# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=992 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 993 --- ## [Mobile theme messed up top bar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mobile-theme-messed-up-top-bar/971823)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mobile-theme-messed-up-top-bar/971823 "2022-09-23T01:48:05Z")
On the highest zoom setting (in the sight preferences), using Straight Dope Light, I now find that the top navigation bar is messed up. The bar became thicker, and my avatar moved down to the next line. I suspect the is… --- ## [Self-managed abortion with pills: Medically safe, legally risky](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-managed-abortion-with-pills-medically-safe-legally-risky/971984)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-managed-abortion-with-pills-medically-safe-legally-risky/971984 "2022-09-23T01:20:47Z")
I’m not sure where to post it. Maybe this should be in P&E, but I thought the discussion might be gentler here. Anyway, I subscribe to “your local epidemiologist”, mostly for the covid information. But today I got an ema… --- ## [Questions for classical (byzantine) scholars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-classical-byzantine-scholars/766804)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-classical-byzantine-scholars/766804 "2022-09-23T00:55:26Z")
Empress Theodora is famous for saying “Royal purple makes a fine burial shroud” when faced with fleeing from or standing up to a rebellion. What language was she speaking, and what was the exact quote in that language? … --- ## [Frequent flyer miles expiring - how best to use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequent-flyer-miles-expiring-how-best-to-use/967671)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequent-flyer-miles-expiring-how-best-to-use/967671 "2022-09-22T22:43:09Z")
I’ve got 40,000-ish frequent flyer miles expiring at the end of September. I’m not flying anywhere - not with the new variant spreading! These aren’t enough miles to book a hotel anywhere I’d like to go. The airline (Ame… --- ## [What, for you, is \*the\* defining band of your generation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-for-you-is-the-defining-band-of-your-generation/971525)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-for-you-is-the-defining-band-of-your-generation/971525 "2022-09-22T22:12:51Z")
There’s a Washington Post “perspective” article talking about the timelessness, or something, of The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Which have had a surprising number of hits over their career, and over a surprising number of y… --- ## [Donkey Kong comes to Concord, NH](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donkey-kong-comes-to-concord-nh/972038)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donkey-kong-comes-to-concord-nh/972038 "2022-09-22T21:46:02Z")
I’ll be up that way this weekend; I’ll have to have a look --- ## [How reliable is Uber?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-is-uber/971681)
**Author:** [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-is-uber/971681 "2022-09-22T21:17:11Z")
My GF and I are headed out of town next month. There are various car services that would take us from our home, about 40 miles west of Boston, to Logan Airport. Prices seem to be about $140 each way. Meanwhile, it seems… --- ## [I'm miserable without Dexilant. Tell me about Canadian pharmacies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-miserable-without-dexilant-tell-me-about-canadian-pharmacies/971627)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-miserable-without-dexilant-tell-me-about-canadian-pharmacies/971627 "2022-09-22T20:57:31Z")
Years ago, my gastroenterologist started me on Dexilant because I had stubborn GERD. The drug worked like a charm. As long as I avoided a couple of extra-troublesome things (coffee, raw citrus juice), I was symptom-fre… --- ## [Plug-in Hybrid vs. Carbon Offsets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plug-in-hybrid-vs-carbon-offsets/971906)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plug-in-hybrid-vs-carbon-offsets/971906 "2022-09-22T20:54:46Z")
I’m looking for a new car and was thinking about getting a plug-in hybrid. They’re basically unavailable these days, at least in my area, and the ones on for example, Carvana, are tremendously overpriced. At some point… --- ## [Pronouns and idiot fascists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronouns-and-idiot-fascists/970369)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 509\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronouns-and-idiot-fascists/970369 "2022-09-22T19:56:46Z")
These people keeping taking words and changing the meaning or making them meaningless: “Woke”, “CRT”, etc. etc. the latest assault on the English language is pronouns. My pronouns are: Christian, Patriot, Conservative, b… --- ## [Why did you choose that avatar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703 "2022-09-22T19:12:45Z")
Me, I love the “cat who had no fcks left”.you? --- ## [Question about the FAQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-faq/971848)
**Author:** [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-faq/971848 "2022-09-22T19:06:03Z")
I just encountered the SDMB FAQ. It includes the statement, Rather than posting “+1” or “Agreed”, use the Like button. Is this a C&P error, or ominous forshadowing of horrors to come? --- ## [Where is a cat's penis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-a-cats-penis/8585)
**Author:** [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-a-cats-penis/8585 "2022-09-22T19:00:30Z")
You know, virtually every male mammal has a pronounced and obvious phallus. It takes little more than a glance under the belly to determine the gender of a horse, dog, or monkey. However, my pet male cat appears penis-l… --- ## [The Poetry of Donald J. Trump -- Special Declassification Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-special-declassification-edition/972032)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-special-declassification-edition/972032 "2022-09-22T18:52:19Z")
From an interview with Seam Hannity, Fox News Wednesday September 21, 2022 10PM Hannity …A President has the power to declassify…Was there a process?..What is your process? Trump There doesn’t have to be a Process A… --- ## [How do you feel about a four day working week?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-a-four-day-working-week/971927)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-a-four-day-working-week/971927 "2022-09-22T18:03:02Z")
4 Week Global are running four day week trials in the US, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand and it seems that it has been going well. The four day week idea has been gathering pace for the last few years. If produc… --- ## [Driving right around left turners and those waiting behind them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-right-around-left-turners-and-those-waiting-behind-them/971725)
