# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1490 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1491 --- ## [So that happened... Whedon's “history of creating toxic and hostile work environments”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-happened-whedons-history-of-creating-toxic-and-hostile-work-environments/932735)
**Author:** [@Manwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manwich)\ **Replies:** 507\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-happened-whedons-history-of-creating-toxic-and-hostile-work-environments/932735 "2021-04-13T10:53:02Z")
Joss Whedon is not just a producer of creepy nonsense, he’s a nonsense creep. Was it obvious to others from his dialogue or not? --- ## [Looking for a tv movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-tv-movie/939900)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-tv-movie/939900 "2021-04-13T08:36:37Z")
I am looking for an ABC tv movie from 1976, Dead On Target. It is a “Derek Flint” movie, although Coburn isn’t in it. I have tried XFinity On Demand and Roku, but no luck so far. Help? --- ## [Your experience with PODS, storage, relocation services, etc. Need answer fastish.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-experience-with-pods-storage-relocation-services-etc-need-answer-fastish/939403)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-experience-with-pods-storage-relocation-services-etc-need-answer-fastish/939403 "2021-04-13T03:34:16Z")
My wife and I are moving from our 3200-square-foot house into her mother’s 1400 sf house, where most of the existing furniture will remain, except for our bedroom, into which we will be able to put our existing bedroom f… --- ## [Well, American schools are getting back to normal--there's a shooting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-american-schools-are-getting-back-to-normal-theres-a-shooting/939871)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-american-schools-are-getting-back-to-normal-theres-a-shooting/939871 "2021-04-13T02:32:11Z")
Still breaking, few details. First school mass shooting since Covid? --- ## [Snape claims to be Harry Potter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snape-claims-to-be-harry-potter/939828)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snape-claims-to-be-harry-potter/939828 "2021-04-13T02:08:24Z")
I wonder if the delusion was at all triggered by her name? --- ## [Is it constitutional to give black and indigenous people vaccine priority?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-constitutional-to-give-black-and-indigenous-people-vaccine-priority/939246)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-constitutional-to-give-black-and-indigenous-people-vaccine-priority/939246 "2021-04-13T00:44:28Z")
Governor Phil Scott (R) of Vermont posted this on Twitter: “If you or anyone in your household identifies as Black, Indigenous, or a person of color (BIPOC), including anyone with Abenaki or other First Nations heritage… --- ## [Stir fried frozen veggies-- thaw or no?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stir-fried-frozen-veggies-thaw-or-no/939631)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stir-fried-frozen-veggies-thaw-or-no/939631 "2021-04-13T00:04:31Z")
Got my pepper steak strips marinating in a soy sauce, ponzu, many other tasty and aromatic thing marinade. Got fresh broccoli, carrots, onions and peppers ready to slice. Also got a bag of frozen snow peas. Should I thaw… --- ## [Why do I hate bell peppers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-hate-bell-peppers/431786)
**Author:** [@The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Seventh_Deadly_Finn)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-hate-bell-peppers/431786 "2021-04-12T22:49:04Z")
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been repulsed by the taste of bell peppers. Cooked, they are especially disgusting, but they’re also disgusting raw, and their odor is even more repellent to me in this state. I hate t… --- ## [My, my, my. Bad bad bad Beck is on the search for the lost left shoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-my-my-bad-bad-bad-beck-is-on-the-search-for-the-lost-left-shoe/939491)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-my-my-bad-bad-bad-beck-is-on-the-search-for-the-lost-left-shoe/939491 "2021-04-12T22:49:02Z")
I’ve turned my closet inside out. I’ve shimmied under the bed. I’ve interrogated the grand wrex and pets. I’ve looked, at great danger, in the beams. Let me tell you about this shoe. (@VOW, you’ll like this) They a… --- ## [shtisel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shtisel/829007)
**Author:** [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shtisel/829007 "2021-04-12T21:34:45Z")
this series from Israel is streaming on Netflix now. a very nicely done series on an ultra orthodox family. try it if you haven’t seen it. I really enjoyed it and was sad to hear they are not planning a third series. --- ## [Advice troubleshooting Windows PC issue -- Chrome related (I think)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-troubleshooting-windows-pc-issue-chrome-related-i-think/939408)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-troubleshooting-windows-pc-issue-chrome-related-i-think/939408 "2021-04-12T21:12:16Z")
