# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=578&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 579 --- ## [Trying to recover my old iTunes contents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-recover-my-old-itunes-contents/1000686)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-recover-my-old-itunes-contents/1000686 "2024-04-26T15:09:06Z")
Years and several computers ago, I won an iPod nano at work, and in order to make use of it, I burned a whole bunch of CDs on iTunes, over 3700 songs, which I then copied onto the nano and used it for several years. It’s… --- ## [Why isn't anesthesia used for executions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-anesthesia-used-for-executions/958865)
**Author:** [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-anesthesia-used-for-executions/958865 "2024-04-26T14:13:16Z")
There’s been a lot of moral and legal issues surrounding legal executions, much of it surrounding methods of execution which are thought to be or legally considered cruel and unusual. Question I’m wondering about is why … --- ## [Windows 11 Desktop Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-11-desktop-question/1000790)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-11-desktop-question/1000790 "2024-04-26T14:08:23Z")
My work laptop got upgraded to Windows 11 a couple of months back, and I’m still trying to get used to it. There is a feature on the desktop that I’d like to turn off but I don’t even know what it’s called, which makes i… --- ## [Question about blurred house on Google Earth street view](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-blurred-house-on-google-earth-street-view/847780)
**Author:** [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-blurred-house-on-google-earth-street-view/847780 "2024-04-26T13:55:28Z")
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.6446224,-122.6503641,3a,75y,310.46h,89.24t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sZYMsVNPjdlAFaYNtAU4IFQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 This house, in an average area in Kitsap County, Washington, has been intentionall… --- ## [Miss Universe Buenos Aires: Can you believe she's 60?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-universe-buenos-aires-can-you-believe-shes-60/1000731)
**Author:** [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-universe-buenos-aires-can-you-believe-shes-60/1000731 "2024-04-26T13:21:07Z")
From her photos, I’d never know. (60-year-old makes history as Miss Universe Buenos Aires) --- ## [How common was "Draw straws to determine who will be eaten" in maritime disasters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-was-draw-straws-to-determine-who-will-be-eaten-in-maritime-disasters/967761)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-was-draw-straws-to-determine-who-will-be-eaten-in-maritime-disasters/967761 "2024-04-26T09:34:03Z")
In my very, very limited readings of maritime disasters, I’ve come across two accounts where starving, adrift survivors drew straws to determine who would be killed and eaten by the other survivors. One was from “In He… --- ## [New Math in my kitchen!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-math-in-my-kitchen/1000598)
**Author:** [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-math-in-my-kitchen/1000598 "2024-04-26T05:47:17Z")
We have a 12 litre bin for general garbage in our kitchen. Initially I bought 20 litre garbage bags, but they barely fitted and often tore when stretched over the top rim. So I stepped up to 30 litre bags, which fit jus… --- ## [Euphemisms for lesbian sex? (don't need answer fast))](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-lesbian-sex-dont-need-answer-fast/745014)
**Author:** [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-lesbian-sex-dont-need-answer-fast/745014 "2024-04-26T03:28:18Z")
This evening I realized I don’t know any euphemisms for sex between women. Men and women, covered. Masturbation? I could go for days… er, I mean, I know a lot of them. Man on man? Resources are abundant. I made a f… --- ## [What can y'all tell me about living in Tasmania?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-yall-tell-me-about-living-in-tasmania/987240)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-yall-tell-me-about-living-in-tasmania/987240 "2024-04-26T02:55:35Z")
Especially the northern coastal area around Hobart, but any info, good or bad, would be nice. --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter Y and were released on or after January 1, 2000? See rules in OP \[Final Poll added\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-y-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/1000575)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-y-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/1000575 "2024-04-26T01:48:39Z")
RULES: Submissions must begin with the letter Y. Exclude articles such as “a”, “an”, “the”, etc. that begin the title. Example: “The Hokey Pokey” belongs in the H poll, not the T poll. Songs must have been first releas… --- ## [Coffin ed/gravedigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffin-ed-gravedigger/1000671)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffin-ed-gravedigger/1000671 "2024-04-25T21:47:22Z")
