# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=541&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 542 --- ## [Last Week Tonight with John Oliver season premiere - Feb 18 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-week-tonight-with-john-oliver-season-premiere-feb-18-2024/997790)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-week-tonight-with-john-oliver-season-premiere-feb-18-2024/997790 "2024-06-17T16:57:51Z")
Started a thread because I wasn’t sure where to put this. John Oliver is back with a bang, in case you weren’t paying attention! :slight\_smile: If you missed it last night, you can probably catch it streaming. The mai… --- ## [What's the straight dope on this sketchy-as-hell website Peoplepedia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-this-sketchy-as-hell-website-peoplepedia/1002923)
**Author:** [@TJEckleburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJEckleburg)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-this-sketchy-as-hell-website-peoplepedia/1002923 "2024-06-17T16:50:17Z")
https://www.peoplepedia.org/home This is a website that purports to allow average people like you or me to create a Wikipedia-type article about their life stories. That’s great, except I think the whole website is a sc… --- ## [Atoz Let's Take a Road Trip Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 258\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atoz-lets-take-a-road-trip-game/991620 "2024-06-17T15:59:25Z")
I’ve been enjoying this game in the Atoz thread, so let’s make a permanent thread of this. Let’s Take a Road Trip ——————— clarifications: 1 … Use the previous location as a starting point 2 … Your submission must be… --- ## [Food items you buy online](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-items-you-buy-online/1001838)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2024, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-items-you-buy-online/1001838 "2024-06-17T15:13:08Z")
(I am referring to food items you buy online that are shipped to your door, and not simply delivered from a local store.) I can find just about everything I need at Kroger or Walmart. But neither carries my favorite pop… --- ## [Game show - "America Asks"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-show-america-asks/1002597)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-show-america-asks/1002597 "2024-06-17T14:12:13Z")
My wife happened to be watching a game show called America Asks so I watched it for a bit. I’m not sure if it is current or in syndication. Anyway, it is a blatant copy of Family Feud. The only difference I saw in the b… --- ## [Is my iPhone shot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-iphone-shot/1002942)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-iphone-shot/1002942 "2024-06-17T13:45:56Z")
I’ve got an IPhone 11that functions perfectly…with one exception. It won’t shut off. Anyone got a fix? If there was a way to pull the battery I suspect that would work, but I don’t know if that’s possible. Thx. --- ## [Converting cassette tapes to mp3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-cassette-tapes-to-mp3/1002917)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2024, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-cassette-tapes-to-mp3/1002917 "2024-06-17T13:44:44Z")
I’ve got a couple of boxes of old cassette tapes that I would like to try to convert to mp3. I see that Amazon has Walkman-like cassette players that will either record directly to a thumb drive or that you can connect t… --- ## [Sonic Drive-in. You've gone a step too far](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2024, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sonic-drive-in-youve-gone-a-step-too-far/1002800 "2024-06-17T12:17:36Z")
Ok. Went to Sonic. Got me an unsweetened Tea. As usual. They have a new ad on the order sign thingy. The Sonic Dirty drink. Ivy had to try it. Dr.Pepper, coconut cream, lime wedge. The picture looked disgusting. Ivy… --- ## [Time traveller establishing identity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-traveller-establishing-identity/523158)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2024, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-traveller-establishing-identity/523158 "2024-06-17T06:39:13Z")
Suppose a poor cowpoke is on the range in 1870, and he falls into a time hole and emerges in the present day. Obviously he has no Social Security number. No one is going to believe an old church record or any other doc… --- ## [(Old) Getting Organised in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-getting-organised-in-the-mmp/1002696)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 355\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2024, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-getting-organised-in-the-mmp/1002696 "2024-06-17T05:25:11Z")
Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 11c/53f with a predicted high of 14c/58f, and mostly cloudy. Weather app must have heard about nellie’s new neighbours as it says “Cloudy with a slight chance for a fucking stampede of … --- ## [What is your luggage packing style?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-luggage-packing-style/1000303)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-luggage-packing-style/1000303 "2024-06-17T02:24:04Z")
