# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1177 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1178 --- ## [I Think We Have Lost](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-we-have-lost/957792)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 255\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-we-have-lost/957792 "2022-03-08T20:17:13Z")
I think the right-wing of the Republican Party has won. We might want to yell and scream about whose fault that is, but perhaps we ought to first realize where we are. The Republicans have shown remarkable discipline in… --- ## [Antibody test question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antibody-test-question/960547)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2022, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antibody-test-question/960547 "2022-03-08T19:37:19Z")
I’ve been googling, and must not be putting my question right, because I’m not finding a specific answer. I know that the antibody test shows if you’ve had Covid in the past. Once you’ve been vaccinated, though, wouldn… --- ## [Is my theory \[regarding the purpose of human life on earth\] as outlandish as it first appears to be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-theory-regarding-the-purpose-of-human-life-on-earth-as-outlandish-as-it-first-appears-to-be/960572)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-theory-regarding-the-purpose-of-human-life-on-earth-as-outlandish-as-it-first-appears-to-be/960572 "2022-03-08T18:07:55Z")
I belong to some of these philosophy pages on facebook. About 3 years ago when I first started joining them and about 100 times since someone will pose the question " What is the meaning of life" My first reaction was a … --- ## [Is there an environmentally friendly way to get rid of old socks and underwear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-environmentally-friendly-way-to-get-rid-of-old-socks-and-underwear/943051)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-environmentally-friendly-way-to-get-rid-of-old-socks-and-underwear/943051 "2022-03-08T18:07:47Z")
I’ve got a large bag of (washed) socks and underwear that are not really fit for wearing anymore, most commonly because of holes. Obviously, thrift stores don’t want them, and I have plenty of rags (and their material/sh… --- ## [Technology Question (iPhone and self-populating fields)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-question-iphone-and-self-populating-fields/960660)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-question-iphone-and-self-populating-fields/960660 "2022-03-08T17:44:14Z")
Okay, so I’ve got an iPhone. Sometimes, I like to sign up for an app, and when I register, the app will ask me for my email address. For some reason, my phone ALWAYS volunteers to populate the email field with my work em… --- ## [Replacing grass with clover](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacing-grass-with-clover/960540)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacing-grass-with-clover/960540 "2022-03-08T16:54:53Z")
The grass is growing again. I’d really like to have clover instead. Clover doesn’t need to be mowed, it’s pretty, and it helps bees. OTOH, I don’t want to dig up the grass. Will clover ‘choke out’ grass? Can I just … --- ## [What exactly makes a car "sporty" and makes crossovers not sporty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-makes-a-car-sporty-and-makes-crossovers-not-sporty/960205)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-makes-a-car-sporty-and-makes-crossovers-not-sporty/960205 "2022-03-08T16:41:22Z")
Take these two cars for example Renault Clio II RS 172 FWD 172hp Seat Ateca 2.0 TSI AWD 190hp The Renault has a 7.2 sec 0 to 60mph and is considered a hot hatch. The Seat has a 7.0 sec 0 to 60mph and is…not considere… --- ## [Oculus Quest 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oculus-quest-2/932017)
**Author:** [@Dark\_Sponge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Sponge)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2022, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oculus-quest-2/932017 "2022-03-08T14:27:36Z")
I had a bunch of Amazon cards left over from Christmas and had been wanting a VR set for awhile. After a bunch of research I ordered an Oculus Quest 2 last night. The only VR compatible games I currently own are Superh… --- ## [How long can a military convoy stick together?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-can-a-military-convoy-stick-together/960471)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-can-a-military-convoy-stick-together/960471 "2022-03-08T14:13:13Z")
The convoy in Ukraine has now been there for almost a week. Given that a large percentage of the elements of the convoy are tanks, personnel carriers, and the like, how long can a convoy stick together? Are they sleepi… --- ## [Question regarding Section 2 of the 14th Amendment. Voting Rights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-section-2-of-the-14th-amendment-voting-rights/960321)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2022, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-section-2-of-the-14th-amendment-voting-rights/960321 "2022-03-08T14:06:32Z")
