# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=929&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 930 --- ## [In which works does Cicero discuss SPQR as a compromise between the Roman government and its people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-works-does-cicero-discuss-spqr-as-a-compromise-between-the-roman-government-and-its-people/977627)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-works-does-cicero-discuss-spqr-as-a-compromise-between-the-roman-government-and-its-people/977627 "2023-01-04T21:41:50Z")
In which works does Cicero discuss SPQR as a compromise between the Roman government and its people? is it in the Catilinarian Orations? --- ## [Tell us who you were in pictures... but in pictures not of yourself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-who-you-were-in-pictures-but-in-pictures-not-of-yourself/976393)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-who-you-were-in-pictures-but-in-pictures-not-of-yourself/976393 "2023-01-04T21:41:19Z")
I mean, if you want to include pictures of yourself I’m not going to complain, but the idea here is to share pictures of things, events, creations, that show the Dope who we were in the past. Favorite books, old cars, c… --- ## [Give me some stuffed cabbage tips](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-stuffed-cabbage-tips/977551)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-stuffed-cabbage-tips/977551 "2023-01-04T21:01:38Z")
I’m making stuffed cabbage for dinner. My recipe historically is pretty simple: ground meat, rice, and garlic rolled into cabbage leaves and braised slowly in a tomato-y chicken broth. I want to goose it up. What els… --- ## [Costco vs Sam’s Club vs BJs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/costco-vs-sam-s-club-vs-bjs/977676)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/costco-vs-sam-s-club-vs-bjs/977676 "2023-01-04T20:32:20Z")
We are soon to get a BJs Wholesale Club nearby. I’ve been a Costco member for a decade and was a Sam’s member for the decade before that. Frankly, other than blue signage at one and orange signage at the other, they are … --- ## [Night sky with no stars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-sky-with-no-stars/977564)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-sky-with-no-stars/977564 "2023-01-04T20:11:02Z")
In Iain M Banks Against a Dark Background, the story takes place in a solar system that’s not in a galaxy. This is not a spoiler, since it’s never discussed in the book and is not important to the plot. There’s a few hin… --- ## [Today is the 30th anniversary of DS9](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-the-30th-anniversary-of-ds9/977597)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2023, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-the-30th-anniversary-of-ds9/977597 "2023-01-04T19:14:37Z")
Always the forgotten step child of 90s era Trek but it was the most consistently good of those series and in many ways way ahead of its time. It premiered today in 1993, with a pilot episode beginning with finally showin… --- ## [A gift from a complete stranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-from-a-complete-stranger/977158)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-from-a-complete-stranger/977158 "2023-01-04T18:42:42Z")
Lately, I’ve been going to the local Starbuck’s after work to relax with a cup of mocha while scribbling in my sketchbook. A few days before Christmas a woman came up to my table and without saying a word, left a Star… --- ## [Does this Reliefband thing really work? (nausea relief via acupressure on wrist)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-reliefband-thing-really-work-nausea-relief-via-acupressure-on-wrist/963273)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2023, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-reliefband-thing-really-work-nausea-relief-via-acupressure-on-wrist/963273 "2023-01-04T18:20:19Z")
it’s a wristband that is supposed to relieve nausea via acupressure, which makes me very skeptical. Sounds like snake oil. I found some old threads here where people lauded its usefulness, but we all know personal st… --- ## [Who decides on the names of battles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-decides-on-the-names-of-battles/976789)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-decides-on-the-names-of-battles/976789 "2023-01-04T18:16:33Z")
After a battle someone has to call it something for the history books. I suppose when the battle is at a well-defined location like Stalingrad, the name comes naturally. But what about say, fleet action on the open sea… --- ## [Is calling the state a cultural creation only right-wing rhetoric is it classical thought? or](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-calling-the-state-a-cultural-creation-only-right-wing-rhetoric-is-it-classical-thought-or/977632)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-calling-the-state-a-cultural-creation-only-right-wing-rhetoric-is-it-classical-thought-or/977632 "2023-01-04T18:02:28Z")
