# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=157&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 158 --- ## [NFL Week 18](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-18/1026169)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-18/1026169 "2026-01-23T01:27:18Z")
On Thursday, the Lions ushered themselves out of the playoffs, committing six turnovers in a loss to the Vikings. Later that day, the Broncos scored a late touchdown to defeat the Chiefs in Arrowhead. That win took on … --- ## [Can a play be the "right" thing for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-play-be-the-right-thing-for-you/1026918)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-play-be-the-right-thing-for-you/1026918 "2026-01-23T01:00:49Z")
I was really torn between putting this thread here, or the P&E forum. Enter ‘Stage Right:’ Central Ohio home to nation’s only conservative theater company | NBC4 WCMH-TV This guy has started what he claims is the only … --- ## [Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wake-up-dead-man-a-knives-out-mystery/1022866)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wake-up-dead-man-a-knives-out-mystery/1022866 "2026-01-23T00:43:53Z")
The next installment of the Knives Out franchise is coming out in November. I liked the first two installments. --- ## [Seven of Nine you cruel b\*\*\*h](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-of-nine-you-cruel-b-h/1026822)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-of-nine-you-cruel-b-h/1026822 "2026-01-23T00:04:36Z")
Star Trek technology sounds fun. Amazing even. Heck I want a few of them in my house. But the body implants are ruining my life. Or saving it. Which ever you prefer to think. They managed to poke so many things in my … --- ## [Movies you haven't seen recently. (A thread for trailers for new unreleased movies.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-havent-seen-recently-a-thread-for-trailers-for-new-unreleased-movies/987183)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-havent-seen-recently-a-thread-for-trailers-for-new-unreleased-movies/987183 "2026-01-22T23:41:56Z")
I don’t think we have anything like a thread for posting new trailers for upcoming movies, and it seems like a good thing to have. I’ll kick it off with this one I saw today, which seems to be roughly the answer to the … --- ## [Does Hawking Radiation require an event horizon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hawking-radiation-require-an-event-horizon/1026773)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hawking-radiation-require-an-event-horizon/1026773 "2026-01-22T23:22:36Z")
The answers I could find on the web are split about 50% “we genuinely don’t know” and 50% “yes we do know”; only with the latter then equally split between “yes it does” and “no it doesn’t”. Superficially, if Hawking rad… --- ## [Episodic Comedy Films ..... a dead genre?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episodic-comedy-films-a-dead-genre/1024904)
**Author:** [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episodic-comedy-films-a-dead-genre/1024904 "2026-01-22T23:08:28Z")
So I love a good bad movie. Tubi recommended a 70s movie “Record City” so I put it on… ”Bizarre and funny employees and customers pass through the popular Record City music store in Los Angeles during a live radio conce… --- ## [Proposed People of the ‘Dope: Did you talk to your "intended" about marriage, before you actually did the proposal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-people-of-the-dope-did-you-talk-to-your-intended-about-marriage-before-you-actually-did-the-proposal/1026867)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-people-of-the-dope-did-you-talk-to-your-intended-about-marriage-before-you-actually-did-the-proposal/1026867 "2026-01-22T22:35:58Z")
Over the weekend, I heard from a friend that his daughter’s semi on again, off again boyfriend proposed to the daughter, and she said no. I asked if they had ever talked about marriage, and he said that according to the… --- ## [Ex-military Dopers, what kind of illegal orders are you confident your peers would have disobeyed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-military-dopers-what-kind-of-illegal-orders-are-you-confident-your-peers-would-have-disobeyed/1026865)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-military-dopers-what-kind-of-illegal-orders-are-you-confident-your-peers-would-have-disobeyed/1026865 "2026-01-22T21:29:36Z")
I know we have a sizable number of posters here on the Dope who are ex-Navy, ex-USAF, ex-Army, etc. I’m sure you would have disobeyed illegal orders from a US president or commander - but what about your peers? At the t… --- ## [Do you have to know the PARTICULAR computers hardware for C programming?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-to-know-the-particular-computers-hardware-for-c-programming/1026844)
**Author:** [@Nublette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nublette)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-to-know-the-particular-computers-hardware-for-c-programming/1026844 "2026-01-22T21:12:43Z")
In C, I hear you have to manually allocate the memory, and possibly do other things by hand in a similar realm. This seems to be saying that you need to write C with the particular hardware of the computer you are actua… --- ## [Barron Trump calls police for friend being assaulted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barron-trump-calls-police-for-friend-being-assaulted/1026924)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barron-trump-calls-police-for-friend-being-assaulted/1026924 "2026-01-22T20:57:20Z")
This is not political and has nothing to do with the President The internet brings unique challenges. How do you react after witnessing a crime remotely? Perhaps in another country? It can be complicated to call emerge… --- ## [I guess I'm back (the long nightmare is over)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-im-back-the-long-nightmare-is-over/1026892)
**Author:** [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-im-back-the-long-nightmare-is-over/1026892 "2026-01-22T20:33:41Z")
Hi. I was never an incredibly prolific or popular poster, a lot of old folks may not even remember me, but I signed up with the original vBulletin boards around … late 2000, I think? Maybe early 2001? My handle was Chees… --- ## [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 … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=156&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=158&state=watching)