# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=864&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 865 --- ## [Interesting, Thundersnow in Detroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-thundersnow-in-detroit/980693)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-thundersnow-in-detroit/980693 "2023-04-01T01:20:29Z")
I haven’t see thunder snow in 20 years or so. It took me a few minutes to figure out after wondering why there were that many Transformers blowing out(the flashes), without losing power. Then I finally heard the thunder… --- ## [Is there such a thing as "morbidly frustrating?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-such-a-thing-as-morbidly-frustrating/981752)
**Author:** [@epbrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2023, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-such-a-thing-as-morbidly-frustrating/981752 "2023-04-01T01:02:58Z")
Like morbid curiosity? This being rural Kentucky, I came out to my car this morning to discover that someone had sprayed racial epithets on the cars of several people of color living on our street (the street’s about 50%… --- ## [What is Groupon's business plan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-groupons-business-plan/625691)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-groupons-business-plan/625691 "2023-03-31T22:07:19Z")
I buy quite a few items from Groupon. I’ve bought sheets, towels, kitchen utensils, tours of Chicago, and sports tickets. So, how do they plan to make money? Do they make money on the float since they charge your credit… --- ## [Castors for upright piano](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castors-for-upright-piano/981826)
**Author:** [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2023, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castors-for-upright-piano/981826 "2023-03-31T22:06:16Z")
I want to put our upright piano onto castors or a moveable platform - how can I do it? --- ## [Normal Places Made Famous by an Arts and Entertainment Thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-places-made-famous-by-an-arts-and-entertainment-thing/980803)
**Author:** [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-places-made-famous-by-an-arts-and-entertainment-thing/980803 "2023-03-31T21:01:24Z")
For example: The crosswalk on Abbey Road from the Abbey Road album cover. The steps of the Philadelphia Museum of the Arts from Rocky. --- ## [Spin-Off thread from Life Hacks about Defund Police](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spin-off-thread-from-life-hacks-about-defund-police/981798)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2023, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spin-off-thread-from-life-hacks-about-defund-police/981798 "2023-03-31T20:10:53Z")
An echo or Alexa that can be programmed to call you (or send a text, email, whatever) by voice commands sounds like a really good idea. My mother was ready to die, and had a DNR. I wasn’t worried she might be lying uncon… --- ## [Social Security: I hate it when there’s a kernel of truth from the Republican opposition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-i-hate-it-when-there-s-a-kernel-of-truth-from-the-republican-opposition/980946)
**Author:** [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-i-hate-it-when-there-s-a-kernel-of-truth-from-the-republican-opposition/980946 "2023-03-31T17:50:27Z")
On one hand, you have Democrats saying “The Evil Republicans are coming for your social security! It’s your right! You paid into it!” And on the other hand, you have a system where the money people paying in TODAY is go… --- ## [Protest against thread closing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protest-against-thread-closing/981799)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protest-against-thread-closing/981799 "2023-03-31T16:33:56Z")
@What\_Exit GD is only for formal debates. Please don’t do this again. “Only for formal debates”?? Since when? By that standard 2/3 of GD should be closed. @What\_Exit Do not move your thread after a Mod moves it. Ne… --- ## [Packers to play in London](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packers-to-play-in-london/960277)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packers-to-play-in-london/960277 "2023-03-31T13:45:02Z")
I’m surprised no one has commented on this. I’m thinking GB has a a reasonable quantity of fans willing to travel internationally in order to see a game. I’m not a huge fan of London games in general – I’m maybe 2% mo… --- ## [Jeremy Corbyn kicked out of the Labour Party--what's up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeremy-corbyn-kicked-out-of-the-labour-party-whats-up/981893)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2023, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeremy-corbyn-kicked-out-of-the-labour-party-whats-up/981893 "2023-03-31T12:37:01Z")
I was surprised to see a very short article yesterday, which casually mentioned that the Labour Party officially banned Corbyn from the party. I would have thought that this would be a huge issue in England. But it seem… --- ## [WV black lawmaker gets email with KKK graphic and anti-abortion message...also sues. Is this right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wv-black-lawmaker-gets-email-with-kkk-graphic-and-anti-abortion-message-also-sues-is-this-right/959845)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wv-black-lawmaker-gets-email-with-kkk-graphic-and-anti-abortion-message-also-sues-is-this-right/959845 "2023-03-30T19:05:20Z")
So short version is that the member of the WV House of Delegates, the only black member and that body, she and three other members (each white) introduced a bill to protect abortion rights in WV. It has zero chance of… --- ## [Who would you pick to be President?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-pick-to-be-president/981502)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-pick-to-be-president/981502 "2023-03-30T22:35:22Z")
A recent thread, now closed, asked people to specify for whom they would vote. The problem is that, especially on this board, it is pretty much “Any Democrat”. So I’ve decided to modify it slightly: Who would you pick t… --- ## [Companies creating their own competition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/companies-creating-their-own-competition/981888)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/companies-creating-their-own-competition/981888 "2023-03-31T03:14:06Z")
What were some times a company accidentally created their own competitors? --- ## [Two problems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-problems/981558)
**Author:** [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2023, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-problems/981558 "2023-03-31T02:39:11Z")
1. Sometimes, though not always, when I reply to a post with a numbered list it gets changed to a bulleted list. Changing quoted material is forbidden by forum rules. 2. Sometimes – again, not always – when I highlight… --- ## [1975 US Mint Sets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1975-us-mint-sets/981789)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1975-us-mint-sets/981789 "2023-03-31T01:15:23Z")
