# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=199&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 200 --- ## [Do they really turn off a theatrical movie if there's nobody watching?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-really-turn-off-a-theatrical-movie-if-theres-nobody-watching/1024821)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-really-turn-off-a-theatrical-movie-if-theres-nobody-watching/1024821 "2025-11-19T16:59:27Z")
Saw this on Reddit, but somebody said they were theater hopping and went into a theater with literally nobody in it when the movie started. After 15 minutes of the movie the screen suddenly turned off and all the lights … --- ## [Why is Saudi Arabia killing a journalist such a big issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-saudi-arabia-killing-a-journalist-such-a-big-issue/822880)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-saudi-arabia-killing-a-journalist-such-a-big-issue/822880 "2025-11-19T16:01:56Z")
I haven’t been following the news lately, but the murder of a Saudi journalist in Turkey is coming up a lot. But why is this different than all the other oppression of journalists all over the world? Russia kills lots o… --- ## [Need a little lift? Check out the reviews for Ryan Murphy’s new show All’s Fair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-little-lift-check-out-the-reviews-for-ryan-murphy-s-new-show-all-s-fair/1024972)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-little-lift-check-out-the-reviews-for-ryan-murphy-s-new-show-all-s-fair/1024972 "2025-11-19T14:44:23Z")
Now technically this could be a good show. It’s by Ryan Murphy. It has Glenn Close. Sarah Paulson and Naomi Watts. (However it also stars Kim Kardashian). Audiences don’t hate it. It has a 65% audience score on rotten to… --- ## [Successful albums, but the success was primarily due to someone other than the artist or band](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/successful-albums-but-the-success-was-primarily-due-to-someone-other-than-the-artist-or-band/1024778)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/successful-albums-but-the-success-was-primarily-due-to-someone-other-than-the-artist-or-band/1024778 "2025-11-19T13:40:39Z")
A couple I can think of: Bat Out of Hell by Meat Loaf. It was more of a Jim Steinman album than a Meat Loaf (Marvin Aday) album. Subsequent albums by Meat Loaf without Steinman were poorly received. Transformer by Lou … --- ## [When did it become widespread for Evangelical Christians to underline/write/scrawl on the pages of their own bibles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-it-become-widespread-for-evangelical-christians-to-underline-write-scrawl-on-the-pages-of-their-own-bibles/1021805)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2025, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-it-become-widespread-for-evangelical-christians-to-underline-write-scrawl-on-the-pages-of-their-own-bibles/1021805 "2025-11-19T07:49:51Z")
I’m researching a snake-oil type medical scam at the moment (about a supposed miracle cure for every type of visual impairment) and one of the things that happens in the long rambling video salesletter thing is that the … --- ## [Does this congressional ban on hemp-derived THC products affect state-level marijuana legalization](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-congressional-ban-on-hemp-derived-thc-products-affect-state-level-marijuana-legalization/1024844)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2025, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-congressional-ban-on-hemp-derived-thc-products-affect-state-level-marijuana-legalization/1024844 "2025-11-19T03:46:31Z")
Apparently the bill that the POTUS signed, following the shutdown, bans hemp-derived THC products. Except I already thought that was the case, considering THC’s status as a Schedule 1 controlled substance. Regardless, it… --- ## [1/31/2025: Small plane crashes in residential neighborhood in Philadelphia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-31-2025-small-plane-crashes-in-residential-neighborhood-in-philadelphia/1013699)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2025, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-31-2025-small-plane-crashes-in-residential-neighborhood-in-philadelphia/1013699 "2025-11-19T03:18:19Z")
There is very sketchy information, because it just happened, but there are already multiple known casualties. The first story I heard said it was near a shopping mall, and maybe it was but some houses are on fire. --- ## [When you are about 30,000 feet in a plane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-are-about-30-000-feet-in-a-plane/371000)
**Author:** [@diggleblop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggleblop)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2025, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-are-about-30-000-feet-in-a-plane/371000 "2025-11-19T03:13:38Z")
How far can you see on a perfectly clear day? For instance, do you think you are seeing up to 200 miles out, 300? Maybe less? --- ## [Protons and Electrons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protons-and-electrons/1024675)
**Author:** [@IridiumIodineSulfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IridiumIodineSulfur)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2025, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protons-and-electrons/1024675 "2025-11-19T02:15:49Z")
I understand that protons are attracted to electrons and repelled by other protons (and vise versa). Why do they do that? I have had trouble finding a straightforward answer to this question, thank you for your time. --- ## [Horror Movies That Actually Scare You](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horror-movies-that-actually-scare-you/1024126)
