# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=906 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 907 --- ## [What makes someone like Megyn Kelly so nasty? I just don't understand the need for this sort of thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-someone-like-megyn-kelly-so-nasty-i-just-dont-understand-the-need-for-this-sort-of-thing/979008)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-someone-like-megyn-kelly-so-nasty-i-just-dont-understand-the-need-for-this-sort-of-thing/979008 "2023-02-02T23:27:17Z")
Here’s her tweet: I truly just don’t get it. Of course she’s being raked over the coals, but I’m sure she must have known she would be. Is it a need for attention, even if it’s bad? I think she comes across as ugly… --- ## [Are there large undiscovered gold reserves in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-large-undiscovered-gold-reserves-in-the-us/953898)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-large-undiscovered-gold-reserves-in-the-us/953898 "2023-02-02T23:18:01Z")
According to this article, a vast gold reserve was found last year in India. Good for India. How likely is it there is a vast undiscovered gold reserve somewhere in the US? Are there remote places that haven’t been explo… --- ## [Oh, Cecil. Where are you? Beckdawrek summons you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cecil-where-are-you-beckdawrek-summons-you/915969)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 319\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cecil-where-are-you-beckdawrek-summons-you/915969 "2023-02-02T23:12:45Z")
Dear Mr. Adams, I have a Ouiji board. I have sage. I have an effing dream catcher for crissakes!! Get your butt on this board and give us(me) a thrill. We need uplifting. We need your humor. We need Ed Zotti to tell y… --- ## [Life In Europe, Before Freedom Of Religion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-in-europe-before-freedom-of-religion/979168)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-in-europe-before-freedom-of-religion/979168 "2023-02-02T23:12:22Z")
It’s beyond established that the Catholic Church dominated law, custom, culture, and life in Europe for a thousand years. In those days, were the masses expected to attend, uh, mass, every Sunday, on pain of some kind of… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - January 2023 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-january-2023-edition/977470)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-january-2023-edition/977470 "2023-02-02T23:12:20Z")
Well…here we are January 2023. It’s snowing here in drought ridden Utah, I hope I remembered to close the window in the car when I got home last night… So whatcha all readin’? In print: The Winter People by Jennifer Mc… --- ## [Reading of the will - is it ever like on TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-of-the-will-is-it-ever-like-on-tv/978948)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-of-the-will-is-it-ever-like-on-tv/978948 "2023-02-02T22:24:31Z")
My FIL just died. His will left everything to MIL. We all knew that, and as far as I know, there won’t be a formal reading with a lawyer. Similarly when MIL dies, the estate will be divided among the 3 brothers, and they… --- ## [Meaning of the abbreviation "KL" in Swedish date/time designation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-the-abbreviation-kl-in-swedish-date-time-designation/979211)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-the-abbreviation-kl-in-swedish-date-time-designation/979211 "2023-02-02T22:09:02Z")
See poster below: The venue is the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden. The date and time would be expressed in North America as Saturday, November 3rd, 7:30 p.m. What doe… --- ## [Controversy over “Velma” tv show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversy-over-velma-tv-show/978244)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversy-over-velma-tv-show/978244 "2023-02-02T21:48:23Z")
So I’ve been reading that there’s a backlash against Mindy Kaling over a #MeToo joke she wrote for her new show Velma. I haven’t watched it or followed the show-does anyone know more about it or have some context? --- ## [Very old files on my computer that are mislabeled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-old-files-on-my-computer-that-are-mislabeled/978676)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-old-files-on-my-computer-that-are-mislabeled/978676 "2023-02-02T20:53:56Z")
I’ve got some files on my computer that date from the early 90s, probably from my first computer. I seem to have given some of these files a dot in the middle for some reason (“person.al” or “bookpropo.sal”) and my curr… --- ## [Addressing dieties in languages with T–V distinction (informal/formal 2nd person pronouns, e.g. thou/you)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/addressing-dieties-in-languages-with-t-v-distinction-informal-formal-2nd-person-pronouns-e-g-thou-you/979185)
**Author:** [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/addressing-dieties-in-languages-with-t-v-distinction-informal-formal-2nd-person-pronouns-e-g-thou-you/979185 "2023-02-02T20:05:18Z")
I recalled that thou was used in English when addressing God/Jesus and wondered about other languages with current or past distinction between informal and formal 2nd person pronouns. Wikipedia tells me the informal pro… --- ## [Do any politically liberal parents homeschool their children?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-politically-liberal-parents-homeschool-their-children/965248)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-politically-liberal-parents-homeschool-their-children/965248 "2023-02-02T19:47:06Z")
The answer has got to be yes, particularly with the increase in homeschooling once COVID hit. But when I think of every adult I know who was homeschooled as a child, and every parent I know who homeschools their children… --- ## [Hedgehog Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hedgehog-day/979224)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hedgehog-day/979224 "2023-02-02T19:37:16Z")
Time to play Sonic…again. :wink: --- ## [Florida Rejects AP Course in African American Studies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-rejects-ap-course-in-african-american-studies/978486)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-rejects-ap-course-in-african-american-studies/978486 "2023-02-02T16:58:20Z")
Florida has refused to allow a pilot program for AP African American Studies in its public schools. In a letter, the state Department of Education reputedly wrote that the course was historically inaccurate and would vio… --- ## [Driving while high?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-while-high/978371)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-while-high/978371 "2023-02-02T16:50:36Z")
As recent posts of mine will attest, my stance on social issues leaves much to be desired, so I open this thread to find out where we all stand. As a valet driver in Atlantic City, I have noticed…IMHO… a few instanced w… --- ## [What makes a live album "live"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-live-album-live/979052)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-live-album-live/979052 "2023-02-02T16:41:29Z")
