# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=291 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 292 --- ## [Black Mirror season 7](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-season-7/1016865)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-season-7/1016865 "2025-06-24T18:06:14Z")
I’ve watched episode 6, which is a feature-length (hour and a half) sequel to the season 4 Star Trek parody episode. Not bad. --- ## [My idea for the next big thing: House Droids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-idea-for-the-next-big-thing-house-droids/1019928)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2025, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-idea-for-the-next-big-thing-house-droids/1019928 "2025-06-24T17:47:18Z")
If I won the lottery, I’d totally sink money into research and development. Because, just like the home computer and smart phone, I can imagine the next piece of technology that can become ubiquitous, and indispensable,… --- ## [TOPAZ® EZ HD Video Magnifier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topaz-ez-hd-video-magnifier/1020083)
**Author:** [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topaz-ez-hd-video-magnifier/1020083 "2025-06-24T17:36:58Z")
Condition Used - like new Location:South Central Pennsylvania Magnify and read text on video screen–books, newspapers, magazines, single pages, and perscription bottle labels, for example. Comes with hardcopy User Ma… --- ## [MacGuffins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macguffins/1019764)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macguffins/1019764 "2025-06-24T16:37:38Z")
As most of you probably know, a “MacGuffin” or “McGuffin” is the item – treasure, prize, limitary secret, piece of a puzzle, map, etc. – that drive the plot of a thriller. Its main importance is as the motivator that ev… --- ## [Windows 11 disabled my audio interface](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-11-disabled-my-audio-interface/1013916)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-11-disabled-my-audio-interface/1013916 "2025-06-24T15:26:46Z")
A big update came in a day ago, and now I find that about a minute after reboot, my audio interface stops working. Unfortunately this is an old Lexicon Lambda device which is no longer supported by the manufacturer. I … --- ## [The worst websites you've encountered/dealt with (better explained in OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-websites-youve-encountered-dealt-with-better-explained-in-op/1019944)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-websites-youve-encountered-dealt-with-better-explained-in-op/1019944 "2025-06-24T14:41:34Z")
I like to ask this question of the Dope every few years: What are some of the worst websites you’ve encountered and/or had to deal with? By “worst” I mean worst design, ugliest, worst functionality, etc. So the website’s… --- ## [Legal/Ethical: What to do if a merchant sends you a more expensive version of a product than you ordered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-ethical-what-to-do-if-a-merchant-sends-you-a-more-expensive-version-of-a-product-than-you-ordered/1019787)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2025, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-ethical-what-to-do-if-a-merchant-sends-you-a-more-expensive-version-of-a-product-than-you-ordered/1019787 "2025-06-24T12:42:56Z")
This has not happened to me…just asking. Imagine you order a Widget from a merchant. You paid for the Widget. But, for some reason, they shipped you the Widget+++ which is more expensive than the regular Widget. Do… --- ## [Marion Ravenwood killed almost as many people as Indiana Jones did](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marion-ravenwood-killed-almost-as-many-people-as-indiana-jones-did/830651)
**Author:** [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marion-ravenwood-killed-almost-as-many-people-as-indiana-jones-did/830651 "2025-06-24T11:36:54Z")
Got to thinking about this the other day. Marion killed a number of people in Raiders of the Lost Ark. I’m used to thinking of the female lead;'s primary purpose to be saved in adventure flicks, but not in this movie. … --- ## ["Mystery" products which don't explicitly identify what kind they are](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-products-which-dont-explicitly-identify-what-kind-they-are/1019627)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2025, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-products-which-dont-explicitly-identify-what-kind-they-are/1019627 "2025-06-24T06:14:22Z")
Considered this for Cafe Society since my two examples are food items, but could apply to anything, tho you usually see it in the grocery store… I had been buying Country Crock spread, certain that it was butter, but a … --- ## [Why are ICE agents masked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-ice-agents-masked/1019575)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2025, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-ice-agents-masked/1019575 "2025-06-24T03:32:32Z")
