# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1303 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1304 --- ## [Experiences with the X-card in gaming?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-the-x-card-in-gaming/952942)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-the-x-card-in-gaming/952942 "2021-10-27T19:10:39Z")
For folks unfamiliar with the idea, it’s something in tabletop roleplaying games, a relatively recent phenomenon. There’s a literal or (more often) metaphorical card on the table with an X on it. If what’s happening in t… --- ## [It feels like Terry McAuliffe has run for governor every year for the past 30 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-feels-like-terry-mcauliffe-has-run-for-governor-every-year-for-the-past-30-years/953202)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-feels-like-terry-mcauliffe-has-run-for-governor-every-year-for-the-past-30-years/953202 "2021-10-27T18:43:57Z")
I swear, Virginia is the only state that has a gubernatorial election every year, and Terry McAuliffe is on the ballot every single time. I may not be the brightest man in the world, and I may be pig-ignorant of Virgina … --- ## [Should the progressives hold out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-progressives-hold-out/953200)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-progressives-hold-out/953200 "2021-10-27T18:35:03Z")
I ask because I personally don’t know. The infrastructure bill seems like a bad thing for the American people whom, I’m to believe, are paying for this, right? We want to keep taxing corporations the same amount as Trump… --- ## [Uyghur food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uyghur-food/952948)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uyghur-food/952948 "2021-10-27T18:23:49Z")
Just got takeout from the first Uyghur restaurant we’ve ever tried. Summary of what we had - beef dumplings, chewy noodles topped with meaty stews, and bread stuffed with ground beef and onions. Dumplings were my favorit… --- ## [Good God, Gertie! What a gash!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-god-gertie-what-a-gash/765368)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-god-gertie-what-a-gash/765368 "2021-10-27T18:23:18Z")
What is the origin of ‘Good God, Gertie! What a gash!’? --- ## [Shelves inside kitchen cabinets keep falling down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shelves-inside-kitchen-cabinets-keep-falling-down/953192)
**Author:** [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shelves-inside-kitchen-cabinets-keep-falling-down/953192 "2021-10-27T17:39:52Z")
Our kitchen cabinets are what I’d term to be middle-level quality (Schrock). The shelves are adjustable and held by small pins that sit in the holes on the inside of the unit – four for each shelf. The pegs look like t… --- ## [lighters at concerts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lighters-at-concerts/213776)
**Author:** [@captainQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/captainQwark)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lighters-at-concerts/213776 "2021-10-27T17:36:47Z")
Why do people wave lit lighters at rock concerts? I’ve only been to two rock concerts in my life so I’m ignorant in that area. --- ## [Battery Replacement for Hard-Wired Smoke/CO Detectors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battery-replacement-for-hard-wired-smoke-co-detectors/953143)
**Author:** [@SoccerDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoccerDad)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battery-replacement-for-hard-wired-smoke-co-detectors/953143 "2021-10-27T17:07:07Z")
How often should I change the 9V backup battery in my Hard-Wired smoke detector? We have several. The manual says “when it starts chirping” but that’s not very pro-active. At least one online video says every six month… --- ## [Story-songs (other than Alice's Restaurant)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-songs-other-than-alices-restaurant/952802)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-songs-other-than-alices-restaurant/952802 "2021-10-27T16:40:58Z")
If the “similar topics” bot is to be believed, the last time someone did a thread like this was 20 years ago. There have been so many songs since then… I’m looking for recommendations of story-songs you like. What do I… --- ## [What is a "nice" restaurant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-nice-restaurant/952320)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 307\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-nice-restaurant/952320 "2021-10-27T16:01:36Z")
In a thread about the utility of Excel, @Martin\_Hyde said that someone would have to be tremendously poor to not be able to afford $70/year for Excel- and that’s not even the price of dinner and drinks at a nice restaura… --- ## [Knights on white horses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knights-on-white-horses/953009)
**Author:** [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knights-on-white-horses/953009 "2021-10-27T16:06:37Z")
Knights - and heroes generally (e.g. the Lone Ranger) - are stereotypically associated these days with white horses. But was that really a thing, back in the days of actual knights (and other horse-riding “heroes”)? I w… --- ## [Roger Corman's "Fantastic Four" movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-cormans-fantastic-four-movie/953213)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-cormans-fantastic-four-movie/953213 "2021-10-27T15:42:46Z")
How many of y’all have seen Roger Corman’s 1994 epic “Fantastic Four” and, if you have, what do you think of it? I ask because I just saw it on Roku Channel “Area 52”, and was pleasantly surprised with the special effect… --- ## [PSA: Onions recalled in multiple states and Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psa-onions-recalled-in-multiple-states-and-canada/953001)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2021, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psa-onions-recalled-in-multiple-states-and-canada/953001 "2021-10-27T12:15:20Z")
Throw 'em out folks: --- ## [Madsircool banned for socking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madsircool-banned-for-socking/953305)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2021, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madsircool-banned-for-socking/953305 "2021-10-27T12:06:46Z")
We’ve banned madsircool for socking. This is an instaban offense. This did take two days in the modloop to confirm. Of note: He had actually racked up 8 warnings in the past 4 years. I didn’t realize that. --- ## [Every time I "buy 'Merikun," I get fucking burned. I buy Japanese, Korean, or German from now on (whenever possible)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-time-i-buy-merikun-i-get-fucking-burned-i-buy-japanese-korean-or-german-from-now-on-whenever-possible/932898)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2021, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-time-i-buy-merikun-i-get-fucking-burned-i-buy-japanese-korean-or-german-from-now-on-whenever-possible/932898 "2021-10-27T10:22:21Z")
