# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=159&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 160 --- ## [Anyone care to explain to a non-sports fan how you found the Bears-Packers (or any other televised game) entertaining to watch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-care-to-explain-to-a-non-sports-fan-how-you-found-the-bears-packers-or-any-other-televised-game-entertaining-to-watch/1026562)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2026, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-care-to-explain-to-a-non-sports-fan-how-you-found-the-bears-packers-or-any-other-televised-game-entertaining-to-watch/1026562 "2026-01-21T00:07:02Z")
I understand this all comes down to personal preferences. I enjoy making and listening to bluegrass music, which I imagine many of you would consider torture. But last night, for whatever reason, my wife decided she wa… --- ## [Is it unprofessional (or pointless) to use an external job offer as leverage with your current employer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-unprofessional-or-pointless-to-use-an-external-job-offer-as-leverage-with-your-current-employer/1026518)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-unprofessional-or-pointless-to-use-an-external-job-offer-as-leverage-with-your-current-employer/1026518 "2026-01-20T23:54:36Z")
I have Job A at My Company. I want Job B. I’m qualified for it, and it’s a completely lateral move, just with better hours. I’ve applied for Job B several times, and keep getting rejected, because My Company wants to kee… --- ## [How often is a guardian ad litem named in a custody case?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-is-a-guardian-ad-litem-named-in-a-custody-case/1026735)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-is-a-guardian-ad-litem-named-in-a-custody-case/1026735 "2026-01-20T23:46:37Z")
I had never heard of such a thing - a court-appointed attorney representing the children in a messy custody case - until quite recently. Maybe I’ve known people who used one and I didn’t know about it, but it sounds lik… --- ## [Do your teeth touch the fork/spoon when you eat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-teeth-touch-the-fork-spoon-when-you-eat/1026599)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-teeth-touch-the-fork-spoon-when-you-eat/1026599 "2026-01-20T23:41:55Z")
I think I’m the weird one (for this and many other reasons) but I am 100% against teeth touching anything metal, ever, for any reason. And this extends to eating scenes in film and TV where foley artists for some reason… --- ## [Posting an MP4 here. Is that possible? Is that allowed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-an-mp4-here-is-that-possible-is-that-allowed/1026863)
**Author:** [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-an-mp4-here-is-that-possible-is-that-allowed/1026863 "2026-01-20T22:18:46Z")
Is it possible ( or allowed ) to post an MP4 file to the board?? Sometimes posting a ‘link’ just seems to be impossible. Do I need permission? Do I need to filter it through a review committee first? --- ## [Problem calling another person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-calling-another-person/1026833)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-calling-another-person/1026833 "2026-01-20T21:43:11Z")
We are both on Verizon, the same plan, in fact. When I try to call her it rings several times, but only on my end and not hers, and when it finally goes to voicemail and I leave a message, there is no indication that she… --- ## [Does this joke have a real punchline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-joke-have-a-real-punchline/1026631)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-joke-have-a-real-punchline/1026631 "2026-01-20T21:02:50Z")
Is there something to get or is it an anti-joke: --- ## [Why isn't "QUO" an accepted Scrabble word?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-quo-an-accepted-scrabble-word/241789)
**Author:** [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-quo-an-accepted-scrabble-word/241789 "2026-01-20T20:51:18Z")
As in, “Quid Pro Quo” and “Status Quo”. I’ve been winning word challenges for years by just citing those two phrases – often without anyone checking the dictionary – and because I thought it was a legitimate word. Only … --- ## [So, do you want OPEN BORDERS?! Um, yeah, sure!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-want-open-borders-um-yeah-sure/1026733)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-want-open-borders-um-yeah-sure/1026733 "2026-01-20T20:47:07Z")
Related to ICE and all that nazi shit. “Sooo,” the Right intones, “do you want OPEN BORDERZZzSSs?” like the evil snake mutherfuckers they are. Um, yeah, sure! is my answer. Gemini says: And for all of my life, the R… --- ## [The incompatibility of invisibility with vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incompatibility-of-invisibility-with-vision/1026802)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incompatibility-of-invisibility-with-vision/1026802 "2026-01-20T19:34:34Z")
