# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=751&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 752 --- ## [You can talk to AI Jesus or Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-talk-to-ai-jesus-or-satan/989356)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2023, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-talk-to-ai-jesus-or-satan/989356 "2023-09-01T02:35:15Z")
So there’s an app called Text With Jesus that will let you ask questions to a chatbot claiming to the Son of God. (you can also talk to John the Baptist and other prophets, all 12 apostles, and even Noah, Adam and Eve.… --- ## [Voting districts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voting-districts/987806)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2023, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voting-districts/987806 "2023-09-01T02:25:39Z")
Reading of the Supreme Court case concerning Alabama voting districts, the question arose: Do voting districts exist to simplify the election process, or are they intended to give advantages to various groups? A placed … --- ## [Have You Stayed in a Backpacking Hostel During COVID?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-stayed-in-a-backpacking-hostel-during-covid/989155)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-stayed-in-a-backpacking-hostel-during-covid/989155 "2023-09-01T01:17:44Z")
I’m going to guess no, so I won’t elaborate too much, but I traveled a lot between 2004-2013 and have stayed in many hostels in Europe, Australia, Asia, and North America. Has anyone done this recently? I’ve tried to ima… --- ## [Can anybody identify Mr. Rubiales wrist watch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anybody-identify-mr-rubiales-wrist-watch/989390)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anybody-identify-mr-rubiales-wrist-watch/989390 "2023-09-01T00:44:55Z")
I guess everybody has heard of the president of the Spanish Football Federation, Mr. Rubiales, after the unsolicited kiss he gave Jenni Hermoso, here is a picture: The big… --- ## [Recommend a backup camera for an RV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-backup-camera-for-an-rv/989370)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-backup-camera-for-an-rv/989370 "2023-08-31T23:55:16Z")
We have a 22 foot Class C motorhome. The center rear-view mirror is all but useless. It also has a backup camera, which isn’t much better - things look a lot further away than they really are. We’re looking into buying a… --- ## [Symbol to indicate cultural or literary reference](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbol-to-indicate-cultural-or-literary-reference/989272)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbol-to-indicate-cultural-or-literary-reference/989272 "2023-08-31T23:37:22Z")
If you’re making a sarcastic or facetious remark and you don’t want people to misinterpret it, you add a /s at the end of the post. How about a symbol for those occasions when you make an obscure literary or cultural ref… --- ## [Ilocano language decline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ilocano-language-decline/989408)
**Author:** [@Jagraze1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jagraze1)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ilocano-language-decline/989408 "2023-08-31T23:23:24Z")
So guys, do you think there has been a recent decline of the Ilocano language? If so how? --- ## [Custom vinyl tiles for a kitchen floor? (and tiling the plane)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-vinyl-tiles-for-a-kitchen-floor-and-tiling-the-plane/989190)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-vinyl-tiles-for-a-kitchen-floor-and-tiling-the-plane/989190 "2023-08-31T20:11:50Z")
There’s been an exciting new development in tiling the plane. Aperiodic tiling with a single tile. And, hey, I hate my kitchen floor (mostly because the ceramic tiles are too hard, and always look dirty) so maybe thi… --- ## [Any leads on disability consultant (for dealing with insurance, disability claims, etc)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-leads-on-disability-consultant-for-dealing-with-insurance-disability-claims-etc/989308)
**Author:** [@raspberry\_hunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raspberry_hunter)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-leads-on-disability-consultant-for-dealing-with-insurance-disability-claims-etc/989308 "2023-08-31T19:57:15Z")
My sister has an autoimmune disease which is extremely severe and has led to her not being able to work (she had a high-powered job before she got sick). With medication she can now at least do a minimum of simple tasks … --- ## [Mooving violation in Nebraska](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mooving-violation-in-nebraska/989404)
**Author:** [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mooving-violation-in-nebraska/989404 "2023-08-31T19:32:13Z")
Have you herd about this? A driver has a big beef with the police in Norfolk, Nebraska, because they took the bull by the horns and pulled over a cattle car for no good reason. Who doesn’t enjoy a nice ride in a converti… --- ## [Democratic Party bonus delegates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-party-bonus-delegates/989385)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-party-bonus-delegates/989385 "2023-08-31T19:20:26Z")
