# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1235 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1236 --- ## [Changing My Meds Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-meds-again/957284)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-meds-again/957284 "2022-01-07T17:54:46Z")
This is sort of an update to I Think My Depression is Winning. I just haven’t been feeling any better, so a couple of doctor visits later, my psychiatrist decides to add a low dose of Abilify to my daily routine. I’ve … --- ## [NFL 2021: Week Seventeen Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-seventeen-again/957085)
**Author:** [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-seventeen-again/957085 "2022-01-07T17:03:56Z")
Happy New Year football fans The regular season is wrapping up, but there is still a lot of drama especially in the AFC. This week’s contests are all on Sunday, except Monday night football Sunday early Chiefs (11-4)… --- ## [How to fix this boot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fix-this-boot/957220)
**Author:** [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fix-this-boot/957220 "2022-01-07T16:57:51Z")
I bought these boots last year and have not worn them very much. I bought them on sale and it seemed as though maybe a previous owner had coated the leather with something and returned them (just a guess), because the l… --- ## [Nord Stream 2 Sanctions and "leverage"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nord-stream-2-sanctions-and-leverage/957342)
**Author:** [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nord-stream-2-sanctions-and-leverage/957342 "2022-01-07T16:51:14Z")
Dems shift gears on Russian pipeline, backing Biden against Cruz’s gambit - POLITICO Top Senate Democrats have long opposed a Russian natural gas pipeline that’s set to enrich Vladimir Putin. But those lawmakers are pu… --- ## [Plural Of 'Mouse' ( Computer)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plural-of-mouse-computer/957101)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plural-of-mouse-computer/957101 "2022-01-07T15:19:32Z")
What exactly is the plural of ‘mouse’ (computer)? I swear to G^d I’ve heard ‘mouses’ somewhere. In any event I’ve never heard ‘mice’ (have you?). :slightly\_smiling\_face: --- ## [Could a planet exist (i.e. be intact) inside of the event horizon of a sufficiently large black hole?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-planet-exist-i-e-be-intact-inside-of-the-event-horizon-of-a-sufficiently-large-black-hole/956946)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-planet-exist-i-e-be-intact-inside-of-the-event-horizon-of-a-sufficiently-large-black-hole/956946 "2022-01-07T15:00:06Z")
Basically, the question is in the title. I know there are some real monsters in the universe, black holes that are billions of solar masses in size. I recall hearing that in some of the larger black holes, you could cr… --- ## [Doctor Who: Flux, Season 13](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-flux-season-13/953605)
**Author:** [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2022, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-flux-season-13/953605 "2022-01-07T14:15:59Z")
The new season of Doctor Who has arrived. A short season of 6 episodes that will tell one long story, which is kind of how the original series did it. Today was Chapter One: The Halloween Apocalypse, where we are introdu… --- ## [How would you describe something that isn’t immoral but is still harmful to people and society?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-describe-something-that-isn-t-immoral-but-is-still-harmful-to-people-and-society/952163)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-describe-something-that-isn-t-immoral-but-is-still-harmful-to-people-and-society/952163 "2022-01-07T13:51:36Z")
What’s the best way to describe traits, behaviors and trends that don’t hurt other people (so they’re not immoral) but are nevertheless wrong, harmful and reprehensible for the individual and/or society as a whole? As o… --- ## [Drinking Booze on the Air (Live!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-booze-on-the-air-live/957098)
**Author:** [@Dr.Conrad\_Shadowdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Conrad_Shadowdale)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-booze-on-the-air-live/957098 "2022-01-07T13:37:32Z")
Clicks aside, it seems to me that letting your anchors/hosts get snookered on air, to have them babble on about the Mayor or about why viewers don’t like them, is NOT a good idea. It may be all about clicks and I get th… --- ## [Why would you rig a roulette wheel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-you-rig-a-roulette-wheel/957156)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-you-rig-a-roulette-wheel/957156 "2022-01-07T13:30:25Z")
In old movies with a casino scene, there’s often dialogue or other cues that the roulette wheel is rigged. Even single zero roulette has a high house advantage, it doesn’t make sense to ‘rig’ it. Also, how (in general)… --- ## [Free cat litter for a friend living in Barrie, ON?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-cat-litter-for-a-friend-living-in-barrie-on/957291)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2022, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-cat-litter-for-a-friend-living-in-barrie-on/957291 "2022-01-07T12:48:00Z")