I think there have been several fictional works that directly addressed the issue that if a person were rendered invisible, they would be unable to see, because vision requires light to be focused by their eyes’ lens and… --- ## [Probability problem, please explain it to me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probability-problem-please-explain-it-to-me/1026683)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probability-problem-please-explain-it-to-me/1026683 "2026-01-20T19:33:04Z")
There is a probability problem on the internet that I really don’t understand. Please explain it to me in a way that makes rational sense to me. I am stealing this text from the webpage linked below. “Mary has 2 childre… --- ## [Did you Watch Live Aid on 13 July 1985? Or recordings afterwards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-watch-live-aid-on-13-july-1985-or-recordings-afterwards/1026774)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-watch-live-aid-on-13-july-1985-or-recordings-afterwards/1026774 "2026-01-20T18:19:33Z")
Live Aid occurred 40 years ago last summer. I remember Dick Clark on ABC aired a live special. I can’t remember the other channels that carried the entire event. How important is Live Aid in your memory? Do you have i… --- ## [Why did the power cut have this effect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-power-cut-have-this-effect/1026816)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-power-cut-have-this-effect/1026816 "2026-01-20T16:44:07Z")
I have two domestic Miele ovens, each with a clock. Recently there was a power cut for about 30 seconds. One clock reset and the other continued as normal? Why?! --- ## [Not understanding the American system of government. Elected officials can just decide who to investigate or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-understanding-the-american-system-of-government-elected-officials-can-just-decide-who-to-investigate-or-not/1026696)
**Author:** [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-understanding-the-american-system-of-government-elected-officials-can-just-decide-who-to-investigate-or-not/1026696 "2026-01-20T16:30:22Z")
I don’t understand the American system of government, sometimes. Elected officials can just decided who to investigate or not? Is there no legal concept of prosecutorial independence? --- ## [Cow Tools!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cow-tools/1026849)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cow-tools/1026849 "2026-01-20T16:21:03Z")
Gary Larsen knew all along - cows use tools! --- ## [Really weird USPS mailing question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-weird-usps-mailing-question/1026781)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-weird-usps-mailing-question/1026781 "2026-01-20T16:10:39Z")
I’ve posted before about mailing folded self-mailers. In addition to the size and weight requirements for standard mail there is also a limitation on stiffness: the item has to be flexible enough to feed through the mach… --- ## [Girls are still reading Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-are-still-reading-are-you-there-god-its-me-margaret/1024801)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-are-still-reading-are-you-there-god-its-me-margaret/1024801 "2026-01-20T14:25:24Z")
One of my fourth graders in religious school had Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, yesterday, and I asked her why she was reading it? wasn’t it terribly out-of-date? She said “Oh no! It’s a classic! all the girls in… --- ## [Name that medication](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-medication/1026715)
**Author:** [@Bishop5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bishop5)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-medication/1026715 "2026-01-20T14:07:19Z")
How do they come up with names for new medications? Most of them look like someone grabbed a random handful of letter tiles. --- ## [Anti retirement support](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-retirement-support/1024978)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 224\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-retirement-support/1024978 "2026-01-20T14:06:24Z")
We lean older here, and there is a fair amount of discussion about retirement. I’m 66 myself and I’ve shared widely here and in real life that my plans are to keep working unless some health crisis prevents it or I stop … --- ## [Is the single best language for a career in game programming C++?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-single-best-language-for-a-career-in-game-programming-c/1026782)
**Author:** [@Nublette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nublette)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-single-best-language-for-a-career-in-game-programming-c/1026782 "2026-01-20T13:52:04Z")
The title pretty much sums up the gist of my question. Basically, I am looking to get into video game programming. I asked ChatGPT and it, summed up, pointed me to C++ as the dominant language to learn. So, what is your… --- ## [You did nothing? Fuck you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-did-nothing-fuck-you/1026674)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-did-nothing-fuck-you/1026674 "2026-01-20T13:22:10Z")
