# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=316 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 317 --- ## [How to Approach Concessions Required of Us as We Age](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-approach-concessions-required-of-us-as-we-age/1017878)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-approach-concessions-required-of-us-as-we-age/1017878 "2025-05-14T19:04:55Z")
Continuing the discussion from Serving Biscuits: I really admire how you’ve adapted to your new living situation. I’m getting to a point where I have to give serious consideration to what my next moves will be in the … --- ## [How to sell a motorhome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-sell-a-motorhome/1018331)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-sell-a-motorhome/1018331 "2025-05-14T18:53:44Z")
My wife and I bought our motorhome in 2020. It had nothing to do with Covid, we’d been planning it for a couple of years. Now we’ve decided we want to sell it and get a trailer. Somehow I have made it to the age of 54 ha… --- ## [Alexa + (also referred to as Alexa 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alexa-also-referred-to-as-alexa-2/1018363)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alexa-also-referred-to-as-alexa-2/1018363 "2025-05-14T14:59:50Z")
I’ve done some research on the new edition of Alexa, “Alexa +”, because I thought I might want to purchase it and found this: Alexa+ costs $19.99 per month, but all Amazon Prime members will get it for free. Alexa+ is t… --- ## [What's the most insane rumor you've heard about a candidate for public office, in the U.S. or elsewhere?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-insane-rumor-youve-heard-about-a-candidate-for-public-office-in-the-u-s-or-elsewhere/1018122)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-insane-rumor-youve-heard-about-a-candidate-for-public-office-in-the-u-s-or-elsewhere/1018122 "2025-05-14T14:52:31Z")
Last night, I was dinking around on YouTube, and found a video by an ex-porn star who had become a born-again Christian, and he said that the Harris/Walz campaign had advertised on PornHub in seven U.S. states. (I’d lik… --- ## [Help me understand this joke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-joke/441129)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-joke/441129 "2025-05-14T14:44:17Z")
My wife has cursed me with a “bad joke of the day” calendar; and boy are they bad! I don’t get today’s joke… Help me. Here it is: At the zoo \*\*Blanche: \*\* Mr. Zookepeer, is that hippopotamus a male or a female? Zook… --- ## [What's the best way to play through Baldur's Gate 3 for the story?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-play-through-baldurs-gate-3-for-the-story/1017350)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-play-through-baldurs-gate-3-for-the-story/1017350 "2025-05-14T13:55:40Z")
When BG3 first came out, I did a murdery physics-based playthrough in which I threw every character off a cliff without talking to them, including most of the companions. I had a ton of fun (see my review if you wanna kn… --- ## [Misinterpreted general news titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-general-news-titles/1018337)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-general-news-titles/1018337 "2025-05-14T13:52:29Z")
The Adobe Revival Is Here So, I knew that the suite of software tools for graphic artists and web designers / developers has been suffering from competition on all sides in recent years, as well as struggling to stay re… --- ## [Where is kayaker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-kayaker/1015488)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-kayaker/1015488 "2025-05-14T13:00:00Z")
He hasn’t been around since the end of January and I’m getting concerned. --- ## [The feeling of your life being watched over](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feeling-of-your-life-being-watched-over/1017833)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feeling-of-your-life-being-watched-over/1017833 "2025-05-14T11:44:34Z")
Even though I am an atheist, I realized that one thing that compounds the shame or embarrassment of the various f-ups in my life, is the feeling of this being seen by others; whether that’s deceased relatives, or just “a… --- ## [Retroactive copyright](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retroactive-copyright/1018334)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retroactive-copyright/1018334 "2025-05-14T11:23:00Z")
Not sure if copyright questions belong here or in cafe society? Anyway in the current season of Doctor Who there’s been speculation that various new characters (Mrs Flood, Belinda) could secretly be a classic character, … --- ## [A Clint Eastwood scene that's bugged me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-clint-eastwood-scene-thats-bugged-me/1017879)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-clint-eastwood-scene-thats-bugged-me/1017879 "2025-05-14T05:30:53Z")