Hopefully someone can help me in my search; I remember reading a book, I think by author Joseph Hansen (no luck with Google search), about 2 Black Harlem detectives who think they are Chester Himes detectives and travel… --- ## [Are there things that aren’t immoral but you still shouldn’t want to be the kind of person that does them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-things-that-aren-t-immoral-but-you-still-shouldn-t-want-to-be-the-kind-of-person-that-does-them/999985)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-things-that-aren-t-immoral-but-you-still-shouldn-t-want-to-be-the-kind-of-person-that-does-them/999985 "2024-04-25T21:46:37Z")
I was reading a thread about whether in and of itself incest between consenting adults is bad which made me research the philosophical concept of supererogatory and subererogatory acts. We can all easily imagine things t… --- ## [MLB.TV woes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-tv-woes/1000757)
**Author:** [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-tv-woes/1000757 "2024-04-25T21:35:09Z")
Is anyone else having trouble with MLB.TV broadcasts? In my case, the picture freezes every 20-25 minutes, then goes to the “Event Starting Shortly” screen. So I have to get up and refresh the screen constantly. (I am w… --- ## ['KABOOMM ... wiiiiiiiiiiii...' - When did this audio effect begin in movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kaboomm-wiiiiiiiiiiii-when-did-this-audio-effect-begin-in-movies/1000720)
**Author:** [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kaboomm-wiiiiiiiiiiii-when-did-this-audio-effect-begin-in-movies/1000720 "2024-04-25T21:01:24Z")
The scene is familiar - there’s a high-stakes confrontation two-thirds of the way through the movie and the hero narrowly dodges a BIG explosion - large enough to trash the car they were in. The explosion is deafening, … --- ## [Truth is better than fiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-is-better-than-fiction/1000713)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-is-better-than-fiction/1000713 "2024-04-25T18:18:10Z")
What true stories are much better than the movies based on them. For the purposes of this thread only use movies that are proported to be true stories not ones vaguely inspired by true stories events. Hollywood has to e… --- ## [How can I hear what's up/down and front/back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-hear-whats-up-down-and-front-back/1000723)
**Author:** [@Yosh99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yosh99)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-hear-whats-up-down-and-front-back/1000723 "2024-04-25T18:16:10Z")
I can determine if a sound is coming from the right or left because of ears on both sides of my head. How do my ears determine if a sound is up/down or front/back? --- ## [What is the Straight Dope about Imran Khan going to prison?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-straight-dope-about-imran-khan-going-to-prison/1000663)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-straight-dope-about-imran-khan-going-to-prison/1000663 "2024-04-25T16:35:10Z")
I’m asking here because it might be a matter of opinion. I met with a new friend from Pakistan and he told me how horribly corrupt Paksitan’s government is. According to him, there is no fear and the corruption is blata… --- ## [SDMB main banner is messed up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-main-banner-is-messed-up/1000523)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-main-banner-is-messed-up/1000523 "2024-04-25T15:16:18Z")
It changed sometime earlier this afternoon. The search icon, hamburger menu, and personal icon that used to be on the right are now in the middle, “The Straight Dope” label is oddly misaligned, and the “Fighting Ignoran… --- ## [Is there any medical guidance about people who've had CAR T-cell therapy donating blood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-medical-guidance-about-people-whove-had-car-t-cell-therapy-donating-blood/1000691)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-medical-guidance-about-people-whove-had-car-t-cell-therapy-donating-blood/1000691 "2024-04-25T14:28:02Z")
This doesn’t directly apply to me, I had blood cancer (lymphoma) so the Red Cross never again wants anything I have on tap anyway, I’m just curious. (For the onlookers, because if you don’t know what CAR T-cell therapy … --- ## [Why only one windpipe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-only-one-windpipe/1000316)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-only-one-windpipe/1000316 "2024-04-25T14:18:00Z")
Last night my 14 yo was eating a sandwich and started choking. At no point was her airway completely obstructed, but it was pretty scary for a minute until she was able to cough out the piece of food. But this reminds m… --- ## [Straight Dope mentioned in latest XKCD's What If](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-mentioned-in-latest-xkcds-what-if/1000370)