Enjoyed this humourous encyclopedia of luggage packing styles, gift linked below. What is your style of baggage packing? https://wapo.st/4axoUPr --- ## [Dune Part 2 \[Open Spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dune-part-2-open-spoilers/998550)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2024, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dune-part-2-open-spoilers/998550 "2024-06-17T00:42:51Z")
We had quite a long thread for the discussion of Dune, but there was no thread for the discussion of the second film and we’re late to creating this since it came out a week ago. I would like to start out talking about … --- ## [The discourse here is bad for my mental and physical health, and yours, too. Prove me wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-discourse-here-is-bad-for-my-mental-and-physical-health-and-yours-too-prove-me-wrong/1001714)
**Author:** [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2024, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-discourse-here-is-bad-for-my-mental-and-physical-health-and-yours-too-prove-me-wrong/1001714 "2024-06-17T00:30:37Z")
Okay, so about a year ago, I found myself being insulted and mischaracterized… not over politics or social issues, but over how I prefer to consume entertainment. I realized that I was allowing others to get me worked up… --- ## [Actual jokes that start with "A funny thing happened on the way to..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-jokes-that-start-with-a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to/1002622)
**Author:** [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2024, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-jokes-that-start-with-a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to/1002622 "2024-06-16T23:47:34Z")
“A funny thing happened on the way to \[fill in the blank\]” is said to be an age-old stand-up comedy formula. But are there documented examples of jokes that start this way? Google only seems to turn up (1) references to … --- ## [Odd Feeling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-feeling/1002934)
**Author:** [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2024, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-feeling/1002934 "2024-06-16T23:25:24Z")
Getting an odd feeling about the " Has any government ever addressed rude behavior by LOCALS" Dislike foreigners vibe? --- ## [Let me count the ways televised broadcasts suck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-count-the-ways-televised-broadcasts-suck/1002874)
**Author:** [@2outta3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2outta3)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-count-the-ways-televised-broadcasts-suck/1002874 "2024-06-16T21:59:52Z")
Split screen views of the game - ya know the actual game which I assume viewers want to see - and broadcasters interviewing people that during a game I neither want to see or hear. Broadcasters interviewing players … --- ## [Screw it, I'm just gonna ask: Why are the territories on Earth that are close to the South Pole really warm/hot, and the territories close to the North Pole are cold?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-it-im-just-gonna-ask-why-are-the-territories-on-earth-that-are-close-to-the-south-pole-really-warm-hot-and-the-territories-close-to-the-north-pole-are-cold/1002863)
**Author:** [@TJEckleburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJEckleburg)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-it-im-just-gonna-ask-why-are-the-territories-on-earth-that-are-close-to-the-south-pole-really-warm-hot-and-the-territories-close-to-the-north-pole-are-cold/1002863 "2024-06-16T20:50:11Z")
Sometimes in life you realize there’s some glaringly obvious or basic thing that you never realized you didn’t understand or comprehend. This one’s been bugging me for about a month I think?, so screw it, at the risk of … --- ## [Well behaved animals should be allowed in more places](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-behaved-animals-should-be-allowed-in-more-places/1001997)
**Author:** [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-behaved-animals-should-be-allowed-in-more-places/1001997 "2024-06-16T20:33:55Z")
I wanted to insert my thoughts on the matter in the current thread on Service Dogs, but didn’t see any junctures in there to start off on this tangent, nor want to start a hijack there, so I’ve started a new one. The is… --- ## [Getting Organized at Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-organized-at-work/1002849)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-organized-at-work/1002849 "2024-06-16T20:21:05Z")
What are your solutions to getting organized at work? I’m drowning right now. I work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. I have several major projects going at once, each one with multiple steps required, incl… --- ## [Looks like AI is going to shift us all back to manual labor, like how it was for most of human history](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-ai-is-going-to-shift-us-all-back-to-manual-labor-like-how-it-was-for-most-of-human-history/983733)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 205\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-ai-is-going-to-shift-us-all-back-to-manual-labor-like-how-it-was-for-most-of-human-history/983733 "2024-06-16T20:11:50Z")
For most of human history, labor was manual. Only in the past half-century did it become the norm (at least, in developed nations) for people to work indoors in office buildings on a computer. Now with the advent of AI,… --- ## [Nervous System Input Travel Speed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nervous-system-input-travel-speed/1002933)
