# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=361&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 362 --- ## [Worthy ProCott / Girlcott / Reverse Boycott products for Friends of Democracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthy-procott-girlcott-reverse-boycott-products-for-friends-of-democracy/1015239)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthy-procott-girlcott-reverse-boycott-products-for-friends-of-democracy/1015239 "2025-03-07T09:12:56Z")
Costco has refused to buckle under threats to its DEI program, unlike their competitors. So they are worth supporting. Molson is made by Coors (US); LaBatts is produced by InBev (Belgium). What Canadian products are wor… --- ## [Should a Yankee be elected to Canada's Parliament?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-yankee-be-elected-to-canadas-parliament/1015185)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-yankee-be-elected-to-canadas-parliament/1015185 "2025-03-07T04:16:12Z")
There’s an election coming up. There’s currently at least one Yankee sittting in the House of Commons: Andrew Scheer. Are there any others? Should any Yankee be in the House of Commons when we’re fighting a trade war… --- ## [Questions about squaring stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-squaring-stone/1014395)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-squaring-stone/1014395 "2025-03-07T03:46:22Z")
Squaring stone is the art of producing rectangular blocks of stone to a sufficient degree of regularity and smoothness as to be useful for building with minimal mortar, as opposed to “rough stone” work in which randomly … --- ## [Help me identify this movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-movie/1015187)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-movie/1015187 "2025-03-07T03:37:34Z")
Please help me identify a movie. I have only seen a couple of YouTube shorts about it, and they never identify the movie name. Here is what I can remember from the shorts. The 2 main characters are a young (20’s) black… --- ## [France's nuclear warning shot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frances-nuclear-warning-shot/1014790)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frances-nuclear-warning-shot/1014790 "2025-03-07T03:23:52Z")
I came across this term in a video from “Belle of the Ranch”. She just mentioned that “France has a warning shot (plan) with nuclear weapons”. Internet searching gives me descriptions of French nuclear weapons and only … --- ## [Is there an upper limit to how large of a dose of fentanyl before narcan stops working](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-upper-limit-to-how-large-of-a-dose-of-fentanyl-before-narcan-stops-working/1015188)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-upper-limit-to-how-large-of-a-dose-of-fentanyl-before-narcan-stops-working/1015188 "2025-03-07T00:59:20Z")
I’ve heard stories from EMTs of finding someone who OD’d and the EMT having to give them multiple doses of narcan. My understanding is the u-opioid receptor is the one that causes respiratory depression. Naloxone has a … --- ## [From 2017: Teenager dies after charging cell phone falls into tub?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-2017-teenager-dies-after-charging-cell-phone-falls-into-tub/1015118)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2025, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-2017-teenager-dies-after-charging-cell-phone-falls-into-tub/1015118 "2025-03-06T22:49:15Z")
Well, at least that’s what the family said. I remember on “Mythbusters,” they tried various devices, and the most likely to turn you into a hashtag was an iron. Seems like a phone charging cable wouldn’t be carrying a … --- ## [Would the (hypothetical) inhabitants of Proxima B see the same constellations we do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-hypothetical-inhabitants-of-proxima-b-see-the-same-constellations-we-do/1015216)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2025, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-hypothetical-inhabitants-of-proxima-b-see-the-same-constellations-we-do/1015216 "2025-03-06T22:38:24Z")
Let’s say that Proxima B, the nearest potentially habitable exoplanet to us, has a civilization of intelligent beings with exactly the same technology we have. Would they see the same constellations we see? Would their … --- ## [What should you do if someone (expectedly) dies in their sleep?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-you-do-if-someone-expectedly-dies-in-their-sleep/1015017)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-you-do-if-someone-expectedly-dies-in-their-sleep/1015017 "2025-03-06T18:38:41Z")
Suppose you are caring for a frail, elderly person with known health problems. One night you tuck them into bed as usual, and the next morning you find they have died. Like, there’s no question, no signs of violence, t… --- ## [What law enforcement agency/agencies have the authority to block DOGE from entering/extract DOGE from Federal buildings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-law-enforcement-agency-agencies-have-the-authority-to-block-doge-from-entering-extract-doge-from-federal-buildings/1013936)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-law-enforcement-agency-agencies-have-the-authority-to-block-doge-from-entering-extract-doge-from-federal-buildings/1013936 "2025-03-06T16:56:25Z")
