# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1470 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1471 --- ## [Paid Member, Charter Memberships and Other Paid Participations, Discourse Era](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paid-member-charter-memberships-and-other-paid-participations-discourse-era/941259)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2021, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paid-member-charter-memberships-and-other-paid-participations-discourse-era/941259 "2021-05-03T04:30:38Z")
I have on my calendar to check & make sure my paid membership is kept intact and to retain my Charter Member status and all that. Went to my Profile. Don’t see anything about paid stuff or renewals or whatnot. I’m sti… --- ## [Sea Shanties (This is the year of the Sea Shanty?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sea-shanties-this-is-the-year-of-the-sea-shanty/941007)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2021, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sea-shanties-this-is-the-year-of-the-sea-shanty/941007 "2021-05-03T02:49:05Z")
I love Sea Shanties and I just found out tonight this is the year of the Sea Shanty. So here is the apparent cause of this phenom: Now my favorite Shanty is Drunken Sailor and this is a great version. … --- ## [Does anyone know of any 2021 scientific rebuttal to the nonsense peddled about Hitler's supposed Jewish ancestry ancestry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-of-any-2021-scientific-rebuttal-to-the-nonsense-peddled-about-hitlers-supposed-jewish-ancestry-ancestry/941043)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2021, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-of-any-2021-scientific-rebuttal-to-the-nonsense-peddled-about-hitlers-supposed-jewish-ancestry-ancestry/941043 "2021-05-03T02:16:56Z")
Does anyone know of any 2021 scientific rebuttal to the nonsense peddled about Hitler’s supposed Jewish ancestry ancestry ? I see more and more nonsense about Hitler’s supposed Jewish ancestry online . No quality newspa… --- ## [What ever happened to that money the Gates foundation was supposed to be giving out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-that-money-the-gates-foundation-was-supposed-to-be-giving-out/941256)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2021, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-that-money-the-gates-foundation-was-supposed-to-be-giving-out/941256 "2021-05-03T02:05:44Z")
Back in 2020, we heard a lot about how the Gates foundation was going to help us get vaccines faster. Pre-funding plants, that sort of thing. Speaking at the Paris Peace Forum today, Melinda Gates will commit an addi… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - April 2021 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-april-2021-edition/939109)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2021, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-april-2021-edition/939109 "2021-05-02T23:32:24Z")
Well 2021 is one quarter of the way gone. This month has just flown by! How’s the weather in your parts? The Rocky Mountains region, here in the US, has had it all… often on the same day. Northern Utah had frost and snow… --- ## [Restroom doors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restroom-doors/939791)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restroom-doors/939791 "2021-05-03T00:46:12Z")
Have you ever been to a restaurant or bar and been confused by the symbols on the restroom doors - not knowing which one represents that of your sex? Two examples: A cafe where there were chessboards set up for client… --- ## [What is Apple Arcade?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-apple-arcade/941172)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2021, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-apple-arcade/941172 "2021-05-03T00:35:05Z")
I bought a new MacBook Air a couple weeks ago and apparently I’m eligible for 3 months free of Apple Arcade. Is it worth it? I’m totally in the Apple universe, iPhones iPad MacBook --- ## [Should you pre-slime a bike tire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-you-pre-slime-a-bike-tire/939616)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2021, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-you-pre-slime-a-bike-tire/939616 "2021-05-03T00:23:36Z")
Most bikers have had to deal with a flat tire. It sucks when you are miles from home or a bike shop and find yourself walking your bike back. One quick road repair option for a flat bike tire is to use Slime bike tire … --- ## [Florida's new "anti-riot act", CS/HB1 Combating Public Disorder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-anti-riot-act-cs-hb1-combating-public-disorder/941134)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-anti-riot-act-cs-hb1-combating-public-disorder/941134 "2021-05-03T00:08:37Z")
You can read the law here: https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=\_h0001er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=0001&Session=2021 The Palm Beach Post summarizes it like so, "Among many th… --- ## [What is this thing on the vaccine syringes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-on-the-vaccine-syringes/940670)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2021, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-on-the-vaccine-syringes/940670 "2021-05-03T00:00:55Z")
