# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=157 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 158 --- ## [Trauma Candy dump bowls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trauma-candy-dump-bowls/1026871)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trauma-candy-dump-bowls/1026871 "2026-01-22T18:26:38Z")
I had to look up what it’s called. I saw some YouTube vids of people dumping bags of candy into a bowl and telling of a past trauma. I don’t get it. Are they gonna all share the bowl of candy during a pity party? Or a… --- ## [Locked out of a Windows PC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locked-out-of-a-windows-pc/1026743)
**Author:** [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locked-out-of-a-windows-pc/1026743 "2026-01-22T17:42:59Z")
I have no access to a Windows PC (Windows 10, I believe; Dell OptiPlex XE3) I inherited at work. There are two login accounts/domains. Account1 prompts for a password and Account2 prompts for a PIN. I don’t know either. … --- ## [Ring in the New Year with Funk!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-in-the-new-year-with-funk/1012436)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-in-the-new-year-with-funk/1012436 "2026-01-22T17:23:49Z")
What’s your favorite funk song? It is something slow and grindy, like Maybe Your Baby or More Bounce to the Ounce? Something more disco like Love Rollercoaster or Holy Ghost? Something more jazzy like What is Hip? Yo… --- ## [Is it immoral to retain wealth in a world of extreme poverty and suffering?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-immoral-to-retain-wealth-in-a-world-of-extreme-poverty-and-suffering/1026711)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-immoral-to-retain-wealth-in-a-world-of-extreme-poverty-and-suffering/1026711 "2026-01-22T16:49:38Z")
There’s an article written years ago where the author argues that even if you obtained wealth in a moral way, that wouldn’t necessarily make it moral to retain it. He uses an analogy of someone obtaining an EpiPen that t… --- ## [Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky dies at age 29](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-grandmaster-daniel-naroditsky-dies-at-age-29/1024156)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-grandmaster-daniel-naroditsky-dies-at-age-29/1024156 "2026-01-22T15:50:12Z")
WTF!?!?!?!? He posted this video 3 days ago. You will hear the voice of your coach no matter what activity you do so make sure it’s a calm voice of helpful aid. Danya was and is my inner Chess voice. He was a fantast… --- ## [Obscure early chemistry question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-early-chemistry-question/1026831)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-early-chemistry-question/1026831 "2026-01-22T15:41:46Z")
An early practical chemist named Johann Rudolph Glauber is credited as among the first chemists to produce hydrochloric acid in its pure form, and pioneering the method most commonly used thereafter. The literature says … --- ## [Star Trek Section 31 (The movie, not the general concept.) (Or, okay, the general concept too if you want the thread to go that way—I'm easy.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-section-31-the-movie-not-the-general-concept-or-okay-the-general-concept-too-if-you-want-the-thread-to-go-that-way-im-easy/1013347)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-section-31-the-movie-not-the-general-concept-or-okay-the-general-concept-too-if-you-want-the-thread-to-go-that-way-im-easy/1013347 "2026-01-22T13:55:17Z")
So very, incredibly bad. It reminds me a lot of the Rick and Morty episode parodying the Avengers, except it takes itself seriously. Or maybe it should be called Plan Oceans 11 From Outer Space? Early on during the chara… --- ## [Bugonia (open spoilers after first post) - anyone else see it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugonia-open-spoilers-after-first-post-anyone-else-see-it/1025231)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugonia-open-spoilers-after-first-post-anyone-else-see-it/1025231 "2026-01-22T13:49:48Z")
I liked the movie, but have thoughts now that I am done with it. --- ## [Anyone follow a non Gregorian calendar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-follow-a-non-gregorian-calendar/1026247)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-follow-a-non-gregorian-calendar/1026247 "2026-01-22T13:26:46Z")
Random NYE (or New Years Day) musing on the ubiquity of the Gregorian calendar. Does anyone actually follow a non Gregorian calendar? As in not just know what Gregorian date a particular festival or holy month falls on, … --- ## [The latest in government propaganda: Eat Real Food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-in-government-propaganda-eat-real-food/1026449)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-in-government-propaganda-eat-real-food/1026449 "2026-01-22T12:57:22Z")
