# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1304 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1305 --- ## [Can Stalin's Russia and Hitler's Germany be Compared?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-stalins-russia-and-hitlers-germany-be-compared/951773)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-stalins-russia-and-hitlers-germany-be-compared/951773 "2021-10-26T21:13:44Z")
On a lesser part of the Internet, I have been led into argument with a Finn on the subject of his nation’s decisions during WWII. He has said that Germany of that era was morally preferable to Russia. I would, if asked,… --- ## [Remember the piss tape?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-piss-tape/946579)
**Author:** [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-piss-tape/946579 "2021-10-26T20:26:32Z")
There might be a there there. I’d like to see more evidence still, but that’s not a good look for those who claim Russian didn’t have any influence. --- ## [Gunther is dead and cancer is a piece of shit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunther-is-dead-and-cancer-is-a-piece-of-shit/953127)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunther-is-dead-and-cancer-is-a-piece-of-shit/953127 "2021-10-26T19:24:57Z")
James Michael Tyler, who played Gunther on 'Friends,' has died | CNN. Stupid cancer. --- ## [Variations In Lyrics to 'Good King Wenceslas'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variations-in-lyrics-to-good-king-wenceslas/953188)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variations-in-lyrics-to-good-king-wenceslas/953188 "2021-10-26T18:46:14Z")
I’ve actually noticed this phenomenon in several songs. They were allegedly written by one artist, but the lyrics are sometimes markedly different (don’t get me started on Battle Hymn of the Republic :wink: ). But you’d … --- ## [Is there anything you can put over painted cement, other than repainting it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-you-can-put-over-painted-cement-other-than-repainting-it/953016)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-you-can-put-over-painted-cement-other-than-repainting-it/953016 "2021-10-26T18:32:41Z")
Hi everyone, I need some advice please. I have a 9 x 9 painted outdoor cement patio in ill repair. I’m not schooled in this type of thing, but it looks to me like the patio was not properly sealed when the painters or… --- ## [Statistical test with rankings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistical-test-with-rankings/953182)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistical-test-with-rankings/953182 "2021-10-26T17:22:53Z")
I give my audience 10 choices and ask each person to choose The most important The 2nd most important The 3rd most important How do I test the data to come up with the overall 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice? The trick is t… --- ## [YouTube And Why It's So Hard To Find Certain Things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-and-why-its-so-hard-to-find-certain-things/953228)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-and-why-its-so-hard-to-find-certain-things/953228 "2021-10-26T17:13:44Z")
Anytime there’s a big story, you click on it, and it’s someone dude talking about it. Click-bait with nothing to watch. This happens all the time. Today I read that Dave Chappelle makes a video, but all I see are other p… --- ## [MLB tickets . Boston at NY. September 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-tickets-boston-at-ny-september-2022/952319)
**Author:** [@coyotetune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coyotetune)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-tickets-boston-at-ny-september-2022/952319 "2021-10-26T15:55:14Z")
Hello. We are three Mexicans with a Bucket List wish. Yankee stadium, September 2022 against Boston. So, it will be three seats behind home plate. Two games. We are humble folks. I told them I could find cheap flights… --- ## [Are all Confederate Monuments and Memorials Offensive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-confederate-monuments-and-memorials-offensive/946168)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-confederate-monuments-and-memorials-offensive/946168 "2021-10-26T15:26:05Z")
I can understand why people might be offended by statues of Confederate generals on horseback with inscriptions describing them as great heroes. On the other hand, what about monuments and memorials such as the followin… --- ## [America's great economic "boom" exposed for what it was: the great American fraud](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-great-economic-boom-exposed-for-what-it-was-the-great-american-fraud/850772)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-great-economic-boom-exposed-for-what-it-was-the-great-american-fraud/850772 "2021-10-26T15:18:12Z")
