# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=377 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 378 --- ## [We need a new emergency food plan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-new-emergency-food-plan/1013881)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-new-emergency-food-plan/1013881 "2025-02-06T06:04:38Z")
With the price of eggs so high, French toast is a luxury few can afford, especially during times of impending weather disasters. Blizzards and hurricanes will require a new preparedness menu. What shall it be? PB&J? Ba… --- ## [Botticelli - January 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448)
**Author:** [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Replies:** 359\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448 "2025-02-06T02:53:06Z")
Happy New Year! I am C! Last month: Botticelli - December 2024 - #236 by knoodler --- ## [Three films an actor basically "owned"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-films-an-actor-basically-owned/1013748)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-films-an-actor-basically-owned/1013748 "2025-02-06T02:34:01Z")
I was reading the wiki on the film “Groundhog Day”, pretty sure for the first time. I was a little surprised there was some contention on the screenplay (Rubin and Ramis) yet also that Ramis and Murray, who had worked t… --- ## [How do tv shows cast extras with military haircuts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-tv-shows-cast-extras-with-military-haircuts/1013895)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-tv-shows-cast-extras-with-military-haircuts/1013895 "2025-02-06T01:23:31Z")
NCIS uses a lot of extras with high and tight hairstyles. The classic Marine jar head. The Navy characters hair is a little longer. The extras are on screen for a few seconds as the NCIS team walks by with an escort. So… --- ## [The Smithee Awards - a Quest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smithee-awards-a-quest/1013938)
**Author:** [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smithee-awards-a-quest/1013938 "2025-02-06T01:11:12Z")
So, I am a fan of an annual schlock awards show called the Smithee Awards, which started back in 1992 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and are now hosted annually at the Origins Game Fair. Smithee nominees aren’t like the Razzies… --- ## [Trump infects the CDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-infects-the-cdc/1013921)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-infects-the-cdc/1013921 "2025-02-06T01:05:12Z")
In the order, CDC researchers were instructed to remove references to or mentions of a list of forbidden terms: “Gender, transgender, pregnant person, pregnant people, LGBT, transsexual, non-binary, nonbinary, assigned… --- ## [I Am Going To See Cecil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-going-to-see-cecil/1012818)
**Author:** [@RayMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RayMan)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-going-to-see-cecil/1012818 "2025-02-05T23:14:21Z")
I am going to see @Cecil\_Adams tomorrow. OK, maybe I can be forgiven for the clickbait title. Allow me to explain. Tomorrow (Saturday January 11th 2025) @Ed\_Zotti is speaking at the Edgewater branch of the Chicago Publ… --- ## [What if women could transfer pregnancies to men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-women-could-transfer-pregnancies-to-men/1013849)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-women-could-transfer-pregnancies-to-men/1013849 "2025-02-05T22:45:33Z")
For the sake of this thought experiment assume alien space bats visit Earth and give pregant human women the ability to unilaterally transfer a developing fetus/embryo/zygote etc into a man’s body while simultaneously en… --- ## ["Death and Destruction to the fascists!" Movie Marathon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-and-destruction-to-the-fascists-movie-marathon/1013894)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-and-destruction-to-the-fascists-movie-marathon/1013894 "2025-02-05T21:54:44Z")
I’m sick and tired of it all and I can’t take no more! So this Saturday, I’m going to sit on the couch and do NOTHING, I’m all emotionally drained, I’ve set aside some additional emergency supplies (and ammo) and it fee… --- ## [YouTube thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-thread/917377)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-thread/917377 "2025-02-05T21:42:23Z")
I can’t seem to find any recent thread just for YouTube videos so I thought I’d start one. Here’s Brian Henderson’s Bandstand with one hell of a lineup: Herman’s Hermits, Searchers, Stones, and Jones. --- ## [Double letter endings in French](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-letter-endings-in-french/1013546)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-letter-endings-in-french/1013546 "2025-02-05T20:54:09Z")
