# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=356&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 357 --- ## [Ireland in Early Autumn: Tips/advice Sought](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ireland-in-early-autumn-tips-advice-sought/1015437)
**Author:** [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2025, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ireland-in-early-autumn-tips-advice-sought/1015437 "2025-03-15T23:54:15Z")
I’m tired of all these MF snakes…or the geopolitical climate, so I figured it is time to visit Éire. It’s been a long-time desire, but the idea of perhaps living much of the year outside the US has become increasingly a… --- ## [Is awareness of the fallacy in the argument a prerequisite of sophistry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-awareness-of-the-fallacy-in-the-argument-a-prerequisite-of-sophistry/1015580)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-awareness-of-the-fallacy-in-the-argument-a-prerequisite-of-sophistry/1015580 "2025-03-15T21:28:27Z")
In this post, I use the following two terms interchangably: sophistry and intellectual dishonesty. I would define both as using a fallacious argument in order to prove your point or “come out as right” in a debate. Pleas… --- ## [Soccer ref bitten on testicle by child](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-ref-bitten-on-testicle-by-child/1015268)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2025, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-ref-bitten-on-testicle-by-child/1015268 "2025-03-15T21:23:36Z")
I mean, do you need more information? --- ## [Bad, bad, bad Hot knees and a bad, bad, bad little Flower!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-hot-knees-and-a-bad-bad-bad-little-flower/1015604)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-hot-knees-and-a-bad-bad-bad-little-flower/1015604 "2025-03-15T20:56:31Z")
Driving to town my knees were boiling. You see, I have on capris and the sun was glaring down on my ultra-white over wintered knees. I was growing skin cancers every minute. I made Ivy go in the Pit-stop and grab me a … --- ## [Battlestar Galactica 2004 Rewatch - Spoilers don't need to be blurred](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-2004-rewatch-spoilers-dont-need-to-be-blurred/1007606)
**Author:** [@vislor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vislor)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-2004-rewatch-spoilers-dont-need-to-be-blurred/1007606 "2025-03-15T20:30:35Z")
I rewatched the mini series and the first episode and want to talk about it. I haven’t watched it since it first aired. I have the DVDs but it’s all streaming of course. That’s another topic. Frak has long been a par… --- ## [Clearing Windows 10 disk before selling computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-windows-10-disk-before-selling-computer/1015615)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-windows-10-disk-before-selling-computer/1015615 "2025-03-15T20:25:00Z")
I have a Windows 10 desktop computer that I want to sell. I want to be 100% sure that the buyer cannot recover any of my data from the disk (hard disk, not SSD). I have done a factory reset using the “clean disk” option … --- ## [Where could people legally immigrate to \*immediately\* after WWII?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-could-people-legally-immigrate-to-immediately-after-wwii/1015567)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-could-people-legally-immigrate-to-immediately-after-wwii/1015567 "2025-03-15T19:36:44Z")
There is just tons of information on immigration (displaced persons and otherwise) from 1947 though the early 1950s and beyond. But what I’m looking for is the late 1944 (when parts of Europe were getting liberated) thr… --- ## [Canadian PM Mark Carney Election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-pm-mark-carney-election/1015376)
**Author:** [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-pm-mark-carney-election/1015376 "2025-03-15T16:48:57Z")
Congratulations upon voting PM Carney in today! I haven’t previously known much of him beyond his online bios, recent interviews and his book coming out. I welcome any views and commentary about Mark Carney from any of t… --- ## [Total Lunar Eclipse March 13 - 14, 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-lunar-eclipse-march-13-14-2025/1013092)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-lunar-eclipse-march-13-14-2025/1013092 "2025-03-15T15:18:34Z")
Anybody have plans? I will be going for a midnight hike up Mount Prevost: Here is me on Prevost last summer: --- ## [Spectating at a rally race - am I missing something?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectating-at-a-rally-race-am-i-missing-something/1015582)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2025, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectating-at-a-rally-race-am-i-missing-something/1015582 "2025-03-15T14:05:12Z")
