# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1355 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1356 --- ## [Was my dad full of it? A story he used to tell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-my-dad-full-of-it-a-story-he-used-to-tell/949583)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-my-dad-full-of-it-a-story-he-used-to-tell/949583 "2021-08-29T02:06:33Z")
Not sure where this should go, I’ll try here. My dad was a straight up kind of guy. No nonsense. Not a joker. So anyway he told me this story once. As a kid he grew up during the depression. Once while exploring along … --- ## [Essay says '“The Simpsons” hasn’t declined due to bad writing; its outdated politics no longer make sense"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/essay-says-the-simpsons-hasn-t-declined-due-to-bad-writing-its-outdated-politics-no-longer-make-sense/938366)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/essay-says-the-simpsons-hasn-t-declined-due-to-bad-writing-its-outdated-politics-no-longer-make-sense/938366 "2021-08-29T01:33:46Z")
I dont think things are as bleak as this guy thinks it is but other than a few of the special Halloween episodes i haven’t watched the Simpsons since the early 2000s https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/“the-simpsons”-hasn… --- ## [Yay, the Hatch Chilies are here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-the-hatch-chilies-are-here/919084)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2021, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-the-hatch-chilies-are-here/919084 "2021-08-28T23:59:32Z")
:grinning: Here In Michigan at least. The last few years they either never showed up, or showed up in such small numbers they were sold out before I found any. Still way to damn hot out to start thinking about any Chi… --- ## [When was the last recorded brawl in the US House of Representatives or Senate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-recorded-brawl-in-the-us-house-of-representatives-or-senate/949678)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2021, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-recorded-brawl-in-the-us-house-of-representatives-or-senate/949678 "2021-08-28T23:31:55Z")
When was the last recorded brawl in the US House of Representatives or Senate ? --- ## [Terrible movie - "The Ghost Writer" - is 84% on RT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-movie-the-ghost-writer-is-84-on-rt/949470)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-movie-the-ghost-writer-is-84-on-rt/949470 "2021-08-28T21:38:01Z")
This past weekend my lady and I watched a 2010 film, “The Ghost Writer,” starring a bunch of supposedly good actors. It’s about a ghostwriter, played by Ewan MacGregor, who is asked to write the biography of former Brit… --- ## [Is there a way to gift someone a jam tape these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-gift-someone-a-jam-tape-these-days/949581)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2021, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-gift-someone-a-jam-tape-these-days/949581 "2021-08-28T20:50:22Z")
Title kinda says it all. I’d like to make a mix tape (digital…not an actual cassette). Is there a way to do that and gift it to someone these days? I am NOT looking to steal music. I am asking if I can buy the music … --- ## [Never will I ever. .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-will-i-ever/949576)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-will-i-ever/949576 "2021-08-28T20:20:14Z")
…go skydiving. I mention this because I was watching a show the other day with my wife that had people skydiving and my wife said that she’d like to do that sometime. Back in her single days, before we met, she actually… --- ## [\[Students of\] Cajon Valley School District, what the ever living fuck were you thinking?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/students-of-cajon-valley-school-district-what-the-ever-living-fuck-were-you-thinking/949530)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/students-of-cajon-valley-school-district-what-the-ever-living-fuck-were-you-thinking/949530 "2021-08-28T19:28:36Z")
https://thehill.com/policy/international/middle-east-north-africa/569307-dozens-of-california-students-parents-stranded Dozens of California students and parents are stranded in Afghanistan after taking a summer trip t… --- ## [Songs that mention import cars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-import-cars/942918)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-import-cars/942918 "2021-08-28T19:13:48Z")
Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz and Porsche Eagles - Hotel California - Mercedes Benz Beach boys - Dead Man’s Curve - Jaguar XKE --- ## [Buy a Dehumidifier Between 2009 and 2017? Check for Recall/Partial Refund](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-a-dehumidifier-between-2009-and-2017-check-for-recall-partial-refund/949685)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-a-dehumidifier-between-2009-and-2017-check-for-recall-partial-refund/949685 "2021-08-28T18:37:36Z")
About 2 million of the recalled dehumidifiers were sold at retailers nationwide including Costco, Lowe’s, Menards and Walmart from February 2009 through August 2017 for between $120 and $430 each… They are giving parti… --- ## [Help me choose my #1 pick for my fantasy football team](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-my-1-pick-for-my-fantasy-football-team/949665)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-my-1-pick-for-my-fantasy-football-team/949665 "2021-08-28T17:47:04Z")
