# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=481&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 482 --- ## [How the hell does Pandora work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-does-pandora-work/1004654)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-does-pandora-work/1004654 "2024-09-11T20:14:08Z")
I know how it is supposed to work. I pick around five artists/types of music, it throws me songs from those and others supposedly of the same genre, and I vote thumbs up or down. With basic Pandora you have only so man… --- ## [So I'm Finally Watching Buffy... \[Progressive unboxed spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-finally-watching-buffy-progressive-unboxed-spoilers/539107)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 837\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-finally-watching-buffy-progressive-unboxed-spoilers/539107 "2024-09-11T19:42:37Z")
My husband and I are finally watching Buffy to see what all the fuss is about. I don’t know exactly how to describe my reaction to this show. You know how when you first see Firefly, you’re like, ‘‘Holy shit, this is g… --- ## [What Strange, Magical Curios does this Dark Elf Warlock have in his Collection?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-strange-magical-curios-does-this-dark-elf-warlock-have-in-his-collection/1007050)
**Author:** [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-strange-magical-curios-does-this-dark-elf-warlock-have-in-his-collection/1007050 "2024-09-11T19:41:10Z")
At the bottom of the Evil, Dark Elf Warlock’s tower is a small gallery displaying under glass, his collection of magical curios, oddities, and trinkets. What creative and interesting things should be in his collection? H… --- ## [Should Biden select a different VP in the next Election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-biden-select-a-different-vp-in-the-next-election/994341)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2024, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-biden-select-a-different-vp-in-the-next-election/994341 "2024-08-06T00:57:31Z")
Simple question does Kamala Harris bring anything substantive to the ticket? Has she proven a willingness to work and provide leadership on her assigned tasks to represent the President? She’s been given important tasks… --- ## [Why are you watching the Harris/ Trump debate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-watching-the-harris-trump-debate/1007075)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-watching-the-harris-trump-debate/1007075 "2024-09-11T18:14:51Z")
Are you watching the debate tonight for any other reason than to be entertained/ amused/ horrified? There is nothing that could realistically happen that is going to change my decision about whom to vote for. --- ## [Evading the hate speech prohibition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evading-the-hate-speech-prohibition/1006775)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evading-the-hate-speech-prohibition/1006775 "2024-09-11T18:13:09Z")
In the post at https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-donald-trump-win-at-this-point/1005351/1755, we have the following: A vote for Trump is a vote against that uppity n/99/r bitch Harris. Is a vote for project 202… --- ## [Can anyone guess the title of this movie, beyond the title of "one I've the most hilariously bad movies I've ever seen"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-guess-the-title-of-this-movie-beyond-the-title-of-one-ive-the-most-hilariously-bad-movies-ive-ever-seen/1006837)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-guess-the-title-of-this-movie-beyond-the-title-of-one-ive-the-most-hilariously-bad-movies-ive-ever-seen/1006837 "2024-09-11T17:08:45Z")
\[Album\] imgur.com Of course you can easily Google it, but I’m hone… --- ## [Man sticks live eel (and lemon) up his rectum in attempt to feel "intense sensation", succeeds spectacularly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-sticks-live-eel-and-lemon-up-his-rectum-in-attempt-to-feel-intense-sensation-succeeds-spectacularly/1006123)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-sticks-live-eel-and-lemon-up-his-rectum-in-attempt-to-feel-intense-sensation-succeeds-spectacularly/1006123 "2024-09-11T16:47:02Z")
Nearly killed him. Google translate of Vietnamese website. https://benhvienvietduc-org.translate.goog/mo-cap-cuu-cuu-song-nguoi-benh-thung-dai-truc-trang-nhet-con-luon-va-di-vat-vao-hau-mon.html?\_x\_tr\_sl=vi&\_x\_tr\_tl=… --- ## [Avoiding the Trump-Harris debate tonight 9/10/24](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avoiding-the-trump-harris-debate-tonight-9-10-24/1007101)
