# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1046&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1047 --- ## [What makes you go to a social event you don’t want to go to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-go-to-a-social-event-you-don-t-want-to-go-to/969528)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2022, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-go-to-a-social-event-you-don-t-want-to-go-to/969528 "2022-08-14T01:40:10Z")
One of my managers is having a wedding ceremony and reception (although I believe the actual official thing already happened) and has invited the entire team. I like them well enough, and the feeling is apparently mutual… --- ## ["versus" movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/versus-movies/968972)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2022, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/versus-movies/968972 "2022-08-14T01:28:43Z")
Kramer v. Kramer King Kong vs. Godzilla Earth vs. the Flying Saucers Godzilla vs. the Thing Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster Alien vs. Predator Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Ballistic: Eck… --- ## [The difficulty in waiting and seeing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-difficulty-in-waiting-and-seeing/969381)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2022, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-difficulty-in-waiting-and-seeing/969381 "2022-08-14T01:12:28Z")
What brought this to my mind was my internal reaction to many of the posts that happen in every breaking news thread, either political or otherwise, where people feel compelled to post their theories about what is going … --- ## [Let's talk about retro songs from this century](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-retro-songs-from-this-century/969368)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-retro-songs-from-this-century/969368 "2022-08-13T23:47:01Z")
There’s another thread about music being identified with decades, and that led me to think about the topic of musicians making songs that are intended to sound as if they are from an earlier time. What pop songs from th… --- ## [It's a Star Destroyer not a Star Destroyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-star-destroyer-not-a-star-destroyer/969494)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-star-destroyer-not-a-star-destroyer/969494 "2022-08-13T23:38:56Z")
I saw this pointed out online and it kind f blew my mind. I always assumed the name “Star Destroyer” was Imperial aggressive marketing where they give their stuff scary names (a la the Death Star) in that " Grrr this sh… --- ## [If you had $1,000,000.00 to invest…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-1-000-000-00-to-invest/949737)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-1-000-000-00-to-invest/949737 "2022-08-13T22:54:09Z")
…where/in what would you do so? --- ## [Marjorie Taylor Greene moves to impeach Merrick Garland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marjorie-taylor-greene-moves-to-impeach-merrick-garland/969592)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2022, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marjorie-taylor-greene-moves-to-impeach-merrick-garland/969592 "2022-08-13T21:37:46Z")
:roll\_eyes: could you imagine the furor if the AG didn’t sign off on it? " some desk jockey signed and executed the warrant? off with the ag’s head " --- ## [Video Card market stabilizing; anything worth buying yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-card-market-stabilizing-anything-worth-buying-yet/963343)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-card-market-stabilizing-anything-worth-buying-yet/963343 "2022-08-13T20:58:38Z")
The floor fell out from beneath crypto mining when China outlawed it. Worldwide shortages from the pandemic are gradually easing. Prices have started normalizing. I’m wondering if they’ve already plateaued. I’ve been wa… --- ## [Google Sheets help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-sheets-help/969569)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-sheets-help/969569 "2022-08-13T19:55:27Z")
So I’ve put together a spreadsheet tracking one of my fantasy baseball leagues. (I know what you’re thinking, and the answer is yes, I’m very popular at parties.) So each week I pull in the rankings and underlying stats… --- ## [What artist would you like see as the subject of a biographical drama?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-artist-would-you-like-see-as-the-subject-of-a-biographical-drama/969305)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-artist-would-you-like-see-as-the-subject-of-a-biographical-drama/969305 "2022-08-13T19:42:48Z")
Choose a creative artist in any field, alive or dead, to be the protagonist in a major motion picture and explain why their story should be told on the big screen. Perhaps no movie about them exists, or they are the subj… --- ## [Expansion of the universe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expansion-of-the-universe/969551)
