# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=345 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 346 --- ## [What's your Go-To for a new (men's) Suit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-for-a-new-mens-suit/1016034)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2025, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-for-a-new-mens-suit/1016034 "2025-03-29T14:07:49Z")
These days I only wear a suit probably about 20-25 times a year, but when I’m at conferences I’ll wear them for 5-7 days straight, so I keep two in the stable. My current suits are looking a bit threadbare, and anyway I… --- ## [Could this woman be the first to run a sub-4-minute mile?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-woman-be-the-first-to-run-a-sub-4-minute-mile/1015052)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-woman-be-the-first-to-run-a-sub-4-minute-mile/1015052 "2025-03-29T13:04:47Z")
Some sports medicine doctors sure think so! We’re working on the 2-hour men’s marathon, which has been done on the track. Roger Bannister ran the first male sub-4 minute mile in 1954, and Diane Leather ran the first fe… --- ## [Excel: Which products did customers \*not\* buy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-which-products-did-customers-not-buy/1016219)
**Author:** [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-which-products-did-customers-not-buy/1016219 "2025-03-29T13:01:54Z")
Let’s pretend I sell treatments for various conditions. I have lots of data on what customers purchased in the past year. I sell multiple products to help treat each condition. And the more products you use, the better y… --- ## [Unrest in Turkey after Erdogan's main rival jailed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrest-in-turkey-after-erdogans-main-rival-jailed/1016232)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2025, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrest-in-turkey-after-erdogans-main-rival-jailed/1016232 "2025-03-29T12:44:20Z")
At the time of writing, there have been a week of protests following the arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu, widely seen as Erdogan’s main political rival. Hundreds have been arrested, and fired on with rubber bullets, for the “il… --- ## [Dwarf Fortress Steam release date (finally) announced!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwarf-fortress-steam-release-date-finally-announced/974148)
**Author:** [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2025, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwarf-fortress-steam-release-date-finally-announced/974148 "2025-03-29T11:16:15Z")
Dwarf Fortress is going to be released on December 6 on Steam, with sprite graphics and a more modernized UI (which, in Dwarf Fortress terms, just means “an actual UI”). It will not have Adventure Mode implemented by re… --- ## [I pit having to jump through hoops just to pay my bills](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-having-to-jump-through-hoops-just-to-pay-my-bills/1015955)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2025, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-having-to-jump-through-hoops-just-to-pay-my-bills/1015955 "2025-03-29T11:11:31Z")
I hereby Pit my electric company, house insurance company, auto insurance company, and all and sundry other agencies that make me jump through hoops to pay my bills. I should be able to put my account number Here, my deb… --- ## [Yet Another Aviation Incident in South Korea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-aviation-incident-in-south-korea/1016228)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2025, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-aviation-incident-in-south-korea/1016228 "2025-03-29T10:41:47Z")
haps tells me: It’s a very short article so I just quoted half of it. Question for the pilots among us: If ATC is telling you to land on Runway 18R, do they say Eighteen R, Eighteen Right, or Eighteen Romeo? And do th… --- ## [White Phosphorous Grenades Versus Vehicles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-phosphorous-grenades-versus-vehicles/1016257)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2025, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-phosphorous-grenades-versus-vehicles/1016257 "2025-03-29T04:58:40Z")
I’ve heard (apocryphal) stories of how a white phosphorous grenade can burn through a metal plate. Is this true? Could a WP grenade be used to disable a vehicle or artillery piece be being placed on the engine or breac… --- ## ['Truncating' data - mathematically, what is this guy doing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truncating-data-mathematically-what-is-this-guy-doing/1016251)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2025, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truncating-data-mathematically-what-is-this-guy-doing/1016251 "2025-03-29T02:00:22Z")
