# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=871&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 872 --- ## [So was What\_Exit correct here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-what-exit-correct-here/981501)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-what-exit-correct-here/981501 "2023-03-22T20:28:37Z")
I started a thread in Politics & Elections asking for who people would vote for as President if Biden and Trump are excluded as choices. Of course given this Board all of the responses (except one) was any Democrat whic… --- ## [What does "Doc. Dr." mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-doc-dr-mean/981449)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-doc-dr-mean/981449 "2023-03-22T19:48:35Z")
I’ve started getting YouTube ads for somebody who identifies themselves with the abbreviation Doc. Dr… I understand the Dr. stands for Doctor but what does the Doc. mean in this context? The ads are very unclear but I th… --- ## [Magic: The Gathering Help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-the-gathering-help/981444)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-the-gathering-help/981444 "2023-03-22T19:45:35Z")
My boyfriend has terrible anxiety and I’ve been trying to get him to meditate more, or do something to occuppy his racing mind. The other day I got the idea to ask him to name 25 Magic cards. Then I switched it up and sa… --- ## [How are cat treats different than cat food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-cat-treats-different-than-cat-food/981296)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-cat-treats-different-than-cat-food/981296 "2023-03-22T19:09:45Z")
What’s in a cat treat that makes it at treat? With people, fat and sugar usually do the trick. But cat treats seem to have ingredients similar to food. --- ## [The Last of Us - tv show discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 448\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314 "2023-03-22T17:19:19Z")
I am a day behind and will watch the pilot tonight. It’s getting hugely positive reviews, and some outlets have seen either the entire or most of the whole season. I played Last of Us 1 on PS3, but never played its sequ… --- ## [What games do you never delete from your system (PC or console)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-do-you-never-delete-from-your-system-pc-or-console/975176)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-games-do-you-never-delete-from-your-system-pc-or-console/975176 "2023-03-22T17:09:12Z")
In the “Free PC Game” thread I mentioned a deep discount on the game XCOM 2. @Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness agreed it is a great game (it truly is great) and suggested it was worth downloading again to play. Which got me thinki… --- ## [Peacock connectivity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peacock-connectivity/981006)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peacock-connectivity/981006 "2023-03-22T16:56:48Z")
Trying to watch Peacock on the smart TV. We get this error: Something went wrong. Please try to access from a more secure device. I tried resetting the modem, but got the same error. How do we fix this? --- ## [Permanent Ban for YWTF](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permanent-ban-for-ywtf/981499)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permanent-ban-for-ywtf/981499 "2023-03-22T15:39:41Z")
Moderating: After discussion in the mod loop, we’ve decided to permanently revoke YWTF’s posting privileges. This is based on the following formal warnings, together with various mod notes: Original warning and topic … --- ## [Who would you vote for in the 2024 Presidential election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-vote-for-in-the-2024-presidential-election/981495)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-vote-for-in-the-2024-presidential-election/981495 "2023-03-22T15:38:49Z")
Only guideline is it cannot be Biden OR Trump. You can tell us your vote for the primary, election or both. You can make it a write-in vote. You can make it a protest vote like Murder Fox. Just no Biden or Trump. Re… --- ## [Are mathematicians always in favor of integration?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-mathematicians-always-in-favor-of-integration/981441)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-mathematicians-always-in-favor-of-integration/981441 "2023-03-22T15:36:54Z")
They seem to be full of ratio overtones. --- ## [Food storage container recommendations, please!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-storage-container-recommendations-please/981247)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-storage-container-recommendations-please/981247 "2023-03-22T15:34:33Z")
