# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=476&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 477 --- ## ["Appreciate you" vs "appreciate it"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appreciate-you-vs-appreciate-it/1007024)
**Author:** [@We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/We_re_wolves_not_werewolves)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appreciate-you-vs-appreciate-it/1007024 "2024-09-18T18:19:15Z")
When I was growing up and someone did you a favor or helped you out, a standard response to express your gratitude was to say “I appreciate it”, with the “it” being whatever action they took to help you out. These days, … --- ## [What is this guy wearing on his head?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-guy-wearing-on-his-head/1007282)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-guy-wearing-on-his-head/1007282 "2024-09-18T18:15:58Z")
There’s a guy I know (but not well enough to ask him this directly). I’ve seen on a few occasions he has a small oval-shaped disk attached to his head. It’s about an inch across. He wears it a little ways above his righ… --- ## [How Many National Borders Have You Walked Across?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-national-borders-have-you-walked-across/838727)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-national-borders-have-you-walked-across/838727 "2024-09-18T17:39:35Z")
Walked. Not driven over, ridden in a train, bicycled etc. Myself, I can think of four: US-Mexico (El Paso-Juarez and San Diego-Tijuana) Thailand-Laos (Nong Khai-Vientiane) Thailand-Cambodia (Aranyaprathet-Poipet and T… --- ## [Have you ever purchased anything with a cryptocurrency?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-purchased-anything-with-a-cryptocurrency/1007413)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-purchased-anything-with-a-cryptocurrency/1007413 "2024-09-18T17:32:18Z")
If you own or have owned a cryptocurrency, have you ever purchased anything with it? All I’ve ever done is bought and sold crypto in anticipation of the “Greater Fool” theory working to my advantage. So far, I’m about e… --- ## [Zelenskyy's Zeroes - The Sitcom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zelenskyys-zeroes-the-sitcom/975330)
**Author:** [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zelenskyys-zeroes-the-sitcom/975330 "2024-09-18T17:11:21Z")
As per this Mod Note, here’s the Sitcom Spinoff thread, now with titles! The Story So Far: Feel free to suggest an episode or scene! --- ## [Should society reconsider carrying electronics? Who knows what's in there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-society-reconsider-carrying-electronics-who-knows-whats-in-there/1007434)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-society-reconsider-carrying-electronics-who-knows-whats-in-there/1007434 "2024-09-18T17:02:33Z")
There have been questions for years about US, Chinese, Russian and other country’s manufacture of electronics. What’s really in those chips? \*Are they gathering Intel? \*Tracking us? \*Can they be shut off to disrupt so… --- ## [DisplayPort 1.2 (HDCP 1.2), HDMI (HDCP 1.4) question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/displayport-1-2-hdcp-1-2-hdmi-hdcp-1-4-question/1007397)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/displayport-1-2-hdcp-1-2-hdmi-hdcp-1-4-question/1007397 "2024-09-18T16:42:33Z")
Hello, i just bought a cheap new Monitor for my PC. (My old Philips 27" is about 8 years old, so i wanted to try a new monitor. Getting unreliable…) So this new monitor is a CHEAP Samsung 27" monitor C27C322. But my qu… --- ## [\_We Didn't Start the Fire\_ - who is still alive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-didnt-start-the-fire-who-is-still-alive/1007328)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-didnt-start-the-fire-who-is-still-alive/1007328 "2024-09-18T15:48:53Z")
As best I can tell, there are four people named in the song We Didn’t Start the Fire who are still alive (counting either people mentioned by name, or people uniquely personally identified, ie, QE2 in the lyric “England’… --- ## [Mold on clothes - throw out or clean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mold-on-clothes-throw-out-or-clean/1007373)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mold-on-clothes-throw-out-or-clean/1007373 "2024-09-18T13:22:48Z")
I took a pair of dress pants from my closet today and found white mold on them. This has happened a handful of times before and I’m uncertain if it’s the nature of the garment, the conditions in the closet or both. The m… --- ## [First real surgery ever - deviated septum diagnosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-real-surgery-ever-deviated-septum-diagnosis/1007346)
