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**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-ted-talk-ever-changed-your-life-or-views/963198 "2022-04-27T21:28:43Z")
Maybe not recently - it’s been eight years since a similar topic was addressed. Well? --- ## [Yet another "Name That Tune"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-name-that-tune/963222)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-name-that-tune/963222 "2022-04-27T21:28:00Z")
This one’s going to be a challenge. In the 1990s (I can’t recall hearing it more recently), there was a piano solo, mostly played during public service announcements but I also heard it on PBS nature shows a couple time… --- ## [Why was this post modded?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-post-modded/963419)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-post-modded/963419 "2022-04-27T20:38:52Z")
Why in the world was this post modded? Was it flagged by mistake as there is literally nothing wrong witg it. We were debating about insurrection and I asked why killing the president wouldnt qualify if Jan 6 did. Th… --- ## [Amazon environmental efficiency](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-environmental-efficiency/963416)
**Author:** [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-environmental-efficiency/963416 "2022-04-27T20:24:40Z")
My wife and I were wondering about the energy differences between Amazon delivering our packages (along with all their customers), vs the fuel efficiency of all of us traveling to different stores and personally buying o… --- ## [Grandmother forces 4-year-old to drink whiskey until she dies with her mother watching {2022-04-22}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandmother-forces-4-year-old-to-drink-whiskey-until-she-dies-with-her-mother-watching-2022-04-22/963298)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandmother-forces-4-year-old-to-drink-whiskey-until-she-dies-with-her-mother-watching-2022-04-22/963298 "2022-04-27T20:18:13Z")
A Louisiana grandmother and mother are in custody on first-degree murder charges after the grandmother allegedly forced her 4-year-old granddaughter to drink from a bottle of whiskey until she died. Cause of death: Acu… --- ## [Pneumonia vaccine question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pneumonia-vaccine-question/963553)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pneumonia-vaccine-question/963553 "2022-04-27T19:50:59Z")
I’m getting a pneumonia vaccine this weekend. I’ve already been vaxxed and double-boostered for Covid-19. My question: I know that the main killer for Covid is pneumonia. If I were to get Covid, despite all my booste… --- ## [What is an NFT?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-nft/958801)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-nft/958801 "2022-04-27T18:09:28Z")
Please explain it like I’m 5. I think it’s some kind of digital ownership of an image, but I don’t get what sets it apart from a copyright. Apparently someone recently paid $475,000 for the NFT of this MEME. Why? --- ## [Javelin missile launcher: what are the fore/aft rings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/javelin-missile-launcher-what-are-the-fore-aft-rings/963555)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2022, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/javelin-missile-launcher-what-are-the-fore-aft-rings/963555 "2022-04-27T17:59:01Z")
The launch tube for a Javelin missile features a large black ring on either end of the tube. Pictures show the front ring missing during launch, but the rear ring still in place. That suggests the front ring at least i… --- ## [We Own This City: The Wire the New Generation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-own-this-city-the-wire-the-new-generation/963549)
**Author:** [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-own-this-city-the-wire-the-new-generation/963549 "2022-04-27T16:41:25Z")
So, has anyone else watched the first episode of “We Own This City”? It’s a new HBO miniseries from a lot of the guys who made The Wire. As per Wikipedia: We Own This City is an American miniseries based on the nonfic… --- ## [Should there be a final remake of the Pearl Harbor attack?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-there-be-a-final-remake-of-the-pearl-harbor-attack/963424)
**Author:** [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2022, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-there-be-a-final-remake-of-the-pearl-harbor-attack/963424 "2022-04-27T14:04:13Z")
Most of the story remains untold by Hollywood: Army Navy contention for coastal defense Navy studies using the Lexington to simulate attacks Army responsibility for defense of Hawaiian Islands Army defense preparatio… --- ## [Who has the authority to arrest an individual?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-authority-to-arrest-an-individual/963532)
