# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=475&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 476 --- ## [Most jaw-dropping/WTF! television moment you’ve seen SCRIPTED Division](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-jaw-dropping-wtf-television-moment-you-ve-seen-scripted-division/1007283)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-jaw-dropping-wtf-television-moment-you-ve-seen-scripted-division/1007283 "2024-09-19T23:10:29Z")
@Czarcasm’s thread is focusing on real-life, real-time events on TV that stopped us in our tracks. But what about fictional events. Scriptwriters labored to create the words, camera operators and lighting directors set t… --- ## [Why are wide-mouth bottles hard to make sound from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-wide-mouth-bottles-hard-to-make-sound-from/1007486)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-wide-mouth-bottles-hard-to-make-sound-from/1007486 "2024-09-19T22:10:10Z")
It’s fairly easy to blow over the top of an empty open pop bottle or similarly shaped container in order to produce a tone. Maybe that’s the bottle’s fundamental. But try to do it with a Gatorade bottle and it’s almost… --- ## [Jeopardy! Season 40](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 448\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427 "2024-09-19T20:56:41Z")
Anybody watching the “Second Chance” tournament? I think I’ve recognized maybe two of the contestants so far. They’re apparently pulling not just from last season but from the past several years (possibly to get enough p… --- ## [Jeopardy! Season 41](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-41/1007490)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-41/1007490 "2024-09-19T20:55:00Z")
Someone suggested a new thread for the new season, so here we go. Thus far, I don’t believe that we’ve had a champion last longer than 2 games. Yesterday’s champ was the only player who knew the correct answer of Fanta… --- ## [Seattle is America's best pizza city, says study](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-is-americas-best-pizza-city-says-study/1007462)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-is-americas-best-pizza-city-says-study/1007462 "2024-09-19T18:58:57Z")
…at least according to a study by a group called Mandoe Media, who rated it the best place in America to get a pizza based on four criteria; average review scores on online review sites, percentage of those ratings which… --- ## [Odd youtube comment question re: visibility to channel owner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-youtube-comment-question-re-visibility-to-channel-owner/1007442)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-youtube-comment-question-re-visibility-to-channel-owner/1007442 "2024-09-19T18:55:40Z")
Is there some youtube algorithm/glitch that could make my comments invisible to the channel owner? I subscribe to several youtube channels and have been posting (positive/complimentary) comments for years. The channel o… --- ## ["Cartman says this, but Jesus says \*this\*" - Christian pamphlet that quoted South Park?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartman-says-this-but-jesus-says-this-christian-pamphlet-that-quoted-south-park/1007389)
**Author:** [@GoodZuckerbergs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodZuckerbergs)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartman-says-this-but-jesus-says-this-christian-pamphlet-that-quoted-south-park/1007389 "2024-09-19T18:38:54Z")
At some point in the late 90s/early 00s I was watching an interview clip with Trey Parker and Matt Stone in which they mention that after South Park first came out they eventually saw one day that there was a religious p… --- ## [Close call at my wife's school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-call-at-my-wifes-school/1007454)
**Author:** [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-call-at-my-wifes-school/1007454 "2024-09-19T18:24:17Z")
It almost happened. Every new shooting things get a little heavier for her. Last year there was one in our area, which was even worse. There are occasional threats. Usually it’s kids on social media thinking it’s funny… --- ## [Movies have greatly exaggerated the number of alleyways in New York City](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-have-greatly-exaggerated-the-number-of-alleyways-in-new-york-city/1007407)
**Author:** [@GoodZuckerbergs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodZuckerbergs)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-have-greatly-exaggerated-the-number-of-alleyways-in-new-york-city/1007407 "2024-09-19T18:01:38Z")
I’ve done some Googling to confirm my observation, and apparently New York City has never really had many alleyways, due to the manner in which they designed it. One of the only remaining alleyways in Manhattan is Cortl… --- ## [My first year at The Home with a question about living in community](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-year-at-the-home-with-a-question-about-living-in-community/1006010)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-year-at-the-home-with-a-question-about-living-in-community/1006010 "2024-09-19T17:01:10Z")