Unfortunately I drew the #1 pick in my 10-team 1/2 PPR league, with a snake draft order. This means that my #1 pick is very important, as I don’t go again until #20 and #21. The obvious contenders are Christian McCaffr… --- ## [Need recipe for a non-spicy but TASTY green papaya salad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-recipe-for-a-non-spicy-but-tasty-green-papaya-salad/949662)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2021, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-recipe-for-a-non-spicy-but-tasty-green-papaya-salad/949662 "2021-08-28T15:16:02Z")
Title says it all, I want a recipe that will be suitable for kids and my own aversion to spicy-spicy stuff. I love the taste of spicy foods, but my bloody teeth hurt for hours afterwards. So, needing some alternative se… --- ## [Legally when can US soldiers disobey an order to surrender](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legally-when-can-us-soldiers-disobey-an-order-to-surrender/949506)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2021, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legally-when-can-us-soldiers-disobey-an-order-to-surrender/949506 "2021-08-28T14:17:59Z")
I’ve read some stories about Afghanistan where Afghan commando units were ready to fight the taliban, but their officers told them to surrender and give up their weapons instead. In the US military, what situations can … --- ## [Weight difference between fully charged and discharged phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-difference-between-fully-charged-and-discharged-phone/947319)
**Author:** [@Nansbread1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nansbread1)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2021, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-difference-between-fully-charged-and-discharged-phone/947319 "2021-08-28T13:25:12Z")
So what is the difference in weight between full and empty battery in mobile phones. Can that be used as a measure for weight of energy? If not why not. --- ## [How small is the smallest microchip? How large are vaccine needles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-small-is-the-smallest-microchip-how-large-are-vaccine-needles/949218)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2021, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-small-is-the-smallest-microchip-how-large-are-vaccine-needles/949218 "2021-08-28T11:52:39Z")
People who believe conspiracies (not necessarily Conspiracy Theorists, but also people who aren’t ‘all in’) have said microchips are being put into vaccines to track people or for some other nefarious purpose. My sister… --- ## [Lefty/righty guitar or ukulele playing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefty-righty-guitar-or-ukulele-playing/949365)
**Author:** [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2021, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefty-righty-guitar-or-ukulele-playing/949365 "2021-08-28T06:39:54Z")
So, long story short: I am thinking of trying to learn to play the ukulele at age 50, using one that’s already lying around my house. It’s a standard “right hand strumming” uke, and I’m a lefty. Does this really matter? … --- ## [Chain places I miss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chain-places-i-miss/947721)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2021, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chain-places-i-miss/947721 "2021-08-28T06:17:09Z")
Recently the only Great Steak and Potato closed their only local location (NE Ohio), which I miss their steak and egg sandwiches and hone fries. I also miss, in no particular order, White Castle, Qdobo, Ponderosa, Hardee… --- ## [Keypad Unicode entry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keypad-unicode-entry/840739)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2021, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keypad-unicode-entry/840739 "2021-08-28T04:18:02Z")
My Google-Fu has failed due to the wide variety of contradictory information on this subject. Simply put, in Windows 10 can you manually type a string to get a Unicode character? The answers have varied between yes, no, … --- ## [What comes after "iT'S AN ExPerimENtAl drUg THErApy!" in the antivax playbook?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comes-after-its-an-experimental-drug-therapy-in-the-antivax-playbook/946934)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2021, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comes-after-its-an-experimental-drug-therapy-in-the-antivax-playbook/946934 "2021-08-28T01:36:17Z")
There were competing claims in the news over the weekend saying that one of the mRNA vaccines is likely to be fully approve by September or January, but regardless, it’s going to happen soon-ish. Why it’s taking so long … --- ## [Aftermath of the Sturgis SD Motorcycle Rally](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aftermath-of-the-sturgis-sd-motorcycle-rally/919616)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2021, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aftermath-of-the-sturgis-sd-motorcycle-rally/919616 "2021-08-28T00:13:50Z")
