# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=368 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 369 --- ## [Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendly-neighborhood-spider-man-open-spoilers/1013589)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendly-neighborhood-spider-man-open-spoilers/1013589 "2025-02-21T05:33:53Z")
Watched the first two episodes, really liked it. I hadn’t read any spoilers/speculation other than watching the trailer, so I didn’t know it would be in a setting where other Marvel characters exist (cartoons like this t… --- ## [Why hasn't homan rolled into Springfield, Oh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-homan-rolled-into-springfield-oh/1014520)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-homan-rolled-into-springfield-oh/1014520 "2025-02-21T04:30:49Z")
trump and Jd were adamant about the illegal status of the Haitians, so why doesn’t homan become a hero and swoop in there and round them all up? A really easy way to make his quota for a while. God, I hate this timelin… --- ## [Odd rhyme in Tolkien's Troll Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-rhyme-in-tolkiens-troll-song/1014601)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-rhyme-in-tolkiens-troll-song/1014601 "2025-02-21T02:32:17Z")
The Troll Song sung by Sam Gamgee (“Troll sat alone on a seat of stone…”) has a distinctive metrical structure and rhyme scheme: it consists of 7-line stanzas, with the fifth line consisting of 4 syllables, where the fir… --- ## [Fatal Fentanyl?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fatal-fentanyl/1014539)
**Author:** [@DtypeJag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DtypeJag)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fatal-fentanyl/1014539 "2025-02-21T01:20:03Z")
We keep hearing about all these people dying after unwittingly taking a lethal amount of fentynal. As I understand it, pill makers are putting fentynal in pills that are sold to unsuspecting customers who think they ar… --- ## [Movie scenes recalled by a single word](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112)
**Author:** [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Replies:** 469\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112 "2025-02-21T00:44:53Z")
I was discussing cropdusting the other day with some co-workers, as you do, and I couldn’t help remembering the classic scene in North by Northwest where Cary Grant is lured into the middle of nowhere and then menaced by… --- ## [Your old VHS tapes may be worth a FORTUNE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-old-vhs-tapes-may-be-worth-a-fortune/1014514)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-old-vhs-tapes-may-be-worth-a-fortune/1014514 "2025-02-21T00:28:14Z")
13 VHS Tapes That Are Now Worth a Small Fortune Why the heck would anyone pay a small fortune for old VHS tapes, or 8 tracks, cassettes, 78 records or any other obsolete media? What is the real purpose of the article l… --- ## [Android users need to check their Emergency SOS feature ASAP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-users-need-to-check-their-emergency-sos-feature-asap/1014454)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-users-need-to-check-their-emergency-sos-feature-asap/1014454 "2025-02-20T23:26:50Z")
Emergency SOS is a feature I didn’t know about. I checked and it is a feature on my Samsung phone. Thankfully, it’s turned off and I don’t have any emergency contacts setup. Open your Setup (the gear icon) and search f… --- ## [Musical marbles, real or fake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-marbles-real-or-fake/1014452)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-marbles-real-or-fake/1014452 "2025-02-20T22:41:54Z")
There are a ton of videos out there where a marble or ball bearing falls vertically, going down small ramps and hitting little tone bars at just the right time to create elaborate music. Are any of these videos for real… --- ## [Trump helping Musk in business](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-helping-musk-in-business/1014544)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-helping-musk-in-business/1014544 "2025-02-20T22:33:56Z")
Recently Trump took control of various regulators. Suppose that one of Musk’s businesses was facing serious charges (with evidence of criminal behaviour.) Could Trump simply order that the investigation stop?! (Mods, … --- ## [Venting about packaging — can be difficult to open!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venting-about-packaging-can-be-difficult-to-open/1009988)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venting-about-packaging-can-be-difficult-to-open/1009988 "2025-02-20T21:33:41Z")
I need to vent a little about Ziplock-like shipping bags. This is not pit worthy. Can I vent a little? The top of Ziplock-like shipping bags (e.g., from Amazon), right where you’re s… --- ## [Tesla armored vehicle availability](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-armored-vehicle-availability/1014304)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-armored-vehicle-availability/1014304 "2025-02-20T20:11:22Z")