The French language is notable for its dependence on whether certain final letters in words are part of the pronunciation. I was taught the mnemonic CaReFuL for the four consonants that always had to be pronounced. That… --- ## [So, what is the way forward on the Health Care front in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-the-way-forward-on-the-health-care-front-in-the-us/1009874)
**Author:** [@survinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/survinga)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-the-way-forward-on-the-health-care-front-in-the-us/1009874 "2025-02-05T20:13:26Z")
With Trump coming into power, I think Biden’s temporary increase of ACA subsidies will expire after 2025. This will make a lot of people drop out of the exchanges, and will increase the ranks of the uninsured. Trump’s … --- ## [Elon Musk intends to eliminate IRS Free File](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-intends-to-eliminate-irs-free-file/1013879)
**Author:** [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-intends-to-eliminate-irs-free-file/1013879 "2025-02-05T18:18:35Z")
As I have posted here before, I prepare income taxes for free under the TaxAide program, which is jointly sponsored by AARP and the IRS. Today I found this in my news feed: This is a direct slap at poor people, who do… --- ## [Is it practical to build very fire resistant homes in LA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-practical-to-build-very-fire-resistant-homes-in-la/1012838)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-practical-to-build-very-fire-resistant-homes-in-la/1012838 "2025-02-05T17:43:57Z")
I suppose there will be plenty of new home building happening in LA in the near future. To what extent will these new homes be designed specifically with fire resistance? How resistant can they realistically be made? Wha… --- ## [British Dopers: How’s Brexit treating you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-dopers-how-s-brexit-treating-you/1013679)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-dopers-how-s-brexit-treating-you/1013679 "2025-02-05T17:37:02Z")
I just saw a tweet that described it as the “greatest fraud and disaster on the population of the United Kingdom” which seems a bit hyperbolic but I thought I’d ask. Has Brexit changed your life in any meaningful way ei… --- ## [Has anyone excelled in a televised contest so well that others have dropped out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-excelled-in-a-televised-contest-so-well-that-others-have-dropped-out/1013923)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-excelled-in-a-televised-contest-so-well-that-others-have-dropped-out/1013923 "2025-02-05T16:53:11Z")
Shows about talent. singing, dancing etc. are all over the place, but has anyone on these shows done so exceedingly well that other contestants have just conceded, saying basically “I just can’t top that, sorry.”? --- ## [The McMichael/Bryan trial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mcmichael-bryan-trial/954133)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mcmichael-bryan-trial/954133 "2025-02-05T15:48:06Z")
I noticed we didn’t have a dedicated thread for discussion so I started this one. Here’s the latest AP story: I think there are a lot of commonalities between this and the Rittenhouse trial, to wit: Self-defense is,… --- ## [What should DNC do to fight lawless actions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-dnc-do-to-fight-lawless-actions/1013771)
**Author:** [@Turki-lurki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turki-lurki)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-dnc-do-to-fight-lawless-actions/1013771 "2025-02-05T12:53:43Z")
The current administration is undertaking a full court press for retribution against perceived enemies, and to disrupt critical government functions. DNC is sitting on its hands as far as I can see. Why are they not orga… --- ## [Commercials with spelling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-with-spelling/1013873)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-with-spelling/1013873 "2025-02-05T07:41:07Z")
I saw this commercial on Facebook yesterday, hadn’t seen or thought about it in decades but remembered it. Which of course calls back to an older Nestles jingle. And there is this. … --- ## [DC Area Residents: Protest Musk's takeover at the Treasury Dept, 5 pm Tue, 2/4](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-residents-protest-musks-takeover-at-the-treasury-dept-5-pm-tue-2-4/1013822)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-residents-protest-musks-takeover-at-the-treasury-dept-5-pm-tue-2-4/1013822 "2025-02-05T04:24:07Z")
If you’re as scared about Musk taking over the Treasury department computers as I am, and live in driving range of Washington, DC, please try to get to the rally that will be held at the Treasury Dept. tomorrow, Tuesday,… --- ## [Why are so many videos online backwards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-so-many-videos-online-backwards/1013826)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-so-many-videos-online-backwards/1013826 "2025-02-05T03:13:18Z")
