# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1331 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1332 --- ## [Air Conditioner Performance Under Stress - One Machine Two Rooms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-conditioner-performance-under-stress-one-machine-two-rooms/949595)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2021, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-conditioner-performance-under-stress-one-machine-two-rooms/949595 "2021-09-10T06:05:06Z")
My AC works fine according to the settings until the temp gets somewhere in the 90s for a certain time, and then I put it on 71 degrees, high power and leave it, and I cant get the place below 83 most of the day and til … --- ## [What is the British meaning of "tea and a slice"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-british-meaning-of-tea-and-a-slice/637349)
**Author:** [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-british-meaning-of-tea-and-a-slice/637349 "2021-09-25T21:03:10Z")
At the end of the Pink Floyd song Us and Them from “The Dark Side of the Moon”, there are the lyrics: \*“Out of the way, it’s a busy day I’ve got things on my mind” For want of the price of tea and a slice The old man… --- ## [Say I'm the landlord, a church wants to pay a tenant's rent, W-2?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-im-the-landlord-a-church-wants-to-pay-a-tenants-rent-w-2/951298)
**Author:** [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-im-the-landlord-a-church-wants-to-pay-a-tenants-rent-w-2/951298 "2021-09-25T21:00:51Z")
Let’s call him Sam, he’s behind in rent. Sam’s pastor at his church offers to pay his rent. A check is sent to cover Sam’s rent, but includes a stipulation requiring the LL to fill out a W-2 essentially becoming an e… --- ## [Your Favorite Iconic American Rock(ish) Band](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-iconic-american-rock-ish-band/951143)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-iconic-american-rock-ish-band/951143 "2021-09-25T20:54:42Z")
Ok, I tried to make the title pretty clear. This poll will consist of well-known, big-selling, American rock bands (that definition is malleable.) I’m trying to see current popular opinion on iconic American bands circa … --- ## [Scientific American disses Jedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientific-american-disses-jedi/951309)
**Author:** [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientific-american-disses-jedi/951309 "2021-09-25T20:30:59Z")
An article in the Scientific American considers the Star Wars Jedi to be bad role models. They are a religious order of intergalactic police-monks, prone to (white) saviorism and toxically masculine approaches to confl… --- ## [Popular culture stagnation since mid-1990s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-culture-stagnation-since-mid-1990s/949625)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-culture-stagnation-since-mid-1990s/949625 "2021-09-25T20:26:38Z")
So after reading a bunch of threads over the past few years about music, TV, etc… it seems to me that there’s some kind of cultural stagnation going on that wasn’t the case in the 20th century. Cultural trends used to … --- ## [Two warnings, one offence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-warnings-one-offence/951229)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-warnings-one-offence/951229 "2021-09-25T19:38:46Z")
Moderation happened in the above thread, starting at post #99 The hijack continued. @What\_Exit issued a warning: And then Hari\_Seldon issued a warning: It seems to me that this is two warnings for the same offen… --- ## [Discovery of x-rays](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovery-of-x-rays/951160)
**Author:** [@Obeseus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obeseus)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovery-of-x-rays/951160 "2021-09-25T19:31:59Z")
Are there any experts on radiation and x-rays here? According to local legend, a man in my hometown almost discovered x-rays. As the story goes, he was a rope maker, and he would select the best raw materials by magnifyi… --- ## [Can a cormorant fly with a fish hanging out of its mouth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-cormorant-fly-with-a-fish-hanging-out-of-its-mouth/951231)
**Author:** [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-cormorant-fly-with-a-fish-hanging-out-of-its-mouth/951231 "2021-09-25T17:22:27Z")
This is not a purely academic question. I was at Niagara Falls today. As I was right at the rail near the top of Horseshoe Falls, I saw a bird floating on the water. I’m guessing it was a cormorant, and it had a fish … --- ## [Creating realistic-appearing humanoid robots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-realistic-appearing-humanoid-robots/951017)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-realistic-appearing-humanoid-robots/951017 "2021-09-25T17:27:43Z")
Forgetting the AI brain and just focusing on the physical appearance. I’m curious how possible it is/would be to create humanoid robots that actually looked indistinguishable from a human. In the show Westworld, the gu… --- ## [Cheese and yogurt consumption seems to reduce death rates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheese-and-yogurt-consumption-seems-to-reduce-death-rates/922211)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheese-and-yogurt-consumption-seems-to-reduce-death-rates/922211 "2021-09-25T16:54:41Z")