I have a friend who lives in Barrie, Ontario, who’s deeply screwed on the money front for a little while and is running very low on cat litter. My Google Fu is failing me. Can someone help with community resources for c… --- ## [The Keanu Reeves movie recommendation list](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-keanu-reeves-movie-recommendation-list/957336)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2022, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-keanu-reeves-movie-recommendation-list/957336 "2022-01-07T10:32:40Z")
No, not Keanu Reeves movies you should watch, movies that Keanu Reeves thinks you should watch. The Neon Demon A Clockwork Orange Rollerball The Bad Batch Dr. Strangelove Seven Samurai Amadeus Rosencrantz & Guild… --- ## [A really great night at work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-really-great-night-at-work/957341)
**Author:** [@billy-jack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billy-jack)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2022, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-really-great-night-at-work/957341 "2022-01-07T08:38:45Z")
I run the local fixed wireless internet company in a small town and the surrounding area. Yesterday, a major feedlot lost their Internet completely. I connected to the radio and could see that their ethernet cable from… --- ## [Headlines that prove that we’re all doomed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headlines-that-prove-that-we-re-all-doomed/957319)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2022, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headlines-that-prove-that-we-re-all-doomed/957319 "2022-01-07T06:39:53Z")
--- ## [College vs NFL from the past](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-vs-nfl-from-the-past/957356)
**Author:** [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2022, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-vs-nfl-from-the-past/957356 "2022-01-07T05:04:21Z")
How far back in the past would you have to go for a current college football ~champions to be better than the NFL champs? Average NFL team? Worst NFL team? Randomly peppered my dad with questions about this over the hol… --- ## [Ok, I'm gonna give Dr Who one more shot. What's a good season to start at?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-im-gonna-give-dr-who-one-more-shot-whats-a-good-season-to-start-at/957347)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2022, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-im-gonna-give-dr-who-one-more-shot-whats-a-good-season-to-start-at/957347 "2022-01-07T05:02:59Z")
I so want to like Dr Who. And for the most part I do. The thing that tends to turn me off are those robot things with the annoying voice (Daleks?) I hate that I’m deterred by such a trivial thing but those voices are lik… --- ## [DOJ "One Year Since the Jan 6 Attack" Report (link included)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-one-year-since-the-jan-6-attack-report-link-included/957050)
**Author:** [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2022, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-one-year-since-the-jan-6-attack-report-link-included/957050 "2022-01-07T04:55:16Z")
DOJ “One Year Since the Jan 6 Attack” report is here: One Year Since the Jan. 6 Attack on the Capitol One thing that surprised me was that the DOJ has 40 people charged with (three types of) conspiracy. My general ass… --- ## [Screw VW, screw our dealer, and screw myself. (hooked up battery backward)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-vw-screw-our-dealer-and-screw-myself-hooked-up-battery-backward/956783)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2022, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-vw-screw-our-dealer-and-screw-myself-hooked-up-battery-backward/956783 "2022-01-07T02:36:20Z")
We recently took our car (2012 Passat) in for the 110k mile service at the dealership- it had some unusual stuff to check/fix, so we figured it would be worth it. Those clowns apparently didn’t check the 3 year old batt… --- ## [The Jan 6 Insurrection: what crimes were committed, what does accountability look like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jan-6-insurrection-what-crimes-were-committed-what-does-accountability-look-like/957269)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2022, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jan-6-insurrection-what-crimes-were-committed-what-does-accountability-look-like/957269 "2022-01-07T02:30:50Z")
I’m not talking about the violent mob – I’m referring to the actual plotters. If people like Jon Eastman, Mark Meadows and Peter Navarro hatched a hair-brained scheme that involved the VP invoking powers that he doesn’t… --- ## [Need help compiling a list of expressions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2022, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-compiling-a-list-of-expressions/957255 "2022-01-07T01:43:23Z")
