# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=800 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 801 --- ## [Should I bring anything to a High School graduation ceremony?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-bring-anything-to-a-high-school-graduation-ceremony/985823)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-bring-anything-to-a-high-school-graduation-ceremony/985823 "2023-06-22T03:53:16Z")
I’ll be attending my daughter’s high school graduation ceremony soon. Am I supposed to bring flowers or anything? I probably won’t see her before the event, just afterwards. My concern is that I’d have to hold them fo… --- ## ["becoming boats" - WTH does this mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becoming-boats-wth-does-this-mean/651436)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2023, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becoming-boats-wth-does-this-mean/651436 "2023-06-22T03:41:37Z")
I’m reading The Devil in the White City, and came across a phrase I cannot interpret. Author Erik Larson is describing the vision of landscape architect OImstead for how to lay out the Chicago grounds for the 1893 World… --- ## [Fake stick shift and "vroom" sound effects in electric vehicles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-stick-shift-and-vroom-sound-effects-in-electric-vehicles/985587)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2023, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-stick-shift-and-vroom-sound-effects-in-electric-vehicles/985587 "2023-06-22T02:52:38Z")
“Toyota has decided that the way to get people excited about electric vehicles is to give consumers the illusion of driving a stick shift, fake vroom sound and all. The simulated manual transmission and other emerging fe… --- ## [Can executive clemency stipulate conditions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-executive-clemency-stipulate-conditions/985509)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2023, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-executive-clemency-stipulate-conditions/985509 "2023-06-22T02:32:50Z")
Nikki Haley recently been suggested that if Donald Trump is found guilty of a federal crime, that he be pardoned “for the good of the country”. I won’t get into the merits of that but I was wondering, can presidential or… --- ## [WANT TO BUY-- The Kula Kola Caper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-buy-the-kula-kola-caper/985495)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2023, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-buy-the-kula-kola-caper/985495 "2023-06-22T01:24:17Z")
I am looking for a copy of Ben Caldwell’s LINK–The Dare Detectives! 2: The Kula Kola Caper Not available on Amazon, nor ebay. Got an extra to sell, Dopers? --- ## [Is Reddit Really Going to Have A 'Blackout'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-reddit-really-going-to-have-a-blackout/985278)
**Author:** [@Carlspank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carlspank)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2023, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-reddit-really-going-to-have-a-blackout/985278 "2023-06-21T22:50:53Z")
So because of the API change, i guess 3rd party apps will have to pay reddit? So now starting next month on the 12th, people will have to pay to use any 3rd party reddit app. Also, on reddit there’s talk that a lot of s… --- ## [Humidity for flooring wood to acclimatize](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humidity-for-flooring-wood-to-acclimatize/985831)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humidity-for-flooring-wood-to-acclimatize/985831 "2023-06-21T22:17:20Z")
My basement project is FINALLY coming to conclusion, and the contractor is planning to bring over the wood today for the floor. It’s engineered hardwood, which will theoretically match the older engineer hardwood in the … --- ## [What’s an innocent or common misconception about your profession or your hobby that just drives you up the wall?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-an-innocent-or-common-misconception-about-your-profession-or-your-hobby-that-just-drives-you-up-the-wall/985496)
**Author:** [@NegativeZer0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NegativeZer0)\ **Replies:** 249\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2023, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-an-innocent-or-common-misconception-about-your-profession-or-your-hobby-that-just-drives-you-up-the-wall/985496 "2023-06-21T21:17:33Z")
Like for example, how someone thinks because you work in IT you can fix their TV, or how if you’re into music you must be able to play any random instrument. --- ## [OBD scanner does not show code \[Fixed title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obd-scanner-does-not-show-code-fixed-title/985806)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obd-scanner-does-not-show-code-fixed-title/985806 "2023-06-21T20:55:30Z")
My 2007 Camry Hybrid is showing a Check Engine light (and also a Check Hybrid System message). I decided to spring for a scanner. I got a MOTOPOWER MP69033 but it said “0 codes”. I took it to Advance Auto Parts store whe… --- ## [Introducing Sports Teams](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-sports-teams/985312)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-sports-teams/985312 "2023-06-21T20:37:44Z")
