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**Author:** [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2022, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-ya-novel/961406 "2022-03-21T03:06:43Z")
A girl goes out to the corner store and the family friend (who is later revealed to be the uncle) is acting terrified and very jumpy. He gives her her change and ushers her out the door as fast as he can. She finds a str… --- ## [My email address is a spam magnet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-email-address-is-a-spam-magnet/960884)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2022, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-email-address-is-a-spam-magnet/960884 "2022-03-21T06:17:20Z")
When I retired, I stopped using my university email address for my personal correspondence (probably not a good idea to begin with, but convenient to have all my email going to the same place) and someone suggested that … --- ## [The Joys of Having Grass in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joys-of-having-grass-in-the-mmp/961009)
**Author:** [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Replies:** 302\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2022, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joys-of-having-grass-in-the-mmp/961009 "2022-03-21T04:28:19Z")
Morning. It’s awfully early and I didn’t see a new MMP yet so here we go. I now have a grass yard after having a pea rock yard forever. It’s rained a bit and now tis time to either buy a mower or hire a service. I just h… --- ## [What subject deals with Internet Communication?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-subject-deals-with-internet-communication/854370)
**Author:** [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-subject-deals-with-internet-communication/854370 "2021-06-02T02:08:43Z")
Is it Computer Science? Is it Communications? What branch of study deals with: – mastering the most advanced programs – mastering Social Media (like SnapChat and WhatsApp) – mastering best programs for one’s compute… --- ## [Will suspending the gas tax really keep prices lower?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-suspending-the-gas-tax-really-keep-prices-lower/961382)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2022, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-suspending-the-gas-tax-really-keep-prices-lower/961382 "2022-03-21T01:19:27Z")
I learned in econ 101 (and 501) that prices are determined by supply and demand. Maryland has just suspended its $0.36/gal gas tax for a month. But the price is set by market, regardless of what taxes the government adds… --- ## [Intuitively debunking a perpetual motion machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intuitively-debunking-a-perpetual-motion-machine/960903)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2022, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intuitively-debunking-a-perpetual-motion-machine/960903 "2022-03-21T00:30:31Z")
OK - fair disclosure, the device I’m describing is definitely a (putative) perpetual motion machine. It was designed by someone I care about, engineer by trade, who is concerningly obsessed with it. It is a system des… --- ## [Jan 6 insurrection question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-insurrection-question/956931)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2022, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-insurrection-question/956931 "2022-03-20T23:22:28Z")
Does anybody know if any of the Proud Boys or their ilk started for the Capitol prior to the command from TFG? --- ## [Is Ukraine to Russia similar to what Hong Kong was to China?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ukraine-to-russia-similar-to-what-hong-kong-was-to-china/961354)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ukraine-to-russia-similar-to-what-hong-kong-was-to-china/961354 "2022-03-20T17:12:57Z")
I keep hearing that Ukraine had been doing fairly well before the recent invasion. I have no idea what “fairly well” means, especially when you compare it to its overbearing next-door neighbor. I started thinking about … --- ## [Studio headphone experiences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-headphone-experiences/961251)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/studio-headphone-experiences/961251 "2022-03-20T17:05:53Z")
My studio phones just died. Well, one side went out, but I suspect a repair would cost as much as a replacement. So I’m in the market for new phones. I use these for music production at a fairly serious semi-pro level… --- ## [Would it be acceptable to do a "Fuck, Marry, Kill" Thread Game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-acceptable-to-do-a-fuck-marry-kill-thread-game/961320)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-acceptable-to-do-a-fuck-marry-kill-thread-game/961320 "2022-03-20T17:04:47Z")
The gist of the game is that one person gives three people, and the next person has to decide which one they’d fuck, which one they’d marry, and which one they’d kill. I can see problems with it in that it reduces peopl… --- ## [How do you find your music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-find-your-music/961319)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-find-your-music/961319 "2022-03-20T15:45:36Z")