There’s a big rally race happening here in my part of Missouri this weekend. (100 Acre Wood Rally Potosi MO). As I understand it, rally races are point to point. Which means that, as far as spectators are concerned, you … --- ## [How did stashes of porn end up in the woods in the 1970s and 1980s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-stashes-of-porn-end-up-in-the-woods-in-the-1970s-and-1980s/511703)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2009, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-stashes-of-porn-end-up-in-the-woods-in-the-1970s-and-1980s/511703 "2009-10-17T05:36:22Z")
It seems like all my friends have stories about when they were kids in the 1970s or early 1980s, they found a stash of porn magazines while exploring woods or a very large parcel of undeveloped land near their house. Me… --- ## [Speak to me in Looney Tunes quotes!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-looney-tunes-quotes/712436)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 660\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-looney-tunes-quotes/712436 "2025-03-15T13:16:23Z")
Hmm, pronoun trouble… --- ## [Arnold Schoenberg and Jazz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-schoenberg-and-jazz/1015477)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2025, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-schoenberg-and-jazz/1015477 "2025-03-15T09:11:38Z")
If you type “Arnold Schoenberg” into Wikipedia, the introductory paragraph reads Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (13 September 1874 – 13 July 1951) was an Austrian and American composer, music theorist, teacher and writ… --- ## [Are there any free or low cost AI alternatives to deep research](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-free-or-low-cost-ai-alternatives-to-deep-research/1015593)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2025, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-free-or-low-cost-ai-alternatives-to-deep-research/1015593 "2025-03-15T04:12:29Z")
Deep research just started allowing people to create 5 reports a month for free. This is a pretty awesome service. Right now I’m writing up a report about a health issue I have that I don’t really understand to get some … --- ## [Airplane! movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 259\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2025, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-movie/916362 "2025-03-15T02:46:11Z")
what do you know on a Saturday night at 11 pm when there is nothing else to do? You watch Airplane! again. Running commentary - “Listen Betty, don’t start with your white zone shit again.” I will not keep this up, but … --- ## [Are chicken eggs shells getting thinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-chicken-eggs-shells-getting-thinner/1015539)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2025, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-chicken-eggs-shells-getting-thinner/1015539 "2025-03-15T02:19:02Z")
I eat a lot of eggs and I swear, it’s hard to break them into a pan without there being bits of shell that fall in too. Maybe my technique is getting rusty but I suspect egg shells are getting either thinner or more bri… --- ## [Economic effects of 7.5 million very wealthy foreigners moving to US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economic-effects-of-7-5-million-very-wealthy-foreigners-moving-to-us/1014995)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2025, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economic-effects-of-7-5-million-very-wealthy-foreigners-moving-to-us/1014995 "2025-03-15T02:15:32Z")
Apparently the 47th POTUS has floated the idea of charging $5 million for wealthy foreigners to get US citizenship, with a view towards using that money to pay off the $36 trillion in national debt. My my math, it would … --- ## [What on earth is Joseph singing about? (Technicolor Dreamcoat question)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-on-earth-is-joseph-singing-about-technicolor-dreamcoat-question/342502)
**Author:** [@Fortean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fortean)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2025, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-on-earth-is-joseph-singing-about-technicolor-dreamcoat-question/342502 "2025-03-15T02:05:13Z")
I was watching the Joseph & The Technicolor Dreamcoat DVD yesterday (a supreme guilty pleasure) when it occurred to me I’d never been able to understand what the ‘Any Dream Will Do’ song actually MEANS. Is there some sto… --- ## [Why is Canada pulling American alcohol off the shelves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-canada-pulling-american-alcohol-off-the-shelves/1015180)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2025, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-canada-pulling-american-alcohol-off-the-shelves/1015180 "2025-03-15T01:59:33Z")
I get not ordering MORE alcohol. But why pull the stuff that’s already been paid for? --- ## [Human Foot Washed Up on Beach: Male or Female?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-foot-washed-up-on-beach-male-or-female/458917)