I watched some of the third Stanley Cup hockey game. They introduced the away team in a fairly succinct way, while the crowd booed each player vociferously. Then they introduced the home team, spending about twice the … --- ## [The teen Mail Jumpers of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-teen-mail-jumpers-of-lake-geneva-wisconsin/985800)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-teen-mail-jumpers-of-lake-geneva-wisconsin/985800 "2023-06-21T19:23:17Z")
I just learned about this from NPR today. It started in the late 19th century, when the lakefront mansions were only accessible by boat. Mail is delivered by a a “mail jumper” who jumps from a moving boat onto the dock… --- ## [With Culture technology what would be the best plan for humanity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-culture-technology-what-would-be-the-best-plan-for-humanity/985775)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-culture-technology-what-would-be-the-best-plan-for-humanity/985775 "2023-06-21T18:44:57Z")
In Iain Banks’ Culture universe trillions of people live on millions of orbitals throughout the galaxy with each orbital capable of housing billions of people. Assuming our real world Earth got Culture like post scarcit… --- ## [Big puppy paws, big dog?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-puppy-paws-big-dog/985553)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-puppy-paws-big-dog/985553 "2023-06-21T18:32:51Z")
The old trope that a pup with big paws is going to grow into a BIG dog has been proven less true than true for me. My last doggie was a Stumpy Tailed Smithfield/Lab cross. He paws were humungous. She only grew to the si… --- ## [What's the difference between vegan butter and margarine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-vegan-butter-and-margarine/985776)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-vegan-butter-and-margarine/985776 "2023-06-21T17:37:00Z")
I first heard about vegan butter when a vegan friend of mine told me a recipe for which she had used it. I asked her what it was and how it was different from margarine, but she also didn’t know herself. Today I was brow… --- ## [Yet another burger thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-burger-thread/985752)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-burger-thread/985752 "2023-06-21T15:55:58Z")
For a long time, I enjoyed thick, giant burgers. More recently, for several years, I liked very thin burgers with crispy edges. Lately, when I have a burger, I make a thick-ish 5+ ounce patty and cook it ‘medium’. (I’… --- ## [The Art of Looney Tunes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-art-of-looney-tunes/985634)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-art-of-looney-tunes/985634 "2023-06-21T15:14:19Z")
A critique regarding the background artwork of your favorite Warner Bro. cartoons. ​ ​(1) The hidden world of LOONEY TUNES’s background art - YouTube --- ## [Which Kindle to buy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-kindle-to-buy/985627)
**Author:** [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-kindle-to-buy/985627 "2023-06-21T14:56:21Z")
I’ve narrowed it down to the “regular” Kindle, as apparently you can read ANY of the new ones outside in sunlight - or in bed, under the covers - and the Paperwhite (the cheapest version) because it is slightly nicer and… --- ## [How harmful would it be for evidence from Trump's lawyers to be excluded in the documents case?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-harmful-would-it-be-for-evidence-from-trumps-lawyers-to-be-excluded-in-the-documents-case/985881)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2023, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-harmful-would-it-be-for-evidence-from-trumps-lawyers-to-be-excluded-in-the-documents-case/985881 "2023-06-21T12:45:15Z")
The court previously allowed attorney-client privilege to be pierced due to the crime-fraud exception. If that testimony is excluded, how damaging would it be to the government’s burden of proving mens rea? Also, is it… --- ## [Cannabis In Tennessee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabis-in-tennessee/985864)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2023, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabis-in-tennessee/985864 "2023-06-21T11:35:32Z")
Tennesse hasn’t gotten on the legalization bandwagon yet, per NORML. https://norml.org/laws/tennessee-penalties-2/#:~:text=2015)%20Web%20Search-,Possession,a%20%24500%20mandatory%20minimum%20fine. Except, I was in Gatli… --- ## [Hypothetically, if Trump flees the US, where would he go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetically-if-trump-flees-the-us-where-would-he-go/985460)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2023, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetically-if-trump-flees-the-us-where-would-he-go/985460 "2023-06-21T08:40:29Z")
If the deep state or shallow state every catches up with Trump, which country should he settle in (assuming he doesn’t want to face US legal consequences)? Requirements: the foreign country would have to be friendly to … --- ## [What if Trump drops out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-trump-drops-out/985203)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2023, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-trump-drops-out/985203 "2023-06-21T01:56:55Z")
