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**Author:** [@Comicquery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Comicquery)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-where-woman-becomes-god/983654 "2023-06-12T20:24:12Z")
I had a comic from probably the early 90’s that I have no idea how to track down. It was a short story where a woman created a computer program with virtual creatures who ended up worshipping her like a god. Eventually t… --- ## [Looking for a different type of "Butterfly Effect" time travel story or movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-different-type-of-butterfly-effect-time-travel-story-or-movie/983646)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-different-type-of-butterfly-effect-time-travel-story-or-movie/983646 "2023-06-12T20:18:58Z")
In most stories that involve time travel to the past, changing the past almost always causes detrimental effects on the present, either accidentally through the so-called "Butterfly Effect, or on purpose via “The Road To… --- ## [Share the top all-time posts from a (relatively) small subreddit you enjoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-top-all-time-posts-from-a-relatively-small-subreddit-you-enjoy/985293)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-top-all-time-posts-from-a-relatively-small-subreddit-you-enjoy/985293 "2023-06-12T19:01:27Z")
Lots of Reddit in the news lately. It’s the Reddit end times! Anyway, here’s the rules: Rule a) Go to a subreddit you like. Filter the posts by “top” and then “all time.” Rule 1) Feel free to skip a post or two if it’… --- ## [Trump's portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-portrait-of-kaiser-wilhelm/985264)
**Author:** [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-portrait-of-kaiser-wilhelm/985264 "2023-06-12T18:41:57Z")
This article about the scene at Bedminster when Trump was told about his indictment says As speculation intensified ahead of the Justice Department’s notification of the indictment, Mr. Trump’s team pretaped a video o… --- ## [Movies You Selected Because of a Face of an Actress](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-selected-because-of-a-face-of-an-actress/985221)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-selected-because-of-a-face-of-an-actress/985221 "2023-06-12T18:40:12Z")
I’ll be browsing movies people rate/review, and some insert posters, and for some reason, I can pick em just by the face, but it’s rare that this happens. “The Forest For The Trees” is one. “Paradise: Love”… “Dance In Th… --- ## [Which book and author got recommended to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-and-author-got-recommended-to-me/985223)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-book-and-author-got-recommended-to-me/985223 "2023-06-12T18:37:26Z")
I got into a conversation with a stranger earlier this week who recommended a book and its author to me; he also said he would be leaving town on Thursday (today) so I can’t hope to run into him any time soon. I thought… --- ## [How does the military make political decisions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-military-make-political-decisions/985255)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-military-make-political-decisions/985255 "2023-06-12T18:11:11Z")
Specifically though not necessarily, what standards and information would the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs use to determine who won the Presidential election? To take the contrary of the Milley/Trump/Biden situation of … --- ## [MS Word and comments question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-and-comments-question/985375)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-and-comments-question/985375 "2023-06-12T17:46:06Z")
Hi all, do any of you know of a way to export MS Word comments in a separate, easy to organize location, such as a separate table or a bulleted list at the bottom of a doc? Thanks --- ## [Hard apple cider on tap. Available in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-apple-cider-on-tap-available-in-the-us/985178)
**Author:** [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-apple-cider-on-tap-available-in-the-us/985178 "2023-06-12T17:32:47Z")
I didn’t want to hijack the Johnny Appleseed thread (linked below) so I started this one. The discussion of apples and cider reminded me of the 2 weeks I spent in Ireland and England last summer, and my discovery of hard… --- ## [New wheel for car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wheel-for-car/985215)
**Author:** [@dauerbach1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach1)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wheel-for-car/985215 "2023-06-12T17:18:31Z")
Planning on buying a wheel and tire for my Mustang Mach-E since the car does not come with a spare and I don’t want a flat at 6:00 pm to become a major hassle. I will most likely keep it in the garage. But buying wheel… --- ## [Tell me where (or if) I'm going wrong with 18 US Code 2071](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-where-or-if-im-going-wrong-with-18-us-code-2071/985295)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-where-or-if-im-going-wrong-with-18-us-code-2071/985295 "2023-06-12T17:10:20Z")
