# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=153&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 154 --- ## [Alex Honnold can climb a half-mile of sheer vertical rock.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-honnold-can-climb-a-half-mile-of-sheer-vertical-rock/829974)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-honnold-can-climb-a-half-mile-of-sheer-vertical-rock/829974 "2026-01-28T19:43:14Z")
I spend a lot of time clicking aimlessly around at YouTube. If I linked to every interesting video I saw, I’d start hundreds of threads! There are many amazing people out there in the world. But Alex Honnold flabberga… --- ## [Fatburger's parent company is in trouble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fatburgers-parent-company-is-in-trouble/1027124)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fatburgers-parent-company-is-in-trouble/1027124 "2026-01-28T18:23:09Z")
FAT Brands has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Restaurant franchiser FAT Brands, which owns popular fast-casual chains including Fatburger, Johnny Rockets and Twin Peaks, has filed for bankruptcy amid a mou… --- ## [Remember musical laser light shows?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-musical-laser-light-shows/1027053)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-musical-laser-light-shows/1027053 "2026-01-28T17:25:35Z")
They would be held in planetariums (usually), the seats would go back so far there was a real danger of falling asleep when the lights went down…until a rock album was played (Dark Side Of The Moon, The Wall etc) and the… --- ## [\*A House of Dynamite\* (2025 film about nuclear attack) Discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-house-of-dynamite-2025-film-about-nuclear-attack-discussion/1024344)
**Author:** [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-house-of-dynamite-2025-film-about-nuclear-attack-discussion/1024344 "2026-01-28T16:07:14Z")
Continuing the discussion from Movies you've seen recently (Part 2): Perhaps. I mean I’m no expert on nuclear war strategy but it seems to me that once you have fired that first missile, you’ve already decided to forgo… --- ## [Looking for an alarm/count down timer that works DESPITE computer going to sleep](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-alarm-count-down-timer-that-works-despite-computer-going-to-sleep/1027103)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-alarm-count-down-timer-that-works-despite-computer-going-to-sleep/1027103 "2026-01-28T15:47:30Z")
I don’t know if this is exists or is possible, but… What I need is a timer app that will play an audio alarm when it hits zero EVEN IF the computer has gone to ‘sleep’ in the meantime. In case ‘sleep’ isn’t the right t… --- ## [Ultrasonic Detection Technology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultrasonic-detection-technology/1027117)
**Author:** [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultrasonic-detection-technology/1027117 "2026-01-28T14:46:54Z")
I am interested in a device capable of determining the density of surrounding objects. The transmitter and receiver must be located in the same place, so we couldn’t put the material in between the two. Using commercial,… --- ## [Humidifier recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humidifier-recommendations/1027036)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humidifier-recommendations/1027036 "2026-01-28T13:31:11Z")
I bought this Honeywell humidifier some months ago and it really is not getting the job done. Given how simple its operation is it is weirdly expensive too. I wouldn’t mind if it got the job done but I can barely tell … --- ## [Do identical twins have similar fingerprints?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-identical-twins-have-similar-fingerprints/1019749)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-identical-twins-have-similar-fingerprints/1019749 "2026-01-28T13:19:57Z")
No two people have identical fingerprints, not even twins. But do twins have broadly similar prints? Fingerprints come in three types, loop, whorl and arch. Arches may be plain or tented. Loops may be radial or ulnar,… --- ## [Does anyone else remember this 80s show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-remember-this-80s-show/544319)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-remember-this-80s-show/544319 "2026-01-28T11:02:16Z")
In the 80s, I think it was on Nickelodeon. Basically it was a voice reading a comic book while a camera panned from panel to panel. Sometimes it was a comic about two babies called Sugar and Spike and sometimes it was th… --- ## [When Spacetime Speeds Up the Universe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-spacetime-speeds-up-the-universe/1026609)
**Author:** [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-spacetime-speeds-up-the-universe/1026609 "2026-01-28T06:42:50Z")
German researchers at the University of Bremen, together with Romanian colleagues at the University of Brașov, have proposed a theory suggesting that “dark energy” might not be a separate, mysterious substance at all. D… --- ## [Handy persons: please help regarding old Schlage multi-point lock doors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handy-persons-please-help-regarding-old-schlage-multi-point-lock-doors/1026840)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handy-persons-please-help-regarding-old-schlage-multi-point-lock-doors/1026840 "2026-01-28T06:07:26Z")
