# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=405&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 406 --- ## [List your Top 3 Christmas albums for 2024?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-top-3-christmas-albums-for-2024/1012066)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-top-3-christmas-albums-for-2024/1012066 "2024-12-29T20:43:52Z")
This year for 2024, my Top Three Christmas Albums are… Alan Jackson - Let it Be Christmas Gwen Stefani - You Make It Feel Like Christmas Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas Please List your Top 3… --- ## [Battlestar Galactica thoughts and other life things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-thoughts-and-other-life-things/1012016)
**Author:** [@vislor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vislor)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-thoughts-and-other-life-things/1012016 "2024-12-29T18:18:55Z")
I was going to post this in the thread I started on my rewatch of BSG but didn’t want to crap on the show there. Plus, who knows if I will go back to it or not? I decided to share it anyway and hope it amuses. On BSG: … --- ## [Captain's Wafers vs Ritz Crackers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captains-wafers-vs-ritz-crackers/699458)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captains-wafers-vs-ritz-crackers/699458 "2024-12-29T17:22:59Z")
How would compare these two crackers? Same Taste, Prefer Captain’s, or Prefer Ritz? I always think of the Andy Griffith commercials for Ritz. Nabisco started makingRitz Crackers in 1939. Captain’s Wafers are made by … --- ## [Predict the next tech bubble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-tech-bubble/1012235)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-tech-bubble/1012235 "2024-12-29T16:37:23Z")
For the purposes of this thread, we’re going to assume the human race survives the very-probably-tech-bubble-burst that is Let’s Put AI In Everything. What overhyped tech nonsense grift will take the world by storm, af… --- ## [What's your favorite 'Law & Order' version?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-law-order-version/981599)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2024, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-law-order-version/981599 "2024-12-29T13:39:50Z")
I like to have a long-running drama I can binge with one eye while doing chores, grunt work or exercising. It has to be just compelling enough to keep my interest, yet not so complicated that I have to devote my full, un… --- ## [Grand Duke Henri Announces Abdication](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-duke-henri-announces-abdication/1012166)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2024, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-duke-henri-announces-abdication/1012166 "2024-12-29T10:57:12Z")
From Yahoo: Dec. 25 (UPI) – The grand duke of Luxembourg renounced the throne in a surprise abdication on Christmas Eve, according to multiple reports. “It has been a quarter of a century of challenges, opportunities … --- ## [Sitcom wedding or birth without wackiness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-wedding-or-birth-without-wackiness/1012195)
**Author:** [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2024, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-wedding-or-birth-without-wackiness/1012195 "2024-12-29T04:02:57Z")
Yesterday, I rewatched the episode of Modern Family where Mitch and Cam get married. I started wondering if there’s ever been a sitcom wedding or birth without sitcom wackiness. I assume they exist, I just can’t think… --- ## [Cat-Sip: anyone experienced with this product?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-sip-anyone-experienced-with-this-product/1012220)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2024, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-sip-anyone-experienced-with-this-product/1012220 "2024-12-29T03:24:43Z")
Cat-Sip (link to its Amazon page, which shows packaging and lists ingredients) is a milk-based cat treat (NOT food, albeit, it is fortified with the vitamins that are hardest to get in a cat’s diet). I’m considering get… --- ## [MLB's Rubbing Mud - Magic or Science?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlbs-rubbing-mud-magic-or-science/1011602)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2024, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlbs-rubbing-mud-magic-or-science/1011602 "2024-12-29T03:14:14Z")
It’s awhile yet until spring training. So here’s something for science-minded MLB fans to think about. This article showed up in my feed this morning: What I found interesting (and slightly suspicious) was the comment… --- ## [Here it is! The 19th Not-Quite-Annual Shot Glass Exchange in all its glory!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-the-19th-not-quite-annual-shot-glass-exchange-in-all-its-glory/1008716)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2024, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-the-19th-not-quite-annual-shot-glass-exchange-in-all-its-glory/1008716 "2024-12-29T01:22:19Z")
