# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1168&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1169 --- ## [I am wasteful as hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-wasteful-as-hell/961429)
**Author:** [@SharltoCopley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SharltoCopley)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-wasteful-as-hell/961429 "2022-03-28T21:09:38Z")
Let’s start with the fact that I don’t keep leftovers. No matter how much is left of a meal, out it goes. No such thing in my book as wrap it and put it in the freezer, and I’m not putting it into a tiny box in the fridg… --- ## [Why does Russia not want Ukraine in NATO?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-russia-not-want-ukraine-in-nato/957644)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-russia-not-want-ukraine-in-nato/957644 "2022-03-28T20:32:34Z")
Educate me… --- ## [Misquote a famous line](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misquote-a-famous-line/954629)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misquote-a-famous-line/954629 "2022-03-28T19:50:03Z")
“I’ve flown from one side of this galaxy to the other. I’ve seen things a jailhouse mattress hasn’t seen.” --- ## [Attack the post; I did that](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-the-post-i-did-that/961763)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-the-post-i-did-that/961763 "2022-03-28T19:43:08Z")
Continuing the discussion from Should Bork have been borked?: Why is this post modded? I attacked the post. Others go on about 3/5ths and attack motives, but I get a note for attacking an argument? --- ## [Sell me (or don't) on paddling your urban river](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sell-me-or-dont-on-paddling-your-urban-river/697626)
**Author:** [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sell-me-or-dont-on-paddling-your-urban-river/697626 "2022-03-28T19:11:50Z")
I am an enthusiastic flatwater kayaker. Most of my paddling has been in rural areas, if not in wilderness, but I have recently been on the Chicago River a couple of times. This would’ve been inconceivable when I was grow… --- ## [Could our current economic situation lead to overproduction and oversupply of goods down the line](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-our-current-economic-situation-lead-to-overproduction-and-oversupply-of-goods-down-the-line/961841)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-our-current-economic-situation-lead-to-overproduction-and-oversupply-of-goods-down-the-line/961841 "2022-03-28T18:56:14Z")
So right now demand is exceeding supply and causing prices to spike. Is there a risk in a year or two there will be so much investment in new supply that it outstrips demand and the market is glutted? I get the impressi… --- ## [Taylor Hawkins Dead at 50](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taylor-hawkins-dead-at-50/961737)
**Author:** [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taylor-hawkins-dead-at-50/961737 "2022-03-28T18:43:05Z")
The Foo Fighters have confirmed in the last half hour that their drummer, Taylor Hawkins, died today. This is an immensely huge loss to music. No cause of death that I can find; Taylor had been open about past struggles … --- ## [Want to make sure I don't damage my new device when charging it for the first time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-make-sure-i-dont-damage-my-new-device-when-charging-it-for-the-first-time/961849)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-make-sure-i-dont-damage-my-new-device-when-charging-it-for-the-first-time/961849 "2022-03-28T18:06:57Z")
It’s an Ortizan S3 wireless speaker. The first two purchases (another make & model, then the first version of this one) both failed to charge properly (or were damaged or faulty in some other way). The one I got last w… --- ## [How much does the average European know about all the other European nations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-the-average-european-know-about-all-the-other-european-nations/960481)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-the-average-european-know-about-all-the-other-european-nations/960481 "2022-03-28T17:40:33Z")
This whole Ukraine war has gotten me thinking: If you were to question random American passers-by on a street in Dallas or Buffalo and ask them, “What’s the capital of Honduras?”, chances are near-zero that they would b… --- ## [Defending Stalin (If you had to)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defending-stalin-if-you-had-to/961254)
**Author:** [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defending-stalin-if-you-had-to/961254 "2022-03-28T17:04:07Z")
For some reason, one of my students has to engage in a ‘debate’ in school about totalitarianism, and whether or not Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin were totalitarians. She has the task of arguing that Stalin was not—leavi… --- ## [Why doesn’t Russia cut off fuel sales to NATO countries who are “dependent” on them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesn-t-russia-cut-off-fuel-sales-to-nato-countries-who-are-dependent-on-them/961782)
**Author:** [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesn-t-russia-cut-off-fuel-sales-to-nato-countries-who-are-dependent-on-them/961782 "2022-03-28T16:30:11Z")
Of course that would be a hit to their income. But it would seem that the economic impact of that would be more endurable then the sudden choking off of a significant fraction of a nation’s energy supply. Is this a poin… --- ## [What's with the double commas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-double-commas/961790)
**Author:** [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-double-commas/961790 "2022-03-28T15:51:47Z")
I’ve been seeing a lot of less formal text with what I consider odd punctuation: I said ,,Let’s go“ then he said ,,Not now“ I realize that using double commas to open a quotation is standard punctuation in some lan… --- ## [From relative prosperity to total humiliation in films](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-relative-prosperity-to-total-humiliation-in-films/961726)
**Author:** [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-relative-prosperity-to-total-humiliation-in-films/961726 "2022-03-28T15:17:30Z")
Which films in our joint recollection begin with the main protagonist as a successful individual and end with his/her self-inflicted and total humiliation. For example: The Blue Angel When this sorry tale begins, Imma… --- ## [Revolving Doors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revolving-doors/961633)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revolving-doors/961633 "2022-03-28T15:16:15Z")
Maybe this should be in Factual Questions. Feel free to move it. I was in one of the old, beautiful office buildings in our downtown. It was built in 1895. The lobby walls are gray and pink granite and there are brass f… --- ## [Obvious spoiler question about the end of West Side Story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obvious-spoiler-question-about-the-end-of-west-side-story/961799)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obvious-spoiler-question-about-the-end-of-west-side-story/961799 "2022-03-28T14:32:34Z")
