# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1199 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1200 --- ## [On High School career guidance recommendations. .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-high-school-career-guidance-recommendations/959125)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2022, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-high-school-career-guidance-recommendations/959125 "2022-02-14T00:59:25Z")
This thread brought me down memory lane for a bit, evoking a memory of some poor, vague guidance on career recommendations in high school. Back in my HS, in '94-'95, we were required to use an ancient “system” that look… --- ## [Joe Rogan and his massive audience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-rogan-and-his-massive-audience/957296)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 239\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2022, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-rogan-and-his-massive-audience/957296 "2022-02-14T00:32:50Z")
If this image is accurate, that’s just jaw droppingly amazing… and sad. I don’t know if any of you are aware of who Eithan Klein is, (He’s a popular YouTube influencer who may or may not be problematic himself - I would… --- ## [New liners for old Sorel boots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-liners-for-old-sorel-boots/959419)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2022, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-liners-for-old-sorel-boots/959419 "2022-02-13T23:39:01Z")
I got a pair of 25-30 year old Sorel boots, that I like a lot. The leather is great, Rubber Perfect, the soles got enough tread that I see no reason to replace the whole boot. But the liners are worn out, I think I repl… --- ## [Is there any "Nazi Germany Wins World War 2" media that mentions what would happen to Rudolf Hess?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-nazi-germany-wins-world-war-2-media-that-mentions-what-would-happen-to-rudolf-hess/959398)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-nazi-germany-wins-world-war-2-media-that-mentions-what-would-happen-to-rudolf-hess/959398 "2022-02-13T23:14:25Z")
Rudolf Hess of course was Deputy Furher and 3rd in line of succession under Hitler up until he apparently just went kooky and flew to England in 1941 attempting to negotiate a peace treaty with Churchill without Hitler’s… --- ## [I'm gonna have to learn to live with unpleasant colleagues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-have-to-learn-to-live-with-unpleasant-colleagues/959359)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2022, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-have-to-learn-to-live-with-unpleasant-colleagues/959359 "2022-02-13T22:45:48Z")
Context: I live in Québec, in Canada. The recent right-wing trucker protests and border blockades are well-documented everywhere, I won’t rehash them here. This is something that doesn’t happen in Canada. I find it very… --- ## [What are the odds? (Lottery question)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-lottery-question/959413)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-lottery-question/959413 "2022-02-13T22:42:57Z")
This is not a question about winning the lottery, so please read the OP before answering. I play a multi-state lottery game called Lucky For Life. You choose five numbers from 1 to 48, then one Lucky Ball number from 1… --- ## [Whitehouse security: how is it so easy to walk out the door with box upon box classified material?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitehouse-security-how-is-it-so-easy-to-walk-out-the-door-with-box-upon-box-classified-material/959343)
**Author:** [@mmmiiikkkeee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mmmiiikkkeee)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2022, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitehouse-security-how-is-it-so-easy-to-walk-out-the-door-with-box-upon-box-classified-material/959343 "2022-02-13T22:33:09Z")
Like many I used to think that the White House was someplace with eyes on every square inch 24/7 and nothing got in or out that shouldn’t be. But the current headlines about stolen records say otherwise, and even during… --- ## [The Arizona "audit"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-arizona-audit/949239)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 195\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2022, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-arizona-audit/949239 "2022-02-13T22:27:32Z")
Supposedly, the report drops Monday. Everyone is saying it can’t be trusted. What if the report says that Biden actually did win Arizona? Are the redumblicans going to say “Well, you said it can’t be trusted. So, tha… --- ## [Stupid stuff I thought when I was a kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-stuff-i-thought-when-i-was-a-kid/954317)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 269\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-stuff-i-thought-when-i-was-a-kid/954317 "2022-02-13T21:44:08Z")
The recent Veterans Day reminded me that I used to think the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier had the body of the one guy, out of all the millions killed, that they couldn’t identify. --- ## [Calling Biologists: From Freezing to Cryogenics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-biologists-from-freezing-to-cryogenics/959026)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-biologists-from-freezing-to-cryogenics/959026 "2022-02-13T21:28:04Z")