**Author:** [@IMadeLem0nade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMadeLem0nade)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horror-movies-that-actually-scare-you/1024126 "2025-11-19T00:54:21Z")
I am having a date and I need some movies that have scared you, made you jump, or generally just have that quality of creepiness. Not some cheesy movies, but I need some movies that have actually scared you. If you don’t… --- ## ["A buck three-eighty"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-buck-three-eighty/4619)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-buck-three-eighty/4619 "2025-11-19T00:50:02Z")
This must be an East Coast thing, because I’ve never heard it out here on the Pacific. I was first exposed to the phrase “a buck three-eighty” in Billy Joel’s song “Close to the Borderline” from the “Glass Houses” album,… --- ## [Huge - HUGE - Changes Coming to Major League Soccer (schedule shift, divisional table shift)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-huge-changes-coming-to-major-league-soccer-schedule-shift-divisional-table-shift/1024938)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2025, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-huge-changes-coming-to-major-league-soccer-schedule-shift-divisional-table-shift/1024938 "2025-11-18T23:54:58Z")
So Major League Soccer (MLS) is making some gigantic changes in the next couple of years, both of which might, just might, make our league competitive with the English Premier League, La Liga, and other top European leag… --- ## [My kid was hit by a squad car. Now it happened in LA, but this kid was killed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kid-was-hit-by-a-squad-car-now-it-happened-in-la-but-this-kid-was-killed/1024617)
**Author:** [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kid-was-hit-by-a-squad-car-now-it-happened-in-la-but-this-kid-was-killed/1024617 "2025-11-18T23:52:18Z")
My son was hit by a police car, which was going almost 50 on the wrong side of a 25mph street. Amazingly, he only broke one leg , and he got out of the cast (and back to skateboarding) years ago. Like a decade ago, and… --- ## [In American public schools, if a child doesn't attend, is she shut out from all of its offerings (better explained in OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-american-public-schools-if-a-child-doesnt-attend-is-she-shut-out-from-all-of-its-offerings-better-explained-in-op/1024879)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2025, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-american-public-schools-if-a-child-doesnt-attend-is-she-shut-out-from-all-of-its-offerings-better-explained-in-op/1024879 "2025-11-18T23:12:58Z")
Let’s say that Jenny lives comfortably within the boundaries of where the students at Prototypical Public High School (PPHS) gets its students, so there’s no ambiguity about what school she would attend if her parents en… --- ## [Guillermo del Toro Frankenstein Movie Discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guillermo-del-toro-frankenstein-movie-discussion/1024276)
**Author:** [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guillermo-del-toro-frankenstein-movie-discussion/1024276 "2025-11-18T21:03:22Z")
I saw this Thursday night and was quite impressed by the story he put together. Despite it being rather long at 2-1/2 hours it held my interest, and of course the special effects was outstanding. I highly recommend seei… --- ## [Telephone Harassment of the Elderly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telephone-harassment-of-the-elderly/1024713)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telephone-harassment-of-the-elderly/1024713 "2025-11-18T20:49:54Z")
My elderly mother has been getting upward of fifty phone calls per day, often every two minutes, from varying phone numbers that seem to be spoofed since some of them are from unassigned area codes. If she answers the p… --- ## [Suppose Trump brokers Middle East Peace. Nobel prize?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-trump-brokers-middle-east-peace-nobel-prize/1023861)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-trump-brokers-middle-east-peace-nobel-prize/1023861 "2025-11-18T19:57:35Z")
Suppose in a year or so Trump does somehow manage to broker a real peace treaty. I want to make it clear that it is not to be like the various earlier accords which were at best outlines of a possible settlement that ac… --- ## [An album with an old friend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-album-with-an-old-friend/1012678)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-album-with-an-old-friend/1012678 "2025-11-18T19:53:01Z")
For the last few months an old university friend & I have been collaborating on an album of assorted tracks. It’s finally ready, so I thought I would share a pointer. ’ https://davidaharley.bandcamp.com/album/farewell-… --- ## [NFL Week 11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-11/1024773)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-11/1024773 "2025-11-18T19:17:17Z")
Just as everyone had predicted, at this point in the season the AFC division leaders are the Patriots, Steelers, Colts, and Broncos. Indy, again led by Jonathon Taylor, won an OT shootout over the Falcons, while the Pat… --- ## [Persimmons are boring](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persimmons-are-boring/1024905)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persimmons-are-boring/1024905 "2025-11-18T16:52:53Z")