A common story - a guy is being wrong on the Internet. In this case, the guy is dividing one number into another and then truncating (?) the results. The ‘ratio’ of the two numbers is reported to the first couple of lea… --- ## [Songs that are really bad at storytelling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-really-bad-at-storytelling/1015475)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-really-bad-at-storytelling/1015475 "2025-03-28T22:53:43Z")
So I was just listening to Babies by Pulp: As with a lot of Pulp songs it purports to be a story of something that may or may not have happened to Jarvis Cocker in his early years. But having heard the so… --- ## [Bodyoids - Growing human bodies for parts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bodyoids-growing-human-bodies-for-parts/1016274)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bodyoids-growing-human-bodies-for-parts/1016274 "2025-03-28T22:44:12Z")
I came across this article about growing ‘spare’ human bodies with no brains to provide organs for transplant, and possibly to use in medical experiments. I don’t believe this will actually be happening anytime soon. … --- ## [The Thing (1982 movie): Did the Thing escape? (John Carpenter says there is an answer...very open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-1982-movie-did-the-thing-escape-john-carpenter-says-there-is-an-answer-very-open-spoilers/992168)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-1982-movie-did-the-thing-escape-john-carpenter-says-there-is-an-answer-very-open-spoilers/992168 "2025-03-28T20:56:32Z")
In a recent interview with John Carpenter on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Carpenter is asked if there is an answer to who (if anyone) is the Thing at the very, very end of the movie. Carpenter says yes, if you wa… --- ## [The Thing about the character Superman is](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-about-the-character-superman-is/1014932)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thing-about-the-character-superman-is/1014932 "2025-03-28T20:10:13Z")
…is that he still needs to be relatable to humans to be a success on screen. I’m no massive Supe fan. I’ve seen some of the films along the way. Here’s my take, having decided to watch the long-form trailer for the 1978… --- ## [I’m puzzled by LinkedIn searches I’ve been getting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-puzzled-by-linkedin-searches-i-ve-been-getting/1015988)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-puzzled-by-linkedin-searches-i-ve-been-getting/1015988 "2025-03-28T19:57:47Z")
I’ve got a LinkedIn page. I’m not very active on it. One of the LinkedIn features is that you can search other people on it. And when other people search you, you get coy little notes about “someone from ABC Corp sear… --- ## ['average' rotational speed for a point on a rotating sphere?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-rotational-speed-for-a-point-on-a-rotating-sphere/1016138)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-rotational-speed-for-a-point-on-a-rotating-sphere/1016138 "2025-03-28T18:02:24Z")
A sphere is spinning such that a point on the equator has a rotational speed of x cm/sec. I’m dealing with the scalar value here, not the velocity vector. As you move from the equator to the pole the rotational speed de… --- ## [Democrat upsets in bye elections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-upsets-in-bye-elections/1016144)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-upsets-in-bye-elections/1016144 "2025-03-28T17:08:10Z")
There was an election for state senator in Pennsylvania this week. The district went for Trump by 15 points. The Democrat pulled an upset. --- ## [The rat in the bin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rat-in-the-bin/1015993)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rat-in-the-bin/1015993 "2025-03-28T15:56:59Z")
I was tired. Even triumphant, a little bit - but only in that way you are after accomplishing a difficult but mundane task (in this case having to do with a washer with a blocked drain). A couple of bags of trash left to… --- ## [Experiences with small electric motorcycles, Vespas, etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-small-electric-motorcycles-vespas-etc/1016226)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-small-electric-motorcycles-vespas-etc/1016226 "2025-03-28T15:00:05Z")
Interested in any and all stories, anecdotes, tales cautionary or laudatory. However, specifically looking for operator stories, not passenger stories. Though I would welcome passenger stories specifically about buying s… --- ## [Elon Musk on The Late Show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-on-the-late-show/1016081)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-on-the-late-show/1016081 "2025-03-28T14:55:09Z")
TIL that some time in the recent past, Elon Musk was a guest on The Late Show with Steven Colbert. From the small amount I’ve been able to find, I gather that some of Steven’s remarks/questions got under Elon’s skin, and… --- ## [Let's talk about computer back-up strategies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-computer-back-up-strategies/1016183)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-computer-back-up-strategies/1016183 "2025-03-28T14:34:02Z")
