# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=383 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 384 --- ## [Air Busan Plane Burns at Gimhae International Airport](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-busan-plane-burns-at-gimhae-international-airport/1013556)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-busan-plane-burns-at-gimhae-international-airport/1013556 "2025-01-29T00:42:05Z")
From Yeonhap News Agency: 4 injured evacuating airplane on fire at Busan airport BUSAN, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) – A passenger aircraft caught fire at an international airport in the southeastern city of Busan on Tuesday, wit… --- ## [A bit surprising but not a paradox](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bit-surprising-but-not-a-paradox/1013505)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bit-surprising-but-not-a-paradox/1013505 "2025-01-29T00:03:44Z")
I was watching a curling match night before last. At some point they put up a graphic showing that team A was ahead of team B on both draws and hits but they were tied on overall percentage. This seemed paradoxical at f… --- ## [This is just sick \[fossilized vomit discovered in Denmark\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-sick-fossilized-vomit-discovered-in-denmark/1013524)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-sick-fossilized-vomit-discovered-in-denmark/1013524 "2025-01-28T23:28:03Z")
66 million year old fish vomit found in Denmark … Sounds more like it will help them discover what animals shouldn’t have been eating. --- ## [Wheel running in the wild](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheel-running-in-the-wild/1013500)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheel-running-in-the-wild/1013500 "2025-01-28T23:23:38Z")
I just saw this 2014 experiment. Dutch scientists set up a hamster/mouse wheel in the wild, and then observed what happened. (for part of the experiment, there was food nearby to attract them). The answer: The observa… --- ## [Potholes and salt: freeze-thaw cycle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potholes-and-salt-freeze-thaw-cycle/1013409)
**Author:** [@ZurBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZurBob)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potholes-and-salt-freeze-thaw-cycle/1013409 "2025-01-28T21:38:29Z")
I have no problem understanding how the freeze-thaw cycle causes potholes, nor is it a mystery how salt reduces the freeze point of ice on roads resulting in safer travel. What is a mystery to me is how the addition of … --- ## [Earthquake in Maine today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-maine-today/1013487)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-maine-today/1013487 "2025-01-28T21:41:12Z")
Did anyone feel it? Any damage or disruptions? Apparently they’re rare in the area, so it has to be a little disorienting. --- ## [J-pop, K-pop: what other \*-pops are there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-pop-k-pop-what-other-pops-are-there/1013475)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-pop-k-pop-what-other-pops-are-there/1013475 "2025-01-28T21:40:24Z")
Korea and Japan, respectively, have brought us the K-pop and J-pop music genres. I see now from Wikipedia that there are also these other \*-pops: Are there other nation-named \*-pop music genres that rise to com… --- ## [Auto leasing (newbie questions): how to lower the overall cost of the lease](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-leasing-newbie-questions-how-to-lower-the-overall-cost-of-the-lease/1013533)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-leasing-newbie-questions-how-to-lower-the-overall-cost-of-the-lease/1013533 "2025-01-28T20:50:43Z")
I currently own an EV, but I’m going to get rid of it for … reasons. I’m going to get another EV, but the technology and models are changing very fast these days. So rather than buy another EV, I’m considering leasing f… --- ## [Where the wind (farms) blow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-wind-farms-blow/1013548)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-wind-farms-blow/1013548 "2025-01-28T20:20:39Z")
I used to work with another engineer who was involved with an initiative to build a wind farm offshore in Lake Erie east of Cleveland. The plan never happened. There are a few wind turbines in the area today and it is in… --- ## [A way around the 22nd Amendment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-way-around-the-22nd-amendment/1013538)
**Author:** [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-way-around-the-22nd-amendment/1013538 "2025-01-28T18:20:57Z")
Perhaps covered in another thread already. The 22nd Amendment says “No person shall be elected to the office of President more than twice…” \[emphasis mine\] What if someone else ran for President and won, and a 2-termer… --- ## [Do commercial LLMs own the data you input?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-commercial-llms-own-the-data-you-input/1013385)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-commercial-llms-own-the-data-you-input/1013385 "2025-01-28T18:01:49Z")