Eat Cheese or Die! This has long been Wisconsin’s unofficial motto (along with: Wisconsin! Smell our Dairy Air!) But now there’s scientific evidence that it’s true. The consumption of cheese, yogurt and reduced fat m… --- ## [Legal: When does something become a "moot point"? Asking about Biden COVID mandates in court](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-when-does-something-become-a-moot-point-asking-about-biden-covid-mandates-in-court/951276)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-when-does-something-become-a-moot-point-asking-about-biden-covid-mandates-in-court/951276 "2021-09-25T16:05:46Z")
President Biden has issued some executive orders regarding vaccines related to COVID. As expected, there are some who are challenging these orders. My question is, will a court case challenging these orders continue ev… --- ## [My friend has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-has-died/949067)
**Author:** [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-has-died/949067 "2021-09-25T14:50:59Z")
I found out today that one of my friends, who was also a colleague, died last week. So far, there’s no other information. We had been talking just a couple of weeks ago about collaborating on some projects, our writing, … --- ## [Uneducated Voters Are Republican](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uneducated-voters-are-republican/950894)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uneducated-voters-are-republican/950894 "2021-09-25T14:41:40Z")
This thread is prompted by the current Twitter trend about the 'diploma divide" in the California recall and how much more pronounced it is compared to the original gubernatorial race only a few years ago. But this is… --- ## [Beto O’Rourke for TX Governor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beto-o-rourke-for-tx-governor/950969)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beto-o-rourke-for-tx-governor/950969 "2021-09-25T14:05:36Z")
Mixed feelings. Beto got totally unhinged during his presidential primary run. Still, the Democratic bench is very weak in TX and he starts with massive name recognition and is a proven fundraiser. Abbott has definite… --- ## [Sarah Sanders running for Arkansas Gov 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-sanders-running-for-arkansas-gov-2022/931440)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-sanders-running-for-arkansas-gov-2022/931440 "2021-09-25T13:56:53Z")
Seems she’s dropped the Huckabee; not sure that’ll help distance her from herself, to be honest.\* Does she have a chance? And would she be a better governor than she was a press secretary? \*Did you see what I did th… --- ## [Who has been pressured by family and friends NOT to get vaccinated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-been-pressured-by-family-and-friends-not-to-get-vaccinated/950050)
**Author:** [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-been-pressured-by-family-and-friends-not-to-get-vaccinated/950050 "2021-09-25T12:07:01Z")
This is something that makes zero sense to me. Please tell me if I’m living in a bubble. I read a column about football players claiming they aren’t getting vaccinated due to “pressure from family and friends.” Then I re… --- ## [Annoying Win10 issue: "This action can't be completed because the folder or a file in it is open in another program"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-win10-issue-this-action-cant-be-completed-because-the-folder-or-a-file-in-it-is-open-in-another-program/951195)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-win10-issue-this-action-cant-be-completed-because-the-folder-or-a-file-in-it-is-open-in-another-program/951195 "2021-09-25T11:40:55Z")
This happens to me from time to time when I try to rename, move or delete a file or folder, despite the fact that it is NOT currently being used in any program, and it’s somewhat maddening when I’m busy and trying to get… --- ## [WWE Friday Night Smackdown!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwe-friday-night-smackdown/951105)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwe-friday-night-smackdown/951105 "2021-09-25T11:39:17Z")
It seems I am taking my stepson and the gang to WWE Friday Night Smackdown this week. Tickets were $50, by the way. Any idea how long such a show lasts? It starts at 7.45. --- ## [I Didn't Know Ed Asner Was Still Alive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-know-ed-asner-was-still-alive/950071)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-know-ed-asner-was-still-alive/950071 "2021-09-25T10:32:43Z")
My mother used to say this. When they said in the news some famous person had died, she said she didn’t even know they were still alive. My mother was an exceptional individual. So she wasn’t being morbid or cruel. She … --- ## [Why did USA Gymnastics and others protect Larry Nassar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-usa-gymnastics-and-others-protect-larry-nassar/951070)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-usa-gymnastics-and-others-protect-larry-nassar/951070 "2021-09-25T09:50:33Z")