I understand freezing cells will cause cells to rupture because water expands upon freezing. That said: How do they successfully freeze sperm and eggs, for example? And, related to this, my trees have loads of bagworms… --- ## [Facebook notifications not being cleared after being tapped on and read; seems to apply to certain friends/contacts. Why](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-notifications-not-being-cleared-after-being-tapped-on-and-read-seems-to-apply-to-certain-friends-contacts-why/959415)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-notifications-not-being-cleared-after-being-tapped-on-and-read-seems-to-apply-to-certain-friends-contacts-why/959415 "2022-02-13T19:50:05Z")
(This is in the Android app) Usually when I check Facebook I just go through my notifications; I rarely just scroll my newsfeed. I’m sure part of this issue is familiar to many, namely that you tap on a notification, t… --- ## [A useful Discorse discovery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-useful-discorse-discovery/959190)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-useful-discorse-discovery/959190 "2022-02-13T18:44:12Z")
If you haven’t tried it before, posting embedded links in Discourse on an Android phone is a major pain in the ass. You highlight the text, and the cut/copy/paste dialogue pops up and covers the link button. You have to … --- ## [Shocking Ads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shocking-ads/958637)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shocking-ads/958637 "2022-02-13T16:46:55Z")
I was reading a book of old advertisements from the 60s. One of them showed an attractive woman with a big smile and a bigger shiner around one eye. Probably some people here are more familiar with the ad then I am, Ta… --- ## [Mass buildups of troops in peacetime: modern historical examples?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-buildups-of-troops-in-peacetime-modern-historical-examples/959184)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-buildups-of-troops-in-peacetime-modern-historical-examples/959184 "2022-02-13T14:23:13Z")
Regarding Russia’s current deployment of troops along the borders of Ukraine: Since the end of World War I, has there ever been, anywhere in the world, a rapid, focused mass buildup of troops comparable in scale to this… --- ## [Forces on 5th wheel, trailer hitches and railcar couplings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forces-on-5th-wheel-trailer-hitches-and-railcar-couplings/959330)
**Author:** [@PozhanPop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PozhanPop)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2022, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forces-on-5th-wheel-trailer-hitches-and-railcar-couplings/959330 "2022-02-13T10:50:01Z")
I was watching a tractor hook up to a trailer in our parking lot and was wondering how much stress the fifth wheel and the chassis frame were subjected to when the pulling away from a stop and when in motion. Does the … --- ## [UK train etiquette](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-train-etiquette/959326)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2022, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-train-etiquette/959326 "2022-02-13T08:37:55Z")
Back in “the day”, many UK passenger trains were of the “slam door” variety - with multiple doors in each car/carriage, each serving a compartment (or unenclosed) group of usually 4 to 8 seats. This allowed passengers to… --- ## [Republicans against actually fighting voter fraud (i.e. use of ERIC)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-against-actually-fighting-voter-fraud-i-e-use-of-eric/959164)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2022, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-against-actually-fighting-voter-fraud-i-e-use-of-eric/959164 "2022-02-13T07:49:16Z")
There’s a campaign among the right to get states to drop participation in ERIC ( Electronic Registration Information Center ). This is a system that lets states share data on voters who die or move out of state. So it ca… --- ## [What Is This Instrument?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-instrument/959383)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2022, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-instrument/959383 "2022-02-13T07:48:52Z")
Here. Note that I’m referring to the… stronger (for lack of a better choice of words) instrument, not the tinny bells in the background. --- ## [Does anyone have a 1st or 2nd edition Skylark of Space w/DJ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-1st-or-2nd-edition-skylark-of-space-w-dj/940119)
**Author:** [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2022, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-1st-or-2nd-edition-skylark-of-space-w-dj/940119 "2022-02-13T05:12:20Z")
I someone could scan the DJ for me, I’d love it. I’ve got a 2nd Ed. with no DJ and I want to make a DJ to cover it. --- ## [When did Whoopi Goldberg get her Ph.D.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-whoopi-goldberg-get-her-ph-d/295895)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2022, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-whoopi-goldberg-get-her-ph-d/295895 "2022-02-13T00:47:27Z")