**Author:** [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-mentioned-in-latest-xkcds-what-if/1000370 "2024-04-25T13:40:18Z")
The Straight Dope received a (brief) mention in the latest XKCD’s What If on Youtube: The video is about what if everyone on Earth were put in once place (Rhode Island, in this case) and they all jumped at… --- ## ["Forum Jump" gone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-jump-gone/996704)
**Author:** [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-jump-gone/996704 "2024-04-25T10:31:20Z")
At the bottom of the “Unread” and “New”, “Top” etc. pages there used to be a “Forum Jump” heading in the footer with all the different site fora listed thereunder. Over the last couple days, it seems to have disappeared… --- ## [Is The Average British Family Priced Out Of In-Game Attendance At Popular Sports?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-average-british-family-priced-out-of-in-game-attendance-at-popular-sports/1000584)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-average-british-family-priced-out-of-in-game-attendance-at-popular-sports/1000584 "2024-04-25T09:00:57Z")
Here in the States, the cost of tickets to a game at a major sport (Major League Baseball, National Football League, etc.) is soaring, and the average cost of tickets is getting prohibitive for the average American famil… --- ## [If you could make a horror anthology film set in preexisting universes what settings would you use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-make-a-horror-anthology-film-set-in-preexisting-universes-what-settings-would-you-use/1000715)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-make-a-horror-anthology-film-set-in-preexisting-universes-what-settings-would-you-use/1000715 "2024-04-25T07:32:04Z")
If you could make a horror anthology film with segments set in preexisting universes what settings and characters would you use and why? My example: 1: Sheriff Hoyt helps an unsuspecting traveler with a flat tire (Texa… --- ## [David Bowie music video featuring acrobatic dancer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-music-video-featuring-acrobatic-dancer/1000712)
**Author:** [@InfraBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InfraBlue)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-music-video-featuring-acrobatic-dancer/1000712 "2024-04-25T07:30:49Z")
What’s the David Bowie music video where he kinda just stands there holding a dancer’s hand while she’s performing all of these acrobatic dance moves? Thank you much --- ## [Were there engineers in the WWI SOS (Services of Supply) or was Engineering a completely separate division within the AEF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-there-engineers-in-the-wwi-sos-services-of-supply-or-was-engineering-a-completely-separate-division-within-the-aef/1000665)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-there-engineers-in-the-wwi-sos-services-of-supply-or-was-engineering-a-completely-separate-division-within-the-aef/1000665 "2024-04-25T07:05:41Z")
Were there engineers in the WWI SOS (Services of Supply) or was Engineering a completely separate division within the AEF? --- ## [A cool dance video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cool-dance-video/1000724)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cool-dance-video/1000724 "2024-04-25T06:44:26Z")
This goes back to the old days of mundane and pointless rather than miscellaneous and personal. A video of CDK dance company dancing to “Somebody That I Used To Know”. --- ## [A weird experience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weird-experience/1000674)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weird-experience/1000674 "2024-04-25T06:44:06Z")
Yesterday (Monday) afternoon, our doorbell rang and I answered it. There were two young women, around 20 years old (guessing), One of then started talking rather quickly, then the other woman repeated some of it more slo… --- ## [Anti-Semitism on College Campuses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-semitism-on-college-campuses/995608)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 355\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-semitism-on-college-campuses/995608 "2024-04-24T23:43:58Z")
I am creating this thread as an off-shoot of the one on Claudine Gay’s Plagiarism as the subject seems to be taking over the thread. A lot of people have a lot of important things to say on this subject. I am placing it… --- ## [Most disappointing travel destination or tourist attraction \[Edited thread title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disappointing-travel-destination-or-tourist-attraction-edited-thread-title/573581)
**Author:** [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Replies:** 257\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disappointing-travel-destination-or-tourist-attraction-edited-thread-title/573581 "2024-04-24T22:48:14Z")
I had a friend in the Peace Corps who had occasion about 40 years ago to visit Timbuctoo. He said it was the most disappointing experience he had ever had. It was once a great city, but there was nothing there then exc… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=577&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=579&state=watching)