# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1194 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1195 --- ## [Why was the Bering Strait never a zone of conflict and tension?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-bering-strait-never-a-zone-of-conflict-and-tension/959535)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-bering-strait-never-a-zone-of-conflict-and-tension/959535 "2022-02-18T21:16:43Z")
The distance between LA and San Diego is about 55 miles. The distance between mainland USA and Russia is about 51 miles, through the Bering straight. Plus that’s not including big and small Diomede islands, belonging t… --- ## [Which TV show had the best subsequent movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-show-had-the-best-subsequent-movie/959614)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-show-had-the-best-subsequent-movie/959614 "2022-02-18T21:05:21Z")
We recently binged Deadwood. It petered out at the end of 3 seasons - ending in a way that left us unsatisfied. So we were really looking forward to the movie. I can imagine the challenges of making a movie so many ye… --- ## [Recourse to unauthorized use of my face and voice online?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recourse-to-unauthorized-use-of-my-face-and-voice-online/959653)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recourse-to-unauthorized-use-of-my-face-and-voice-online/959653 "2022-02-18T20:57:04Z")
For reasons that don’t need to be discussed, someone I know has video (with my voice) and photos of me doing volunteer work for a local non-profit organization. I was not consulted about the disposition of this material,… --- ## [Do you still carry a wallet? If so, how old are you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-carry-a-wallet-if-so-how-old-are-you/959178)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-carry-a-wallet-if-so-how-old-are-you/959178 "2022-02-18T20:49:43Z")
poll If you replied in the affirmative that you carry a wallet, please provide your age range. poll --- ## [Resin printer primer. Help me out please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resin-printer-primer-help-me-out-please/958173)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resin-printer-primer-help-me-out-please/958173 "2022-02-18T20:47:06Z")
Continuing the discussion from Resin 3D printers: How bad are the fumes?: Small well rated units seem to now be in the $190 to $260 range. These are perfect for printing miniatures, small parts and small toys. The leve… --- ## [What branded product has remained unchanged for the longest time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-branded-product-has-remained-unchanged-for-the-longest-time/957373)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-branded-product-has-remained-unchanged-for-the-longest-time/957373 "2022-02-18T20:34:08Z")
The other day I was using a Bic stickpin, and was impressed at how unchanged it was from when I first encountered it as a “new thing” in the 60s as a schoolkid. Perhaps the specific plastic used might be slightly differ… --- ## [So who's your "most replied to"? (It's in your Doper profile)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-most-replied-to-its-in-your-doper-profile/956240)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-most-replied-to-its-in-your-doper-profile/956240 "2022-02-18T20:20:22Z")
My top three are: @Czarcasm (99) @Little\_Nemo (81) @kayaker (72) I --- ## [Eyeglass prescriptions from optometrist vs. ophthalmologist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyeglass-prescriptions-from-optometrist-vs-ophthalmologist/959694)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyeglass-prescriptions-from-optometrist-vs-ophthalmologist/959694 "2022-02-18T19:45:18Z")
A year ago I went to an optometrist and got a prescription that looks like this: Spherical Cylinder Axis Add H. Prism V. Prism R +1.00 -1.25 093 -- -- -- L +1.… --- ## [When I was little, I did this along with a whack of other things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-little-i-did-this-along-with-a-whack-of-other-things/959627)
**Author:** [@PozhanPop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PozhanPop)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-little-i-did-this-along-with-a-whack-of-other-things/959627 "2022-02-18T19:12:48Z")
The negativity and hopelessness around me is really bringing me down. Wallowing in nostalgia makes me feel a wee bit better. Here are some of the things I did as a kid. I was pretty happy in my own company. Pry open … --- ## [Are there names for different graphic styles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-names-for-different-graphic-styles/959751)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-names-for-different-graphic-styles/959751 "2022-02-18T19:12:01Z")
I’ve noticed that in modern times, there have been distinctive trends in graphic styles, especially those used commercially. I was wondering if these had specific names or official standards or definitions to them. Here … --- ## [What We Do In The Shadows TV Spinoff: Wellington Paranormal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-tv-spinoff-wellington-paranormal/816969)
