# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1049&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1050 --- ## [Recognizing decades by pop music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognizing-decades-by-pop-music/969356)
**Author:** [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2022, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognizing-decades-by-pop-music/969356 "2022-08-10T08:26:44Z")
A lot of recent TV shows and movies portray earlier decades in flashbacks or as a result of time travel. An easy trick (besides imagery, which is a distinct topic) to show the viewer where (when) we are is by using a son… --- ## [Sorting emails in Outlook by “subject with the most messages”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorting-emails-in-outlook-by-subject-with-the-most-messages/969421)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2022, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorting-emails-in-outlook-by-subject-with-the-most-messages/969421 "2022-08-10T07:49:11Z")
I would like to sort my Outlook email inbox according to the following algorithm: Group the emails by subject Then sort each subject group according to how many emails are in it. So I’d end up with an inbox structured… --- ## [What's Going On In This Soccer Sequence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-this-soccer-sequence/969246)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2022, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-in-this-soccer-sequence/969246 "2022-08-10T07:43:59Z")
Note that the Orlando player (in purple) just … lays down behind his teammates even as the play is taking shape. He remains on the ground until the ball has left his opponent’s foot. Is there some strategic reason for hi… --- ## [Whats the legality of prosecuting someone for doing something that is illegal in their home state, but legal in another state](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-legality-of-prosecuting-someone-for-doing-something-that-is-illegal-in-their-home-state-but-legal-in-another-state/963357)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 241\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2022, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-legality-of-prosecuting-someone-for-doing-something-that-is-illegal-in-their-home-state-but-legal-in-another-state/963357 "2022-08-10T05:10:07Z")
With all the abortion bans there are efforts to punish women who leave their home state and travel to another state to get a legal abortion. So if you’re from a state like Texas and you fly to California to get an aborti… --- ## [70's and 60's cop shows and cars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-and-60s-cop-shows-and-cars/969126)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2022, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-and-60s-cop-shows-and-cars/969126 "2022-08-10T05:00:45Z")
So when i watch old cop shows and movies I have to laugh when both the cops and the crooks are driving these BIG ASS FISHTAILING PIECES OF SHIT. Yeah the cop cars are great if you’re driving in a straight line on a highw… --- ## [Which would you rather master, language or music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-would-you-rather-master-language-or-music/969275)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-would-you-rather-master-language-or-music/969275 "2022-08-10T04:23:36Z")
Would you rather be a master of every musical instrument or be fluent in every language? poll (I saw this on Twitter and thought it was a very good question.) At age 59, I’d have to go with language. Being a master of … --- ## [How can I get rid of a strawberry seed from my throat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-rid-of-a-strawberry-seed-from-my-throat/400896)
**Author:** [@SiouxChief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiouxChief)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2022, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-rid-of-a-strawberry-seed-from-my-throat/400896 "2022-08-10T03:21:10Z")
I had a Peanut Butter & Jelly smoothie this afternoon (don’t laugh–they’re awesome), and somehow got a strawberry seed stuck in my throat. It’s very uncomfortable. I’ve tried to gargle and cough, but wasn’t able to get… --- ## [Recommend a Rehoboth Beach Hotel (3-star or higher)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-rehoboth-beach-hotel-3-star-or-higher/969260)
**Author:** [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2022, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-rehoboth-beach-hotel-3-star-or-higher/969260 "2022-08-10T02:19:53Z")
I’m thinking about going to an event on a Wednesday night in Lewes, DE, in early October. I’d stay in Rehoboth Beach – likely Tuesday-Friday, to allow for downtime, taking the Cape May-Lewes ferry one day, etc. I’ve just… --- ## [Help me unpack this : The world is getting happier but The world is also getting more Mental Health Conditions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-unpack-this-the-world-is-getting-happier-but-the-world-is-also-getting-more-mental-health-conditions/969389)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2022, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-unpack-this-the-world-is-getting-happier-but-the-world-is-also-getting-more-mental-health-conditions/969389 "2022-08-10T02:15:40Z")
