# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1333 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1334 --- ## [Humor that doesn’t age well](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-that-doesn-t-age-well/949723)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 278\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-that-doesn-t-age-well/949723 "2021-09-23T22:17:40Z")
I’m watching Steve Martin’s “Wild and Crazy Guy” routine, and find it hard to believe that people paid good money to watch him back then. Was he universally liked? If so, that humor REALLY hasn’t aged well: … --- ## [What media hottie has the best hips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-media-hottie-has-the-best-hips/334532)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-media-hottie-has-the-best-hips/334532 "2021-09-23T21:55:19Z")
A thread about Teri Hatcher reminded me of what I consider one of her best features – her hips. They’re smooth and rolling and lead quite naturally to where they’re supposed to lead to. Let’s face it, some women have hip… --- ## [Science solves Yeti?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-solves-yeti/803064)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-solves-yeti/803064 "2021-09-23T21:07:29Z")
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/282/1800/20141712.long My theory has always been that the Yeti is real, but simply a rare or unknown bear species (or two) these seem to "bear’ that out. What do my fell… --- ## [Can a valve compress air in water flow to reduce one's water bill?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-valve-compress-air-in-water-flow-to-reduce-ones-water-bill/951122)
**Author:** [@pyromyte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pyromyte)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-valve-compress-air-in-water-flow-to-reduce-ones-water-bill/951122 "2021-09-23T20:22:50Z")
I think my employer is falling for a scam, or at least is being misled. Our corporate dept. wants us to install a water valve just downstream of our main water meter. The valve maker claims this device (in their words) … --- ## [Overtime pay law question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overtime-pay-law-question/950932)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overtime-pay-law-question/950932 "2021-09-23T20:16:01Z")
Not seeking advice of what to do about this, just clarification on the law if possible. My sister has been working 80+ hours/week without an overtime bump. Her boss tells her she can stop at 40 hours if she wants to, bu… --- ## [Pop songs with unusual (or unique) words in the lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-unusual-or-unique-words-in-the-lyrics/951118)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-unusual-or-unique-words-in-the-lyrics/951118 "2021-09-23T19:55:37Z")
The new Billy Bragg song uses the word “autodidact”, which I’m gonna go out on a limb and say is the only use of the word in a popular music track (by some definition of popular music track). Does the dope agree with me… --- ## [Insurance company/CVS Specialty pharmacy weirdness/scam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insurance-company-cvs-specialty-pharmacy-weirdness-scam/951209)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insurance-company-cvs-specialty-pharmacy-weirdness-scam/951209 "2021-09-23T19:29:02Z")
A member of my immediate family is on a slightly unusual prescription medication that we’ve been getting through our insurance (provided through my employer) and delivered by CVS Caremark. We’ve gotten it with little ha… --- ## [Dark Sponge Knows The Secrets Of Judaism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-sponge-knows-the-secrets-of-judaism/945943)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-sponge-knows-the-secrets-of-judaism/945943 "2021-09-23T19:07:25Z")
Obviously, as a Jew I disagree with some major points of Christianity. Among other things, I don’t believe that any part of the Old Testament is a prophecy referring to Jesus Christ. Dark Sponge went still further, posti… --- ## [The history of fan fiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-history-of-fan-fiction/951206)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-history-of-fan-fiction/951206 "2021-09-23T18:26:14Z")
I am interested in the history and genres of fan fiction. Are there any good books and/or websites that could enlighten me? --- ## [Can submarines be refuelled or resupplied under water?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-submarines-be-refuelled-or-resupplied-under-water/951109)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-submarines-be-refuelled-or-resupplied-under-water/951109 "2021-09-23T18:21:31Z")
I know that some kinds of military airplanes can be refuelled while still in the air. Are there any submarines that can be refuelled and/or resupplied while still under water? I suppose this feature might be important … --- ## [Drill For Woodworking, DIY Projects](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drill-for-woodworking-diy-projects/951040)
