# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1021&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1022 --- ## [Size of a black hole with the mass of the entire (observable) universe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-of-a-black-hole-with-the-mass-of-the-entire-observable-universe/970965)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-of-a-black-hole-with-the-mass-of-the-entire-observable-universe/970965 "2022-09-11T15:19:19Z")
I was watching a video by James Beacham, a particle physicist at CERN who has given a number of interesting talks, including at the famous Royal Institution in London. At one point he spoke about the calculated size of … --- ## [Polls: Will Grogu be a prominent character in season 3? \[The Mandalorian\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-will-grogu-be-a-prominent-character-in-season-3-the-mandalorian/949675)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-will-grogu-be-a-prominent-character-in-season-3-the-mandalorian/949675 "2022-09-11T15:18:19Z")
Two polls for the price of one! Will Grogu be a prominent character in season 3? poll Do you want Grogu to be a prominent character in season 3? poll I very much want him back but the show is called “The Mandalorian” … --- ## [OMG, did I just become a political activist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-did-i-just-become-a-political-activist/971134)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-did-i-just-become-a-political-activist/971134 "2022-09-11T14:32:07Z")
Some backstory: my company, based in the US, merged with a UK-based company a few years ago. As such, we inherited client bases from all over the world: Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and Eastern Europe. Consequently,… --- ## [I might be on Google Maps Street View.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-be-on-google-maps-street-view/593230)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-be-on-google-maps-street-view/593230 "2022-09-11T13:30:26Z")
So today I was painting the outside of a house in an upscale subdivision in Grand Blanc, MI. Several times - at least four - a snazzily painted vehicle with “Google Street View” graphics all over it cruised slowly past t… --- ## [Advice about motion sensor lights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-about-motion-sensor-lights/971332)
**Author:** [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-about-motion-sensor-lights/971332 "2022-09-11T13:21:58Z")
There were some car burglaries in our neighborhood and DH can’t park his truck in the garage so we decided to put a security light on the garage. He was a bit concerned because his experiences with motion-sensing lights… --- ## [Jaws: Why DOES Quint say 'I'll never put on a life jacket again"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-why-does-quint-say-ill-never-put-on-a-life-jacket-again/971309)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-why-does-quint-say-ill-never-put-on-a-life-jacket-again/971309 "2022-09-11T13:06:02Z")
And am I misremembering, but in the book, doesn’t him not having on a life jacket lead to his death? Maybe im misrembering… But to the original question, is he basically saying, “Fuck waiting around a week to die…if its… --- ## [I'm trying to understand why this thread got closed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-to-understand-why-this-thread-got-closed/971292)
**Author:** [@damuriajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/damuriajashi)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-to-understand-why-this-thread-got-closed/971292 "2022-09-11T06:21:45Z")
I am assuming you are referring to the sea lion cartoon when you say you almost issued a warning. Does everyone get away without a warning for a clear violation or only the ones with “clean records”? If that’s the ca… --- ## [Continuing the discussion from ATMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuing-the-discussion-from-atmb/971349)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuing-the-discussion-from-atmb/971349 "2022-09-11T03:51:43Z")
Continuing the discussion from I'm trying to understand why this thread got closed: I don’t think that’s the case, and I don’t think the mods here are biased. But I do think this TJHSST school hits too close to home fo… --- ## [Moving Window of Monarchical Selection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-window-of-monarchical-selection/971287)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-window-of-monarchical-selection/971287 "2022-09-11T02:27:08Z")
As an alternative to primogeniture, I would recommend this system: Figure out the line of succession according to the rules of primogeniture (including both boys and girls). Remove all persons from the list who are und… --- ## [The United States of Africa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-united-states-of-africa/971298)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-united-states-of-africa/971298 "2022-09-11T02:02:04Z")