Quote 1: “The World As A Whole Is Getting Happier” Quote 2 : “Mental health conditions are increasing worldwide. Mainly because of demographic changes, there has been a 13% rise in mental health conditions and substance… --- ## [Canned haggis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-haggis/969337)
**Author:** [@sweepkick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweepkick)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2022, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-haggis/969337 "2022-08-10T00:44:21Z")
If one were from an area (Minneapolis) were Haggis weren’t immediately available, but would be interested in trying… Could one get by with buying canned Haggis from Amazon… such as this one: Or should one consider a … --- ## [The Middle Ages Never Happened?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-middle-ages-never-happened/969074)
**Author:** [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-middle-ages-never-happened/969074 "2022-08-09T21:23:50Z")
At least according to “historian” Heribert Illig. According to him, when making the switch to the Gregorian calendar, the years 614 AD to 911 AD were skipped, and as such just didn’t happen. He argues that the lack of mu… --- ## [Emmitt Till Investigation Reopened by the Feds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmitt-till-investigation-reopened-by-the-feds/817784)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmitt-till-investigation-reopened-by-the-feds/817784 "2022-08-09T20:40:56Z")
They did not reveal what new evidence they have dug up. And everyone has died except the woman who made the false allegations. Is 68 years too long to wait to charge someone for a crime? Or, like the Auschwitz Guard c… --- ## [Hell no: Biden pardoning Trump (opinion piece in the Chicago Tribune)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hell-no-biden-pardoning-trump-opinion-piece-in-the-chicago-tribune/969318)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hell-no-biden-pardoning-trump-opinion-piece-in-the-chicago-tribune/969318 "2022-08-09T19:54:19Z")
A sorely misguided argument from a respectable commentator. If you think the country is divided now, what would happen were Trump hauled into court? If members of his base were motivated to violently storm the Capito… --- ## [Mysteries of the Abandoned - Lat & Long of Sites?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysteries-of-the-abandoned-lat-long-of-sites/969327)
**Author:** [@DtypeJag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DtypeJag)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysteries-of-the-abandoned-lat-long-of-sites/969327 "2022-08-09T19:29:00Z")
On the TV show “Mysteries of the Abandoned” they very briefly flash a latitude and longitude of each site. Anyone know if there is a list somewhere of all of these places w/lat & long? I think it would be fascinating … --- ## [Oddities I've seen on TV lately](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddities-ive-seen-on-tv-lately/969237)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddities-ive-seen-on-tv-lately/969237 "2022-08-09T19:26:47Z")
The real McCoys is still seen on some weird TV channel called: Binge. I never turned it on because I thought it said: Bingo. There’s this commercial about youth advocacy programs to get out of gang life. There’s a … --- ## [Didn't see this coming - suit to remove preventative care provisions from ACA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-see-this-coming-suit-to-remove-preventative-care-provisions-from-aca/969366)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-see-this-coming-suit-to-remove-preventative-care-provisions-from-aca/969366 "2022-08-09T19:25:37Z")
So apparently some jackass orthodontist in Fort Worth is suing in Federal court to have the preventative care provisions of the ACA struck down, because his wife is old, so they don’t need birth control, and he doesn’t… --- ## [How many Languages Can You Identify by Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-languages-can-you-identify-by-ear/969297)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-languages-can-you-identify-by-ear/969297 "2022-08-09T19:15:29Z")
poll Inspired, very indirectly, by these two threads As for me, English Dutch German Swedish I would probably struggle with Nowegian, Danish and Icelandic. I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t be able to recognize Faroese. A… --- ## [David McCullough dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-mccullough-dies/969359)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-mccullough-dies/969359 "2022-08-09T19:15:18Z")
There’s a thread about Olivia Newton-John, but not yet one about McCullough, so I thought I’d start one. I discovered him when someone gave me a copy of The Great Bridge (about the building of the Brooklyn Bridge) when … --- ## [Gmail's "notifications"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmails-notifications/963556)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmails-notifications/963556 "2022-08-09T18:49:52Z")
So I want to contact someone whose website says “click on name to get email address” instead of just listing the fucking email address. First mistake Then I get a popup telling me to choose an email. I hit “Gmail.” Seco… --- ## [The Tivo skip function](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tivo-skip-function/969114)
