# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=482&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 483 --- ## ['Bad' actors who you still enjoy watching](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-actors-who-you-still-enjoy-watching/1006465)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-actors-who-you-still-enjoy-watching/1006465 "2024-09-09T19:00:32Z")
Continuing the discussion from Actors/resses that makes you NOT want to see a movie: What makes for a ‘bad’ actor is entirely subjective, of course. Hence the quote marks. But this comment from the other thread: …got … --- ## [Squirrel Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrel-fun/1006835)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrel-fun/1006835 "2024-09-09T16:49:48Z")
About 20 years ago a friend of mine gave me a weather station for Christmas. Like this: You hang this doo-dad outside and it transmits weather information to the screen pictured above. When I moved to The Home a year … --- ## [When you got married, how sure were you (that it was what you wanted to do?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-got-married-how-sure-were-you-that-it-was-what-you-wanted-to-do/1006797)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-got-married-how-sure-were-you-that-it-was-what-you-wanted-to-do/1006797 "2024-09-09T15:53:51Z")
I’m guessing that for most people, it was an absolutely yes, no doubt about it - but how many people here on the Dope have married while having cold feet or semi-serious doubt all the way up until walking down the aisle? … --- ## [Who are your favorite characters from the (original) TV series “Frasier”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-characters-from-the-original-tv-series-frasier/1006902)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-characters-from-the-original-tv-series-frasier/1006902 "2024-09-09T15:51:50Z")
poll --- ## [Theme from "The Third Man"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theme-from-the-third-man/1006706)
**Author:** [@alfonzos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alfonzos)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theme-from-the-third-man/1006706 "2024-09-09T15:33:06Z")
Would someone please tell me who recorded a rock and roll version of “The Third Man” theme? --- ## [After 26 years I'm cutting off DirecTv](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-26-years-im-cutting-off-directv/1006858)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-26-years-im-cutting-off-directv/1006858 "2024-09-09T15:16:11Z")
It’s been a long ride with DirecTv. I learned about the service in Best Buy. I bought the dish and receiver. Did my own install in 1998. It felt so good cutting off my crappy Cable. It was so unreliable. My original Dir… --- ## [I'm sick. Everybody move back six feet. If you have a mask, put it on](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-everybody-move-back-six-feet-if-you-have-a-mask-put-it-on/1005958)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-everybody-move-back-six-feet-if-you-have-a-mask-put-it-on/1005958 "2024-09-09T15:12:03Z")
This is about as miscellaneous and personal as it gets. Pretty damned pointless too! We live with The Daughter and her family in SCal. Who knows when we’ll get back to AZ? Anyway, six people and a whole bunch of cats un… --- ## [Doomsday Mission question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doomsday-mission-question/1006697)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doomsday-mission-question/1006697 "2024-09-09T13:54:02Z")
Back in 1967 most of Doomsday Mission was filmed, then shelved. In 1972 money was gathered and the film was finished, but since the original cast and sets weren’t available, they killed off most of the crew, leaving the… --- ## [(Old) Be-Labor-ing a Point. An End of (Meteorological) Summer MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-be-labor-ing-a-point-an-end-of-meteorological-summer-mmp/1006602)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 328\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-be-labor-ing-a-point-an-end-of-meteorological-summer-mmp/1006602 "2024-09-09T13:14:25Z")
As you wish. So it’s 12:04 EST, I’m off work, and am celebrating workers by not working(and not shopping, so as not to encourage more businesses). Any of the non-RDOS off today? it’s also the (tradional) time for sch… --- ## [Is it necessary to season a new pipe with honey?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-necessary-to-season-a-new-pipe-with-honey/1004771)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-necessary-to-season-a-new-pipe-with-honey/1004771 "2024-09-09T06:45:45Z")
In case anybody is unclear, I’m talking about a pipe that is used to smoke tobacco. I recently was gifted a nice, new Lorenzetti briar pipe. It appears to be tobacco-ready, but I’ve always ever seasoned my pipes with h… --- ## [Path of Exile: Diablo killer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/path-of-exile-diablo-killer/673151)
