# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=136&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 137 --- ## [Getting "no embedded media" pop-up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-no-embedded-media-pop-up/1027813)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2026, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-no-embedded-media-pop-up/1027813 "2026-02-27T00:39:32Z")
In the Scale Modelling Thread in the Miscellaneous and Personal forum, I’ve been able to submit posts with photos and never got that pop-up, and posted all my photos totally fine. Pretty sure I didn’t do anything differe… --- ## [Hypothetical: a modern Zippo lighter on a Caribbean pirate ship of the classic period (early 18th century)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-a-modern-zippo-lighter-on-a-caribbean-pirate-ship-of-the-classic-period-early-18th-century/1027936)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2026, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-a-modern-zippo-lighter-on-a-caribbean-pirate-ship-of-the-classic-period-early-18th-century/1027936 "2026-02-26T22:43:34Z")
Let me first explain how this question came about: my dear Doper friend @The\_Butterfly\_s\_Ghost and I are both smokers, they only occasionally while I have been addicted for decades. We both have and love our Zippo lighte… --- ## [Does anyone still read Lileks's daily blog (The Bleat)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-still-read-lilekss-daily-blog-the-bleat/1024437)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2026, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-still-read-lilekss-daily-blog-the-bleat/1024437 "2026-02-26T22:38:54Z")
I read it every morning. I like hearing what’s going on with him, even though our politics don’t align, and seeing the amusing daily stuff he scans in and comments on. He’s going through a very rough patch. Earlier in… --- ## [How might this hypothetical “egg doneness” detector work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-might-this-hypothetical-egg-doneness-detector-work/1027907)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2026, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-might-this-hypothetical-egg-doneness-detector-work/1027907 "2026-02-26T21:40:10Z")
Let’s say we have an unlimited budget and we don’t care much about practicality, and our goal is to be able to receive an egg, which has been boiled for an unknown duration, and determine its doneness, which I would defi… --- ## [Did ancient warriors run headlong into battle shouting “For \[their cause\]!”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ancient-warriors-run-headlong-into-battle-shouting-for-their-cause/1027067)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2026, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ancient-warriors-run-headlong-into-battle-shouting-for-their-cause/1027067 "2026-02-26T21:00:24Z")
You know how, at various points in The Return of the King, Merry and/or Pippin will shout “for the Shire!” or “for Frodo!” before running to battle and certain death? Did ancient warriors really do this or is it artistic… --- ## [The Lone Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lone-ranger/1027456)
**Author:** [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lone-ranger/1027456 "2026-02-26T20:05:18Z")
I was scrolling through YouTube and saw in the feed The Lone Ranger Takes on the Masked woman. The masked woman was played by Phyllis Coates who played Lois Lane from The Adventures of Superman. It was a fun episode that… --- ## [Let's write a song, one stanza at the time, that subverts the expectation of a bawdy rhyme (better explained in Post #1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-write-a-song-one-stanza-at-the-time-that-subverts-the-expectation-of-a-bawdy-rhyme-better-explained-in-post-1/1028003)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2026, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-write-a-song-one-stanza-at-the-time-that-subverts-the-expectation-of-a-bawdy-rhyme-better-explained-in-post-1/1028003 "2026-02-26T15:24:50Z")
Never mind, another poster already started this thread, I’m asking a mod to close it. --- ## [Closed Captioning question - possibly BBC related](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closed-captioning-question-possibly-bbc-related/1027962)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2026, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closed-captioning-question-possibly-bbc-related/1027962 "2026-02-26T15:21:19Z")
Possibly an FQ but since it’s about TV I thought I’d put it here. My wife and I watch British murder mysteries on Britbox. One thing we’ve noticed is that whenever someone is reading something aloud or quoting someone, t… --- ## [The man from the motor trade](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-from-the-motor-trade/1027655)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-from-the-motor-trade/1027655 "2026-02-26T15:20:28Z")
In The Beatles’ song She’s Leaving Home, Friday morning at nine o’clock she is far away Waiting to keep the appointment she made Meeting a man from the motor trade. This has never been very clear to me. First, “motor… --- ## [My thoughts on albums everybody has already heard.(recommendations accepted)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thoughts-on-albums-everybody-has-already-heard-recommendations-accepted/667217)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 508\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thoughts-on-albums-everybody-has-already-heard-recommendations-accepted/667217 "2026-02-26T15:08:26Z")