**Author:** [@Honolulu\_Lulu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honolulu_Lulu)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2022, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-authority-to-arrest-an-individual/963532 "2022-04-27T13:46:18Z")
With the recent flying stunt of Trevor Jacob, it was reported that the F.A.A. revoked his pilot’s license, but they don’t have the authority to arrest him. Assuming that Trevor did commit a crime with his flying stunt (… --- ## [Show support for Ukraine by generating trash!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-support-for-ukraine-by-generating-trash/963080)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-support-for-ukraine-by-generating-trash/963080 "2022-04-27T13:05:00Z")
I’ve never been a big fan of the practice of tying ribbons (generally plastic) around trees along streets. But I find the current yellow and blue ones especially confusing. Exactly what is someone trying to say by tyin… --- ## [Fortress Taiwan has been breached](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortress-taiwan-has-been-breached/942465)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2022, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortress-taiwan-has-been-breached/942465 "2022-04-27T10:15:41Z")
Before anyone else, Taiwan took Covid seriously, and has been one of the success stories, with only 1200 cases total as of May 10, just over a week ago. While we have to wear masks, there had been very few other restrict… --- ## [Puzzle help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-help/963458)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2022, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-help/963458 "2022-04-27T10:05:24Z")
Trying to solve a puzzle in an escape room type ipad game. Need to figure out a 4 number combination to a safe. Found a scrap of paper with: ZZ = 55 ZX + AZ = 68 “no math. logic only” Found an engraving elsewhere w… --- ## [Independence movements with true intentions of joining another country](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-movements-with-true-intentions-of-joining-another-country/963474)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2022, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-movements-with-true-intentions-of-joining-another-country/963474 "2022-04-27T09:02:28Z")
AFAICT, Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic, the two breakaway regions of Ukraine, seem to have been formed with the ultimate intention of joining Russia. What other places have done the same? That i… --- ## [Best practices for requesting cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-practices-for-requesting-cites/963370)
**Author:** [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2022, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-practices-for-requesting-cites/963370 "2022-04-27T08:03:05Z")
Cites are important on the SDMB, especially in FQ/GD/PE. Even in the Pit, the readers want to know what the heck you’re talking about. Here’s how I think it should go: Request a cite. If none is provided after your r… --- ## [iPhone sends txt messages to my Android-using friend's desk telephone instead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-sends-txt-messages-to-my-android-using-friends-desk-telephone-instead/963475)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2022, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-sends-txt-messages-to-my-android-using-friends-desk-telephone-instead/963475 "2022-04-27T08:01:28Z")
My best friend has an Android phone and my iPhone is newly incapable of playing nice with it. When I send her a txt message, even in reply to a txt she just sent from her phone, it uses an old obsolete phone number for h… --- ## [Who is this singing "Sugar Sugar" with Kurt Russell?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-singing-sugar-sugar-with-kurt-russell/953342)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2022, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-singing-sugar-sugar-with-kurt-russell/953342 "2022-04-27T07:02:35Z")
This is from “Disneyland Showtime”, an episode of The Wonderful World Of Disney from 1970, Starring Kurt Russell and The Osmonds. At 23’ 40" Kurt is onstage singing “Sugar Sugar” with a Red headed and mustachioed dude t… --- ## [Dammit! They're closing another Barnes and Noble's in Boston!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-theyre-closing-another-barnes-and-nobles-in-boston/963420)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2022, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-theyre-closing-another-barnes-and-nobles-in-boston/963420 "2022-04-27T04:13:13Z")
It was only a couple of months ago that the Barnes and Noble bookstore closest to me, on Route 1 in Saugus, closed because “they couldn’t reach an agreement with their landlord.” The employees didn’t like it, and they we… --- ## [Are “fake homeless” really a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-fake-homeless-really-a-thing/962897)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2022, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-fake-homeless-really-a-thing/962897 "2022-04-27T01:10:06Z")
I’ve heard stories about people asking for handouts who are just doing it for money, not out of need, and who are actually making decent money by doing so. Allegedly they don’t have anything preventing them from getting … --- ## [Why does it get hot in a car even when it's cool outside and all heat is turned off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-get-hot-in-a-car-even-when-its-cool-outside-and-all-heat-is-turned-off/962700)
