# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1204 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1205 --- ## [Japanese depiction of UFOs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-depiction-of-ufos/836604)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-depiction-of-ufos/836604 "2022-02-08T18:53:13Z")
In Japan they very often depict a UFO as a flying saucer with four (or sometimes five) hemispherical domes on the lower surface. Here is drawing of one from volume 5 of Doctor Slump from the early 1980s. Here is one as … --- ## [Shooting at Richland, Washington, Fred Meyer store](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-richland-washington-fred-meyer-store/959073)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-richland-washington-fred-meyer-store/959073 "2022-02-08T18:00:38Z")
It doesn’t sound like there are many details yet. One person is dead, one person is in the hospital, and the shooter is at large. --- ## [Propane heater/stove that will start during power outage (vacation cabin)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propane-heater-stove-that-will-start-during-power-outage-vacation-cabin/958918)
**Author:** [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propane-heater-stove-that-will-start-during-power-outage-vacation-cabin/958918 "2022-02-08T17:06:15Z")
I have a vacation cabin that has a traditional furnace/heat pump. I’m looking for a supplemental propane stove heater that will kick on in the event of a power outage. It can be a monitor style or a fancy wood stove styl… --- ## [I Pray This Often](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pray-this-often/958984)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pray-this-often/958984 "2022-02-08T15:09:03Z")
As I am sure many of you, I worry about this country, it’s future, what happens if Donald Trump runs for POTUS, etc. And as I’ve said before, I believe in God and being good, but not much else. I do still consider mysel… --- ## [Three Men with Severed Spinal Cords Walk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-men-with-severed-spinal-cords-walk/959105)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-men-with-severed-spinal-cords-walk/959105 "2022-02-08T15:04:52Z")
I thought this was overblown hype when I read the headline – like that idealistic commercial Christopher Reeve made before he died. But it appears to be the real deal. Apparently we had a thread back in April about four … --- ## [Another mass shooting in the US (Texas)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-mass-shooting-in-the-us-texas/800811)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 274\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-mass-shooting-in-the-us-texas/800811 "2022-02-08T14:53:08Z")
A gunman has fired on churchgoers in Texas Early reports are up to 24 dead. :frowning: --- ## [I just sold my house for $2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sold-my-house-for-2000/959012)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sold-my-house-for-2000/959012 "2022-02-08T09:25:01Z")
Foreclosure. It’s more than a bit of a dump. I got 40 years out of it. I’m sad, but not pissed. --- ## [Why are Polish people stupid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-polish-people-stupid/84547)
**Author:** [@MetropoChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MetropoChris)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-polish-people-stupid/84547 "2022-02-08T08:52:46Z")
OK, I know there not. But why all the jokes??? --- ## [Why does Netflix care if I watch anything at all?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-netflix-care-if-i-watch-anything-at-all/958917)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-netflix-care-if-i-watch-anything-at-all/958917 "2022-02-08T08:40:35Z")
They already have my money so why are they trying to keep my eyes glued to their content? --- ## [Australian Open 2022 (no Djokovic talk please)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-open-2022-no-djokovic-talk-please/957912)
**Author:** [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-open-2022-no-djokovic-talk-please/957912 "2022-02-08T07:31:42Z")
Just setting this up. Please keep all discussion of the Djokovic episode in the existing thread. Right now I’m fuming because ESPN has gone 20 minutes without showing a single point being played, while a dozen matches a… --- ## [Do zoos ever live feed their predators?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-zoos-ever-live-feed-their-predators/953681)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-zoos-ever-live-feed-their-predators/953681 "2022-02-08T06:38:21Z")
Pretty much the title covers it. With the emphasis now on zoos ‘enriching’ the lives of their animals, using bigger enclosures and adding more natural habitats and giving them things to play with or amuse themselves (li… --- ## [That Tennessee church's book burning last week had a gatecrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-tennessee-churchs-book-burning-last-week-had-a-gatecrasher/959093)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-tennessee-churchs-book-burning-last-week-had-a-gatecrasher/959093 "2022-02-08T06:18:55Z")
TL : DW - a man says he’s gay threw a book that he said was a Bible into that bonfire, while yelling “Hail Satan!” Here’s an earlier story about the burning itself. --- ## [What kind of word-of-mouth evidence requires a subpoena, and which doesn't?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-word-of-mouth-evidence-requires-a-subpoena-and-which-doesnt/957947)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-word-of-mouth-evidence-requires-a-subpoena-and-which-doesnt/957947 "2022-02-08T05:49:56Z")
Sometimes a crime is prosecuted with simple casual “Oh, this bystander says he or she saw something happen” testimony jotted by a cop on a notebook and sometimes it takes a really formal subpoena with a really formal wri… --- ## ["One Hit" Actors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-actors/950569)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Replies:** 262\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-actors/950569 "2022-02-08T05:39:06Z")
We’ve had a bunch of threads for one-hit musical acts, but how about actors/actresses? I’m thinking about someone who may or may not have been acting for a long time, but they only had one ‘breakout’ role where everyone… --- ## [I love Death Valley. I list my fave spots there. What are yours?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-death-valley-i-list-my-fave-spots-there-what-are-yours/954544)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-death-valley-i-list-my-fave-spots-there-what-are-yours/954544 "2022-02-08T02:09:29Z")
Death Valley holds quite the fascination for me. I’ve only visited it twice: First back in the early 70’s as a 16 year old with my parents. Ready to be bored and disdainful about the visit, instead I was absolutely fa… --- ## [Do you have an alibi?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-an-alibi/958591)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-an-alibi/958591 "2022-02-08T01:35:47Z")
