# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1165 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1166 --- ## [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… --- ## [Bluetooth problem on new MacBook - Monterey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bluetooth-problem-on-new-macbook-monterey/961356)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bluetooth-problem-on-new-macbook-monterey/961356 "2022-03-19T19:00:44Z")
I have a new MacBook Pro 13" with an M1 chip and Monterey OS, and I’m having Bluetooth issues. The wireless mouse I use with my 15" MacBook Pro (2019) running Big Sure is not connecting to the new computer. I’ve tried… --- ## [What's the pragmatic case for sanctions on Russia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pragmatic-case-for-sanctions-on-russia/961330)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pragmatic-case-for-sanctions-on-russia/961330 "2022-03-19T18:46:32Z")
Ever since Ukraine was invaded, I’ve supported imposing the harshest possible economic sanctions on Russia. I mean not just on the oligarchs (who anyway deserve no mercy) but on the entire country. Supporters of sanctio… --- ## [How soon will you give up what precautions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-soon-will-you-give-up-what-precautions/960008)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-soon-will-you-give-up-what-precautions/960008 "2022-03-19T18:43:43Z")
Around Chicago/IL, it seems a lot of mask mandates will fall by the roadside next Monday. I’m assuming mask usage and other precautions will pretty much disappear quite rapidly. I’m already seeing signs - went to the g… --- ## [How to charge for hair salon maintenance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-charge-for-hair-salon-maintenance/961351)
**Author:** [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-charge-for-hair-salon-maintenance/961351 "2022-03-19T17:58:02Z")
The remote management of a local “salon suites” rental building has been vexed by a fairly incompetent building maintenance outfit and they’ve approached me to see what I’d charge for some specialized maintenance tasks. … --- ## [Why do you put oil in that boiling pot of pasta?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-put-oil-in-that-boiling-pot-of-pasta/953403)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-put-oil-in-that-boiling-pot-of-pasta/953403 "2022-03-19T17:37:48Z")
Well? :slight\_smile: --- ## [Surprising Places Where St. Patrick's Day Is Observed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-places-where-st-patricks-day-is-observed/961272)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-places-where-st-patricks-day-is-observed/961272 "2022-03-19T16:57:05Z")
Yeah, happy St. Paddy’s Day (and you’ll notice that two D’s is the proper way to spell it :wink: ). I was just wondering, recently in fact. Everyone knows St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated in Ireland (duh … --- ## [Cryptoland and The Red Ape Family - two cartoons about stuff worth something to somebody](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptoland-and-the-red-ape-family-two-cartoons-about-stuff-worth-something-to-somebody/960807)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptoland-and-the-red-ape-family-two-cartoons-about-stuff-worth-something-to-somebody/960807 "2022-03-19T16:45:48Z")
As you’ve no doubt heard if you’ve been paying any attention, crytocurrency, most notably the investment pioneer Bitcoin and the commerce-centric Ethereum, is a big deal right now. And quite recently non-fungible tokens,… --- ## [New conspiracy: U.S. was funding Ukrainian "biolabs"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-conspiracy-u-s-was-funding-ukrainian-biolabs/960819)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-conspiracy-u-s-was-funding-ukrainian-biolabs/960819 "2022-03-19T16:35:23Z")
My rightwing/Trumpster/conspiracy-minded acquaintance on FB just posted this pile of shit. Cutting to the chase: the invasion by Russia is justified, because the U.S. is funding labs in the Ukraine that are engaged in bi… --- ## [Sweet Mother of God, Hip-Hop Sucks!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-mother-of-god-hip-hop-sucks/961208)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-mother-of-god-hip-hop-sucks/961208 "2022-03-19T14:36:32Z")
I’m an old white guy, so my taste, or its lack, shouldn’t be surprising. My roommate is fond of playing college basketball and Hip-Hop at volumes I didn’t think were possible on our equipment. I wear headphones all of … --- ## [Performers who kept their names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/performers-who-kept-their-names/954697)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/performers-who-kept-their-names/954697 "2022-03-19T13:43:33Z")
Many performers change their names for various reasons, most notably because of union recommendations.\* Many of those performers chose to change their names legally. The ones that don’t usually don’t advertise that they … --- ## [Russian State TV Protester](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-state-tv-protester/961157)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-state-tv-protester/961157 "2022-03-19T13:28:37Z")
I just saw a video of her leaving a hearing after paying a fine. With as hammer-fisted as Putin is, why isn’t she already in jail for life, or god forbid, worse. I was happy to see her walking away with a smile on he… --- ## [The strangest piece of furniture I've ever seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strangest-piece-of-furniture-ive-ever-seen/960997)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strangest-piece-of-furniture-ive-ever-seen/960997 "2022-03-19T13:25:08Z")