Continuing the discussion from Retirement communities - would be interested in any stories or opinions on this subject: Hi @Bullitt :wave:t4: How ya doin’? Seen any good eclipses lately? :sunglasses: We are now coming… --- ## [Do you galavant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363 "2024-09-19T16:46:13Z")
I definitely do, at least for the first listed meaning, “to visit or go to a lot of different places yourself and not worry about other things you should be doing.” But I don’t frolic. --- ## [Retirement communities - would be interested in any stories or opinions on this subject](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retirement-communities-would-be-interested-in-any-stories-or-opinions-on-this-subject/1005929)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retirement-communities-would-be-interested-in-any-stories-or-opinions-on-this-subject/1005929 "2024-09-19T16:43:32Z")
Does anyone here have any experience with retirement communities? I am planning on selling my house and downsizing. Also,I probably could use some more social interactions - since retiring and my best friend moving to … --- ## [Quote an old post which has aged extremely well](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-an-old-post-which-has-aged-extremely-well/1007459)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-an-old-post-which-has-aged-extremely-well/1007459 "2024-09-19T16:28:08Z")
By random happenstance, I was browsing through an old thread ("I'm going to eat your children."), and I stumbled over a barnburner of a comment from 24 years ago. The original statement is in reference to Mike Tyson, and… --- ## [Dog Attack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-attack/1007408)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-attack/1007408 "2024-09-19T16:27:38Z")
Looking to vent, looking for sympathy, looking for advice. There is one dog on our block who is not well-restrained. She has escaped and come after my dog several times. And the weekend before last, she badly injured … --- ## [Is "taxation without representation" a thing in the United States?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-taxation-without-representation-a-thing-in-the-united-states/1007319)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-taxation-without-representation-a-thing-in-the-united-states/1007319 "2024-09-19T16:22:43Z")
Continuing the discussion from How oppressive were the British taxes on the American colonies?: Rather than hijacking the FQ thread above I figured to move it. To the question, people under 18 and felons leap to mind.… --- ## [Incredible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible/1007429)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible/1007429 "2024-09-19T16:01:17Z")
No, not one of the many songs with that name. This thread was inspired by my re-watching The Incredible Shrinking Man on Svengoolie over the weekend. The movie is based on Richard Matheson’s novel The Shrinking Man, but… --- ## [Best scene in Television](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483)
**Author:** [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483 "2024-09-19T15:37:18Z")
As a companion to thread with “Best Scene in Film” : https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452 I decide I would start a new thread to talk about the best scenes from TV shows. As the other thread said… --- ## [The behavior of Christians shows that they do not, in fact, believe that Heaven and Hell are real](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-behavior-of-christians-shows-that-they-do-not-in-fact-believe-that-heaven-and-hell-are-real/1007305)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-behavior-of-christians-shows-that-they-do-not-in-fact-believe-that-heaven-and-hell-are-real/1007305 "2024-09-19T14:35:02Z")
Long-winded post, but I’ll try to keep it concise for GD. I know not all Christian denominations believe in Hell. But there is a significant chunk that holds to the view that 1) Hell is eternal torment (not annihilation… --- ## [Will you answer someone else's phone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-answer-someone-elses-phone/1007401)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-answer-someone-elses-phone/1007401 "2024-09-19T13:26:58Z")
Once upon a time in the olden days, the phone hung on the wall or sat on a table and it was usually answered by whoever was closest. Oh, and you didn’t know who was calling till you answered. Can you imagine?? … --- ## [How to Charge for Odd Jobs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-charge-for-odd-jobs/1007400)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-charge-for-odd-jobs/1007400 "2024-09-19T11:26:33Z")
