# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=759&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 760 --- ## [Earthquake near Ojai, California - 2023-08-20 21:41:01 (UTC). In other news, I now know there's a shake app on my phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-near-ojai-california-2023-08-20-2101-utc-in-other-news-i-now-know-theres-a-shake-app-on-my-phone/988845)
**Author:** [@plankter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plankter)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-near-ojai-california-2023-08-20-2101-utc-in-other-news-i-now-know-theres-a-shake-app-on-my-phone/988845 "2023-08-21T17:13:17Z")
My phone made a new noise. I looked at Notifications and saw something like, “5.0 earthquake Ventura you may feel some shaking” … and the room swayed a bit before I finished reading. Cool! https://earthquake.usgs.gov… --- ## [How fast does electricity interruption travel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-does-electricity-interruption-travel/988807)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-does-electricity-interruption-travel/988807 "2023-08-21T17:08:36Z")
Remembering Muhammad Ali allegedly claiming to switch off the light in his room and getting into bed before the room went dark I wonder how fast the effect of interrupting an electrical circuit travels down a conducting … --- ## [Drones and future wars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drones-and-future-wars/988840)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drones-and-future-wars/988840 "2023-08-21T16:54:30Z")
Hi there, based on this event: … I’d be interested in a broad debate on how the rise of drones will impact future wars… I am somewhat optimistic, as it tends to bring the war back to “specific targets” ves. carpet b… --- ## [Magellan01 is Banned for Trolling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-banned-for-trolling/988869)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magellan01-is-banned-for-trolling/988869 "2023-08-21T16:25:31Z")
magellan01 had returned after over 4 years to Troll. Especially in the “hijack the thread” and “Just Asking Questions” type of trolling. Added bonus, then bothering the Moderators who modnoted or warned him with more JAQi… --- ## [Complete the Simon or McCartney lyric](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-the-simon-or-mccartney-lyric/988708)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-the-simon-or-mccartney-lyric/988708 "2023-08-21T14:39:29Z")
Sometimes lyricists just give up before finishing the job. Paul Simon for example in “The Boxer” left some filler lyrics in the final version of the song, “Li li li, li li li li li li li…”, because he felt lazy, or becau… --- ## [Where are the birth control commercial?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-birth-control-commercial/988698)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-birth-control-commercial/988698 "2023-08-21T14:26:40Z")
At one time there were all sorts of TV commercials for contraceptives. Spermacidal foams, pills, implants, injections, condoms. Now that Roe has been dismantled I would think companies making such products would jump on… --- ## [Ivana Trump's Body Lies a-Moulderin' in the Grave](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivana-trumps-body-lies-a-moulderin-in-the-grave/988566)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivana-trumps-body-lies-a-moulderin-in-the-grave/988566 "2023-08-21T13:25:31Z")
… and the Grave is a-Moulderin’ on top of Her: --- ## [Is there any rock studio double album where the second disc is better?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-rock-studio-double-album-where-the-second-disc-is-better/988680)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2023, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-rock-studio-double-album-where-the-second-disc-is-better/988680 "2023-08-21T13:10:06Z")
Has any rock band released a double album where you thought the second record or CD was better than the first one ? Nope for me. I immediately think of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. First record much better than the s… --- ## [2023 Wildfire Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-wildfire-thread/984272)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2023, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-wildfire-thread/984272 "2023-08-21T12:49:08Z")
Looks like Canada got the jump on the US as far as launching fire season :frowning: . --- ## [Pilot Dies on Miami-Santiago Flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilot-dies-on-miami-santiago-flight/988696)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2023, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilot-dies-on-miami-santiago-flight/988696 "2023-08-21T11:03:49Z")
A 25-year veteran pilot for LATAM Airlines died about two hours after takeoff from Miami. The plane was landed in Panama by two co-pilots. --- ## [(Old) It's still dark MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-its-still-dark-mmp/988550)
**Author:** [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Replies:** 354\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2023, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-its-still-dark-mmp/988550 "2023-08-21T10:54:03Z")
I have no idea why I am up this early… --- ## [What were the most "risque" shows of the 1960s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-most-risque-shows-of-the-1960s/817188)
**Author:** [@Kennedy1960](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kennedy1960)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2023, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-most-risque-shows-of-the-1960s/817188 "2023-08-21T08:23:39Z")
Were there any shows in the 60s which tackled or displayed taboo subject matter or which serve as a great time capuscle of the period? Compared to say, All in the Family in the 70s or The Sopranos? Something like Dragnet… --- ## [James Dean to Star in New Movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-dean-to-star-in-new-movie/843175)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2023, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-dean-to-star-in-new-movie/843175 "2023-08-21T07:57:10Z")
Looks like being dead is no obstacle to working if you’re famous. The rules really are different for celebrities and the rich. So, opinions? Personally, I think some new Three Stooges shorts would be cool. Would Dope… --- ## [Some questions about human ovulation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-questions-about-human-ovulation/988835)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2023, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-questions-about-human-ovulation/988835 "2023-08-21T06:32:44Z")
I’ve been listening to a podcast called “The Retrievals”. The podcast is by the people who brought us Serial and other podcasts. In this one, it discusses a crime in which some women undergoing IVF treatment are the vi… --- ## [Bradley Cooper accused of “Jewface”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bradley-cooper-accused-of-jewface/988729)
**Author:** [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2023, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bradley-cooper-accused-of-jewface/988729 "2023-08-21T04:02:31Z")
Apparently there’s some controversy over Bradley Cooper playing Leonard Bernstein in an upcoming film while wearing a large prosthetic nose. While I do I find the choice odd on the face of it, accusations of Cooper usin… --- ## [Is density weighted density a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-density-weighted-density-a-thing/988812)
**Author:** [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2023, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-density-weighted-density-a-thing/988812 "2023-08-21T01:16:47Z")
I’m specifically thinking of population density, but I suppose it could apply to other things. Population density of a country is defined as # of people / area of country. Consider two countries with the same area and po… --- ## [Solar Opposites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-opposites/853433)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-opposites/853433 "2023-08-21T00:50:49Z")
So this new series dropped today. I have watched the first two episodes…and it is Rick and Morty. If you like Rick and Morty, you will like Solar Opposites, because Solar Opposites is Rick and Morty. --- ## [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… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=758&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=760&state=muted)