# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=573&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 574 --- ## [Frostpunk 2 Discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frostpunk-2-discussion/1000626)
**Author:** [@Dark\_Sponge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Sponge)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2024, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frostpunk-2-discussion/1000626 "2024-04-23T06:14:41Z")
Frostpunk is my all time favorite city builder. I played the beta of Frostpunk 2 this weekend and it looks to be just as good as the original. Anyone else play the beta or just psyched for the sequel? --- ## [Quantas app gives out passenger info to the wrong people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantas-app-gives-out-passenger-info-to-the-wrong-people/1001014)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantas-app-gives-out-passenger-info-to-the-wrong-people/1001014 "2024-05-02T15:47:53Z")
That’s a heck of a glitch. Maybe they got hacked? And of course scammers jumped on the issue. --- ## [Were any of the 18 African American Red Cross nurses sent to the American sector on the Rhine in 1919?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-any-of-the-18-african-american-red-cross-nurses-sent-to-the-american-sector-on-the-rhine-in-1919/1001003)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-any-of-the-18-african-american-red-cross-nurses-sent-to-the-american-sector-on-the-rhine-in-1919/1001003 "2024-05-02T15:38:30Z")
Were any of the 18 African American Red Cross nurses sent to the American sector on the Rhine in 1919? Or were they kept in France? I haven’t come across any references to them being used during the Allied Rhine Occupati… --- ## [Can certain kinds of thoughts and fantasies be described as evil?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-certain-kinds-of-thoughts-and-fantasies-be-described-as-evil/1001010)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-certain-kinds-of-thoughts-and-fantasies-be-described-as-evil/1001010 "2024-05-02T15:15:03Z")
If someone had constant thoughts and fantasies about raping, torturing, killing etc people that they may or may not enjoy but were perfectly moral in the real world (either for its own sake or from fear of consequences o… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - April 2024 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-april-2024-edition/999749)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-april-2024-edition/999749 "2024-05-02T15:21:06Z")
My apologies! I was away from my computer all weekend and it wasn’t until this morning that I remembered it was now April and I was late with the new thread. My corner of the US is warming up, flowers are blooming and … --- ## [Ipad integrating with pc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipad-integrating-with-pc/1000807)
**Author:** [@mglambo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mglambo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipad-integrating-with-pc/1000807 "2024-05-02T15:00:28Z")
I own a desktop PC. I also use an android phone. Also I have an iPad that has a battery that has just died. I’m not a tech savvy person. I mostly use the iPad for music, scrolling chords and lyrics when playing. I nee… --- ## [It's May Day today!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-may-day-today/1001042)
**Author:** [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-may-day-today/1001042 "2024-05-02T14:48:36Z")
I haven’t seen any mention on the SDMB of May Day today. Has the day’s commemoration diminished in importance? --- ## [What comes to mind when you hear the phrase 'moral turpitude'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comes-to-mind-when-you-hear-the-phrase-moral-turpitude/1000979)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comes-to-mind-when-you-hear-the-phrase-moral-turpitude/1000979 "2024-05-02T13:59:19Z")
The question is in the thread title - when you hear the phrase ‘moral turpitude’, what comes to mind? --- ## [Can anyone identify the plane from Spy X Family: Code White? (WW2 era twin engine aircraft)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-the-plane-from-spy-x-family-code-white-ww2-era-twin-engine-aircraft/1000953)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-the-plane-from-spy-x-family-code-white-ww2-era-twin-engine-aircraft/1000953 "2024-05-02T08:03:42Z")
Unfortunately the movie has not come to home yet so I can’t find a good clip of it in detail (you can see it extremely well in film while parked in one scene) so this quick couple of seconds from the trailer are the best… --- ## [Who are the brilliant storytellers today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-brilliant-storytellers-today/995329)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-brilliant-storytellers-today/995329 "2024-05-02T03:16:25Z")