So, a good buddy has a mother-in-law garage apartment built in the 1960’s (maybe 70’s). It has Schlage brand multi-point lock systems from back in the day. The garage is unoccupied and got broken into over the summer. Al… --- ## [Your Favorite Singer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-singer/1027063)
**Author:** [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-singer/1027063 "2026-01-28T04:06:34Z")
Who’s your favorite singer? I’m defining “favorite” as the person whose voice and phrasing most reliably provides you with pleasure. My own favorite is Willie Nelson. I’m not a huge fan, but — more than anyone else — he… --- ## [Where does the income from a deceased YouTuber go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-income-from-a-deceased-youtuber-go/1027092)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-income-from-a-deceased-youtuber-go/1027092 "2026-01-28T03:02:12Z")
Recently a young (he was 55/56) YouTuber died. He had no wife and no children. His YouTube channel is still getting views – indeed, his videos probably got a yuge bump when news of his death broke. Does this money go to… --- ## [I post a benign comment, you fake offense to it and then post your own.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-post-a-benign-comment-you-fake-offense-to-it-and-then-post-your-own/811932)
**Author:** [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Replies:** 1946\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-post-a-benign-comment-you-fake-offense-to-it-and-then-post-your-own/811932 "2026-01-28T02:34:39Z")
Inspired by a video I saw where some millennials were offended by just about everything they said to each other while on a date. The game is simple. I’ll post the first benign, purposely unoffensive comment and you mak… --- ## [Dead or nearly dead tropes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-or-nearly-dead-tropes/1014797)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 477\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-or-nearly-dead-tropes/1014797 "2026-01-28T02:28:18Z")
I’ve been binging a lot of older TV series lately, and occasionally notice tropes/memes/gags that used to turn up pretty regularly and familiarly in decades past that seem to have nearly or completely died out today. A f… --- ## [Something you never tried, and were pleasantly surprised when you finally did](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-you-never-tried-and-were-pleasantly-surprised-when-you-finally-did/1025522)
**Author:** [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-you-never-tried-and-were-pleasantly-surprised-when-you-finally-did/1025522 "2026-01-28T01:52:17Z")
While reading the Something you always wanted to try, and were sorely disappointed with when you finally did thread, I got to thinking about things I’ve tried that I’ve always wanted to (or that have a culture of hype ar… --- ## [Remake or make a sequel to a music video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-or-make-a-sequel-to-a-music-video/1027095)
**Author:** [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-or-make-a-sequel-to-a-music-video/1027095 "2026-01-28T00:09:01Z")
Are there any music videos that you’d like to see remade or a sequel made of them? I have one that I think would be great. It would start with two women walking down a hallway. We only see them from behind and thus do… --- ## [PLEASE help me choose a new TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-choose-a-new-tv/1027050)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2026, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-choose-a-new-tv/1027050 "2026-01-27T20:59:57Z")
I am stuck in analysis paralysis. I have two TVs I’m choosing between at Best Buy. The first is the LG 85A. The other is TCL QM6K. I just can’t seem to pick between the two. The prices are $100 different, so that is… --- ## [Examples of the rotating villain tactic that the democratic party uses to avoid passing bills](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-the-rotating-villain-tactic-that-the-democratic-party-uses-to-avoid-passing-bills/1027061)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2026, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-the-rotating-villain-tactic-that-the-democratic-party-uses-to-avoid-passing-bills/1027061 "2026-01-27T20:16:07Z")
So the rotating villain is when the democratic party doesn’t want to pass a bill, but they also don’t want their base to be mad at them. So they find a way to pretend they want to pass it, knowing someone else will block… --- ## [Poor sleep after physical exertion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-sleep-after-physical-exertion/1027039)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-sleep-after-physical-exertion/1027039 "2026-01-27T18:51:03Z")
Yesterday I spent a good bit of time shoveling snow. Way more physical exertion than I am used to. After a workout like that, most people would sleep like a log, right? I guess I am not most people. I used to be normal… --- ## [How does YouTube split Premium payments between multiple channels/video creators?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-youtube-split-premium-payments-between-multiple-channels-video-creators/1027094)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2026, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-youtube-split-premium-payments-between-multiple-channels-video-creators/1027094 "2026-01-27T16:01:03Z")
