# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=581&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 582 --- ## [Judgement at Nuremberg](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judgement-at-nuremberg/1000579)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judgement-at-nuremberg/1000579 "2024-04-22T03:29:43Z")
I just finished watching this movie for the first time. Wow, what an incredible movie. It is very clever because it makes the trial about people (judges) that you can kind of understand why they should be found guilty, b… --- ## [Fallout Episode 1: The End](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-episode-1-the-end/1000136)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2024, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-episode-1-the-end/1000136 "2024-04-22T03:14:16Z")
Fallout TV series on amazon prime video.. Because they release the whole season at once, that complicates discussing the show. People watch at different rates, which means that if we just have 1 thread, someone might be… --- ## [Fallout Episode 2: The Target](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-episode-2-the-target/1000137)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2024, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-episode-2-the-target/1000137 "2024-04-22T03:11:19Z")
Spoiler policy: Anything in this episode and any previous episodes are open spoilers. Please do not discuss what happens in later episodes in this thread. Rather, go to the thread for that episode and discuss it there. A… --- ## [(Old) It's snacktime in the MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-its-snacktime-in-the-mmp/1000308)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 352\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2024, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-its-snacktime-in-the-mmp/1000308 "2024-04-22T02:25:58Z")
Bring your favorite snax, whatever they may be. I’m sure there’ll be enough to share. Got any personal weird favorites nobody else has heard of? Even better! My current favorite is Triscuits, with good salted butter an… --- ## [Why is Iran launching this attack on Israel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-iran-launching-this-attack-on-israel/1000251)
**Author:** [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2024, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-iran-launching-this-attack-on-israel/1000251 "2024-04-22T01:12:03Z")
Can anyone explain why Iran is doing this? --- ## [What do you wear swimming, men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-swimming-men/1000220)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2024, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-wear-swimming-men/1000220 "2024-04-22T01:02:45Z")
So packing up I tried on an old pair for size and told my wife “these swim trunks fit well”; she argued that the right phrase is “bathing suit.” She’s originally from New Jersey and I’m a Chicago boy. Maybe it’s regiona… --- ## [Was Perry Mason unique for the era? Showing Police and Prosecutors as incompetent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-perry-mason-unique-for-the-era-showing-police-and-prosecutors-as-incompetent/1000526)
**Author:** [@Midtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Midtown)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2024, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-perry-mason-unique-for-the-era-showing-police-and-prosecutors-as-incompetent/1000526 "2024-04-21T23:27:48Z")
I’ve been watching a lot of Perry Mason on one of those old TV stations. I think he pretty much always wins. Usually cuz the cops didn’t do a good job finding the real killer. While I am sure there were isolated movie… --- ## [Interesting study: medical debt relief provides no meaningful value](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-study-medical-debt-relief-provides-no-meaningful-value/1000586)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2024, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-study-medical-debt-relief-provides-no-meaningful-value/1000586 "2024-04-21T22:59:26Z")
I found this NBER working paper interesting, though after some thought not so surprising. It’s a well-designed study in my opinion, and they worked closely with the relatively famous group RIP Medical Debt to do the a… --- ## [Parent Dopers: What Would Happen If Your Child Accidentally Walked Into The Wrong Restroom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parent-dopers-what-would-happen-if-your-child-accidentally-walked-into-the-wrong-restroom/1000585)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parent-dopers-what-would-happen-if-your-child-accidentally-walked-into-the-wrong-restroom/1000585 "2024-04-21T22:54:35Z")
Inspired by this thread. Putting aside matters of gender identity (because that’s not the discussion I want to have in this thread), in your child’s school, what would happen if they walked into the wrong restroom? Assum… --- ## [Not being selected for a jury](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-being-selected-for-a-jury/1000431)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-being-selected-for-a-jury/1000431 "2024-04-21T22:51:44Z")