**Author:** [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nervous-system-input-travel-speed/1002933 "2024-06-16T17:54:31Z")
Noting the people talking about dental implants and dentist agony, do nerve inputs travel at the speed of copper wires, or are there safeguards/high impedence areas in between various parts? Are our brains more sensiti… --- ## [Clarify a mod note by WE?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarify-a-mod-note-by-we/1002946)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2024, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarify-a-mod-note-by-we/1002946 "2024-06-16T17:37:47Z")
In the Song of the South thread, What\_Exit says “Please don’t link to sites showing non-Public Domain movies.” Now, I know he doesn’t mean to extend that to the absurd degree as in “please don’t link to anything on archi… --- ## [Song of the South is Racist as Much for What it Doesn’t Show as What it Does](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-of-the-south-is-racist-as-much-for-what-it-doesn-t-show-as-what-it-does/1000966)
**Author:** [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-of-the-south-is-racist-as-much-for-what-it-doesn-t-show-as-what-it-does/1000966 "2024-06-16T15:14:56Z")
Continuing the discussion from American Civil War: questions from a Canadian: An example of this: the main Protagonist Kid (poor little rich kid whose daddy own’s the plantation, even as he is supposedly troubled by de… --- ## [Pope Meets With 100 Comics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-meets-with-100-comics/1002898)
**Author:** [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-meets-with-100-comics/1002898 "2024-06-16T13:54:20Z")
including Steven Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Chris Rock, Whoopi Goldberg, Julia Louise-Dreyfus… Pope Francis meets more than 100 comedians at the Vatican: ‘You also make God smile’ I keep wondering if the Pope has seen Chr… --- ## [What's the first example of the "hero saves world from a villain and his minions" trope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-example-of-the-hero-saves-world-from-a-villain-and-his-minions-trope/1002751)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2024, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-example-of-the-hero-saves-world-from-a-villain-and-his-minions-trope/1002751 "2024-06-16T11:47:11Z")
Got to thinking about this trope which has become pretty much ubiquitous in adventure stories nowadays (like most of the stories told in movies) , but doesn’t exist in any pre modern story AFAIK. It basically involves t… --- ## [Avocado toast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avocado-toast/981550)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2024, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avocado-toast/981550 "2024-06-16T11:14:44Z")
Avocado toast seems to have become a ‘thing’ for Millennials. I don’t remember when this happened, but I’m thinking about ten years ago. Avocado toast being a ‘thing’ amuses my wife because she’s been eating avocado to… --- ## [English author Charles Dickenson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-author-charles-dickenson/1002932)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2024, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-author-charles-dickenson/1002932 "2024-06-16T09:14:20Z")
I occasionally watch vids from a channel called “It’s History”, and the topics are usually pretty interesting. The history of old buildings and architectural artifacts and such. But when Ryan, the host, was describing a … --- ## [How are men supposed to apply sunscreen at nude beaches without, you know](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-men-supposed-to-apply-sunscreen-at-nude-beaches-without-you-know/1002688)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2024, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-men-supposed-to-apply-sunscreen-at-nude-beaches-without-you-know/1002688 "2024-06-16T06:05:29Z")
One of those “Questions you always wondered but were afraid to ask” But how is a man supposed to apply sun screen to his penis without getting an erection? I know at nude beaches you can get thrown out or arrested for s… --- ## [This is parody, right? (Meme about extreme libertarianism)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-parody-right-meme-about-extreme-libertarianism/997554)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 270\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2024, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-parody-right-meme-about-extreme-libertarianism/997554 "2024-06-16T04:19:55Z")
This has been on my Twitter feed a lot of late, being justifiably mocked. I’m assuming it is meant to be from anarcho-capitalists of some kind. But it’s not right? It’s got to be a parody? The people critiquing it are ju… --- ## [Things you loved as a kid that you still love as an old person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565)
**Author:** [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2024, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-loved-as-a-kid-that-you-still-love-as-an-old-person/985565 "2024-06-16T04:15:30Z")
I was in my car listening to songs on Spotify when Foreplay/Long Time came on. It’s one of Boston’s hits from their first album. I remember listening to that album on my 2-XL when I was like 7 years old. I stole my olde… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=540&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=542&state=muted)