What hindered Black citizens from being able to vote based on Section. 2 of the 14th Amendment ( which guaranteed all citizens 21 or over, no matter their race, the right to vote?) prior to the ratificatio of the 15th Am… --- ## [Secrets of the Bat Signal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secrets-of-the-bat-signal/960623)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2022, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secrets-of-the-bat-signal/960623 "2022-03-08T13:57:58Z")
I keep sending “Light Touch” in to the offices of Optica (the former Optical Society of America), and they have a backlog of them, and they release them on a schedule known only to them. but they published two of them ju… --- ## [What is the latest data on reinfection?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-latest-data-on-reinfection/960378)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-latest-data-on-reinfection/960378 "2022-03-08T13:44:02Z")
The last I looked it was certainly possible to be infected more than once. Have they narrowed down the likelihood of being sick more than once? Not bringing this up out of thin air. I was vaccinated and caught Covid fir… --- ## [\*How\* would a lethal dose of neutrinos kill you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-a-lethal-dose-of-neutrinos-kill-you/960514)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-a-lethal-dose-of-neutrinos-kill-you/960514 "2022-03-08T13:37:55Z")
In this XKCD What If essay, Randall Monroe address the concept of a lethal dose of neutrinos. But on rereading it, it doesn’t seem to say exactly how the neutrinos would kill you. Since the What If scenario involves bei… --- ## [New washing machine shakes like crazy even with a water only wash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-washing-machine-shakes-like-crazy-even-with-a-water-only-wash/960573)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-washing-machine-shakes-like-crazy-even-with-a-water-only-wash/960573 "2022-03-08T12:28:47Z")
Almost put this in the Pit. Got my 92 year old mother a new clothes washing machine. The other one just gave up the ghost after 30 years of use. This is an expensive unit. But it shakes like a crazy. It’s ridiculous. I… --- ## [A Question About the Pentagram](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-pentagram/960585)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2022, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-pentagram/960585 "2022-03-08T09:52:34Z")
I am Facebook friends with a well-know neopagan witch from Australia. And a humorous post I just saw by her brought up a question that I have had for some time now. In the humorous post (it was meant as a joke, as I sai… --- ## [Changing Medical Insurance Due to a Qualifying Life Event (Need answers within two months)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-medical-insurance-due-to-a-qualifying-life-event-need-answers-within-two-months/960658)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2022, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-medical-insurance-due-to-a-qualifying-life-event-need-answers-within-two-months/960658 "2022-03-08T08:57:36Z")
I just married my fiancée last Friday. We’re delighted to be married, and now some decisions need to be made. She is currently enrolled in a Medicare Part B plan that she finds generally inadequate, largely due to it be… --- ## [It’s March 4, what’s with the flag waving?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-march-4-what-s-with-the-flag-waving/960488)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2022, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-march-4-what-s-with-the-flag-waving/960488 "2022-03-08T07:01:50Z")
I live in the Twin Cities. All day it’s been flags on bridges and people in their yards or on street corners waving flags at traffic. Some QANON thing? Did Trump do something? --- ## [Question about light](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-light/960567)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2022, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-light/960567 "2022-03-08T05:55:58Z")
Does light accelerate to C or does it start off at C? Does the fact that light has a limit to it’s speed indicate anything about light? Such as does it have some kind of mass? Or is it passing through something that is k… --- ## [Celebrations of Ukrainian culture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrations-of-ukrainian-culture/960646)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2022, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrations-of-ukrainian-culture/960646 "2022-03-08T04:21:39Z")
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February, I’ve seen several places where Ukraine’s culture is celebrated. So let’s share some of them. Here’s a drink recipe I found on Facebook called the “Fuck Putin”: … --- ## [What is meant by the term 'whale's acre' in Ezra Pound's modern English version of "The Seafarer"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-meant-by-the-term-whales-acre-in-ezra-pounds-modern-english-version-of-the-seafarer/960652)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-meant-by-the-term-whales-acre-in-ezra-pounds-modern-english-version-of-the-seafarer/960652 "2022-03-08T04:09:05Z")
What is meant by the term ‘whale’s acre’ in Ezra Pound’s modern English version of “The Seafarer”? Is it simply a metaphor for the ocean? I couldn’t find a definition for it. --- ## [Eponymous restaurants that do not serve their namesake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eponymous-restaurants-that-do-not-serve-their-namesake/959379)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2022, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eponymous-restaurants-that-do-not-serve-their-namesake/959379 "2022-03-08T04:03:28Z")
