# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=541&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 542 --- ## [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… --- ## [So I broke my wrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-broke-my-wrist/1002114)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2024, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-broke-my-wrist/1002114 "2024-06-16T02:52:42Z")
It’s my right wrist and I can barely use my left for anything. I did a bang up jobas I broke both the ulna and the radius. I can peck out this post with my right hand, but it is uncomfortable. This sucks; I’ve got shit … --- ## [Who developed the math operators + - / x?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-developed-the-math-operators-x/1002406)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-developed-the-math-operators-x/1002406 "2024-06-16T02:41:54Z")
The Roman numbering system is older then the Arabic but did it have any operators? It appears the Roman numerals were good for years and numbers of things but cumbersome for math. When the Arabic system came along was i… --- ## [Insider trading laws and corporate executives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insider-trading-laws-and-corporate-executives/1002807)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2024, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insider-trading-laws-and-corporate-executives/1002807 "2024-06-16T02:26:28Z")
I read a recent online article which said that the CEO of a company sold a large amount of stock in the company shortly before a report was publicly issued which said the company’s profits were lowered than expected whic… --- ## [Rules for speaking Alfalfa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-for-speaking-alfalfa/313687)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-for-speaking-alfalfa/313687 "2024-06-15T22:22:22Z")
My relatives who grew up in the 40’s mentioned this pig latin like language to me many years ago. I can’t find rules on how to speak it. --- ## [What makes something NSFW?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-something-nsfw/1002355)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2024, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-something-nsfw/1002355 "2024-06-15T21:39:51Z")
Okay, specific question is, under what circumstances is something NSFW enough to have to break the link? I wondered this because I recently posted a video of a Bo Burnham song. I wasn’t sure whether to break the link or… --- ## [The Decline of Traditional Male Oriented Hobby Shops](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decline-of-traditional-male-oriented-hobby-shops/1002846)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decline-of-traditional-male-oriented-hobby-shops/1002846 "2024-06-15T21:25:56Z")
Continuing the discussion from Things you loved as a kid that you still love as an old person: --- ## [How do you enter text with a smart tv remote control?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-enter-text-with-a-smart-tv-remote-control/1002845)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2024, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-enter-text-with-a-smart-tv-remote-control/1002845 "2024-06-15T21:00:20Z")
Ok, my g/f decided we needed a bigger tv (so she can read text), and there don’t appear to be any which aren’t “smart”, so … Anyway, it all works as expected, except for the entry of text, eg, in the youtube search bo… --- ## [I tend to monologue and I want to learn the concise ways of efficient talkers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tend-to-monologue-and-i-want-to-learn-the-concise-ways-of-efficient-talkers/1002669)
**Author:** [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tend-to-monologue-and-i-want-to-learn-the-concise-ways-of-efficient-talkers/1002669 "2024-06-15T19:58:15Z")
For the past 5+ years, I’ve been talking at people over zoom for a living as an IT / AI adviser I have noticed I spend a long time lecturing people, spending multiple minutes listening only to my voice. This is not good… --- ## [How to deal with an endless and copious stream of suggested concerns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-an-endless-and-copious-stream-of-suggested-concerns/1002870)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-an-endless-and-copious-stream-of-suggested-concerns/1002870 "2024-06-15T19:52:55Z")
I have a YouTube channel that is growing in popularity; the overwhelming majority of comments and feedback I get in the comments and other channels, is positive and lovely, and I am grateful for it. There is a very smal… --- ## [Opinion polls and the State Department](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinion-polls-and-the-state-department/1002668)
**Author:** [@cannonkuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cannonkuo)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinion-polls-and-the-state-department/1002668 "2024-06-15T19:42:56Z")
Does the State Department care about opinion polls when shaping foreign policy? If yes, any books talking about how opinion polls impact the State Department’s shaping of foreign policy? Also, does considering the opinio… --- ## [Build a better mouse jiggler and the world will beat a path to your door](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-better-mouse-jiggler-and-the-world-will-beat-a-path-to-your-door/998519)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-better-mouse-jiggler-and-the-world-will-beat-a-path-to-your-door/998519 "2024-06-15T18:31:57Z")
Been getting lots of ads for Amazon electronics on Facebook lately. Tonight one of the items was an “Undetectable Mechanical Mouse Jiggler”. Never having heard of one I clicked through and had to read quite a bit of the … --- ## [How well did 1984 hold up in 1985?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-did-1984-hold-up-in-1985/1002799)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-did-1984-hold-up-in-1985/1002799 "2024-06-15T15:26:39Z")
I’m thinking about literature or film that was set in the future compared to when it was produced. Like 2001 written in 1968. Or 1984 written in 1949. Which such works held up the best once that future date had actual… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=540&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=542&state=tracking)