# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1092 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1093 --- ## [The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unbearable-weight-of-massive-talent/964631)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2022, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unbearable-weight-of-massive-talent/964631 "2022-06-06T05:36:29Z")
Like many of you I am in an abusive relationship. With Nicolas Cage. In his attempt to appear in every movie on the planet he keeps putting out shit and I keep watching it. Actually went to a matinee yesterday on comp… --- ## [How did the front switches operate on early Altair and similar computers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-front-switches-operate-on-early-altair-and-similar-computers/964163)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2022, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-front-switches-operate-on-early-altair-and-similar-computers/964163 "2022-06-06T04:41:47Z")
I didn’t get a computer until 1987. I had a little exposure to CP/M before learning DOS 2.1. I used all the versions of DOS until it was replaced by Win 95. I took a microprocessor class in college. We had a motorola pr… --- ## [Tolls across Ohio River not showing up on I-PASS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolls-across-ohio-river-not-showing-up-on-i-pass/965632)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2022, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolls-across-ohio-river-not-showing-up-on-i-pass/965632 "2022-06-06T03:48:35Z")
I just checked my I-PASS account, and none of my tolls across the Ohio River bridge into/out of Louisville have shown up at least since the beginning of 2021. I’ve probably crossed it 10 times since then. I know my tran… --- ## [Does Ukraine have trained pilots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-ukraine-have-trained-pilots/964459)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-ukraine-have-trained-pilots/964459 "2022-06-05T23:51:47Z")
If Ukraine had access to planes do they have or are pilots being trained to fly these planes in battle. How long does it take to train a pilot? --- ## [Questions about a WW1/2 German history website I found](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-a-ww1-2-german-history-website-i-found/964597)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-a-ww1-2-german-history-website-i-found/964597 "2022-06-05T23:34:32Z")
the sites in two parts really Heres the WW1 side of it http: //www .revisionist .net/hysteria/index.html Heres is the WW2 part : http: //www. revisionist. net/ My questions are … Did the UK really run what looks l… --- ## [Can't Ukraine simply export its grain through land?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-ukraine-simply-export-its-grain-through-land/965662)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2022, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-ukraine-simply-export-its-grain-through-land/965662 "2022-06-05T22:28:55Z")
If only 20% of Ukraine is under Russian control, all being far in the east, away from the Polish border If enormous amounts of donated western APC’s, ATGM’s and even tanks can cross the Polish - Ukrainian border, meanin… --- ## [durable? pushbutton microwave door? or.. handle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/durable-pushbutton-microwave-door-or-handle/71287)
**Author:** [@jally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jally)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/durable-pushbutton-microwave-door-or-handle/71287 "2022-06-05T21:38:37Z")
In '95 I bought a Sharp 700W countertop microwave (R2A55 model). The pushbutton door-open-button seems to be getting weaker. I’d tried unscrewing the cabinet to check the innards (some job!) to see if I could replace th… --- ## [Bosch is back! (May 2022)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosch-is-back-may-2022/964090)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2022, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosch-is-back-may-2022/964090 "2022-06-05T21:31:39Z")
Only 4 episodes. :face\_with\_diagonal\_mouth: I wish we could go back to seasons with 20+ episodes. Oh well. I wish I could fit into my college jeans, too. --- ## [Angel Hernandez, MLB, and the fans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-hernandez-mlb-and-the-fans/965338)
**Author:** [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-hernandez-mlb-and-the-fans/965338 "2022-06-05T21:15:33Z")
Would it be possible for MLB fans to force MLB to terminate Angel Hernandez? Say season ticket holders from all over the country got together and filed a class action lawsuit against MLB, claiming that they expect a top-… --- ## [Is Scott Adams now trying to attack Covid vaccines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scott-adams-now-trying-to-attack-covid-vaccines/965625)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scott-adams-now-trying-to-attack-covid-vaccines/965625 "2022-06-05T18:36:50Z")
