# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1392 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1393 --- ## [Introducing the Bananas Phone...I mean Freedom Phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-the-bananas-phone-i-mean-freedom-phone/946722)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-the-bananas-phone-i-mean-freedom-phone/946722 "2021-07-20T21:40:42Z")
A $120 Chinese phone preloaded with free apps, with modified Android and its own app store–all for $500! --- ## [Can't hear videos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-hear-videos/946908)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-hear-videos/946908 "2021-07-20T19:36:11Z")
Is there a volume button I’ve missed or a setting I’ve messed up? All linked videos from any site (YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion) do not have sound and I must go to the actual sites to hear them. Since it seems to be only … --- ## [The hard part of money laundering](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hard-part-of-money-laundering/944654)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 381\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hard-part-of-money-laundering/944654 "2021-07-20T19:24:09Z")
Say you have a business where customers pay in cash and so you inflate your sales in order to launder money. How much money can you really launder that way? Won’t it be immediately obvious that this business is making wa… --- ## [The end of masking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-masking/942032)
**Author:** [@HughGoply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HughGoply)\ **Replies:** 403\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-masking/942032 "2021-07-20T19:13:36Z")
New CDC guidance: anyone who is fully vaccinated can participate in indoor and outdoor activities – large or small – without wearing a mask or physical distancing. --- ## [Short trip to Maine - what to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-trip-to-maine-what-to-do/945399)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-trip-to-maine-what-to-do/945399 "2021-07-20T16:31:14Z")
We’re heading up to visit our daughter in central Vermont tomorrow. After a few days there, we’re driving over to Acadia National Park (we got an AirBnB a bit further away than ideal, maybe 25 miles or so). It’s a 6-ish… --- ## [Difference in State covid rates vs. political affiliation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-in-state-covid-rates-vs-political-affiliation/946583)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-in-state-covid-rates-vs-political-affiliation/946583 "2021-07-20T15:51:38Z")
Not sure if this belongs here or in the P&E category. Please move if needed. It seemed to me that there was a stark difference in political affiliation between states that are doing pretty good fighting Covid and the o… --- ## [The omnibus angry elderly Florida blogger thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-angry-elderly-florida-blogger-thread/942175)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-angry-elderly-florida-blogger-thread/942175 "2021-07-20T15:30:25Z")
I love this line: “Let’s stay home Darling. We love our President, but he can’t win.” It is right up there with “Soup for my family.” --- ## [Boneless "Wings" are not wings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boneless-wings-are-not-wings/945347)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boneless-wings-are-not-wings/945347 "2021-07-20T14:17:46Z")
They are chicken nuggets, FFS. That is all. --- ## [Thermocouple and cooling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thermocouple-and-cooling/946834)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thermocouple-and-cooling/946834 "2021-07-20T14:15:57Z")
This article is about a coffee cup with a built-in thermocouple that you can use to add a little charge to your phone. My questions: Will that coffee cup cool down quicker than a coffee cup made from the same materials… --- ## [Back to the office: experiences, observations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-office-experiences-observations/946647)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-office-experiences-observations/946647 "2021-07-20T14:11:21Z")
Well, I’m back in the office after working at home for almost 1.5 years. Here are some of my observations about the experience: I expected to be happy about seeing co-workers again, and I am. Interacting with only my … --- ## [Time taken for ships to sail from Rome/Greece to India in circa 25 BCE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-taken-for-ships-to-sail-from-rome-greece-to-india-in-circa-25-bce/946888)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-taken-for-ships-to-sail-from-rome-greece-to-india-in-circa-25-bce/946888 "2021-07-20T14:08:08Z")
Prompted by the Columbus thread : Columbus in 1492 - #13 by GreenWyvern where it is mentioned that Columbus took 2 months to reach the Caribbean !! How long did Indians take to reach Greece / Rome or vice versa circa 2… --- ## [Years of Creation 1937-1940](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/years-of-creation-1937-1940/946830)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/years-of-creation-1937-1940/946830 "2021-07-20T13:29:14Z")
I’m amazed how many things that I would have thought were of very long duration, or which crystallized over a long period of time, actually were created in a brief period of about four years. These include not only semin… --- ## [MRI Anxiety](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mri-anxiety/925385)
**Author:** [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mri-anxiety/925385 "2021-07-20T13:07:44Z")
I’ve had several MRI’s in the past with no issue. Two years ago, after a breast cancer diagnosis, I had another, this one to ensure there were no other “hot spots” in breast tissue. I was not nervous going in. The tech g… --- ## ["Three Strikes and you're out" for different numbers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-strikes-and-youre-out-for-different-numbers/946810)
**Author:** [@CardboardBoxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CardboardBoxx)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-strikes-and-youre-out-for-different-numbers/946810 "2021-07-20T12:35:03Z")
Three Strikes and you’re out is a commonly used metaphor for a situation where you get 2 warnings then consequences on the 3rd event. Getting a yellow card is a good metaphor for if you only get 1 warning. Any good simil… --- ## [Does this actually sound like how YouTube "Monitors Channels For Hate Speech"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-actually-sound-like-how-youtube-monitors-channels-for-hate-speech/946860)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-actually-sound-like-how-youtube-monitors-channels-for-hate-speech/946860 "2021-07-20T12:28:17Z")
I was listening to a left-leaning podcast that had on a technology expert who didn’t actually work for YouTube but claimed this was how YouTube monitored for hate speech. Basically the idea is, all videos are automatica… --- ## [The Peel Sessions – a generation of great music (Rabbit Hole Warning!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-peel-sessions-a-generation-of-great-music-rabbit-hole-warning/937791)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-peel-sessions-a-generation-of-great-music-rabbit-hole-warning/937791 "2021-07-20T11:23:53Z")