The subject code addresses the removal of classified material, penalties, etc. Here are the relevant sections (emphasized and relevant text in italics): "(a) Whoever willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilate… --- ## [Today I learned the BBC has a pidgin English section](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-learned-the-bbc-has-a-pidgin-english-section/985297)
**Author:** [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-learned-the-bbc-has-a-pidgin-english-section/985297 "2023-06-12T17:04:37Z")
I must have read thousands of BBC articles over the years and never ran across this before. Pretty cool. I did a search before posting this and I got more hits of posters spelling pigeon wrong than about the language. … --- ## [ISO BBQ / grill master advice - smoking 2x small briskets on a gas grill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iso-bbq-grill-master-advice-smoking-2x-small-briskets-on-a-gas-grill/985307)
**Author:** [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iso-bbq-grill-master-advice-smoking-2x-small-briskets-on-a-gas-grill/985307 "2023-06-12T16:40:59Z")
I’m gonna try doing this for the first time tomorrow. I’ve smoked stuff before (pork ribs) on my Weber gas grill using indirect heat and a wood chip box, but this would be my first time making beef brisket. I want it to… --- ## [Predict absurd future fashions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-absurd-future-fashions/362756)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-absurd-future-fashions/362756 "2023-06-12T14:22:14Z")
This thread caused me to wonder if there are any future fashion trends that are so absurd as to be safe from occurring in the future. To the now-middle-aged generation, the cool thing was to wear pants tight enough to p… --- ## [Life after death is real - how do you spend it? (Just for fun, not for heavy debates...)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-after-death-is-real-how-do-you-spend-it-just-for-fun-not-for-heavy-debates/985212)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-after-death-is-real-how-do-you-spend-it-just-for-fun-not-for-heavy-debates/985212 "2023-06-12T14:20:59Z")
This is not a discussion of beliefs - merely a flight of fancy. Once your carcass has given up the ghost, the you that is you - call it soul, spirit, essence, whatever - continues to exist. Your senses continue to functi… --- ## [Following the advice of the Galactically Stupid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/following-the-advice-of-the-galactically-stupid/985344)
**Author:** [@Blindmellowjelly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blindmellowjelly)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/following-the-advice-of-the-galactically-stupid/985344 "2023-06-12T13:31:46Z")
I’m sorry, I lost your steakknives. --- ## [Flomax dosing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flomax-dosing/985321)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flomax-dosing/985321 "2023-06-12T13:28:18Z")
I know you’re not a doctor but I’m looking for information and have yet to see it covered anywhere. Instructions for dosing says it’s to be taken thirty minutes after a meal and at the same time every day. The thing is… --- ## [What am I worth, part-wise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-worth-part-wise/985317)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-worth-part-wise/985317 "2023-06-12T13:26:56Z")
Just morbidly curious. I am a 70 year old woman, with high blood pressure, a heart murmur, type 2 diabetes, kidney disease, some psoriasis patches on my calves, retinal problems, cataracts, a touch of developing deafnes… --- ## [Stupidest suggestions for genetically engineering humanity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-suggestions-for-genetically-engineering-humanity/985308)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-suggestions-for-genetically-engineering-humanity/985308 "2023-06-12T13:12:02Z")
Pretty much ever since the realization that humans weren’t divinely created in their present form, people have been speculating on what the future might hold; and even more popular have been suggestions for deliberately … --- ## [What's this bank fraud called?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-bank-fraud-called/985159)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-bank-fraud-called/985159 "2023-06-12T12:52:53Z")
Suppose I want to raise a metric frick-ton of cash to start up…something. I \*have \* a million dollars and deposit it in a bank account and immediately take out a loan for another million dollars, using the first million… --- ## [Prehistoric Planet: a new Attenborough documentary about dinosaurs by Apple TV and the BBC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prehistoric-planet-a-new-attenborough-documentary-about-dinosaurs-by-apple-tv-and-the-bbc/962204)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prehistoric-planet-a-new-attenborough-documentary-about-dinosaurs-by-apple-tv-and-the-bbc/962204 "2023-06-12T12:34:42Z")