Mindless rant coming… So, after owning a Toyota, I remember buying a Saturn because it was supposedly a “newer, different” kind of American manufacturer that actually cared about quality. That piece of shit lasted about… --- ## [Looking for a 80s song/video title](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-80s-song-video-title/953278)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2021, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-80s-song-video-title/953278 "2021-10-27T09:29:09Z")
When I was a kid in the early 80s there was an oft-played video on MTV and it was a rant video by a punk/new wave group possibly British in which there were maybe 3 lines in it and the only 2 I can remember is "(w… --- ## [Are you listed on the stock exchange?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-listed-on-the-stock-exchange/952880)
**Author:** [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2021, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-listed-on-the-stock-exchange/952880 "2021-10-27T06:16:59Z")
There’s 17,576 possible 3-letter stock codes, so I thought the chances of my initials being the same as a publicly listed company’s code would be good. Turns out otherwise. My wife’s initials however, indicate she has a… --- ## [Trying new food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-new-food/953030)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2021, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-new-food/953030 "2021-10-27T03:19:48Z")
Is there a food item that has been around for a long time that you never tried until later in life. For example, I ate some Eggo brand toaster waffles for the first time ever the other day. They’ve been around “forever… --- ## [Success from marriage counselling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/success-from-marriage-counselling/951665)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/success-from-marriage-counselling/951665 "2021-10-27T02:37:19Z")
My wife and I have been married for 20 years and have two pre-teen kids. But during the last few years we have grown further and further apart and we are having a really hard time communicating. Neither of us is happy an… --- ## [Question about US constitution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-us-constitution/953209)
**Author:** [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2021, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-us-constitution/953209 "2021-10-27T01:35:07Z")
I am not a lawyer and do not know how to research this. I was reading the US constitution this evening and came across a clause which I don’t understand. Article 4 Section 3: “…nothing in this Constitution shall be so c… --- ## [The Bedfordshire police remove dangerous weapon from the streets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bedfordshire-police-remove-dangerous-weapon-from-the-streets/952500)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bedfordshire-police-remove-dangerous-weapon-from-the-streets/952500 "2021-10-27T00:28:50Z")
Specifically https://twitter.com/bedspolice/status/1448314409705693186?s=21 I believe a man with a good aim can throw the thing 40 yards. Anyone got a flint handy? And a ramrod, frizzen and hammer? --- ## [Windows 11 Download](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-11-download/953230)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-11-download/953230 "2021-10-26T23:54:57Z")
Well, I took a new laptop at work and downloaded Windows 11, so here we go. Since it became available over two weeks ago, I’m sure I’m not the first one here to do it. So, any comments on the new the Windows OS? Simila… --- ## [I Can See Into the Near-Future and You Can Too!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-see-into-the-near-future-and-you-can-too/953088)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-see-into-the-near-future-and-you-can-too/953088 "2021-10-26T23:45:22Z")
I just found out that I can see into the future and it will be wet. The near-future, specifically. About six hours. It’s fun. Let me tell you all about my dark Seeing art. Oh, whassat? The “and you can too” part is wha… --- ## [How to type Japanese Katakana in Windows on Chrome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-type-japanese-katakana-in-windows-on-chrome/953118)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-type-japanese-katakana-in-windows-on-chrome/953118 "2021-10-26T23:34:54Z")
Need to do this for a Japanese passport renewal application. I have downloaded the Japanese language pack for Windows, but after that I’m stumped. I have a western roman-letter qwerty keyboard. --- ## [Russia's Delta Surge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russias-delta-surge/952556)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russias-delta-surge/952556 "2021-10-26T23:04:20Z")
Delta, obviously, has caused a global spike in Covid-19 cases. But, when you compare the curve of it from country to country it seems to be following a fairly consistent bell curve. That’s not true for Russia. It starts … --- ## [What aspects of a mass tragedy are acceptable areas of discussion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-aspects-of-a-mass-tragedy-are-acceptable-areas-of-discussion/952566)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-aspects-of-a-mass-tragedy-are-acceptable-areas-of-discussion/952566 "2021-10-26T23:01:02Z")
In the thread about the recent terrorist bow-and-arrow attack in Norway, a moderator shut down an ongoing vocabulary nitpick and a black-comedy joke, and someone else got annoyed with a discussion of the kinds of damage … --- ## [You Tube Videos in Threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-tube-videos-in-threads/953064)
**Author:** [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-tube-videos-in-threads/953064 "2021-10-26T22:02:47Z")
I was perusing a thread the other day, the Yakkety Sax one, and viewed some of the embedded videos. I’d hit the pause button and scroll down further to see another. After a few minutes the paused videos would start up a… --- ## [O Mighty Isis...Joanna Cameron R.I.P](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-mighty-isis-joanna-cameron-r-i-p/953206)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-mighty-isis-joanna-cameron-r-i-p/953206 "2021-10-26T21:37:40Z")
Like many little girls, I had a fascination with ancient Egypt. I used to watch Ms. Cameron on Saturday mornings. Isis is one superhero I wish would have a reboot. R.I.P. --- ## [Help Me Name Units of Emotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-units-of-emotion/953082)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-units-of-emotion/953082 "2021-10-26T21:22:39Z")
There was a recent thread on whether it might someday be possible to quantify pain. The consensus seemed to be it is tricky and there are many causes and much individual variation. Yet, perhaps one day. This begs the … --- ## [Wait, there really is a DeAndre Cole and a What Up With That? that's being parodied?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-there-really-is-a-deandre-cole-and-a-what-up-with-that-thats-being-parodied/953113)
**Author:** [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-there-really-is-a-deandre-cole-and-a-what-up-with-that-thats-being-parodied/953113 "2021-10-26T21:21:57Z")
Doing some searching I found a video and a website for a real DeAndre Cole who has a show called What Up With That?. I had assumed that the SNL sketch was purely made up and not parodying anything real. It appears thou… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1302) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1304)