I have some dead lilac branches from bushes that need cutting to the ground (as they all shoot out of one root). They are probably 3-4’ thick, 10-12’ tall, and I do not have the tools to cut these without making the job … --- ## [Words imposed on us which we do not need](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-imposed-on-us-which-we-do-not-need/1006707)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-imposed-on-us-which-we-do-not-need/1006707 "2024-09-19T07:21:12Z")
There has been an upgrade of Office365 at work and whilst blundering around trying to refamiliarise myself I notice: favourited??? Really!!! Somebody way above my pay grade thought that was a technical term the Englis… --- ## [Help me with a 'plan': it can be conservative, or outrageous, I don't care!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-a-plan-it-can-be-conservative-or-outrageous-i-dont-care/1000998)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-a-plan-it-can-be-conservative-or-outrageous-i-dont-care/1000998 "2024-09-19T05:32:01Z")
In the last 20 years or so I’ve been a card-carrying misanthrope (just for back story) but it means I have only one real-life friend. He’s going through shit of his own at the moment so I don’t want to ask HIM to help me… --- ## [What's With This Weird Disclaimer I Hear On Some Drug Ads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-this-weird-disclaimer-i-hear-on-some-drug-ads/919373)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-this-weird-disclaimer-i-hear-on-some-drug-ads/919373 "2024-09-19T01:50:47Z")
“Colon Blow should not be given to children under six, and should not be given to children under 18.” They could have skipped the first clause and just said “…not be given to children under 18” and been done with it. It… --- ## [Trump Launches New Crypto Business](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-launches-new-crypto-business/1007419)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-launches-new-crypto-business/1007419 "2024-09-19T00:03:47Z")
Nothing could possibly go wrong here (limited gift link below). After all, the venture has a decentralized finance expert in 18 year old Barron, and stand-up dudes like Eric and Donald Jr. are further supported by extra… --- ## [So how does the binding of an agonist to a receptor work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-does-the-binding-of-an-agonist-to-a-receptor-work/1007443)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-does-the-binding-of-an-agonist-to-a-receptor-work/1007443 "2024-09-18T23:58:43Z")
You’d assume I would know this, but I don’t. I know binding energy is a measure of how strongly the agonist binds to the receptor. But what does that mean in practice? What does agonist A with more binding energy than a… --- ## [I thought of a similar idea like the exploding pagers long ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-of-a-similar-idea-like-the-exploding-pagers-long-ago/1007438)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-of-a-similar-idea-like-the-exploding-pagers-long-ago/1007438 "2024-09-18T23:26:53Z")
Probably 10 years ago I wondered to myself - what if the Chinese had installed a “time bomb” in every major computer chip they sold? Not a bomb that explodes, just a feature that would disable the chip when it received s… --- ## [Hearty and Hardy - Homophones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hearty-and-hardy-homophones/1007399)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hearty-and-hardy-homophones/1007399 "2024-09-18T23:25:46Z")
Continuing the discussion from Three men freeze to death in a friend's backyard and aren't found for three days: They are often pronounced the same, or with a difference that is difficult to discern. I think that’s t… --- ## [Biden campaign bus, cars driven by staffers attacked on highway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454 "2024-09-18T23:06:32Z")
A Biden campaign bus, and cars driven by other campaign staffers, were attacked on a freeway in Texas by a group of cars flying Trump 2020 flags. There’s a video in the link. Every time I think things are as bad as th… --- ## [Parallax View (1974) comic book reference](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parallax-view-1974-comic-book-reference/1007435)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parallax-view-1974-comic-book-reference/1007435 "2024-09-18T22:23:42Z")
OK, a product of its time. A political assassination involving shady people and witnesses that just keep dying. In one sequence Warren Beatty is subjected to, I dunno, brainwashing? He’s forced to watch a several minut… --- ## [International crime communications network dismantled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-crime-communications-network-dismantled/1007433)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-crime-communications-network-dismantled/1007433 "2024-09-18T22:04:17Z")
Fascinating stuff. I’m sure if they can dig into any records they’ll find evidence of all kinds of unsolved crimes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=474&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=476&state=watching)