**Author:** [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tivo-skip-function/969114 "2022-08-09T18:40:23Z")
We got a Tivo DVR shortly after installing a roof antenna. For those not familiar, Tivo has a “skip” function that allows the viewer to press a button and skip the commercials. You can automate the function, too, but i… --- ## [I just realized what passes the Bechdel test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-what-passes-the-bechdel-test/965995)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-what-passes-the-bechdel-test/965995 "2022-08-09T17:43:16Z")
We’ve discussed the Bechdel test on this Board before – the “test” proposed by cartoonist Alison Bechdel that asks if the drama contains two women who speak to each other about something besides men or their relationship… --- ## [I need some tiny tech support](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-tiny-tech-support/969333)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-tiny-tech-support/969333 "2022-08-09T17:24:12Z")
Long story short I find myself at the helm of the household technology, though ill suited to the job. Hubs was the one, all this time, alas not so much now. And I’m struggling. I’ve pressed on and managed a couple of mi… --- ## [I'm having an issue with Xcom the long war](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-an-issue-with-xcom-the-long-war/969328)
**Author:** [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-an-issue-with-xcom-the-long-war/969328 "2022-08-09T14:07:34Z")
If you haven’t tried this mod, do so! Beating the regular game on the hardest difficulty they call ‘the tutorial’ for The Long War! Anyways…the issue One of my best soldiers is named DeSantis (names are assigned rando… --- ## [Making Distinctions, Hoarding and Intolerance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-distinctions-hoarding-and-intolerance/969273)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-distinctions-hoarding-and-intolerance/969273 "2022-08-09T13:59:33Z")
I am reading a pop psychology book about distinctions which makes many interesting points. Not sure I buy them all, so interested what other Dopers think. The book starts off with an ancient philosophy problem. You ke… --- ## [Give me advice on a new boiler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-advice-on-a-new-boiler/969197)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-advice-on-a-new-boiler/969197 "2022-08-09T12:08:52Z")
I have forced hot water heat, heated with gas. I like both of those. But my boiler was installed in 1959, when the house was built, and it’s time to replace it. I also have a gas hot water heater, next to the boiler. W… --- ## [How long and vivid can you keep an image in your mind?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-and-vivid-can-you-keep-an-image-in-your-mind/968861)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-and-vivid-can-you-keep-an-image-in-your-mind/968861 "2022-08-09T11:57:26Z")
I always had a bad visualization ability and I hate that, because I am an otherwise creative person, I like to make 3d models, create video game environments, edit videos and so on, but that’s a bit hard to do when my mi… --- ## [Fiendishly obscure question: Identify the cartoon \["Star Trek: Voyager" "Workforce: Part II\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendishly-obscure-question-identify-the-cartoon-star-trek-voyager-workforce-part-ii/969308)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendishly-obscure-question-identify-the-cartoon-star-trek-voyager-workforce-part-ii/969308 "2022-08-09T11:14:02Z")
Synopsis Almost at the end of the ep, Tom Paris is watching some cartoon (had a 1930s feel to it), and one odd-looking character is ina tree dropping something on the head of another odd-looking character. And go. . . … --- ## [On the use of acronyms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-use-of-acronyms/969310)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-use-of-acronyms/969310 "2022-08-09T10:17:21Z")
Can we come to any sort of consensus regarding good form in the use of acronyms in posts? Some readers seem to get terribly upset when people use acronyms without defining them. But if we have to define every acronym i… --- ## [Prompted by the Jones case: Is all digital data really saved and retrievable? The mind boggles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prompted-by-the-jones-case-is-all-digital-data-really-saved-and-retrievable-the-mind-boggles/969133)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prompted-by-the-jones-case-is-all-digital-data-really-saved-and-retrievable-the-mind-boggles/969133 "2022-08-09T10:05:09Z")
The whole stupid (and useful!) debacle with Alex Jones’s phone messages and another local case of ISP records got me wondering - Is everything everyone in the world does on the internet/digitally via phone or computer … --- ## [What is the most football-obsessed nation in the world? (soccer)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-football-obsessed-nation-in-the-world-soccer/968962)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-football-obsessed-nation-in-the-world-soccer/968962 "2022-08-09T07:52:11Z")
After watching the Euros last year and this year, my (ignorant) American impression is that it would be a tie between England, Brazil and Mexico. Germany, Argentina, Italy and Spain might come in close second? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1048&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1050&state=watching)