Maybe this counts as an art piece, and should go into Cafe Society - I’ll leave that to the Powers that Be. But I just had to share it. It’s not just like an ugly sofa, or something worn out or broken down. This piece… --- ## [Tiny recent mysteries you've encountered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-recent-mysteries-youve-encountered/960718)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-recent-mysteries-youve-encountered/960718 "2022-03-19T11:05:23Z")
What small mysteries have you encountered recently? Say, just within the last few months. Tonight I was behind a vehicle, a small SUV or crossover, that’s headlights baffled me. Somehow it was illuminating the branches … --- ## [How will Russia get 40,000 Syrian troops to Ukraine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-russia-get-40-000-syrian-troops-to-ukraine/961308)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-russia-get-40-000-syrian-troops-to-ukraine/961308 "2022-03-19T08:17:52Z")
It’s being reported that 40,000 Syrians have enlisted to fight for Russia in Ukraine. How do Syria and Russia intend to get these volunteers to the combat zone? That is, what are the logistics of transporting so many pe… --- ## ["Wait, it's a different guy?" moments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157 "2022-03-19T07:08:03Z")
While reading the thread about spotting actors in other roles, (Hey it’s that guy!)… Years ago I was watching “Leave it to Beaver” and there he was, Harrison Ford! Only it wasn’t. It was Buddy Hart. Look at this guy. … --- ## [What's actually happening when batteries get all crusty and nasty at the end?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-actually-happening-when-batteries-get-all-crusty-and-nasty-at-the-end/961108)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-actually-happening-when-batteries-get-all-crusty-and-nasty-at-the-end/961108 "2022-03-19T07:01:11Z")
And does it always happen at the same end? And is it true having a battery go nasty inside an electronic device ruins the device? --- ## [Why do Ukranian refugees look so well off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-ukranian-refugees-look-so-well-off/960385)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-ukranian-refugees-look-so-well-off/960385 "2022-03-19T05:23:57Z")
Weird, Video of people escaping Ukraine shows a lot of people who appear to be wearing moderately expensive clothes. Certainly, they are better dressed than many other refugees from other countries that we have seen on… --- ## [Science fiction and vacuum tubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-fiction-and-vacuum-tubes/960654)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-fiction-and-vacuum-tubes/960654 "2022-03-19T03:09:42Z")
I was re-reading the short story “Call Me Joe” by Poul Anderson this weekend. It’s a science fiction classic from 1957 dealing with the exploration of Jupiter through the use of genetically engineered clones. There was … --- ## [McDonald's straw diameter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-straw-diameter/184185)
**Author:** [@Klinstifen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klinstifen)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-straw-diameter/184185 "2022-03-19T03:06:11Z")
How did McDonald’s decide on the diameter of their straws? I originally came up with this question a while back. I went to their site, but they didn’t have the answer in the FAQ, so I filled out one of the handy auto-r… --- ## [How do I fix my email?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-fix-my-email/961312)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-fix-my-email/961312 "2022-03-19T03:06:09Z")
My Yahoo email was recently hijacked - a fake message was sent out to my entire contact list to look as though it came from me. If that wasn’t enough, now most of my incoming emails are going directly to trash, bypassin… --- ## [Suspicious vehicle in front of my house..What would you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspicious-vehicle-in-front-of-my-house-what-would-you-do/570767)
**Author:** [@pyromyte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pyromyte)\ **Replies:** 300\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspicious-vehicle-in-front-of-my-house-what-would-you-do/570767 "2022-03-19T02:46:09Z")
I live in a pretty typical suburban neighborhood. Last night when I was begining to fall asleep, about 11:30PM, I heard car doors slamming. At first I think nothing of it, but then I think that those doors sounded awfull… --- ## [Best Cat Ever has died. R.I.P. Vienna](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cat-ever-has-died-r-i-p-vienna/961043)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cat-ever-has-died-r-i-p-vienna/961043 "2022-03-19T01:45:45Z")
Here is Vienna last September, on her 15th birthday. She was a part-Maine Coon, and you can barely see her bushy black tail. We adopted Vienna when she was about 1 year old, and she’d been given the name Anna, which we … --- ## [New MacBook Pro -- Cannot enter password](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-macbook-pro-cannot-enter-password/961323)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-macbook-pro-cannot-enter-password/961323 "2022-03-19T01:41:26Z")
The keyboard on my MacBook Pro failed. I took it to the shop, but won’t get it back for a week. In the meantime, I bought a new 13" MacBook Pro so that I can do my job. I have to enter my password when the computer go… --- ## [The Trump Impeachment Inquiry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-impeachment-inquiry/840771)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 7039\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-impeachment-inquiry/840771 "2021-01-16T16:58:46Z")
I know we’ve got like a million threads about Trump’s corruption, but today’s news is the start of a whole new chapter (or, likely, an entire spinoff series): What should we expect in the next week or so? Will some of … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1164) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1166)