If you put a MAGA sticker on your car, fuck you. If you donated to Trump’s campaign, fuck you. If you voted for Trump, fuck you. If you did not vote for the one candidate who could beat him, fuck you. If you didn’t v… --- ## [Encryption: If it is based off prime numbers why not just have a great big list of prime numbers to break the codes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/encryption-if-it-is-based-off-prime-numbers-why-not-just-have-a-great-big-list-of-prime-numbers-to-break-the-codes/1026772)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/encryption-if-it-is-based-off-prime-numbers-why-not-just-have-a-great-big-list-of-prime-numbers-to-break-the-codes/1026772 "2026-01-20T12:17:12Z")
I get the title seems simplistic but why not? If encryption is all about primes then why not make a list of primes to break them? That number has to be massively smaller than all numbers even if it is infinite (smaller … --- ## [How to be a millionaire ICE Superhero](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-be-a-millionaire-ice-superhero/1026775)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-be-a-millionaire-ice-superhero/1026775 "2026-01-20T11:20:26Z")
Do you want to be a masked superhero? Do want to be a millionaire? Do you like firing guns? Join ICE! The only qualification needed is a hatred of terrorists, murderers, rapists, immigrants and Democrats. Training d… --- ## ["Ghost" skiers \[TV coverage\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-skiers-tv-coverage/1026829)
**Author:** [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-skiers-tv-coverage/1026829 "2026-01-20T01:33:25Z")
I was recently watching some video of downhill skiing, and I realized the coverage was missing something: a “ghost” skier alongside a real one. The scheme was to show the currently active skier along with a recorded & t… --- ## [Thoughts on living in “interesting times”…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-living-in-interesting-times/1026560)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-living-in-interesting-times/1026560 "2026-01-20T01:01:36Z")
I’m sure most of you know about the apocryphal Chinese curse “may you live in interesting times.” I’ve often seen people lamenting that we/they seem to be living some really interesting times right now, and wished that t… --- ## [I Just Googled Fuck ICE and Fuck Anyone who Supports ICE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-googled-fuck-ice-and-fuck-anyone-who-supports-ice/1023980)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-googled-fuck-ice-and-fuck-anyone-who-supports-ice/1023980 "2026-01-20T00:58:49Z")
….and I got tsked tsked by A.I. for spewing “hate speech that has no place in a diverse and inclusive society.” Do I gotta worry about ICE showing up at my door? Honestly, I had just read about ICE agents standing on a… --- ## [Stuff you loved that was discontinued.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-loved-that-was-discontinued/591157)
**Author:** [@zephyr9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zephyr9)\ **Replies:** 346\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2026, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-loved-that-was-discontinued/591157 "2026-01-19T23:35:11Z")
I can’t believe the Immaculate Baking Company. I think they’re in South Carolina. They stopped carrying my cookies–Key Lime ones, forget the exact name, and “Leapin Lemon–” at Whole Foods. Ok, whatever, I’ll order the… --- ## [Least secure job in the NFL teams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-secure-job-in-the-nfl-teams/1026827)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2026, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-secure-job-in-the-nfl-teams/1026827 "2026-01-19T21:57:19Z")
It’s that time of year for teams to fire the coaches in hopes of improving their record. I must admit I don’t pay that much attention to exactly what coaches. So which coaches have the least tenure? --- ## [How did you share new music with you friends when you were a teenager?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-share-new-music-with-you-friends-when-you-were-a-teenager/1026747)
**Author:** [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2026, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-share-new-music-with-you-friends-when-you-were-a-teenager/1026747 "2026-01-19T21:00:30Z")
For myself it started with the latest releases on 45 and then later progressed to the latest album release. I can still fondly recall playing Queens News of the World with my cousins and rockin’ out to We Will Rock You.… --- ## [How do you like my idea for simplifying sports coverage on TV: one app for every league, pay for individual games a la carte](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-my-idea-for-simplifying-sports-coverage-on-tv-one-app-for-every-league-pay-for-individual-games-a-la-carte/1026798)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-my-idea-for-simplifying-sports-coverage-on-tv-one-app-for-every-league-pay-for-individual-games-a-la-carte/1026798 "2026-01-19T20:23:08Z")
I’ve come up with a shockingly simple solution to the problem of some sports games being on this streaming app, some on that streaming app, some on broadcast TV, all within the same league. It also solves the problem of … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=158&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=160&state=watching)