**Author:** [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-tv-spinoff-wellington-paranormal/816969 "2022-02-18T18:54:51Z")
Wellington Paranormal, the TV spinoff of Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clements’ What We Do In The Shadows, starts on July 11 and follows Minogue and O’Leary, the two fire-safety preoccupied cops who who investigated the vam… --- ## [Does the Constitution have a limit on how much US law can control US citizen behavior abroad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-constitution-have-a-limit-on-how-much-us-law-can-control-us-citizen-behavior-abroad/959680)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-constitution-have-a-limit-on-how-much-us-law-can-control-us-citizen-behavior-abroad/959680 "2022-02-18T18:12:07Z")
There are certain acts for which US law can/will prosecute US citizens who commit them abroad. If you travel abroad to sell classified secrets to another country, you will be prosecuted (espionage.) If you sexually abuse… --- ## [My adult autistic son needs medical documentation to keep his job at Amazon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-adult-autistic-son-needs-medical-documentation-to-keep-his-job-at-amazon/959744)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-adult-autistic-son-needs-medical-documentation-to-keep-his-job-at-amazon/959744 "2022-02-18T18:07:55Z")
My son recently got a job at Amazon. Yesterday I got a call from one of his coworkers, who is also the mother of my son’s long time friend. She’s been watching over him since he started working there. Basically acting as… --- ## ["Evil Underling has all the King's Loyal Armies sent out of country so he can have his own Evil Armies take over with no Opposition"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-underling-has-all-the-kings-loyal-armies-sent-out-of-country-so-he-can-have-his-own-evil-armies-take-over-with-no-opposition/959654)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-underling-has-all-the-kings-loyal-armies-sent-out-of-country-so-he-can-have-his-own-evil-armies-take-over-with-no-opposition/959654 "2022-02-18T18:07:11Z")
This is one of those fictional tropes you see every so often, the idea that the rightful leader of the country (King, Ruler, President etc.) has a strong support of his nations military, so the bad guy who’s second-in-co… --- ## [Anyone up for a send-off for Total War: Warhammer 2 with a Succession game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-send-off-for-total-war-warhammer-2-with-a-succession-game/959055)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-send-off-for-total-war-warhammer-2-with-a-succession-game/959055 "2022-02-18T18:02:42Z")
Warhammer 3 is coming out, and I think it would be fitting to play a SDMB Succession game to send off its predecessor. For those who don’t know, a succession game is where we each play the game for a number of turns, th… --- ## [The Batman (2022)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-batman-2022/959719)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-batman-2022/959719 "2022-02-18T17:52:13Z")
Is anyone looking forward to this at all? The Batman movies have been getting progressively darker every time it cycles back around. This one looks almost like a straight up horror film from the trailers. Not sure how I… --- ## [Is killing people even against the law in the Star Wars universe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-killing-people-even-against-the-law-in-the-star-wars-universe/959703)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-killing-people-even-against-the-law-in-the-star-wars-universe/959703 "2022-02-18T17:48:16Z")
The Star Wars universe is definitely a world of might makes right. I’ve not seen very much in the way of law enforcement officers, save from New Republic soldiers meting out justice when one of their own is killed. Bou… --- ## [Atomic surface tests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atomic-surface-tests/959743)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atomic-surface-tests/959743 "2022-02-18T15:46:52Z")
What are those vertical lines of smoke we see in many old photos of atomic bomb tests before the ban? The Five Biggest Nuclear Bomb Tests Ever | The National Interest How were they made and what function did they serve… --- ## [Can this tea kettle be salvaged?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-this-tea-kettle-be-salvaged/959546)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-this-tea-kettle-be-salvaged/959546 "2022-02-18T15:30:49Z")
Yesterday afternoon I put the tea kettle on to make some tea. It’s a nice $100 stainless steel All-Clad, which we bought several years ago after going through a series of cheap kettles. For some stupid reason instead of … --- ## [Does your new state ID suck as bad as mine does? (Texas)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-new-state-id-suck-as-bad-as-mine-does-texas/959239)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-new-state-id-suck-as-bad-as-mine-does-texas/959239 "2022-02-18T15:25:59Z")