A strangely hard thing to google / chatGPT-verb, because so many people want to know about whether the output of LLMs is copyrightable. That’s a good question, but right now I’m concerned with the input, and just what h… --- ## [Team Fortress 2 Classic, a Team Fortress 2 mod that reimagines its 2008/2009 era](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-fortress-2-classic-a-team-fortress-2-mod-that-reimagines-its-2008-2009-era/1010134)
**Author:** [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-fortress-2-classic-a-team-fortress-2-mod-that-reimagines-its-2008-2009-era/1010134 "2025-01-28T17:57:01Z")
I’m sure there are some oldheads here that would be interested in this. As I’m sure some of you know by now, Team Fortress 2 nowadays is a shell of its former self. Hats, loot crates, over 100 maps…it’s basically become… --- ## [United Health & Pharmacy Benefits Manager scandal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-health-pharmacy-benefits-manager-scandal/1013064)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-health-pharmacy-benefits-manager-scandal/1013064 "2025-01-28T16:31:24Z")
I saw a post about a new United Health scandal and didn’t understand it so I found a few articles about it and I’m still confused. The title of one was “UnitedHealth, employer of slain exec Brian Thompson, found to have… --- ## [Bishop vs trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bishop-vs-trump/1013350)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bishop-vs-trump/1013350 "2025-01-28T14:53:34Z")
As Trump sat in the first pew of the National Cathedral on Tuesday during a traditional prayer service, Bishop Budde asked Trump “to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now.” Trump glared and shift… --- ## [What city has the best "restaurant community"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-city-has-the-best-restaurant-community/1013349)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-city-has-the-best-restaurant-community/1013349 "2025-01-28T14:22:13Z")
On the radio I heard them talking about Chicago’s upcoming restaurant week, and one person said “Chicago’s restaurant community” was “second to none.” I rarely eat out, and when I do, not at pricey/hip eateries, but my … --- ## [Cardboard or Plastic? (Let's do the twist, again)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cardboard-or-plastic-lets-do-the-twist-again/1013415)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cardboard-or-plastic-lets-do-the-twist-again/1013415 "2025-01-28T13:42:15Z")
Not the usual environment question. I don’t think. My nice loaf of new bread (Nature’s own, Keto. Low carbs). It had a hardened cardboard clip thingy(it must have a name) You know, the square thing with a hole and slot.… --- ## [SI Sportsperson of the Year 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/si-sportsperson-of-the-year-2024/1005571)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/si-sportsperson-of-the-year-2024/1005571 "2025-01-28T13:25:28Z")
Now that the Olympics are over, it’s time to start that discussion… If you ask me, based on what SI has done in the past, the choice seems obvious, and the only choice is whether it’s one person or two: Patrick Mahome… --- ## [Robin Wood, RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robin-wood-rip/940338)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robin-wood-rip/940338 "2025-01-28T12:50:04Z")
Fantasy artist Robin Wood died about 2 AM this morning. She’d been suffering from cystic fibrosis and cancer, and had been in a great deal of pain. My wife knew her for a very long time, and even modeled for some of the… --- ## [No worries, but deportation talk kind of sort of is topical](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-worries-but-deportation-talk-kind-of-sort-of-is-topical/1013497)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-worries-but-deportation-talk-kind-of-sort-of-is-topical/1013497 "2025-01-28T09:56:39Z")
…though honestly in the thread in question I wasn’t sure. Anyway, the point of using tariffs as a cudgel is to hurt others and show your sincerity by hurting yourself. Arguments for free trade in goods and services line… --- ## [What in America are you (still) grateful for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-america-are-you-still-grateful-for/1013467)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-america-are-you-still-grateful-for/1013467 "2025-01-28T08:17:09Z")