Recent news has brought up the possibility of Tesla armored vehicles. Do they actually exist? Are they in a stage of development? Are they just an idea? Please, no politics and/or Musk background noise-Just info on t… --- ## [Neighbors and their Damn Car Alarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-and-their-damn-car-alarm/1014587)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-and-their-damn-car-alarm/1014587 "2025-02-20T19:56:46Z")
The next door neighbors have a white SUV that has a car alarm installed. Not the Viper type … the other popular kind, the car-horn type that does this: So for the last three days in a row, it… --- ## ["not going in there"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-going-in-there/1014408)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-going-in-there/1014408 "2025-02-20T19:54:53Z")
Evil henchmen decide not to intervene in a pitched battle in a number of movies. In the 5th Element, Leeloo is going apeshit on a bunch of Mangalores. Two late arrivals see their buddies flying out the door and turn tail… --- ## [What is the longest "issued" suppressor/silencer for a gun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-longest-issued-suppressor-silencer-for-a-gun/1014367)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-longest-issued-suppressor-silencer-for-a-gun/1014367 "2025-02-20T18:59:37Z")
Both pistol and rifle. “Issued” meaning anything that wasn’t a one-off or made specifically for a gimmick. Putting “Longest Suppressors” in Google gives up a bunch of results of people specifically making suppressors as… --- ## [The Team Makes the QB, not Vice-Versa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-team-makes-the-qb-not-vice-versa/1014129)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-team-makes-the-qb-not-vice-versa/1014129 "2025-02-20T18:59:19Z")
i chortled with joy yesterday watching Mahomes scramble for his life and, basically, play like crap because he was being mercilessly harassed by the Eagles stellar front four. I was especially pleased because it proved … --- ## [It’s time: give me your cookware recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-time-give-me-your-cookware-recommendations/1014559)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-time-give-me-your-cookware-recommendations/1014559 "2025-02-20T18:36:54Z")
I currently have a full set of Ninja nonstick cookware. Some of the pieces have seen better days. In particular I need a new large fry pan. That’s what I have to change out right away but I will be replacing more over ti… --- ## [Worst/Weirdest/Dumbest Piece of Unsolicited Inoffensive Advice You've Been Given?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-weirdest-dumbest-piece-of-unsolicited-inoffensive-advice-youve-been-given/1014148)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-weirdest-dumbest-piece-of-unsolicited-inoffensive-advice-youve-been-given/1014148 "2025-02-20T17:30:56Z")
We’ve all been given unsolicited advice, but I’m curious if there’s any that you still remember and not because it was offensive or meanspirited towards you or others (as in no “You’d look so much better if you lost some… --- ## [What kind of tax professional do I need? (as a sole proprietor who bills clients directly)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-tax-professional-do-i-need-as-a-sole-proprietor-who-bills-clients-directly/1012779)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-tax-professional-do-i-need-as-a-sole-proprietor-who-bills-clients-directly/1012779 "2025-02-20T16:31:57Z")
For 2024, I was self-employed as a computer programmer. I worked exclusively with one client, and invoiced them directly. They paid me via wire transfer every month. I have all the invoices. I did not make a separate bu… --- ## [GAg and MAGAg - The end time is nigh!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gag-and-magag-the-end-time-is-nigh/1014580)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gag-and-magag-the-end-time-is-nigh/1014580 "2025-02-20T15:56:20Z")
Based on the scientifically proven correlation between Lincoln and Kennedy should we not assume this transposition of spelling reveals a true revelation? Or am I just bored? --- ## [Would rap/hip hop/KL fans explain the Superbowl halftime show to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-rap-hip-hop-kl-fans-explain-the-superbowl-halftime-show-to-me/1014131)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-rap-hip-hop-kl-fans-explain-the-superbowl-halftime-show-to-me/1014131 "2025-02-20T13:31:24Z")
I readily admit that I’m an out-of-touch old white guy, who has never appreciated rap or hip hop (or understood the difference between the 2.) I have never really made much of an effort to understand/appreciate such mus… --- ## [A real Jefferson Airplane that flies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-real-jefferson-airplane-that-flies/1014261)