My neighbor and I, who watch the news on TV together a lot, have been wondering what this thing is on the covid vaccine syringes. It’s the orange thingy in this pic: Here’s another … --- ## [Tried using PayPal with temporary code. Works great](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tried-using-paypal-with-temporary-code-works-great/941182)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2021, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tried-using-paypal-with-temporary-code-works-great/941182 "2021-05-02T23:31:41Z")
I decided Door Dash sounded like a plan for tonight’s dinner. I don’t have my cc entered with them. I’ve been using PayPal. Entering my password still worries me. I noticed tonight Paypal offers a temporary security cod… --- ## [How to receive broadcast TV - specifically Jeopardy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-receive-broadcast-tv-specifically-jeopardy/941102)
**Author:** [@dflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dflower)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2021, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-receive-broadcast-tv-specifically-jeopardy/941102 "2021-05-02T22:51:32Z")
Do you know of any way to watch Jeopardy without paying high prices for cable or similar streaming service? My antenna is not reliable. Sometimes the signal is OK but once the trees have more leaves it will be poor. The… --- ## [What happens to the QAnon movement now-- do they mutate & move the goalposts, or die out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-qanon-movement-now-do-they-mutate-move-the-goalposts-or-die-out/931211)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 288\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2021, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-qanon-movement-now-do-they-mutate-move-the-goalposts-or-die-out/931211 "2021-05-02T22:48:02Z")
Democrats and Hollywood Liberals are satan-worshipping, child-eating pedophiles! trump is the savior appointed to round them all up! The storm is coming! Trust the plan! I’m guessing it will partly die out, partly mutat… --- ## [A shampoo question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shampoo-question/940793)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2021, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shampoo-question/940793 "2021-05-02T22:29:40Z")
I was washing my hair today and, as usual, once I lathered the shampoo into my hair, I let it sit there for a few seconds before rinsing it out. I acknowledge this is just a habit. But does it make any difference at all… --- ## [How is Biden doing? (First 100)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-biden-doing-first-100/941069)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-biden-doing-first-100/941069 "2021-05-02T21:47:47Z")
A recent article in a Canadian paper claimed Biden had the best start of a Presidency since Roosevelt. That assessment seems generous, but there is no doubt that his style suffered from the previous leader with a little… --- ## [Your favourite words for \*thingies\*?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-words-for-thingies/933345)
**Author:** [@its\_the\_daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/its_the_daddy)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-words-for-thingies/933345 "2021-05-02T21:16:01Z")
In August '06 corkboard said: “C’mon, people. They’re called thingies”. (This was regarding mooring bollards for boats) But what are your favourite words for thingies? My (very) late uncle used: “Pass me that Wombec… --- ## [Is there fewer & fewer Amazon Listings, lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-fewer-fewer-amazon-listings-lately/940329)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-fewer-fewer-amazon-listings-lately/940329 "2021-05-02T19:19:46Z")
A lot of book listings on Amazon are vanishing. Cheap used books are becoming hard to find. I think. Is this my imagination? --- ## [Cat cartoon origin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-cartoon-origin/941223)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-cartoon-origin/941223 "2021-05-02T19:15:30Z")
I keep seeing ads for this shirt, which features a cute cartoon of an orang-and-white cat. The face looks very familiar. Is the image they used original? Or was the character taken from somewhere; and if so, where? (… --- ## [Best tool/technique for dicing boneless chicken?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tool-technique-for-dicing-boneless-chicken/941200)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tool-technique-for-dicing-boneless-chicken/941200 "2021-05-02T16:08:46Z")
A couple times a month, I make some form of “stir-fried” curry, and need to dice some 12-14 ounces of boneless chicken thighs. I’m currently using a santoku on a cutting board, more or less cutting the cold chicken into… --- ## [Why are there "Massage Parlors" in the Unites States?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-massage-parlors-in-the-unites-states/938289)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-massage-parlors-in-the-unites-states/938289 "2021-05-02T14:52:57Z")