(Putting this in IMHO because as far as I can tell, there isn’t one simple factual answer to this… maybe it differs depending on topic, specific individual, etc.? Not sure. Anecdotes welcome too.) I subscribe to YouTube… --- ## [Question about repair costs for the Hollywood Walk Of Fame](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-repair-costs-for-the-hollywood-walk-of-fame/1027049)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-repair-costs-for-the-hollywood-walk-of-fame/1027049 "2026-01-27T15:44:34Z")
When a star on the Walk Of Fame is demolished/deeply damaged over and over again, who pays for and repairs the damage? --- ## [Where is Rzerztrowitz today, and what, if anything, is it called? (Poland? Czechia?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-rzerztrowitz-today-and-what-if-anything-is-it-called-poland-czechia/1027087)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2026, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-rzerztrowitz-today-and-what-if-anything-is-it-called-poland-czechia/1027087 "2026-01-27T14:39:55Z")
Disclaimer: It’s possible this place never existed, or was badly misspelled. OK, went down the rabbit hole looking for info on M.W. De Laubenfels, a zoologist from Stanford whose specialty was sponges, but who also pub… --- ## [For those of you who love Doctor Who or Sherlock Holmes---](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-you-who-love-doctor-who-or-sherlock-holmes/1027088)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-you-who-love-doctor-who-or-sherlock-holmes/1027088 "2026-01-27T14:31:03Z")
–which, on the SDMB is almost everybody…TOM BAKER IS BACK! Our beloved Fourth Doctor (all scarf, teeth & curls) will play Sherlock Holmes in an audiodrama! The worlds of Doctor Who and Sherlock Holmes continue to co… --- ## [Healthy Lifestyle Discussion Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/healthy-lifestyle-discussion-thread/1026385)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2026, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/healthy-lifestyle-discussion-thread/1026385 "2026-01-27T10:03:31Z")
It’s time to make some changes. Not too many, not too fast. I live a pretty busy life with a full-time job, and an AuDHD kid. I’m probably not managing the stress as well as I could be due to lifestyle choices. I have e… --- ## [Can the # of views on an unlisted YouTube video increase without human views?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-of-views-on-an-unlisted-youtube-video-increase-without-human-views/1027066)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2026, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-of-views-on-an-unlisted-youtube-video-increase-without-human-views/1027066 "2026-01-27T06:40:27Z")
On behalf of our local music group I recently submitted a grant proposal that required work samples, such as a clip from the applicant’s musical performance. In order to meet the strict guidelines (nothing over 3 minutes… --- ## [Australian Lamb advert - 2026 released](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-lamb-advert-2026-released/1026992)
**Author:** [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2026, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-lamb-advert-2026-released/1026992 "2026-01-27T05:19:52Z")
Australia Day is on January 2026. While not completely supported as the right day to talk about national unity, a feature over the past two decades has been the Lamb advert, put out by the Meat and Livestock Association… --- ## [The disposition of certain breeds of domestic cats towards other breeds of cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disposition-of-certain-breeds-of-domestic-cats-towards-other-breeds-of-cats/1026405)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2026, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disposition-of-certain-breeds-of-domestic-cats-towards-other-breeds-of-cats/1026405 "2026-01-27T03:30:00Z")
Please note: This is not the place to post personal cat stories. Are there breeds of domestic cat that, generally, do not get along well with particular other breeds of domestic cat? --- ## [MacBook Air is giving unwanted notifications](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macbook-air-is-giving-unwanted-notifications/1027043)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2026, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macbook-air-is-giving-unwanted-notifications/1027043 "2026-01-27T02:21:04Z")
Clicking on a link from a Google search, I was repeatedly asked to confirm that I’m not a robot (but with no actual Captcha tests). The fourth time, a warning showed up, telling me that I had been infected, and I must ca… --- ## [Farewell to Hestia, and the End of an Era](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-to-hestia-and-the-end-of-an-era/1026995)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2026, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-to-hestia-and-the-end-of-an-era/1026995 "2026-01-27T01:46:04Z")
Yesterday we had to do something we had dreaded, but which we knew was coming anyway. Our cat Hestia was almost twenty years old, but had been remarkably fit and agile for almost all of it. Until the weather turned cold… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=152&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=154&state=muted)