Local law enforcement just came knockin’. Someone you know was murdered, and they were universally disliked, so they’re interviewing almost everyone the victim knew. You need an alibi for 7:30-9:30 PM on Monday, January … --- ## [Economics of Big Bands](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economics-of-big-bands/958749)
**Author:** [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2022, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economics-of-big-bands/958749 "2022-02-07T23:59:43Z")
Big band - Wikipedia I’m curious as to how the economics of Big Bands worked. If you compare a band with 20 performers to one with 5, then ISTM that the pie is going to get split into much smaller pieces in the latter c… --- ## [How do Bitcoin nodes discover eachother](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-bitcoin-nodes-discover-eachother/959040)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2022, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-bitcoin-nodes-discover-eachother/959040 "2022-02-07T23:48:53Z")
From googling this, it seems like each node maintains a list of other know nodes, and this is in turn distributed to new nodes. There are also some hardcoded nodes to get the network started. But what happens if those h… --- ## [A "lesser" or lesser-known accomplishment, but YOUR favourite](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lesser-or-lesser-known-accomplishment-but-your-favourite/958940)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2022, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lesser-or-lesser-known-accomplishment-but-your-favourite/958940 "2022-02-07T23:02:54Z")
For Ron Howard, one could point to his acting, producing, directing, or screenwriting as their favourite RH accomplishment, but it’s his narrating in Arrested Development that stands out, to me, as his beacon of all tha… --- ## [Ice Storm 2/22](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-storm-2-22/958851)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-storm-2-22/958851 "2022-02-07T22:38:50Z")
I know a lot of people here are dealing with this. How are things in your area? I’m in Memphis. We’ve had freezing rain since late last night. I had a terrible bout of insomnia and couldn’t sleep. Around 6 a.m. I he… --- ## [A River Runs Through It: A Soggy MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-river-runs-through-it-a-soggy-mmp/958675)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 297\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-river-runs-through-it-a-soggy-mmp/958675 "2022-02-07T21:58:03Z")
So a water main upstairs broke, it’s getting worse, and “Princess Pretty Paws” is panicking. Appropriate Music So how’s everybody else’s Monday starting? --- ## [Apple Music assistance please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-music-assistance-please/959042)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-music-assistance-please/959042 "2022-02-07T21:34:59Z")
I am in the process of switching from Spotify to Apple Music. I was able to transfer my playlists successfully, and I think I am ready to live with Apple, but I am frustrated with a couple of things. Maybe I am just over… --- ## [Why did download sites used to have you wait 5 seconds to download a file and why don't they do it anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-download-sites-used-to-have-you-wait-5-seconds-to-download-a-file-and-why-dont-they-do-it-anymore/959043)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-download-sites-used-to-have-you-wait-5-seconds-to-download-a-file-and-why-dont-they-do-it-anymore/959043 "2022-02-07T20:34:57Z")
I remember back in the 90s/2000s, it was common for download sites like cnet or tucows to have you click a link and there would be a big 5 second timer and then the download would start and there was always a tiny link b… --- ## [Does anyone else, not otherwise a memory prodigy, remember their infant baptism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-not-otherwise-a-memory-prodigy-remember-their-infant-baptism/652048)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-not-otherwise-a-memory-prodigy-remember-their-infant-baptism/652048 "2022-02-07T20:08:04Z")
I’m not very religious at all, but when my brother and I were little we did belong to the local Presbyterian church, and every Sunday our parents attended a sermon while we went to Sunday school. Moreover, I’m not one o… --- ## [Which modern car game is most like this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-modern-car-game-is-most-like-this/959016)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-modern-car-game-is-most-like-this/959016 "2022-02-07T19:55:47Z")
My girlfriend is over World of Warcraft and wants to try some different games. She likes her memory of the old Need For Speed games, that is starting with a basic car, doing races to earn money to improve the car and get… --- ## ["The Abduction of Alexandra Seine"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-abduction-of-alexandra-seine/959062)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-abduction-of-alexandra-seine/959062 "2022-02-07T18:08:13Z")
I ran across a story called “The Abduction of Alexandra Seine” by Fred C. Smale. It’s stuffed full of wild ideas like a time viewer used to see who committed crimes, flying cars that travel from Japan to London in 16 hou… --- ## [Make up place names for a movie/novel/etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-place-names-for-a-movie-novel-etc/959067)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-place-names-for-a-movie-novel-etc/959067 "2022-02-07T19:41:48Z")
On the rugged Northwestern Pacific Coast, is a high cliff called Donzerleigh Point. Upon it stands a lighthouse to guide ships through the rocky inlet. Vessels search out the Donzerleigh Light to navigate safe passage … --- ## [Romulan Dildo Proclaims Self Queen Of Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romulan-dildo-proclaims-self-queen-of-canada/958955)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romulan-dildo-proclaims-self-queen-of-canada/958955 "2022-02-07T19:15:32Z")
More seriously, she wants her followers to kill doctors who administer COVID-19 vaccines Romana Didulo, a leading Canadian QAnon figure with an alleged history of encouraging her followers to shoot health-care workers,… --- ## [I got vaccinated with the Sputnik V and so far everything is фниз!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-vaccinated-with-the-sputnik-v-and-so-far-everything-is/941457)
**Author:** [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-vaccinated-with-the-sputnik-v-and-so-far-everything-is/941457 "2022-02-07T18:39:18Z")
So I just got the russian vaccine. I’ll let you know if I get a sudden urge to seize the means of production. --- ## [Snow White and other questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-white-and-other-questions/958385)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-white-and-other-questions/958385 "2022-02-07T18:16:34Z")
Continuing the discussion from Peter Dinklage Rips Disney For ‘Snow White’ Remake: ‘What The F\*\*k Are You Doing?!’: Yikes. It’s a fairy tale, FFS. It’s not a real story about real people with achondroplasia. Is it okay… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1203) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1205)