# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1999 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 2000 --- ## [How did you react to Phantom Menace?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-react-to-phantom-menace/826026)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2019, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-react-to-phantom-menace/826026 "2019-01-02T12:01:00Z")
Next year, Phantom Menace turns 20 years old, so I thought I’d make this thread. How excited were you when you heard that the Phantom Menace was coming out? Did you camp out in front of the theater? What did you think w… --- ## [18th Century Recipes, and the use of nutmeg.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18th-century-recipes-and-the-use-of-nutmeg/848274)
**Author:** [@Mrdeals](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrdeals)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2020, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18th-century-recipes-and-the-use-of-nutmeg/848274 "2020-02-27T05:18:42Z")
I’ve been enjoying some Townsend & Son videos on YouTube, i highly recommend them to anyone. I can’t help but notice the huge number of recipes, nearly every one he does in fact, calls for nutmeg. Why was nutmeg so pop… --- ## [Say I'm travelling west......\>\>](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-im-travelling-west/846448)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2020, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-im-travelling-west/846448 "2020-02-27T02:39:53Z")
I’m in the Orange Menace I’m leaving Texarkana, Ark. I’m pretty sure I can find Texarkana, Tx. A Doper, any Doper west of there, tell me how to get to where you are. (This is a game, I’m not really coming to your hou… --- ## [Hamilton the movie musical to be released October 25, 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamilton-the-movie-musical-to-be-released-october-25-2021/848494)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2020, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamilton-the-movie-musical-to-be-released-october-25-2021/848494 "2020-02-27T02:15:44Z")
You heard it here first. My life is not so great right now, but I am doing my Happy Dance at this news! And I predict Linn-Manuel Miranda will finally get an Oscar and join EGOT! --- ## [What does potipal and unalogical mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-potipal-and-unalogical-mean/848224)
**Author:** [@TheSundial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSundial)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-potipal-and-unalogical-mean/848224 "2020-02-27T02:04:19Z")
I’m watching episode 7 season 6 of Schitt’s Creek and the character played by Catherine O’Hara says some strange words. She is drinking wine with her character’s son and calls the wine ‘potipal’, there are no subtitles … --- ## [Highest temperature that chilblains can set in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-temperature-that-chilblains-can-set-in/848586)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2020, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-temperature-that-chilblains-can-set-in/848586 "2020-02-27T01:27:39Z")
Suppose one is exposed to a cool/cold temperature for 20-40 hours - basically, one or two days, nonstop. What is the highest temperature that this could be for chilblains to still set in, especially in one’s extremities… --- ## [How should a waitress best deal with customers who mistake friendliness for flirtation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-a-waitress-best-deal-with-customers-who-mistake-friendliness-for-flirtation/848305)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2020, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-a-waitress-best-deal-with-customers-who-mistake-friendliness-for-flirtation/848305 "2020-02-27T01:02:20Z")
(Or waiters, I suppose, though I won’t pretend to think that men & boys are as likely to encounter this difficulty as women & girls.) One day last month, two of my colleagues & I met for breakfast at a café within walk… --- ## [Does this electronic gizmo I want exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-electronic-gizmo-i-want-exist/847918)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-electronic-gizmo-i-want-exist/847918 "2020-02-27T00:42:59Z")
I’m hard of hearing, and too cheap to buy hearing aids. Mostly it doesn’t matter because I live alone and work from home, so my interpersonal interaction is pretty minimal. However, I take riding lessons, and I bought th… --- ## [Running out of storage, android phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-out-of-storage-android-phone/848508)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-out-of-storage-android-phone/848508 "2020-02-27T00:15:58Z")
Moved a ton of pics to my laptop, deleted old files I didn’t remember I had, some apps I rarely use, what else can I do please?? --- ## [Whatever Happened To That Teenager That Police Wanted To Photograph His Dick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-that-teenager-that-police-wanted-to-photograph-his-dick/848505)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-that-teenager-that-police-wanted-to-photograph-his-dick/848505 "2020-02-26T23:53:02Z")
Back in 2017, there was a kerfuffle involving the Manassas, Virginia police and their zeal to get a photograph of a teenager’s junk. Long story short (heh): 17-year-old boy and 15-year-old girl are in a relationship. Gi… --- ## [Buying elections and voter agency](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-elections-and-voter-agency/848497)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-elections-and-voter-agency/848497 "2020-02-26T23:48:07Z")
I’m trying to understanding the phrase “buying an election” in the context of voter agency. It seems to me that one of the foundational axioms of democracy is that voters have enough agency to select their own choice du… --- ## [What are Your Mantras to Get You Through Anxiety, Panic, Stress, Despair and/or Impending Doom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-mantras-to-get-you-through-anxiety-panic-stress-despair-and-or-impending-doom/848150)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-mantras-to-get-you-through-anxiety-panic-stress-despair-and-or-impending-doom/848150 "2020-02-26T22:56:33Z")
Title says it all. Please, Dopers, share your words of wisdom. --- ## [Auto Wear 'n Tear, via Ford vs Ferrari](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-wear-n-tear-via-ford-vs-ferrari/848525)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-wear-n-tear-via-ford-vs-ferrari/848525 "2020-02-26T22:13:27Z")
In an early scene within Ford vs Ferrari, we’re exposed to the notion that someone who owns a sports car is failing to maintain it properly due to driving it around like it’s a standard-issue suburban vehicle, and that’s… --- ## [Reporter on Facebook accidentally turns on his face generator.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporter-on-facebook-accidentally-turns-on-his-face-generator/848558)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporter-on-facebook-accidentally-turns-on-his-face-generator/848558 "2020-02-26T21:46:23Z")
A reporter doing a news feed on Facebook Live accidentally turned on his face generator filter without knowing it with hilarious results. --- ## [Best foreign animated films.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-foreign-animated-films/848551)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-foreign-animated-films/848551 "2020-02-26T21:11:01Z")