**Author:** [@Lakehurst13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakehurst13)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expansion-of-the-universe/969551 "2022-08-13T17:32:53Z")
Given the universe is expanding — with every galaxy flying away from every other galaxy, why do the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies find themselves on a collision course? --- ## [Flagging Thread: "You Are Not Permitted to View Requested Resource"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flagging-thread-you-are-not-permitted-to-view-requested-resource/969550)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flagging-thread-you-are-not-permitted-to-view-requested-resource/969550 "2022-08-13T16:17:51Z")
I tried to flag a thread \[the Anne Heche thread with a suggestion to change the title to indicate she is brain dead\] and I got a message, something like: “You Are Not Permitted to View Requested Resource” then a button … --- ## [Why do Tabs on Chrome now have big drop-down previews?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-tabs-on-chrome-now-have-big-drop-down-previews/969579)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2022, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-tabs-on-chrome-now-have-big-drop-down-previews/969579 "2022-08-13T12:43:08Z")
It used to be that if I hovered over a tab on Chrome, it would give a short drop-down preview of the full name of the tab. Now it gives a much larger drop-down preview, but it’s pretty much useless, since the font is so… --- ## [Did Google have a brief hiccup around 6:35 pm (pacific time) today (Mon.)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-google-have-a-brief-hiccup-around-6-35-pm-pacific-time-today-mon/969338)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2022, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-google-have-a-brief-hiccup-around-6-35-pm-pacific-time-today-mon/969338 "2022-08-13T09:58:37Z")
For about a minute, I tried three different searches, all resulting in a page that basically said “500 error”. Never happened before, and just hoping it wasn’t The Singularity, whatever that’s supposed to be. --- ## [Looking for stories where an abandoned child's allegedly real parents come back for them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-stories-where-an-abandoned-childs-allegedly-real-parents-come-back-for-them/969210)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2022, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-stories-where-an-abandoned-childs-allegedly-real-parents-come-back-for-them/969210 "2022-08-13T06:34:28Z")
Full disclosure, I’m not looking for a specific story, but something I thought might be interesting after watching a chic flick with a parent returning years later. And I’m open to any type of storytelling, except video … --- ## [Bad, bad, bad Beck is a Jewish Romanov. Possibly HR imperial Duchess Anatasia... Hard to believe, I know. But, I has the hard evidence. It's true, really. Okay, I hear the snickering. Hush!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-is-a-jewish-romanov-possibly-hr-imperial-duchess-anatasia-hard-to-believe-i-know-but-i-has-the-hard-evidence-its-true-really-okay-i-hear-the-snickering-hush/969186)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2022, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-is-a-jewish-romanov-possibly-hr-imperial-duchess-anatasia-hard-to-believe-i-know-but-i-has-the-hard-evidence-its-true-really-okay-i-hear-the-snickering-hush/969186 "2022-08-13T04:08:37Z")
My Daddy’s forbearers emigrated to America in the late 1800s. They had some strange religion no one knew how to spell, Judaism. I guess. They were from Middle Europe and southern Russia. The pograms sent them fleeing. Hi… --- ## [Neal Stephenson's "Fall" question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neal-stephensons-fall-question/969581)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2022, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neal-stephensons-fall-question/969581 "2022-08-13T03:44:34Z")
I’m up to the part where Egdod (very awkard name IMO) is becomming conscious. And he starts to recognize, at first, a leaf, then a bunch of leaves, then snow as the season changes, etc. Then he creates, while flying ab… --- ## [Preferred Ringo song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-ringo-song/969509)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2022, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-ringo-song/969509 "2022-08-13T02:10:37Z")
Ringo got sole writing credit for two Beatles songs: Don’t Pass Me By (The White Album) & Octopus’ Garden (Abbey Road). Which composition do you prefer? (Poll below.) poll --- ## [Take the Colbert Questionnert!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-colbert-questionnert/969345)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-colbert-questionnert/969345 "2022-08-12T23:13:52Z")
Stephen Colbert does a thing with some guests where he asks them fifteen questions meant to truly reveal their personality. You, too, should take the Colbert Questionnert. Here are the questions: What is the best san… --- ## [Does the cancel culture need to extend this far?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-cancel-culture-need-to-extend-this-far/969311)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-cancel-culture-need-to-extend-this-far/969311 "2022-08-12T23:05:35Z")
Longtime assistant football coach at University of Oklahoma resigned recently for apparently saying the N-word aloud when reading it from a player’s Ipad who was supposed to be taking notes during film study. Former p… --- ## [Now in the pit: Someone tried to shoot up an FBI office in Cincy {2022-08-11}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-in-the-pit-someone-tried-to-shoot-up-an-fbi-office-in-cincy-2022-08-11/969504)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-in-the-pit-someone-tried-to-shoot-up-an-fbi-office-in-cincy-2022-08-11/969504 "2022-08-12T21:31:50Z")