This discussion on hot dog chains brought up the restaurant Wienerschnitzel which does not serve wiener schnitzel. This reminded me of a restaurant that used to be near my house called Laksa which was, obviously, a vietn… --- ## [Random video blurs on House Hunters shows, why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-video-blurs-on-house-hunters-shows-why/951102)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2022, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-video-blurs-on-house-hunters-shows-why/951102 "2022-03-08T04:00:41Z")
I’m watching House Hunters and noticed a few weird artificial blurs in scenes. I know you have to blur the faces of people who you didn’t get the release to show, and they’ll blur the house numbers on the houses, but I n… --- ## [Ukraine nukes Moscow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukraine-nukes-moscow/960062)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2022, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukraine-nukes-moscow/960062 "2022-03-08T03:59:41Z")
I would not be altogether surprised if in the aftermath of the USSR breakup, a few nuclear weapons in Ukraine got ‘accidentally’ overlooked in the accounting. Probably with some money changing hands under the table…? I… --- ## [Trees of Mystery in "Mooks On Parade" (1990)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trees-of-mystery-in-mooks-on-parade-1990/541156)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2022, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trees-of-mystery-in-mooks-on-parade-1990/541156 "2022-03-08T01:26:15Z")
I really don’t want to retype the whole 1100 word article here, but I wanted to post this here in hopes of expanding the possibility I’ll find what I’m looking for. In 1990, I got a CD from a band called Trees of Myster… --- ## [What's with those beds they use to make where the headboard was all rods? Do they still make them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-those-beds-they-use-to-make-where-the-headboard-was-all-rods-do-they-still-make-them/960602)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2022, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-those-beds-they-use-to-make-where-the-headboard-was-all-rods-do-they-still-make-them/960602 "2022-03-08T01:20:38Z")
You know, the ones where the headboard is basically 5-15 straight metal rods pointing upwards, I haven’t seen those in forever. The only times I see them now are in old pornos where a woman will grab onto the bars while … --- ## [Your favorite day of the weekend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-day-of-the-weekend/960439)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2022, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-day-of-the-weekend/960439 "2022-03-08T00:12:17Z")
Some say Friday, with all its anticipation, is the best day of the week. Others say Saturday, because the week is well and truly gone, and it’s the best day of the week, a full day away from Monday. Still others like S… --- ## [How often do all tiles get played in a game of Scrabble?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-all-tiles-get-played-in-a-game-of-scrabble/960552)
**Author:** [@moes\_lotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moes_lotion)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2022, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-all-tiles-get-played-in-a-game-of-scrabble/960552 "2022-03-08T00:03:26Z")
Just finished a game of Scrabble with my wife, and we managed to play every letter tile. I haven’t played thousands of games in my life, but I can only remember one other game where this happened. Is this truly an uncomm… --- ## [North Korea nuclear test site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-nuclear-test-site/960614)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2022, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-nuclear-test-site/960614 "2022-03-07T23:59:22Z")
As if we don’t have enough to worry about in Europe discourtesy of Czar Dobby, now North Korea apparently thinks this is a great time to rebuild a nuclear test site they allegedly shut down a few years ago. --- ## [NHL-2022 season](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-2022-season/960172)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-2022-season/960172 "2022-03-07T22:57:34Z")
Actually I really don’t have much to say in the thread because the ridiculous starting a new thread every month breaks every part of the point of a conversation in the first place. --- ## [How long does an individual atom survive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-an-individual-atom-survive/655514)
**Author:** [@Kamakiri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamakiri)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-an-individual-atom-survive/655514 "2022-03-07T20:52:56Z")
I know that probably by most, if not all definitions, atoms are not “alive” as we would phrase it, but they ARE little bits of matter that cohere in a manner necessary for them to be called atoms as opposed to say, free-… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1176) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1178)