Pretty much any bio of Whoopi Goldberg has a one-sentence note that she earned a Ph.D. in literature from New York University. Earned, not an honorary degree, which are mentioned separately. But not a mention of just wh… --- ## [Freaky Amazon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-amazon/958891)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2022, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-amazon/958891 "2022-02-13T00:14:20Z")
After having two remote learning days at home because of the big winter storm, I was well rested so, as often happens, I woke up before the alarm was set to go off. While lying in bed and enjoying my last half hour, my … --- ## [What is the difference between being assassinated and murdered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-being-assassinated-and-murdered/959168)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-being-assassinated-and-murdered/959168 "2022-02-12T23:25:51Z")
Is it based on the importance of the dead person? --- ## [If Tobacco were Banned, would the Ban Fail like Prohibition did?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-tobacco-were-banned-would-the-ban-fail-like-prohibition-did/958310)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-tobacco-were-banned-would-the-ban-fail-like-prohibition-did/958310 "2022-02-12T22:49:39Z")
Inspired by the modern discovery of alcohol thread, these are a couple of questions that have been rattling around in my head. Would a modern day prohibition on tobacco fail like the 18th amendment? Would marijuana leg… --- ## [Under what circumstances should a cop shooting someone be justified?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-what-circumstances-should-a-cop-shooting-someone-be-justified/919153)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 324\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-what-circumstances-should-a-cop-shooting-someone-be-justified/919153 "2022-02-12T22:49:32Z")
There would probably be broad agreement on the Dope that if a cop has already been shot, and his assailant is firing more shots at him, that the cop is justified in shooting back to prevent further harm. Or, if someone i… --- ## [Why do sororities have "house mothers," but fraternities don't have "house fathers"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-sororities-have-house-mothers-but-fraternities-dont-have-house-fathers/458166)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-sororities-have-house-mothers-but-fraternities-dont-have-house-fathers/458166 "2022-02-12T21:54:34Z")
I saw the trailer for the new Anna Faris movie, The House Bunny, where her character gets a job as a sorority “house mother,” apparently a resident adult supervisor to the sisters. But my brother was in a fraternity and… --- ## [Covid booster shots, news and opinion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-booster-shots-news-and-opinion/950565)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 299\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-booster-shots-news-and-opinion/950565 "2022-02-12T20:58:48Z")
Thus thread was started after a longish digression in the “breaking news thread”. @Aspenglow and I felt it was worth its own topic, and decided to move a bunch of the posts here. --- ## [Picky eaters:what is the mildest, most unassuming food ingredient you or the person you know has been too picky to tolerate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picky-eaters-what-is-the-mildest-most-unassuming-food-ingredient-you-or-the-person-you-know-has-been-too-picky-to-tolerate/958862)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picky-eaters-what-is-the-mildest-most-unassuming-food-ingredient-you-or-the-person-you-know-has-been-too-picky-to-tolerate/958862 "2022-02-12T20:57:50Z")
Per @solost suggestion in this thread , I’ve started this one so as not to continue the hijack in the other. I’ll go first; cheese. With the exception of pizza - and it really needs to be mozzarella- I won’t touch anyth… --- ## [British Cheeses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-cheeses/958758)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-cheeses/958758 "2022-02-12T20:56:34Z")
I went to my local fancy cheese shop the other day, and I found I had a hankering for Cheshire cheese. But they didn’t have anything. They didn’t have anything all that similar. The closest they had was a cloth-aged ched… --- ## [Which is the most accurate western TV/movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-most-accurate-western-tv-movie/958867)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-most-accurate-western-tv-movie/958867 "2022-02-12T19:12:34Z")
We are currently binging and enjoying Deadwood. It led me to wonder what life must have really been like the the later 19th century American west. I realize few shows of any vintage are likely to be entirely accurate, … --- ## [Does POTUS Biden believe that he's the smartest in the room?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-potus-biden-believe-that-hes-the-smartest-in-the-room/958330)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-potus-biden-believe-that-hes-the-smartest-in-the-room/958330 "2022-02-12T18:55:10Z")
With the recent flush of instances where the POTUS remarks to reporters that their questions are dumb or that the reporters themselves are stupid, it is apparent that he is losing patience with the press questioning his … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1198) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1200)