In another thread, I learned that the Democrats will give bonus delegates to states that have late primaries. Looking things up, I find this page: Summary: States having their primary in April will get an additional … --- ## [Help me replace my (hot) water heater](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-replace-my-hot-water-heater/989293)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-replace-my-hot-water-heater/989293 "2023-08-31T19:17:27Z")
Hi All. I am the proud owner of a 50 gal tank style propane water heater that is 23 years old. While still barely just broken in and for various reasons I want to replace it soon. A little about the home, it’s a secon… --- ## [Can you ID the movie where the fork and knife are chained to a table?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-the-movie-where-the-fork-and-knife-are-chained-to-a-table/407044)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-the-movie-where-the-fork-and-knife-are-chained-to-a-table/407044 "2023-08-31T19:14:06Z")
… and the hero learns that to eat on the diner he has to slide the dish to the left to use the knife, cut and then slide the dish to the right to use the fork? (The length of the chains was too short to use both the for… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - August 2023 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-august-2023-edition/987892)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-august-2023-edition/987892 "2023-08-31T19:11:47Z")
How is it August already!! Where has this year gone? grumbles in old lady In my day summers took a long time to pass, now everything is so fast: fast food, fast fasshion, fast summers! On the other hand, it hasn’t been… --- ## [PragerU can't teach!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prageru-cant-teach/989233)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prageru-cant-teach/989233 "2023-08-31T18:16:49Z")
OK, yes, PragerU’s videos can help reinforce indoctrination into whatever we’re calling the US’s present rightwing ideology. But apparently, what they now provide for classroom instruction is half-assed and bad. They kno… --- ## [I need to know who's behind these banal grocery store muzak songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-know-whos-behind-these-banal-grocery-store-muzak-songs/989216)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-know-whos-behind-these-banal-grocery-store-muzak-songs/989216 "2023-08-31T17:43:31Z")
Hello, yeah it’s been a while; not much, how 'bout you, So, here I am semi-retired, collecting some government pension money (and more due to my ex’s untimely death) and in a few years pension money from what we call a … --- ## [McConnell appears to freeze while speaking {2023-08-30}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-appears-to-freeze-while-speaking-2023-08-30/989359)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-appears-to-freeze-while-speaking-2023-08-30/989359 "2023-08-31T17:33:23Z")
McConnell froze again. Here is the CNN story. Is this indicative of any particular disorder? --- ## [Leaving Food Out Overnight, And Then Throwing It In The Freezer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaving-food-out-overnight-and-then-throwing-it-in-the-freezer/984663)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2023, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaving-food-out-overnight-and-then-throwing-it-in-the-freezer/984663 "2023-06-01T03:39:45Z")
Second time this week. I’ll leave these homemade (sold in stores) tamales to de-thaw, but I went to bed at about 8 and forgot about it. There’s no way I can throw them out. I had them in the kitchen, and I only use the s… --- ## [The Wonderful site Baseball-Reference has added a Baseball Wiki call the Bullpen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonderful-site-baseball-reference-has-added-a-baseball-wiki-call-the-bullpen/368387)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2006, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonderful-site-baseball-reference-has-added-a-baseball-wiki-call-the-bullpen/368387 "2006-08-12T02:02:44Z")
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Main\_Page It has the potential to be very good. Hopefully some of our baseball fan members will help contribute to improve the articles they are knowledgeable on. Wiki’s are si… --- ## [I have just come up with a cunning plan by which we can all be wealthy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-just-come-up-with-a-cunning-plan-by-which-we-can-all-be-wealthy/989269)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-just-come-up-with-a-cunning-plan-by-which-we-can-all-be-wealthy/989269 "2023-08-31T13:28:29Z")
