# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=853&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 854 --- ## [Is it effective to put down your car windows in hot weather?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-effective-to-put-down-your-car-windows-in-hot-weather/982669)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-effective-to-put-down-your-car-windows-in-hot-weather/982669 "2023-04-15T14:58:58Z")
I’ve always heard that you should do this to cool down the vehicle prior to getting in it-presumably to let out hot air? Does this work or is it a bit of “common knowledge” that’s untrue or misunderstood? --- ## [Springtime gastrointestinal distress?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springtime-gastrointestinal-distress/982677)
**Author:** [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springtime-gastrointestinal-distress/982677 "2023-04-15T14:53:15Z")
Has anyone else experienced this in the first weeks of warm weather? I’ve noticed it for some time now, and it’s happened to some people I’ve known. Symptoms are bloating and diarrhea, without vomiting or fever, and it u… --- ## [Do all cats belong to a breed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-cats-belong-to-a-breed/982523)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-cats-belong-to-a-breed/982523 "2023-04-15T14:35:40Z")
Dogs apparently all belong to a breed, and there appear to be about a zillion of them. If a dog is a mix, then we call them a mutt, mongrel, mixed breed, etc. Yet the same doesn’t seem to hold true of cats. While there … --- ## [Something I hadn't realized about the /th/ sound in English, for ESL students](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-i-hadnt-realized-about-the-th-sound-in-english-for-esl-students/958780)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-i-hadnt-realized-about-the-th-sound-in-english-for-esl-students/958780 "2023-04-15T13:44:25Z")
I’ve always heard that the voiced and voiceless dental fricatives are difficult for people to learn, if their own languages don’t have that sound. This makes sense, of course. It’s hard to learn how to pronounce sounds… --- ## [Artistic Biographies (and Other Things Related)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artistic-biographies-and-other-things-related/981804)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2023, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artistic-biographies-and-other-things-related/981804 "2023-04-15T13:42:12Z")
Musicians, directors, comedians, writers… To me, autobiographies are even more interesting, but some didn’t live long enough… There’s some who are more interesting than their work… When it comes to biographies, I usuall… --- ## [Alternate history: in which Native American cultures prevail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-history-in-which-native-american-cultures-prevail/982651)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2023, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-history-in-which-native-american-cultures-prevail/982651 "2023-04-15T12:49:03Z")
Has anyone written one? An alternate history, IOW, in which the whole concept of manifest destiny was defeated or decided against or for some other reason derailed at some early stage (1600s? 1700s?) so that European cu… --- ## [Is there a list of accepted tags?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-list-of-accepted-tags/982672)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2023, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-list-of-accepted-tags/982672 "2023-04-15T11:27:08Z")
Sorry if it’s obvious but I did make an effort to find it if it exists. Anyway, is there is a list somewhere, of HTML or similar tags that the board accepts? Some of the ones I used to use don’t seem to work anymore. T… --- ## [Grieving someone I lost touch with](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grieving-someone-i-lost-touch-with/982605)
**Author:** [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2023, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grieving-someone-i-lost-touch-with/982605 "2023-04-15T10:49:45Z")
I found out this week that a grade school classmate passed away - but that’s not who I’m grieving. But hearing of his death apparently kicked me back into grieving for someone who died a year ago , whom I hadn’t spoken t… --- ## [Conscious experience is self-representational access to intrinsic properties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conscious-experience-is-self-representational-access-to-intrinsic-properties/954814)
**Author:** [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2023, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conscious-experience-is-self-representational-access-to-intrinsic-properties/954814 "2023-04-15T09:37:29Z")
I am somewhat scandalously pleased to announce that my new paper, “Self-Reference, Self-Representation, and the Logic of Intentionality”, has just been published in Erkenntnis (see here for a freely-available preprint ve… --- ## [Organisms camoflauged for some visual systems but not others?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organisms-camoflauged-for-some-visual-systems-but-not-others/492563)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2023, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organisms-camoflauged-for-some-visual-systems-but-not-others/492563 "2023-04-15T08:11:50Z")