I want to create a very long list of very brief exclamations. For example: Holy cow! Good gravy! Criminy! Jeepers creepers! You get the idea. Help a brother out? mmm --- ## [Were you unintentionally traumatized by childhood books or movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-unintentionally-traumatized-by-childhood-books-or-movies/924379)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2022, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-unintentionally-traumatized-by-childhood-books-or-movies/924379 "2022-01-07T01:05:54Z")
There’s an article by slate.com writers discussing the movies or books that scared them when they were growing up. There choices didn’t seem particularly scary to me. But it made me think that I saw Jaws and The Amityv… --- ## [Lending Club Experiences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lending-club-experiences/514989)
**Author:** [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Replies:** 892\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2022, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lending-club-experiences/514989 "2022-01-07T01:03:47Z")
I stumbled across a place called www.lendingclub.com I was just curious if anyone had any experiences they would be willing to share WRT investing with them. I thought it looked kinda neat and figured it would be a neat… --- ## [Info needed from a fisherman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-needed-from-a-fisherman/957314)
**Author:** [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2022, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-needed-from-a-fisherman/957314 "2022-01-07T00:48:10Z")
I’ve been looking on-line at Teardrop Split Rings that I’m thinking of using for a project. The problem is that I can’t seem to find the measurements of the rings themselves and I can’t seem to find them at the local Bi… --- ## [Have you ever accidentally yet successfully evaded a cop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-accidentally-yet-successfully-evaded-a-cop/957007)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2022, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-accidentally-yet-successfully-evaded-a-cop/957007 "2022-01-06T22:30:54Z")
Inspired by this FQ thread, Might have accidentally evaded a cop trying to pull me over. What's going to happen? — I did, once. On US-101 in California between Salinas and Gilroy, it’s 2 lanes over rolling hills — 2 lan… --- ## [I determined my Bacon and Erdös numbers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-determined-my-bacon-and-erdos-numbers/956843)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-determined-my-bacon-and-erdos-numbers/956843 "2022-01-06T21:26:32Z")
I’m not an actor at all, but back then when I graduated, my university sold CDs with videos of my graduation ceremony on them, which I suppose counts as a released movie. The video has both myself and the vice-chancellor… --- ## [What's the most advanced thing you understood at a young age?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-advanced-thing-you-understood-at-a-young-age/956839)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2022, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-advanced-thing-you-understood-at-a-young-age/956839 "2022-01-06T20:50:12Z")
At age 7, due to my fanatical obsession with airplanes, I had a fairly complex understanding of flight, such as the various flaps on a wing, what feathering a turboprop engine meant, Mach speed, the stratosphere, etc. I… --- ## [Why is a crescent moon special in Islam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-crescent-moon-special-in-islam/957205)
**Author:** [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-crescent-moon-special-in-islam/957205 "2022-01-06T20:18:15Z")
As I was out walking this evening I noticed just how beautiful the two day old crescent moon was. This got me wondering why a new moon is of significance in Islam, and I am ashamed to say I have no idea. --- ## [Is referring to posters as "Dopes" an insult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-referring-to-posters-as-dopes-an-insult/957105)
**Author:** [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-referring-to-posters-as-dopes-an-insult/957105 "2022-01-06T19:22:13Z")
Apsenglow claims that it is. I could swear that I’ve read the term before, as a light-hearted variation on Dopers. --- ## [Would it bother you if somesome moved your garbage cans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-somesome-moved-your-garbage-cans/957273)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-somesome-moved-your-garbage-cans/957273 "2022-01-06T18:54:17Z")
I live directly across the street from an elementary school. Since the school has limited space in their parking lot, it’s the norm for parents to park on the street while they’re dropping off and picking up their kids.… --- ## [My first colonoscopy is coming up… woo… what to expect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-colonoscopy-is-coming-up-woo-what-to-expect/953639)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-colonoscopy-is-coming-up-woo-what-to-expect/953639 "2022-01-06T16:34:48Z")
So… yeah. Great. The Suprep is in my kitchen right now, waiting to work its magic on me. The procedure is in exactly two weeks; I’ve taken the day off for recovery. So here’s what I’m wondering, besides the usual genera… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1234) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1236)