# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1119 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1120 --- ## [A plastic glass, an online paper, and other material contradictions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plastic-glass-an-online-paper-and-other-material-contradictions/962836)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 226\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2022, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plastic-glass-an-online-paper-and-other-material-contradictions/962836 "2022-05-06T09:20:23Z")
I was chatting with my daughter over lunch today about how she was drinking water from a “glass,” even though it was made of plastic. I got to thinking: are there other objects named after the material they’re made from,… --- ## [Parents (Mothers) Naming Babies After Themselves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-mothers-naming-babies-after-themselves/963678)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2022, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-mothers-naming-babies-after-themselves/963678 "2022-05-06T09:16:11Z")
Maybe you know a few Juniors with the same name as their father? I only know one, although I know a couple of people who are the third generation with the same name. It’s traditional in some families - possibly a South… --- ## [Octopus farming: They're that good to eat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-farming-theyre-that-good-to-eat/962585)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2022, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-farming-theyre-that-good-to-eat/962585 "2022-05-06T06:02:10Z")
How much of a market is there for octopus? Are they a significant food source, or a delicacy somewhere? Is octopus farming a thing, and should it be? Opinion piece in The Conversation about proposed octopus farms. Au… --- ## [Tabletop Game Design](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabletop-game-design/963701)
**Author:** [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2022, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabletop-game-design/963701 "2022-05-06T03:42:39Z")
Professionally I’m a video game designer, but my current job doesn’t give me many opportunities to scratch the design itch, so in my spare time I design board games. I’m curious if there are any other tabletop designers … --- ## [Expanding SCOTUS big-time as a nuclear first-strike](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expanding-scotus-big-time-as-a-nuclear-first-strike/964031)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2022, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expanding-scotus-big-time-as-a-nuclear-first-strike/964031 "2022-05-06T03:29:11Z")
With talk about SCOTUS being the hot topic again these days: The most common objection raised against packing the Supreme Court (i.e., expanding by 4 justices) is that the opposition party could simply return the favor … --- ## [Songs not "ending" but rather fade away. An 80's thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-not-ending-but-rather-fade-away-an-80s-thing/962830)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2022, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-not-ending-but-rather-fade-away-an-80s-thing/962830 "2022-05-06T03:11:06Z")
I just finished listening to Pat Benatar’s “Shadows of the Night”. I noticed that the song didn’t end on a note. The band just keeps playing as the music fades until you can’t hear it anymore. Was this an 80’s thing? BC… --- ## [Talcum powder as... antiperspirant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talcum-powder-as-antiperspirant/963898)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2022, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talcum-powder-as-antiperspirant/963898 "2022-05-06T02:14:32Z")
From Here To Eternity is on TCM. (Working from home today.) Frank Sinatra is getting ready for a night on the town, and he’s covering himself with talcum powder. Was talcum powder used as (I assume) an anti-perspirant… --- ## [House brand superior to name brand equivalent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-brand-superior-to-name-brand-equivalent/962677)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2022, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-brand-superior-to-name-brand-equivalent/962677 "2022-05-06T00:04:18Z")
Recently I’ve seen a lot of brand name/generic type discussions- usually around specific product types- laundry detergent, drugs, batteries, etc… I am sitting here drinking a “Big K Citrus Drop Zero Calorie” diet soda a… --- ## [States rights reign supreme on social issues. What are the consequences for red states?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-rights-reign-supreme-on-social-issues-what-are-the-consequences-for-red-states/963869)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2022, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-rights-reign-supreme-on-social-issues-what-are-the-consequences-for-red-states/963869 "2022-05-05T23:31:35Z")
Okay, so Samuel Alito apparently believes that there is no basis to take away the individual states’ rights to decide whether abortion is legal or whether gay people can marry. I’ve seen some theorize that if this vision… --- ## [Federal Ban on Abortion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-ban-on-abortion/962352)