My Windows PC has been doing this for a couple of months, and it seems to be getting worse. It seems to have to do with screens where I have to log in, specifically getting to the login screen not waiting to actually log… --- ## [My water heater’s relief valve is dripping. Cause for concern?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-water-heater-s-relief-valve-is-dripping-cause-for-concern/939639)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-water-heater-s-relief-valve-is-dripping-cause-for-concern/939639 "2021-04-12T20:10:58Z")
I have an electric water heater and hot water is dripping from the relief valve, down the pvc drain pipe, into the pan, and down the drain. The heater is turned all the way up. Yes, I know that’s not recommended but it’s… --- ## [Ready Player Two - Thoughts? (Open Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-player-two-thoughts-open-spoilers/932977)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-player-two-thoughts-open-spoilers/932977 "2021-04-12T19:51:41Z")
Gist: I liked it, but this is hardly an amazing book(but neither is the first one). This thread contains full open spoilers for Ready Player One and its sequel, Ready Player Two First, realize that I really enjoyed the… --- ## [Are the actors in gay male porn films really straight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-actors-in-gay-male-porn-films-really-straight/86879)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-actors-in-gay-male-porn-films-really-straight/86879 "2021-04-12T19:36:01Z")
I have heard it asserted several times in the past few years that many (of course not all) actors in gay male porn flicks are really heterosexual when the cameras are not rolling. Does this have any basis in fact? Why wo… --- ## [Question about electricity and house wiring](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-electricity-and-house-wiring/939796)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-electricity-and-house-wiring/939796 "2021-04-12T19:30:17Z")
Had some wiring repaired at my house this week, that is the thing that got me thinking about this It made me wonder if two wires running 110 volts each and physically in contact, could generate enough of a magnetic fiel… --- ## [My Facebook account is locked and now I'm trapped in FB Hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-facebook-account-is-locked-and-now-im-trapped-in-fb-hell/939797)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-facebook-account-is-locked-and-now-im-trapped-in-fb-hell/939797 "2021-04-12T19:14:40Z")
(Actually, it’s my wife’s account) It started yesterday afternoon. I had FB open on the laptop in my account; but we needed to switch to my wife’s account, so she could post something to a group that she belongs to. S… --- ## [It is a truth universally acknowledged,](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-a-truth-universally-acknowledged/939763)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-a-truth-universally-acknowledged/939763 "2021-04-12T18:48:46Z")
that any tune without a fretless bass and a saxophone is in need of a fretless bass and a saxophone. --- ## [On Pollinators and Pollinating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-pollinators-and-pollinating/918684)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-pollinators-and-pollinating/918684 "2021-04-12T18:21:40Z")
I’ve really been enjoying watching all of the pollinators in my yard this summer. Between my milkweed and mimosa, I’ve got scads of honey bees, bumble bees, butterflies, moths, hummingbirds and everything else that likes… --- ## [Recommend some reusable face masks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-reusable-face-masks/939629)
**Author:** [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-reusable-face-masks/939629 "2021-04-12T18:18:45Z")
At a bit more than a year into this thing, I need to buy some washable face masks which fit properly. I prefer disposable surgical style masks for anytime I need to wear one for a long time, but I feel silly using a disp… --- ## [Anyone else noticing more homeless people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-noticing-more-homeless-people/939792)
**Author:** [@DeathPool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeathPool)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-noticing-more-homeless-people/939792 "2021-04-12T17:48:00Z")
Not sure if this is just local to me or indicative of a national trend. But I’ve noticed a lot more homeless people these days around the town I live in which is a sort on the smaller side of a metropolitan area but larg… --- ## [Masters 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masters-2021/939617)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masters-2021/939617 "2021-04-12T17:12:16Z")