RFK’s latest gift to the world… realfood.gov Or if you want to avoid the obnoxious scrolljacking website, you can go directly to the dietary guidelines PDF here: https://cdn.realfood.gov/DGA.pdf The want you to give … --- ## [Orchestral Windows startup sound bite?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orchestral-windows-startup-sound-bite/1026862)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orchestral-windows-startup-sound-bite/1026862 "2026-01-22T09:09:14Z")
I trying to find that swelling orchestral music that Windows made when it started up, perhaps XP. I think it had the name of a technology, like “Dolby” but not dolby. It was like surround sound with exaggerated stereo ef… --- ## [Men In Black franchise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-black-franchise/1024947)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-black-franchise/1024947 "2026-01-22T07:32:24Z")
We just watched Men In Black: International. I started a thread in 2002 about Men In Black. I’d actually just watched on VHS, rented from Blockbuster. Back then, I thought it was ‘Meh.’ In actuality, or at least now,… --- ## [Interactive map of Rapa Nui quarry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interactive-map-of-rapa-nui-quarry/1026889)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interactive-map-of-rapa-nui-quarry/1026889 "2026-01-22T04:34:53Z")
A new 3D interactive map of the main quarry on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) has been published. The map consists of thousands of drone photos stitched together. You can move around, rotate and zoom the map to explore the det… --- ## [Attack Peter!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-peter/1026875)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-peter/1026875 "2026-01-22T04:27:11Z")
Son-of-a-wrek brought some PBR. The cans are done in images of Lino-engravings by a famous artist from Miami, “Attack Peter” is his professional name, I understand. The art is fun. The cans do a color change thing. Se… --- ## ["Days and Nights of Confrontation"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/days-and-nights-of-confrontation/1026912)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/days-and-nights-of-confrontation/1026912 "2026-01-22T04:22:19Z")
I just read this article about the North Korean movie, “Days and Nights of Confrontation”. I’d love to see the flick. Does anyone know where it can be viewed online? I couldn’t find it on any of my usual suspects (Bilibi… --- ## [Legal actions taken in reponse to Uvalde School shootings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-actions-taken-in-reponse-to-uvalde-school-shootings/965813)
**Author:** [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-actions-taken-in-reponse-to-uvalde-school-shootings/965813 "2026-01-22T04:09:30Z")
From this link: Attorney " Henry is now exploring all available legal avenues against all responsible parties for possible constitutional rights violations, gun law violations, and violations of laws, policies, and proc… --- ## [Christmas tree longevity strategies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-tree-longevity-strategies/1026881)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-tree-longevity-strategies/1026881 "2026-01-22T03:39:12Z")
Every year we buy a cut tree, and pay a pretty price for a nicely-shaped Nordmann pine with soft needles. The last couple of years we have noticed that the garden center is shaving down the bottom 6-8 inches of the trunk… --- ## [Vintage Promotional, Industrial, Educational films](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-promotional-industrial-educational-films/1026084)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-promotional-industrial-educational-films/1026084 "2026-01-22T03:27:41Z")
Last year I posted a failed thread for the short, Santa In Animal Land (1948). I’ll try something similar for this thread, but not as specific. Let’s share vintage Promotional, Industrial, Educational films, and other … --- ## [I made a cat toy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-a-cat-toy/1026891)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-a-cat-toy/1026891 "2026-01-22T02:16:25Z")
I took a clear plastic jar and cut a small hole in the side. She sees the cat food inside, and rolls and bats it around until a piece comes out. She always has such an appetite that I don’t need to fill it with actual tr… --- ## [Sushi etiquette and planning a sushi restaurant meal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sushi-etiquette-and-planning-a-sushi-restaurant-meal/1026745)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sushi-etiquette-and-planning-a-sushi-restaurant-meal/1026745 "2026-01-22T02:02:25Z")
I enjoy many kinds of sushi, but know practically nothing about it. I’d like to go to a fairly nice sushi joint for a special occasion with one other person who is a non-sushi eater. My hope is to sit at the bar and be s… --- ## [Is "proposing" on your knees really a thing in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-proposing-on-your-knees-really-a-thing-in-the-us/1026790)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-proposing-on-your-knees-really-a-thing-in-the-us/1026790 "2026-01-22T01:16:36Z")