Got my renewed ID yesterday. It’s a new design and boy is it hideous! The photo is in black and white. Anyway, I did some reading; apparently this is the new defacto for IDs (something to do with Polycarbonate making it… --- ## [Steely Dan's "Show Biz Kids"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steely-dans-show-biz-kids/959624)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steely-dans-show-biz-kids/959624 "2022-02-18T15:05:47Z")
I remember listening to it on FM radio back in the 70s and thinking ‘how can they get away with that f-bomb?’ (while not minding in the slightest, of course). Whatever the US equivalent of the Canadian Radio-television … --- ## [Treadmill causing constipation feeling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treadmill-causing-constipation-feeling/709210)
**Author:** [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treadmill-causing-constipation-feeling/709210 "2022-02-18T14:58:08Z")
For the past 4 days I have had a constipation feeling despite going to the bathroom every day!! A family member said it may be Piriformis Syndrome a dull ache in anus in a piriformis muscle lies deep in the gluteus. Givi… --- ## [What happens when the Virginia legislature ratifies the Equal Rights Amendment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-the-virginia-legislature-ratifies-the-equal-rights-amendment/843081)
**Author:** [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-the-virginia-legislature-ratifies-the-equal-rights-amendment/843081 "2022-02-18T14:48:40Z")
The Democratic Party won control of both houses of the Virginia legislature last night which will take effect early next year. When they convene they are likely to be the 38th state legislature to ratify the Equal Rights… --- ## [Instances of anti-semitism in the news](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instances-of-anti-semitism-in-the-news/958915)
**Author:** [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instances-of-anti-semitism-in-the-news/958915 "2022-02-18T14:24:36Z")
Anti-semitism is on the rise. Post examples here. It’s the Pit, so comment away. --- ## [Mortgage calculation with extra principal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortgage-calculation-with-extra-principal/959713)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortgage-calculation-with-extra-principal/959713 "2022-02-18T13:15:40Z")
I have tried several online mortgage calculators and am getting different answers. Here are the details of the loan: $94,000 - 20 year fixed mortgage at 3.45% Original payments were $543/month. After 10 months I added… --- ## [Lack of Freewill doesn't mean lack of choice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lack-of-freewill-doesnt-mean-lack-of-choice/954128)
**Author:** [@LeftforDead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeftforDead)\ **Replies:** 332\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lack-of-freewill-doesnt-mean-lack-of-choice/954128 "2022-02-18T13:15:21Z")
The truth of the lack of free will is not in conflict with the concept, the necessity of choice. Rather, it is because of this absence of free will that we are bound by this necessity. --- ## [Fed Off the Rails](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fed-off-the-rails/959715)
**Author:** [@Earl\_McCabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_McCabe)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fed-off-the-rails/959715 "2022-02-18T04:43:05Z")
The money supply has been increased by an enormous amount over the last few years. Of course this is just the tail end of the dollar extinction. The Fed either didn’t understand that such a huge money supply increa… --- ## [What will the Washington Football Team's new name be on 2 February 2022?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-washington-football-teams-new-name-be-on-2-february-2022/957231)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 289\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-washington-football-teams-new-name-be-on-2-february-2022/957231 "2022-02-18T03:58:43Z")
Not RedWolves or Wolves, according to the article. I like Washington Football Team but I doubt they’ll stick with it. Let’s hear some predictions! The winner gets a “way to go!” and a virtual pat on the back! --- ## [Cowboy Bebop (Netflix)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboy-bebop-netflix/953316)
**Author:** [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboy-bebop-netflix/953316 "2022-02-18T03:38:41Z")
Oh boy. Where to start with this… Cowboy Bebop is close to 25 years old now. It is the anime series to recommend to people who ‘don’t like anime’. Twenty six episodes and one full length feature film of high quality stuf… --- ## [Love is in the air](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-is-in-the-air/959177)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-is-in-the-air/959177 "2022-02-18T02:41:47Z")
Valentines Day is approaching. It is the biggest day for Hallmark and American Greetings. They each generate about 40% of their revenue off of Valentines Day. We’re also seeing the bloomings of love happ… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1193) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1195)