# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1451 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1452 --- ## [Is the scarcity of the new gen consoles unprecedented?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-scarcity-of-the-new-gen-consoles-unprecedented/937225)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2021, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-scarcity-of-the-new-gen-consoles-unprecedented/937225 "2021-05-22T10:28:41Z")
I remember the Wii being hard to find but I don’t remember them being as hard to find for as long as the PS5/XBX. I happened to stroll into a Target on Switch launch day and pick one up with no preorder, no muss no fuss… --- ## [Has the concept of The Kids' Table become outdated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-concept-of-the-kids-table-become-outdated/942323)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2021, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-concept-of-the-kids-table-become-outdated/942323 "2021-05-22T10:10:19Z")
I’m putting this here because I want to have a discussion about what people are doing now, not get bogged down in anecdotes about what kind of nonsense went down on Thanksgiving 1965 at Aunt Sylvia’s house. Okay, someon… --- ## [Can someone explain the handicap line on this golf scorecard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-handicap-line-on-this-golf-scorecard/942295)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2021, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-handicap-line-on-this-golf-scorecard/942295 "2021-05-22T08:47:29Z")
I understand how a typical handicap line works where holes are ranked 1-18 by difficulty. But the lines on this scorecard completely baffle me. Most are listed as N/A and the numbers that are listed don’t make any sens… --- ## [Credit card expiry date and CVV - what's the point?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-card-expiry-date-and-cvv-whats-the-point/941877)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2021, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-card-expiry-date-and-cvv-whats-the-point/941877 "2021-05-22T08:22:11Z")
To use a credit card online you need to give the expiry date and CVV. I vaguely remember being told that the CVV in particular was to increase security and diminish C/C fraud. But in the end, they are just another seve… --- ## [Why are all pickup trucks now 4 door sedans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-all-pickup-trucks-now-4-door-sedans/942552)
**Author:** [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2021, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-all-pickup-trucks-now-4-door-sedans/942552 "2021-05-22T04:48:02Z")
with half size cargo beds? Do pickups really need to be exclusively a family vehicle? It seems that no manufacturer has a two door truck in its line up. --- ## [Is israel committing war crimes as this opinion/article suggests?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-israel-committing-war-crimes-as-this-opinion-article-suggests/942183)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2021, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-israel-committing-war-crimes-as-this-opinion-article-suggests/942183 "2021-05-22T03:02:31Z")
Ok I’m putting this here in the pit as I know this has been an emotional subject for as long as I’m alive (in fact I think Israel took over the west bank a year or two before I was born ) Now I know there’s a lot of pe… --- ## [What's a quick and simple way to explain "passive aggressive?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-quick-and-simple-way-to-explain-passive-aggressive/942080)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2021, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-quick-and-simple-way-to-explain-passive-aggressive/942080 "2021-05-22T02:43:58Z")
Passive-aggressive behavior is one of those things that everyone recognizes immediately when it happens in real life, yet is very difficult to define or convey verbally. What’s a quick and concise way to get the concept … --- ## [Help me identify a commercial from a tune snippet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-commercial-from-a-tune-snippet/942419)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2021, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-commercial-from-a-tune-snippet/942419 "2021-05-22T02:18:31Z")
This morning I woke up with a snippet of a commercial running through my head. I know I’ve seen the commercial lately, and it’s driving me crazy. Please help me save my sanity by identifying it. Apparently I am a failur… --- ## [Why is calling someone a dog an insult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-calling-someone-a-dog-an-insult/942529)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2021, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-calling-someone-a-dog-an-insult/942529 "2021-05-22T02:00:53Z")
I’m not sure that this has a factual answer but I’ll start it here. Dogs are fairly universally loved and valued by society big calling someone a dog is supposedly insulting. I believe that it is even more insulting in … --- ## [Why are Chinese restaurants (and seemingly only them) operating with "pass-through" doors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-chinese-restaurants-and-seemingly-only-them-operating-with-pass-through-doors/942575)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2021, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-chinese-restaurants-and-seemingly-only-them-operating-with-pass-through-doors/942575 "2021-05-22T01:34:20Z")