Is calling the state an act of cultural creation right - wing rhetoric or classical political thought ？ --- ## [Jordan Peterson sentenced to "re-education" or face licence revocation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jordan-peterson-sentenced-to-re-education-or-face-licence-revocation/977668)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jordan-peterson-sentenced-to-re-education-or-face-licence-revocation/977668 "2023-01-04T17:27:59Z")
The controversial Canadian Psychologist and Professor known for conservative values and refusal to call members of the LGBTQ+ community must submit to a course of social media sensitivity training lest he face a tribunal… --- ## [Just a weird coincidence I assume](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-weird-coincidence-i-assume/977534)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-weird-coincidence-i-assume/977534 "2023-01-04T17:21:01Z")
I’m 68 and retired, and because of concern about my memory, my neurologist suggested I do some daily cardio. I live in NW Montana, so there are lots of trails, roads, and paths, and since I have a dog that needs walking,… --- ## [The return of Yellowstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-yellowstone/972899)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-yellowstone/972899 "2023-01-04T17:00:11Z")
The Yellowstone trailer dropped and has had millions of views. Looks like it will remain one of the most popular shows in this new streaming TV world. I liked the show very much in the first couple of seasons. Seasons 3… --- ## [OMG! Please stop projecting your religion!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-please-stop-projecting-your-religion/977664)
**Author:** [@NiceGuyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NiceGuyJack)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-please-stop-projecting-your-religion/977664 "2023-01-04T17:08:46Z")
One of the things that make America great is the First amendment. Don’t get me wrong, believe what you like. But don’t make USA a religious country. It isn’t and it never was. --- ## [US diplomat's wife kills UK teenager, claims diplomatic immunity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-diplomats-wife-kills-uk-teenager-claims-diplomatic-immunity/841400)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 731\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-diplomats-wife-kills-uk-teenager-claims-diplomatic-immunity/841400 "2023-01-04T15:15:15Z")
This getting any airplay in the US? Because it’s even knocked Brexit off the national news here. Chief Constable of Police demands suspect’s return to the UK (BBC Link) Reports say she was driving for some distance on … --- ## [It Is Once Again- Time To Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-once-again-time-to-panic/977311)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-once-again-time-to-panic/977311 "2023-01-04T15:00:32Z")
I’m scheduled to fly to Florida tomorrow. A time line On December 8, my new therapist says there is a problem processing my insurance. She thinks I gave her the numbers incorrectly. I leave a voicemail with the numbers… --- ## [Rich/Famous Folks Licensing their Names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rich-famous-folks-licensing-their-names/977589)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2023, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rich-famous-folks-licensing-their-names/977589 "2023-01-04T13:15:52Z")
I posted this in a different thread. Please excuse the grift comment as potential well-poisoning. I’m genuinely curious whether anybody has made quite so much money as the Trump family simply on licensing their names. … --- ## [Should aging men consider steroids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-aging-men-consider-steroids/977221)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2023, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-aging-men-consider-steroids/977221 "2023-01-04T12:24:00Z")
There are legions of stories, always clouded in controversy, about athletes who reach superhuman levels of performance because they are using drugs. These drugs invariably include steroids - which is really just a catch… --- ## [Which tragic Shakespearean characters would not qualify as tragic figures by Aristotle's definition of a tragic figure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tragic-shakespearean-characters-would-not-qualify-as-tragic-figures-by-aristotles-definition-of-a-tragic-figure/976315)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2023, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tragic-shakespearean-characters-would-not-qualify-as-tragic-figures-by-aristotles-definition-of-a-tragic-figure/976315 "2023-01-04T10:13:23Z")
Strictly speaking, which tragic Shakespearean characters, as we know them, would not qualify as ones by Aristotle’s definition of a tragic figure? --- ## [Trivial questions: Windows 10 "shut down" colors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-questions-windows-10-shut-down-colors/977569)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2023, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-questions-windows-10-shut-down-colors/977569 "2023-01-04T04:46:07Z")