The kinda-annual-but-not-really shot glass exchange is here! Here are the roolz: If you want to participate, make a note in the thread here and then email me at sdmbshotglass@gmail with: Real name SDMB handle Address … --- ## [The Day The Clown Cried - 27 Minutes of assembled footage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-clown-cried-27-minutes-of-assembled-footage/1012285)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-clown-cried-27-minutes-of-assembled-footage/1012285 "2024-12-29T00:39:05Z")
I’ve seen many clips before, but someone has edited together all(?) of the footage from this vaulted movie and it comes to 27 minutes. Some decent stuff. I really does not look like a bad movie from the clips we see her… --- ## [Charged particles are "more susceptible to" gravity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charged-particles-are-more-susceptible-to-gravity/1012213)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charged-particles-are-more-susceptible-to-gravity/1012213 "2024-12-28T23:30:54Z")
I don’t understand the science behind this - from the New Yorker, in an article about Saturn’s “ring rain:” “At times, ring particles take on an electrical charge (from the sun’s ultraviolet light, for instance). When … --- ## [Doctor Who 2024 (Starting May 11 on Disney+ and BBC One)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-2024-starting-may-11-on-disney-and-bbc-one/1001191)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2024, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-2024-starting-may-11-on-disney-and-bbc-one/1001191 "2024-12-28T23:29:16Z")
I looked around for a free trial offer for Disney+ but there doesn’t seem to be one. --- ## [NFL race to the bottom or Draft Order for 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-race-to-the-bottom-or-draft-order-for-2025/1012127)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2024, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-race-to-the-bottom-or-draft-order-for-2025/1012127 "2024-12-28T20:10:24Z")
Very handy site. My {\\color{blue}\\mathbf{GIANTS}} are well on their way to the #1 at this point. 10 straight losses, effectively no quarterback and the only team with only 2 wins. So while I think the Giants will hol… --- ## [What's a good website for improving your cybersecurity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-website-for-improving-your-cybersecurity/1012273)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-website-for-improving-your-cybersecurity/1012273 "2024-12-28T20:08:08Z")
There are a large number of websites dedicated to cybersecurity which report the news. There are a large number of articles offering advice, written by journalists not especially familiar with the field. For example they… --- ## [Eggs, pizza, and chips-- oh my! So many food recalls recently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggs-pizza-and-chips-oh-my-so-many-food-recalls-recently/1012230)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggs-pizza-and-chips-oh-my-so-many-food-recalls-recently/1012230 "2024-12-28T19:28:45Z")
The mounting list of FDA food recalls https://www.axios.com/2024/12/26/costco-eggs-pizza-recall-fda The linked article has a lot of food recalls that I completely missed! I did wind up having a bag of Whole Foods brand… --- ## [English language usage: “The evening of…”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-language-usage-the-evening-of/1011667)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-language-usage-the-evening-of/1011667 "2024-12-28T18:09:11Z")
My girlfriend (native German, but lived in the UK for many years) and I (native German, spent a little time in the UK but not nearly nowhere as much) attended a festive dinner last night, and one topic of the conversatio… --- ## [Traffic lights with stop/go signs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-lights-with-stop-go-signs/1012241)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-lights-with-stop-go-signs/1012241 "2024-12-28T17:39:54Z")
From an episode of Bewitched: I vaguely seem to recall seeing these in old cartoons before, but can’t remember seeing one in live-action media and definitely never in real life. Were… --- ## [The worst sandwich you can think of that someone might actually eat.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-sandwich-you-can-think-of-that-someone-might-actually-eat/607045)
**Author:** [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-sandwich-you-can-think-of-that-someone-might-actually-eat/607045 "2024-12-28T17:10:26Z")
I’m thinking vegamite and spam. That would be pretty salty but if the spam was grilled… mods, technically this is about “cuisine” so I put it here but feel free to move it to IMHO if you see fit. --- ## [Deep psychological and social analysis of expensive ice cream](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-psychological-and-social-analysis-of-expensive-ice-cream/1012201)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-psychological-and-social-analysis-of-expensive-ice-cream/1012201 "2024-12-28T16:05:42Z")