What the OP says. Let’s keep it in FQ, please. --- ## [How should a robot look in a post scarcity utopia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-a-robot-look-in-a-post-scarcity-utopia/1015166)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2025, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-a-robot-look-in-a-post-scarcity-utopia/1015166 "2025-03-06T10:58:41Z")
If the world was a post scarcity utopia protected by superhuman robots, would it better if the robots looked like robots or if they looked exactly like a normal human? Or something else? --- ## [Trump and the future of the Department Of Education](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-the-future-of-the-department-of-education/1013887)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2025, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-the-future-of-the-department-of-education/1013887 "2025-03-06T07:38:11Z")
I have seen several reports that he is planning to put out an Executive Order abolishing the Department Of Education. Does he have the Congressional support to do this (which I believe he legally needs) and, if it happe… --- ## [Climate change: The forgotten apocalypse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-the-forgotten-apocalypse/1015112)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2025, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-the-forgotten-apocalypse/1015112 "2025-03-06T04:24:36Z")
Tariffs, inflation, war in Ukraine, the China threat, measles… there’s no end of daily crises in the news. But it seems like climate change isn’t much talked about anymore. Did we all just collectively decide, “oh well, … --- ## [Are pilots supposed to look both ways before crossing the runway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pilots-supposed-to-look-both-ways-before-crossing-the-runway/1014828)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2025, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pilots-supposed-to-look-both-ways-before-crossing-the-runway/1014828 "2025-03-06T03:13:34Z")
Just in case you missed the news, there was a close call at Midway Airport yesterday, with a Southwest Airlines jet aborting a landing with seconds to spare just as an errant business jet crossed the runway. Caught by a… --- ## [What’s your favorite current show on TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-favorite-current-show-on-tv/1014895)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2025, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-favorite-current-show-on-tv/1014895 "2025-03-06T02:42:27Z")
Having grown up in the age of 3 networks plus PBS, I find the current TV options overwhelming but I’m on the lookout for new stuff to watch. So what is your favorite current TV show? Please provide a brief synopsis and … --- ## [How do we get humanity to sacrifice for the greater good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-get-humanity-to-sacrifice-for-the-greater-good/1013736)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-get-humanity-to-sacrifice-for-the-greater-good/1013736 "2025-03-06T01:57:57Z")
This Tumblr post (and the comments and tags in its reblogs) got me thinking about this. Obviously, we saw during the pandemic that there was a lot of reluctance to give up luxuries in order to help others people, perhap… --- ## [Children's Commedia dell'arte-type opera with chorus imitating instruments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-commedia-dellarte-type-opera-with-chorus-imitating-instruments/1015186)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-commedia-dellarte-type-opera-with-chorus-imitating-instruments/1015186 "2025-03-06T00:28:13Z")
In Grade 5, my teacher took us to the theater several times; on one occasion, we saw a children’s chorus perform two musical plays. One of these I have managed to identify as “The Golden Vanity” by Colin Graham and Benja… --- ## [Plan to travel to Scotland on my Czech passport - could there be complications?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plan-to-travel-to-scotland-on-my-czech-passport-could-there-be-complications/1014913)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plan-to-travel-to-scotland-on-my-czech-passport-could-there-be-complications/1014913 "2025-03-06T00:04:25Z")
I am planning an extended weekend in Scotland right at the beginning of May. The plan is to fly from Prague to Glasgow, possibly via another British city like Belfast. I am a naturalized Czech citizen and my Canadian pas… --- ## [Do we still need a quarantine zone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-still-need-a-quarantine-zone/1000738)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2025, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-still-need-a-quarantine-zone/1000738 "2025-03-05T23:30:56Z")
Covid is not really a hot topic anymore. How does SDMB decide it no longer needs this section? --- ## [There are these that bug me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-these-that-bug-me/1015095)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2025, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-these-that-bug-me/1015095 "2025-03-05T22:48:52Z")
