# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=759 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 760 --- ## [The Republicans really screwed themselves by putting all of their eggs in the MAGA basket](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republicans-really-screwed-themselves-by-putting-all-of-their-eggs-in-the-maga-basket/988770)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2023, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republicans-really-screwed-themselves-by-putting-all-of-their-eggs-in-the-maga-basket/988770 "2023-08-20T23:52:29Z")
The Republicans really screwed themselves by putting all of their eggs in the MAGA basket, and it’ll probably take at least a couple of election cycles for them to recover, if they ever do. --- ## [Even if Trump's claims of election fraud in 2020 were proven true that wouldn't make Trump's alleged actions in the Georgia indictment legal, would it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-if-trumps-claims-of-election-fraud-in-2020-were-proven-true-that-wouldnt-make-trumps-alleged-actions-in-the-georgia-indictment-legal-would-it/988762)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-if-trumps-claims-of-election-fraud-in-2020-were-proven-true-that-wouldnt-make-trumps-alleged-actions-in-the-georgia-indictment-legal-would-it/988762 "2023-08-20T21:10:22Z")
For the sake of argument, let’s postulate that Trump’s claims of the election being stolen are proven correct, and without the fraud Trump would have won. (please no posts about how unlikely that is; that’s beside the po… --- ## [(Ancient) torture vs modern pain killers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-torture-vs-modern-pain-killers/988526)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-torture-vs-modern-pain-killers/988526 "2023-08-20T20:42:04Z")
Do we have pain killers that would stand up to things like the brazen bull, rack, crucifixion, Judas’ cradle, etc without suffering pain, but allow also one to be fully aware of what is happening and also that the pain k… --- ## [Bad bad bad Backyard shenanigans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-backyard-shenanigans/988794)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-backyard-shenanigans/988794 "2023-08-20T19:52:19Z")
I was outside yesterday evening with the kids and dogs. I noticed the dogs like the wimpy crinkly water bottles. The Chihuahuas do anyway. Bayliss only prefers his hedgehog plush. He doesn’t really play with it. Carries… --- ## [A flaming Florida first responder flag: A Maga Story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-flaming-florida-first-responder-flag-a-maga-story/988435)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-flaming-florida-first-responder-flag-a-maga-story/988435 "2023-08-20T18:05:36Z")
So, I have this friend. She is a lovely person: wicked smart, quite successful, and exceedingly kind. But she lives in Hernando County, Florida, a location that is right in the heart of deepest red Maga country. Not j… --- ## [Left: Behind, or Otherwise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-behind-or-otherwise/988782)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-behind-or-otherwise/988782 "2023-08-20T16:53:29Z")
So many of us crave a world where it doesn’t matter. “It” meaning our difference, the thing that, in this world, has set us apart. Marginalized us. Sexual orientation. Race. Gender identity. Whatever. Raise your h… --- ## [Root for the player or the country?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/root-for-the-player-or-the-country/988830)
**Author:** [@Bashorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bashorian)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/root-for-the-player-or-the-country/988830 "2023-08-20T15:58:12Z")
I’m currently watching the FIDE World Cup and FIDE Women’s World Cup. I don’t know a whole lot about the current chess scene. I haven’t played anything but a computer for a long time. But this caught my eye and it keeps … --- ## [Bad bad bad Internet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-internet/988822)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-internet/988822 "2023-08-20T15:51:59Z")
Dear Internet: I hate you. You have caused me more consternation than I deserve. I blindly walked right into your cloyingly simple premise. It sounds better than Willie Wonkas Chocolate factory. Come on in here, beck… --- ## [The Money in Your Wallet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-money-in-your-wallet/987823)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-money-in-your-wallet/987823 "2023-08-20T15:11:51Z")
How do you arrange the bank notes in your wallet or wallet-equivalent? poll --- ## ["The Good Old Days"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-old-days/988365)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-old-days/988365 "2023-08-20T14:55:39Z")
I am spending time today avoiding gardening and reading letters to the editor. At least one of these letters mentioned how the country (the US) is going to heck in a handbasket and decried to loss of the Good Old Days. … --- ## [African Safari recommendations and ideas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/african-safari-recommendations-and-ideas/988604)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/african-safari-recommendations-and-ideas/988604 "2023-08-20T14:17:02Z")