**Author:** [@al.green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/al.green)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drill-for-woodworking-diy-projects/951040 "2021-09-23T18:08:15Z")
Anyone with the info on drills. I am looking for a corded drill with high RPM and torque for woodworking DIY projects. I know there are many brands out there but, I am a bit hesitant. --- ## [I love this British shit and I move move to England!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-british-shit-and-i-move-move-to-england/940998)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 393\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-british-shit-and-i-move-move-to-england/940998 "2021-09-23T17:58:34Z")
(horrific failure to add a gif from Major League II) My wife and I have been binging English stuff for a while now. We started with Sherlock and Death in Paradise on Netflix We have now moved on to Midsomer Murders and… --- ## [Biden's damage to foreign affairs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-damage-to-foreign-affairs/950202)
**Author:** [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Replies:** 255\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-damage-to-foreign-affairs/950202 "2021-09-23T17:38:31Z")
During Biden’s campaign, he promised to reverse Trump’s handling of foreign affairs on several points. What it all boiled down to was that Trump had a “go it alone” mentality; he basically told our allies, “my way or th… --- ## [Useless body parts that are good for something](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-body-parts-that-are-good-for-something/950487)
**Author:** [@Stego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stego)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-body-parts-that-are-good-for-something/950487 "2021-09-23T16:34:25Z")
I have a little bush of hair in the middle of the otherwise mostly hairless chest. Biologically, it is most certainly useless: too small to be relevant for thermoregulation, too miserable and inconspicuous to be of any u… --- ## [Texas Anti-abortion Law, Unintended consequences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-anti-abortion-law-unintended-consequences/950122)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-anti-abortion-law-unintended-consequences/950122 "2021-09-23T16:23:43Z")
As in, what are the possible or likely ones? The thought that’s been in my head since I first heard of this is that it will have some level of chilling effect on women’s health care in Texas generally. I don’t know if … --- ## [How do you do a job search (or...how do YOU do a job search)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-a-job-search-or-how-do-you-do-a-job-search/942213)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2021, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-a-job-search-or-how-do-you-do-a-job-search/942213 "2021-05-18T13:19:28Z")
There are some other threads on the subject, but they are 5+ years old and may be out of date. The “conventional” approach is you should already have a LinkedIn profile with over 500+ connections and an electronic copy … --- ## [Documentaries On Cults?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/documentaries-on-cults/951119)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/documentaries-on-cults/951119 "2021-09-23T14:07:33Z")
I’ve seen a handful, and most are very good. I just woke up from a nap, but once I get some caffeine, I’ll look some of them up. “Holy Hell” is the only one I can remember at the moment after a quick search. --- ## [What does this POWERSHELL command do? (malware)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-powershell-command-do-malware/837585)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-powershell-command-do-malware/837585 "2021-09-23T13:59:39Z")
I received a Word file that is probably malware. It has a macro that runs on opening, but I disabled it. I ran the macro up to the line where it executes a Run command. The command is POWERSHELL -Enc IAAoACAALgAoACcAbgB… --- ## [Can you print from Collabora on Chrome OS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-print-from-collabora-on-chrome-os/951149)
**Author:** [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-print-from-collabora-on-chrome-os/951149 "2021-09-23T13:05:29Z")
I talked my mother into getting a Chromebook to replace her old Windows 7 laptop and I’m trying to set it up for her. Had a hard time getting it to work with her printer which is too old to work off the network. I got it… --- ## [Seneca on Anger. is it correct to say: "“..Seneca said anger is really about defeated expectations.”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seneca-on-anger-is-it-correct-to-say-seneca-said-anger-is-really-about-defeated-expectations/951100)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seneca-on-anger-is-it-correct-to-say-seneca-said-anger-is-really-about-defeated-expectations/951100 "2021-09-23T12:44:39Z")
SH0CK: Trump goes NUTS as Eric gets ‘MULTIPLE’ subpoena over taxes…Lawyer agrees 'Ivanka’s next My question is whether this person is correct in summarising Seneca’s treatment on anger this way: (30 minute… --- ## [Minecraft scams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minecraft-scams/945877)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minecraft-scams/945877 "2021-09-23T12:05:41Z")