**Author:** [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-right-around-left-turners-and-those-waiting-behind-them/971725 "2022-09-22T17:38:53Z")
Say you drive up to a red light with a line of cars waiting. You want to drive straight through the intersection and you take your spot at the end of the line. The light turns green but the person at the front of the lin… --- ## [In Cloistered Convents, How Do Nuns Confess Their Sins?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-cloistered-convents-how-do-nuns-confess-their-sins/971988)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-cloistered-convents-how-do-nuns-confess-their-sins/971988 "2022-09-22T09:01:36Z")
I watched a movie last night that took place in a cloistered convent, where the nuns took great pains to avoid ever having contact with anyone outside of their abbey, including having their food and supplies delivered to… --- ## [The Paper Chase ending question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-paper-chase-ending-question/711963)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-paper-chase-ending-question/711963 "2022-09-22T12:15:38Z")
At the very end, when Hart makes a paper airplane out of his grades and throws it into the ocean, what does that mean? Is he quitting law school, or does it simply mean he has put school in perspective and will continue… --- ## [Any good reason to keep Pelosi as speaker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-reason-to-keep-pelosi-as-speaker/924919)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-reason-to-keep-pelosi-as-speaker/924919 "2022-09-22T08:56:30Z")
Been in DC since 87 and she’s 80. Time for some new blood. It would be interesting if a non house member was speaker since no law says the speaker must be a house member. In the UK the speaker is not a member of… --- ## [Does a US Senate resolution have any legal effect or is it just a group of people expressing an opinion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-us-senate-resolution-have-any-legal-effect-or-is-it-just-a-group-of-people-expressing-an-opinion/972008)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-us-senate-resolution-have-any-legal-effect-or-is-it-just-a-group-of-people-expressing-an-opinion/972008 "2022-09-22T06:04:48Z")
The US senate today unanimously passed a resolution (not by vote but by consent) that threats against the FBI are a bad thing (see article linked below). Ok, fine. Does this actually do anything as a legal matter or is… --- ## [Who first said "I resemble that remark!"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-first-said-i-resemble-that-remark/233678)
**Author:** [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-first-said-i-resemble-that-remark/233678 "2022-09-22T06:00:46Z")
Er, that’s it. Anyone know where this humorously mangled phrase first appeared? --- ## [The Most Valuable Artifact In The World?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-valuable-artifact-in-the-world/591338)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-valuable-artifact-in-the-world/591338 "2022-09-22T01:01:05Z")
As a fan of Antiques Roadshow, and watching an episode of “It’s Worth What?” last night, I was wondering what would be/is the most valuable artifact on earth today? A quick Google search had several people suggesting Th… --- ## [Mixing union and non-union workers on a jobsite](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mixing-union-and-non-union-workers-on-a-jobsite/971782)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mixing-union-and-non-union-workers-on-a-jobsite/971782 "2022-09-22T00:34:43Z")
I don’t know much about unions, having never been a part of one. I have a question about the scenario below: The property/business owner has hired 1) Company A, who is the general contractor and 2) Company B, who is co… --- ## [Middle click on the mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-click-on-the-mouse/971854)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-click-on-the-mouse/971854 "2022-09-21T23:24:50Z")
I had to replace my USB mouse today and I see the new one claims 3 buttons. One is the scroll wheel which can also be pressed to click. Doing so displays a combo up/down arrow at the pointer position. If you move the mou… --- ## [What did you do with a deceased relative’s jewelry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-do-with-a-deceased-relative-s-jewelry/971730)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-do-with-a-deceased-relative-s-jewelry/971730 "2022-09-21T21:59:47Z")
There has been some talk in the media as to which of the Royal ladies will get EIIR’s personal jewellery. For both my grandmothers it seem to have been divided up amongst the daughters, grand daughters, daughters in-law… --- ## [Black Toilet Seats - Common in Your Area?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-toilet-seats-common-in-your-area/947773)
**Author:** [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-toilet-seats-common-in-your-area/947773 "2022-09-21T21:29:39Z")
I have had a phobia for most of my life. Black toilet seats on white public toilets freak me the heck right out. I posted about it all the way back in 2000! Now this hasn’t been much of a problem because in my area (… --- ## [Test question validity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-question-validity/971976)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-question-validity/971976 "2022-09-21T21:28:46Z")
In a multiple choice test, is there a consensus among "test experts’ on a percentage of wrong answers by the test-takers that would indicate that the question is invalid/poorly worded or that the material was not covere… --- ## [Why do I get "website blocked due to malware" when I have no browser open?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-get-website-blocked-due-to-malware-when-i-have-no-browser-open/971992)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-get-website-blocked-due-to-malware-when-i-have-no-browser-open/971992 "2022-09-21T19:33:36Z")
I use MalwareBytes. Multiple times in the day, it will notify me, “Website blocked due to malware,” “Type: outbound,” even if I have no browser open at all. Why is it blocking websites if I am not accessing any website? … --- ## [Betting Against Crypto?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betting-against-crypto/971944)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betting-against-crypto/971944 "2022-09-21T18:54:47Z")
I’m not a big fan of decentralized currencies. Seems like the potential problems just outweigh the advantages, at least for the moment. There was an article in a local paper implying there was now a way one could “bet … --- ## [Advice on traveling long distance by Amtrak](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-traveling-long-distance-by-amtrak/950896)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 238\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-traveling-long-distance-by-amtrak/950896 "2022-09-21T18:26:47Z")
I’ve always wanted to take a long distance trip by train, and I’m seriously considering taking the train when I go visit my parents in Wisconsin for Christmas. If I go to Amtrak’s website and search for trains from Sacr… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=991) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=993)