# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=410 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 411 --- ## [Piano-Bass-Drums Trios in Rock?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piano-bass-drums-trios-in-rock/1008233)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piano-bass-drums-trios-in-rock/1008233 "2024-12-20T14:38:05Z")
The piano-bass-drums trio is one of the classic formats in jazz, and (almost ?) all jazz pianists have played in one at some point : Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett, Horace Silver, Lennie Tristano, Brad Mehldau,… --- ## [I pit the "infinite" monkeys study](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-infinite-monkeys-study/1009573)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-infinite-monkeys-study/1009573 "2024-12-20T14:37:18Z")
Ok it take a LOT to irritate me at this exact point in history that is not related to a certain orange felonious fascist. But this managed it: I can only assume the authors of this paper are just trolling. Of course a … --- ## [Why is 'God' such a great song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-god-such-a-great-song/1009480)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-god-such-a-great-song/1009480 "2024-12-20T14:35:23Z")
By John Lennon I am a music theory illiterate. Possibly due to my hearing disability I can’t pick up key signatures and their changes. Same with time changes. But the music in God stands out (to me) as so beautiful …… --- ## [Humor/satire of the 1950s and 1960s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-satire-of-the-1950s-and-1960s/1009348)
**Author:** [@ggf.nyc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ggf.nyc)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-satire-of-the-1950s-and-1960s/1009348 "2024-12-20T14:29:44Z")
I’m hoping to get some suggestions of humorists and satirists from the '50s and '60s (and I’ll even take the '70s!). I recently finished Peter Devries’s “Without a Stitch in Time,” which left me wanting more. I’m a big f… --- ## [Color blind with eyes closed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-blind-with-eyes-closed/1011851)
**Author:** [@Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kedikat)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-blind-with-eyes-closed/1011851 "2024-12-20T13:33:04Z")
I was rubbing my closed eyes, noting the random colors that it induced. I wondered if a color blind person might see the colors they are otherwise blind to when doing this. Is the pressure of rubbing the eyes triggering… --- ## [Is the DMV / traffic department / transport office / etc. a universally horrible experience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-dmv-traffic-department-transport-office-etc-a-universally-horrible-experience/1011753)
**Author:** [@ctnguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ctnguy)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-dmv-traffic-department-transport-office-etc-a-universally-horrible-experience/1011753 "2024-12-20T13:02:15Z")
Inspired by a four-hour odyssey to renew my driver’s license this morning… The place you have to go to to register your car or get your driver’s license, whatever you call it. Is it a terrible bureaucratic experience ev… --- ## [If you like Pina Coladas, stay the hell out of Fiji](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-pina-coladas-stay-the-hell-out-of-fiji/1011712)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-pina-coladas-stay-the-hell-out-of-fiji/1011712 "2024-12-20T09:13:52Z")
At the same hospital, a guy who got pneumonia getting caught in the rain and two cases of intimate sand abrasion from the dunes by the cape. --- ## [Fuck Florida](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-florida/1008235)
**Author:** [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-florida/1008235 "2024-12-20T07:30:18Z")
I should feel ashamed of being angry and contemptuous of people who eagerly build homes on beaches and then lose everything in the inevitable flooding, but I do not. Guess what, assholes. Global climate change is going … --- ## [Token chinese](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/token-chinese/1010635)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/token-chinese/1010635 "2024-12-20T02:50:37Z")
Today, the chinese have taken over Hollywood. Any chinese produced movie MUST have at least one chinese actor (good or bad). The chinese market is too big to deny. Is Hollywood taken over by stronger forces, or what say … --- ## [How to Dress for Teams Interview](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-dress-for-teams-interview/1011686)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-dress-for-teams-interview/1011686 "2024-12-19T23:26:36Z")
How should I dress for an interview over Teams (with camera on). I assume dress shirt and tie. Is a jacket necessary? This is an IT position but not in a managerial role, per se. However, the role would liaison with mana… --- ## [Why does Kroger have so many aliases?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kroger-have-so-many-aliases/943995)