YouTube, etc… There are a lot of videos online that are mirror image AKA backwards. Looks like the steering wheel on a car is on the right side, and so on. Why? --- ## [Did Muddy Waters ever play solo slide guitar in standard tuning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-muddy-waters-ever-play-solo-slide-guitar-in-standard-tuning/1013900)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-muddy-waters-ever-play-solo-slide-guitar-in-standard-tuning/1013900 "2025-02-05T02:11:16Z")
Whenever I play slide guitar solo (unaccompanied) I use open tunings. Usually Open A or Open E. But I thought I heard a long time ago that blues legend Muddy Waters (ne’ McKinley Morganfield) recorded some solo slide gu… --- ## [What makes you feel loved?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-feel-loved/1013833)
**Author:** [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-feel-loved/1013833 "2025-02-05T01:39:05Z")
I’m giving a talk this Sunday at church, and the topic is feeling loved by God – specifically, how we can know God loves us. As part of the talk, I thought I’d contrast that with how folks feel loved by their spouse/sig… --- ## [Help with ear congestion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-ear-congestion/1013772)
**Author:** [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-ear-congestion/1013772 "2025-02-05T01:18:57Z")
Let me start with some background. A few days before Christmas, I started with a persistent cough. I had no sinus or ear congestion, fever, headache, just the cough. On Jan. 13th I had a doctor’s appointment simply a me… --- ## [Best car insurance strategy for someone driving less than 6,000 miles per year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-car-insurance-strategy-for-someone-driving-less-than-6-000-miles-per-year/1013828)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-car-insurance-strategy-for-someone-driving-less-than-6-000-miles-per-year/1013828 "2025-02-05T00:36:58Z")
I work remotely from home and I dislike long road trips. If I had to go to someplace far like Dallas or Houston, I’d rather take the bus even though I have a car. I don’t commute to work and so most of my driving would b… --- ## ["Callbacks" to older monster movies in more recent films](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/callbacks-to-older-monster-movies-in-more-recent-films/1013867)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/callbacks-to-older-monster-movies-in-more-recent-films/1013867 "2025-02-04T23:43:28Z")
We watched The Substance over the weekend, and I couldn’t help but notice similarities to David Cronenberg’s version of The Fly in the final sequences. Both are “Body Horror” films, of course, but it’s deeper than that … --- ## [How would someone know if each person was interacting with their own individual AI-driven SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-someone-know-if-each-person-was-interacting-with-their-own-individual-ai-driven-sdmb/1013884)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2025, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-someone-know-if-each-person-was-interacting-with-their-own-individual-ai-driven-sdmb/1013884 "2025-02-04T23:18:31Z")
A thought that occurred to me in another thread is that some point soon, it might very well be possible to create individual instances of the SDMB, Reddit, or really any anonymous social platform where all the content co… --- ## ["dissolving" oil in ethanol](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissolving-oil-in-ethanol/1013813)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2025, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissolving-oil-in-ethanol/1013813 "2025-02-04T23:09:34Z")
If I dissolve table salt (NaCl) in water, it breaks down into Na+ and Cl- ions. If I then evaporate the water away, the ions recombine and I get my salt back, chemically identical to what I started with. If I “dissolve… --- ## [Trump-proofing my nest egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-proofing-my-nest-egg/1010320)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-proofing-my-nest-egg/1010320 "2025-02-04T21:50:20Z")
Saw the 401K thread, but since I don’t have a 401K or any sort of pension, figured I’d delurk and start a new thread here. I inherited a substantial amount of stocks from my late mother (along with some real estate, but… --- ## [Ruminating about newspaper subscriptions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminating-about-newspaper-subscriptions/1013737)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminating-about-newspaper-subscriptions/1013737 "2025-02-04T20:00:54Z")
Mostly the WaPo, but NYT too. I canceled both somewhere in the chaos of the election cycle because of the sanewashing of the orange menace, and, especially in the NYT, the way they hammered the Biden admin and glossed o… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=376) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=378)