Trump is under indictment in the Story Daniels thing, and will be indicted any day now for the Mar-a-Lago documents. Further indictments are possible for January 6 and in Georgia for election fraud. Plus, there’s an in… --- ## [Teaching my white child about the term "cracker."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-my-white-child-about-the-term-cracker/985720)
**Author:** [@lemon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lemon)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2023, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-my-white-child-about-the-term-cracker/985720 "2023-06-21T01:09:24Z")
My 10-year-old, white son has black friends who roast him about being white, which includes calling him a “cracker.” When I was growing up in the 80s and 90s in a predominantly black city, I tended to just laugh it off… --- ## [A question about the Special Master in the Trump document case](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-special-master-in-the-trump-document-case/985846)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Varn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Varn)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2023, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-special-master-in-the-trump-document-case/985846 "2023-06-21T00:12:36Z")
Why wasn’t the special master in Trump’s document case allowed to finish his job? The special master in Trump’s case is akin to an arbiter in a process called arbitration which takes place most commonly in the corporate… --- ## [My TV just scolded me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-just-scolded-me/985809)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2023, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-just-scolded-me/985809 "2023-06-20T23:57:59Z")
I’m watching TV, settling into the couch, carrying a drink, a plate of food, and the remote, trying not to spill one of them on the other (or the couch), and inadvertently hit the button that activates the voice-control … --- ## [Question about Updating/Increasing Desktop RAM](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-updating-increasing-desktop-ram/985797)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-updating-increasing-desktop-ram/985797 "2023-06-20T21:34:06Z")
I have some questions about improving my desktop PC computer. I bought a Noctua NH-U12A CPU cooler to replace the stock AMD (Wraith?) that it was built with. I haven’t installed it yet because I also want to add some RAM… --- ## [(Old) Flyboy’s Birthday🎂in the new MMP~](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-flyboy-s-birthday-in-the-new-mmp/985345)
**Author:** [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Replies:** 335\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2023, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-flyboy-s-birthday-in-the-new-mmp/985345 "2023-06-20T21:33:19Z")
Happy birthday, flyboy :helicopter::helicopter::helicopter::helicopter::helicopter::helicopter: , whenever it is --- ## [Sports outcomes that would have been different, if they had technology for repla](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-outcomes-that-would-have-been-different-if-they-had-technology-for-repla/985772)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-outcomes-that-would-have-been-different-if-they-had-technology-for-repla/985772 "2023-06-20T20:46:02Z")
The use of technology to review umpiring decisions has become a part of most of world sport now. I’m watching cricket’s The Ashes now, and I think the use of DRS in cricket is probably is the most impactful system in al… --- ## [What is the oldest artifact that has never been "lost"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-artifact-that-has-never-been-lost/985713)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-artifact-that-has-never-been-lost/985713 "2023-06-20T20:42:27Z")
Most of the really old ancient artifacts that we have were dug up out of the ground or found in tombs. But presumably there are some things that were valuable enough that they were kept intact and passed from person to … --- ## [Rank hypocrisy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-hypocrisy/985748)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2023, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-hypocrisy/985748 "2023-06-20T19:57:16Z")
No, seriously, rank it. Specifically MAGA hypocrisy–let’s rank their hypocrisy from the most glaring to the most excusable. I’ll start by nominating their accusation that Dems are weaponizing the Justice Department when… --- ## [Is it possible to genetically modify organisms in a way that’s impossible with selective breeding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-genetically-modify-organisms-in-a-way-that-s-impossible-with-selective-breeding/984478)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-genetically-modify-organisms-in-a-way-that-s-impossible-with-selective-breeding/984478 "2023-06-20T17:16:48Z")
I ask because it struck me that when people discuss GMOs, many envision a cackling scientist in a white coat blasting poor animals and people with radiation rays and chemicals to alter them in ways that would be impossib… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=799) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=801)