Used to be easy. Just walk into a record store, browse the titles, find stuff that looked interesting. Now I stream on my iPhone, and it’s easy to look for stuff that I already know about. My library is mainly old fav… --- ## [Let's talk about Russia's (probably poorly maintained) 6,000 nuclear warheads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-russias-probably-poorly-maintained-6-000-nuclear-warheads/961321)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-russias-probably-poorly-maintained-6-000-nuclear-warheads/961321 "2022-03-20T13:08:57Z")
This war has shown that Russia’s military is a hodgepodge mess of corruption, shoddy maintenance, cutting of corners and all-around sloppiness and ineptitude. If their tires are bursting from not being maintained, and co… --- ## [Back in biblical days how did sandal wearers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-in-biblical-days-how-did-sandal-wearers/961255)
**Author:** [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2022, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-in-biblical-days-how-did-sandal-wearers/961255 "2022-03-20T12:11:16Z")
… keep from going crazy from grit between the sandal and foot? I’ve recently embraced my geezer-hood and started wearing sandals – but without socks – and so long as I stick to pavement everything is fine but as soon as… --- ## [What car did I just see?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-car-did-i-just-see/959020)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2022, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-car-did-i-just-see/959020 "2022-03-20T05:21:10Z")
So, I’m on my cool electric scooter and driving back to my apartment in Beijing. I saw a nice looking black SUV with what looked like “Zady Damye” on the back where the make of the vehicle would usually be and “Damye” on… --- ## [Is posting dangerous information against the rules?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-posting-dangerous-information-against-the-rules/952934)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2022, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-posting-dangerous-information-against-the-rules/952934 "2022-03-20T05:06:23Z")
Continuing the discussion from Trolls R Us Resurrections: As a general rule, we rely on posters to correct ludicrously misinformed viewpoints. But some viewpoints may actively encourage dangerous behavior. So is it, o… --- ## [Fiendishly obscure actor ID: The culprit in cartoon "Who Killed Who? \[sic\] (1943)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendishly-obscure-actor-id-the-culprit-in-cartoon-who-killed-who-sic-1943/961248)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2022, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendishly-obscure-actor-id-the-culprit-in-cartoon-who-killed-who-sic-1943/961248 "2022-03-20T04:58:41Z")
Video here If you don’t want to watch the whole cartoon, at the end in a brief live action segment the culprit is revealed to be. . . . Well, who the hell is it? My best guess is that it’s most likely . That would ma… --- ## [Ukrainian flag: based on blue sky & sunflowers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukrainian-flag-based-on-blue-sky-sunflowers/961347)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2022, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukrainian-flag-based-on-blue-sky-sunflowers/961347 "2022-03-20T03:17:20Z")
I saw a meme or three lately, showing a bright blue cloudless sky over a field of yellow oilseed sunflowers, with messages of support for the Ukrainians. Is that where the flag choice originated? I know Ukraine grows a… --- ## [Can I learn drawing from books/video/etc.? Or do you really need to go to a class?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-learn-drawing-from-books-video-etc-or-do-you-really-need-to-go-to-a-class/961223)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2022, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-learn-drawing-from-books-video-etc-or-do-you-really-need-to-go-to-a-class/961223 "2022-03-20T02:52:52Z")
I have always wanted to learn to draw and now I have the time. I have no art training (since 8th grade art class) and would be interested in the fundamentals. I am reviewing classes available at the local community colle… --- ## [How spicy is tradtional Arribiatta?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-spicy-is-tradtional-arribiatta/954889)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-spicy-is-tradtional-arribiatta/954889 "2021-11-25T19:27:54Z")
I just ate luck with a jar pasta sauce from Meijer. It was called a Arrabbiata sauce. It was good enough, but there was nothing “angry” about it at all, very even tempered in all honesty. But it got me to thinking about… --- ## [What do I do with pancetta?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-pancetta/953239)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2022, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-pancetta/953239 "2022-03-20T01:57:09Z")
Imperfect Produce accidentally sent me a package of diced pancetta that I didn’t order. When they make a mistake they always just tell me to keep it, no charge. Anyways, what do I do with it? I’ve never owned pancetta b… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad compendium of weird things I thought](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-compendium-of-weird-things-i-thought/961188)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-compendium-of-weird-things-i-thought/961188 "2022-03-20T01:49:22Z")