The two young kids of a friend have recently lost all of their ~700 ‘coin’ in Minecraft, and the parent thinks it was ‘stolen’. How would that work? Does some one have their ‘password’? How would that happen? Also, h… --- ## [Slaughtering pigs: CO2 suffocation from burning gasoline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slaughtering-pigs-co2-suffocation-from-burning-gasoline/951162)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slaughtering-pigs-co2-suffocation-from-burning-gasoline/951162 "2021-09-23T11:08:30Z")
There was a small article in today’s newspaper about how they’re having a problem in the UK regarding pigs. It seems pigs are slaughtered by suffocation with CO2, but the price of gas (er petrol) is too high, so they sto… --- ## [Stores that sell scrubs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stores-that-sell-scrubs/192484)
**Author:** [@HeartOfGold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeartOfGold)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stores-that-sell-scrubs/192484 "2021-09-23T09:57:35Z")
So I am on a quest to find a pair of scrubs, but I haven’t been able to find any. I have tried all the medical supply stores in my area (that I know of) and none have carried them – they all seem to only carry, you know… --- ## [Covid and the US vote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-and-the-us-vote/951007)
**Author:** [@ALOHA\_HATER](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ALOHA_HATER)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-and-the-us-vote/951007 "2021-09-23T09:01:00Z")
Republican politicians have made the odd choice of going along with the anti-vax trend. That means the death toll weighs more heavily on GOP voters, in addition to demographic factors that might make them more vulnerable… --- ## [Digital License Plates - Dumbest idea ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-license-plates-dumbest-idea-ever/926740)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2020, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-license-plates-dumbest-idea-ever/926740 "2020-12-04T06:26:23Z")
So, I just read that Michigan is about to join California and Arizona in implementing ‘digital license plates’ - in which your plate is removed and replaced with an E-ink screen that is permanently connected to the gove… --- ## [Neighborly Obligations- What Would you Do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighborly-obligations-what-would-you-do/950237)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighborly-obligations-what-would-you-do/950237 "2021-09-23T05:35:53Z")
I’m having some work done on the wall around the house, and the bobcat had to run up and down the neighbor’s driveway. I got their permission. They are an OLD Chinese couple. Her English is decent, his is none. We get a… --- ## [NFL 2021: Week Two Gentlemen of Verona](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-two-gentlemen-of-verona/950758)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-two-gentlemen-of-verona/950758 "2021-09-22T22:54:21Z")
Interesting Week 1 in the NFL. I always like the over-reactions (Just give Kyler Murray the MVP right now) and idiotic hot takes (the Bears lost because Justin Fields wasn’t their QB). It’s a long season folks. Let’s not… --- ## [Getting a weird "refresh" popup on SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-weird-refresh-popup-on-sdmb/949681)
**Author:** [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-weird-refresh-popup-on-sdmb/949681 "2021-09-22T23:41:43Z")
So, at random intervals, when reading threads here, the screens is darkened and a popup pops up. It reads “You were logged out” and there is a refresh button. If I hit the refresh button I am taken to a very weird versi… --- ## [Stupid TV game show contestants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-tv-game-show-contestants/949702)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-tv-game-show-contestants/949702 "2021-09-22T23:30:15Z")
So I am watching The Game Show Network with My Beloved and something called America Says pops up. Basically, they poll a bunch of people and the contestants have to guess what the most common answers are, being given fi… --- ## [Unvaccinated should preferentially receive scarce monoclonal antibody?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unvaccinated-should-preferentially-receive-scarce-monoclonal-antibody/951092)
**Author:** [@Turki-lurki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turki-lurki)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unvaccinated-should-preferentially-receive-scarce-monoclonal-antibody/951092 "2021-09-22T22:55:54Z")
Unvaccinated should get priority for an effective early covid-19 treatment, some officials say I am horrified at the notion that voluntarily unvaccinated people in distress from covid19 should move ahead of vaccinated… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1332) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1334)