It could just be a Hampton Roads phenomenon; I haven’t done any traveling during the pandemic. But at every Chinese restaurant I’ve gone to during the pandemic, they block the entrance to the restaurant (or at least the… --- ## [Is it ethical to pay someone to get the Covid vaccine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ethical-to-pay-someone-to-get-the-covid-vaccine/941426)
**Author:** [@turtlescanfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turtlescanfly)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ethical-to-pay-someone-to-get-the-covid-vaccine/941426 "2021-05-21T23:48:05Z")
Placing this here be cause it seems like prime debate material, but if mods determine it should be in the Covid forum, so be it. So the company that both of my daughters work for has recently announced that they will pr… --- ## ["So, You used to play for the Mets? For ten years huh...?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-used-to-play-for-the-mets-for-ten-years-huh/932358)
**Author:** [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-used-to-play-for-the-mets-for-ten-years-huh/932358 "2021-05-21T23:19:15Z")
A new trainer in my building claims to have played for The METS for ten years as a professional ball player (big leagues?). He saw I had a METS hat and he signed it. Cool, right? There’s just one hitch… I can’t find… --- ## [Several Questions About Mass (Physics)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/several-questions-about-mass-physics/942532)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/several-questions-about-mass-physics/942532 "2021-05-21T22:13:33Z")
I actually have more than one question about mass in physics. So why not just put it in one thread? Einstein proved time and space are relative. Is mass relative too? Because I never hear people say that. Yet it is stil… --- ## [How to filter by time on Google News](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-filter-by-time-on-google-news/940797)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-filter-by-time-on-google-news/940797 "2021-05-21T21:50:04Z")
My Google News feed used to have filters at the top of the screen, including one that let you select only stories that were less than 1 day old, 1 week, 1 month, etc. Recently that’s disappeared. I tried the page on Fir… --- ## [Low cost funds that invest in the-world-minus-America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-cost-funds-that-invest-in-the-world-minus-america/942526)
**Author:** [@longtry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longtry)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-cost-funds-that-invest-in-the-world-minus-america/942526 "2021-05-21T20:34:30Z")
I’m looking for funds that have a really low cost, like Vanguard, which invest in global stock markets but exclude the US. It’s better if that fund puts more weigh into emerging economies, like China etc… I can’t find t… --- ## [The 100 Most Influential People - Try the Third](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 712\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080 "2021-05-21T19:15:51Z")
I don’t really know how kosher this is, but we’re trying this a third time. The original two attempts were badly organized and added a value-judgment metric that (a) was a veiled attempt to skew the results, and, (b) cou… --- ## [RIP, Goodbye Little Brother Delirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-goodbye-little-brother-delirious/942487)
**Author:** [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-goodbye-little-brother-delirious/942487 "2021-05-21T18:32:33Z")
On Monday morning, they called for you and knocked on your door, and you were already gone. You were always the little one, the hip one, the rocker, the foodie, the On-The-Road modern Beat. Acerbic, smart, curious, unco… --- ## [MS Outlook -- Well, I clicked somewhere wrong. Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-outlook-well-i-clicked-somewhere-wrong-again/942577)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-outlook-well-i-clicked-somewhere-wrong-again/942577 "2021-05-21T18:19:16Z")
I use MS Outlook at work. Somehow I accidentally clicked something, and now it’s different. I used to have something at the top of the page that said ‘Mark as read’ and ‘Mark as unread’. Those are gone. How do I get … --- ## [I have a 2021 Corolla, and a time machine. How far back must I go to win the Indy 500?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-2021-corolla-and-a-time-machine-how-far-back-must-i-go-to-win-the-indy-500/942571)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-2021-corolla-and-a-time-machine-how-far-back-must-i-go-to-win-the-indy-500/942571 "2021-05-21T17:30:58Z")
I know the title’s whimsical, but I’m curious about the improvement in handling, braking, tire technology and acceleration in modern sedans – as compared to race cars of the past. Ignoring pit stops, it seems like even … --- ## [How Are Polygamous Relationships Handled With Regard To Immigration To The USA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-polygamous-relationships-handled-with-regard-to-immigration-to-the-usa/942324)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-polygamous-relationships-handled-with-regard-to-immigration-to-the-usa/942324 "2021-05-21T17:03:55Z")