Story here: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/08/11/us/fbi-cincinnati-shooting-news I’ll see if I can find some other sources. Apparently, the shooter is dressed in body armor. He tried to get past security at the FB… --- ## [Cops threatening a business with a search warrant ! (Is it common practice in reality or just on TV shows ?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-threatening-a-business-with-a-search-warrant-is-it-common-practice-in-reality-or-just-on-tv-shows/969532)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-threatening-a-business-with-a-search-warrant-is-it-common-practice-in-reality-or-just-on-tv-shows/969532 "2022-08-12T20:19:18Z")
A lot of times in crime shows like Law and Order, the detectives would go to a business and ask them some information related to a crime. If the business refuses to divulge the information, the detectives would threaten … --- ## [The Raspberries: Wally Bryson's Gibson Double-Neck Guitar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-raspberries-wally-brysons-gibson-double-neck-guitar/969505)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-raspberries-wally-brysons-gibson-double-neck-guitar/969505 "2022-08-12T19:39:08Z")
I’m old, so I’ve seen a lot of guitarists (from Jimmy Page to Rick Nielsen to whoever) pull out a double-neck guitar during a live show. But do any bands other than The Raspberries use a double-neck guitar as consistent… --- ## [Could you have saved a ton of people on the Titanic if you brought a bunch of inner-tubes/inflatable rings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-have-saved-a-ton-of-people-on-the-titanic-if-you-brought-a-bunch-of-inner-tubes-inflatable-rings/969341)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-have-saved-a-ton-of-people-on-the-titanic-if-you-brought-a-bunch-of-inner-tubes-inflatable-rings/969341 "2022-08-12T19:02:02Z")
Weird shower thought I had. I know the Titanic had traditional lifesavers on board but those are intended for you to hold onto while still being in the water, which meant anyone who used them would have died from hypoth… --- ## [Ask the guy who got the monkey pox vaccine!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-got-the-monkey-pox-vaccine/969446)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-got-the-monkey-pox-vaccine/969446 "2022-08-12T17:40:45Z")
Mods, wasn’t sure if this belongs here or QZ. I’m thinking this will be a short thread. The monkey pox vaccine was given to me on Sunday, August 7 at 1700, 5 PM. I do fit the criteria for the vaccine as a man who has se… --- ## [Where do you look when walking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-look-when-walking/969198)
**Author:** [@Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-look-when-walking/969198 "2022-08-12T17:03:07Z")
When I’m out walking I usually look at the ground about 12-20 feet in front of me. I don’t do it for any reason in particular; it’s just my default way of walking. But recently I’ve started wondering if maybe I ought to… --- ## [Can teachers unionise in the United States? Can they go on strike?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-teachers-unionise-in-the-united-states-can-they-go-on-strike/969167)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-teachers-unionise-in-the-united-states-can-they-go-on-strike/969167 "2022-08-12T16:52:48Z")
This is a fork from the thread on teacher shortage. I didn’t want to hijack it. Can teachers form unions in the US? Can they go on strike? Because some of the issues raised in that thread, like teachers having to buy… --- ## [Where to complain about moderation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-complain-about-moderation/969243)
**Author:** [@EDOK9Trainer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EDOK9Trainer)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-complain-about-moderation/969243 "2022-08-12T16:13:23Z")
Not sure what ATMB is as I find this site very confusing. And I believe I responded to an email with the response and I don’t know if it clearly showed a mod was responding to me or not. In here on the site it is more … --- ## [Salman Rushdie attacked in New York (breaking: no idea of his condition)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salman-rushdie-attacked-in-new-york-breaking-no-idea-of-his-condition/969562)
**Author:** [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salman-rushdie-attacked-in-new-york-breaking-no-idea-of-his-condition/969562 "2022-08-12T15:52:16Z")
This does not sound great at all. potential stabbing on stage Fingers crossed for the big guy! --- ## [Has the colonoscopy dietary change window shortened?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-colonoscopy-dietary-change-window-shortened/969483)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-colonoscopy-dietary-change-window-shortened/969483 "2022-08-12T15:39:06Z")
Memory is a funny thing, but I seem to recall that when I had my first one 11 years ago, there was about a five-day window for dietary changes, leading up to the day before the procedure, when you were only to have clear… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1045&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1047&state=tracking)