More than a generation, in fact, and gathered together on one website. I can find no evidence that this has been posted here before – if it has, I apologize. As background for those who don’t know, the late, great John … --- ## [Stubbs The Zombie: What do the hillbilly/rednecks say when they are getting their heads eaten? Link to video included](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubbs-the-zombie-what-do-the-hillbilly-rednecks-say-when-they-are-getting-their-heads-eaten-link-to-video-included/945139)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubbs-the-zombie-what-do-the-hillbilly-rednecks-say-when-they-are-getting-their-heads-eaten-link-to-video-included/945139 "2021-07-20T03:56:46Z")
I got the re-released Stubbs The Zombie and I’m trying to figure out what the hillbilly/rednecks sometimes say when they are getting their brains eaten. They say something which I could not figure out back in 2005, and … --- ## [What gives with all of these immortal crime fighters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gives-with-all-of-these-immortal-crime-fighters/946767)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gives-with-all-of-these-immortal-crime-fighters/946767 "2021-07-20T03:05:24Z")
Are comic book writers and thems what write them completely out of ideas? I watched The Old Guard last night; no blurb describing it, no cast list, no nada. I suppose it’s supposed to be very easy, barely an inconvenie… --- ## [What happened to your bedroom when you went to college?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-your-bedroom-when-you-went-to-college/945470)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-your-bedroom-when-you-went-to-college/945470 "2021-07-20T01:48:50Z")
I’ve just seen another TV show in which a kid going off to college is seen as the final departure from the family home. Sometimes the parents redecorate the child’s bedroom as soon as the kid leaves for college, or they … --- ## [Recommend a brewery near O'Hare airport (Chicago)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-brewery-near-ohare-airport-chicago/837284)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-brewery-near-ohare-airport-chicago/837284 "2021-07-20T01:12:16Z")
Next week, I have an 8-hour layover at O’Hare. I always like visiting local breweries, so I’m looking for one I can get to relatively easily from the airport. It’s going to be Friday afternoon/evening, so transit is prob… --- ## [What benefits could the super rich enjoy with inflation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-benefits-could-the-super-rich-enjoy-with-inflation/946771)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-benefits-could-the-super-rich-enjoy-with-inflation/946771 "2021-07-20T00:38:07Z")
Looking for factual answers in how inflation could positively effect the supper rich. --- ## [Stoke's Theorem Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stokes-theorem-question/946850)
**Author:** [@Someonewastaken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Someonewastaken)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stokes-theorem-question/946850 "2021-07-20T00:03:36Z")
Why do we take the dot product of n and f. f is the vector field and n is the unit vector normal to the plane being analyzed. --- ## [I Pit the Russian Government and their Paid Trolls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-russian-government-and-their-paid-trolls/946757)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-russian-government-and-their-paid-trolls/946757 "2021-07-19T23:50:59Z")
Continuing the discussion from A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers: This is to continue the discussion from the previous thread without continuing to derail it. … --- ## [Any MS Access experts who could assist with deployment options?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-ms-access-experts-who-could-assist-with-deployment-options/946743)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-ms-access-experts-who-could-assist-with-deployment-options/946743 "2021-07-19T22:30:37Z")
I am involved in a small project with a local sporting club to digitise it’s playing records. The club has scorebooks going back to the 1930s in it’s storeroom where they are OK but still vulnerable to fire, vermin, and… --- ## [Is Hell Hot Or Cold?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hell-hot-or-cold/945351)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hell-hot-or-cold/945351 "2021-07-19T21:47:38Z")
Strictly theologically speaking, is hell hot or cold? I know when I was in RC grade school, they used to say the heat of hell was just a metaphor. We got punished there, cut off from God. And that basically is what that… --- ## [Your top three movie soundtracks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-movie-soundtracks/946750)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-movie-soundtracks/946750 "2021-07-19T21:32:26Z")
Not television. Not a song from a soundtrack. Not from a filmed concert. What are your three favorite theatrical movie soundtracks? Mine are: Ringo Starr and Harry Nillson’s Son Of Dracula All This And World War II,… --- ## [What's up with "Powers of Attorney for Healthcare" (and Property)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-powers-of-attorney-for-healthcare-and-property/946759)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-powers-of-attorney-for-healthcare-and-property/946759 "2021-07-19T21:26:47Z")
A few years ago, at my mother’s instigation, my parents drafted their wills (which were more or less identical, IIRC leaving each other as the first-in-line sole beneficiary and me as the second-in-line). On top of this,… --- ## [Ebay: How to receive email notification when new message in ebay inbox?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-how-to-receive-email-notification-when-new-message-in-ebay-inbox/946852)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-how-to-receive-email-notification-when-new-message-in-ebay-inbox/946852 "2021-07-19T21:23:34Z")
I’m an extremely occasional ebay user (like, a few times every few years). I recently listed and sold several similar items. I got email notifications that the items sold, went in and bought/printed shipping labels, mail… --- ## [Do You Wash New Clothes Before You Wear them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-new-clothes-before-you-wear-them/946157)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-new-clothes-before-you-wear-them/946157 "2021-07-19T20:13:29Z")
If your answer is “sometimes” that’s “yes”. --- ## [Dumbest scene from Aliens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-scene-from-aliens/945986)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-scene-from-aliens/945986 "2021-07-19T20:01:53Z")
Just saw this flick again the other day. This scene again struck me as stupid/ cringworthy: Space Marine Paxton and cigar chomping sergeant grudgingly accept Ripley into their ranks after she shows mad skilz on the Forkl… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1391) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1393)