There are people like Ken Burns that collect information and are great story tellers. This is not about them. I am talking about people that are brilliant in their field and can tell stories and share their ideas for h… --- ## [WI: Marvel villains get the Infinity Gems?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wi-marvel-villains-get-the-infinity-gems/1000987)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wi-marvel-villains-get-the-infinity-gems/1000987 "2024-05-02T02:35:07Z")
Somehow the Infinity Gems end up in the hands of six different 616 Marvel villains. Which six villains would you choose for an event like this and why? Whichever villains you choose how do you think the heroes would fa… --- ## [Danger of Drones on US. Hijack from Ukraine Invasion thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-of-drones-on-us-hijack-from-ukraine-invasion-thread/999743)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-of-drones-on-us-hijack-from-ukraine-invasion-thread/999743 "2024-05-02T01:31:31Z")
Be careful what you wish for. 800 miles inland from the USA’s seashore covers WAG 80% of the population and 90% of the productive infrastructure. What’s left is the mostly uninhabited intermountain West and the upper M… --- ## [Stormy Daniels--why exactly $130,000?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stormy-daniels-why-exactly-130-000/1000912)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stormy-daniels-why-exactly-130-000/1000912 "2024-05-01T23:20:39Z")
Everybody is talking about the legal aspects of Trump’s court case: whether the hush payments qualify as a felony or a misdemeanor , how were the checks recorded, etc,etc. But nobody is talking about one really peculiar… --- ## [So- How About a Place to Try and Critique Jokes. Adult Humor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-about-a-place-to-try-and-critique-jokes-adult-humor/1000989)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-about-a-place-to-try-and-critique-jokes-adult-humor/1000989 "2024-05-01T22:40:09Z")
So I am not a comedian. I don’t think I’m very funny. But sometimes I have an idea for a joke that I think could be funny in the hands of someone who’s actually funny. An example would be y (posted in another thread) jo… --- ## [Black Holes: A couple videos that really help us laymen undestand what happens around one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-holes-a-couple-videos-that-really-help-us-laymen-undestand-what-happens-around-one/1001032)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-holes-a-couple-videos-that-really-help-us-laymen-undestand-what-happens-around-one/1001032 "2024-05-01T21:55:58Z")
I know many here do not like watching YouTube videos. But, these two videos (I think) are well worth a watch if you are interested in what happens around/in a black hole. What happens if you fall in one and in the seco… --- ## [From notebook code to the actual program with C++](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-notebook-code-to-the-actual-program-with-c/1000679)
**Author:** [@Gateway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gateway)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-notebook-code-to-the-actual-program-with-c/1000679 "2024-05-01T21:13:31Z")
Hey. So as some of you might know, I’ve been trying to get into program coding, with my chosen language being C++. I got a book on it and tried to follow its instructions but something went wrong. The sticking point: H… --- ## [WordPlay: The Final Words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordplay-the-final-words/1001031)
**Author:** [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordplay-the-final-words/1001031 "2024-05-01T21:02:16Z")
WordPlay: The Final Word I’ve always loved dictionaries. When I was a teenager I’d actively read them to increase my vocabulary. (It worked.) Working as a library assistant for 14 years didn’t hurt my love for them e… --- ## [What's going on with Octagon's posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-octagons-posts/1001019)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-octagons-posts/1001019 "2024-05-01T21:00:15Z")
Not accusing them of anything nefarious. Octagon creates a lot of threads looking for obscure facts namely about WWI. It’s gotten to the point that it looks like research for a book, homework maybe, something else, may… --- ## [Odd interaction at the 24 hour store](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-interaction-at-the-24-hour-store/1000554)
**Author:** [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-interaction-at-the-24-hour-store/1000554 "2024-05-01T20:49:26Z")
So, I had an odd, brief interaction at the 24-hour grocery store last night at 3 in the morning and I am not sure what to make of it. Basically, as I was leaving with my groceries, through the automatic doors, a very yo… --- ## [Louisiana man sentenced to castration - this can't be constitutional, can it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-man-sentenced-to-castration-this-cant-be-constitutional-can-it/1000945)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-man-sentenced-to-castration-this-cant-be-constitutional-can-it/1000945 "2024-05-01T19:47:59Z")