I found two older threads from 2004 and 2006 so I figure it’s OK to start a new one. My wife and I have just started exploring the idea of taking a safari during the summer months when we have time for an extended vacat… --- ## [Posting a poll in Café Society](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-a-poll-in-cafe-society/988819)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-a-poll-in-cafe-society/988819 "2023-08-20T13:22:38Z")
I want to post a poll in Café Society. I wrote the OP, but I didn’t see an option to post a poll. Please post a step-by-step tutorial so that I can post it. --- ## [Tokitae, aka 'Lolita', the last surviving orca captured in the Puget Sound and sold into captivity, dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tokitae-aka-lolita-the-last-surviving-orca-captured-in-the-puget-sound-and-sold-into-captivity-dies/988797)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tokitae-aka-lolita-the-last-surviving-orca-captured-in-the-puget-sound-and-sold-into-captivity-dies/988797 "2023-08-20T13:19:13Z")
The Miami Seaquarium said in a Facebook post that Tokitae began “exhibiting serious signs of discomfort” over the past two days. Tokitae received treatment from her medical team but died Friday afternoon due to what i… --- ## [Oooh. Money in the mail!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oooh-money-in-the-mail/988779)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2023, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oooh-money-in-the-mail/988779 "2023-08-20T12:31:39Z")
I got an refund check from the gastroenterologist I visited 3 times before he sent me to a surgeon to have a thingy fixed in my belly. It’s $254. Initially I was glad to see it. Free money. Win! But then I thought…wai… --- ## [Loom software decided to run itself without my asking it to, then also uninstalled itself without my asking it to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loom-software-decided-to-run-itself-without-my-asking-it-to-then-also-uninstalled-itself-without-my-asking-it-to/988766)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2023, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loom-software-decided-to-run-itself-without-my-asking-it-to-then-also-uninstalled-itself-without-my-asking-it-to/988766 "2023-08-20T06:32:34Z")
Something very odd happened this morning; wonder if anyone could help: I have Loom (an audio/video recording software) on my laptop, however, I almost never use it. This morning, it somehow decided to open itself withou… --- ## [I don’t get the give suggested threads anymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-get-the-give-suggested-threads-anymore/987918)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2023, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-get-the-give-suggested-threads-anymore/987918 "2023-08-20T05:50:14Z")
There used to be five suggested threads at the bottom of each thread, showing threads that had been updated or maybe similar in context. Today they aren’t there any more. Anyone else with this? --- ## [Who was the better dancer: Fred Astaire, or Gene Kelly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-better-dancer-fred-astaire-or-gene-kelly/988816)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2023, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-better-dancer-fred-astaire-or-gene-kelly/988816 "2023-08-20T03:00:33Z")
Deleted. I need to find out how to make a poll. --- ## [The Funniest Thing I've Seen This Year: Randy Feltface's bio of Ernest Hemingway in 3 minutes 30 seconds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funniest-thing-ive-seen-this-year-randy-feltfaces-bio-of-ernest-hemingway-in-3-minutes-30-seconds/988801)
**Author:** [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2023, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funniest-thing-ive-seen-this-year-randy-feltfaces-bio-of-ernest-hemingway-in-3-minutes-30-seconds/988801 "2023-08-20T02:03:59Z")
All of Randy’s stuff is great. This is the topper. --- ## [Best Damn Sports Books Period](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-damn-sports-books-period/421782)
**Author:** [@Intelligently\_Designed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intelligently_Designed)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2023, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-damn-sports-books-period/421782 "2023-08-19T23:44:36Z")
I’ve read so many of them over the years that I can’t keep the count, from Jim Bouton’s Ball Four to Ken Dryden’s The Game, from John Helyar’s Lords of the Realm to Nick Hornby’s hilarious Fever Pitch, but I always wonde… --- ## [Why Did Claude Debussy So Stridenly Reject the "Impressionist" Label?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-claude-debussy-so-stridenly-reject-the-impressionist-label/988792)