**Author:** [@civilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/civilis)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-ban-on-abortion/962352 "2022-05-05T23:25:14Z")
Given the nature of the present Supreme Court regardless of the introduction of KBJ, could the next Republican president issue a federal ban on abortion by executive order successfully? --- ## [If you're having trouble ordering from Amazon, it's not just you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-having-trouble-ordering-from-amazon-its-not-just-you/964045)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2022, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-having-trouble-ordering-from-amazon-its-not-just-you/964045 "2022-05-05T23:20:43Z")
And in my case, listing things for other people to order. Their servers have been wonky for the past two days, with no end in sight. So just an FYI if anyone else is having difficulty. --- ## [Congress should ban all political spam - text and emails](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congress-should-ban-all-political-spam-text-and-emails/963949)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congress-should-ban-all-political-spam-text-and-emails/963949 "2022-05-05T22:38:12Z")
That’s my #1 goal. Probably won’t happen. 1st amendment issue. --- ## [Ukrainian Refugee Crisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukrainian-refugee-crisis/960106)
**Author:** [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukrainian-refugee-crisis/960106 "2022-05-05T21:23:47Z")
Will there be one? And if so is anybody planning for it? Population and proximity to the EU would seem to indicate that such a crisis will dwarf that from Syria that caused so much turmoil in the last decade. --- ## [Contributions to the George Angehr (Colibri) Memorial Fund are now being accepted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contributions-to-the-george-angehr-colibri-memorial-fund-are-now-being-accepted/955847)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contributions-to-the-george-angehr-colibri-memorial-fund-are-now-being-accepted/955847 "2022-05-05T21:21:52Z")
Contributed to date: $5,276 (updated 3pm CST 12/22/21) GOAL REACHED! OUR THANKS TO ALL, AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS! We’re raising funds in memory of George Angehr (1951-2021), a longtime SDMB moderator and Straight Dope contri… --- ## [Hot Stuff Comics Character. SFW](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-stuff-comics-character-sfw/964005)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-stuff-comics-character-sfw/964005 "2022-05-05T20:45:24Z")
Hot Stuff, the little devil. from Harvey Comics. There was a she-devil, who was a friend of his. No, not Charma–she was a pixie. This one was a devil, red skin, black hair, & a little taller than Hot Stuff. --- ## [Jim\_B's Note should be upgraded to a Warning at least](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-bs-note-should-be-upgraded-to-a-warning-at-least/963959)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-bs-note-should-be-upgraded-to-a-warning-at-least/963959 "2022-05-05T20:31:10Z")
This is not really a big complaint against the Mods who did a great job by acting very quickly in shutting down a horribly offensive thread. I don’t think things went far enough though. We have a poster with a history cr… --- ## [Comedians who turn out to have good dramatic acting skills](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedians-who-turn-out-to-have-good-dramatic-acting-skills/962515)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedians-who-turn-out-to-have-good-dramatic-acting-skills/962515 "2022-05-05T19:40:34Z")
Mrs. solost and I have started watching season 5 of ‘Better Call Saul’ now that it finally dropped on Netflix, and I was reminded just how great Bob Odenkirk is in the role. I remember reading (or hearing in a podcast) a… --- ## [Could a more severe, but less contagious variant become dominant at this point, or will each new dominant variant be more contagious](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-more-severe-but-less-contagious-variant-become-dominant-at-this-point-or-will-each-new-dominant-variant-be-more-contagious/963992)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-more-severe-but-less-contagious-variant-become-dominant-at-this-point-or-will-each-new-dominant-variant-be-more-contagious/963992 "2022-05-05T19:04:13Z")
So the pattern seems to be each new variant that becomes dominant is more contagious than the last. Which makes sense since the more contagious variant will spread to more people and crowd out the less contagious variant… --- ## [Do you have anything that automatically triggers a "favorite catch phrase" from TV or the movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-anything-that-automatically-triggers-a-favorite-catch-phrase-from-tv-or-the-movies/955301)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 303\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-anything-that-automatically-triggers-a-favorite-catch-phrase-from-tv-or-the-movies/955301 "2022-05-05T18:53:31Z")
For example, I’ve been; listening to a lot of Irish radio stations lately. Each time they give an Internet address, it ends in “.ie” (for Eire) and I immediately think of Hadji in Jonny Quest going “AIEEE, JONNY!” What… --- ## [Is the potential damage from NSAIDs permanent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-potential-damage-from-nsaids-permanent/963808)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-potential-damage-from-nsaids-permanent/963808 "2022-05-05T17:45:35Z")
When I was younger, I went through a period that had me taking ibuprofen like it was candy. I eventually had a surgical procedure that fixed the issue. Yay! But I’ve been super leery about NSAIDs ever since because I kno… --- ## [Toothpaste--fluoride or nano-hydroxyapatite?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toothpaste-fluoride-or-nano-hydroxyapatite/963934)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toothpaste-fluoride-or-nano-hydroxyapatite/963934 "2022-05-05T17:26:32Z")