I was thinking about this question this morning while listening to Tom Waits’ “Nighthawks at the Diner”. Wikipedia calls it a studio album, although the studio was set up to resemble a small jazz club and the album was r… --- ## [Wired earbuds issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wired-earbuds-issue/978994)
**Author:** [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wired-earbuds-issue/978994 "2023-02-02T16:34:48Z")
It seemed I made a dumb mistake by acting in haste. I got a good deal on a set of Razer wired earbuds so as to have better sound quality when playing audio from my phone, but I didn’t read closely enough before pulling t… --- ## [It wasn’t a coup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-wasn-t-a-coup/930407)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 875\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-wasn-t-a-coup/930407 "2023-02-02T14:45:19Z")
It just was not. I am very Liberal. I am pissed off at what happened, as everyone in the nation should also be, regardless of party. But this was not an attempt at a takeover of government. It just was not. Hang the… --- ## [Grammar buffs: Name for this particular usage of the genitive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-buffs-name-for-this-particular-usage-of-the-genitive/978579)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-buffs-name-for-this-particular-usage-of-the-genitive/978579 "2023-02-02T14:00:24Z")
Occasionally, one reads about people whose names are idiomatically connected to that of a country, region or continent where they did the things they were famous for. This seems to be old-fashioned usage (i.e., not done … --- ## [Visible Belch (possible TMI)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visible-belch-possible-tmi/397017)
**Author:** [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visible-belch-possible-tmi/397017 "2023-02-02T13:45:09Z")
My husband called me at work this morning somewhat freaked out because he belched/burped out “smoke” or possible steam or vapor. He definitely saw a cloud come out of his mouth and float up into the air. He’s had a pr… --- ## [Canned chicken recipes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-chicken-recipes/979123)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-chicken-recipes/979123 "2023-02-02T13:36:20Z")
We have a couple of cans of chicken breast meat in the cupboard. Since I’m not at home, I don’t know what brand it is. So what do I do with it? Make chicken salad for chicken salad sandwiches; Make chicken enchilada … --- ## [Vaccine definition change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccine-definition-change/978873)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccine-definition-change/978873 "2023-02-02T13:22:12Z")
So… I know a fellow who says they’re ‘not to be against vaccines’, but claims they changed the definition of vaccines to include things that don’t make you 100% immune. I keep getting stuck on this point with him. Is any… --- ## [Seeking beta readers for my new political satire novel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-beta-readers-for-my-new-political-satire-novel/979055)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-beta-readers-for-my-new-political-satire-novel/979055 "2023-02-02T09:47:20Z")
I have moderator approval for this post. I recently completed my fourth novel, a political satire with a slight tinge of sci-fi. The manuscript is pretty short – about 42,000 words, which makes it a long novella or shor… --- ## [The coup in Myanmar: purpose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coup-in-myanmar-purpose/979157)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coup-in-myanmar-purpose/979157 "2023-02-02T06:29:16Z")
Today marks the second anniversary of the most recent military coup in Myanmar, when the deposed a democratically elected government. Why did they do it? Do they have some kind of idea for how the country can be better… --- ## [How do you shut your brain off when trying to sleep?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-shut-your-brain-off-when-trying-to-sleep/978582)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-shut-your-brain-off-when-trying-to-sleep/978582 "2023-02-02T02:22:13Z")
I try to tell myself a story and bore myself to sleep but it’s often not effective. What works, if anything, for you? --- ## [Critique this PC build](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critique-this-pc-build/978106)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critique-this-pc-build/978106 "2023-02-02T01:21:34Z")
I think my old PC is starting to fail. I am going to build a Raptor Lake (Gen. 13) rig and was hoping to wait 6 more months so I could have more options. I typically build a machine to last for years for $2000 or less.… --- ## [What did “f” and “g” stand for on old HP calculators?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-f-and-g-stand-for-on-old-hp-calculators/977452)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-f-and-g-stand-for-on-old-hp-calculators/977452 "2023-02-02T00:36:26Z")
On many old HP calculators, there were f and g buttons that would change the function of the key pressed. The f key was yellow and the g key was blue. What did f and g stand for? --- ## [Verifying a life insurance amount](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verifying-a-life-insurance-amount/979001)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verifying-a-life-insurance-amount/979001 "2023-02-02T00:13:34Z")
My mom just passed away and my son is a beneficiary of a life insurance policy she had. The amount seems low ($3K) and it started me thinking: how do you know you are not being scammed by a life insurance payout? Insur… --- ## [Monetary value of Dodo breeding pair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monetary-value-of-dodo-breeding-pair/416140)
**Author:** [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monetary-value-of-dodo-breeding-pair/416140 "2023-02-02T00:11:45Z")
Supposing I could resurrect the Dodo, but it costs money to do so. Is there any economic incentive to do it? How much do you think I’d get for it? --- ## [What is an element?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-element/974067)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-element/974067 "2023-02-01T22:07:33Z")
I’ve seen various defnitions for an element (eg. arsenic) Are all of the following acceptable definitions? 1. An element is an atom with a specific number of protons, neutrons and electrons. 2. An element is a molecu… --- ## [TV antenna question, what do I need?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-antenna-question-what-do-i-need/978665)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2023, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-antenna-question-what-do-i-need/978665 "2023-02-01T20:38:53Z")
I am at a long range from TV stations, Every stations is in the purple or blue color on Antenna web (longest 2 categories, Medium directional w/pre amp and large directional w/ preamp). However using rabbit ears I can m… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=905) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=907)