# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=317&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 318 --- ## [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… --- ## [Houston family throws quinceanera for their 15-year-old female cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-family-throws-quinceanera-for-their-15-year-old-female-cat/1018271)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-family-throws-quinceanera-for-their-15-year-old-female-cat/1018271 "2025-05-13T06:40:14Z")
I think it’s really sweet! They did it as a fundraiser for a local shelter, and I love this myself because there is no way my own cat would go for that tiara, gown, or remote-controlled mini-Bentley ride. May you have … --- ## [Anyone on dialysis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-on-dialysis/1018265)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-on-dialysis/1018265 "2025-05-13T04:02:30Z")
should read this article from today’s Times. I’m looking at you @Beckdawrek: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/well/stomach-pain-dialysis-thiamine-beriberi.html?unlocked\_article\_code=1.GU8.6Ad8.ijFro\_SDEd0Q&smid=url-s… --- ## [English and Nieces/Nephews vs In-Laws](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-and-nieces-nephews-vs-in-laws/1018295)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-and-nieces-nephews-vs-in-laws/1018295 "2025-05-13T00:50:04Z")
In another thread that’s not germane enough to link to someone described a complicated in-law relationship that started out with …my wife’s niece’s … Which opened up a confusing and perhaps controversial topic. At le… --- ## [Have you had birds in your attic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-birds-in-your-attic/1017422)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2025, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-birds-in-your-attic/1017422 "2025-05-12T23:39:30Z")
Last night I started hearing very faint squeaks. I thought at first it was a cat playing with a toy. But after a while I kept hearing it when I knew the cats were asleep. It was so faint that I couldn’t place where it… --- ## [Peter Dinklage Rips Disney For ‘Snow White’ Remake: ‘What The F\*\*k Are You Doing?!’](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 1181\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359 "2025-05-12T22:58:53Z")
Never thought about it in that light – I always thought of Snow White’s “Dwarfs” as mythological creatures, rather than the achronodoplasia-afflicted, just as Tolkien’s “Dwarves” were clearly mythological. Did anyone p… --- ## [Asking AI for a post that will make people like me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-ai-for-a-post-that-will-make-people-like-me/1018229)
**Author:** [@ewomack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ewomack)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-ai-for-a-post-that-will-make-people-like-me/1018229 "2025-05-12T22:33:10Z")
I asked ChatGPT for the following: “please create a forum post that will make me sound interesting and make other people want to know me.” The result is below. "Title: A Curious Mind, a Bit of Chaos, and a Love for the … --- ## [Could I create a speculator-free housing development?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-create-a-speculator-free-housing-development/1018248)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-create-a-speculator-free-housing-development/1018248 "2025-05-12T19:55:38Z")
I’m a kindly gazillionaire who wants to build FairyChatMeadows - a community of affordable family homes. Can I make these restrictions: Homes must be owner-occupied - no rentals. Anyone wishing to sell within XX years … --- ## [YouTubes you'd like to see](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtubes-youd-like-to-see/1018300)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtubes-youd-like-to-see/1018300 "2025-05-12T19:51:48Z")
I don’t know if there are any pages or channels collecting these, but I had an idea I’d love to see (though it’s probably impractical): Someone builds a life-sized model of a T-Rex out of imitation bone and ballistic ge… --- ## [Infrared themometers for the kitchen - thoughts, tips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infrared-themometers-for-the-kitchen-thoughts-tips/1017825)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infrared-themometers-for-the-kitchen-thoughts-tips/1017825 "2025-05-12T18:08:20Z")
I’ve used a gnarly old candy/oil thermometer for years to judge the temperature of oil for deep-frying, and it’s a pain. It gets greasy and it’s hard to clean. Mr. brown suggested one of those gun-like infrared laser t… --- ## [Mid-air collision at Dallas air show (Breaking news: Nov 12. 2022)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-air-collision-at-dallas-air-show-breaking-news-nov-12-2022/974812)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-air-collision-at-dallas-air-show-breaking-news-nov-12-2022/974812 "2025-05-12T17:32:03Z")
“A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra collided and crashed at the Wings Over Dallas airshow around 1:20 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.” As a layman having seen on… --- ## [Ottawa doctors using AI to help diagnose patients on the fly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ottawa-doctors-using-ai-to-help-diagnose-patients-on-the-fly/1018255)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ottawa-doctors-using-ai-to-help-diagnose-patients-on-the-fly/1018255 "2025-05-12T17:09:49Z")
