Losing your stomach feeling - Straight Dope You know that feeling when you go over a hill fast in a car or in a roller coaster? According to BBC Science: "In that moment, your organs don’t ‘fall’ at the same rate as the rest of your body You then experience a moment of near-weightlessness, a bit like what an astronaut experiences in space Your intestines and stomach are loosely suspended, so when your body quickly moves
The ICE shootings in Minneapolis (1 7 2026) - Straight Dope Doesn’t matter Trump only cares about Trump; if he feels like it he’ll fire Miller no matter what Miller or the neo-Nazis want If anything, Miller being “important” that way is more likely to get him fired than any backlash from the shootings Human life means nothing to Trump, but threatening his ego? That matters Disinfectus January 28, 2026, 1:38am 1206
Omnibus Evil MFers in the news thread - Straight Dope I’m assuming these were random day laborers and not employees owners of an actual business, but I’d laugh if it turns out they put a lien on the house before they started the work Have fun getting that cleared up when you try to sell the house someday (or the shingle manufacturer takes you to court) I have to say, I’m surprised there’s a law that specifically bans this practice
What is a lie in a relationship? - Straight Dope I’m not someone who is committed to no-holds-barred 100% truthfulness and transparency in any one situation in life and definitely not in a relationship I am committed to honesty, but I also don’t feel that telling your partner every single thing from your past and every thought in your head is a good idea Every question does not have to be answered Before either of you asks a serious
Kool-Aid as a racial stereotype? - Straight Dope I found this Nightly Show piecequite amusing (first 2 min), especially the little girl’s reaction, but the idea that a reference to Kool-Aid might be considered racist was completely new to me I’ve heard of watermelon, fried chicken, catfish and grits and eggs being used to mock African-Americans, but I honestly had no idea that Kool-Aid could have similar connotations It is really
What gross stuff is in hot dogs? - Straight Dope I’d much rather eat a hot dog made of “mechanically separated” beef than chitlins Lest there be any confusion (and you may know this, but your wording is vague to me), natural casings intestines are not in the hot dog but rather, as the name would indicate, they are what the sausage is stuffed into
MS Windows - How do I get rid of pop-ups in the Taskbar? But try to find the setting that does what the OP is looking for I don’t think it’s there and or doesn’t work anymore The OP’s complaint is very, very common and I’ve yet to see an easy fix for it At best are workarounds that seem to work on some systems but not others, often just depending on the latest update For example, one fix was to go into the registry and change how long