# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=956 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 957 --- ## [What Does Trump Smell Like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-trump-smell-like/974000)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-trump-smell-like/974000 "2022-11-05T00:46:45Z")
Some people recall Trump branded steaks, vodka and university. I don’t personally - I have seen Trump-branded hotels, bars and neckties. Apparently, around 2006 Trump also released a cologne called The Fragrance. News … --- ## [Need a scary short story!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-scary-short-story/973950)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-scary-short-story/973950 "2022-11-05T00:39:20Z")
My daughter (12yo) is an avid reader but has been talking smack about nothing written ever scares her. It’s close to Halloween so I want to school her. It’s a Good Life by Jerome Bixby was the scariest short story I co… --- ## [Permanent Ban for UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permanent-ban-for-ultravires/974390)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permanent-ban-for-ultravires/974390 "2022-11-05T00:14:06Z")
Moderating: After lengthy discussion in the mod loop, we’ve decided to permanently revoke @UltraVires’s posting privileges. This is based on the following formal warnings, together with numerous mod notes. Warning from… --- ## [Pitting UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-ultravires/821734)
**Author:** [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Replies:** 828\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-ultravires/821734 "2022-11-05T00:07:28Z")
We have a winner for the title of West Virginia’s dumbest lawyer This guy! Here’s another bit of genius from the same thread… Brett Kavanaugh is lucky to have you on his side. --- ## [Julie Powell, author of "Julie & Julia", dies at 49](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julie-powell-author-of-julie-julia-dies-at-49/974268)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julie-powell-author-of-julie-julia-dies-at-49/974268 "2022-11-04T23:51:20Z")
The official COD was cardiac arrest. 49 is way too young. The movie was MUCH better than the book. RIP, Julie. --- ## [Over 150 people killed in human crush in South Korea \[29 Oct 2022\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-150-people-killed-in-human-crush-in-south-korea-29-oct-2022/973975)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-150-people-killed-in-human-crush-in-south-korea-29-oct-2022/973975 "2022-11-04T22:33:34Z")
--- ## [Should “Attack Ads” Be Permitted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-attack-ads-be-permitted/974313)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-attack-ads-be-permitted/974313 "2022-11-04T22:03:15Z")
Trevor Noah makes a fair point about attack ads. Obviously, dirty tricks have long been a factor in politics. Balancing freedom of speech with attacks going too far may be difficult. But in theory, should they be allo… --- ## [Let's talk pickle distribution on a sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-pickle-distribution-on-a-sandwich/974349)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-pickle-distribution-on-a-sandwich/974349 "2022-11-04T21:57:05Z")
Do you want a pickle in every bite? Or a pickle in every few bites? poll Me I want the pickle bites to be a surprise. --- ## [Question about book editions and paper used](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-book-editions-and-paper-used/974385)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-book-editions-and-paper-used/974385 "2022-11-04T20:49:40Z")
I’ve mentioned that I collect books by the sf small press Gnome. Gnome was infamous for never (after their first book) removing the “first printing” designation on its titles even when it was obvious that a later second… --- ## [Seriously, this thread is closed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-this-thread-is-closed/974031)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-this-thread-is-closed/974031 "2022-11-04T20:26:21Z")
I continue to be dumbfounded by the new moderation. The idea that men have no say in an abortion was an undisputed part of the Roe jurisprudence. A revival of Roe, as proposed in the thread, would continue it. A po… --- ## [Does Oprah's endorsement of John Fetterman make any difference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-oprahs-endorsement-of-john-fetterman-make-any-difference/974380)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-oprahs-endorsement-of-john-fetterman-make-any-difference/974380 "2022-11-04T20:20:37Z")
The title pretty much says it all. --- ## [Famous comic strips (singles, not properties)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-comic-strips-singles-not-properties/974223)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-comic-strips-singles-not-properties/974223 "2022-11-04T19:29:32Z")
I was thinking today about comic strips which have in some way transcended their origins. Maybe the best example is the Bechdel Test. I doubt most people who know the concept could tell you the name of the strip it came… --- ## [Interface Changes that stink!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interface-changes-that-stink/974354)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interface-changes-that-stink/974354 "2022-11-04T18:25:23Z")
I noticed two recent changes with web sites/apps that are just bad ideas: On my Disney Plus Roku app when you pause, it no longer shows the length of time the show you are watching is an at what point of time you are in… --- ## [How does something I touch, warm up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-something-i-touch-warm-up/974346)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-something-i-touch-warm-up/974346 "2022-11-04T18:19:16Z")
Sorry if the question is poorly worded. I’m not even totally sure what I’m asking. If I put my warm hand on a cool counter top, the part under my hand slowly warms up. Is my hand pushing the heat out to make the two the … --- ## [Where was the royal court of Spain based during Philip III's reign?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-the-royal-court-of-spain-based-during-philip-iiis-reign/974332)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-the-royal-court-of-spain-based-during-philip-iiis-reign/974332 "2022-11-04T17:34:27Z")
Where exctly was the royal court of Spain based during Phillip III’s reign? --- ## [Mrs Piper haz new job. I is happy and sad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-piper-haz-new-job-i-is-happy-and-sad/974053)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-piper-haz-new-job-i-is-happy-and-sad/974053 "2022-11-04T16:50:18Z")
Happy because it’s a great new job and she’s going to be great in it. Sad because we have worked together in the same office for a decade, with individual offices side-by-side. We’ve worked on files together, been in co… --- ## [Interest Rate Hikes vs. Tax Hikes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interest-rate-hikes-vs-tax-hikes/974284)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interest-rate-hikes-vs-tax-hikes/974284 "2022-11-04T16:50:02Z")