News story today: doctors in Ottawa hospitals are using AI to help with diagnosing patients. Apparently they have the app on their phone, turn it on when they start to discuss the patient’s symptoms, and then at the en… --- ## [Defective top chrome tagline starting 2025-05-09](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defective-top-chrome-tagline-starting-2025-05-09/1018177)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2025, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defective-top-chrome-tagline-starting-2025-05-09/1018177 "2025-05-12T11:20:48Z")
Using Edge on Win10 with SD light theme we have a new glitch. New as of this afternoon May 9 2025. Across the top of every topic listing page (New, Unread, Latest, each category listing, etc.) when fully scrolled upward… --- ## [Voting for an anti-Trump republican if you live a solid red state or district](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voting-for-an-anti-trump-republican-if-you-live-a-solid-red-state-or-district/1018262)
**Author:** [@Dirtymartini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirtymartini)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2025, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voting-for-an-anti-trump-republican-if-you-live-a-solid-red-state-or-district/1018262 "2025-05-12T08:21:46Z")
Im assuming not too many posters on this message board vote republican. But if you live somewhere where the Republicans are pretty much guaranteed a victory, wouldn’t it make sense to vote for the Republican who at leas… --- ## [(Old) Thwarted Plans in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-thwarted-plans-in-the-mmp/1017892)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 294\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2025, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-thwarted-plans-in-the-mmp/1017892 "2025-05-12T07:48:56Z")
Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 9c/47f with a predicted high of 14c/56f and mostly cloudy. Weather app says “Fix your fucking attitude. It’s going to be cloudy all fucking day.” Quite right, it’s cloudy out there to… --- ## [The Pope has died \[April 21, 2025\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pope-has-died-april-21-2025/1017296)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2025, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pope-has-died-april-21-2025/1017296 "2025-05-12T04:52:50Z")
Breaking news on all channels. Pope Francis has died, aged 88. --- ## [Treasury Bond pressure as an international response to Trump's tariffs and Carney's supposed role](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasury-bond-pressure-as-an-international-response-to-trumps-tariffs-and-carneys-supposed-role/1016908)
**Author:** [@FluffyBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FluffyBob)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2025, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasury-bond-pressure-as-an-international-response-to-trumps-tariffs-and-carneys-supposed-role/1016908 "2025-05-12T04:16:38Z")
So this has appeared this morning: Carney’s clever Bond Play - Dean Carnell I did not know of Dean Carnell before this morning. I had read about treasury bond pressure from Japan and China being a tool in their hands,… --- ## [Curious when east Asian national identifier became a standard noun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-when-east-asian-national-identifier-became-a-standard-noun/1017635)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2025, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-when-east-asian-national-identifier-became-a-standard-noun/1017635 "2025-05-12T03:24:46Z")
Not sure if this should be General questions, but since there will likely be no definitive answer I put it here. Something I have become increasingly aware of, entirely because of social media, is the sentence construct… --- ## [I Pit United and New Zealand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-united-and-new-zealand/1018102)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2025, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-united-and-new-zealand/1018102 "2025-05-12T00:31:50Z")
I’ve traveled all over the world. And I’ve never been asked to apply for a transit visa just to pass through an airport. I’m due to fly to Australia tonight on United. I went to check in this morning, and I couldn’t Bec… --- ## [Who is the smarter, stronger, or more clever character?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-smarter-stronger-or-more-clever-character/1016516)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2025, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-smarter-stronger-or-more-clever-character/1016516 "2025-05-12T00:31:02Z")
I know the title doesn’t convey what I have in mind, so I’ll try to explain. Take the main characters of two separate but similar movies/TV shows/books and have them face off. Which one could thwart the other? I’ve heard… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=316&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=318&state=tracking)