That stuff called ‘tiger balm’ is it really of any use? Or how about ’ Blue Star ointment’? I do not like fake vanilla icecream. Why even bother? 3.Theres a commercial about a stool softener where a cute little D… --- ## [Did Russia bomb aircraft repair facility in Liviv to prevent Poland transferring MIGs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-russia-bomb-aircraft-repair-facility-in-liviv-to-prevent-poland-transferring-migs/961325)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2022, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-russia-bomb-aircraft-repair-facility-in-liviv-to-prevent-poland-transferring-migs/961325 "2022-03-20T00:38:05Z")
Liviv is close to Poland, and aircraft repair area seems a great place for Poland to land their MIGs they want to give to Ukraine. --- ## [I'd run a mile from a camel. 🐫](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-run-a-mile-from-a-camel/960974)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2022, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-run-a-mile-from-a-camel/960974 "2022-03-20T00:35:39Z")
Interesting. I always thought of camels as more spitty, less murdery. https://nordot.app/875592566235955200?c=592622757532812385 --- ## [I thought it was an After school special](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-it-was-an-after-school-special/961225)
**Author:** [@flaming\_yawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flaming_yawn)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-it-was-an-after-school-special/961225 "2022-03-19T23:57:16Z")
Does anyone remember a after school special with Helen Hunt as a girl who was injured and I think wanted to be a cheerleader? Sort of like she was in an accident and then went to a dance and could hardly walk and the me… --- ## [Spatial reference in films](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spatial-reference-in-films/961338)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spatial-reference-in-films/961338 "2022-03-19T23:16:41Z")
Maybe it’s just me, but I’m often baffled by what Hitchcock (and for all I know other film-makers) used to call “spatial reference,” meaning telling the viewer where characters in a film are physically in relation to oth… --- ## [Ignored User preferences reset?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignored-user-preferences-reset/960513)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignored-user-preferences-reset/960513 "2022-03-19T20:21:25Z")
I am bringing this up here to see if it is happening to any other users: As of today 3/5/2022, when reviewing threads, I saw posts from users I had placed on a perpetual ignore. I then checked under my Profile \> Prefer… --- ## [How long does it take to make a cosmonaut's jump suit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-make-a-cosmonauts-jump-suit/961341)
**Author:** [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-make-a-cosmonauts-jump-suit/961341 "2022-03-19T19:51:46Z")
I was reading some of the Twitter comments regarding the apparently pro-Ukrainian yellow and blue jumpsuits worn be the three Russian cosmonauts who just arrived at the ISS. Russians board International Space Station in… --- ## [Is there a way to stop my sheets from balling up into a bowling ball in the clothes dryer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-stop-my-sheets-from-balling-up-into-a-bowling-ball-in-the-clothes-dryer/961252)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-stop-my-sheets-from-balling-up-into-a-bowling-ball-in-the-clothes-dryer/961252 "2022-03-19T19:44:39Z")
I assume this is a problem anyone with a clothes dryer has experienced. You wash your sheets, put them in the dryer and, when the cycle is done, you take the sheets out only to find they have all managed to wrap themsel… --- ## [When quietly reading, thread skips back about a dozen posts: why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-quietly-reading-thread-skips-back-about-a-dozen-posts-why/961346)
**Author:** [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-quietly-reading-thread-skips-back-about-a-dozen-posts-why/961346 "2022-03-19T19:26:40Z")
Apologies if this has been covered before: I searched but couldn’t find it. The first time I visit a thread in a day, it brings me to where I left off. This is a great feature. I start reading, and then, after I’ve got … --- ## [Arnold Schwarzenegger pleads with Russians to oppose the invasion of Ukraine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-schwarzenegger-pleads-with-russians-to-oppose-the-invasion-of-ukraine/961301)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-schwarzenegger-pleads-with-russians-to-oppose-the-invasion-of-ukraine/961301 "2022-03-19T19:16:30Z")
Arnold has come out with another speech in which he talks about his love of Russia; his own perspective, as the child of a Wehrmacht veteran, on the invasion of Ukraine; & how the Russian people are being lied to by thos… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1163) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1165)