So who were the real winners of America’s longest economic expansion? It probably wasn’t you, lol. It sure as hell wasn’t the average ‘gig’ worker, server, or fulfillment center worker, lol. But bring on the tax cut? lol… --- ## [Suddenly getting email notifications of new posts to subscribed thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-getting-email-notifications-of-new-posts-to-subscribed-thread/953237)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-getting-email-notifications-of-new-posts-to-subscribed-thread/953237 "2021-10-26T15:04:29Z")
I am subscribed to one of those forever ongoing game threads. Yesterday I suddenly started getting email notifications for each new post. I thought I had set my preferences to send notifications through the board only an… --- ## [Can you use an ad blocker selectively?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-use-an-ad-blocker-selectively/944818)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-use-an-ad-blocker-selectively/944818 "2021-10-26T10:33:17Z")
I use a MacBook Air, much prefer Safari but use Firefox when Safari causes weirdness, and my current OS is Mojave 10.14.6. I don’t currently use an ad blocker because for the most part I don’t mind the ads I get - somet… --- ## [Can "pas du tout" be used in the same way as "Pas de quoi" after being thanked in French?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-pas-du-tout-be-used-in-the-same-way-as-pas-de-quoi-after-being-thanked-in-french/953075)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-pas-du-tout-be-used-in-the-same-way-as-pas-de-quoi-after-being-thanked-in-french/953075 "2021-10-26T10:05:11Z")
Can “pas du tout” be used in the same way as “Pas de quoi”? I’ve only ever heard it used once that way and have never seen it in print online. So I’m skeptical about using “pas du tout” that way. --- ## [Experience with plug-in hybrid (PHEV) batteries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-with-plug-in-hybrid-phev-batteries/952068)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-with-plug-in-hybrid-phev-batteries/952068 "2021-10-26T09:57:48Z")
A few months ago I bought a new Peugeot 3008 Hybrid4. It is a fantastic car and I’m really happy with it in almost every way. It is a plug-in hybrid SUV with some nice bells and whistles. However, I am beginning to worr… --- ## [William Shatner heads off to the final frontier (space, not death)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-heads-off-to-the-final-frontier-space-not-death/951868)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-heads-off-to-the-final-frontier-space-not-death/951868 "2021-10-26T08:14:23Z")
No, this isn’t an RIP thread or anything like that. Shatner, the 90 year old Canadian actor who gained fame as Capt. James T. Kirk on the science fiction show Star Trek, will be taking off on the next flight of Jeff Bezo… --- ## [There are 4 Americas. Agree or Disagree?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-4-americas-agree-or-disagree/944193)
**Author:** [@survinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/survinga)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-4-americas-agree-or-disagree/944193 "2021-10-26T05:59:33Z")
It’s a long read, but worth it, as it makes you think. Packer’s thesis is that there are 4 distinct Americas. “Free America” - They believe that society advances only by the unencumbered individual, and need to be fr… --- ## [Prison Rodeo? Nope. Prison Craft Fair, yes!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prison-rodeo-nope-prison-craft-fair-yes/953110)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prison-rodeo-nope-prison-craft-fair-yes/953110 "2021-10-26T05:34:39Z")
:smiley: --- ## [Which band from, say, the 60’s…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-band-from-say-the-60-s/953024)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-band-from-say-the-60-s/953024 "2021-10-26T05:14:55Z")
Has had the most lead singers? Define as you will. --- ## [Conspiracy theories: Why the outlandish ones that don't even sound remotely real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conspiracy-theories-why-the-outlandish-ones-that-dont-even-sound-remotely-real/916360)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conspiracy-theories-why-the-outlandish-ones-that-dont-even-sound-remotely-real/916360 "2021-10-26T03:38:42Z")
If one wanted to promote a fake conspiracy theory, ISTM one would want to make it as believable as possible. An example of a believable one would be: Pharmaceutical companies are sitting on a cure for cancer because the… --- ## [Is a "Pen" really a "Sharp"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-pen-really-a-sharp/953129)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-pen-really-a-sharp/953129 "2021-10-26T03:23:50Z")