We’re back to a Spring Masters and all is right with the world. I’m going way out on a limb (not really) and going to pick Jordan Spieth to win. Thankfully Tiger won’t be sucking up all the oxygen this tournament Let’s … --- ## [Stimulus checks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stimulus-checks/939328)
**Author:** [@stosh1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stosh1)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stimulus-checks/939328 "2021-04-12T16:16:33Z")
Does anybody know how these stimulus checks work. I got the first one real fast. I have friends living all around me and their names all start with different letters and they got their checks. There doesn’t seem to be a… --- ## [The Great Enrichment and what comes next](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-enrichment-and-what-comes-next/939510)
**Author:** [@Earl\_McCabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_McCabe)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-enrichment-and-what-comes-next/939510 "2021-04-12T16:08:19Z")
The Great Enrichment is a term for the unprecedented increase in wealth that has occurred over the last 200 years or so. https://www.google.com/amp/s/fee.org/articles/the-great-enrichment-was-built-on-ideas-not-capital/… --- ## [Prolly not a sign of a healthy democracy: no one voted in SW Missouri election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prolly-not-a-sign-of-a-healthy-democracy-no-one-voted-in-sw-missouri-election/939636)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prolly-not-a-sign-of-a-healthy-democracy-no-one-voted-in-sw-missouri-election/939636 "2021-04-12T15:45:37Z")
Only 70 people but still… no one knew there was an election? They aren’t “surprise” events like flash mobs or McDonald’s Szechuan sauce… none of these people care about how their tax money is spent? WTF? --- ## [Don't fall for the Social Security phone call scam guys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-fall-for-the-social-security-phone-call-scam-guys/939685)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-fall-for-the-social-security-phone-call-scam-guys/939685 "2021-04-12T15:31:57Z")
I’m sure most of you are aware of this, I just wanted to post this anyway incase some haven’t bc it can be quite scary. I just got a call from a robo device stating something to the effect of: “This is a call from the S… --- ## [The societal/historical impact of a manned Mars landing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-societal-historical-impact-of-a-manned-mars-landing/937942)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-societal-historical-impact-of-a-manned-mars-landing/937942 "2021-04-12T15:20:19Z")
Let’s set aside for now the technical difficulties of getting astronauts to Mars and look only at the societal/historical impact. Would landing astronauts on Mars, and getting them back to Earth, be considered THE crown… --- ## [Lines/Scenes in Movies that are seemingly only there for the trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-scenes-in-movies-that-are-seemingly-only-there-for-the-trailer/939782)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-scenes-in-movies-that-are-seemingly-only-there-for-the-trailer/939782 "2021-04-12T15:06:06Z")
I’ve seen a few people bring this up, but especially recently there are plenty of movies that have either lines or entire scenes that seem there only so they can look cool in the films TV trailers. Superhero movies have … --- ## [The Happy Cheap Chocolate Day MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-cheap-chocolate-day-mmp/939438)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 212\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-cheap-chocolate-day-mmp/939438 "2021-04-12T14:37:52Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 43 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 80 and N.O.S. for today. So it’s real Spring today. Not much in the way of plans for the day, as per usual. I do have … --- ## [Incorporationg nutritional yeast into your cooking/eating plans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incorporationg-nutritional-yeast-into-your-cooking-eating-plans/939800)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incorporationg-nutritional-yeast-into-your-cooking-eating-plans/939800 "2021-04-12T14:33:06Z")
I keep coming across stuff about how great nutritional yeast is-- full of B vitamins-- and that it tastes good, too, Do any of you regularly use it for cooking or mixing with other food? I just got home from Whole Foods… --- ## [Holy crap World of Warcraft got easy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-world-of-warcraft-got-easy/937567)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-world-of-warcraft-got-easy/937567 "2021-04-12T14:15:14Z")
After a long time away my sister and I decided to ty World of Warcraft again. In a week of rather casual effort she has levelled a character to level 33, which is more than halfway up the current character level limit o… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1489) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1491)