Inspired by, but also hoping to be a counterpoint to, Have you given up hope for the future?: Between the economy, politics, wildfires, climate, bird flu, and all the other untold horrors of modern life, there’s no sho… --- ## [You think we will ever see another American Aircraft Carrier named after a US President?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-we-will-ever-see-another-american-aircraft-carrier-named-after-a-us-president/955093)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-we-will-ever-see-another-american-aircraft-carrier-named-after-a-us-president/955093 "2025-01-28T08:12:16Z")
Barring renames like the future USS John F. Kennedy, you think they will ever name another future US aircraft carrier after an American President or would it become too controversial? There’s been a lot of bad movies wi… --- ## [Thoughts on Ave Mujica Anime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-ave-mujica-anime/1013388)
**Author:** [@Samantha\_Campoverde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Samantha_Campoverde)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-ave-mujica-anime/1013388 "2025-01-28T05:25:33Z")
Hello, What are your thoughts on the Ave Mujica anime? It’s About an anime about a band (Ave Mujica) From Bang dream (A Music Media Franchise From Japan) I Saw Episodes 1-4 And It Was Good, What are your thoughts On It? … --- ## [Legality of Columbo's trick with the cigar box](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legality-of-columbos-trick-with-the-cigar-box/1013310)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 197\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legality-of-columbos-trick-with-the-cigar-box/1013310 "2025-01-28T04:22:19Z")
Given the way this thread has been going, I’m not sure I need to bother spoilering this — but you’ve just reminded me of a Columbo episode I’ve always sort of wondered about: SHORT FUSE. The idea is, Roddy McDowall in… --- ## [What is extremely common in real life but almost never happens on TV or movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-real-life-but-almost-never-happens-on-tv-or-movies/1013143)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-real-life-but-almost-never-happens-on-tv-or-movies/1013143 "2025-01-28T03:34:06Z")
Companion thread tothis thread. Going to the bathroom occasionally happens but is orders of magnitude shown less on the big or small screen. That’s probably a good thing. --- ## [Trope: Hot chilli peppers "burning" twice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trope-hot-chilli-peppers-burning-twice/1013428)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trope-hot-chilli-peppers-burning-twice/1013428 "2025-01-28T02:22:11Z")
You probably all have heard the saying “this pepper is so hot its gonna burn you twice … once today and then again tomorrow” \[nudge-nudge\]… meaning it will be spicy when leaving your GI-tract (and your rectum reckoning … --- ## [Songs about THAT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-that/1013341)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-that/1013341 "2025-01-28T01:56:22Z")
What are some songs that (heh) rely heavily on the concept of “that”? I’m not trying to be deep here. I just heard “I Can Love You Like That” on the radio the other day and started coming up with other songs about “that”… --- ## [Linking to hate speech, again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-hate-speech-again/1013441)
**Author:** [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-hate-speech-again/1013441 "2025-01-28T01:32:21Z")
Well, our resident bigots are back at it. In post 1010 of the “Is It Time To Tone Down the Wokeness?” thread, DemonTree posts a link to horrific hate speech, while stating that it reflects her own opinion. The linked pi… --- ## [My daddy was a bankrobber, he never hurt nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daddy-was-a-bankrobber-he-never-hurt-nobody/1012862)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daddy-was-a-bankrobber-he-never-hurt-nobody/1012862 "2025-01-28T00:13:57Z")
So, do any of you have a serious criminal(s) in the family? I have a brother who went to jail for faked credit cards, and i myself went to jail for 30 days, for obviously no reason. So any crime stories in your family? … --- ## [(Old) Alexa, start the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 485\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150 "2025-01-27T23:49:58Z")
Behold my clever starter! Anyone here use Alexa or similar devices around the house? We do, and it’s amazing how one becomes dependent upon them. Especially “Alexa, turn on the bedroom lights” I’ll say more later, but I… --- ## [Judging a movie by its music video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judging-a-movie-by-its-music-video/1013431)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judging-a-movie-by-its-music-video/1013431 "2025-01-27T23:46:39Z")
Yesterday I was looking for a video of James Ingram’s song, Just Once for reasons. Was expecting to find the song sung over the album cover-- and I did-- but I also found this. The song was apparently used in the movie … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=382) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=384)