**Author:** [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/path-of-exile-diablo-killer/673151 "2024-09-09T05:19:12Z")
I played this during the beta and thought it was cool, but didn’t get too far into it. There were some interesting ideas - I really like the way they handle potions, and the humongous passive skill tree looks really inte… --- ## [Did any of the Founding Fathers advocate for a hereditary monarchy? And whom did they want to be king?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-of-the-founding-fathers-advocate-for-a-hereditary-monarchy-and-whom-did-they-want-to-be-king/1005509)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-of-the-founding-fathers-advocate-for-a-hereditary-monarchy-and-whom-did-they-want-to-be-king/1005509 "2024-09-09T04:49:17Z")
In elementary school our mushy 70s brains were taught that the God-ordained, glorious and forward-thinking Founding Fathers wanted a republic instead of a monarchy because American Exceptionalism (or something). Of cours… --- ## [Identify this cartoon/old movie short](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-cartoon-old-movie-short/1006974)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-cartoon-old-movie-short/1006974 "2024-09-09T03:40:24Z")
Today I had a memory of someone accidentally making biscuits with gunpowder instead of baking powder, and maybe (after the mistake was discovered) using the biscuits in a mortar. Ring any bells or am I imagining the who… --- ## [Autos with camera functionality as witnesses to crime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autos-with-camera-functionality-as-witnesses-to-crime/1006776)
**Author:** [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autos-with-camera-functionality-as-witnesses-to-crime/1006776 "2024-09-09T03:36:20Z")
So have any of the Tesla owners here ever been in Oakland, California? If they legally park somewhere and come back to find their Tesla missing–don’t immediately think of it being stolen–instead it might be helping FIGHT… --- ## [Are Teenagers Who Claim to be Cis just Acting Out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-teenagers-who-claim-to-be-cis-just-acting-out/1006981)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-teenagers-who-claim-to-be-cis-just-acting-out/1006981 "2024-09-09T01:58:54Z")
I’ve noticed a trend since before I myself became a teenager. A lot of kids as they head into adolescence start putting on a show about how much they resemble the cultural descriptions of the sex they are perceived to b… --- ## [How do free range chickens survive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-free-range-chickens-survive/1006126)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-free-range-chickens-survive/1006126 "2024-09-09T00:24:45Z")
I live in a semi-rural area (a town surrounded by country). I see (and hear) there are people in my area who are raising chickens. These chickens often are wandering freely around the neighborhood in search of food or wh… --- ## [Dolomites: any recommendations for ~5 days hut to hut trek that avoids ferratas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolomites-any-recommendations-for-5-days-hut-to-hut-trek-that-avoids-ferratas/1006975)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolomites-any-recommendations-for-5-days-hut-to-hut-trek-that-avoids-ferratas/1006975 "2024-09-08T23:10:19Z")
I may be on a business trip near Milan soon, and be able to take some time off to do 4 or 5 day hike. I don’t mind sleeping in mountain hut dorms, but can afford something pricey as well. May end up signing up for a “sol… --- ## [I got a job, moved to Wisconsin and now live here with half my family](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-job-moved-to-wisconsin-and-now-live-here-with-half-my-family/1005628)
**Author:** [@slalexan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slalexan)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-job-moved-to-wisconsin-and-now-live-here-with-half-my-family/1005628 "2024-09-08T22:28:09Z")
So when I was last here, I was lamenting about my job search. I lost my job abruptly after being fired for being scapegoated on a bad project. I was job hunting hard and really down in the dumps about it. Well, in May, I… --- ## [The Great Taking by David Rogers Webb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-taking-by-david-rogers-webb/1006961)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-taking-by-david-rogers-webb/1006961 "2024-09-08T21:37:02Z")
I have a number of… not friends but rather people I often encounter on line now promoting this book The Great Taking by David Rogers Webb. I don’t really feel like reading yet another manifesto/screed/whatever this is t… --- ## [Agatha Christie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agatha-christie/1004809)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agatha-christie/1004809 "2024-09-08T20:13:05Z")
I’m looking for Agatha Christie recommendations, but specifically, I’m listening to her on Audible right now, in my car to and from work, and once a week, when I have an hour-long drive, which is why I decided to go ahea… --- ## ["Fat Leonard" by Craig Whitlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-leonard-by-craig-whitlock/1006967)
