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**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-alert-for-a-new-post-to-my-thread/978334 "2023-01-17T22:07:26Z")
Normally the first thing I do after signing in is clicking on my avatar to see the replies to any threads I may have started. I started a thread back in April about cover songs that has a post to it yesterday (Jan 15) bu… --- ## [David Sedaris writes about the suicide of his sister Tiffany](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-sedaris-writes-about-the-suicide-of-his-sister-tiffany/672773)
**Author:** [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-sedaris-writes-about-the-suicide-of-his-sister-tiffany/672773 "2023-01-17T22:05:56Z")
Those familiar with his work will remember multiple references to his sister and her troubled life. A few months back she committed suicide. He recently wrote a piece in the New Yorker about it. --- ## [Buying a car from a rental company](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-car-from-a-rental-company/978224)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-car-from-a-rental-company/978224 "2023-01-17T20:36:20Z")
My cousin had her car stolen (again) and is thinking about buying a used one from a rental company like Enterprise. I guess they retire them at about 40,000 miles. Cousin might drive 5000 miles a year. Neither she or I … --- ## [Magazines with Unusual Publication Schedules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazines-with-unusual-publication-schedules/977645)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazines-with-unusual-publication-schedules/977645 "2023-01-17T19:52:20Z")
I’ve recently come across an issue of Star Clippers dated November 2022 - March 2024. Now, that’s a publication schedule I’d never heard of. Actually, it does not even make much sense to me. A 16-month cycle seems almos… --- ## [A Few Questions About Vegas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-vegas/978263)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-vegas/978263 "2023-01-17T19:28:01Z")
Myself and Mrs. Cups are going on an actual vacation! One of our stops is going to be a couple days in Vegas. I’ve been to Vegas a handful of times, but it’s been a while and the things we’re planning on doing are new t… --- ## [Food allergies: peanuts but not peanut butter; boiled eggs, not scrambled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-allergies-peanuts-but-not-peanut-butter-boiled-eggs-not-scrambled/978254)
**Author:** [@MsAdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsAdo)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-allergies-peanuts-but-not-peanut-butter-boiled-eggs-not-scrambled/978254 "2023-01-17T19:23:48Z")
I ate boiled eggs and broke out into hives. Happened to me at age 12 (pretty severely) and then again age 41 (mildly). But I eat scrambled eggs every day. I also have OAS (oral allergy syndrome) which makes my throat, ea… --- ## [Boebert and the border](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boebert-and-the-border/978322)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boebert-and-the-border/978322 "2023-01-17T18:29:15Z")
This has been bugging me for a while: Boebert spoke to Congress and in what she thought was a gotcha, cited the Border guys as having seized X tons of fentanyl. That should be a good thing. Her focus is entirely on the r… --- ## [Sex Roles in other Animals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-roles-in-other-animals/977848)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-roles-in-other-animals/977848 "2023-01-17T18:28:35Z")
I’ve always been bugged by lionesses in prides doing all the hunting, and the males muscling in on dinner without having done a lick of work. Lioness Lib!!! --- ## [Elden Ring seems to already be Game of the Year...but do I want to play it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elden-ring-seems-to-already-be-game-of-the-year-but-do-i-want-to-play-it/960041)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 548\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elden-ring-seems-to-already-be-game-of-the-year-but-do-i-want-to-play-it/960041 "2023-01-17T18:20:52Z")
I know, this is all subjective. Everyone has their likes and dislikes which is fine. I was looking at reviews of Elden Ring and they are gushing with praise. 10/10 almost across the board. I know reviews are not ever… --- ## [Ugg boots \[discourse padding\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugg-boots-discourse-padding/978341)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugg-boots-discourse-padding/978341 "2023-01-17T17:09:38Z")
I bought a pair of Ugg boots in the early-'90s. Still have them. They’ve always slipped a bit, so that’s why I don’t wear then a lot and why they’ve lasted so long. Gotta figure out a way to tighten them up. --- ## [Comic book characters who look like real people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-characters-who-look-like-real-people/978092)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-characters-who-look-like-real-people/978092 "2023-01-17T15:53:53Z")