From one of his spaghetti westerns. Clint is taking a bubble bath, and somebody thinks that would be a good time to ambush him. He’s wrong, because Clint has his gun in the bath with him, and blows him away. In the movie… --- ## [List of topics pages have changed for me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-topics-pages-have-changed-for-me/1018340)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-topics-pages-have-changed-for-me/1018340 "2025-05-14T05:18:17Z")
I’m on a laptop using Chrome with Vincent as my theme. Last night the list of topics pages (New, Latest, Unread) changed. Before there were five contributing avatars on the right side - original poster first and most rec… --- ## [I have a refugee living in my home. I have several questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-refugee-living-in-my-home-i-have-several-questions/1018338)
**Author:** [@deltogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltogre)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-refugee-living-in-my-home-i-have-several-questions/1018338 "2025-05-14T04:43:37Z")
I considered Factual Questions, so if it needs to be moved, mods, please do. TL;DR - There is a 19-year-old trans kid who escaped a torture camp in Kenya living with me, and we need to get their stuff established before… --- ## [Hypothetical. We have superintelligent, bipedal nurse robots in the 2050s. What attributes would they have](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-we-have-superintelligent-bipedal-nurse-robots-in-the-2050s-what-attributes-would-they-have/1017512)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-we-have-superintelligent-bipedal-nurse-robots-in-the-2050s-what-attributes-would-they-have/1017512 "2025-05-14T04:41:40Z")
So assume by the 2040s or 2050s, we have bipedal nurse robots which have replaced humans. What attributes would be good for a nurse, or any other health care worker, to have? Obviously it would be super-intelligent, so … --- ## [The 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot - SDMB, Let's Vote! And Argue!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-baseball-hall-of-fame-ballot-sdmb-lets-vote-and-argue/1010415)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-baseball-hall-of-fame-ballot-sdmb-lets-vote-and-argue/1010415 "2025-05-13T23:01:44Z")
The 2025 Hall of Fame ballot has been set, with a few names already eliminated by the screeners. Here we go. NOTE: I’m going to do the 14 first times, then come back later and edit this post to add everyone else. Norm… --- ## [NHL trivial comments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-trivial-comments/1018293)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-trivial-comments/1018293 "2025-05-13T23:01:34Z")
On April 5, 1970, Chicago scored five empty-net goals against Montreal. How/why you ask? Montreal had to tie or win the game to make the playoffs. With 9:30 left in the 3rd period and behind 5-2, they pulled their goali… --- ## [Avatar shape—theme dependent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-shape-theme-dependent/1018172)
**Author:** [@Topologist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Topologist)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-shape-theme-dependent/1018172 "2025-05-13T20:45:59Z")
Something just changed in several themes, so that avatars in those themes are cropped to a circle rather than a square. I’m using Straight Dope Light, but I tried some others, and some are cropping to a circle and some t… --- ## [Beginner's report for sous vide cooking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beginners-report-for-sous-vide-cooking/995749)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beginners-report-for-sous-vide-cooking/995749 "2025-05-13T20:40:38Z")
I’m a decent amateur cook, but I’d read about sous vide and told my folks, and they got me a sous vide device for Xmas. So far I’ve used it for 4 meat dishes: Chuck steaks – these were seasoned with Zatarain’s creole … --- ## [What is Trump's endgame?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-endgame/1018296)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-endgame/1018296 "2025-05-13T20:25:48Z")
I don’t claim to know where Trump is going with this. I’m assuming he’s rational enough to know that pretty much everything he’s doing is illegal, so what is he hoping to accomplish this term. I think there are a few o… --- ## [Identify this cartoon movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-cartoon-movie/1018318)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-cartoon-movie/1018318 "2025-05-13T20:20:50Z")