**Author:** [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-leonard-by-craig-whitlock/1006967 "2024-09-08T20:11:44Z")
I’ve been following this US Navy scandal off and on for years. I’m about halfway through Whitlock’s comprehensive and extremely detailed reporting on what happened and who the various culprits were. I’m amazed at the h… --- ## [Should the American Left reclaim Patriotism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-american-left-reclaim-patriotism/1004816)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-american-left-reclaim-patriotism/1004816 "2024-09-08T19:36:39Z")
I don’t know exactly when it happened - my guess is that it was in the aftermath of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, when the “patriotic” thing to do was to blindly support the wars? But I could be wrong, it may have happe… --- ## [LOTR: by what sorts of processes did Sauron reconstitute himself and his power after losing the Ring?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-by-what-sorts-of-processes-did-sauron-reconstitute-himself-and-his-power-after-losing-the-ring/1006493)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-by-what-sorts-of-processes-did-sauron-reconstitute-himself-and-his-power-after-losing-the-ring/1006493 "2024-09-08T15:22:41Z")
We all know the story, from the beginning of the films: at the end of the 2nd Age, the Last Alliance of Elves and Men succeeds in defeating Sauron and his forces, when Isildur cuts the One Ring from his hand. In the film… --- ## [Poll - Favourite Classical Composers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-favourite-classical-composers/1006426)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-favourite-classical-composers/1006426 "2024-09-08T15:12:15Z")
You’ll find composers from every era, starting from the Renaissance and including three composers who are still alive and active as I write these lines. I had to make some really tough choices since polls are limited to… --- ## [What happens to a stateless person in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-a-stateless-person-in-the-us/1006834)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-a-stateless-person-in-the-us/1006834 "2024-09-08T14:59:02Z")
Some countries do not allow dual citizenship, so when being naturalized in the US, a person from such a country must renounce their native citizenship. For naturalized US citizens, the US can revoke their citizenship un… --- ## [Slow loading Prime, Netflix etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-loading-prime-netflix-etc/1006901)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-loading-prime-netflix-etc/1006901 "2024-09-08T14:52:24Z")
These apps take forever to load on our TV. 30-40 seconds, often longer, to get to the point where you can pick a show or search. Another 20-30s seconds for the that show to load. . . Is the speed problem due to out cable… --- ## [Am I the last person to hear about "glamping"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-last-person-to-hear-about-glamping/1006687)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-last-person-to-hear-about-glamping/1006687 "2024-09-08T14:28:35Z")
My daughter recently texted me about her experience in the woods of upstate New York. She saw a black bear one evening and slept in a tent. She used the term “glamping”, which I assumed was a typo. But then later she a… --- ## [Gravitational forces in sand or gravel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gravitational-forces-in-sand-or-gravel/1006841)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gravitational-forces-in-sand-or-gravel/1006841 "2024-09-08T13:45:43Z")
I am reading an article in the current issue of The American Scientist. The subject is acoustic interaction with mud (on the ocean floor). Early on comes the following sentence: “Marine sediments can generally be divi… --- ## [Removing personal info from search engines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-personal-info-from-search-engines/1006617)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-personal-info-from-search-engines/1006617 "2024-09-08T11:07:59Z")
I recently discovered that my phone number was appearing online on a participant list for a meeting I attended a couple of years ago. I learned this because a marketer cold called me and mentioned how they got my number. … --- ## [What is the opposite of book-banning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-opposite-of-book-banning/1006160)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-opposite-of-book-banning/1006160 "2024-09-08T11:06:07Z")
DISCLAIMER: I’m as against book banning as any other blue-blooded Liberal. I don’t want some uptight butthurt Karen telling me what books my children can’t read at school. I’m not trying to set up a gotcha or anything. A… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=481&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=483&state=tracking)