Herbie Popnecker Kim Jong-un --- ## [America needs to address its gun hypocrisy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-needs-to-address-its-gun-hypocrisy/954795)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 454\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-needs-to-address-its-gun-hypocrisy/954795 "2023-01-17T15:40:15Z")
On one hand: America is a country with a proud tradition of self-reliance and self determination. Part and parcel of that spirit is the right to defend yourself. It is such an ingrained part of America’s ethos that we ha… --- ## [Would A Post About A Job Opening Be Untoward (and if not, where to put it)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-post-about-a-job-opening-be-untoward-and-if-not-where-to-put-it/978355)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-post-about-a-job-opening-be-untoward-and-if-not-where-to-put-it/978355 "2023-01-17T15:27:25Z")
The company I do contract work for is trying to bring on some more people. It’s WFH freelance work and I’m sure plenty of Dopers might qualify and/or be interested. Full disclosure: I would get a $300 bonus for each hire… --- ## [Was Eugene Terre'Blanche really guilty of assault and attempted murder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-eugene-terreblanche-really-guilty-of-assault-and-attempted-murder/977737)
**Author:** [@Mislav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mislav)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-eugene-terreblanche-really-guilty-of-assault-and-attempted-murder/977737 "2023-01-17T14:55:55Z")
Serious question. Obviously, the guy was a white supremacist scumbag, and him doing something like that is not impossible. But given that South African police has a reputation for being quite inept and corrupt, and with … --- ## [Libby Reviews](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libby-reviews/978110)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libby-reviews/978110 "2023-01-17T14:46:49Z")
I’ve been using Overdrive to listen to audio library books for quite a few years. Whenever I’ve opened the app in the last 6 months or so it “warns” me that Overdrive will be switching over to Libby in the beginning of 2… --- ## [Do buffer States actually work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-buffer-states-actually-work/977884)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-buffer-states-actually-work/977884 "2023-01-17T13:30:47Z")
Famously both China and the Soviet Union (including modern Russia) have started entire wars just to protect their “buffer States” from not being buffer States (China in the Korean War, Russia invading all sorts of Easter… --- ## [What are the furthest right digits on videotapes counting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-furthest-right-digits-on-videotapes-counting/978344)
**Author:** [@whc.03grady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whc.03grady)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-furthest-right-digits-on-videotapes-counting/978344 "2023-01-17T13:04:57Z")
On many videos, say of an interrogation or raw video from a television show, there’s a counter. They seem to be of the form HH:MM:SS:?? and my question is what do the ?? stand for? It’s confusing because they seem to onl… --- ## [Targeted texts wrt religion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/targeted-texts-wrt-religion/973569)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/targeted-texts-wrt-religion/973569 "2023-01-17T13:03:48Z")
Help? First, a disclaimer; currently medicated (high af). Make of this what you will. Second, if this works better elsewhere, the mods know best. I give blanket authorization for the mods to do with this as they will. … --- ## ['The manager was livid': Guy takes advantage of prime rib pricing blunder,"...my question is was he being a asshole?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-manager-was-livid-guy-takes-advantage-of-prime-rib-pricing-blunder-my-question-is-was-he-being-a-asshole/978248)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-manager-was-livid-guy-takes-advantage-of-prime-rib-pricing-blunder-my-question-is-was-he-being-a-asshole/978248 "2023-01-17T13:01:54Z")
ok, apparently this guy was buying meat at a store and noticed there was a pricing error and apparently took advantage of it via a Michigan “real” pricing law was he an asshole for doing so? --- ## [Spices & Herbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spices-herbs/978104)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spices-herbs/978104 "2023-01-17T12:17:56Z")