**Author:** [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2023, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-claude-debussy-so-stridenly-reject-the-impressionist-label/988792 "2023-08-19T23:33:17Z")
Whether Clair de Lune, La Mer, Deux Arabesques, or Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, Claude Debussy’s great works are, to many ears, highly Impressionistic and reminiscent of the mid-to-late 19th century grandmaster pa… --- ## [The Peripheral on Amazon Prime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-peripheral-on-amazon-prime/973575)
**Author:** [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-peripheral-on-amazon-prime/973575 "2023-08-19T23:11:18Z")
Amazon Prime’s new adaptation of William Gibson’s novel The Peripheral begins tomorrow (Fri 10/21). Here’s a brief anticipation thread: But I thought I would start a new one for the show proper! The nature of the plo… --- ## [When Republicans finally accept that climate change is real, how will they blame Democrats for it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-republicans-finally-accept-that-climate-change-is-real-how-will-they-blame-democrats-for-it/987043)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-republicans-finally-accept-that-climate-change-is-real-how-will-they-blame-democrats-for-it/987043 "2023-08-19T21:21:04Z")
I have no doubt that it will eventually happen but I’m curious what twisted logic they will use to do it. --- ## [Spelling Bee-like puzzles: Are they lots easier in other languages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spelling-bee-like-puzzles-are-they-lots-easier-in-other-languages/958386)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spelling-bee-like-puzzles-are-they-lots-easier-in-other-languages/958386 "2022-01-27T08:17:35Z")
For those unfamiliar with the NYT Spelling Bee: I assume all decent language puzzles are copied from the original language to others if it makes sense to do so. So what about languages where the spelling is much more p… --- ## [Poll: Do you gesture with your hands when you talk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-gesture-with-your-hands-when-you-talk/988744)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-gesture-with-your-hands-when-you-talk/988744 "2023-08-19T14:39:31Z")
poll Feel free to share details. Personally I don’t do this very often but when I get in ‘teaching mode’ (especially with patients) I sometimes use gestures. Honestly, the Mrs. has started gesturing a LOT while talking… --- ## [What was this thing? (airport security)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-thing-airport-security/987929)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2023, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-thing-airport-security/987929 "2023-08-19T13:09:40Z")
This past weekend, I went on a trip. While going through security at CLE, we all put our luggage and pocket contents into bins to go through the X-ray machines. On top of every bin of stuff, the TSA workers placed what… --- ## [Automobile frustration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automobile-frustration/988745)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2023, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automobile-frustration/988745 "2023-08-19T02:18:51Z")
I accidentally hit someone backing up. Their car was undamaged. I had a small dent in the bumper, and the quarter panel had come loose. It didn’t look like much, but I have to replace the bumper to fix it (it doesn’t l… --- ## [Virtual reality headsets and watching movies etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virtual-reality-headsets-and-watching-movies-etc/977453)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virtual-reality-headsets-and-watching-movies-etc/977453 "2023-08-18T23:39:47Z")
I know nothing about it, never tried it. And I am not a gamer, it seems to me from little “research” I have done that most VR is about that or maybe I am wrong. Hell I know it is being used in healthcare and other area… --- ## [MPSIMS has gotten a minor rename to “Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943 "2023-08-18T22:22:40Z")
The existing name is Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS) But the “Mundane Pointless” has been an issue with Breaking News and Death Notices of members being in this forum. The suggestion came from Irishman. … --- ## [Move ... then roast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-then-roast/988522)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-then-roast/988522 "2023-08-18T21:53:30Z")
Some people are moving out of high tax and high RE priced states to the sunbelt. Low taxes, lower RE prices. They are making a big mistake: https://www.axios.com/2023/08/13/extreme-heat-climate-change-sunbelt-growth-ci… --- ## [What if Trump withdraws?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-trump-withdraws/988735)
**Author:** [@mjmartin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmartin)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-trump-withdraws/988735 "2023-08-18T21:08:44Z")
Imagine a world where Trump wakes up tomorrow and does something the right way for once. In this world, he wakes up and says “for the benefit of the party and the country, I am withdrawing my nomination so that my legal … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=758) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=760)