Apparently, Tupperware and Rubbermaid lids have a tendency to split and crack when they get to be 30 years old or so. I’m guessing it’s time for me to think of replacements. Not only because of the lids, but some of the … --- ## [A slot machine that "wasn't gambling"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slot-machine-that-wasnt-gambling/931280)
**Author:** [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slot-machine-that-wasnt-gambling/931280 "2023-03-22T15:17:16Z")
One company built a slot machine that they claimed should be allowed where gambling was forbidden, because their machine “wasn’t gambling”. I hope I can clearly explain how it worked: There was a window in the front of… --- ## [Why don't rich people run to a country with no extradition if they know US authorities are about to arrest them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-rich-people-run-to-a-country-with-no-extradition-if-they-know-us-authorities-are-about-to-arrest-them/976520)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-rich-people-run-to-a-country-with-no-extradition-if-they-know-us-authorities-are-about-to-arrest-them/976520 "2023-03-22T15:14:54Z")
With the main news item the past few days being the arrest of disgraced crypto exchange operator Sam Bankman-Fried I got to wondering why he was sitting somewhere he was likely to be arrested? He faces up to over 100 ye… --- ## [Times when you are more clever than the filmmakers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/times-when-you-are-more-clever-than-the-filmmakers/981381)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/times-when-you-are-more-clever-than-the-filmmakers/981381 "2023-03-22T14:11:27Z")
\[From the recent Sting thread\] I usually hate making that kind of meta-deduction, because far more often it is just a case of lazy filmmaking, not a deliberate clue placed by the filmmakers, and I’ve been wrong so ofte… --- ## [How do you post pictures from sites?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-post-pictures-from-sites/981428)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-post-pictures-from-sites/981428 "2023-03-22T13:16:34Z")
Ok I’m in a thread about things from years ago that young people wouldn’t know how to use today and I found a stock photo of what I’m discussing in the thread but even tho people are posting pics of what they’re talking … --- ## [Bar Mitzvah age- by which calendar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bar-mitzvah-age-by-which-calendar/981417)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bar-mitzvah-age-by-which-calendar/981417 "2023-03-22T12:34:36Z")
The age of Bar Mitzvah is now thirteen, which I don’t doubt usually now means “the same month and day of the Gregorian calendar of your birth plus thirteen years”. But if one goes by the traditional Hebrew calendar, how … --- ## [US Aid to Ukraine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-aid-to-ukraine/972624)
**Author:** [@WellHelloThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WellHelloThere)\ **Replies:** 236\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-aid-to-ukraine/972624 "2023-03-22T11:44:16Z")
I don’t deny that, but the US has definitely taken the opportunity to take Russia down a peg. A few pegs, as it has happened. Russian forces have performed extremely poorly against US equipment and US intelligence capabi… --- ## [Will There Be Protests When Trump Is Indicted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-protests-when-trump-is-indicted/981377)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-protests-when-trump-is-indicted/981377 "2023-03-22T08:38:13Z")
Trump is calling for protests. Oddly enough, MTG is calling for supporters not to protest (albeit for the wrong reasons, but hey, a broken clock is right twice per day). I don’t really see much happening. With certain e… --- ## [Why is there no mouse flavored cat food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-no-mouse-flavored-cat-food/363038)
**Author:** [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-no-mouse-flavored-cat-food/363038 "2023-03-22T06:30:27Z")
Wouldn’t it be natural? --- ## [Is This A Good Analysis of SVB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-analysis-of-svb/981186)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-analysis-of-svb/981186 "2023-03-22T04:45:04Z")
Curious as to the take of learned people on this opinion about SVB… Excerpt \[The bank was technically solvent and depositors had no immediate need of their money, so the bank run was a crisis of faith\]. Once you hear … --- ## [Cold-medicine induced, "Help me find these books" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-medicine-induced-help-me-find-these-books-thread/599350)
**Author:** [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-medicine-induced-help-me-find-these-books-thread/599350 "2023-03-22T04:13:29Z")
After a long day or travel, I took a bunch of Benadryl to counter the onset of a cold and/or a major allergy explosion. This never works out well for me, and instead of the good night sleep I had hoped for, I got a disjo… --- ## [Kazahkstan Seized Roscosmos Assets…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kazahkstan-seized-roscosmos-assets/981390)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kazahkstan-seized-roscosmos-assets/981390 "2023-03-22T02:51:59Z")