There is a FQ here, I think, but possibly a subsequent GD. I defer to the mods on where this belongs. What I’m wondering is if the effect of raising taxes would be the same as raising interest rates, but less damaging t… --- ## [Gluing your self down for protest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gluing-your-self-down-for-protest/973598)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gluing-your-self-down-for-protest/973598 "2022-11-04T16:06:59Z")
A few days ago 2 protesters clued themselves to a museum wall after splashing tomato juice on a painting. Here are 9 scientists gluing themselves to the VW museum floor in protest. And VW handled it just fine. VW said, “… --- ## [I'm sorry vs. Excuse me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-vs-excuse-me/964579)
**Author:** [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-vs-excuse-me/964579 "2022-11-04T15:04:49Z")
I don’t feel like I got old, I feel like the world continued to change faster and faster, often in subtle ways. It’s not just the changes to nomenclature…Master and Slave are now forbidden labels in a number of systems … --- ## [Is Lee Carroll's Kryon a cult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lee-carrolls-kryon-a-cult/193292)
**Author:** [@Acco40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acco40)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lee-carrolls-kryon-a-cult/193292 "2022-11-04T13:55:44Z")
I have recently started dating a girl who is a believer of Kryon, a new-age “Religion?”. Basically, I’ve looked into it enough to see that is somewhat ambitious in its attempt to pull together many seemingly seperate su… --- ## [High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-bandwidth-digital-content-protection/974301)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-bandwidth-digital-content-protection/974301 "2022-11-04T06:29:34Z")
I am suddenly unable to watch movies and TV shows on Apple TV on my Macbook (Macbook Air 2017, 13 inch, if it makes a difference). It keeps asking me to log in and re-authorize, then a message pops up about “This movie c… --- ## [Name for a fallacy, if it has a name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-a-fallacy-if-it-has-a-name/974096)
**Author:** [@whc.03grady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whc.03grady)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-a-fallacy-if-it-has-a-name/974096 "2022-11-04T04:49:52Z")
X is very difficult to understand; indeed, I can’t understand it. Therefore, no one understands X. Sometimes there are more leaps, e.g. I don’t understand X. Therefore, no one understands X. Therefore, anyone who cl… --- ## [Goodfellas actor ID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodfellas-actor-id/974319)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodfellas-actor-id/974319 "2022-11-04T03:30:03Z")
This guy is instantly recognisable, but I can’t think of his name. He’s in Goodfellas. He has close-cropped curly, dark hair. --- ## [HIPAA question re bankrupt psychological practice leaving patient records behind in a leased space](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipaa-question-re-bankrupt-psychological-practice-leaving-patient-records-behind-in-a-leased-space/974241)
**Author:** [@John\_Barleycorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Barleycorn)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipaa-question-re-bankrupt-psychological-practice-leaving-patient-records-behind-in-a-leased-space/974241 "2022-11-04T02:47:53Z")
Looking for some general quidance on this. I understand you are not my lawyer etc. This is a hypothetical conversation. In the scenario where (1) A large psychological practice loses some state contracts they depended … --- ## [Nvidia has officially revealed their RTX 4000 series lineup of PC graphics cards. Opinions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nvidia-has-officially-revealed-their-rtx-4000-series-lineup-of-pc-graphics-cards-opinions/971934)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nvidia-has-officially-revealed-their-rtx-4000-series-lineup-of-pc-graphics-cards-opinions/971934 "2022-11-04T01:20:12Z")
Today (September 20, 2022) Nvidia officially rolled out their RTX 4000 series cards. It seems they have three cards on offer. A 4090 for $1600 and two 4080’s for $900 (12GB) and $1200 (16GB). The 4080 really seems lik… --- ## [Tumblr can eat a gigantic bag of porn-sized dicks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tumblr-can-eat-a-gigantic-bag-of-porn-sized-dicks/825512)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tumblr-can-eat-a-gigantic-bag-of-porn-sized-dicks/825512 "2022-11-04T01:07:16Z")
So this is happening. Starting Dec 17, adult content will not be allowed on Tumblr, regardless of how old you are. You can read more about what kinds of content are not allowed on Tumblr in our Community Guidelines. I… --- ## [Do you still watch new Simpsons episodes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-watch-new-simpsons-episodes/968350)
**Author:** [@HorribleMutantBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HorribleMutantBoy)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-watch-new-simpsons-episodes/968350 "2022-11-04T00:51:30Z")
If so why? Do you still enjoy it? I haven’t kept up regularly with the series after season 16 and have tried to watch a few of the latest episodes here and there but can never finish them. --- ## [NPR's Planet Money released a 47 year old song about inflation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nprs-planet-money-released-a-47-year-old-song-about-inflation/974259)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nprs-planet-money-released-a-47-year-old-song-about-inflation/974259 "2022-11-04T00:35:26Z")
Last year, they revived a forgotten superhero. Now NPR’s Planet Money has gotten their hands on a song called “Inflation”, recorded in 1975 by singer Earnest Jackson backed by Sugar Daddy and the Gumbo Roux but never re… --- ## [Place setting question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-setting-question/974288)
**Author:** [@wjChia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wjChia)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-setting-question/974288 "2022-11-04T00:01:32Z")
Just came back from a company trip at Club Med in Malaysia. One thing I noticed when dining at the resort, is that each table is missing one spoon! (eg a 4 seat table will have one of the place settings without a tables… --- ## [What is this... thing I got as a gift?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-i-got-as-a-gift/974303)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-i-got-as-a-gift/974303 "2022-11-03T23:46:45Z")
What IS this? I received a bunch of things in a corporate goody box as thanks for doing a podcast, and I got this… whatever it is. In case the photo link doesn’t work (I’ll fix it when I can if so) it’s a plastic thing… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=955) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=957)