# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1437 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1438 --- ## [Is there a right way to do cultural appropriation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-right-way-to-do-cultural-appropriation/940745)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-right-way-to-do-cultural-appropriation/940745 "2021-06-05T21:38:27Z")
Let’s say that a U.S. college sorority (consisting of white women) wants to wear kimonos, or an American fashion company wants to make and sell kimonos. They could get ‘permission’ from their Japanese friends - but - th… --- ## [UBI, basic needs and employment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ubi-basic-needs-and-employment/941192)
**Author:** [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ubi-basic-needs-and-employment/941192 "2021-06-05T21:13:01Z")
Continuing the discussion from The Nahployment 'Crisis': The point at which more money doesn’t make you happier is at $70K. Since no UBI will be guaranteeing $70K per year, there’s no point at which UBI and basi… --- ## [Yucky crawlies in my lettuce?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yucky-crawlies-in-my-lettuce/943563)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yucky-crawlies-in-my-lettuce/943563 "2021-06-05T19:01:56Z")
So I have a head of store bought green leaf lettuce. I put it in a special plastic container for preservation. I open it today, and notice a small grey gooey lump on the inside lid. I toss it, figuring it’s probably just… --- ## [Understanding g-mail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/understanding-g-mail/943478)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/understanding-g-mail/943478 "2021-06-05T17:41:41Z")
I’ve got a bunch of gmail addresses, which I’ve been using mostly for junk accounts, unimportant emails that places bug me for but which I don’t want to receive their incessant messages on, etc, and I just realized that … --- ## [Help identify this episode: Law and Order, or maybe CSI:NY](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-episode-law-and-order-or-maybe-csi-ny/943626)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-episode-law-and-order-or-maybe-csi-ny/943626 "2021-06-05T16:23:04Z")
Last night, the Law and Order rerun was “Floater”, where they pull a body that had been in the water a month or two (“I’m not even sure it is human”, and the classic line from the on-scene ME\*, “Did I mention the eels?”… --- ## [What's the general name for a positive third derivative f'''(.) \> 0](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-general-name-for-a-positive-third-derivative-f-0/943645)
**Author:** [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-general-name-for-a-positive-third-derivative-f-0/943645 "2021-06-05T16:07:07Z")
A question for all you math scholars. If the first derivative of a function is positive the the function is increasing. But increasing is a more general description as the function need not be differentiable. If the se… --- ## [Physics Question: energy used to hold a pendulum on course?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physics-question-energy-used-to-hold-a-pendulum-on-course/943639)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physics-question-energy-used-to-hold-a-pendulum-on-course/943639 "2021-06-05T15:08:43Z")
I will phrase this question as best I can. If you need clarification I will do my best. The question relates to a pendulum. For example I have a 12" string with a 2 oz metal ball on the end. I assume it has a certain deg… --- ## [Where was this Sci--fi scene from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-sci-fi-scene-from/943620)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-sci-fi-scene-from/943620 "2021-06-05T14:26:18Z")
Probably 50s: there is a reflective globe hovering over a crater. A net attached to a crane has been thrown over the globe, which refuses to budge from where it’s hovering. I don’t know if this was a movie or TV show. Th… --- ## [Engine Oil Running Hot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engine-oil-running-hot/942127)
**Author:** [@Ptolomy57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ptolomy57)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engine-oil-running-hot/942127 "2021-06-05T13:09:30Z")
My daughter has a 2005 Hyundai Elantra with 85K miles. We bought the car with just one owner who sold it at 60K. The car needed a lot of work, and the hits just keep coming. This time, the engine light came on, and the c… --- ## [What is the terminal velocity of a sperm whale?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-terminal-velocity-of-a-sperm-whale/462891)
**Author:** [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-terminal-velocity-of-a-sperm-whale/462891 "2021-06-05T12:31:19Z")
In my understanding, terminal velocity is primarily a function of the mass:cross-section area ratio. So since bigger things generally have a bigger ratio, I imagine that something as massive and aerodynamic as a sperm wh… --- ## [Ransomware & Russia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ransomware-russia/943621)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ransomware-russia/943621 "2021-06-05T12:18:34Z")
The experts are to be believed, Russia seems to be the home base for the hackers. Presumably, Putin has no interest in stopping them and maybe is supporting/directing them. Wouldn’t a tit-for-tat response be appropriate?… --- ## [Do Adjustable Beds Require Special Mattresses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adjustable-beds-require-special-mattresses/943530)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adjustable-beds-require-special-mattresses/943530 "2021-06-05T12:01:16Z")
Do Adjustable Beds Require Special Mattresses? I’m getting older, & an adjustable bed sounds good. Do they require a special mattress, or can I re-use my spring mattress from the old bed? --- ## [Dogs can detect Covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-can-detect-covid/943365)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-can-detect-covid/943365 "2021-06-05T11:10:19Z")
According to this NYTimes article, dogs, in several countries, are being trained to detect Covid. So far, the results are very promising. “The smell is obvious, just like grilled meat for us,” --- ## [What conspiracy theory about the Pandemic do you think is plausible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-conspiracy-theory-about-the-pandemic-do-you-think-is-plausible/942789)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-conspiracy-theory-about-the-pandemic-do-you-think-is-plausible/942789 "2021-06-05T06:10:59Z")
Not nutty ones like Bill Gates is inserting microchips through the Vaccine to track you, that’s ridiculous, he is doing so through your phone. Nor confirmed ones like Governments didn’t call for universal masking earlie… --- ## [How do I draw disdyakis triacontahedron (in Solidworks)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-draw-disdyakis-triacontahedron-in-solidworks/942849)
