# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=681&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 682 --- ## [Doug Burgum GOP hopeful fundraising](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-burgum-gop-hopeful-fundraising/986967)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-burgum-gop-hopeful-fundraising/986967 "2023-12-04T21:55:20Z")
You know he’s overall someone who would appeal to the center. But this seems off. Thoughts? --- ## [Food and drink with rituals attached](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-and-drink-with-rituals-attached/993826)
**Author:** [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-and-drink-with-rituals-attached/993826 "2023-12-04T21:47:16Z")
Absinthe has a lot of alcohol and a potent flavor. Before drinking it, you sweeten with a little sugar, and dilute it with a lot of water. There are several (rather theatrical) rituals for doing this, described in the w… --- ## [Connecting old game systems to a modern TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connecting-old-game-systems-to-a-modern-tv/994007)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connecting-old-game-systems-to-a-modern-tv/994007 "2023-12-04T21:26:09Z")
I dug out a couple of old gaming systems - a Sega Genesis and a Playstation2 - and discovered that my smart TVs have no RCA or S-video inputs. I see that there are adapters available to connect them, but I am wondering … --- ## ["Unalome" yantra](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unalome-yantra/994035)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unalome-yantra/994035 "2023-12-04T21:09:08Z")
Does anyone know some details about the origins of this particular shape? To me it resembles a rill of smoke developing eddies. Wikipedia says The unalome (อุณาโลม) yantr… --- ## [Mice or Men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mice-or-men/993975)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mice-or-men/993975 "2023-12-04T20:23:16Z")
Now that I think of it…now that I’m too old to care, but let me ask: What’s Steinbeck’s point in writing “Of Mice and Men”? No, this is not a homework assignment. Just a cynical old fart asking now that I think about th… --- ## [On the stubborn insistence that fictional romances should have real-world significance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-stubborn-insistence-that-fictional-romances-should-have-real-world-significance/994043)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-stubborn-insistence-that-fictional-romances-should-have-real-world-significance/994043 "2023-12-04T20:19:24Z")
Inspired by this article. It’s been over a decade since The Office ended. Cast member John Krasinski has been married to Emily Blunt for thirteen years. The relationship between John’s character Jim and Pam, the chara… --- ## [Republican activists work to purge voters in Georgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-activists-work-to-purge-voters-in-georgia/994103)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-activists-work-to-purge-voters-in-georgia/994103 "2023-12-04T19:01:31Z")
This is all really horrifying and sad, and yet nothing new. They have a horde of people combing through the rolls, and AI programs that can pop out hundreds of challenges at once, forcing people to show up and argue agai… --- ## [I can't get food delivered for cash anymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-food-delivered-for-cash-anymore/993836)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-food-delivered-for-cash-anymore/993836 "2023-12-04T18:46:11Z")
So here I am at work, wallet full of greenbacks, and I look for a place to deliver some grub to me…and struck out completely. Every damn one of them wanted the money electronically magicked to them before they would sta… --- ## [COVID as cause of death when it really wasn't: what's the data?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-as-cause-of-death-when-it-really-wasnt-whats-the-data/993861)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-as-cause-of-death-when-it-really-wasnt-whats-the-data/993861 "2023-12-04T17:56:51Z")
I have seen people claiming that hospitals that were treating inpatients for something other than COVID (heart trouble, kidney failure, asthma, whatever), but then tested positive for COVID, and then died in their care, … --- ## [Help Me Identify a Song (1990s?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-song-1990s/979138)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-song-1990s/979138 "2023-12-04T17:43:09Z")
I’m pretty sure it was a song with a Flash animation. I was so sure it was a Tenacious D song, but I cannot find it. Anyway, the animation revolves around a female demon being sung to by two I think cherubs. In the end… --- ## [Henry Kissinger Has Died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-kissinger-has-died/993884)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-kissinger-has-died/993884 "2023-12-04T17:26:02Z")