… seeing lots of short vids in misc. "self-publishing / I need to show the world " websites … is that really a thing in the US - or does social-media just make it seem so? Seriously wondering… --- ## [Major Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-mudd/25107)
**Author:** [@seriousart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seriousart)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-mudd/25107 "2026-01-22T00:48:23Z")
I have this photo of myself as a child posing with a a man in a jump suit. A guy by the name of Major Mudd (or so I’m told) Apparently I was a big fan of his TV show as a kid, growing up in South Shore Massachusetts duri… --- ## [song in total recall - what was it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-in-total-recall-what-was-it/109744)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Salads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Salads)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-in-total-recall-what-was-it/109744 "2026-01-22T00:44:28Z")
Hi, For those that own or have seen Total Recall: When Ah-nold goes into the bar on Mars for the first time (complete with the woman with three breasts and the bardancers), there’s a song that’s playing. I know Ive he… --- ## [Find me the right word for this fruitless activity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-me-the-right-word-for-this-fruitless-activity/1026864)
**Author:** [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2026, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-me-the-right-word-for-this-fruitless-activity/1026864 "2026-01-21T22:03:02Z")
I need the right word to describe a fairly specific action. Not ten minutes ago I wanted to eat a nice apple, so gave it a rinse and then peeled off the little sticker and held it over the kitchen top rubbish bag on the… --- ## [Traveling to New York for a Broadway show - Where to buy tickets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-to-new-york-for-a-broadway-show-where-to-buy-tickets/1026811)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2026, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-to-new-york-for-a-broadway-show-where-to-buy-tickets/1026811 "2026-01-21T21:21:16Z")
Preliminary Googling shows there are several options as to where to buy Broadway tickets online. Going to the venue’s website seems the safest, but I’m guessing tickets can be obtained for less (?) on other sites such as… --- ## [Slimline CD case labelling techniques?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slimline-cd-case-labelling-techniques/419717)
**Author:** [@anamnesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anamnesis)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2026, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slimline-cd-case-labelling-techniques/419717 "2026-01-21T20:32:18Z")
I’ve been trying to figure out a good technique for labelling the spines of Slimline (the very thin type which doesn’t have a separate area for the back label/spine insert) and was hoping to come up with a unified techni… --- ## [Mass strike/protest in Minnesota for one day, January 23rd](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-strike-protest-in-minnesota-for-one-day-january-23rd/1026861)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2026, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-strike-protest-in-minnesota-for-one-day-january-23rd/1026861 "2026-01-21T20:20:39Z")
I’m not sure if this is the right forum. If the mods want to move it to Mundane Pointless Stuff I Share or even the Pit, that’s fine… I put it here because it is about a protest which I feel is a political one. Apparent… --- ## [Best home made drink recipe EVAH!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-home-made-drink-recipe-evah/1021889)
**Author:** [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2026, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-home-made-drink-recipe-evah/1021889 "2026-01-21T19:31:38Z")
inspired by this topic, what drink or cocktail have you invented? For example… I had Blue Moon beer in the fridge, and I was in the mood for a Boilermaker. The only whiskey I had was Fireball. What the heck, let’s tr… --- ## [Amazing and oddly specific coincidence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-and-oddly-specific-coincidence/1026807)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-and-oddly-specific-coincidence/1026807 "2026-01-21T18:46:45Z")
I am a leading researcher on VintageAerial.com. My hobby is locating and identifying old aerial photos taken in rural areas starting in the 1950s. To help in this endeavor I have assembled a large collection of rural dir… --- ## [Most impressive championships by opponent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-impressive-championships-by-opponent/1026633)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-impressive-championships-by-opponent/1026633 "2026-01-21T17:53:28Z")
The concept of strength of schedule is that beating a better opponent is more impressive. I started thinking about who has the most impressive championship wins, purely based on how impressive their opponents were. Any … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=156) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=158)