I realized I had never eaten a persimmon before, so I bought a couple of likely-looking ones from our local orchardist. I bought one of each kind: the squat, oblate type and the heart-shaped type. I read that the latt… --- ## [Any nice hotels on nice lakes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-nice-hotels-on-nice-lakes/1024861)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-nice-hotels-on-nice-lakes/1024861 "2025-11-18T16:30:59Z")
Up until this year, I thought there must be quite a lot of decent hotels that are right on a good looking lake. After all, I knew about American and Canadian wilderness resorts that have at least one example of this, and… --- ## [Anonymous Leaks details on Haditha Killings case](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anonymous-leaks-details-on-haditha-killings-case/611682)
**Author:** [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anonymous-leaks-details-on-haditha-killings-case/611682 "2025-11-18T15:04:52Z")
I’m not pitting Anonymous here. Not really. They do some stupid shit, but in this case I say it’s a tiny, tiny shred of justice long overdue. I’d prefer the soldiers responsible for Haditha would be thrown in a dark, … --- ## [Not mincing words, so much](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-mincing-words-so-much/1024864)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-mincing-words-so-much/1024864 "2025-11-18T14:35:27Z")
Not many things, at this point, I really covet. It’s deer season. Mid-dau, DiL and myself(to a lesser degree) are sending pies down to the camp. We had a request for mincemeat pies. No “None-such” here. Mid-dau wasn’t… --- ## [Mysterious company buys land next to Travis Air Force Base in California. What's going on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-company-buys-land-next-to-travis-air-force-base-in-california-whats-going-on/988479)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-company-buys-land-next-to-travis-air-force-base-in-california-whats-going-on/988479 "2025-11-18T14:10:43Z")
Maybe it’s nothing, but a company is apparently paying unusually high prices for land right next to an Air Force Base in California. I do like a good mystery and I’d love it if there was some skullduggery around this sto… --- ## [Security at the Louvre](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-at-the-louvre/1024951)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-at-the-louvre/1024951 "2025-11-18T13:39:49Z")
To test security at the Louvre - rather than stealing a painting - two pranksters added a painting of themselves near the Mona Lisa. Check out their video (in Dutch): Pranksters outsmart the Louvre’s security​ | Cybern… --- ## [Who owns SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-sdmb/1024931)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2025, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-sdmb/1024931 "2025-11-18T06:55:59Z")
I recommend that Dopers read this article, mainly about an alternate paper in Seattle: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/technology/progressive-newspaper-stranger-seattle.html?unlocked\_article\_code=1.108.C9AM.a1AdXSIyaW… --- ## [Poker Face (Natasha Lyonne, not Lady Gaga)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-face-natasha-lyonne-not-lady-gaga/978928)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2025, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-face-natasha-lyonne-not-lady-gaga/978928 "2025-11-18T01:39:57Z")
New series called Poker Face. The opening credits uses the old simple yellow fonts and episode titles to deliberately start the show off with an old feel, and that may have primed me for it, but it reminds me of the old … --- ## [Recommended Threads are Old and Outdated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommended-threads-are-old-and-outdated/1024925)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommended-threads-are-old-and-outdated/1024925 "2025-11-18T01:10:50Z")
When i get to the bottom of a thread, there are a group of recommended threads to read. These used to be timely - current, active threads that are either related to the thread i just read, or maybe somehow algorithmicall… --- ## [Empire State Building question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/empire-state-building-question/836203)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2025, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/empire-state-building-question/836203 "2025-11-18T00:57:06Z")
This photo claims to be taken in 1941. Has it been altered or doctored in any way? I don’t necessarily think it has been but it seems strange that it’s almost one lone tall building with no other skyscrapers around. I g… --- ## [Can Cuban ships pass through Guantánamo Bay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-cuban-ships-pass-through-guantanamo-bay/1024911)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-cuban-ships-pass-through-guantanamo-bay/1024911 "2025-11-17T23:52:48Z")
Guantánamo Bay is divided into the upper half in Cuba and the lower half in the U.S. naval base. As this map shows. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Guantanamo.jpg The 1903 lease agreement included a specification in… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=198&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=200&state=muted)