# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=881 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 882 --- ## [Dealing with a Personal Disability at Work. What Would You Do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-a-personal-disability-at-work-what-would-you-do/980875)
**Author:** [@Mrs\_Fairway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_Fairway)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-a-personal-disability-at-work-what-would-you-do/980875 "2023-03-08T16:08:57Z")
I have multiple chemical sensitivity. A few years ago, the issue came up at work when one of my coworkers was applying scented hand lotion throughout the day. My manager at the time gave me an air purifier and masks, non… --- ## [Online gambling apps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-gambling-apps/980829)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2023, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-gambling-apps/980829 "2023-03-08T14:38:49Z")
Anyone who has watched streaming tv will have noticed the vast number of commercials for online gambling apps. These must be very popular and successful or they wouldn’t be able to afford so many ads. Do you suppose the… --- ## [GO REWARDS card?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-rewards-card/980862)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-rewards-card/980862 "2023-03-08T14:37:35Z")
I just got a message from my credit union in America. They’re pushing something called a GO\>REWARDS (yes, in all capital letters). It doesn’t seem to be an actual credit card because it doesn’t have a Visa, Mastercard, o… --- ## [Eddie Izzard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-izzard/50991)
**Author:** [@MissMisery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMisery)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-izzard/50991 "2023-03-08T14:19:12Z")
Don’t you think the world needs more transvestite comediens as funny and genuinely interesting as he is? I have to admit that I had my reservations when I heard about him the first time… but upon actually watching for th… --- ## [What's wrong with my brass (that it won't electoplate nicely)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-my-brass-that-it-wont-electoplate-nicely/980856)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-my-brass-that-it-wont-electoplate-nicely/980856 "2023-03-08T14:11:53Z")
I soldered up some mystery brass sheet stock I had lying around, to make rectangular-cross-section tubing for a scale model project, and I’ve been trying to do a DIY nickel plating process on the resulting parts (nickel … --- ## [Can national patriotism be accurately measured?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-national-patriotism-be-accurately-measured/979833)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2023, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-national-patriotism-be-accurately-measured/979833 "2023-03-08T08:15:31Z")
If so, what are the most patriotic countries? --- ## [15-year old applying to Law School](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-year-old-applying-to-law-school/980842)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2023, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-year-old-applying-to-law-school/980842 "2023-03-08T06:28:44Z")
How did you spend puberty? :smiley: My concern (as a parent) would be his social skills. He earned his degrees online and isolated at home. Socializing with other students will be a new experience. But they’re adults a… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad Beck and her inconsiderate ways to bother people and be a a buzz kill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-and-her-inconsiderate-ways-to-bother-people-and-be-a-a-buzz-kill/980794)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2023, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-and-her-inconsiderate-ways-to-bother-people-and-be-a-a-buzz-kill/980794 "2023-03-08T03:28:52Z")
I have a fairly useless life. Aside from trying to stay alive. (I do have grandkids and pets who need me) It’s getting incredibly hard. Dialysis is difficult. Painful sometimes. I’m having insulin pump issues that may … --- ## [Why do they still do "Woman vs. Woman" fights in movies and TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-they-still-do-woman-vs-woman-fights-in-movies-and-tv/979884)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2023, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-they-still-do-woman-vs-woman-fights-in-movies-and-tv/979884 "2023-03-08T02:31:05Z")
By which I mean the (usually singular) females on the good/bad side square off at once. It doesn’t always happen, and it doesn’t happen as much as it used to (at least from what I’ve seen) but this pattern still pops up.… --- ## [Is this the golden era of the horror-comedy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-golden-era-of-the-horror-comedy/980789)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2023, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-golden-era-of-the-horror-comedy/980789 "2023-03-08T02:02:33Z")