I am looking for suggestions, so please leave yours for me to “review” if you like. Also, please add yours if you had similar experiences. I grew up rather musically clueless. I listen to no popular music, or really any… --- ## [Films directed by Francis Ford Coppola](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-directed-by-francis-ford-coppola/975271)
**Author:** [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-directed-by-francis-ford-coppola/975271 "2026-02-26T14:33:58Z")
For very different reasons, I think The Godfather and Apocalypse Now are among the all-time best from any director, and The Godfather Part II is almost in the same category, IMO. The rest that I’ve seen are just okay: Br… --- ## [What's missing/awry/disturbing about people's lives that MAGA/hard-right populism is so attractive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-missing-awry-disturbing-about-peoples-lives-that-maga-hard-right-populism-is-so-attractive/1027436)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-missing-awry-disturbing-about-peoples-lives-that-maga-hard-right-populism-is-so-attractive/1027436 "2026-02-26T14:19:36Z")
After innumerable threads around here, I’ve wondered why so many people seem to be so attracted to the whole right-wing populist agenda and ideology. Specifcally, what about the modern world isn’t working for these peop… --- ## [What THE HECK was this guy shot with? (video not graphic)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-was-this-guy-shot-with-video-not-graphic/1026623)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-was-this-guy-shot-with-video-not-graphic/1026623 "2026-02-26T14:12:33Z")
A police officer supposedly shot last night in the Law Enforcement Center parking lot. But the video looks exactly like fireworks, and left a huge burned dent (not to mention huge holes) in the car. https://www.wspa.c… --- ## [What is this device called? (rope + stick grab tool)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-device-called-rope-stick-grab-tool/1027939)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2026, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-device-called-rope-stick-grab-tool/1027939 "2026-02-26T02:41:15Z")
This could come in very handy. I saw this in this Instagram clip ➜ https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVFKA8-jl08 :black\_square\_button: (It might play in Spanish but I saw it in English.) It’s a device that you make with a… --- ## [Lauren Chapin aka "Kitten" of Father Knows Best, dead at 80](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lauren-chapin-aka-kitten-of-father-knows-best-dead-at-80/1027982)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2026, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lauren-chapin-aka-kitten-of-father-knows-best-dead-at-80/1027982 "2026-02-26T02:14:01Z")
Lauren Chapin, Youngest Child on ‘Father Knows Best,’ Dies at 80 For six seasons, she was Kathy, a giggly tomboy whose father, played by Robert Young, called her Kitten. Her offscreen life, however, was harrowing https… --- ## [Can this SCOTUS ruling on USPS discrimination affect mail-in voting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-this-scotus-ruling-on-usps-discrimination-affect-mail-in-voting/1027969)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2026, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-this-scotus-ruling-on-usps-discrimination-affect-mail-in-voting/1027969 "2026-02-26T01:42:46Z")
The Supreme Court just ruled that you cannot sue the USPS over otherwise illegal discrimination when it comes to mail delivery: Court holds that U.S. Postal Service can’t be sued over intentionally misdelivered mail - SC… --- ## [Algebra/geometry question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/algebra-geometry-question/1027935)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2026, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/algebra-geometry-question/1027935 "2026-02-26T00:57:41Z")
At least I don’t think resorting to Trigonometry should be necessary; but here’s hoping. My question is related to what’s known as the right triangle altitude theorem, aka. the geometric mean theorem. Basically, when yo… --- ## [Contesting a speeding ticket from a camera rather than an in-person stop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contesting-a-speeding-ticket-from-a-camera-rather-than-an-in-person-stop/1017745)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2026, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contesting-a-speeding-ticket-from-a-camera-rather-than-an-in-person-stop/1017745 "2026-02-26T00:04:08Z")
Got a summons in the mail for going 52 in a 35 mph school zone. I remember where I was very well and I saw the school zone sign maybe 50 yards ahead. Took my foot of the brake for just a second, slowing down from 55 w… --- ## [What has replaced 'mix tapes' for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-replaced-mix-tapes-for-you/1027944)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2026, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-replaced-mix-tapes-for-you/1027944 "2026-02-25T22:13:21Z")
I still have a lot of CDs and a CD burner but no CD player. I don’t think cars even come with them anymore, do they? It seems like all of the convenient ways to listen to a compilation of your favorite music has gone by … --- ## [Need a VPN for Netflix and I am a noob](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-vpn-for-netflix-and-i-am-a-noob/1027964)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2026, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-vpn-for-netflix-and-i-am-a-noob/1027964 "2026-02-25T21:03:19Z")