I could paint two regions in a way that makes them appear to be the same color from the point of view of an organism that sees only black and white, but not from the point of view of some organisms that see colors. Are t… --- ## [Ginger ale and ginger beer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-ale-and-ginger-beer/982674)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2023, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-ale-and-ginger-beer/982674 "2023-04-15T08:03:27Z")
I love them all and am always looking for a new one to try. My favorite is Fever Tree. Our local Giant Eagle markets have many varieties in two different isles, mixers and soft drinks. I recently spotted ginger beer in … --- ## [I don't understand the intensity of the hatred for Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-the-intensity-of-the-hatred-for-trump/982150)
**Author:** [@Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 240\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2023, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-the-intensity-of-the-hatred-for-trump/982150 "2023-04-15T06:46:56Z")
I understand the left and the right not liking each other; that’s just business-as-usual for a two-party system. But when he was president it seemed as if I heard “Trump is literally Hitler!” every day of his presidency… --- ## [How is this not trolling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-not-trolling/982215)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2023, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-not-trolling/982215 "2023-04-15T06:09:40Z")
In P&E, a poster wrote an OP that sure impresses me as an attempt to troll. When numerous people responded/engaged respectfully, the OP never returned. When I and another poster questioned the OP’s behavior that, we … --- ## [NHL February/March 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-march-2023/980263)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2023, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-march-2023/980263 "2023-04-15T05:30:09Z")
Figured I’d combine the two months seeing as February is almost over. Ovechkin returns tonight but the Caps have settled into seller mode for the trade deadline. Probably the right move as I really can’t see some wild c… --- ## [Dasvidaniya - "You would never say it to someone you're going to kill"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dasvidaniya-you-would-never-say-it-to-someone-youre-going-to-kill/982492)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2023, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dasvidaniya-you-would-never-say-it-to-someone-youre-going-to-kill/982492 "2023-04-15T05:16:50Z")
I was watching the John Wick movies and people say Dasvidaniya to each other a lot (owing to the fact Wick is Belarusian and deals with a lot of similar people). I know it basically means “Until we meet again” and is for… --- ## [I'm going to slit my throat with a straight razor (not literally)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-slit-my-throat-with-a-straight-razor-not-literally/982607)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2023, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-slit-my-throat-with-a-straight-razor-not-literally/982607 "2023-04-15T05:03:10Z")
Well, I finally did it. I bought a straight razor. I also bought a small strop that fits within the perimeter of my Dopp kit, a shaving brush, and some shaving soap. I have an extra tin cup I can use for a shaving mug… --- ## [A definition of conservatism - "in-groups" and "out-groups"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-definition-of-conservatism-in-groups-and-out-groups/918646)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2023, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-definition-of-conservatism-in-groups-and-out-groups/918646 "2023-04-15T04:27:39Z")
Widely quoted on the Internet these days is the following definition of conservatism: “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside… --- ## [What Young Adult literature did you/do you love?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-young-adult-literature-did-you-do-you-love/982237)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2023, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-young-adult-literature-did-you-do-you-love/982237 "2023-04-15T03:16:01Z")
I admit it - one of the great joys of my son’s pre-teen and teen years was that I could shamelessly read YA literature, because after all, I was just keeping current with his reading choices and making it possible for us… --- ## [What’s your opinion of Exodus (1960 film)? spoilers ok](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-opinion-of-exodus-1960-film-spoilers-ok/952327)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2023, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-opinion-of-exodus-1960-film-spoilers-ok/952327 "2023-04-15T02:40:07Z")
Exodus is available on demand from TCM for the next month. I remember seeing some of this in high school, it’s a 3.5 hour long film. The teacher may only have shown excerpts or else I was absent for part of it. So, I’ve … --- ## [Can a thick strand of hair be cut with a glass mirror shard like in "Tangled"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-thick-strand-of-hair-be-cut-with-a-glass-mirror-shard-like-in-tangled/982655)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2023, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-thick-strand-of-hair-be-cut-with-a-glass-mirror-shard-like-in-tangled/982655 "2023-04-14T23:29:45Z")