From what little I knew of him, I’m not a fan, but I will leave the longer eulogy to others. --- ## [Scat car? Old riding toy ID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scat-car-old-riding-toy-id/964803)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scat-car-old-riding-toy-id/964803 "2023-12-04T17:02:43Z")
When I was little, my best friend had a riding toy that he and his grandmother called a ‘scat car’. It was propelled by pumping handlebars, and it was steered with the feet. I’ve cued to 0:35 where it appears in this v… --- ## [What is your most hated song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-hated-song/980621)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 318\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-hated-song/980621 "2023-12-04T15:31:38Z")
Both in terms of your degree of dislike of it and its ubiquitousness. Basically if a genii said that you could pick one song, and he would make it so that whenever it was played in your vicinity you would hear it as whi… --- ## [Your Best Meal: At Restaurant, or Friend’s House?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-meal-at-restaurant-or-friend-s-house/983920)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-meal-at-restaurant-or-friend-s-house/983920 "2023-12-04T13:18:28Z")
Is it true that food is better in the home of a good cook than restaurants with professional chefs and premium ingredients? --- ## [Should Weirding Modules be Good In-Universe Weapons (Dune 1984)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-weirding-modules-be-good-in-universe-weapons-dune-1984/994051)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-weirding-modules-be-good-in-universe-weapons-dune-1984/994051 "2023-12-04T13:17:01Z")
In the 1984, they added weirding modules as weapons used by House Atreides to explain why they were such excellent fighters. These do not exist in the books (and confused my dad so much they he re-read the books because … --- ## [(Old) FA LA LA LA LA Decking The Halls In The MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fa-la-la-la-la-decking-the-halls-in-the-mmp/993763)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 253\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fa-la-la-la-la-decking-the-halls-in-the-mmp/993763 "2023-12-04T07:09:50Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 48 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 58 and N.O.S. for the day. If/when it dries up enough out (rained all yestiddy and into the night) I may get out and a… --- ## [Post Office Workers Being Overwhelmed And Underpaid For Amazon Deliveries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-office-workers-being-overwhelmed-and-underpaid-for-amazon-deliveries/993823)
**Author:** [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-office-workers-being-overwhelmed-and-underpaid-for-amazon-deliveries/993823 "2023-12-04T05:04:31Z")
Carriers who previously had delivered dozens of small parcels a day plus paper mail suddenly had to deliver between 300 and 500 boxes that they said had previously been handled by UPS. One mail carrier said his mail t… --- ## [Tesla's Wardenclyffe tower - Could it have worked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teslas-wardenclyffe-tower-could-it-have-worked/416044)
**Author:** [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teslas-wardenclyffe-tower-could-it-have-worked/416044 "2023-12-04T03:56:48Z")
According to Tesla this monument, if constructed, would result in: “An inexpensive instrument, not bigger than a watch, will enable its bearer to hear anywhere, on sea or land, music or song, the speech of a political… --- ## [Wow! Robbie the Robot is for sale! {Actually Robot from Lost in Space}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-robbie-the-robot-is-for-sale-actually-robot-from-lost-in-space/994038)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-robbie-the-robot-is-for-sale-actually-robot-from-lost-in-space/994038 "2023-12-04T03:18:22Z")
The B-9 robot from Lost in Space is going on auction. In Beverly Hills. Just heard it on TCM. --- ## [Who is the most famous person whose name is routinely misspelled?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-whose-name-is-routinely-misspelled/993710)
**Author:** [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-whose-name-is-routinely-misspelled/993710 "2023-12-04T02:48:47Z")
In this thread Is Courtney Cox more famous than Bruce Springsteen? - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board the OP is asking if Courteny Cox is more famous than Bruce Springsteen but s/he (the OP) spells it Courtne… --- ## [Questions from new homeowner on appliance and a DIY mistake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-from-new-homeowner-on-appliance-and-a-diy-mistake/993666)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-from-new-homeowner-on-appliance-and-a-diy-mistake/993666 "2023-12-04T02:46:38Z")
I washed three pairs of jeans and a new sheet in my washer. During this wash, the washer moved significantly, enough to jam the closet door that ran in front of it. Is this a concern? I don’t think it usually moves, at… --- ## [Locating a quotation - concerning accuracy of media - Mark Twain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locating-a-quotation-concerning-accuracy-of-media-mark-twain/993938)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locating-a-quotation-concerning-accuracy-of-media-mark-twain/993938 "2023-12-04T01:15:36Z")
