# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=807 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 808 --- ## [Clarification of rule against hate speech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-of-rule-against-hate-speech/964634)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-of-rule-against-hate-speech/964634 "2022-05-19T14:14:11Z")
The staff would like to clarify the SDMB’s long-standing rule against hate speech and our views on racist speech on the SDMB generally. Hate speech – that is, racial epithets and other pejorative remarks about minorit… --- ## [What happens if Donald Trump actually wins the 2024 Republican nomination under indictment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-donald-trump-actually-wins-the-2024-republican-nomination-under-indictment/985063)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Varn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Varn)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-donald-trump-actually-wins-the-2024-republican-nomination-under-indictment/985063 "2023-06-13T17:48:04Z")
Further, what happens if Donald Trump wins the presidency as a convicted felon? Iam sure thatTrump’s legal team’s number one priority is to delay all three of these potential trials for as long as possible. (New York, G… --- ## [Canadian Brass, Blue Man Group, The Flying Karamazov Brothers - Great Niche Entertainment Groups](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-brass-blue-man-group-the-flying-karamazov-brothers-great-niche-entertainment-groups/985322)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-brass-blue-man-group-the-flying-karamazov-brothers-great-niche-entertainment-groups/985322 "2023-06-13T17:24:37Z")
Browsing videos online I fell down a musical rabbit hole that brought me to brass bands, and this led me to the Canadian Brass. I had heard of them before only vaguely and I’m not really into that sort of music, but I sp… --- ## [Kids! Win this FX-100 sports car! (What?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-win-this-fx-100-sports-car-what/985342)
**Author:** [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-win-this-fx-100-sports-car-what/985342 "2023-06-13T17:23:36Z")
Here’s a TV ad, looks to be from the early sixties, for Red Ball Jets, a sneaker brand that promises they’ll “get you off like a rocket!” And shows a cartoon kid bouncing over a house! Not since Fred MacMurray invented F… --- ## [Going back to February 2022 - trying to deter the Russian invasion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-back-to-february-2022-trying-to-deter-the-russian-invasion/984295)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-back-to-february-2022-trying-to-deter-the-russian-invasion/984295 "2023-06-13T16:18:02Z")
In hindsight, of course, the best way to deter the invasion was many years before - 2014 or before. But let’s set that aside and only go back to, say, the beginning or middle of February 2022. Even without the U.S. or N… --- ## [The numbers - 29 months of covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-numbers-29-months-of-covid/984946)
**Author:** [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-numbers-29-months-of-covid/984946 "2023-06-13T16:12:08Z")
During covid I made a daily visit to Worldometers as my preferred global snapshot of what was happening with covid mortality. I heard today that a global pandemic treaty to improve the world’s response is already being … --- ## [Teenager flirting with me. Weird visit to the inlaws!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenager-flirting-with-me-weird-visit-to-the-inlaws/659546)
**Author:** [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenager-flirting-with-me-weird-visit-to-the-inlaws/659546 "2023-06-13T16:03:32Z")
So, visiting my sister in law and BIL over the weekend. Their house is always a zoo of people and kids on holiday weekends. Here is the roster of participants: BIL, SIL, wife, niece, Niece’s husband, niece’s kids (3 g… --- ## [Between the lines, one of the saddest things I've ever seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/between-the-lines-one-of-the-saddest-things-ive-ever-seen/824053)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/between-the-lines-one-of-the-saddest-things-ive-ever-seen/824053 "2023-06-13T16:02:40Z")
Over the weekend, I saw an obituary for a 13-year-old girl in a nearby town who “died at home” (i.e. she committed suicide). Usually, when a young person dies, there are oodles of online condolences, and that’s just not… --- ## ["Illegals" and "invaders" should be moderated as hate speech in the context of immigration debates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illegals-and-invaders-should-be-moderated-as-hate-speech-in-the-context-of-immigration-debates/985244)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illegals-and-invaders-should-be-moderated-as-hate-speech-in-the-context-of-immigration-debates/985244 "2023-06-13T14:59:22Z")
I’d like to talk about three terms that show up in discussions of immigration: Illegal immigrants Illegals Invaders (and “invasion”) First, “Illegal immigrants” is a term that is falling out of use among experts in th… --- ## [One small nice thing about this Midwest drought…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-small-nice-thing-about-this-midwest-drought/985316)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-small-nice-thing-about-this-midwest-drought/985316 "2023-06-13T12:27:00Z")