As I understand it, these are simply storefront bordellos. Please correct me if I am wrong. Why in the world are they allowed to remain open? Do they have some legal cover I do not understand? --- ## [It's gonna take alot to drag me away from you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913 "2021-05-02T14:51:57Z")
It’s nothing more that a hundred men could ever do… God bless the rains down in Africa… --- ## [Poll: would you eat lab-grown meat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-eat-lab-grown-meat/940787)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-eat-lab-grown-meat/940787 "2021-05-02T14:07:43Z")
poll So after watching a bad Netlfix movie about time-jumping yesterday, I had a dream last night in which I time-jumped somehow to maybe 20-30 years in the future, and was invited to a buffet-style meal that featured ba… --- ## [The last time you called to check weather/movie times/sports scores?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-time-you-called-to-check-weather-movie-times-sports-scores/941095)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2021, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-time-you-called-to-check-weather-movie-times-sports-scores/941095 "2021-05-02T13:19:18Z")
Remember those phone numbers you could call for an automated recording of the weather? Similar numbers existed for movie times, sports scores and other things. I’ll estimate 2004, I definitely had a mobile phone but not… --- ## [World of Ptavvs question - spoilers obviously](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-ptavvs-question-spoilers-obviously/941110)
**Author:** [@rainy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rainy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2021, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-ptavvs-question-spoilers-obviously/941110 "2021-05-02T13:18:17Z")
Great book, but I think I missed something listening to it in audiobook form. Greenberg/Kzanol escape the room where the stasis field is broken by using the disintegrater and fleeing. But how did the actual Kzanol get … --- ## [Michigan Lawmaker goes full-on drunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-lawmaker-goes-full-on-drunk/941187)
**Author:** [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2021, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-lawmaker-goes-full-on-drunk/941187 "2021-05-02T12:51:32Z")
Let’ see, drunk driving (.19), driving a car into a ditch, injuring a passenger, resisting arrest, and name-dropping “Gretch”. Video Shows Michigan Rep. Jewell Jones Drunk Driving Arrest (lawandcrime.com) --- ## [What Wi-Fi products do you own that are more like Why-Fi?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wi-fi-products-do-you-own-that-are-more-like-why-fi/941128)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2021, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wi-fi-products-do-you-own-that-are-more-like-why-fi/941128 "2021-05-02T08:01:27Z")
Like many, I have a Wi-Fi garage door opener, thermostat, and a few other non-computer devices that are fine. But I just bought a new dishwasher, and I did not realize until after it was installed that it has WiFi capab… --- ## [The Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929: yes or no?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-permanent-apportionment-act-of-1929-yes-or-no/940815)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2021, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-permanent-apportionment-act-of-1929-yes-or-no/940815 "2021-05-02T06:11:09Z")
The new apportionment numbers for the House of Representatives was just announced. So let’s talk about a related issue; the size of the House of Representatives. It originally grew as the population grew. We started wit… --- ## [Have you ever learned anything interesting in a dream?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-learned-anything-interesting-in-a-dream/941049)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2021, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-learned-anything-interesting-in-a-dream/941049 "2021-05-02T06:06:57Z")
I’m on a streak of fairly vivid dreams, leaving me not especially well-rested but boy what a ride it’s been. According to my dream last night, the most fundamental unit of time is known as an IAI. … :man\_shrugging: --- ## [Please don’t let this post egg you into a response not allow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-don-t-let-this-post-egg-you-into-a-response-not-allow/941160)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2021, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-don-t-let-this-post-egg-you-into-a-response-not-allow/941160 "2021-05-02T05:55:32Z")
An obviously automated message from the software has informed me: “Please don’t let this post egg you into a response not allow in Great Debates. Mods are discussing it. Feel free to attack the post and not the poster … --- ## [Outlander Season 5](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlander-season-5/848408)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2021, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlander-season-5/848408 "2021-05-02T05:25:36Z")
The Frasers and Mackenzies are on the Ridge, rumblings of war are beginning, and we have a new version of the theme song! I’m glad they shortened the Gathering. That went on and on and on and ON and really, they had to… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1469) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1471)