Republican vs. Democratic pedophiles - Straight Dope For the purpose of this thread, ‘pedophile’ means adult who has sexual relations with a minor (boys or girls) I’ve read at least three, maybe four, articles about Republican politicians (and adjacent) being arrested for child pornography, soliciting sex with a minor, etc The most recent one is Robert John May III, Representative of South Carolina I think I’ve heard of Democrats
Dungeon Crawler Carl? - Cafe Society - Straight Dope I have read the first book If you’re a big fan of Dungeons and Dragons and you don’t mind relentlessly sophomoric humor, it’s funny I don’t plan on reading any more of the series myself, but my son-in-law, who listens to it as an audiobook loves it, and is on the 4th book Everyone I’ve heard comment says the audiobook is better
The Last of Us Season 2 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope No game spoilers please Surprised there wasn’t a weekly thread for this The S2 finale was tonight S1 was one of my favorite shows of the year with one all time great episode (3) and several other excellent episodes (1, 8, and 9) This season had 2 excellent episodes (2 and 6) and the rest were just good Felt more like a game with distinct action sequences and such Being terminally
Customizeable games like Baldurs Gate or free DND turn based games . . . I’ve been trying to find new games to play, and I’m getting into Baldurs Gate I like turn based games, and I wanted to find one like it that I could customize my full team and not just stats I also wanted to know if there were any good games that were turn based that were free since I don’t have too much to spend rn Any suggestions?
Tsunami Warning for Japan, July 30 2025 - Straight Dope Japan has issued a tsunami warning, with waves expected to reach up to 3 meters (about 10 feet) with the first waves at 10:30 (maybe) News: About 30 minutes ago, the warning system went off, and we received warning al hellip;
Why would exterior house lights blink? - Straight Dope Walking the dog around the block, a few days ago we noticed blinking exterior lights on a house behind us These are “coach lights” on either side of his garage door The blinking seems to occur at a constant rate, rather than an irregular flickering (or morse code!) First, both lights were blinking Then, on a subsequent day, both were on but neither were blinking Then, only one was
Men, lets talk Prostate Glands - Straight Dope ** Usual Disclaimer– I am aware that the SDMB is not a medical advice site and opinions are just that-opinions ** Okay then I’m 63 Got a pretty advanced case of Benign Prostate Hyperplasia In laymen’s terms, an enlarged prostate Cystoscopy revealed nothing of note Similarly Sonogram My PSA is normal The urine stream strength duration tests run 18 months apart show a serious
Have we reached the peak of media compression technology or is it still . . . I’m not sure if this is a factual question or not But my impression is 25 years ago, the MP3 was the best compressed form for audio It is about 90% smaller than a lossless, non-compressed file I don’t know much about audio files at this point, but looking online ogg files are more popular now and are smaller, but I’m not sure how much smaller With video for example, I have ripped
A plea to (maybe) save us from T - Straight Dope A plea to my like-minded American friends hoping we can be saved from unimaginable doom and heartbreak… If you feel compelled to post memes and comments for people on Facebook, or Instagram, or X (formerly Twitter), or TikTok or Youtube or pretty much anywhere on the The Intertubes, may I suggest that you actively avoid bringing up his felonies, rape trials, impeachments, etc Because at