It seems like there’s been a proliferation of horror-comedy lately, a genre that seems difficult to pull off because it’s tricky to find a balance where you scare / unsettle people AND get them to laugh. (though I did … --- ## [Will the shelling in Ukraine be as bad an environmental impact as the WWI shelling in some areas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-shelling-in-ukraine-be-as-bad-an-environmental-impact-as-the-wwi-shelling-in-some-areas/980786)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2023, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-shelling-in-ukraine-be-as-bad-an-environmental-impact-as-the-wwi-shelling-in-some-areas/980786 "2023-03-08T01:59:51Z")
Would the environmental damage from all that shelling be as serious as some parts of the WWI battle areas? --- ## [The Donald Trump 2024 Campaign Thread (Primary Edition)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 491\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2023, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970 "2023-03-08T01:45:42Z")
All signs and reports point to Trump announcing his 2024 candidacy tonight. This is the thread to see how a man who lost 6 of 7 elections\* fares this time around. Right now… :grimacing: When the sex trafficking pedop… --- ## [Question about Passwords - Is XKCD right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-passwords-is-xkcd-right/967301)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2023, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-passwords-is-xkcd-right/967301 "2023-03-07T23:41:40Z")
Came across an XKCD cartoon which critiques the guidelines for passwords (“must have a capital, and a number, and a lowercase, etc”). I don’t know anything about info technology, but I’m curious: is Randall right? --- ## [House Oversight Committee (118th Congress)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-oversight-committee-118th-congress/978368)
**Author:** [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-oversight-committee-118th-congress/978368 "2023-03-07T21:32:50Z")
James Comer, who has promised us investigations of the “Biden crime family” has changed the name of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability. This means he means… --- ## [Anyone else here eat skate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-eat-skate/980768)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-eat-skate/980768 "2023-03-07T21:24:14Z")
Mrs Cad hates skate but I love it. Absolutely nailed it tonight. A little Old Bay. Sauteed one side in real olive oil for about 4 minutes then a 400 degree oven for 8 minutes. Served with roasted cauliflower. That s… --- ## [Really dumb "loopholes" people you know tried to do legally/criminally and failed miserably](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-dumb-loopholes-people-you-know-tried-to-do-legally-criminally-and-failed-miserably/980451)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-dumb-loopholes-people-you-know-tried-to-do-legally-criminally-and-failed-miserably/980451 "2023-03-07T20:21:07Z")
Inspired by the sovereign citizen thread where people make fake license plates to get around having to register their cars, but then getting arrested over it, I’m curious if anyone has known anyone else who came up with … --- ## [Star Trek TNG “Measure of a Man” — two out of three?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tng-measure-of-a-man-two-out-of-three/980081)
**Author:** [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tng-measure-of-a-man-two-out-of-three/980081 "2023-03-07T18:49:53Z")
In the Star Trek episode where Data is (a) on trial, and (b) to be disassembled, Picard asks the expert on the other side if Data is sentient and thus entitled to various rights; the reply is that, no, Data is not sentie… --- ## [Help me use a gift card](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-use-a-gift-card/980761)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-use-a-gift-card/980761 "2023-03-07T15:04:04Z")
…from Jersey Mike’s. I’ve never been in one, or TTBOMK, eaten a sandwich from one. But, I got a $10 gift card to the place from my supervisor (for showing up to work in a snowstorm), and there’s a shop around the corner,… --- ## [Why Are My Shirts Getting Ruined?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-shirts-getting-ruined/979920)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-shirts-getting-ruined/979920 "2023-03-07T14:29:18Z")
This didn’t quite seem a factual question, so IMHO it is. For the last, oh, two years, my shirts have been getting systematically ruined by discolored spots. They look like grease stains, just a darker color than the re… --- ## [Explain brownouts (Particularly my recent brownout experiences)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-brownouts-particularly-my-recent-brownout-experiences/980719)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-brownouts-particularly-my-recent-brownout-experiences/980719 "2023-03-07T13:57:44Z")
Recently, due to a severe ice storm, we had wide spread power outages in the area of Michigan where I live and work. At my small retail business the power was totally out for only a few hours but we experienced two lengt… --- ## [Is something going on with cabbages currently?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-something-going-on-with-cabbages-currently/980813)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-something-going-on-with-cabbages-currently/980813 "2023-03-07T13:52:03Z")