Why are ICE agents masked, and why is it allowed? Why don’t they appear to wear proper uniforms? Is this how they appeared before Trump or is this a new thing? From my outside perspective, I’m quite shocked that they don… --- ## [2024/2025 NBA Regular Season Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 277\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099 "2025-06-24T00:48:45Z")
I don’t find a thread for this, so here we go. The Timberwolves lost their season opener against the Lakers, trailing by nearly 20 points at one juncture. They’re probably having difficulty adjusting to the absence of K… --- ## [Another 'Fes up' - I actually like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fes-up-i-actually-like/1019777)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fes-up-i-actually-like/1019777 "2025-06-23T23:07:48Z")
Admit your tastes that many will find disgusting. I’ll go first (this is not meant to be a debate, we all have different tastes). American Cheese. I like ALL cheese, but American is just right sometimes. Same for Velv… --- ## [I'm going on an adventure!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-on-an-adventure/1019704)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-on-an-adventure/1019704 "2025-06-23T23:05:16Z")
Feeling pretty anxious today! I am going with a group of five other ladies to hike the Nootka Island trail. We’re taking a float plane from Gold River over to the island and then will take five days hiking the trail whe… --- ## [Lack of radioactive spike after bunker busting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lack-of-radioactive-spike-after-bunker-busting/1020008)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lack-of-radioactive-spike-after-bunker-busting/1020008 "2025-06-23T22:22:14Z")
I see reports about the Iranian bombings saying that there’s been no detection of an increased amount of atmospheric radiation in the area (according to the IAEA). I also see one report which claims that all the nuclear… --- ## [Logan's Run: The Day After \[spoilers in the OP\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logans-run-the-day-after-spoilers-in-the-op/1020049)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logans-run-the-day-after-spoilers-in-the-op/1020049 "2025-06-23T21:16:31Z")
At the end of Logan’s Run, Logan, Jessica, and the Old Man return the domed city. Logan and Jessica enter, and try to convince people that Carousel is a lie and that people can ‘Live! Live! And grow old!’ The computer… --- ## [Fatal crowd surge at Houston concert \[Incident From NOV2021\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fatal-crowd-surge-at-houston-concert-incident-from-nov2021/953887)
**Author:** [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fatal-crowd-surge-at-houston-concert-incident-from-nov2021/953887 "2025-06-23T19:46:00Z")
The crowd surged towards the stage for a Travis Scott performance at the Astroworld festival. Article. It seems like trouble started hours earlier when some of the crowd rushed the entry gates. Article. My first instin… --- ## [From Russia With Love question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-russia-with-love-question/1019981)
**Author:** [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-russia-with-love-question/1019981 "2025-06-23T18:17:03Z")
The plot of From Russia With Love gets set in motion when Soviet corporal Tatiana thinks she’s being tasked with an important assignment by a Soviet colonel: she’s told the whole thing is classified far above the level o… --- ## [Natureboy is Permanently Banned for Antisemitism and Arguing Moderation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/natureboy-is-permanently-banned-for-antisemitism-and-arguing-moderation/1020035)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/natureboy-is-permanently-banned-for-antisemitism-and-arguing-moderation/1020035 "2025-06-23T16:50:08Z")
After discussion in the mod loop: For repeatedly making inflammatory and antisemitic posts, together with defiance of moderator instructions, we have concluded natureboy is a “more trouble than they’re worth,” poster. … --- ## [In any state, are cops required to tell you the reason for pulling you over before demanding ID?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-any-state-are-cops-required-to-tell-you-the-reason-for-pulling-you-over-before-demanding-id/1019550)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-any-state-are-cops-required-to-tell-you-the-reason-for-pulling-you-over-before-demanding-id/1019550 "2025-06-23T16:31:50Z")
I’ve been pulled over a few times here in Missouri, and every time the cop has opened the interaction with “I’m Officer Soandso with the This Jurisdiction Police Department, the reason I pulled you over is \[whatever\]. Li… --- ## [We Got a Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-a-dog/1019921)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-a-dog/1019921 "2025-06-23T16:21:59Z")