**Author:** [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-real-surgery-ever-deviated-septum-diagnosis/1007346 "2024-09-18T12:48:42Z")
I finally got an appointment with an otolaryngologist last week, I was referred months ago and appointment day rolled around (on my birthday, no less, so I got to celebrate by having a sharp plastic thingy shoved up my n… --- ## [Your 6 greatest non-American and non-British bands](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-greatest-non-american-and-non-british-bands/1007121)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-6-greatest-non-american-and-non-british-bands/1007121 "2024-09-18T12:29:37Z")
Continuing the discussion from The 6 greatest British bands of all time: Inspired by the linked thread, I thought about the fact that music threads around here are almost always very anglo-centric. That’s not a criticis… --- ## [Dr. Phil or Dr. Shill?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-phil-or-dr-shill/1002592)
**Author:** [@Kelby2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelby2)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-phil-or-dr-shill/1002592 "2024-09-18T11:52:17Z")
What is it with this guy? Back in the day my wife was a big fan of Oprah Winfree and would watch her show every day. I think Dr. Phil became a sometime guest on her show before landing one of his own. It seemed like a… --- ## [Have you sold gold or silver recently-ish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-sold-gold-or-silver-recently-ish/1007349)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-sold-gold-or-silver-recently-ish/1007349 "2024-09-18T04:09:42Z")
I have both some junk silver and Kruggerands to sell. I see a ton of online options, plus some people saying coin dealers, but I’m not sure they have actual experience, or are just spitballing. Any real and somewhat re… --- ## [What's the craziest, funniest, weirdest, etc. avatar you've ever seen on a message board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-craziest-funniest-weirdest-etc-avatar-youve-ever-seen-on-a-message-board/1007418)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-craziest-funniest-weirdest-etc-avatar-youve-ever-seen-on-a-message-board/1007418 "2024-09-18T04:00:34Z")
For me, and it wasn’t here, it was George Floyd’s head Photoshopped on an astronaut’s body. --- ## [Dr. Strangelove bomber sequence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-bomber-sequence/1007259)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-bomber-sequence/1007259 "2024-09-18T02:41:58Z")
I watched a clip from Dr. Strangelove where James Earl Jones played the bombardier of a B-52. Is the sequence of arming the nuclear weapons legitimate, or created for drama by the writers? --- ## [Would you return a product you had used?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-return-a-product-you-had-used/1007341)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-return-a-product-you-had-used/1007341 "2024-09-18T01:08:18Z")
We recently bought and used 2 duffle bags from LL Bean for a trip. We decided we didn’t like using duffle bags instead of suitcases, didn’t wish to store them, and they cleaned up as tho unused. Having the receipts and… --- ## ["If apples and oranges were razor blades, you could shave with a fruit salad"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-apples-and-oranges-were-razor-blades-you-could-shave-with-a-fruit-salad/1007366)
**Author:** [@GoodZuckerbergs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodZuckerbergs)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-apples-and-oranges-were-razor-blades-you-could-shave-with-a-fruit-salad/1007366 "2024-09-18T01:05:49Z")
This is an expression someone said to me in May 2007, an expression that basically meant “Yeah, if \_\_\_ was the case then \_\_\_ would be the case.” I just Googled it today- nothing. Here’s the weirdest part: if you put “sh… --- ## [Is there a fence around Trump's golf course in Florida?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-fence-around-trumps-golf-course-in-florida/1007352)
**Author:** [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2024, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-fence-around-trumps-golf-course-in-florida/1007352 "2024-09-17T23:37:18Z")
Regarding the recent assassination attempt – I would have assumed there’s a fence around the Trump golf course where the incident occurred. Is there a fence? If so, what kind (solid concrete vs chain link)? How high? If … --- ## [If the defendant in a civil case dies before the case is adjudicated, can the victim still get relief?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-defendant-in-a-civil-case-dies-before-the-case-is-adjudicated-can-the-victim-still-get-relief/1006793)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-defendant-in-a-civil-case-dies-before-the-case-is-adjudicated-can-the-victim-still-get-relief/1006793 "2024-09-17T21:52:24Z")
Let’s say I accuse Fred Flintstone of embezzling $50k from me (assume for the sake of this thought experiment that he’s single and has no dependents and that he has plenty in the bank) and I sue. Fred keels over dead aft… --- ## [New movie, Flight Risk, doesn't want to alienate it's audience... yet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movie-flight-risk-doesnt-want-to-alienate-its-audience-yet/1007394)