To anyone’s knowledge has this ever been discussed by African nations in a serious way? I see Africa as a potential hotspot for world Peace in the not so distant future. --- ## [Beverly Hillbillies fans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-hillbillies-fans/971240)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-hillbillies-fans/971240 "2022-09-11T00:57:29Z")
Link to Reddit question In season 2, episode 27 of The Beverly Hillbillies a car drives off from their mansion and the passenger side of the car is blacked out. Anyone know why? --- ## [Non-colored things that come in multiple colors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-colored-things-that-come-in-multiple-colors/958048)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-colored-things-that-come-in-multiple-colors/958048 "2022-09-11T00:11:14Z")
Not too long ago, I found that hydrogen, a nominally colorless gas, comes in multiple colors. The color indicates its source or how it’s produced. black H comes from coal grey H comes from methane/natural gas green H e… --- ## [Question about "Double Indemnity" (the movie)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-double-indemnity-the-movie/970911)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-double-indemnity-the-movie/970911 "2022-09-10T22:16:08Z")
I’m watching the movie right now on TCM. It’s one of my all-time favorites. The following exchange takes place near the beginning of the film, when Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck first meet: Phyllis: Neff is the … --- ## [The economics of restaurant paper napkin dispensers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-economics-of-restaurant-paper-napkin-dispensers/971291)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-economics-of-restaurant-paper-napkin-dispensers/971291 "2022-09-10T21:08:27Z")
I have always wondered about the economics of the subject. Some restaurants change the traditional paper napkin dispenser from pick as many at a time that you want to a single napkin at a time. I guess the single napkin… --- ## [Kellogg Cereal, just add water](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kellogg-cereal-just-add-water/971230)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kellogg-cereal-just-add-water/971230 "2022-09-10T20:20:48Z")
Powered milk already mixed with cereal. Add water and stir. I’ve never liked powdered milk. I don’t think this boxed cereal will sell well. --- ## [Resolved: the Russian oligarchs will not remove Putin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-the-russian-oligarchs-will-not-remove-putin/962270)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-the-russian-oligarchs-will-not-remove-putin/962270 "2022-09-10T20:16:24Z")
I am hearing a common refrain in the discourse around the Russian domestic situation: If and when the oligarchs who hold the real power get fed up, Putin’s reign will be ended. I say this is nonsense. I say this will no… --- ## [Road trip EV vs Gas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-trip-ev-vs-gas/971080)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-trip-ev-vs-gas/971080 "2022-09-10T19:02:11Z")
Taking a road trip in an internal-combustion-powered vehicle: Signs on the freeway saying “Next Gas: 50 miles” and “Gas This Exit” Gas stations have signs visible a mile away Gas stations often come with restrooms and… --- ## [Couy Griffin removed from office via 14th Amendment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couy-griffin-removed-from-office-via-14th-amendment/971074)
**Author:** [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couy-griffin-removed-from-office-via-14th-amendment/971074 "2022-09-10T17:06:50Z")
Cowboys for Trump founder and Otero (NM) County Commissioner, Couy Griffin, has been removed from office by a judge’s ruling. The judge ruled that Griffin engaged in insurrection and he is barred from office for life in… --- ## [What to do with neodymium magnets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-neodymium-magnets/970019)
**Author:** [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-neodymium-magnets/970019 "2022-09-10T16:32:14Z")
I have a collection of JuuL USB ecig chargers (since they are apparently disposable because you can’t buy a battery without one even though I only NEED a battery… I digress). There’s a 1/4" x 1/4" x 1/8" magnet that’s st… --- ## [Are you a cheap bastard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-cheap-bastard/970927)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-cheap-bastard/970927 "2022-09-10T14:36:00Z")
Leaving your parentage aside, how frugal are you? I consider frugality a virtue, and since I live alone these days, I can indulge myself in all sorts of virtuous behavior that would drive most people mad. I don’t go qui… --- ## [Why Did the Impromptu Male Fist Fight Decline (and is that statement factually correct?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-impromptu-male-fist-fight-decline-and-is-that-statement-factually-correct/969196)