I happened to notice that one can search the SDMB for posts after the current date. All we need to do is resolve to post the results of various future horse races, lottery results etc, and then search now for our future… --- ## [What Exit, some clarity please on hijacks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exit-some-clarity-please-on-hijacks/989298)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exit-some-clarity-please-on-hijacks/989298 "2023-08-31T12:57:02Z")
I’m a little confused. The thread is about a union of actors–SAG-AFTRA–and an action they’ve taken as the actors’ union to get better working conditions (including compensation) for their members. I definitely get tha… --- ## [I can't see my books on my new-to-me Kindle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-see-my-books-on-my-new-to-me-kindle/989377)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-see-my-books-on-my-new-to-me-kindle/989377 "2023-08-31T12:31:14Z")
I’ve had a Kindle for years, but after not using it for a while, I turned it on and it wouldn’t boot. I tried troubleshooting the issue, but didn’t get anywhere and decided to buy a new-to-me Kindle Fire 7 9th Generatio… --- ## [Local/regional legislatures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-regional-legislatures/989210)
**Author:** [@Digger11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digger11)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-regional-legislatures/989210 "2023-08-31T12:15:20Z")
The title is not very descriptive, but I couldn’t think of a better one. I know that there are other countries that have a federalist system–off hand, I can think of Canada, Germany, and Australia. I’m sure there are o… --- ## [Opening pop-top cans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-pop-top-cans/955521)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-pop-top-cans/955521 "2023-08-31T12:13:21Z")
A lot of canned foods now come in those pop-top cans – the kind where you pull the entire top off. I have a hard time with some of those, due in part of increasing arthritis or maybe just general old-age decrepitude. C… --- ## [Horchata, a treat made with rice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horchata-a-treat-made-with-rice/989208)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horchata-a-treat-made-with-rice/989208 "2023-08-31T11:02:11Z")
Have you ever had it? Was it a childhood treat made by Mama or perhaps Abuela or Abuelo? Was it something you purchased? What did you think of it if it was not a childhood treat? I made some this evening, using the s… --- ## [Words We Pronounce Wrong But Nobody Cares](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-we-pronounce-wrong-but-nobody-cares/831807)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 333\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-we-pronounce-wrong-but-nobody-cares/831807 "2023-08-31T08:53:04Z")
I can think of two words (well, a word and a phrase) that just about every American pronounces wrong, but no one seems to care anymore and it just goes on. Note that I’m not talking about dialectical differences here, s… --- ## [Any wills, trust, and estates lawyers licensed in NY around here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wills-trust-and-estates-lawyers-licensed-in-ny-around-here/989375)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wills-trust-and-estates-lawyers-licensed-in-ny-around-here/989375 "2023-08-31T08:08:58Z")
To make a very long story short, I am being presented with a bunch of legal documentation regarding the disposition of my recently deceased father’s assets that makes absolutely no sense to me: a will (which is pretty cl… --- ## [Oil bottle / cruet 'sweats' oil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oil-bottle-cruet-sweats-oil/849226)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oil-bottle-cruet-sweats-oil/849226 "2023-08-31T05:23:08Z")
Hi. I’ve got a ceramic cruet I picked up at an art/wine fair. I used it for maybe a year in my old house, filled with olive oil. I moved to a new house with an old, ugly kitchen and this pretty bottle just didn’t go so I… --- ## ["Pumpkin Eater" - judge says its a homophobic slur?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pumpkin-eater-judge-says-its-a-homophobic-slur/984618)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pumpkin-eater-judge-says-its-a-homophobic-slur/984618 "2023-08-31T03:37:58Z")
There has been some bemusement amongst my colleagues about a local decision (just overturned on appeal) wherein a judge, without input from either party, contended and ultimately found that referencing a person called Pe… --- ## [Hospital billing/ insurance question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hospital-billing-insurance-question/989089)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hospital-billing-insurance-question/989089 "2023-08-31T03:03:21Z")
I’m asking here because I have a vague recollection of this being law but maybe I’m misunderstanding or misremembering. I thought this was covered under ACA or some other semi-recent law. The situation is this: you are … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=750&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=752&state=watching)