I have a bunch of files on my laptop that I’d rather not lose. I currently have an external USB drive that I plug into the laptop every now and then onto which I copy all of my documents and photos. Because I am prone to… --- ## [Beat AI at finding a quote for me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-ai-at-finding-a-quote-for-me/1016255)
**Author:** [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-ai-at-finding-a-quote-for-me/1016255 "2025-03-28T14:23:58Z")
I prompted Chat GPT-4o mini to find me a particular quote. My initial prompt was “find me a published quote that means people often fight the hardest about things that matter the least.” Chat GPT’s responses completely m… --- ## [Warp speed of Cosmic Inflation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warp-speed-of-cosmic-inflation/980763)
**Author:** [@Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warp-speed-of-cosmic-inflation/980763 "2025-03-28T13:01:16Z")
I’m watching How the Universe Works on the Science Channel and they said that during the period of Cosmic Inflation the universe went from being the size of a grain of sand to the size of the sun faster than the speed of… --- ## [Kentucky Derby 2021, who collected on their bets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-derby-2021-who-collected-on-their-bets/1016246)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-derby-2021-who-collected-on-their-bets/1016246 "2025-03-28T12:12:48Z")
While I was solving a NYT crossword from 2021, one of the clues was “\_\_\_\_ Spirit, 2021 Kentucky Derby winner.” Having difficulty figuring out the answer, I decided to cheat, and asked Siri who was the winner. The respons… --- ## [What does this say (Japanese)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-say-japanese/1016186)
**Author:** [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-say-japanese/1016186 "2025-03-28T12:07:08Z")
What does the Japanese writing on this T-shirt say? https://www.tokyo-tiger.com/products/tokyo-tiger-ungovernable-raccoon-washed-t-shirt --- ## [A Bomb Threat? HERE?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bomb-threat-here/1016141)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bomb-threat-here/1016141 "2025-03-28T09:38:39Z")
This is ridiculous! Just tried to go to my local supermarket, a small store in a quiet exurban/suburban town, and discovered three police vehicles there and the store had just been shut down… Because of a bomb threat. … --- ## [Authenticity of counterfeit products](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authenticity-of-counterfeit-products/1016208)
**Author:** [@joemama24\_98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joemama24_98)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authenticity-of-counterfeit-products/1016208 "2025-03-28T04:16:43Z")
I recently returned from my first trip to China, where I spent some time in Shanghai. A local colleague showed me around town, including a “fake market” where vendors had stalls and were selling various things. All o… --- ## [What causes the characteristic "poike" sound on scammer's phone calls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-the-characteristic-poike-sound-on-scammers-phone-calls/1015733)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-the-characteristic-poike-sound-on-scammers-phone-calls/1015733 "2025-03-28T04:13:18Z")
I have observed, for years, that if I get a call from a random phone number, just before a human comes on the line, there is an electronic sound I characterize as “poike” (just say it like it sounds; silent “e”). When … --- ## [Speculate: How does a transplant recipient get rabies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculate-how-does-a-transplant-recipient-get-rabies/1016225)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculate-how-does-a-transplant-recipient-get-rabies/1016225 "2025-03-28T01:16:26Z")
Yes, I know it was from the donor, but I’m interested in possible scenarios about how this could happen Is it possible the donor was a ‘carrier’ (had the virus but no symptoms), or is it necessarily that the donor cont… --- ## [Thoughts on chronic insomnia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-chronic-insomnia/1016187)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-chronic-insomnia/1016187 "2025-03-28T01:06:09Z")
I have a colleague, a 49 yo woman, who has been suffering from chronic insomnia for the last 12 months. She says she has never been a good sleeper, but since this time she has seldom gotten more than three hours of sleep… --- ## [Too much Simethicone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-much-simethicone/1016221)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-much-simethicone/1016221 "2025-03-28T00:33:35Z")
(Note to mods, I’m merely satisfying my curiosity - I have no desire or intention of ‘over-medicating’) What’s the danger of taking too much gas medicine? My wife recently bought this product. I notice it says: Do not… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=344) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=346)