This might not be Mundane or Pointless, but I’m note sure where else to put it. In the wake of the Sturgis Motocycle Rally held on August 7-16 2020, I notice that South Dakota has, according to the Johns Hopkins coronav… --- ## [Hurricane Ida](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ida/949644)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ida/949644 "2021-08-27T22:46:38Z")
Is it reasonable to assume that New Orleans defences have been sufficiently improved in the 16 years since Katrina to withstand Ida - forecast to be a cat 3. --- ## [Pop culture question re Mark Wahlberg](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-question-re-mark-wahlberg/949598)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-question-re-mark-wahlberg/949598 "2021-08-27T22:31:20Z")
I was having a conversation with a friend today regarding various movies and television series. And at one point I made a brief aside about Mark Wahlberg being a horrible human being. My friend looked at me in confusion… --- ## [Someone please help me refute what this doctor is saying about covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-please-help-me-refute-what-this-doctor-is-saying-about-covid/948347)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Hamsandwich)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-please-help-me-refute-what-this-doctor-is-saying-about-covid/948347 "2021-08-27T22:14:34Z")
This video is from a local town hall that is close by to where I live. He claims that the recommendations made by the CDC and others are completely false as it applies to how to effectively deal with the corona virus. Th… --- ## [Is there a way to make a thread show posts in chronological order?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-a-thread-show-posts-in-chronological-order/947152)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-a-thread-show-posts-in-chronological-order/947152 "2021-08-27T21:58:24Z")
A couple of threads recently got merged into one: Now you have posts all jumbled up chronologically. I assume there is a way to change my settings to make the posts go in proper order, does anyone know how to do that… --- ## [Confederate Flag: offensive or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confederate-flag-offensive-or-not/949450)
**Author:** [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confederate-flag-offensive-or-not/949450 "2021-08-27T21:14:23Z")
I’m a high school teacher in a south Texas town (though I’m not from around here). We regularly write up students with inappropriate clothing: crop-top shirts, too-mini-skirts, sleeveless shirts for boys, transparent c… --- ## [Do you have a Cobbler?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-cobbler/949048)
**Author:** [@Somethingwitty1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Somethingwitty1)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-cobbler/949048 "2021-08-27T19:45:23Z")
When I was young it was quite common to have the heels on my dress shoes replaced, also the soles. (required daily for school) I don’t wear dress shoes very often, maybe once a year for weddings/funerals or meeting the… --- ## [Which of these horror film ideas do you think are the best?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-horror-film-ideas-do-you-think-are-the-best/949563)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-horror-film-ideas-do-you-think-are-the-best/949563 "2021-08-27T17:54:09Z")
Which of these horror film ideas do you think are the best or have the most potential? Which of these would you see if they were actual films? I can elaborate on any of them if necessary. 1: A highly advanced sadistic… --- ## [Would selecting the personnel of the Afghan national Army from people who had the most to lose from a taliban takeover have helped](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-selecting-the-personnel-of-the-afghan-national-army-from-people-who-had-the-most-to-lose-from-a-taliban-takeover-have-helped/949539)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-selecting-the-personnel-of-the-afghan-national-army-from-people-who-had-the-most-to-lose-from-a-taliban-takeover-have-helped/949539 "2021-08-27T17:38:39Z")
I know we’re all playing armchair general here, but I think it was Panache45 who mentioned how the ANA should’ve been staffed with women, implying because women have more to lose from a taliban takeover than men do. Whi… --- ## [What do middle-class and up people do at parties when they're over 30?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-middle-class-and-up-people-do-at-parties-when-theyre-over-30/947996)
**Author:** [@antonn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonn)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-middle-class-and-up-people-do-at-parties-when-theyre-over-30/947996 "2021-08-27T17:13:28Z")
Other than drugs or orgies. --- ## [Customer Service Surveys (phone)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customer-service-surveys-phone/949569)
**Author:** [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customer-service-surveys-phone/949569 "2021-08-27T17:09:32Z")
It’s very common, when calling customer service, for the automated process to ask you to remain on the line after the call for a survey on how satisfied you were with the customer service. I almost never accept this. Bes… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1354) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1356)