**Author:** [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kroger-have-so-many-aliases/943995 "2024-12-19T23:11:17Z")
In my area (Wisconsin), Kroger is called Pick 'n Save. In other places, it’s called Pay Less Super Market, Fry’s Food Store, among other names. Why do they do this, exactly? It seems very meaningless to have 15-20 names … --- ## [Most U.S Straight Dope Readers Can Get Free $125 (in reality, $5)--Equifax Data Breach Settlement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-u-s-straight-dope-readers-can-get-free-125-in-reality-5-equifax-data-breach-settlement/837591)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-u-s-straight-dope-readers-can-get-free-125-in-reality-5-equifax-data-breach-settlement/837591 "2024-12-19T22:45:12Z")
So your alternatives are: Free $125 (no documentation needed) or Free credit monitoring (no documentation needed) or Substantially more if you document your costs/losses To see if you are covered: https://eligibil… --- ## [Identify this tune, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-tune-please/1011877)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-tune-please/1011877 "2024-12-19T22:08:04Z")
I’m enjoying watching the fortunes of the Welsh soccer team Wrexham (recently bought by Ryan Reynolds and Rob Macklehenny.) This is one of their chants: Wrexham Anthem (Subtitled) Is the tune ‘Men of Harlech’? Men of… --- ## [Easement rights in Arkansas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easement-rights-in-arkansas/1011773)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easement-rights-in-arkansas/1011773 "2024-12-19T20:58:12Z")
A real estate agent purchased a land locked area of land behind my property and asked for an easement so that whoever buys it from her can access it. I have no problem with a property owner using the edge of my property … --- ## [Books you reread over and over](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-you-reread-over-and-over/1011325)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-you-reread-over-and-over/1011325 "2024-12-19T20:43:17Z")
I covered book series you reread over and over, such as the Nero Wolfe Mysteries for me. Now, standalone books, not really part of a series- For me it is Lord of the Rings- of course, but also’ American Gods and The … --- ## [Does divestment make a difference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-divestment-make-a-difference/1011861)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-divestment-make-a-difference/1011861 "2024-12-19T19:56:29Z")
For about a year now, there have been calls for institutions to divest from businesses that are facilitating Israel’s absurdly destructive bombing campaign in Gaza. I assume the divestment is targeted at the manufacture… --- ## [Is it possible to block a mod?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-block-a-mod/1011836)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-block-a-mod/1011836 "2024-12-19T19:41:00Z")
I would like to block a moderator for their posts as a regular poster and unrelated to their job as a moderator. If you open up a regular user’s profile, in the top right, you get the ability to set them to normal / mute… --- ## [Making Meatloaf for the first time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-meatloaf-for-the-first-time/943392)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-meatloaf-for-the-first-time/943392 "2024-12-19T18:35:00Z")
As the title says. I’m a meatloaf making newbie. As such, I don’t really want to try some un-vouched for recipe off a website(doing that with other dishes has been hit or miss for me). So, please, can I have your reci… --- ## [Technology Increasing Student Brawls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-increasing-student-brawls/1011690)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-increasing-student-brawls/1011690 "2024-12-19T18:18:55Z")
The NYT story below is about how smartphones have increased brawling at schools. Though I have no reason to doubt this, it is not like peers didn’t always sometimes encourage other people to fight. The scope is differe… --- ## [Pitting crappy action movies and killing families](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-crappy-action-movies-and-killing-families/1008710)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-crappy-action-movies-and-killing-families/1008710 "2024-12-19T18:04:47Z")
So I’m poking around on Prime and Netflix for something to watch, and I somehow ended up on the “action” section. None of them starred people I’d heard of, and almost all were about someone taking revenge for “his wife a… --- ## [My knife slipped past TSA airport screening — accidentally of course; twice actually](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-knife-slipped-past-tsa-airport-screening-accidentally-of-course-twice-actually/1011817)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-knife-slipped-past-tsa-airport-screening-accidentally-of-course-twice-actually/1011817 "2024-12-19T17:36:40Z")
