# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=188&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 189 --- ## [D & D got woke and that's good because you should have all been playing that way (or not if you didn't prefer))](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-got-woke-and-thats-good-because-you-should-have-all-been-playing-that-way-or-not-if-you-didnt-prefer/933114)
**Author:** [@Manwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manwich)\ **Replies:** 1206\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-got-woke-and-thats-good-because-you-should-have-all-been-playing-that-way-or-not-if-you-didnt-prefer/933114 "2025-12-08T23:46:03Z")
Did we have a thread about this? My summary: Woke roleplaying is basically good, old rulebook style had a lot of shit, feel free to roleplay however YOU like. D & D with evil ugly monsters is shit for story telling and… --- ## [Cinderella - Lesley Ann Warren](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinderella-lesley-ann-warren/1025514)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinderella-lesley-ann-warren/1025514 "2025-12-08T23:27:30Z")
I was watching Secretary which had Lesley Ann Warren in it and that started me thinking about her starring in Cinderella. I googled a bit of it (YouTube) and it was in color! Was it colorized, I could have sworn it was … --- ## [Podcasts you both love and hate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcasts-you-both-love-and-hate/1025153)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcasts-you-both-love-and-hate/1025153 "2025-12-08T23:15:50Z")
I’ve been listening to the Prancing Pony podcast, which is what got me started on this thought. They do a deep dive on Tolkien’s work: The Hobbit, LOTR, the Simarillion. Really excellent word-nerdery and detailed analysi… --- ## [Old Music Friday with Owen Cutts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-music-friday-with-owen-cutts/1025496)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-music-friday-with-owen-cutts/1025496 "2025-12-08T23:00:48Z")
This gentleman is talented and hilarious. The whole channel is entertaining but the Old Music Fridays are the best. Deep this. (Pink Floyd) Or this. (Dusty Springfield) --- ## [Another plant based product - Hershey's candy bars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-plant-based-product-hersheys-candy-bars/1025469)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-plant-based-product-hersheys-candy-bars/1025469 "2025-12-08T21:59:52Z")
I was surprised to see some bars labeled as plant based. I mean it’s chocolate. A bit of research shows they have replaced the milk powder with oat milk. --- ## [Insulating a hollow steel door.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulating-a-hollow-steel-door/485208)
**Author:** [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulating-a-hollow-steel-door/485208 "2025-12-08T19:50:50Z")
My front door is steel with a 2’x3’ double pane window. The door feels so cold on frigid days that I’ve always assumed it’s uninsulated. Occasionally I consider taking the door off its hinges, drilling several holes in t… --- ## [Things I'd like to see when/if this message board says "Buh-bye"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-id-like-to-see-when-if-this-message-board-says-buh-bye/1022040)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-id-like-to-see-when-if-this-message-board-says-buh-bye/1022040 "2025-12-08T17:47:18Z")
Just for fun, folks.:grin: I would like to see a list of the top ten posters that have been blocked. I wouldn’t mind seeing if/where I am on the list. Yours? --- ## [Raccoon breaks into liquor store and samples the wares](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raccoon-breaks-into-liquor-store-and-samples-the-wares/1025381)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raccoon-breaks-into-liquor-store-and-samples-the-wares/1025381 "2025-12-08T16:51:31Z")
I thought about posting this in Cafe Society, but decided it fit better here. And it passed out right next to the toilet! They are smart creatures, after all. --- ## [How is it that women didn't all strangle men in the 1960s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-that-women-didnt-all-strangle-men-in-the-1960s/1022214)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-that-women-didnt-all-strangle-men-in-the-1960s/1022214 "2025-12-08T16:23:20Z")
I’ve been watching and listening to movies and music from the 1960s (and earlier), and it’s hard to believe how women are depicted condescendingly and as essentially brainless. Operation Moonbase – The first astronaut i… --- ## [Color theory vs. light theory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-theory-vs-light-theory/1025474)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-theory-vs-light-theory/1025474 "2025-12-08T16:20:45Z")
I got into a discussion with an art teacher, and we’re kind of stuck at the point about brown being clearly visible to humans, but not being in the rainbow. I know why black and white aren’t colors, but what do we say fo… --- ## [What under-30 actors will still be working a decade from now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-under-30-actors-will-still-be-working-a-decade-from-now/728210)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-under-30-actors-will-still-be-working-a-decade-from-now/728210 "2025-12-08T14:11:07Z")