--- ## [Is that that famous singer singing background?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-that-famous-singer-singing-background/960844)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-that-famous-singer-singing-background/960844 "2022-03-28T14:12:48Z")
Listening to Steve Windwood’s Higher Love-- is that Chaka Khan singing backup? Google says yes! Always thought that was Mick Jagger singing back up on Carly Simon’s You’re So Vain but since it’s reported to be about him,… --- ## [MacBook Air battery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macbook-air-battery/961816)
**Author:** [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macbook-air-battery/961816 "2022-03-28T13:01:48Z")
My in-laws bought a MacBook Air in December 2020 and just opened the box yesterday. It runs off the cord but the battery isn’t charging. Would the year+ of lying dormant have killed it? If so, is there any way of bringin… --- ## [Tips and tricks to using a pin nailer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-and-tricks-to-using-a-pin-nailer/961805)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-and-tricks-to-using-a-pin-nailer/961805 "2022-03-28T11:17:47Z")
A piece of face frame from our kitchen cabinets, that was around a dishwasher, fell off yesterday. It had been attached (badly) with pin nails, many of which had not penetrated the inner frame and were bent up between th… --- ## [Wow Nordic public tv is way different thatn PBS ......(nudity in clip)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-nordic-public-tv-is-way-different-thatn-pbs-nudity-in-clip/961233)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-nordic-public-tv-is-way-different-thatn-pbs-nudity-in-clip/961233 "2022-03-28T08:20:13Z")
A friend whos doing a report on breast cancer was looking up videos on youtube and came across this clip it’s about 5 minutes long and mainly for teens and pre-teens its nothing any adult knows but could you imagine thi… --- ## [Keeping Peanut Butter At Room Temperature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-peanut-butter-at-room-temperature/961654)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-peanut-butter-at-room-temperature/961654 "2022-03-28T06:31:26Z")
I really love this new Jiff TO GO Peanut Butter. In case you don’t know, they portion it off into single servings. You see, I have a problem with refrigerated peanut butter. It’s as hard as a rock. And I practically bre… --- ## [Party with Two Unrelated Groups](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-with-two-unrelated-groups/961579)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-with-two-unrelated-groups/961579 "2022-03-28T05:38:43Z")
I was considering holding a get-together and inviting people from work and also people from my gym. My wife heard this and said that it’s a known rule that you never want to invite two separate groups of people, who don… --- ## [How much should I be spending on a USB wall plug?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-should-i-be-spending-on-a-usb-wall-plug/961785)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-should-i-be-spending-on-a-usb-wall-plug/961785 "2022-03-28T04:08:55Z")
So I bought a cheap dual port USB wall plug. I just started using it, when I noticed my phone signaling that it was charging more often than it should. I then found that the plug was painfully hot to the touch. The burni… --- ## [Your most frequently used phone features in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-frequently-used-phone-features-in-the-mmp/961419)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 278\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-frequently-used-phone-features-in-the-mmp/961419 "2022-03-28T04:08:04Z")
I heard a comedian - I think it might have been Gary Gulman - saying the least-used app on his phone was the phone. It seems people don’t really want to talk on the phone, but they won’t be without theirs for reasons. As… --- ## [Re-edit a well-known song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-edit-a-well-known-song/838186)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-edit-a-well-known-song/838186 "2022-03-28T03:26:18Z")
Imagine yourself behind the producer’s console. You can “fix” a musical element of one well-known song recorded in the modern era. Will you cut back on the "woo woo"s in the Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil”? Fi… --- ## [Daylight saving time - again. Let's go to back to "God's time"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-time-again-lets-go-to-back-to-gods-time/937707)
**Author:** [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-time-again-lets-go-to-back-to-gods-time/937707 "2022-03-28T02:59:07Z")
Daylight savings time is coming up and I expect to hear all the whining (whinging for our British friends) about having to change clocks, how it causes more accidents in the weeks following, and worst of all - the people… --- ## [Putin compares Russia to J. K. Rowling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putin-compares-russia-to-j-k-rowling/961712)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putin-compares-russia-to-j-k-rowling/961712 "2022-03-28T02:58:53Z")
Really. It’s a stretch. Russia would love to be doing as well as Rowling. Her Harry Potter and the Cursed Child play is still going in five cities and her Secrets of Dumbledore movie is about to be released. --- ## [Human Rights in Other Countries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-rights-in-other-countries/951473)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-rights-in-other-countries/951473 "2022-03-28T02:29:04Z")
I think this is a factual question. But someone along the lines will turn it into a debate, which is okay I guess. I know a little about law in this country (US). I am always eager to read anything I get on law. And I g… --- ## [Biden: Putin "cannot remain in power."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-putin-cannot-remain-in-power/961772)
**Author:** [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-putin-cannot-remain-in-power/961772 "2022-03-28T02:13:39Z")
Wasn’t sure where to put this, so started a new thread. After his prepared speech in Poland today, President Biden apparently made an off-the-cuff remark that Vladmir Putin, “cannot remain in power.” That is an incendi… --- ## [Most improved video game sequel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-improved-video-game-sequel/946307)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2021, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-improved-video-game-sequel/946307 "2021-07-30T20:09:57Z")
It needs to be the immediate sequel, not a few down the line. Final Fantasy VI is a lot better than Final Fantasy I, but there games inbetween that gradually improved the series. Biggest jumps in quality I’ve seen are: … --- ## [Was this Trojan Condom commercial a controversial ad when it first came out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-trojan-condom-commercial-a-controversial-ad-when-it-first-came-out/961802)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-trojan-condom-commercial-a-controversial-ad-when-it-first-came-out/961802 "2022-03-28T00:58:54Z")
Continuing the discussion from YouTube Cleaning Porn: According to the caption for this video, it was the first time condoms were advertised on television, in 1975. It uses a well-known Bible passage from… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1167&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1169&state=tracking)