At the end of Disney’s Tangled, spoiler alert for a 13-year-old movie, Flynn uses a large mirror shard to cut Rapunzel’s hair to a much, much shorter length, down to about a quarter of the way down her neck, and not enti… --- ## [Could you pass a history test in DeSantis' Florida?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-a-history-test-in-desantis-florida/982675)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-a-history-test-in-desantis-florida/982675 "2023-04-14T23:03:28Z")
—\>NOTE: THIS IS FROM THE ONION\<— It’s a slideshow. I don’t think Dopers are going to do very well-- too well-informed uppity. Here are the first few: Q: What does the term “segregation” mean? A: Doing what’s righ… --- ## [Retirees: Rainy Day / Emergency Fund?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retirees-rainy-day-emergency-fund/982329)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retirees-rainy-day-emergency-fund/982329 "2023-04-14T21:31:02Z")
tl;dr version up top: For a comfortable retiree relying on 401K / IRA / non-qual investments for all income plus some drip-drip consumption of principal, how much immediately available liquid bank funds / cash is pruden… --- ## [Audience becomes a Choir](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audience-becomes-a-choir/982584)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2023, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audience-becomes-a-choir/982584 "2023-04-14T20:04:40Z")
Jacob Collier leads his audience to sing in heavenly harmony. (1) Jacob Collier - The Audience Choir (Live at O2 Academy Brixton, London) - YouTube --- ## [Vintage furniture knowledgeables. Should I paint this Lane table?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-furniture-knowledgeables-should-i-paint-this-lane-table/982534)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-furniture-knowledgeables-should-i-paint-this-lane-table/982534 "2023-04-14T19:45:45Z")
Purchased the table for $13 at The Salvation Army. I thought it was a cheap laminate over pressboard Ashley and/or Seaman’s piece that I was going to paint and make a coffee station out of. When I flipped it over to clea… --- ## [Printing email address in Word document](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printing-email-address-in-word-document/982673)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printing-email-address-in-word-document/982673 "2023-04-14T16:09:13Z")
I need to send a letter which includes an email address. The address is highlighted on the Word doc and it does not print out on the hard copy. It does show up on the preview. Word 2003 if that matters. --- ## [My mom's accountant is ghosting me. Need answer fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-moms-accountant-is-ghosting-me-need-answer-fast/982597)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-moms-accountant-is-ghosting-me-need-answer-fast/982597 "2023-04-14T15:05:52Z")
TL;DR: I have no tax forms to file for my mom’s estate, and have no idea how I can get them in time. This isn’t the one-time estate taxes, this is the income tax on the estate. It probably doesn’t own money, but it sold … --- ## [Are all airports federal territory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-airports-federal-territory/982659)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-airports-federal-territory/982659 "2023-04-14T14:23:09Z")
Say Austin airport in Texas, Reagan airport in Washington DC, etc. Are they the jurisdiction of their local states/regional governments, or of federal laws? Like, if something happened at an airport, does local state/ci… --- ## [The Devil's Grape Juice: A Tale Of Religion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-devils-grape-juice-a-tale-of-religion/714494)
**Author:** [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2023, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-devils-grape-juice-a-tale-of-religion/714494 "2023-04-14T13:40:08Z")
aldiboronti’s thread about Shirley MacLaine and the Holocaust, over in the BBQ Pit, got me to thinking about the nature of belief… and how it can very much affect how you interact with your fellow humans. And it also bro… --- ## [Why didn't Obama appoint a reserve Justice after RBG died?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-obama-appoint-a-reserve-justice-after-rbg-died/982498)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2023, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-obama-appoint-a-reserve-justice-after-rbg-died/982498 "2023-04-14T04:33:11Z")
I just learned that this was apparently an option open to him at the time. Why didn’t he just stick someone in there until a new person was formally appointed so the Dems would get some use out of the seat? Why dance to … --- ## [How to decide between Treasury Bonds, CD Notes, etc?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-decide-between-treasury-bonds-cd-notes-etc/980470)
**Author:** [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2023, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-decide-between-treasury-bonds-cd-notes-etc/980470 "2023-04-14T03:19:45Z")
A friend has recently come into some money and is trying to figure out where to put it both for security and the best return available. All I’ve done is put money into my work 401K and stock purchases, so I have no insig… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=852&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=854&state=tracking)