…is that I’m sitting outside in my backyard right now, 11:30 at night, and I have not been bitten by a single mosquito. I live in an area with many small lakes and swampy areas all around, and on a typical Summer evening… --- ## [Guardians of Justice (Netflix superhero limited series)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guardians-of-justice-netflix-superhero-limited-series/985310)
**Author:** [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guardians-of-justice-netflix-superhero-limited-series/985310 "2023-06-13T12:08:34Z")
Has anyone else watched the Netflix show “Guardians of Justice”? I had never heard of it, but I stumbled across it a few days ago while looking at the Wikipedia page for Will Yun Lee. It’s a dark, gritty superhero stor… --- ## [(Old) So you want to be a star in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-so-you-want-to-be-a-star-in-the-mmp/985030)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 288\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-so-you-want-to-be-a-star-in-the-mmp/985030 "2023-06-13T11:55:02Z")
How many of us dreamed of being on the stage or screen as kids? I used to think I wanted to be a dancer or a singer, and I certainly wouldn’t let shyness or a lack of talent stop me. OK, I did. But the dreams were there… --- ## [Identify these concentric markings on mortar in an old wall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-these-concentric-markings-on-mortar-in-an-old-wall/985242)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-these-concentric-markings-on-mortar-in-an-old-wall/985242 "2023-06-13T11:39:42Z")
Out and about on my travels, I happened to walk past an old building with walls made from limestone and flint. All over the surface of the mortar, I observed whorls of concentric ridges. Here are some photos: The wall… --- ## [I think I screwed up by using ChatGPT too vigorously at my freelance work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-screwed-up-by-using-chatgpt-too-vigorously-at-my-freelance-work/984637)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-screwed-up-by-using-chatgpt-too-vigorously-at-my-freelance-work/984637 "2023-06-13T10:42:16Z")
I lost my job last November and have been looking for full-time work ever since. A few weeks ago, a Christian organization approached me and was looking to get several thousand sermons transcribed into Word documents (t… --- ## [Why is an overbite sexy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-an-overbite-sexy/356132)
**Author:** [@moonstarssun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonstarssun)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-an-overbite-sexy/356132 "2023-06-13T09:01:37Z")
If this belongs in IMHO, mods, feel free to move it. I wasn’t sure. Anyway, I’ve heard several guys, here and other places, remark that overbites are sexy. I’d just like to find out why. Thanks! --- ## [Why so hard to change your political affiliation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-hard-to-change-your-political-affiliation/985033)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-hard-to-change-your-political-affiliation/985033 "2023-06-13T03:57:40Z")
I’m opening this thread, rather than continue querying the OP in here because he requested that he not be questioned and I agreed to drop the questions there, so please do not refer to him by name in this thread, but rat… --- ## [Why have movies gone away from numbered sequels?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-movies-gone-away-from-numbered-sequels/985267)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-movies-gone-away-from-numbered-sequels/985267 "2023-06-13T03:30:11Z")
I know numbered sequels are a relatively “new” thing (Godfather Part 2 was one of the first) but it seems like in the past couple of decades we’ve kind of gone away from the numbered sequels. Most MCU films besides Iron … --- ## [Berlusconi, ex-PM of Italy, dead at 86](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/berlusconi-ex-pm-of-italy-dead-at-86/985350)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/berlusconi-ex-pm-of-italy-dead-at-86/985350 "2023-06-13T02:35:36Z")
Yeppers! What a streak!! First Robert Hanssen, then Pat Robertson, then the Unabomber, and now this festering excuse for a human being. Is the Universe beginning to compensate us for all these awful years since 2016…… --- ## [Hotel and Motel prices are through the roof!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-and-motel-prices-are-through-the-roof/985382)
**Author:** [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-and-motel-prices-are-through-the-roof/985382 "2023-06-13T02:27:47Z")
Doing some traveling in the New England area. Astonished at the rate increases over the last few years. Have habitually just stopped in and got a room. Now I’m going to have to price shop. What works best for you? U… --- ## [Capitol One knows my browsing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capitol-one-knows-my-browsing/984673)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capitol-one-knows-my-browsing/984673 "2023-06-13T01:48:29Z")