I’m posting here because I am convinced that this must have a factual answer. This has nagged at me ever since I got this (my first and only) Windows 10 computer. When I shut down my Windows 10 computer, there is always… --- ## [How should one put 2 online, cheap, unheard-of-school (but still accredited) master's degrees to use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-one-put-2-online-cheap-unheard-of-school-but-still-accredited-masters-degrees-to-use/977416)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2023, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-one-put-2-online-cheap-unheard-of-school-but-still-accredited-masters-degrees-to-use/977416 "2023-01-04T03:58:20Z")
Over the past few years, my employer had paid free tuition for me to get 2 master’s degrees of my choosing (an employee benefit.) The degrees were from a cheap, online, for-profit university (still accredited, but a scho… --- ## [PA House chooses Independent Mark Rozzi as Speaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pa-house-chooses-independent-mark-rozzi-as-speaker/977614)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2023, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pa-house-chooses-independent-mark-rozzi-as-speaker/977614 "2023-01-04T03:22:49Z")
Article here. I just thought it was interesting, but I don’t know how much debate or discussion we’ll have about it. --- ## [Best #1 song of the year: 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-song-of-the-year-2022/977459)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2023, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-song-of-the-year-2022/977459 "2023-01-04T03:02:42Z")
It’s that time again! All of my old best of the year polls prior to the move to Discourse have been lost like tears in rain, and maybe this’ll be the year when I run a new retrospective of all of them so we can get the r… --- ## [What is this old black and white movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-old-black-and-white-movie/977544)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2023, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-old-black-and-white-movie/977544 "2023-01-04T01:50:20Z")
I’m having a recollection of this old movie where one of the characters is working in a factory where she operates a sewing machine (I don’t remember what they make). She accidentally sewed her finger in the sewing mach… --- ## [In retrospect, how was your 2022?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-retrospect-how-was-your-2022/977466)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2023, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-retrospect-how-was-your-2022/977466 "2023-01-04T01:44:37Z")
I don’t know how to do a poll on this new format, but I’m just wondering how you feel about the past trip around the sun. Fabulous? Pretty, pretty, pretty good? Not bad? Okay? Meh? Not so hot? Bad news? Crap? Dumpster fi… --- ## [How does "Nathan for You" work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-nathan-for-you-work/977599)
**Author:** [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-nathan-for-you-work/977599 "2023-01-04T01:14:10Z")
I’ve just started to watch Nathan For You on Amazon Prime and I’m confused exactly what’s real and what’s fake. I realise the “owners” in the show are in fact the real owners, however Nathan’s suggestions are all so outl… --- ## [My daughter's mother (has died.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughters-mother-has-died/975825)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2023, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughters-mother-has-died/975825 "2023-01-04T01:08:51Z")
My (now long) ex-wife, the mother of my teenaged daughter, is on the verge of death. She has been sick from time to time the last few years including some long hospital stays, but she went in yesterday morning, and late… --- ## [When did you stop beating your wife? Challenging loaded questions in FQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-stop-beating-your-wife-challenging-loaded-questions-in-fq/977291)
**Author:** [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-stop-beating-your-wife-challenging-loaded-questions-in-fq/977291 "2023-01-04T00:51:41Z")
My concern here is that the moderators are failing to distinguish between a reasonable restriction of scope in a thread, and forcing acceptance of a dubious premise in the OP. Regarding this thread: Any evidence that t… --- ## [Rant-a Claus is coming to town! (December mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-a-claus-is-coming-to-town-december-mini-rants/975866)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 364\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-a-claus-is-coming-to-town-december-mini-rants/975866 "2023-01-03T23:55:45Z")
I don’t have anything to rant about (yet) but I noticed there wasn’t a December thread yet and I had an idea for a thread title, so there you go. --- ## [Arrests in German coup plot \[7-Dec 2022\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrests-in-german-coup-plot-7-dec-2022/976137)
**Author:** [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrests-in-german-coup-plot-7-dec-2022/976137 "2023-01-03T23:39:01Z")
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