Rise of the Raven is a Netflix series and it looks super cool. It appears to be only available in Hungry so I’m going to need a VPN of some sort to watch it in the US. I have no idea what I’m doing and since it’s just … --- ## [The old magoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-magoo/451898)
**Author:** [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2026, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-magoo/451898 "2026-02-25T20:45:27Z")
So every year my wife watches Christmas in Connecticut. Early on in the movie one of the military guys tells the other the way to get what he wants from a nurse is to “give her the old magoo”. As sexually euphemistic as… --- ## [International left-right flag flips](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-left-right-flag-flips/1027908)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-left-right-flag-flips/1027908 "2026-02-25T19:34:09Z")
The U.S. flag is very asymmetric to left-right image flips. So, it’s very obvious when a flag is depicted on a right shoulder that it’s been flipped left-right, to mimic how a flag on a pole in motion appears. And the U.… --- ## [Here’s what I think of casting Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-s-what-i-think-of-casting-tom-cruise-as-jack-reacher/1027876)
**Author:** [@hideousidiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hideousidiot)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-s-what-i-think-of-casting-tom-cruise-as-jack-reacher/1027876 "2026-02-25T14:33:51Z")
If they would have cast the tiny (5’7”?) Cruise as the gigantic Jack Reacher but cast all the other parts with very short actors (except the actors who played in scenes without Cruise in them, like the shooting victims, … --- ## [Man armed with gun and fuel can shot dead after breaking into Trump's Mar-a-Lago property](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-armed-with-gun-and-fuel-can-shot-dead-after-breaking-into-trumps-mar-a-lago-property/1027891)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2026, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-armed-with-gun-and-fuel-can-shot-dead-after-breaking-into-trumps-mar-a-lago-property/1027891 "2026-02-25T13:38:41Z")
Man shot dead after allegedly trying to enter Mar-a-Largo. Man has not yet been named. Some information in this short YouTube clip --- ## [Childhood rhymes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-rhymes/1026557)
**Author:** [@jojo2hot4u](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jojo2hot4u)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2026, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-rhymes/1026557 "2026-02-25T06:18:52Z")
There once was a man from Peru He fell asleep in a canoe He was holding his penis While dreaming of Venus And woke up with a handful of goo There were other versions too…anyone have anything similar --- ## [How long will Trump ramble on at the this years SotU?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-trump-ramble-on-at-the-this-years-sotu/1027941)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2026, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-trump-ramble-on-at-the-this-years-sotu/1027941 "2026-02-25T04:04:43Z")
He’s been on a tear lately jamming up captive audiences for hours on end at seemingly innocuous events. How long do you think he’ll ramble on tonight? Also, how many times will he mention Biden? poll --- ## [The Doorman cometh](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doorman-cometh/1027911)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2026, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doorman-cometh/1027911 "2026-02-25T03:39:59Z")
I’m not sure. It may just be my addled brain… A guy was holding the door into the pharmacy. 4 or 5 people walked in as he held the door. Me and Ivy were nearing the entrance, I see his other hand doing a weird come-on … --- ## [What music are you listening to right now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-are-you-listening-to-right-now/1015881)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2026, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-are-you-listening-to-right-now/1015881 "2026-02-25T03:11:38Z")
We lost our entire music collection in the fire, decades of filk, gone. I put on Meg Davis’s Captain Jack And The Mermaid on Amazon Prime not long ago and “My Winter Rose” is currently playing. I’ll probably put on Fis… --- ## [NASA redaction (Starliner)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-redaction-starliner/1027921)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2026, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-redaction-starliner/1027921 "2026-02-25T02:38:36Z")
nasa-report-with-redactions-021926.pdf NASA has released a redacted report on the recent Starliner fiasco. Astronauts parked in space while they waited for a ride home, while and after they decided that Starliner wasn’t… --- ## [The Pentagon won't commit to not using AI for domestic spying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pentagon-wont-commit-to-not-using-ai-for-domestic-spying/1027949)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2026, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pentagon-wont-commit-to-not-using-ai-for-domestic-spying/1027949 "2026-02-25T01:49:18Z")
(Not sure if this belongs here. Mods, please don’t hesitate to move.) This article on CNBC : “Anthropic faces Friday deadline in Defense AI clash with Hegseth” Anthropic is the company behind Claude, among the most suc… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=135&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=137&state=watching)