Capitol One credit card company finds products I saw on the web, and emails with “You’ve earned enough points to buy this!” The latest is from this thread: What is this kitchen tool? The picture in the thread is from Eb… --- ## [A prodigal son has returned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-prodigal-son-has-returned/985332)
**Author:** [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-prodigal-son-has-returned/985332 "2023-06-13T01:31:50Z")
I was a longtime Doper in the vBulletin days — I even scored a “Charter Member” title way back when (though I lost that at some point) — and had attended several KC Dopefests and got to be good friends with SkipFitz and … --- ## [The Days (Netflix miniseries) (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-days-netflix-miniseries-open-spoilers/985395)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-days-netflix-miniseries-open-spoilers/985395 "2023-06-13T00:25:08Z")
It’s a Japanese dramatization of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear diaster. I’m hooked and binging it. This is good. --- ## [Democrats Doing The Right Thing Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-doing-the-right-thing-thread/985386)
**Author:** [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-doing-the-right-thing-thread/985386 "2023-06-12T23:41:28Z")
I did not see a similar thread, forgive me if one exists. ( I put this in the Pit because if things get heavy and sweary and insulty we’re where we need to be.) So, Democrats doing the right thing. Post your examples, i… --- ## [Earliest Multiverse or Parallel Universe Reference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-multiverse-or-parallel-universe-reference/972925)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-multiverse-or-parallel-universe-reference/972925 "2023-06-12T23:37:57Z")
So I know Heinlein had an early story from the 40s. Elsewhen 1941. It was recently mentioned comics added the multiverse in 1961. Was there a story before Elsewhen? --- ## [14 year old animator hired by Sony pictures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-year-old-animator-hired-by-sony-pictures/985383)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-year-old-animator-hired-by-sony-pictures/985383 "2023-06-12T23:24:48Z")
This is just too delicious not to share. A 14 year old of Cameroonian descent (although US born and now living in Canada) created a Spiderman trailer using Lego builder software and it came to the attention of the creat… --- ## [Reading an uncondensed book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-an-uncondensed-book/984937)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-an-uncondensed-book/984937 "2023-06-12T22:58:27Z")
I used to have some Reader’s Digest books. Three books I like well enough that I searched out the uncondensed versions. One was a novel, In This House of Brede and the other two were about two natural disasters. One w… --- ## [U.S. withdraws from UNESCO, the U.N.’s cultural organization, citing anti-Israel bias](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-withdraws-from-unesco-the-u-n-s-cultural-organization-citing-anti-israel-bias/798657)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-withdraws-from-unesco-the-u-n-s-cultural-organization-citing-anti-israel-bias/798657 "2023-06-12T22:14:00Z")
It seems bizarre that an organization devoted to educational, scientific and cultural cooperation would be so controversial in the U.S. If you look at a list of activities most are worth doing: --- ## [Can Venice Be Saved?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-venice-be-saved/843450)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-venice-be-saved/843450 "2023-06-12T20:51:26Z")
I mean in general, not just with regard to the current situation. The city is sinking, global sea levels are rising, shit’s getting real. Can anything be done – for example, somehow artificially raising it a couple of me… --- ## [What if people could file a sealed copy of their will with the authorities?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-people-could-file-a-sealed-copy-of-their-will-with-the-authorities/985234)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-people-could-file-a-sealed-copy-of-their-will-with-the-authorities/985234 "2023-06-12T20:40:13Z")
The literature on estate planning suggests that, after a person dies, there is occasionally a problem locating or validating that person’s will. What if we all had the option to file a sealed copy of our will with the st… --- ## [Thinking about the day my son was born](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-the-day-my-son-was-born/985378)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-the-day-my-son-was-born/985378 "2023-06-12T20:29:55Z")
As we went into labor I started to think about how I would react as I saw my son for the first time. I imagined something coming over me that I had never experienced. Labor was short and we were rushed into the room, 10 … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=806) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=808)