**Author:** [@komolono](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/komolono)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-draw-disdyakis-triacontahedron-in-solidworks/942849 "2021-06-05T06:07:06Z")
I have no problem with those three great circles (of the same color in this wikipedia link - you may have to push the broken image). But mating five of the copies is my problem. Of c… --- ## [I might have MORE cancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-have-more-cancer/933181)
**Author:** [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-have-more-cancer/933181 "2021-06-05T06:02:44Z")
Or at least another tumor. Back in this thread about my testicular cancer, the surgeries and chemo I went through, etc. Since then, I’ve had another lymph node that was slightly enlarged. We kept monitoring it, and the… --- ## [Amputation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amputation/849245)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amputation/849245 "2021-06-05T05:52:39Z")
My sister has cancer - sarcoma in her lower leg. Let me paint the family picture - My mother was one of 11. 6 had cancer - my mother had uterine cancer while she was carrying me, plus breast cancer. My father’s family te… --- ## [Women embracing misandry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-embracing-misandry/943050)
**Author:** [@yarblek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yarblek)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-embracing-misandry/943050 "2021-06-05T05:25:26Z")
An authors says it should be okay for women to not like (or even hate) men. She argues that women and feminists should embrace the concept of misandry since society is misogynistic. Men as a whole are bad even if some in… --- ## [Is that a dong on a drone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-dong-on-a-drone/943564)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-dong-on-a-drone/943564 "2021-06-05T04:43:27Z")
Our mayoral races are NEVER this interesting --- ## [May 28, 585 BC - THE oldest date in human history](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-28-585-bc-the-oldest-date-in-human-history/943113)
**Author:** [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-28-585-bc-the-oldest-date-in-human-history/943113 "2021-06-05T04:36:41Z")
What is the oldest and most accurately known date in human history? In 585 BC, the countries of Lydia and Medes were fighting in a war that had already lasted 15 years. On May 28, 585 BC, the final battle took place at … --- ## [I pit the McKinley High School football coaches of Canton, Ohio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-mckinley-high-school-football-coaches-of-canton-ohio/943507)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-mckinley-high-school-football-coaches-of-canton-ohio/943507 "2021-06-05T04:30:52Z")
McKinley High School is known for the number of players who have gone on to play in the NFL. One of their current players, who is being touted as an NFL prospect, is Jewish. The coaches took it upon themselves to order… --- ## [Questions for those who LIKE tipping waiters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-those-who-like-tipping-waiters/942941)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 197\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-those-who-like-tipping-waiters/942941 "2021-06-05T04:04:28Z")
As some of you may recall from other threads I’ve participated in or started, I am one of those who resent the social requirement to tip waiters and other people in the service industry and would like to see the tipping … --- ## [Dying of dehydration and I find a beer. Should I drink it? (alcohol dehydrates you)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-of-dehydration-and-i-find-a-beer-should-i-drink-it-alcohol-dehydrates-you/943090)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-of-dehydration-and-i-find-a-beer-should-i-drink-it-alcohol-dehydrates-you/943090 "2021-06-05T03:52:55Z")
I am lost in the desert and dying of dehydration. I come across a beer. Will the water in the beer help me more than the alcohol in the beer hurts me in this circumstance? What about wine? Vodka? Everclear? --- ## [A Belgian farmer moved the border between France and Belgium](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-belgian-farmer-moved-the-border-between-france-and-belgium/941391)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-belgian-farmer-moved-the-border-between-france-and-belgium/941391 "2021-06-05T03:12:18Z")
I hope there won’t be a war over the situation. --- ## [Hot Sauce Bottle Aperture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sauce-bottle-aperture/942368)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sauce-bottle-aperture/942368 "2021-06-05T01:50:03Z")
For years, the bottle of the Kroger brand hot sauce I enjoy included a plastic insert under the cap that reduced the diameter of the opening thus requiring several shakes of the bottle to release an appropriate amount of… --- ## [Can a smooth water surface have a non-zero slope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-smooth-water-surface-have-a-non-zero-slope/943136)
**Author:** [@hibernicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hibernicus)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-smooth-water-surface-have-a-non-zero-slope/943136 "2021-06-05T01:29:54Z")
Rivers flow downhill to the sea. Does this elevation drop always take the form of a series of level changes in the form of waterfalls, rapids and other turbulent-surface situations? Or is it possible for a long section o… --- ## [Proof of alien life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-of-alien-life/942105)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-of-alien-life/942105 "2021-06-05T01:26:16Z")
This is a picture I took of some mysterious drawings that appeared on my neighbors’ walkway. To me this is incontrovertible proof that alien life has visited earth. Of course if you don’t agree it’s up to you prove me w… --- ## [Perception gap quiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perception-gap-quiz/943501)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perception-gap-quiz/943501 "2021-06-05T00:31:15Z")
How typical are you compared to your ‘side’ and how well do you understand the other? Take the quiz and post your results: --- ## [Embarrassingly bad "comic relief" in old TV drama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassingly-bad-comic-relief-in-old-tv-drama/943187)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassingly-bad-comic-relief-in-old-tv-drama/943187 "2021-06-05T00:32:28Z")
I was watching E. R. the other day, and some of the comic relief scenes are cringe-worthy. For example: A birdwatcher with minor injuries tells Doctor Greene that she studies the similarities between bird courting beha… --- ## [Do they still teach cursive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-teach-cursive/943057)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-teach-cursive/943057 "2021-06-04T21:48:58Z")
No thread on cursive handwriting in five years. Even then, there were threads complaining it was no longer being taught in many places. Sure, lots of stuff is probably higher priority. Other threads talked about the p… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1436) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1438)