Two weeks ago I tried to buy coleslaw in the deli department of my usual grocery store. They had none on the shelves. (They stopped doing the ‘dish it out’ from a big tub thing for all sorts of stuff at some point in th… --- ## [I feel better after recovering from Covid than I did before I caught it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-better-after-recovering-from-covid-than-i-did-before-i-caught-it/980770)
**Author:** [@Tilt-A-Whirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tilt-A-Whirl)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2023, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-better-after-recovering-from-covid-than-i-did-before-i-caught-it/980770 "2023-03-07T06:07:41Z")
TLDR: Why do I feel better after Covid than before, and is this common? After being careful, masking, vaxxing, etc, for almost 3 years, I finally let my guard down a little and almost immediately got Covid. That was ab… --- ## [Why do I keep seeing Paris Hilton?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-keep-seeing-paris-hilton/980358)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2023, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-keep-seeing-paris-hilton/980358 "2023-03-07T04:57:33Z")
I swear I don’t look for her, but I keep seeing her pop up for various reasons. She must have gotten a new agent, because she was just a vague memory for quite a while. --- ## [Mercury Blues: David Lindley has passed at 78](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercury-blues-david-lindley-has-passed-at-78/980691)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2023, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercury-blues-david-lindley-has-passed-at-78/980691 "2023-03-07T04:00:00Z")
I’ve been a big fan for over 40 years. I saw El Rayo X open for the Grateful Dead in ‘87 and saw him solo many times over the years since most recently maybe five years ago. He was a crazy character and a master of any s… --- ## [Daily exercise is sometimes easy, sometimes hard. Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daily-exercise-is-sometimes-easy-sometimes-hard-why/980797)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2023, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daily-exercise-is-sometimes-easy-sometimes-hard-why/980797 "2023-03-07T03:34:27Z")
If there is no factual answer to this, I would expect the mods to move it to debates. I do some stretching every morning and I do 30 pushups. Sometimes, I can barely get through the pushups. My arms ache and quiver, an… --- ## [Administrivia in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/administrivia-in-the-mmp/980434)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 317\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/administrivia-in-the-mmp/980434 "2023-03-07T02:08:28Z")
I’m awake, might as well get things going. :slight\_smile: Big worry this week is organizing my workspace (would help if I knew what I’ll need to do here in a bit more detail!), possibly setting up a second computer once… --- ## [Which three people would you like to see go "Bye Bye Bye"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-three-people-would-you-like-to-see-go-bye-bye-bye/980704)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-three-people-would-you-like-to-see-go-bye-bye-bye/980704 "2023-03-07T02:05:08Z")
Hypothetical: You get to pick any three people to make disappear overnight, for the purpose of making this world a better place. They won’t be killed, but they will be permanently…elsewhere. They have to be people tha… --- ## [Big Concerns in Doggie DNA Tests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-concerns-in-doggie-dna-tests/980765)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2023, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-concerns-in-doggie-dna-tests/980765 "2023-03-07T01:39:23Z")
An expose by CBC Marketplace, with two American and two Canadian companies, seemed to call into question the accuracy of testing doggie DNA to determine its pedigree. Half the companies failed to identify a human sample… --- ## [Texas lawmaker provides tax breaks to people with \>4 children, BUT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-lawmaker-provides-tax-breaks-to-people-with-4-children-but/980760)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2023, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-lawmaker-provides-tax-breaks-to-people-with-4-children-but/980760 "2023-03-07T01:13:36Z")
They must also be married (and never divorced), straight, bore or adopted the children after the bill is passed (if it is), and there are a few other rules as well. Among other things, this wouldn’t profit any family,… --- ## [How fast/slow is your heart rate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-slow-is-your-heart-rate/980738)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2023, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-slow-is-your-heart-rate/980738 "2023-03-07T00:55:23Z")
Mine is around 60 at home. In a doctor’s office, its a little higher. When should you worry? I feel fine. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=880) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=882)