His latest arc is that Dilbert’s tech company has switched to being a “Big Pharm” company. Today’s strip has Dilbert saying that their latest tests show that their drugs kill people, and PHB says they’ll bribe their way… --- ## [We need another gun thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-another-gun-thread/965314)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-another-gun-thread/965314 "2022-06-05T18:11:47Z")
What we don’t need are blanket bans on whole topics. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, moderator What\_Exit just shut down a thread about an AK-47 buyback proposal. The only reason given was, “We don’t really ne… --- ## [iPhone - Podcast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-podcast/965701)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-podcast/965701 "2022-06-05T15:47:44Z")
When a podcast is downloaded, where on the IPhone is it downloaded to. Thx. --- ## [Why is vanilla the most common flavor for yogurt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-vanilla-the-most-common-flavor-for-yogurt/965315)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-vanilla-the-most-common-flavor-for-yogurt/965315 "2022-06-05T14:18:09Z")
So look at the yogurt case at the grocery store. The most common variety of any type of yogurt—Greek, Skyr, … American (?)—is plain. That makes perfect sense. Yogurt is a basic food and a lot of people eat it plain or us… --- ## [Arrival time at airport for international flight – need answer fastish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrival-time-at-airport-for-international-flight-need-answer-fastish/965674)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrival-time-at-airport-for-international-flight-need-answer-fastish/965674 "2022-06-05T13:10:32Z")
Does the 3 hour early recommendation apply if your initial flight is domestic but you’re connecting to an international one? IE. I’m flying from OKC to Houston and from Houston to Vancouver. Do I really need to get to O… --- ## [Randomness and the Bell Curve](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randomness-and-the-bell-curve/965542)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2022, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randomness-and-the-bell-curve/965542 "2022-06-05T12:43:33Z")
Math wasn’t my strongest subject in school, and I should know the answer to this… You have 100 people, and each person is given a coin to flip with a head and a tail on it. They are also given a sheet of paper where the… --- ## [University of Notre Dame changes lyrics to Victory March](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/university-of-notre-dame-changes-lyrics-to-victory-march/965685)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2022, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/university-of-notre-dame-changes-lyrics-to-victory-march/965685 "2022-06-05T03:21:59Z")
Notre Dame’s fight song, which debuted in 1908, is getting an update to commemorate the 50th anniversary of women first being admitted to the university. “While her loyal sons are marching onward to victory” in the la… --- ## [Was Macbeth the last pagan king to rule Scotland?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-macbeth-the-last-pagan-king-to-rule-scotland/964859)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2022, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-macbeth-the-last-pagan-king-to-rule-scotland/964859 "2022-06-05T05:27:16Z")
Was Macbeth the last pagan king to rule Scotland? Was Malcolm Christian? --- ## [Ad placement in YouTube videos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-placement-in-youtube-videos/965572)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2022, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-placement-in-youtube-videos/965572 "2022-06-05T05:20:41Z")
Hi SD, I have noticed when I watch YouTube videos with ads, the ads seem to occur right at an exciting, humorous, or important point in the video. You never see an ad when nothing much is happening. Is this on purpose… --- ## [Attention California Dopers - Early June 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-california-dopers-early-june-2022/965630)
**Author:** [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2022, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-california-dopers-early-june-2022/965630 "2022-06-05T04:16:14Z")
Some of you may have run across my Jack Batty - Traveling Doper thread. If not, you’re in for a treat. But here’s the long and the short of it … right now I am in Joshua Tree. I will be leaving by noon headed toward San … --- ## [Can cities just choose not to enforce state laws](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-cities-just-choose-not-to-enforce-state-laws/965405)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2022, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-cities-just-choose-not-to-enforce-state-laws/965405 "2022-06-05T03:52:37Z")
Austin is planning to prepare for the coming abortion ban by passing city council resolutions making enforcement of an abortion ban a very low priority for police, and restricting funding for its enforcement. Counci… --- ## [NASCAR race sponsor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nascar-race-sponsor/965646)