Which is better? Fluoride toothpaste is the gold standard for dental care in the US, but there are some claims that seem reliable that nano-hydroxyapatite is equally as good and may even be better. I switched to a nano-… --- ## [Historically, What Have Been the Periods of Massive Divisiveness in American History?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historically-what-have-been-the-periods-of-massive-divisiveness-in-american-history/963944)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historically-what-have-been-the-periods-of-massive-divisiveness-in-american-history/963944 "2022-05-05T17:25:50Z")
Many of us feel that that the U.S. has been going crazy politically in the last couple decades or so. But the current period is off-topic for this post. Instead I am interested in historically when has the divisiveness … --- ## [In a divorce what happens to the primary residence if multiple adult family members are currently living in it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-divorce-what-happens-to-the-primary-residence-if-multiple-adult-family-members-are-currently-living-in-it/962902)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-divorce-what-happens-to-the-primary-residence-if-multiple-adult-family-members-are-currently-living-in-it/962902 "2022-05-05T16:57:04Z")
California btw. Scenario is thus, two older married people are getting a divorce. One of them wants to sell the house immediately for profit, other wants to keep it as their extended family lives there currently and are… --- ## [Disconcerting Brave Browser wallpaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disconcerting-brave-browser-wallpaper/963919)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disconcerting-brave-browser-wallpaper/963919 "2022-05-05T15:03:31Z")
I use the Brave Browser, which comes with built-in decorative wallpaper-ish screens. They’ve got one that seems to be an Asian street scene but there’s one prominent sign with Roman alphabet lettering spelling out “NAMB… --- ## [Why the Democrats will lose](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-democrats-will-lose/963975)
**Author:** [@sishoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sishoch)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-democrats-will-lose/963975 "2022-05-05T14:03:57Z")
I am putting this here because it is important only to me. In 2017, I was working full time and my wife stayed at home with our two children. But then he was diagnosed with ALS. Since she was not working, she was not el… --- ## [Doctor Strange, Multiverse of Madness, do I need to know a lot of backstory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-strange-multiverse-of-madness-do-i-need-to-know-a-lot-of-backstory/963962)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2022, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-strange-multiverse-of-madness-do-i-need-to-know-a-lot-of-backstory/963962 "2022-05-05T09:27:54Z")
A friend of mine loves comic book films and wants me to join him this weekend to see the film in the cinema. While I enjoy the action in this movie genre, I absolutely can not keep up with the endless number of Marvel fi… --- ## [Why are my smoke detectors randomly going off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-smoke-detectors-randomly-going-off/963877)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2022, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-smoke-detectors-randomly-going-off/963877 "2022-05-05T09:17:35Z")
Its not the consistent “chirp” that occurs when an individual battery is dying. About once a day or two, several will go off, like they have detected smoke. But it lasts about 2 seconds, and then stops. I don’t know i… --- ## [What kind of equipment punches holes in plastic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-equipment-punches-holes-in-plastic/529274)
**Author:** [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2010, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-equipment-punches-holes-in-plastic/529274 "2010-02-19T09:26:29Z")
I am looking to buy a tool that will punch out custom shapes from thin sheets of plastic and need to know the name of what I’d be shopping for. Basically I would want a half dozen or so specific, different, semi-elabora… --- ## [Looking for clarification regarding the Marconi Wireless Tel. Co. v. United States, 320 U.S. 1 (1943)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-clarification-regarding-the-marconi-wireless-tel-co-v-united-states-320-u-s-1-1943/963988)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2022, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-clarification-regarding-the-marconi-wireless-tel-co-v-united-states-320-u-s-1-1943/963988 "2022-05-05T08:11:46Z")
I had read years ago that Marconi’s lawsuit against the US for patent infringement never made it to the Supreme Court for a hearing/trial. I had also read that the Supreme court upheld Tesla’s patent 645, 576 but that th… --- ## [Web Hosting recommendations \[For Photos\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-hosting-recommendations-for-photos/953555)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-hosting-recommendations-for-photos/953555 "2021-10-31T21:16:31Z")
Please excuse me asking a basic question. :innocent: As I understand it, to show everybody on the Internet a picture, I need to register with a Web Hosting site, send them the image from my computer and then announce th… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1118) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1120)