**Author:** [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-impromptu-male-fist-fight-decline-and-is-that-statement-factually-correct/969196 "2022-09-10T13:47:25Z")
I just came across this small and not-prominently-placed 1920 news item while reading Neil Gabler’s An Empire of Thier Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood: Charlie Chaplin Mixes with Wife’s Manager I was born in 1955… --- ## [What freedoms have been lost under Joe Biden?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-freedoms-have-been-lost-under-joe-biden/971268)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-freedoms-have-been-lost-under-joe-biden/971268 "2022-09-10T12:44:57Z")
The obvious answer is none, but I hear snippets of MAGAt talking points, and freedoms lost under Biden is a recurring theme. I’ve never heard any of them give an example. Have they ever? --- ## [Oberlin college and free speech debate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oberlin-college-and-free-speech-debate/836070)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oberlin-college-and-free-speech-debate/836070 "2022-09-10T05:13:27Z")
I dont know if this has been discussed, but I wanted to discuss the case of Oberlin college vs a local bakery. It seems that in 2016 a black student was confronted for shoplifting and him and 2 friends got into a fight w… --- ## [Hickory, dickory dock! Bad, bad, bad beckdawrek and the mystery of the clocks, and other varied and sundry small items. (well, one thing is kinda big)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hickory-dickory-dock-bad-bad-bad-beckdawrek-and-the-mystery-of-the-clocks-and-other-varied-and-sundry-small-items-well-one-thing-is-kinda-big/971012)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hickory-dickory-dock-bad-bad-bad-beckdawrek-and-the-mystery-of-the-clocks-and-other-varied-and-sundry-small-items-well-one-thing-is-kinda-big/971012 "2022-09-10T04:27:53Z")
So…I got sprung from jail (ummm, I meant the rehab facility) I have to go go back tonight. I came in the house this morning. It’s obvious they had a fast clean up. But it’s was clean, I was happy. Son-of-a-Wrek is doi… --- ## [What is the rationale behind the idea that accepting a pardon is an admission of guilt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-rationale-behind-the-idea-that-accepting-a-pardon-is-an-admission-of-guilt/971186)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-rationale-behind-the-idea-that-accepting-a-pardon-is-an-admission-of-guilt/971186 "2022-09-10T01:39:54Z")
So I’ve read/heard this several places, most recently here. Why would this be the case. It would seem to me that the most obvious place in which a pardon would be appropriate would be when there has been a massive misc… --- ## [Old Sears Kenmore sewing machine woes: no zig-zag- help!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-sears-kenmore-sewing-machine-woes-no-zig-zag-help/554129)
**Author:** [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-sears-kenmore-sewing-machine-woes-no-zig-zag-help/554129 "2022-09-10T01:37:57Z")
I have a Model 1410 “Zig • Zag Sewing Machine”. It does straight, zig-zag, stretch, smock, satin, scallop, applique, blind hem, buttonhole stitching, etc. Except for that it’s not doing anything else but straight stitch… --- ## [Background viewing before This is Spinal Tap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/background-viewing-before-this-is-spinal-tap/971206)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/background-viewing-before-this-is-spinal-tap/971206 "2022-09-10T00:51:25Z")
My son is supposed to watch and do a commentary on a mockumentary, for school. One of the options is This is Spinal Tap and that’s what he wants to watch because he’s heard me raving about it. But I want him to enjoy it… --- ## [So I was in a car accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-in-a-car-accident/970289)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-in-a-car-accident/970289 "2022-09-09T22:48:59Z")
…and my vehicle is probably totaled. Nobody was injured, which is good news. And the accident was clearly not my fault; a tractor trailer backed into my car. The trucking company has already told me they will pay for t… --- ## [Help me understand "dark stores" and the problems they are causing in Paris](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-dark-stores-and-the-problems-they-are-causing-in-paris/971235)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-dark-stores-and-the-problems-they-are-causing-in-paris/971235 "2022-09-09T22:42:09Z")
While reading the BBC website regarding the death of the Queen, this article regarding dark stores causing problems in Paris came up. Wikipedia has this to say about them. I had never heard of dark stores previousl… --- ## [Which U.S. east-west interstate highway is the most interesting to drive, start to finish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-east-west-interstate-highway-is-the-most-interesting-to-drive-start-to-finish/971277)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-east-west-interstate-highway-is-the-most-interesting-to-drive-start-to-finish/971277 "2022-09-09T22:32:00Z")
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