**Author:** [@stosh1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stosh1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2022, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nascar-race-sponsor/965646 "2022-06-05T01:38:12Z")
When a company sponsors a race, like the pepsi 500. How much money do they really put out? --- ## [Double-zero (00) on sports jerseys—why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-zero-00-on-sports-jerseys-why/306872)
**Author:** [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-zero-00-on-sports-jerseys-why/306872 "2022-06-05T01:35:24Z")
It would seem that in most every instance (perhaps mainly in the non-professional levels?) that I have seen a team sport played wherein the participants wore numbered jerseys, there was always one player bearing double c… --- ## [Turning Red: New Pixar movie on Disney+ (SPOILERS AFTER OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-red-new-pixar-movie-on-disney-spoilers-after-op/960924)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2022, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-red-new-pixar-movie-on-disney-spoilers-after-op/960924 "2022-06-05T01:28:24Z")
Turning Red, the newest movie from Disney/Pixar, debuted today on Disney+. So, let’s talk about it. --- ## [It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day/965634)
**Author:** [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2022, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-the-third-of-june-another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day/965634 "2022-06-05T00:49:00Z")
We haven’t done this one in a while. I was out choppin’ cotton, and my brother was balin’ hay --- ## ["Flat as a pancake" in American vernacular](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-as-a-pancake-in-american-vernacular/965301)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2022, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-as-a-pancake-in-american-vernacular/965301 "2022-06-05T00:19:49Z")
In describing galaxies as “flat as a pancake” it occurred to me that the word “pancake” might mean different things to different people. To me, as a Brit, I think immediately of the crepe-style pancakes, that are dinner… --- ## [So you think there's no such thing as employment discrimination?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-theres-no-such-thing-as-employment-discrimination/965511)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2022, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-theres-no-such-thing-as-employment-discrimination/965511 "2022-06-04T23:39:57Z")
Patrick Shyu, who bills himself as “Ex-Google Tech Lead” and is (at least until now) currently a Facebook Tech Lead – Patrick Shyu - Facebook | LinkedIn Well, he went on Twitter, and started boasting about how he treate… --- ## [NBC penguin - not peacock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-penguin-not-peacock/965663)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2022, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-penguin-not-peacock/965663 "2022-06-04T23:39:38Z")
Back in the 1960’s, NBC intro’d its color programs with a peacock. 1962 NBC Laramie Peacock - YouTube . However - on October 24, 1967, NBC was about to show “A Hard Day’s Night” (with the Beatles), which was filmed in b… --- ## [Time travel dinner for 6 at your house—who do you invite and how is it planned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-dinner-for-6-at-your-house-who-do-you-invite-and-how-is-it-planned/965000)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-dinner-for-6-at-your-house-who-do-you-invite-and-how-is-it-planned/965000 "2022-06-04T22:59:54Z")
Table for 6 at your house (or rehab room, prison cell…)—you and 5 others. Fill the 5 slots with anyone dead or alive (…obviously they wouldn’t be dead at your table, you know what I mean). You can fill slots with your si… --- ## [Moving to WA and the bumpy road taking me there](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-wa-and-the-bumpy-road-taking-me-there/962169)
**Author:** [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-wa-and-the-bumpy-road-taking-me-there/962169 "2022-06-04T23:01:29Z")
So its been an interesting couple years. August of 2020 a drunken argument at my maternal grandfathers house resulted in my great uncle shooting and killing my cousins boyfriend. My mother moved from Fresno, CA to take… --- ## [Judging People From Past Homophobic Or Racist Statements?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judging-people-from-past-homophobic-or-racist-statements/963497)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judging-people-from-past-homophobic-or-racist-statements/963497 "2022-06-04T21:44:45Z")
Something I at least have thought about for some time now. Should famous people (politicians, actors and other celebrities) be judged by homophobic and racist statements that they have made in the past? I say that, with… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1091) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1093)