**Author:** [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-real-jefferson-airplane-that-flies/1014261 "2025-02-20T10:57:10Z")
I’m a billionaire and an aviation nut, as well as a hippie. Could a real Jefferson Airplane, part antique trimotor triplane, part San Francisco Victorian house jus… --- ## ["Emil Bove"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emil-bove/1014350)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emil-bove/1014350 "2025-02-20T08:15:48Z")
How long is Stephen Miller going to be allowed to double dip like this? What happens when both characters are scheduled to appear together? I’m sure his staff is by now adept at applying the necrotic makeup and decorativ… --- ## [What is “Disruptive University?”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-disruptive-university/1014490)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-disruptive-university/1014490 "2025-02-20T04:26:03Z")
I saw a weird ad for it on TikTok. Heavy on “authenticity” and “meeting expectations” but not really explaining what they’re offering. The website is even less clear: “ Are you living in alignment with who you are? What … --- ## [Detecting Landlord Snooping In My Room!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detecting-landlord-snooping-in-my-room/694976)
**Author:** [@BlueValley45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueValley45)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detecting-landlord-snooping-in-my-room/694976 "2025-02-20T03:12:15Z")
Hi Dopers . . I am told my landlord likes to snoop in the rented rooms in his house. I know of the taping the door to the door trim trick, the toothpick or bit of paper in the hinge side trick etc. . . and he does now b… --- ## [The Shooting of Ralph Yarl in Kansas City (he knocked on the wrong door)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shooting-of-ralph-yarl-in-kansas-city-he-knocked-on-the-wrong-door/982803)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shooting-of-ralph-yarl-in-kansas-city-he-knocked-on-the-wrong-door/982803 "2025-02-20T03:11:21Z")
A Black teen, Ralph Yarl (16) went to pick up some siblings at a house in Kansas City. He knocked on the door. It was the incorrect home - his siblings were not there. The homeowner shot him through the window. Then he s… --- ## [Bobby Hull, RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobby-hull-rip/979054)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobby-hull-rip/979054 "2025-02-20T03:09:03Z")
Reports are coming out this morning that hockey legend Bobby Hull has passed away today, at age 84. Hull, who was nicknamed “The Golden Jet,” was a star for the Chicago Blackhawks from 1958 to 1972, before signing a mil… --- ## [The "Gulf of America"? Wth? Can you just change the name of a body of water?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gulf-of-america-wth-can-you-just-change-the-name-of-a-body-of-water/1012683)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 274\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gulf-of-america-wth-can-you-just-change-the-name-of-a-body-of-water/1012683 "2025-02-20T00:24:48Z")
Trump is insane. Yeah, old news. You can’t just do that, can you? You can’t just buy Greenland. Can you? Who’s gonna pay for it? --- ## [LED lights \[for pinewood derby cars\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-lights-for-pinewood-derby-cars/1014473)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-lights-for-pinewood-derby-cars/1014473 "2025-02-20T00:22:55Z")
My boys are working on their pinewood derby cars, and they want to install LED lights on them. I don’t have any idea where to start to get them started on this. I ran by MicroCenter, and they have a strip of lights that … --- ## [I Need Some Help Finding a Recent Post in Either P&E or the BBQ Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-help-finding-a-recent-post-in-either-p-e-or-the-bbq-pit/1014548)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-help-finding-a-recent-post-in-either-p-e-or-the-bbq-pit/1014548 "2025-02-20T00:09:35Z")
Ugh, I’m sorry to ask but I’m desperate. Within the past couple of weeks, someone made a post detailing many of the illegal actions already taken by Trump and Musk. It was a bulleted list if I recall correctly. I was … --- ## [How do parents in spicy food cultures introduce strong flavors to children?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-parents-in-spicy-food-cultures-introduce-strong-flavors-to-children/1014373)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-parents-in-spicy-food-cultures-introduce-strong-flavors-to-children/1014373 "2025-02-19T22:35:29Z")
I apologize for the awkward way the question is phrased, I had to cram a lot of content into few words. Anyway… I’m wondering how parents introduce children to spicy food in cultures where spicy cuisine is the norm. Lik… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=367) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=369)