**Author:** [@TheUser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheUser)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2022, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-get-hot-in-a-car-even-when-its-cool-outside-and-all-heat-is-turned-off/962700 "2022-04-27T00:48:01Z")
Often when I drive in the daytime, it’s cool outside (50° F = 10° C) and all heat is turned off, but there are “pockets of heat” that I feel intently on my face and clothes. Sometimes my ear will feel very hot, or a cert… --- ## [Need some help please, with job changing advice in later life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-help-please-with-job-changing-advice-in-later-life/963394)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2022, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-help-please-with-job-changing-advice-in-later-life/963394 "2022-04-27T00:27:29Z")
This feels a little weird to me, but alla yalls are a really good source of advice and support. So here’s the situation; some of you(most?) saw my thread about the company I worked for being sold a number of months ago,… --- ## [Anyone here ever recovered from burnout?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-ever-recovered-from-burnout/950796)
**Author:** [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2022, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-ever-recovered-from-burnout/950796 "2022-04-27T00:11:28Z")
A couple of vacations have failed to hit my reset button, but do seem to confirm I’m not depressed-- I’m just burned out at work. (Because away from work, I’m happy as a clam!) I’ve been wading through articles on the su… --- ## [Your spouse and board games Chess/Cribbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-spouse-and-board-games-chess-cribbage/962682)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-spouse-and-board-games-chess-cribbage/962682 "2022-04-27T00:09:41Z")
I really couldn’t come up with a good title… My Wife and I started playing chess 5 years ago. I taught her. She wanted to learn. We now also play cribbage. We play ~8 games of chess and ~6 games of cribbage a week. No … --- ## [12,000 US Civilians Died In WWII? What?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-000-us-civilians-died-in-wwii-what/963264)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2022, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-000-us-civilians-died-in-wwii-what/963264 "2022-04-26T23:54:13Z")
This source says that estimates are that around 12,000 U.S. civilians died during World War II. Excuse me… WHAT??? By my math, a few dozen civilians died at Pearl Harbor, and … that’s it. What few attacks that took plac… --- ## [Snakes! Why does it always have to be snakes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-why-does-it-always-have-to-be-snakes/963051)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-why-does-it-always-have-to-be-snakes/963051 "2022-04-26T23:47:47Z")
The Covid Loon-A-Sphere is all agog about the latest revelations concerning the origin of Covid-19 and the plandemic to poison humanity. Retired chiropractor Bryan Ardis is the star of a new documentary, Watch The Water,… --- ## [Will J.C. Penney Survive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-j-c-penney-survive/655271)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2022, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-j-c-penney-survive/655271 "2022-04-26T23:45:49Z")
“In the past year, the company lost nearly a billion dollars and saw its revenue tumble nearly $4.3 billion to $12.98 billion. Customer traffic dropped 13 percent from the year before.” So they dumped the current CEO an… --- ## [Alcoholic recovery organizations on film/tv that aren't AA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcoholic-recovery-organizations-on-film-tv-that-arent-aa/963484)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcoholic-recovery-organizations-on-film-tv-that-arent-aa/963484 "2022-04-26T23:16:18Z")
I’ve seen a number of shows over the years that involve alcoholics or other addicts go through the process of recovery (most recently, Season 2 of The Flight Attendant) and as far as I can remember, all of them involve … --- ## [Empathy - Changed? Causes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/empathy-changed-causes/963413)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2022, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/empathy-changed-causes/963413 "2022-04-26T23:10:43Z")
I was reading a book by a respected Canadian emergency doctor on the importance of empathy. It’s a good read. At the beginning of the book, he quotes a study saying that empathy in the younger generations has decreased… --- ## [More Wolfpups!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-wolfpups/963428)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-wolfpups/963428 "2022-04-26T22:31:17Z")
Redwolf pair has litter of six little wolfpups! Good news for an endangered species. (Mommy and daddy Redwolf apparently were introduced to each other by the RedWolf Recovery program equivalent of an online dating prog… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1126) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1128)