A 54-year-old man in Louisiana has pleas guilty to raping and impregnating a 14-year-old girl, and in addition to a sentence of 50 years, is to undergo physical castration by the state Department of Corrections. The a… --- ## [A batch rename app that handles subfolders for Android?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-batch-rename-app-that-handles-subfolders-for-android/1001025)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-batch-rename-app-that-handles-subfolders-for-android/1001025 "2024-05-01T19:47:50Z")
Okay, imagine that you have folders A through Z, each with images named 1-20. I want to move all files to a single folder. Doing so would result in 25 sets of the files being overwritten or else the files being renamed 1… --- ## [Happy May Day!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-may-day/1000997)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-may-day/1000997 "2024-05-01T19:21:27Z")
--- ## [Colin Jost is bombing badly at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-jost-is-bombing-badly-at-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner/1000856)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-jost-is-bombing-badly-at-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner/1000856 "2024-05-01T18:51:10Z")
This is painful. He is waiting for laughs that aren’t coming. Laughing at your own jokes when nobody else isl laughing is just sad. OK he now seems to be hitting his stride. His jokes are better but his rhythm is still … --- ## [American Civil War: questions from a Canadian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-civil-war-questions-from-a-canadian/842680)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-civil-war-questions-from-a-canadian/842680 "2024-05-01T18:48:01Z")
Recently enjoyed the Ken Burns series on the Civil War. I’d read some histories many years ago, but learned a lot from this documentary. Not being that smart, however, I had some questions at the end of it. In an ea… --- ## [Is There Such A Thing As A Cash Advance Against Your Home's Equity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-such-a-thing-as-a-cash-advance-against-your-homes-equity/1000948)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-such-a-thing-as-a-cash-advance-against-your-homes-equity/1000948 "2024-05-01T17:46:03Z")
I own my house free and clear: no mortgage, no liens, etc. Is it possible to get a cash advance against its equity? I don’t mean a loan. I mean, like, I sell a portion of interest in the house - say, $50k - and then the … --- ## [What are the guidelines for veterinary euthanasia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-guidelines-for-veterinary-euthanasia/1000977)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-guidelines-for-veterinary-euthanasia/1000977 "2024-05-01T17:26:50Z")
Based on the recent Noem incident but I don’t want any discussion of the politics here. Let’s say a dog or cat owner brings a healthy young pet into the vet’s office and asks to have it euthanized because they’re unhapp… --- ## [Movies were the father figure is revealed to have been scared](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-were-the-father-figure-is-revealed-to-have-been-scared/1001013)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-were-the-father-figure-is-revealed-to-have-been-scared/1001013 "2024-05-01T17:15:50Z")
I’m thinking scenes like in the Lion King were Mufasa acts Tough and scares away the hyenas and then afterwards reveals to Simba that he was scared after all. I know I have scenes like this before, but I cannot recall w… --- ## [The Biden Administration: a puppy-hug in the making](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 213\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886 "2024-05-01T16:43:40Z")
Sure, it will probably be all rainbows and unicorns compared to The Trump Years, but we can have a place-holder thread waiting here, just in case. --- ## [MLB Season 2024 March & April](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-season-2024-march-april/999523)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-season-2024-march-april/999523 "2024-05-01T16:35:13Z")
The Season has started and the Yanks are off to a poor start down 3-0 to the Astros in the first. Cortes is not looking sharp thus far. I noticed Baltimore is crushing the Angles 7-1 in the 4th. Soto’s first plate ap… --- ## [Tell me something in the so called "regency" era of British history did the titled and royal set play around as much as the silly romance books claim they did](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-in-the-so-called-regency-era-of-british-history-did-the-titled-and-royal-set-play-around-as-much-as-the-silly-romance-books-claim-they-did/1001000)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-in-the-so-called-regency-era-of-british-history-did-the-titled-and-royal-set-play-around-as-much-as-the-silly-romance-books-claim-they-did/1001000 "2024-05-01T16:33:05Z")
And were women as amendable to being a "kept woman " if they found someone that could afford to do so? The reason is I just finished one where the setup is lord whats his name and the plucky assertive heroine (whos a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=572&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=574&state=tracking)