I have Diabetes type 2. About 2 1/2 months ago my Dr. added a once weekly injectable to the 2 pills I take twice a day to keep my glucose down. It comes in a spring loaded pen, I guess, that sticks me when I hold the but… --- ## [What happens when online betting shop makes a mistake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-online-betting-shop-makes-a-mistake/953204)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-online-betting-shop-makes-a-mistake/953204 "2021-10-26T03:01:59Z")
In Colorado so not illegal I have a parlay going and one of my teams lost on a last second play (I take the money line on parlays not the spread) for my only loss. It is still showing as an open parlay 24 hours later s… --- ## [Do we no longer announce poster name changes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-no-longer-announce-poster-name-changes/952276)
**Author:** [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-no-longer-announce-poster-name-changes/952276 "2021-10-26T02:19:04Z")
It’s helpful to know who we are reading or conversing with. Thoughts? --- ## [Cheesed off in general](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheesed-off-in-general/952996)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheesed-off-in-general/952996 "2021-10-26T02:05:58Z")
Always been a “Glass looks about 50/50 to me” kind of guy, but lately things not under my control have made me feel very negative. I know it’s not me, because I’m not that important that my feelings enter into it, but I’… --- ## [Any Drum Corps International fans or alums around?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-drum-corps-international-fans-or-alums-around/953195)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-drum-corps-international-fans-or-alums-around/953195 "2021-10-26T01:57:00Z")
Title says it all! Alum myself (90’s), kind of a fan still in that I watch a lot of drumline lot videos. :smile: Haven’t been to a show for maybe 3-4 years, but there’s one here in the Kansas City area every summer. Exce… --- ## [Better PCH Road Trip Option?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-pch-road-trip-option/933828)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-pch-road-trip-option/933828 "2021-10-26T01:34:10Z")
I am planning to take my three boys (18, 15 and 12) on a 7-8 day road trip down the Pacific Coast Highway in June. I am looking for opinions on two routes. Either Seattle-San Francisco or San Francisco-San Diego. I’m sur… --- ## [(Structural) engineer or architect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/structural-engineer-or-architect/952790)
**Author:** [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/structural-engineer-or-architect/952790 "2021-10-26T01:22:20Z")
Someone I know has a basement which only extends to about 3/4 the width of her house; the rest is a crawl space. The part with the crawl space also has only one floor above it, while the part with the basement has two fl… --- ## [Texas drag race driver slams into spectators, killing 2 kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-drag-race-driver-slams-into-spectators-killing-2-kids/953107)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-drag-race-driver-slams-into-spectators-killing-2-kids/953107 "2021-10-26T01:08:30Z")
Thread title is the AP story title; this is pretty bad news, folks: --- ## [Integrated Graphics for gaming-feasible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/integrated-graphics-for-gaming-feasible/953080)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/integrated-graphics-for-gaming-feasible/953080 "2021-10-26T00:10:58Z")
I am looking to replace my ancient PC(AMD FX-6300 cpu, Radeon R7 200 gpu), but graphics cards are freakin’ pricey right now. Are there cheaper systems with decent integrated graphics that will do the job? I don’t do sh… --- ## [In today's junk mail: coupons for weed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-todays-junk-mail-coupons-for-weed/953198)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2021, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-todays-junk-mail-coupons-for-weed/953198 "2021-10-25T23:16:19Z")
I thought it was mind-blowing when, a few years ago, dispensary billboards starting appearing on our northern California highways. But today’s junk mail included, for the first time, a packet of coupons for $10 off your… --- ## [Soprano's credit: Marie Donato 2 to 5/7 to 9](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-credit-marie-donato-2-to-5-7-to-9/67136)
**Author:** [@djbdjb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djbdjb)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-credit-marie-donato-2-to-5-7-to-9/67136 "2021-10-25T22:18:07Z")
This strange credit appears after some Soprano’s episodes (one such is #31). What is “2 to 5/7 to 9”, a character’s name? I have searched for Marie Donato and get some hits on this person joining show, but no mention of … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1303) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1305)