What’s your favorite spice and herb? Spice - Cinnamon. I love it BUT not in savory dishes, only sweets. I love cinnamon & sugar on my toast, I love cinnamon bread, rolls, donuts, etc. But I do not like Red Hots or any o… --- ## [I Pit Quay Walker of the Green Bay Packers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-quay-walker-of-the-green-bay-packers/977934)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-quay-walker-of-the-green-bay-packers/977934 "2023-01-17T08:49:37Z")
From ESPN: GREEN BAY, Wis. – For the second time this season, Green Bay Packers rookie linebacker Quay Walker has been ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct. Walker was thrown out of Sunday night’s regular-season finale… --- ## [Strange Days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-days/977563)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-days/977563 "2023-01-17T07:24:27Z")
This movie is infamously hard to find because its DVD is long out of print but it is in HBO Max this month so I was able to watch it for the first time in probably 25 years. It has some pacing problems but otherwise hold… --- ## [How difficult is it to transport my Real ID status to a new state?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-difficult-is-it-to-transport-my-real-id-status-to-a-new-state/978340)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-difficult-is-it-to-transport-my-real-id-status-to-a-new-state/978340 "2023-01-17T03:05:45Z")
I moved from California to Oregon about six months ago, staying with my sister and her family until the New year (I’m in an Airbnb for January). I’ve just been approved to move into my own apartment beginning next week,… --- ## [How can a company change someone's credit score?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-a-company-change-someones-credit-score/978328)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-a-company-change-someones-credit-score/978328 "2023-01-17T00:42:49Z")
I see an ad periodically that claims to raise peoples credit scores by x amount. Now it seems to me that a person’s credit rating is based on his history and that is not going to change. They don’t suddenly become more… --- ## [Help me help my mom to go cashless](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-help-my-mom-to-go-cashless/976340)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2023, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-help-my-mom-to-go-cashless/976340 "2023-01-16T23:43:28Z")
My mom is a crafter, and often goes to craft shows and farmers’ markets and the like to sell her wares. She’s strictly hobby-level: In a really great year, she might bring in $2000 from sales, and this year was only $1… --- ## [Can I use a Marilith in a for-profit work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-use-a-marilith-in-a-for-profit-work/658860)
**Author:** [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-use-a-marilith-in-a-for-profit-work/658860 "2023-01-16T23:11:38Z")
I’m thinking of trying to publish something as an eBook, more out of curiosity than any real desire to earn a profit, but I will hopefully be bringing in a few dollars. However, part of my projet features one of these s… --- ## [Spreading awareness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spreading-awareness/978299)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spreading-awareness/978299 "2023-01-16T22:42:13Z")
One thing I sometimes think about when people are trying to spread awareness about different illnesses and dangers, is how much good it actually does. I imagine one can only keep so many things in ones head at one time. … --- ## [RIP Gina Lollobrigida](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-gina-lollobrigida/978308)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-gina-lollobrigida/978308 "2023-01-16T20:26:39Z")
Humphrey Bogart once said she ‘made Marilyn Monroe look like Shirley Temple.’ No cause of death has been released, but she was 95. --- ## [Two switches, ONE light. How do I know which switch is bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-switches-one-light-how-do-i-know-which-switch-is-bad/978124)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-switches-one-light-how-do-i-know-which-switch-is-bad/978124 "2023-01-16T20:11:23Z")
In my bathroom, I have two switches at opposite ends of the bathroom that go to the main overhead light. The problem is, the switches have to be in a certain order for them to work. One switch has to be down in order fo… --- ## [Truffle Hunters Poison Each Other's Dogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truffle-hunters-poison-each-others-dogs/978318)
**Author:** [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truffle-hunters-poison-each-others-dogs/978318 "2023-01-16T18:24:40Z")
Apparently a bunch of papers are doing this story right now, including: But this is not new, here is a story from a quarter-century ago saying the same thing: But I don’t understand this. If the goal is to eliminat… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=917) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=919)