The cats are ok with him, so he gets to stay. It’s amazing that a dog just under a year old can be so chill. Jack is supposedly a Lab/Shepherd mix, but there was a dog at the dog park that looked just like him. That d… --- ## [Free Will versus Determinism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-will-versus-determinism/1019278)
**Author:** [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Replies:** 259\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-will-versus-determinism/1019278 "2025-06-23T15:22:49Z")
The thread on Time Travel in fiction has gotten into a discussion on determinism. I don’t want to hijack that thread, but I felt the urge to make this comment: If you believe that we are just puppets dancing on the str… --- ## [1970s BankAmericard Christmas commercial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970s-bankamericard-christmas-commercial/1019999)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970s-bankamericard-christmas-commercial/1019999 "2025-06-23T15:16:03Z")
In the '70s there was a BankAmericard commercial that used Jingle Bells as the theme music. I don’t remember the lyrics, so I’ll make some up: Shoes and socks Radio clocks BankAmericard! I always conflate this one w… --- ## [Jaws - 1975 Original Summer Blockbuster- 3D - Imax](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-1975-original-summer-blockbuster-3d-imax/968907)
**Author:** [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-1975-original-summer-blockbuster-3d-imax/968907 "2025-06-23T15:02:22Z")
Trailer! Eeeeeee! Best ever! !jaws labor day imax trailer - Google Search --- ## [ID a specific gun from the bullet. Possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-specific-gun-from-the-bullet-possible/1019982)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-specific-gun-from-the-bullet-possible/1019982 "2025-06-23T14:53:45Z")
So I am fond of long form journalism, one genre of which is “true crime” (hopefully no relationship to the 80s era tabloid mag!) How can identifying a specific gun from a bullet even be feasible? I mean, sure caliber c… --- ## [Do Bluebell Icecream radio commercials make anyone else homicidal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-bluebell-icecream-radio-commercials-make-anyone-else-homicidal/583782)
**Author:** [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-bluebell-icecream-radio-commercials-make-anyone-else-homicidal/583782 "2025-06-23T14:22:44Z")
If you haven’t been (ahem) \*lucky \* enough to encounter them, above are YouTube videos of the basic idea. I swear to god, the first time I heard one, I was waiting for the other… --- ## [RIP Frederick Forsyth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-frederick-forsyth/1019800)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-frederick-forsyth/1019800 "2025-06-23T14:11:47Z")
It might be because he died about the same time as Sly Stone, but there has been little notice (even on this Board) about the passing of Frederick Forsyth, author of many thrillers, starting with The Day of the Jackal I… --- ## [How can Inter Miami advance to the Knockout Stage (FIFA Club World Cup)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-inter-miami-advance-to-the-knockout-stage-fifa-club-world-cup/1019898)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-inter-miami-advance-to-the-knockout-stage-fifa-club-world-cup/1019898 "2025-06-23T13:42:45Z")
After all teams in Group A have played two matches, Inter Miami and Palmeiras have four points and occupy spots #1 and #2 in group standings. They play Palmeiras next, while the remaining two teams play each other. I ge… --- ## [Crime Capsules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crime-capsules/1019973)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crime-capsules/1019973 "2025-06-23T13:06:07Z")
This has been going through my mind for months now and I might have even brought it up here before. In one of our many political or pit threads, the subject of ‘history/ current times being rewritten by donnie and frien… --- ## [My Older Daughter Is Going To Los Angeles Next Month - What Should She Know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-older-daughter-is-going-to-los-angeles-next-month-what-should-she-know/1018283)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-older-daughter-is-going-to-los-angeles-next-month-what-should-she-know/1018283 "2025-06-23T12:42:36Z")
She’s 18 and it’s her first solo trip. She’s always been rather shy and afraid to speak for herself, so I’m really glad to see her coming out of her shell. I’m also very nervous about the whole thing, though I keep this … --- ## [Weird Android Chrome ChatGPT problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-android-chrome-chatgpt-problem/1020016)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-android-chrome-chatgpt-problem/1020016 "2025-06-23T12:20:13Z")
Some time in the last 2 or 3 days, apparently something in Chrome changed that broke ChatGPT. The page now constantly reloads every half-second or so. First showing the normal URL, then a loading URL. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=290) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=292)