Imagine that Dr. Prominent Nigerian Professor (PNP) is offered a teaching post at Yale. Not unexpectedly, he would like to bring his family with him. However, not uncommonly for a Nigerian man, Dr. PNP has multiple wives… --- ## [Historically accurate battle tactics in movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historically-accurate-battle-tactics-in-movies/942412)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historically-accurate-battle-tactics-in-movies/942412 "2021-05-21T16:55:28Z")
Specifically I’m talking about pre-gun battle tactics. What movies show historically accurate battle tactics? I don’t care if the plot is accurate just the tactics. Hell it would be great if they showed any tactics even … --- ## [What's your favorite bot on Reddit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bot-on-reddit/942396)
**Author:** [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bot-on-reddit/942396 "2021-05-21T15:49:52Z")
I just ran into this bot on r/fountainpens. cookie\_bot It says: ╤ Thank you for being kind \["\]🍪 and spreading positivity! /\[\_\]┘ Please take this cookie \] \[ as a token of appreciation. Then I saw a… --- ## [Is the flow of time considered work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-flow-of-time-considered-work/942567)
**Author:** [@Someonewastaken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Someonewastaken)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-flow-of-time-considered-work/942567 "2021-05-21T15:42:49Z")
Is the flow of time considered work? If not, would the expansion of space be considered work? Is there a difference? --- ## [Scared to death?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scared-to-death/942603)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scared-to-death/942603 "2021-05-21T14:43:42Z")
Are there any horror movies out there where the would be killer tries to scare her/his victims to death, without doing any actual physical harm. If possible, I would like to avoid situations where the victim(s) has a kn… --- ## [You’ve been kidnapped. 30 mins later the kidnapper dumps you on the street because you won’t stop talking about what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ve-been-kidnapped-30-mins-later-the-kidnapper-dumps-you-on-the-street-because-you-won-t-stop-talking-about-what/941661)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ve-been-kidnapped-30-mins-later-the-kidnapper-dumps-you-on-the-street-because-you-won-t-stop-talking-about-what/941661 "2021-05-21T14:10:04Z")
‘… no, really, what we are seeing today has happened many times before. As I mentioned earlier in my 15 minute, yet barely-exhaustive, comparative summary of the societal conditions of 15th-century Germany vis-a-vis 21st… --- ## [Is going to events where there will be singing, laughing and yelling a bad idea even post-vaccination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-going-to-events-where-there-will-be-singing-laughing-and-yelling-a-bad-idea-even-post-vaccination/942512)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-going-to-events-where-there-will-be-singing-laughing-and-yelling-a-bad-idea-even-post-vaccination/942512 "2021-05-21T13:19:48Z")
They’re starting to open up things like concerts and stand up comedy, but even if you’re vaccinated don’t acts like singing, yelling, laughing, etc shed more viruses than just simple talking? And with the Indian variant … --- ## [Rhodes Will Not Fall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhodes-will-not-fall/744559)
**Author:** [@Malden\_Capell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malden_Capell)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhodes-will-not-fall/744559 "2021-05-21T12:02:18Z")
Has anyone here been following the controversy over the Oriel College, Oxford statute of Cecil Rhodes? The movement, Rhodes Must Fall, started in South Africa and got a statue removed there, and it seems to have moved B… --- ## [Travel question: Gulf of Mexico](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-question-gulf-of-mexico/942580)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-question-gulf-of-mexico/942580 "2021-05-21T12:01:56Z")
I’ve got 2 weeks of comp time at work that I have to use up, and amazingly they’ve allowed me to use it all at once along with a week of vacation. We Have our son to manage a store we own so we’re taking the entire 3 wee… --- ## [Black vs. red thread marking sunset](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-vs-red-thread-marking-sunset/942509)
**Author:** [@brianmelendez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianmelendez)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-vs-red-thread-marking-sunset/942509 "2021-05-21T10:10:08Z")
I vaguely recall hearing once that, in Jewish tradition, a sunset ended at the point when you couldn’t distinguish a black thread from a red thread held up against the sky. Can anyone confirm my recollection, or supply a… --- ## [My new apartment has a high pitched noise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-apartment-has-a-high-pitched-noise/942507)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-apartment-has-a-high-pitched-noise/942507 "2021-05-21T09:09:16Z")
I’ve moved to a new flat in the London suburbs. It’s great but in the communal hallway there is some machine in the ceiling - I’m guessing it’s something to do with ventilation - that makes a whirring, throbbing sound wh… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1450) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1452)