We know that Disney rules animation in the US. But what about animated films not from the US? What are the best foreign animated films? --- ## [Iconic Western Actor Ben Cooper passes away at 86](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-western-actor-ben-cooper-passes-away-at-86/848570)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-western-actor-ben-cooper-passes-away-at-86/848570 "2020-02-26T21:10:49Z")
You may not recognize Ben Cooper’s name, but his face should be familiar to any fan of Westerns. He did a lot of Western movies in the 1950’s and guest-starred in many of the 1960’s tv Westerns. My favorite movie is Joh… --- ## [When in history did raising a newborn begin to be seen as grueling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-history-did-raising-a-newborn-begin-to-be-seen-as-grueling/846866)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-history-did-raising-a-newborn-begin-to-be-seen-as-grueling/846866 "2020-02-26T20:46:35Z")
When in human history did people parenting a newborn begin to have the luxury of considering it really hard work? It feels like a fairly recent thing - I doubt mothers and fathers in the middle ages or even pilgrim and O… --- ## [What would be the effect of consuming antifreeze](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-effect-of-consuming-antifreeze/848399)
**Author:** [@Temporary\_Name](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Temporary_Name)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-effect-of-consuming-antifreeze/848399 "2020-02-26T20:38:07Z")
I do not want to search the internet where I would have to do a good deal of research because I lack any knowledge of the subject and would have to learn enough to judge the good content from the nonsense. I know there … --- ## [Dad Jokes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-jokes/844384)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-jokes/844384 "2020-02-26T20:21:27Z")
Why do squids have ten tentacles? Any other dads on the Dope? Got a Dad joke? --- ## [Just a little Runaway (beck's bad, bad, bad break away)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-little-runaway-becks-bad-bad-bad-break-away/848269)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-little-runaway-becks-bad-bad-bad-break-away/848269 "2020-02-26T19:51:11Z")
I decided to leave my soft, warm house for the big bad world. Get yer motor running, head out for the highway. Well, actually it’s a crappy state highway. Lots of curves and potholes. Gotta look out for deer and log tru… --- ## [George Zimmerman - In the news again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480)
**Author:** [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Replies:** 1508\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480 "2020-02-26T18:58:40Z")
George Zimmerman’s made the news again What a swell guy. --- ## [How easily could George W. Bush Stop Trump in 2020 Election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easily-could-george-w-bush-stop-trump-in-2020-election/848465)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easily-could-george-w-bush-stop-trump-in-2020-election/848465 "2020-02-26T18:34:16Z")
I was sitting around thinking about the potential power of ex-presidents to persuade voters. I know that G.W. Bush does not seem to care for Trump very much; I wonder how easily he could affect the 2020 election with o… --- ## [Japan and technology.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-and-technology/848258)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-and-technology/848258 "2020-02-26T18:15:58Z")
Japan is often thought of as the country of cutting edge, futuristic technology, but that might not always be true. I recently read that lots of people in Japan still use fax machines and a lot of Japanese companies stil… --- ## [Tell me about your Zippo collection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-zippo-collection/691235)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-zippo-collection/691235 "2020-02-26T17:24:59Z")
A comment in another thread got me thinking about my Zippos. I love these things! I quit smoking years ago so I don’t carry one anymore (I still carry a Bic; it’s more lightweight and doesn’t require any maintenance), … --- ## [Estimates from New Taxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/estimates-from-new-taxes/848555)
**Author:** [@yearofglad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yearofglad)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/estimates-from-new-taxes/848555 "2020-02-26T17:17:30Z")
The city of Portland is proposing a 1% tax on residents who make more than $125,000 ($250,000 for married filers). This article says that portion of the tax would raise “about $135 million a year.” I see these kinds of … --- ## [“Y’all” vs. “All Y’all”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/y-all-vs-all-y-all/848448)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/y-all-vs-all-y-all/848448 "2020-02-26T16:44:06Z")
I am interested to know if any of SDMB people see the distinctions between “y’all” and “all y’all” the same way I see them. I would guess that it varies depending what part of the country you are from. Maybe in some pa… --- ## [Amazon "Echo Loop" PDA RIng](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-echo-loop-pda-ring/848554)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-echo-loop-pda-ring/848554 "2020-02-26T15:53:20Z")
This is too stupid for words. Amazon seems to be test-marketing a device you wear like a ring. You can talk into it and through your smart phone to Alexa, the Amazon personal digital assistant. You have to be impressed… --- ## [How do I hire a math tutor? How much do I pay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-hire-a-math-tutor-how-much-do-i-pay/661308)
**Author:** [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2014, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-hire-a-math-tutor-how-much-do-i-pay/661308 "2014-05-05T08:51:26Z")
I have a young nephew (12 years old) who will be starting 8th grade in the Fall. He has always struggled with math. This last year it became apparent that he is not getting concepts (like fractions, multiplication tabl… --- ## [text message origination question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-message-origination-question/848456)
**Author:** [@cmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmore)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-message-origination-question/848456 "2020-02-26T14:27:56Z")
ok. a friend of mine got a somewhat threatening text message. this messages content points to basically one person (or someone wanting to frame said person by making it appear it came from them). it would be difficult… --- ## [Talk Swing Voters to Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-swing-voters-to-me/848423)
**Author:** [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-swing-voters-to-me/848423 "2020-02-26T13:17:26Z")
Are there any? If so, who are they? That is, are they the voters who were somehow undecided but who ended up voting for Trump? Are they more likely to vote for “the devil they know”, in other words, Trump, because they’… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1998) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=2000)