…For non-payment of debts. Now, to me this pretty much looks bad for Putin, even if it really is a nothing-burger, it just looks bad from a status point of view. Historically Russia has pretty much been The Premier Pio… --- ## [The "make Democrats leave swing states and migrate to blue ones" strategy for capturing swing states](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-make-democrats-leave-swing-states-and-migrate-to-blue-ones-strategy-for-capturing-swing-states/980572)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-make-democrats-leave-swing-states-and-migrate-to-blue-ones-strategy-for-capturing-swing-states/980572 "2023-03-22T01:43:58Z")
So I haven’t seen the numerical data, but I would guess that one effect of Ron DeSantis’ behavior in Florida is that it’s going to make a lot of Democrats leave the state and go to bluer ones like California. That would … --- ## [Defining "woke"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defining-woke/981220)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 400\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defining-woke/981220 "2023-03-22T01:37:07Z")
This particular imbecile has great trouble getting her tongue to operate properly in coordination with her brain, but I can’t really tell why “woke” is any trouble to define. “Woke” is, I believe, originally a slang wor… --- ## [R.I.P. Willis Reed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-willis-reed/981463)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-willis-reed/981463 "2023-03-22T01:31:55Z")
I was just a kid when the Knicks were a championship team, but my dad was an avid fan and I remember watching (sorta) the games with Reed, Clyde Frazier, Dave Debusschere, Bill Bradleyetc. He was a good, not great player… --- ## [How do gridiron football officials measure where the ball went out of bounds on a punt?t](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-gridiron-football-officials-measure-where-the-ball-went-out-of-bounds-on-a-punt-t/981392)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-gridiron-football-officials-measure-where-the-ball-went-out-of-bounds-on-a-punt-t/981392 "2023-03-22T01:20:24Z")
In gridiron football, during punts, how do officials judge where a ball went out of bounds on a punt? Sometimes it’s still many feet in the air while it reaches the sideline. --- ## [Need ideas for stuff to do in Chicago during a 3-hour layover at O'Hare](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-for-stuff-to-do-in-chicago-during-a-3-hour-layover-at-ohare/980565)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-for-stuff-to-do-in-chicago-during-a-3-hour-layover-at-ohare/980565 "2023-03-22T00:02:22Z")
In a couple of weeks, I’ll have a layover from 2pm to 5pm at Chicago O’Hare. Rather than just sit around the airport, I thought it could be fun to head to the city. I see they have trains, so I figured I could just tak… --- ## [Who adores Crows and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-adores-crows-and-why/981063)
**Author:** [@Budstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budstone)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-adores-crows-and-why/981063 "2023-03-21T23:31:40Z")
Everyone. Please explain if you adore crows and why? I recently found them incredbly fasinating. I adore them. This is all new to me. All i did was put out left over Thankgiving Stuffing and the crows did an a turn a… --- ## [When it comes to fraud, does Facebook even care any more?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-it-comes-to-fraud-does-facebook-even-care-any-more/981415)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-it-comes-to-fraud-does-facebook-even-care-any-more/981415 "2023-03-21T23:10:58Z")
From already overpriced “silver” bars and coins that are actually silver plated iron, to ridiculously underpriced items with picture snuck from a Walmart where they put up a homemade “SALE $189!!” sign in front of a 65 i… --- ## [Timeshare salespeople: How do you do it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timeshare-salespeople-how-do-you-do-it/390767)
**Author:** [@Neptunian\_Slug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neptunian_Slug)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timeshare-salespeople-how-do-you-do-it/390767 "2023-03-21T22:05:59Z")
While in Vegas this week, the wife and I went to a couple timeshare presentations. Ended up getting tickets to three shows, three buffets and a bunch of slot credits (which I turned into about $150 in real money). So I… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=870&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=872&state=tracking)