You know its nice to have a beauty mark. Adds interest to the face. Hides lack of symmetry in your over all facial look. I have one. Alas, its under my hair line behind my right ear. No one knows its there but me. (W… --- ## [How frequent oil changes for newish car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-frequent-oil-changes-for-newish-car/1014698)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-frequent-oil-changes-for-newish-car/1014698 "2025-03-05T22:02:02Z")
I turned up a couple of older threads, but was wondering if current thought had changed any, given newer cars and synthetic oils. I have a 3+ year old Subaru Forester. I put \<6k miles on it per year - probably just abo… --- ## [Hypothetical ousting of Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-ousting-of-trump/1014841)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-ousting-of-trump/1014841 "2025-03-05T20:41:18Z")
Let us imagine that the Democratic Party regains control of the House and the Senate at the mid-term elections. Many Trump voters are fearing their faces will be eaten by leopards, so this might actually happen. Let us… --- ## [Unknown Windows Chime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-windows-chime/1014972)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-windows-chime/1014972 "2025-03-05T19:31:49Z")
My work computer was just updated to Windows 11. And now I’m getting one of those chimes every few minutes, like the computer has a notification for me. But I am not getting any notification on-screen. Is there a place … --- ## [Watching the Super Bowl when you’re not a fan of either team {Sports Fans please}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-the-super-bowl-when-you-re-not-a-fan-of-either-team-sports-fans-please/1014099)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-the-super-bowl-when-you-re-not-a-fan-of-either-team-sports-fans-please/1014099 "2025-03-05T18:54:21Z")
The question is about the Super Bowl but it could really be about any sport. When you are watching a championship game but your team is out do you find ways to root for a specific team or are you watching just hoping to… --- ## [What food ingredient is making me feel sick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-food-ingredient-is-making-me-feel-sick/982539)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-food-ingredient-is-making-me-feel-sick/982539 "2025-03-05T17:38:18Z")
So I burnt my onion rings last night, but I still wanted them so I got some more today and om mom nom nom. Then I remembered why I don’t eat onion rings, they make me feel sick. It is something in the batter, because I f… --- ## [DINK (dual-income, no kids): Personal & shared growth at 40+?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dink-dual-income-no-kids-personal-shared-growth-at-40/1015014)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dink-dual-income-no-kids-personal-shared-growth-at-40/1015014 "2025-03-05T17:17:22Z")
I’m curious… what do child-less/childfree couples do at 40+ to keep life interesting and keep growing, both together and as individuals? Just looking for some ideas & recommendations… both things to try for fun and also … --- ## [Corporate Sponsored Space Travel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-sponsored-space-travel/1015162)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-sponsored-space-travel/1015162 "2025-03-05T17:04:27Z")
I don’t see any hard factual answers here, and I feel it presumptuous to tag this as a “great debate”, so I’ll submit this as my opinion. As we know, there are some corporate giants that have seriously taken on the race… --- ## [Recurring Dream Characters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-dream-characters/1015039)
**Author:** [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-dream-characters/1015039 "2025-03-05T13:17:14Z")
Does anyone else have recurring characters in their dreams? I’ve had two dreams that featured the same person. In my last dream, his name was David (later in the dream–it might have been something else in the beginning).… --- ## [Cobra Kai discussion (Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cobra-kai-discussion-spoilers/813774)
**Author:** [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2025, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cobra-kai-discussion-spoilers/813774 "2025-03-05T12:49:16Z")
I haven’t seen a discussion thread about Youtube Red’s “Cobra Kai” (only one thread talking about he trailers and previews). So I’m starting this one. I thought the first season was very well done. They gave a lot of … --- ## [What superhero or superhero team would you LIKE to see get a movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2025, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-superhero-or-superhero-team-would-you-like-to-see-get-a-movie/789064 "2025-03-05T08:56:28Z")
I imagine that we are already passed the highwater mark of the trend for superhero movies for the time being. I think we’ll be seeing less of them, or they just won’t be dominating the box office as much as they have in … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=360&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=362&state=tracking)