I know this is sports related, but not really about the sport of gymnastics. Mods you can move it if you want to. I really don’t understand why USA Gymnastics and others protected Larry Nassar. Even if they didn’t car… --- ## [Why was "Is there a bottom line to all these “Sovereign citizen” cases?" thread closed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-is-there-a-bottom-line-to-all-these-sovereign-citizen-cases-thread-closed/950973)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-is-there-a-bottom-line-to-all-these-sovereign-citizen-cases-thread-closed/950973 "2021-09-25T07:11:28Z")
This thread here was closed by What Exit. All the posts are gone and What Exit said it was merged into some wacky-ass thread … but that thread appears to not exist. So the thread and all the posts were effectively co… --- ## [The Emperor's New Groove "ravine climb": Is the first part theoretically possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emperors-new-groove-ravine-climb-is-the-first-part-theoretically-possible/951293)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emperors-new-groove-ravine-climb-is-the-first-part-theoretically-possible/951293 "2021-09-25T04:40:18Z")
In the Disney movie The Emperor’s New Groove, Kuzco and Pacha both fall down a ravine and end up crashing back to back, with their legs touching opposite sides of the ravine. They hook their arms together … --- ## [PC Games we might have missed (or should revisit)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-games-we-might-have-missed-or-should-revisit/950083)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-games-we-might-have-missed-or-should-revisit/950083 "2021-09-25T04:24:34Z")
With a long weekend ahead of me and no big plans beyond one picnic I thought I might get some solid game time in. I then realized I’m not quite sure what to choose. I have plenty of never played games in my library but… --- ## [Cold War: Realpolitik or Idealogical?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-war-realpolitik-or-idealogical/951294)
**Author:** [@Somethingwitty1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Somethingwitty1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-war-realpolitik-or-idealogical/951294 "2021-09-25T03:13:59Z")
Did the Soviet Union (Communist Party, Stalin, or however you define it) ever really believe they were going to “free the world” from capitalism? Or did they just get tired of being invaded so they set up a buffer zone … --- ## [Aww, I offer sleeping puppies to the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aww-i-offer-sleeping-puppies-to-the-sdmb/950960)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aww-i-offer-sleeping-puppies-to-the-sdmb/950960 "2021-09-25T02:47:52Z")
It’s been a rough day. I ran across these sleeping puppy pics and thought they should be shared. I raised my last dog. A tiny chihuahua and only 14 weeks old. It’s amazing how much puppies sleep. They can be walking one… --- ## ["I'd like a Bacon Cheeseburger" "Sorry we don't have a Bacon Cheeseburger at McDonald's"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-a-bacon-cheeseburger-sorry-we-dont-have-a-bacon-cheeseburger-at-mcdonalds/951212)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-a-bacon-cheeseburger-sorry-we-dont-have-a-bacon-cheeseburger-at-mcdonalds/951212 "2021-09-25T02:22:04Z")
In my continuing adventures of always being behind the worst people in any store, I was behind a man at McDonald’s who asked for a Bacon Cheeseburger. The cashier told him they don’t have a Bacon Cheeseburger at McDonald… --- ## [In which room or rooms at the Versailles Palace did the negotiations of the 1919 Paris Peace Conference take place. Hall of Mirrors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-room-or-rooms-at-the-versailles-palace-did-the-negotiations-of-the-1919-paris-peace-conference-take-place-hall-of-mirrors/951273)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-room-or-rooms-at-the-versailles-palace-did-the-negotiations-of-the-1919-paris-peace-conference-take-place-hall-of-mirrors/951273 "2021-09-25T00:26:26Z")
Every article I’ve ever read on the Paris Peace Conference usually devotes a separate mention to the signing of the Versailles Treaty in the Hall of Mirrors, leading me to assume that the negotiations were held elsewhere… --- ## [Status on vaccines for under-12?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/status-on-vaccines-for-under-12/948946)
**Author:** [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/status-on-vaccines-for-under-12/948946 "2021-09-25T00:05:23Z")
Is there any news on when any of the Covid vaccines now approved for people 12-and-over will be approved (emergency or otherwise) for those under 12? For the U.S. in particular, although approval in other countries of v… --- ## [Eight-armed bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-armed-bandit/951283)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-armed-bandit/951283 "2021-09-25T00:00:14Z")
The thread about gorillas having sex in a zoo, reminded me of a letter in the Oct. Scientific American with the above caption. After fish were mysteriously disappearing in an aquarium in England with no sign of breaking… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1330) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1332)