girl in Kalamazoo Only way I’ve heard it was ‘The Glenn Miller orchestra’ My Daddy was a Big Band enthusiast. He would belt that song out like he had a good voice. I always loved t… --- ## [Looking for a specific Christmas song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-specific-christmas-song/994606)
**Author:** [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2023, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-specific-christmas-song/994606 "2023-12-15T01:13:48Z")
I need your help, Dopers, because this is driving me crazy. As usual with these types of requests, details are sketchy at best. I’m trying to find an instrumental Christmas song that gets a modicum of airplay around the… --- ## [Voyager 1 still transmits data... what is that like at NASA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyager-1-still-transmits-data-what-is-that-like-at-nasa/630580)
**Author:** [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2023, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyager-1-still-transmits-data-what-is-that-like-at-nasa/630580 "2023-12-15T01:13:43Z")
I am fascinated with Voyager 1, because a piece of equipment that can operate that long in such an environment beyond designed specifications is just awesome. According to wikipedia and other websites I have read, it st… --- ## [Need help finding an old Gameboy \[art project related\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-finding-an-old-gameboy-art-project-related/938631)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2023, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-finding-an-old-gameboy-art-project-related/938631 "2023-12-15T01:13:10Z")
I have an idea for an art project. It involves a Gameboy. An original Nintendo Gameboy. All I can find is refurbished ones. Way too expensive to deconstruct for a project that might or might not work. Does anyone have … --- ## [Firefighter shift times](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefighter-shift-times/994521)
**Author:** [@leswax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leswax)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2023, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefighter-shift-times/994521 "2023-12-15T01:11:48Z")
I didn’t see a recent FQ topic on this, but wanted to better understand the below quote (assuming my ability to quote from another topic exists) In this case, the “on” duty time is time spent at the fire station (presu… --- ## [What would society had been like in a post WW2 Nazi Germany, if a truce had been reached?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-society-had-been-like-in-a-post-ww2-nazi-germany-if-a-truce-had-been-reached/994370)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2023, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-society-had-been-like-in-a-post-ww2-nazi-germany-if-a-truce-had-been-reached/994370 "2023-12-15T00:14:14Z")
If, in a hypothetical world, the Germany helmed by Adolf Hitler had elected to withdraw its forces and ceased its imperialist activities, and if the Allied powers had accepted some truce, what might a Nazi society had be… --- ## [Mom tested positive for COVID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-tested-positive-for-covid/994153)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2023, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-tested-positive-for-covid/994153 "2023-12-14T23:49:48Z")
My mother hasn’t been feeling well the last couple of days, and just about lost her voice earlier this afternoon. I managed to dig up an at-home COVID test and it came back positive. We went to Urgent Care where the di… --- ## [Your Holiday Lights Pictures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-holiday-lights-pictures/994260)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-holiday-lights-pictures/994260 "2023-12-14T23:35:02Z")
I thought it might be fun to share how we decorate for those that are into it. I’ve got to add one more tomorrow or the next day. … --- ## [Netflix Takes Big Data Transparency Step, Releasing Viewing Numbers for 18,000 Titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-takes-big-data-transparency-step-releasing-viewing-numbers-for-18-000-titles/994523)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2023, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-takes-big-data-transparency-step-releasing-viewing-numbers-for-18-000-titles/994523 "2023-12-14T22:36:52Z")
The Netflix info on the report: What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report https://about.netflix.com/en/news/what-we-watched-a-netflix-engagement-report And to download the list of 18,000 + titles in spreadsheet (… --- ## [RIP Andre Braugher](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-andre-braugher/994518)
**Author:** [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-andre-braugher/994518 "2023-12-14T22:10:11Z")
This one is a shock, being reported that actor Andre Braugher – Captain Holt from “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and Frank Pembleton from “Homicide: Life on the Street" – passed away today after a short illness. He was 61 years o… --- ## [Musicians playing instruments in unusual ways](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-playing-instruments-in-unusual-ways/994440)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-playing-instruments-in-unusual-ways/994440 "2023-12-14T21:31:46Z")
I really like this rendition of Billie Jean played by four musicians on one guitar. Any other examples of musicians doing weird and cool things with their instruments? --- ## [Philips CPAP users, heads-up: here comes a recall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philips-cpap-users-heads-up-here-comes-a-recall/944390)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2023, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philips-cpap-users-heads-up-here-comes-a-recall/944390 "2023-12-14T19:57:03Z")
Just in case you missed the news, Philips is issuing a recall on a bunch of its CPAP and ventilator devices: Foam in the intake tract (downstream of the intake particulate filters) can degrade and spew toxic particles… --- ## [Memory problems as I get older](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memory-problems-as-i-get-older/994454)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memory-problems-as-i-get-older/994454 "2023-12-14T19:54:11Z")
Not just the typical forgetfulness that comes with getting older (I am 66), but also the trouble with not forgetting, faces in particular. More and more every time I see a new face it reminds me of someone I have known … --- ## [Eight Days a Week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-days-a-week/993341)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-days-a-week/993341 "2023-12-14T19:27:24Z")
Has anyone lived in a country or region where society uses an other-than-seven-day week? Five days, eight days, ten days…? I do not mean for religious worship or cultural events; I mean as in the day-to-day cycle of when… --- ## [I can't decide if I'd watch VR Robot boxing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-decide-if-id-watch-vr-robot-boxing/994612)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2023, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-decide-if-id-watch-vr-robot-boxing/994612 "2023-12-14T19:13:39Z")
It probably couldn’t teach you to box well, anyway. --- ## [How to become a socialite](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-become-a-socialite/994500)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-become-a-socialite/994500 "2023-12-14T19:05:03Z")
I don’t think I will ever be an influencer but maybe I would become a socialite. Ahh, I can imagine the stories on the social page, “The well known socialite, Mixdenny, graced the theater district with his presence last … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=672&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=674&state=muted)