I’m fairly sure we’ve discussed this before. Why, I may have even be the one to start the thread. But there’s no way to prove it, as board search is terribly wonky and every time I enter my own name into Google Search, I… --- ## [Help me identify this mildly traumatizing Apartheid movie or TV scene I saw in my childhood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-mildly-traumatizing-apartheid-movie-or-tv-scene-i-saw-in-my-childhood/1025451)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-mildly-traumatizing-apartheid-movie-or-tv-scene-i-saw-in-my-childhood/1025451 "2025-12-08T11:05:28Z")
I think this would have been the 80s, but it could have been the early 90s. I recall my mother was watching a movie or TV show at home, and it depicted a massacre inside a school – my rough memory was an armed Black man … --- ## [Is there an easy way to clean your computer keyboard that works well?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-easy-way-to-clean-your-computer-keyboard-that-works-well/1025420)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-easy-way-to-clean-your-computer-keyboard-that-works-well/1025420 "2025-12-08T09:58:07Z")
This may not be an issue for many laptop keyboards (and some PC/Apple keyboards) but for some of us we have keyboards where crud can get between the keys. I keep my keyboard pretty darn clean but, over time, some crud j… --- ## [How long would it take for a modern city to disintegrate...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-it-take-for-a-modern-city-to-disintegrate/548887)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-it-take-for-a-modern-city-to-disintegrate/548887 "2025-12-08T09:35:58Z")
without proper maintenance? Suppose, through some biological disaster, humanity is basically reduced to a population of a couple hundred thousand naked monkeys strolling about the globe. At that point it’s unlikely any… --- ## [Actors' spouses' deaths from influenza?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-spouses-deaths-from-influenza/1025511)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-spouses-deaths-from-influenza/1025511 "2025-12-08T05:44:54Z")
We watch a lot of movies on TCM. Watching Shall We Dance (1937), I looked up Eric Blore. He married his first wife in 1917, and she died in 1919. Christmas In Connecticut (1945) is on now. S.Z. Sakall married his fir… --- ## [(Old) PJD strikes again in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pjd-strikes-again-in-the-mmp/1025286)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 284\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pjd-strikes-again-in-the-mmp/1025286 "2025-12-08T03:48:00Z")
That’s right folks, it’s the second in an occasional series of pjd created MMPs. It’s currently what can only be described as grey here in the good old UK. Temperature appears to be about n C (or about x F). Just putt… --- ## [Virtually forgotten Christmas Cartoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virtually-forgotten-christmas-cartoons/927853)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virtually-forgotten-christmas-cartoons/927853 "2025-12-08T02:42:11Z")
We watch the same cartoons year after year – the Rankin-Bass Rudolph and all the other ones they made. A Charlie Brown Christmas (which you can see this year on PBS, even if you don’t have Apple+), and so on. But there a… --- ## [I hate to sound paranoid (about phone trying to unlock a secure folder)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-to-sound-paranoid-about-phone-trying-to-unlock-a-secure-folder/1025487)
**Author:** [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-to-sound-paranoid-about-phone-trying-to-unlock-a-secure-folder/1025487 "2025-12-08T02:29:48Z")
My phone keeps wanting me to unlock my secure folder. This is a recent development. Notifications pop up and if I click it, it goes to my secure folder login. I did login to see where it ended up and it was a calenda… --- ## [If Pete Hegseth is guilty of a war crime punishable by the ICC ... so what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-pete-hegseth-is-guilty-of-a-war-crime-punishable-by-the-icc-so-what/1025368)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-pete-hegseth-is-guilty-of-a-war-crime-punishable-by-the-icc-so-what/1025368 "2025-12-08T01:36:06Z")
I’ve read here and there, mostly via memes, that it’s not unlikely that the ICC will want a word with Pete Hesgeth regarding possible war crimes as relates to the strikes on Venezuelan “drug” boats. The thing is, I’m pre… --- ## [The next Dem candidate for president](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-dem-candidate-for-president/1025453)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-dem-candidate-for-president/1025453 "2025-12-08T01:19:51Z")
Would the following be part of a viable platform for the next candidate? Or would it be better to just do it, if elected, without explicitly campaigning on the points? In other words, stick to the economy and (maybe) for… --- ## [Why are Danish style butter cookies so cheap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-danish-style-butter-cookies-so-cheap/1024969)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-danish-style-butter-cookies-so-cheap/1024969 "2025-12-07T23:26:40Z")
