Things I learned about shopping this week - Straight Dope Ever since the pandemic I have shopped less overall and mostly online The YouTube algorithm decided to send me information about shopping and apparently there is a lot I don’t know First, I had heard of buy now pay later in terms of ads for big ticket items like mattresses with no interest for a year or so I always considered them bad deals (although when he was young my father bought a
Do people acutally eat possum? - Straight Dope Seems like every other episode of “The Beverly Hillbillies” granny would make some reference to “possum jowls” or some other possum delicacy I know that in Arkansas politicians still eat raccoons at “'Coon Suppers” to show the country folk that they’re one of them, but I’ve never heard of anyone actuallly eating an opossum Have you?
The ICE shootings in Minneapolis (1 7 2026) - Straight Dope I watched both vids Of course I agree with 100% of what was said in both But I found them somewhat depressing, because I wondered what the point of them was Who are they going to reach who does not already have their mind made up? Who that supports Trump ICE will they persuade to change their minds? Like I said, I agree with pretty much every single word each of those videos say I agree
Omnibus Evil MFers in the news thread - Straight Dope Well, “what as day-brightener!” as Ann Landers used to say (Ann’s ashes were scattered over Lake Michigan Abby is buried in the Minneapolis Jewish Cemetery… or so we’ve been told )
Airbourne wind power - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share . . . Wind turbine towers have been getting higher because wind at altitude is more consistent and stronger than near the ground So there’ve been some attempts to move the turbines up higher than towers can reach by attaching them to kites or whatever The Makani that Google had is one such SkySails is another company that’s doing it (not sure how viable they are) Now a Chinese company has a
A Routine MMP - Page 2 - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share . . . Seems to be that way with me Pilot how awful about gf’s housekeeper’s son! I read all but retained little, so yays, boos, hugs, trouts, chitlins, and how you doin’s all around as needed Think I will take some Tylenol and give myself Autism as a preventative against feelin’ ick tomorrow and go sleepy bye
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
Does the NBA really need 7 games to determine a winner? Hockey season does the same thing Never bugged me Love playoff hockey and the longer series evens out the luck factor a little Similarly, I was happy when baseball went from 5 to 7 in the LCS in 1985 (and now is a mix with the additional rounds, but at least the last two are best of 7 rather than only the World Series ) Velocity April 30, 2026, 5:09pm 5
Ghost skiers [TV coverage] - The Game Room - Straight Dope I was recently watching some video of downhill skiing, and I realized the coverage was missing something: a “ghost” skier alongside a real one The scheme was to show the currently active skier along with a recorded time-synched image, semi-transparent, of the previously fastest one This allowed viewers to see the “real” race: the actual difference between two performances, clearly
High School Sweethearts - Straight Dope My girlfriend and I are in love… not the usual under-20 crap, I mean, I seriouly love her and care about her, and she cares for me the same We met while I was a senior and she was a sophomore in high school… she is presently a junior and I am a college freshman Our relationship, while relatively young, seems very strongly founded We have never had a single arguement, as we always look