I’m sure I once read a pithy quote attributed to Mark Twain\* that was broadly to the effect that people who have been involved in events reported in a newspaper know that newspapers are significantly inaccurate, but the … --- ## [Why can't I chromecast something that I have in Google Drive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-chromecast-something-that-i-have-in-google-drive/994069)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-chromecast-something-that-i-have-in-google-drive/994069 "2023-12-04T00:21:50Z")
I thought I was “casting” the image from my laptop to the tv. But it seems that’s not precisely what’s happening. I’m apparently chromecasting just what’s on my computer, and Google Drive is, to my way of understanding… --- ## [Question for Jewish Dopers: Does a synagogue have to be subjected to any ritual before it can be used for something else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-jewish-dopers-does-a-synagogue-have-to-be-subjected-to-any-ritual-before-it-can-be-used-for-something-else/993837)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2023, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-jewish-dopers-does-a-synagogue-have-to-be-subjected-to-any-ritual-before-it-can-be-used-for-something-else/993837 "2023-12-03T22:14:13Z")
I thought of this because the synagogues in my town consolidated, and I found out today that the main one is now in the process of transforming into a YMCA community center. It’s a beautiful building in a low-income nei… --- ## [What is this port in the ceiling of my 2011 Chevy Equinox? Driver's side only, more or less above where my head would be while driving](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-port-in-the-ceiling-of-my-2011-chevy-equinox-drivers-side-only-more-or-less-above-where-my-head-would-be-while-driving/994059)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-port-in-the-ceiling-of-my-2011-chevy-equinox-drivers-side-only-more-or-less-above-where-my-head-would-be-while-driving/994059 "2023-12-03T21:31:05Z")
It is not a sound speaker and I was guessing some kind of ventilation port? Thing is, it kind of clicks while I drive sometimes, I guess from bouncing just a bit and hitting whatever is above it in there. I kind of want… --- ## [I hate the trend of cars using the horn to indicate remote lock/unlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-trend-of-cars-using-the-horn-to-indicate-remote-lock-unlock/989942)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-trend-of-cars-using-the-horn-to-indicate-remote-lock-unlock/989942 "2023-09-13T20:26:24Z")
My car just does a light beep sound when I lock or unlock. This used to be the norm. For some stupid reason it’s become the trend to use the car horn for this purpose. I hate walking through the parking garage to w… --- ## [Candidate who didn't vote for self loses by one vote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidate-who-didnt-vote-for-self-loses-by-one-vote/994028)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2023, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candidate-who-didnt-vote-for-self-loses-by-one-vote/994028 "2023-12-03T20:25:11Z")
An amusing little story from my neck of the woods. The race was for a nonpartisan city council seat in Rainier, WA, population 2500. The result was 247-246, with the loser having decided that voting for himself felt narc… --- ## [Is an underinformed vote worse than no vote?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-an-underinformed-vote-worse-than-no-vote/992729)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-an-underinformed-vote-worse-than-no-vote/992729 "2023-12-03T18:21:02Z")
I didn’t use to be politically engaged in a useful way; Trump changed that. But as I fill out my ballot for local offices and issues, some of them nonpartisan, I realize that I’m making a lot of decisions based on vibes… --- ## [Is this what America has come to? \[stupid warning labels\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-america-has-come-to-stupid-warning-labels/992718)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-america-has-come-to-stupid-warning-labels/992718 "2023-12-03T17:36:17Z")
I sat down for my lunch today, of which one part was a hard boiled egg. I eat them because I like 'em with a little salt, but also because they are a good source of protein, or so it says on the package. Why do I buy the… --- ## [Tell me about a new food you’ve had](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-a-new-food-you-ve-had/993663)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-a-new-food-you-ve-had/993663 "2023-12-03T16:55:48Z")
It need not be recent or a bad experience. For instance, the first time I ate a persimmon, my impression was of a weird and slightly unpleasant mixture of tomato, carrot and juuuuuust barely (teetering on the brink of) … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=680&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=682&state=muted)