Not only are they delicious and come in an expensive tin but they are shipped halfway around the globe. Last week we bought the large 2 lb tin at an Asian market for about 10 bucks (a bit high, my wife bought them). Toda… --- ## [How to specify bifocal glasses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-specify-bifocal-glasses/1025300)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2025, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-specify-bifocal-glasses/1025300 "2025-12-07T23:22:03Z")
In my family (parents and 5 siblings) I’m the only one that never needed glasses. But for some time (I’m 79) I do use over the counter reading glasses for close work. I use +1.75 for using the computer and I just went u… --- ## [Which athlete is on the most last championship rosters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-athlete-is-on-the-most-last-championship-rosters/1025358)
**Author:** [@Xocomil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xocomil)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-athlete-is-on-the-most-last-championship-rosters/1025358 "2025-12-07T23:14:44Z")
The question is inspired by Deion Sanders, who played for the Niners when they won their last Super Bowl (I’ve been a Niners fan ever since) and was traded to the Cowboys the next season where he won another ring. If you… --- ## [What's your Autumn/Winter music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-autumn-winter-music/1025384)
**Author:** [@Shot\_Clock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_Clock)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2025, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-autumn-winter-music/1025384 "2025-12-07T22:07:21Z")
My musical tastes seem to have become seasonal in recent years. This time of year I’m listening to a lot of: Canterbury sound groups (Caravan, etc.); Jethro Tull; Assorted Shoegaze/Dreampop; Moody Blues; Jefferson Airpl… --- ## [Turkey soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-soup/1025344)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2025, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-soup/1025344 "2025-12-07T19:42:14Z")
So, i have just strained a big pot of turkey broth. I actually brewed it shortly after t-day, but didn’t get around to straining it. It’s been sitting chilled-but-unstrained for days. I have a hankering for turkey bean … --- ## [Painting miniatures, but extremely lazily? \[or other techniques\] (As in tabletop games)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/painting-miniatures-but-extremely-lazily-or-other-techniques-as-in-tabletop-games/1020821)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/painting-miniatures-but-extremely-lazily-or-other-techniques-as-in-tabletop-games/1020821 "2025-12-07T17:19:01Z")
I recently Kickstarted a detective-noir board game set in New Orleans (The Dark Quarter — a fun and well-written co-op mystery game!), which came with several dozen gray plastic miniatures. The figurines are hard to dif… --- ## [\[Over\] 30 Years Ago Today, 14 Engineering Students Were Murdered in Montréal - Because They Were Women](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-30-years-ago-today-14-engineering-students-were-murdered-in-montreal-because-they-were-women/844499)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-30-years-ago-today-14-engineering-students-were-murdered-in-montreal-because-they-were-women/844499 "2025-12-07T17:13:37Z")
Thirty years ago today, a young man with a gun went into a classroom at the École polytechnique de Montréal, where an engineering class was being taught. He separated the students by gender and let the male students go. … --- ## [US and Canadian National Parks: A study in contrasts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-and-canadian-national-parks-a-study-in-contrasts/1025294)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-and-canadian-national-parks-a-study-in-contrasts/1025294 "2025-12-07T16:06:30Z")
Canada has announced the renewal of the Canada Strong Pass: The Government of Canada is offering free admission and a 25% discount on fees for camping and overnight stays from: December 12, 2025 to January 15, 2026 i… --- ## [It's that time of year-- Split Pea and Ham Bone Soup!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-of-year-split-pea-and-ham-bone-soup/1025332)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-of-year-split-pea-and-ham-bone-soup/1025332 "2025-12-07T14:44:07Z")
Everybody makes theirs different and I want to hear how you do it. Here’s me: Rough chop an onion and soften in soup pot with a bit of olive oil. Add mushed (or diced or sliced-- matters how I’m feeling) garlic. Stir. A… --- ## [Who Married You? (that’s not what I mean-- check out the poll)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-married-you-that-s-not-what-i-mean-check-out-the-poll/1025281)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2025, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-married-you-that-s-not-what-i-mean-check-out-the-poll/1025281 "2025-12-07T12:01:25Z")
poll I got to thinking about this after I quoted a line in the “commercials” thread. Just wondering how common this is becoming. Feel free to post the year you were married, and whether it was by a man or a woman-- but … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=187&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=189&state=watching)