All of the details here are fuzzy, so I will describe them as they are… When I was about 4 or 5 years old, my parents sent me and my sister to a matinee film show at a cinema in RAF Akrotiri (my dad was stationed there … --- ## [How many men have really been \*cancelled\* by #metoo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-men-have-really-been-cancelled-by-metoo/989556)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-men-have-really-been-cancelled-by-metoo/989556 "2025-05-13T20:18:19Z")
I can only think of a handful of men who have really been neutralized by #metoo. As in, no work, no public appearances, no one defending them or reaching out to them. Roger Ailes, Bill Cosby, Jeffrey Epstein, Harvey Wein… --- ## [Night Court reboot (potential spoilers once the series is launched)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-court-reboot-potential-spoilers-once-the-series-is-launched/975297)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-court-reboot-potential-spoilers-once-the-series-is-launched/975297 "2025-05-13T16:50:31Z")
For the fogies on the board. It has just come to my attention that the 1984 classic Night Court is going to be rebooted in Jan 2023. IMDB The unapologetic optimist judge Abby Stone (Rauch), the daughter of the late H… --- ## [Excel - Nesting a Roundup OR Rounddown Function in an If Function](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-nesting-a-roundup-or-rounddown-function-in-an-if-function/984920)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-nesting-a-roundup-or-rounddown-function-in-an-if-function/984920 "2025-05-13T16:37:42Z")
I have a rather ordinary Excel table that consists of a series of values (columns) attributed to various “clients” (lines) over a year. In column I there’s a sum of the values per client for the first 6 months and in col… --- ## [Funniest Ways You Embarrassed Your Parents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-ways-you-embarrassed-your-parents/1018259)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-ways-you-embarrassed-your-parents/1018259 "2025-05-13T16:34:56Z")
I remember a story my mom told me from when I was about four or five. We were visiting some family friends, and when my dad said, “Well, we have a few things to do and some places to go,” I interrupted and said, “No we d… --- ## [House hunting conundrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-hunting-conundrum/1018269)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-hunting-conundrum/1018269 "2025-05-13T15:29:44Z")
With the final sale of the land our house used to stand on, it looks like we might be able to afford a decent sized mobile/manufactured home for a decent price. The problem is that when we search for likely places using… --- ## [I am a HERO!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-hero/1017794)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-hero/1017794 "2025-05-13T15:22:39Z")
FD was dispatched for a Life-threatening\* emergency rescue this morning, Drove to the station, grabbed my gear, hopped in the back of the ladder truck & we went to the scene. The vehicle was positioned & while the oper… --- ## [Jennifer Grey & Ferris Bueller discussion from "Abe Vigoda" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-grey-ferris-bueller-discussion-from-abe-vigoda-thread/1018330)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-grey-ferris-bueller-discussion-from-abe-vigoda-thread/1018330 "2025-05-13T14:07:24Z")
Jennifer Grey is noted for having a nose job that she came to regret because “you look kind of like that woman in that movie.” --- ## [Anvil rebound redux](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anvil-rebound-redux/1018257)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anvil-rebound-redux/1018257 "2025-05-13T13:52:49Z")
I started this post a while back and wanted to re-examine the question. One poster suggested thinking about an anvil made of sand and how making it less “sand-like” would limit the distortion experienced by the workpiec… --- ## [European rail travel and reserved seats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-rail-travel-and-reserved-seats/1017236)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-rail-travel-and-reserved-seats/1017236 "2025-05-13T10:05:47Z")
I just reserved a round trip from Amsterdam (NL) to Münster (DE). I bought first class seats. On the outbound trip I got reserved seats. On the return trip I checked the box for reserved seats, but then it said it could … --- ## [Is there a risk to slightly elevated glucose with normal A1c?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-risk-to-slightly-elevated-glucose-with-normal-a1c/1017292)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-risk-to-slightly-elevated-glucose-with-normal-a1c/1017292 "2025-05-13T06:51:48Z")
I decided to schedule regular blood tests so I can track my basic stats over time and see if there are any odd changes. I now have two about 10 months apart. One of the few outliers is a slightly high fasting blood gluc… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=315) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=317)