**Author:** [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avoiding-the-trump-harris-debate-tonight-9-10-24/1007101 "2024-09-11T16:44:15Z")
My husband has the TV on, but hearing just 1 minute of the pre-show from the other room was enough to get me seriously irritated. So I’m up in my room with the door closed and headphones on, listening to music. How long … --- ## [NBC keeps complete Today Show episodes on their site for only 3 days after airing- then, no public archive of them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-keeps-complete-today-show-episodes-on-their-site-for-only-3-days-after-airing-then-no-public-archive-of-them/1007080)
**Author:** [@GoodZuckerbergs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodZuckerbergs)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-keeps-complete-today-show-episodes-on-their-site-for-only-3-days-after-airing-then-no-public-archive-of-them/1007080 "2024-09-11T14:16:52Z")
They do retain certain clips from past episodes that are available on their site, but not the intact full episode. My question- in the modern digital age, there has to be some digital archive where major networks like N… --- ## [Kremlin Interference again (and Others)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kremlin-interference-again-and-others/1006869)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kremlin-interference-again-and-others/1006869 "2024-09-11T13:56:08Z")
Primarily on YouTube, but also on Facebook “reels” etc, the Russians are again putting their thumb on the scale for their buddy trump- --- ## [Is breaded and fried fish still considered "good" for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-breaded-and-fried-fish-still-considered-good-for-you/1006988)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-breaded-and-fried-fish-still-considered-good-for-you/1006988 "2024-09-11T00:52:06Z")
Or does the added oil override any benefits? --- ## [Everything Changed- A 9/11 World Trade Centers Narrative](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-changed-a-9-11-world-trade-centers-narrative/263923)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-changed-a-9-11-world-trade-centers-narrative/263923 "2024-09-11T00:37:13Z")
EVERYTHING CHANGED The camera meeting I was in that had started at 8:30 am was still going when the first plane hit. We were in the basement of a 150-year-old synagogue in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, on Norfolk St… --- ## [Anyone else here done the CERT training (US FEMA, CERT = Community Emergency Response Team)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-done-the-cert-training-us-fema-cert-community-emergency-response-team/1007012)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-done-the-cert-training-us-fema-cert-community-emergency-response-team/1007012 "2024-09-10T23:56:31Z")
I’m thinking about doing this training. Have you done it? Are you on your community’s response team? You can be trained without having to be on the response team. Wiki’s CERT page ➜ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commu… --- ## [If you leave a bottle of laundry soap in a hot car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-leave-a-bottle-of-laundry-soap-in-a-hot-car/1006765)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-leave-a-bottle-of-laundry-soap-in-a-hot-car/1006765 "2024-09-10T22:24:40Z")
…will the soap leak out? Will the screw-on cap pop? --- ## [Star Wars The Acolyte](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-the-acolyte/999056)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 317\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-the-acolyte/999056 "2024-09-10T22:05:46Z")
Trailer for the new series --- ## [Is there a way to respond to this (ADHD/Learning)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-respond-to-this-adhd-learning/1006985)
**Author:** [@LegsOfBush](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegsOfBush)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-respond-to-this-adhd-learning/1006985 "2024-09-10T22:02:03Z")
Not sure if this is the right spot, but I’ll give it a go. My wife and I moved to Europe for early retirement. Ultimately the language requirement to get citizenship after a few years is pretty light, A2 by the CEFR. I’… --- ## [Motivation for July 13th Trump shooting: speculation, conjecture, moving to evidence supported hypothesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motivation-for-july-13th-trump-shooting-speculation-conjecture-moving-to-evidence-supported-hypothesis/1004219)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motivation-for-july-13th-trump-shooting-speculation-conjecture-moving-to-evidence-supported-hypothesis/1004219 "2024-09-10T21:12:18Z")
Thread devoted to motives of the accused and deceased Trump shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. My take: We’re here to fight ignorance, so all posters lose 3 internets for unsubstantiated c… --- ## [Where do those LED signs get their weather information from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-those-led-signs-get-their-weather-information-from/1007035)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-those-led-signs-get-their-weather-information-from/1007035 "2024-09-10T20:28:52Z")