**Author:** [@A\_Man\_A\_Plan\_A\_Canal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Man_A_Plan_A_Canal)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-foot-washed-up-on-beach-male-or-female/458917 "2025-03-14T23:17:24Z")
This morning a sixth human foot was found inside a shoe washed up on a beach in Washington state somewheres. Previous feet which have washed up have been identified as having belonged to a male or female. How is this e… --- ## [Music exchange thread - give one, get one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-exchange-thread-give-one-get-one/1015358)
**Author:** [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-exchange-thread-give-one-get-one/1015358 "2025-03-14T22:47:19Z")
I am trying to expand my tastes in music and find new selections to enjoy across the entire range of Western musical genres - from classical to rap to pop (anything except death metal). I want folks to share their person… --- ## [Leon the Lobster, RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leon-the-lobster-rip/1014927)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leon-the-lobster-rip/1014927 "2025-03-14T22:06:22Z")
I am very sad about this news I started watching Leon’s videos very early on. I think there were only two posted when I discovered them. This is unexpected. I am as sad about this as I was when I found out that Billi… --- ## [Just how, exactly, did my credit card get scammed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-exactly-did-my-credit-card-get-scammed/1000222)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-exactly-did-my-credit-card-get-scammed/1000222 "2025-03-14T20:09:33Z")
Early on Tuesday morning I logged in to my internet banking to check a payment had been made. BUT, I found that my credit-card had been ‘hacked’ with two transactions. I immediately rang the bank to cancel the card and … --- ## [What is the most bulletproof way to buy a decent used car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-bulletproof-way-to-buy-a-decent-used-car/1014996)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-bulletproof-way-to-buy-a-decent-used-car/1014996 "2025-03-14T19:44:23Z")
I hear horror stories about dealers, and apparently a national clearinghouse like Carvana is scarcely better. Is there a good alternative to Carvana? All I want is a decent fuel efficient workhorse vehicle like a Toyota … --- ## [Ski jump scandal rocks Norway!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ski-jump-scandal-rocks-norway/1015502)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ski-jump-scandal-rocks-norway/1015502 "2025-03-14T19:43:23Z")
Honest question: is there any sport without some kind of scandal or cheating in its history? And how much did these guys stand to gain if they got away with it? --- ## [Questions about new engine oils and their many varieties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-new-engine-oils-and-their-many-varieties/1015524)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-new-engine-oils-and-their-many-varieties/1015524 "2025-03-14T18:21:26Z")
I decided to start changing my own oil again, after ~15 years of paying for the service. After visiting three auto-parts stores, I found a surprising variety of special purpose oils: Truck and SUV, European car, Superc… --- ## [Name for Irrational numbers that follow a pattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-irrational-numbers-that-follow-a-pattern/1015301)
**Author:** [@whc.03grady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whc.03grady)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-irrational-numbers-that-follow-a-pattern/1015301 "2025-03-14T16:39:51Z")
Is there a name for irrational numbers that follow a pattern (or maybe better: a rule), like 0.10110011100011110000…. or 1.357911131517…. --- ## [How can I propagate some Yaupon Holly trees from cuttings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-propagate-some-yaupon-holly-trees-from-cuttings/1015482)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-propagate-some-yaupon-holly-trees-from-cuttings/1015482 "2025-03-14T16:21:18Z")
I have an area that I’d like to have a few more Yaupon Holly trees. I have some of them already. I’m having difficulty finding them at nurseries in my area that are at a size I can work with. They are in 7+ gallon pots a… --- ## [What kind of regular things can AI currently be used for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-regular-things-can-ai-currently-be-used-for/1015523)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-regular-things-can-ai-currently-be-used-for/1015523 "2025-03-14T16:02:08Z")
I’ve tended to be a late adopter of new technology. It could very well be that AI as it stands right now can be helping me out, but that I’m missing out due to not knowing how to use it, or even what it could be useful … --- ## [Favorite Little Debbie snack cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-debbie-snack-cake/987318)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-debbie-snack-cake/987318 "2025-03-14T15:15:57Z")
I’ve loved the Little Debbie selection of snack cakes since I was a wee lad. My love of these snack cakes runs deep. How deep? Well, my favorite episode of Good Mythical Morning is, hands-down, the one where they taste a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=355&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=357&state=tracking)