**Author:** [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movie-flight-risk-doesnt-want-to-alienate-its-audience-yet/1007394 "2024-09-17T21:20:11Z")
One of the trailers I saw before Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was for a movie called Flight Risk. About a minute in, title cards pop up that say “From the Academy Award Winning Director of Braveheart, And Apocalypto, And Hac… --- ## [Can anybody recommend an online background check company?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anybody-recommend-an-online-background-check-company/1007390)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2024, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anybody-recommend-an-online-background-check-company/1007390 "2024-09-17T20:57:15Z")
More than a credit check is needed. Inexpensive is desired. Asking for a friend. --- ## [Did Kamala Harris work at McDonalds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-kamala-harris-work-at-mcdonalds/1006631)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 438\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-kamala-harris-work-at-mcdonalds/1006631 "2024-09-17T20:02:11Z")
I’m voting for Kamala either way, but I’d prefer her not to lie. She says she and her man Doug worked there, McDonalds doesn’t appear to confirm. Snopes lists the topic, “Research In Progress” I don’t understand, eith… --- ## [So... Has legalized Pot caused the End of Civilization as We Know It?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-has-legalized-pot-caused-the-end-of-civilization-as-we-know-it/1007245)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-has-legalized-pot-caused-the-end-of-civilization-as-we-know-it/1007245 "2024-09-17T19:14:11Z")
I’m up in Durango, CO, and there are Marijuana dispensaries all over town. In Arizona, “Medical Marijuana” is available if you pay Dr. Nick for a card. Before these dispensaries were common, there was much wringing of h… --- ## [NFL 2024-25: Week 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-2/1007062)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-2/1007062 "2024-09-17T18:58:07Z")
Week 2 starts with a TNF matchup between the Bills and Dolphins, AFC East contenders who struggled to win their home openers. In another divisional matchup, the Rams travel to Arizona, where the NFC West rivals will both… --- ## [Current avatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-avatar/1007271)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-avatar/1007271 "2024-09-17T18:06:44Z")
For feces and yuks I looked into the two bon vivants gracing my current avatar (the painfully-smiling “I’d rather be a Russian than a Democrat”-t-shirted gentlemen). Buddy on right apparently croaked in hospice not five … --- ## [TV opening credit sequences—the long and the short of it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-opening-credit-sequences-the-long-and-the-short-of-it/1007268)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-opening-credit-sequences-the-long-and-the-short-of-it/1007268 "2024-09-17T17:45:58Z")
As I was marveling over the efficiency of the opening credits of a show I’m currently binging (The Good Wife, a 3- or 4-second sequence consisting of the title and the creators’ names) I tuned in to Bill Maher’s HBO sho… --- ## [Let us discuss canned meat products](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-discuss-canned-meat-products/1007066)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2024, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-discuss-canned-meat-products/1007066 "2024-09-17T17:07:36Z")
For starters, I refer you (but do not limit you) to this site: Those teeny Underwood cans, wrapped neatly in white paper, are so cute. They look like they would taste good. I’ve stared at the Underwood cans in the gro… --- ## [Shooting heroin question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-heroin-question/1007370)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-heroin-question/1007370 "2024-09-17T15:16:23Z")
{Mods - I don’t use heroin, nor intend to. This isn’t seeking medical advise. It’s a question about human body physiology} All I know about shooting heroin has been learned from movies and TV, in otherwards no real life… --- ## [Actors who do a good job of playing evil or dark characters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-do-a-good-job-of-playing-evil-or-dark-characters/1006527)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-do-a-good-job-of-playing-evil-or-dark-characters/1006527 "2024-09-17T14:32:07Z")
Either in one film or multiple roles in multiple films and TV shows. My favorites are: Ron Perlman Clancy Brown Klaus Kinski --- ## [The Day the Clown Cried](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-clown-cried/69413)
**Author:** [@CheapBastid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheapBastid)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2024, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-the-clown-cried/69413 "2024-09-17T13:05:42Z")
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