About a year ago the school across the street from my house installed one of those LED signs that alternates between displaying the current time, the current temperature, and whatever messages the school administration w… --- ## [God Dammit, Echo! Play what I want to hear!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-dammit-echo-play-what-i-want-to-hear/1002601)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-dammit-echo-play-what-i-want-to-hear/1002601 "2024-09-10T20:08:48Z")
(Also, call me “Master,” like I taught you, and not my daughter’s Prime nickname.) I have Amazon Prime, and my Echo is programmed to take that into account. I also have Amazon unlimited music. The Manhattan Transfer alb… --- ## [I don't know why I feel so bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-why-i-feel-so-bad/1007026)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-why-i-feel-so-bad/1007026 "2024-09-10T19:34:21Z")
I, in my weird way am fascinated by death. Not like that. No ideation or anything. I wonder about it. I was freaked out, maybe have PTSD still about my Daddy’s death. I really struggled with it. I got stuck in one of th… --- ## [Resume/portfolio ideas for a teacher](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resume-portfolio-ideas-for-a-teacher/1007061)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resume-portfolio-ideas-for-a-teacher/1007061 "2024-09-10T19:00:15Z")
I am updating my resume and I don’t want to use the traditional style. Two reasons for this: It looks soooooo 1980s I have been teaching for almost 3 decades. The traditional style seems inefficient for what I need. … --- ## [RIP James Earl Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-james-earl-jones/1007029)
**Author:** [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-james-earl-jones/1007029 "2024-09-10T17:48:12Z")
--- ## [Trying to find children's picture book from the 70s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-childrens-picture-book-from-the-70s/1007068)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-childrens-picture-book-from-the-70s/1007068 "2024-09-10T17:32:56Z")
Long shot here but I’m trying to locate a copy of a picture book my grandparents kept for me at their house that was a favorite of mine. Was from the late 70s. Note: It was NOT a Richard Scarry book. The details I reme… --- ## [How much is a 11 1/2 oz bag of Doritos where you live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-11-1-2-oz-bag-of-doritos-where-you-live/590289)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-11-1-2-oz-bag-of-doritos-where-you-live/590289 "2024-09-10T17:06:18Z")
I lived in China from 2003-2005. One of three things I really missed was Doritos(the other two were Mountain dew and Taco Bell). Anyway, when I returned in 2005, I started buying a bag of Doritos about once a month or so… --- ## [The cost of female beauty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cost-of-female-beauty/1006900)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cost-of-female-beauty/1006900 "2024-09-10T16:08:35Z")
This thread was triggered by a conversation I heard at my dentist’s office. And let me start with a disclaimer that I’m not intending to mock anyone’s choices. Onward… My mother never taught me how to use cosmetics. My … --- ## [Why is The Peanuts Gang called that?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-peanuts-gang-called-that/1007065)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-peanuts-gang-called-that/1007065 "2024-09-10T16:05:58Z")
Continuing the discussion from When the usual name is a no-go: From Charles Shultz himself: Peanuts was originally sold under the title of Li’l Folks , but that had been used before, so they said we have to think of … --- ## [Prince and the documentary that can't be released (NY Times longread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-the-documentary-that-cant-be-released-ny-times-longread/1007051)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-the-documentary-that-cant-be-released-ny-times-longread/1007051 "2024-09-10T15:42:44Z")
A nine-hour documentary shows 1980s pop legend Prince as you’ve never seen him before. But if Prince’s estate has its way, you won’t see it at all. This New York Times story (gift link) is gripping. A must-read. --- ## [NFL 2024-25: Week 1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-1/1006567)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-1/1006567 "2024-09-10T15:27:26Z")
And it’s finally here. Week 1 of the new NFL season kicks off on Thursday, when the defending champion Chiefs host the Ravens, the team they barely beat for the AFC championship. On a rare early season Friday game, the… --- ## [Social Security/Tax Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-tax-question/1007014)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-tax-question/1007014 "2024-09-10T14:50:45Z")
Can federal taxes be withheld from monthly Social Security checks/payments? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=480&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=482&state=watching)