Looking around the internet at US Mint sets, I was surprised to find there actually is a 1975 Mint Set which includes a quarter. However, there were no 1975 quarters made. I understand the Mint skipped the 1975 quarter t… --- ## [Another Black Holes: GR vs. QM question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-black-holes-gr-vs-qm-question/981891)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-black-holes-gr-vs-qm-question/981891 "2023-03-31T01:04:37Z")
In theory when an object falls into a black hole’s event horizon, an outside observer sees the last shred of time the object experience before falling in stretched to infinite duration (barring actual practical difficult… --- ## [My laptop is having a bunch of unrelated glitches. Am I being paranoid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-laptop-is-having-a-bunch-of-unrelated-glitches-am-i-being-paranoid/981675)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2023, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-laptop-is-having-a-bunch-of-unrelated-glitches-am-i-being-paranoid/981675 "2023-03-31T00:10:36Z")
I use Windows 11 on an Asus laptop. The computer is almost two years old, still somewhat young. Lately, I’ve experienced a number of seemingly unrelated glitches. One Gmail account starts deleting or blocking emails w… --- ## [Cat people: do you think your cats know the names we give them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-people-do-you-think-your-cats-know-the-names-we-give-them/981719)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2023, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-people-do-you-think-your-cats-know-the-names-we-give-them/981719 "2023-03-31T00:09:00Z")
Or indeed respond to them. I suspect not. Cats obviously have good hearing if they are healthy. But I have not seen any evidence that they recognise a ‘name’. We have several, and I have not seen any sign that one wil… --- ## [Insomnia is What Keeps Me Up at Night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insomnia-is-what-keeps-me-up-at-night/981822)
**Author:** [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2023, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insomnia-is-what-keeps-me-up-at-night/981822 "2023-03-31T00:08:52Z")
Yeah, I know. “Talk about the obvious, TP! You do know what insomnia is, don’t you?” I wish I knew why I have trouble sleeping. It’s never about falling asleep in the first place. That usually happens without any trou… --- ## [Have you worked with "Slack" communication platform?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-worked-with-slack-communication-platform/981842)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2023, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-worked-with-slack-communication-platform/981842 "2023-03-30T23:31:27Z")
I do volunteer field work for a non-profit as a post-retirement hobby and excuse for getting out of the house. There is a modest amount of informational back-and-forth between me (and other volunteers) and our supervisor… --- ## [Fuck the IOC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-ioc/761835)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2023, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-ioc/761835 "2023-03-30T22:32:36Z")
This is some Bond level villainy. These fuckers are complicit in some of the worst human rights abuses while supporting the some of the most evil authoritarian regimes. The entire organization is rife with corruption. … --- ## [Need Recommendation: YouTube Ukraine War Daily Updates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-recommendation-youtube-ukraine-war-daily-updates/981508)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2023, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-recommendation-youtube-ukraine-war-daily-updates/981508 "2023-03-30T22:06:53Z")
There are many English speaking Ukrainian YouTube streamers that give daily updates about the War’s frontlines and situation. The Current Events and Military Historian parts of me make me watch these almost everyday. B… --- ## [I Can't Lose My Dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-lose-my-dad/981464)
**Author:** [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2023, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-lose-my-dad/981464 "2023-03-30T22:06:21Z")
I’ve been a daddy’s girl my whole life. I look like him, act like him and he was the first man I ever loved. He introduced me to Sci-fi and fantasy. He taught me how to drive and how to take care of my car. He has le… --- ## [Can "Snowpiercer" possibly not be as stupid as it sounds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-snowpiercer-possibly-not-be-as-stupid-as-it-sounds/691825)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2023, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-snowpiercer-possibly-not-be-as-stupid-as-it-sounds/691825 "2023-03-30T21:57:48Z")
The only human survivors of a snowball Earth are on a perpetually-traveling train. Why? I don’t know. The train supposedly runs on perpetual motion(!), except where slave labor somehow is more energy-efficient than machi… --- ## [New AI tag created](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ai-tag-created/981881)
**Author:** [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ai-tag-created/981881 "2023-03-30T21:55:02Z")
We have had a lot of threads about ChatGPT and AI in general lately. Our only existing AI tag was for AI generated media, which did not fit well with non-media related discussions about AI. I have therefore created a ne… --- ## [TIL: You Can Change the Watching Status of a Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/til-you-can-change-the-watching-status-of-a-thread/981878)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/til-you-can-change-the-watching-status-of-a-thread/981878 "2023-03-30T21:52:15Z")
Did you know that at the bottom of every thread is a little dropdown that allows to change your notifications on the thread? You can change a thread you’ve created from “Watching” to something else so you stop getting n… --- ## [Can a city be in more than one state?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-city-be-in-more-than-one-state/981509)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-city-be-in-more-than-one-state/981509 "2023-03-30T21:40:05Z")
Can a single city be comprised of land in more than one state? --- ## [Peel-and-stick fabric interfacing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peel-and-stick-fabric-interfacing/981849)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peel-and-stick-fabric-interfacing/981849 "2023-03-30T21:30:49Z")
My husband sews, and saw this stuff on a sewing video from Malaysia, and now he wants some. As sewers will know, interfacing available in the US (and most other places, I guess) is iron-on, which he finds to be clumsy an… --- ## [Legal question, inheritance, biological parent and child adopted out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-inheritance-biological-parent-and-child-adopted-out/981897)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-inheritance-biological-parent-and-child-adopted-out/981897 "2023-03-30T20:57:59Z")
Everything I have read so far indicates an adopted child has no rights to biological parents inheritance. In the case I have here the biological father has no other living heirs. Could a judge make this determination in … --- ## [Is there a Moderator timeline available?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-moderator-timeline-available/981467)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-moderator-timeline-available/981467 "2023-03-30T20:31:13Z")
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