Link to the announcement page: This reminds me of the old BBC show Walking with Dinosaurs, which seriously blew my mind when I was a kid. It holds up surprisingly well, aside from some aspects of the science that have… --- ## [Marvelous Mrs. Maisel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-mrs-maisel/985038)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-mrs-maisel/985038 "2023-06-12T02:25:48Z")
Probably later than most I just finished all the episodes. Absolutely loved it. Anyway, was this series particularly helpful or not helpful to any of the actors or actresses who were featured? --- ## [What is the psychological method or style being used in the Unabomber's manifesto?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-psychological-method-or-style-being-used-in-the-unabombers-manifesto/181412)
**Author:** [@fishcrawford](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishcrawford)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-psychological-method-or-style-being-used-in-the-unabombers-manifesto/181412 "2023-06-11T22:52:00Z")
For those who have never read it here is a link: http://www.panix.com/~clays/Una/una1.html#section2 I strongly suggest reading it if you haven’t done so in the past. My question is: What psychological method is he usi… --- ## [Dress code in court](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dress-code-in-court/984994)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dress-code-in-court/984994 "2023-06-11T22:37:50Z")
I think this is a FQ I saw a video where a judge said that a person’s shirt is inappropriate and the defendant was lucky the judge didn’t make them change it. I know that there is such a thing as contempt of court but … --- ## [Is Mark Robinson in denial like Kanye?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mark-robinson-in-denial-like-kanye/985306)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mark-robinson-in-denial-like-kanye/985306 "2023-06-11T22:07:46Z")
not sure if this belongs in Politics, so feel free to move. Mark Robinson is a Black Republican LtGovernor in North Carolina. Recently he has stated that the Civil Rights Movement cost the Black community freedom, and mo… --- ## [Nightdive Studios System Shock remake. Long time coming; almost here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nightdive-studios-system-shock-remake-long-time-coming-almost-here/976179)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nightdive-studios-system-shock-remake-long-time-coming-almost-here/976179 "2023-06-11T18:47:02Z")
Way back when I was home with my youngest son after he was born, I was made aware of a Kickstarter. A studio wanted to do a complete remake of the classic System Shock. I had never played it, but I did play (and loved)… --- ## [Career advice sought](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/career-advice-sought/983193)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/career-advice-sought/983193 "2023-06-11T18:16:06Z")
I couldn’t figure out what forum this belongs to, but this seemed to be the closest. I am a software developer by training and when I got laid off in 2016, I took a job which I understood had a programming element to it… --- ## [Mysterious books from my childhood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-books-from-my-childhood/984897)
**Author:** [@John\_W.Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_W.Kennedy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-books-from-my-childhood/984897 "2023-06-11T17:12:51Z")
There are two stories (adult, or nearly) that I read in my childhood that I’ve been trying to track down for ages. A short story of the fall of Ys. It ended with the common “Par-Ys” prophecy. I read it around 1957–8 i… --- ## [Designing a Small, Lightweight Thermonuclear Suitcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/designing-a-small-lightweight-thermonuclear-suitcase/985213)
**Author:** [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/designing-a-small-lightweight-thermonuclear-suitcase/985213 "2023-06-11T17:08:51Z")
According to those in the know, the US and USSR during the Cold War maintained secret inventories of suitcase nukes, nuclear backpacks, nuclear artillery shells, atomic demolition charges, and more. Since portability was… --- ## [What causes this weird scroll overlap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-this-weird-scroll-overlap/985163)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-this-weird-scroll-overlap/985163 "2023-06-11T15:48:18Z")
Using Firefox on Windows 10, the posts field sometimes scrolls up and superimposes over the banner field. I haven’t figured out a cause and effect, doesn’t happen all the time, still happens with extensions turned off. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=807) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=809)