There is a \[url=https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wMgNz9ZeY\_Y\] really cute video \[/url\] going viral, showing an 8 year old British girl (with a heavy accent) acting excitedly indignant over the cost of ice cream. She com… --- ## [Little Women](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-women/1012152)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-women/1012152 "2024-12-28T16:03:28Z")
Every time this flick comes on, I wonder if the sisters hastened the youngest one’s death by assuming she was going to die. Didn’t anybody ever recover from whatever fever she had? A little positive thinking might have g… --- ## [How/what to cook with this ham bone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-what-to-cook-with-this-ham-bone/1012232)
**Author:** [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-what-to-cook-with-this-ham-bone/1012232 "2024-12-28T15:52:29Z")
So I asked for the ham bone from Christmas, and had planned on making some beans or lentils with it. My family doesn’t eat much ham - I’ve never cooked with one before and was looking forward to trying something new. Ho… --- ## [The decline of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decline-of-the-independent-order-of-odd-fellows/1011728)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decline-of-the-independent-order-of-odd-fellows/1011728 "2024-12-28T15:40:22Z")
My grandfather was an Odd Fellow and while reading about the organization I came across this statement on Wikipedia about the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (The US organization, not the original British one): “…Accor… --- ## [Problems with FlashForge 3D printer resgistration?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-with-flashforge-3d-printer-resgistration/1012231)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2024, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-with-flashforge-3d-printer-resgistration/1012231 "2024-12-28T13:37:50Z")
My “big present” from my wife was a FlashForge Adventurer 5M 3D printer. To get it set up and running, even just to proceed to leveling, I need to create a FlashForge account and then scan the QR code on the display. I… --- ## [Are there any skill-based jobs that you could learn exclusively over the internet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-skill-based-jobs-that-you-could-learn-exclusively-over-the-internet/1012205)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2024, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-skill-based-jobs-that-you-could-learn-exclusively-over-the-internet/1012205 "2024-12-28T13:04:55Z")
For skills based, I mean jobs that you would start to work for a company with basic knowledge and as you work in the field you develop more and more skills under the guidance of more experienced people and professional d… --- ## [Perry Bible Fellowship--I don't get this one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perry-bible-fellowship-i-dont-get-this-one/1012234)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2024, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perry-bible-fellowship-i-dont-get-this-one/1012234 "2024-12-28T08:25:58Z")
For the life of me, I am drawing a blank on this. What’s the joke? What? LINK --- ## [Crossword puzzle in medical record/report?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-puzzle-in-medical-record-report/1012214)
**Author:** [@Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kedikat)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2024, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-puzzle-in-medical-record-report/1012214 "2024-12-28T06:37:42Z")
Watching an episode of Elementary. Watson had a stack of records regarding another Doctors cases. As she was shredding them I noticed two had what looked like a filled in small crossword puzzle. Only about a ten by ten g… --- ## [Today is Christmas Adam!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-christmas-adam/1012076)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2024, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-christmas-adam/1012076 "2024-12-28T03:25:10Z")
According to an item in today’s paper there is a group of people who have decided that Christmas Eve has to be preceded by Christmas Adam. They are celebrating the event with . --- ## [The future of politics and what to expect in 2028](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-future-of-politics-and-what-to-expect-in-2028/1012226)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2024, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-future-of-politics-and-what-to-expect-in-2028/1012226 "2024-12-28T03:09:53Z")
Even though there are several mixed feelings and beliefs on the current presidential situation, I’m wondering what politics will look like after the 2028 election and beyond? Because at this point, nothing surprises me … --- ## [On being homeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-being-homeless/1009339)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2024, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-being-homeless/1009339 "2024-12-28T01:54:15Z")
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