Pics below. Sorry for the long OP. You can quickly scan through it. TLDR = a few times I’ve accidentally forgotten my knife in my carry-on bag. Sometimes it got confiscated by TSA but 2x it did not. Has this happened to … --- ## [Cataracts -- what to expect in early stages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cataracts-what-to-expect-in-early-stages/1008643)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cataracts-what-to-expect-in-early-stages/1008643 "2024-12-19T17:29:36Z")
I visited my regular optometrist yesterday, as I do every year, to update my glasses prescription. I expressed a feeling that bright lights are not as bright as they used to be, and he confirmed that I have the beginning… --- ## [Shine the bat-signal: we need a Democracy Defense Force (Legal Defense Fund for those targeted by Trump)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shine-the-bat-signal-we-need-a-democracy-defense-force-legal-defense-fund-for-those-targeted-by-trump/1011772)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shine-the-bat-signal-we-need-a-democracy-defense-force-legal-defense-fund-for-those-targeted-by-trump/1011772 "2024-12-19T16:28:01Z")
This just in: Trump files harassing lawsuit against the Des Moines Register, claims report of final election poll is, “Election interference”. What a surprise: Trump sends up another Roman candle that we’re supposed to m… --- ## [A school shooting just happened in Madison, Wisconsin \[Dec 16, 2024\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-school-shooting-just-happened-in-madison-wisconsin-dec-16-2024/1011721)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-school-shooting-just-happened-in-madison-wisconsin-dec-16-2024/1011721 "2024-12-19T16:26:09Z")
However none of the victims were CEOs of powerful companies, so the media will forget all about this by tomorrow. --- ## [The Annual 'A Christmas Carol' Thread (2024)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-annual-a-christmas-carol-thread-2024/1011496)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-annual-a-christmas-carol-thread-2024/1011496 "2024-12-19T16:07:55Z")
I’ve often said that the 1984 version of A Christmas Carol, starring George C. Scott as ‘Scrooge’ and Edward Woodward as ‘The Ghost of Christmas Present’, is my favourite. I’ve given my reasons in the past, so I’ll not … --- ## [Why was Joker 2 so bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-joker-2-so-bad/1009412)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-joker-2-so-bad/1009412 "2024-12-19T15:42:52Z")
I did not get a chance to see it but I intend to when it comes out on streaming. I see a lot of reviews on youtube that it is the worst movie of 2024. I’m avoiding watching those to avoid spoilers but can someone paint… --- ## [Mohela (Student Loan Servicing Folks)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mohela-student-loan-servicing-folks/1009999)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mohela-student-loan-servicing-folks/1009999 "2024-12-19T14:57:49Z")
a) I wake up and in my web browser I pick my saved URL to Mohela, to obtain my current balance, and the link doesn’t work. It’s a link that worked previously. So… b) I type “Mohela student loan” (without quotation marks… --- ## [“It’s a free country”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-a-free-country/1011608)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-a-free-country/1011608 "2024-12-19T14:39:12Z")
Kennedy’s lawyer is apparently petitioning to review access to the polio vaccine which has prevented many cases of tragic illness. Like Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Siri insists he does not want to take vaccines away from anyone wh… --- ## [Ow! My Spine! (Already Have Dr's Appointment)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-my-spine-already-have-drs-appointment/1007755)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-my-spine-already-have-drs-appointment/1007755 "2024-12-19T14:18:17Z")
About a month and a half ago, I woke with great pain in my lower back, all through my pelvis and my hips. I wasn’t sure at the time if I ad simply slept in a bad position, injured myself in my sleep, or both. As time wen… --- ## [Help Me Replace My Windows Computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-replace-my-windows-computer/1009420)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-replace-my-windows-computer/1009420 "2024-12-19T14:01:02Z")
There was a thread earlier this year regarding replacement of a Mac, and there are also a couple of threads regarding building a new computer or replacing parts on an existing computer. Well, I have a 2017 Windows deskt… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=409) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=411)