I’ve been selected for a jury a couple of times, but I only sat through the trial the first time (back in the '80s). When the defendant’s attorney found out I worked in computers he said something like, ‘You know that t… --- ## [Screen Director's Playhouse: A Midsummer Daydream (1955) -- Script?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-directors-playhouse-a-midsummer-daydream-1955-script/1000590)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-directors-playhouse-a-midsummer-daydream-1955-script/1000590 "2024-04-21T21:48:39Z")
Here’s why I ask: Roy Glenn is credited as a Bootblack, but does not appear onscreen. With the exception of one quick outside scene the whole episode takes place in an office, so I don’t see where this character would … --- ## [Shrinkflation: France to force consumer disclosure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrinkflation-france-to-force-consumer-disclosure/1000529)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrinkflation-france-to-force-consumer-disclosure/1000529 "2024-04-21T20:59:31Z")
This article says the French government is going to force companies to tell consumers when they shrink a package without a corresponding reduction in price. Ideas like this warm the soul. But of course, significant red… --- ## [Breaking, Iran launching strike against Israel (4/13/2024)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-iran-launching-strike-against-israel-4-13-2024/1000244)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-iran-launching-strike-against-israel-4-13-2024/1000244 "2024-04-21T20:54:42Z")
For about the last two hours, major news organizations are reporting that Iran has launched perhaps 100 drones against Israel, possibly to be followed by cruise missiles. The cable networks (including where I live,m BBC … --- ## [Incredible powers discovered/revealed on Star Trek that are used once and dismissed forever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-powers-discovered-revealed-on-star-trek-that-are-used-once-and-dismissed-forever/999963)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2024, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-powers-discovered-revealed-on-star-trek-that-are-used-once-and-dismissed-forever/999963 "2024-04-21T20:35:58Z")
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Elementary, Dear Data” (S2E3) it is revealed that the ship’s computer and holodeck are capable of literally creating sentient, intelligent life. While the character Moriarty… --- ## [Why does everything have to be so polarized these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everything-have-to-be-so-polarized-these-days/998918)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 219\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2024, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everything-have-to-be-so-polarized-these-days/998918 "2024-04-21T20:35:01Z")
I’ve noticed in recent years that everything seems to be becoming dramatically more polarized, and I’m being expected to “pick a side” more and more. I mean, it’s not like someone can have a middle of the road position … --- ## [On The Mixing Of Local Wildlife And Exotic Animals In Captivity (better explained on OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-mixing-of-local-wildlife-and-exotic-animals-in-captivity-better-explained-on-op/1000587)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-mixing-of-local-wildlife-and-exotic-animals-in-captivity-better-explained-on-op/1000587 "2024-04-21T19:10:40Z")
Here in the US, there are places where predatory, carnivorous/omnivorous animals that aren’t native to the area are kept in captivity: zoos, unethical animal habitats (think: Joe Exotic), quasi-ethical rescue animal habi… --- ## [Ancient Jawbone In Bathroom Tile--Possibly A Common Thing. (NEWSLINK)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-jawbone-in-bathroom-tile-possibly-a-common-thing-newslink/1000514)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2024, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-jawbone-in-bathroom-tile-possibly-a-common-thing-newslink/1000514 "2024-04-21T14:53:24Z")
We-well-well. A Dentist examined the travertine tile in his folks’ bathroom, and found the jawbone of a Neanderthal. And it might not be unique. NEWSLINK --- ## [Billy Joel actually releases a new song - Turn the Lights Back On](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-joel-actually-releases-a-new-song-turn-the-lights-back-on/996973)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-joel-actually-releases-a-new-song-turn-the-lights-back-on/996973 "2024-04-21T14:20:17Z")
River of Dreams was a big album for me when it was new. I don’t know how it is received by others, but I loved every single song on it. I have been disappointed that he basically retired from making new songs, but was gl… --- ## [Visiting Chiusi, recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-chiusi-recommendations/1000557)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-chiusi-recommendations/1000557 "2024-04-21T12:50:43Z")
I’ll be visiting friends near Chiusi, Italy in the near future, and would appreciate any recommendations of what to do. I’m not certain how much I’ll be staying with them, or whether I’ll rent a hotel room for a few days… --- ## [Did any soldiers in history ever used to put coleslaw inside their boots? My god, I have finally asked this question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-soldiers-in-history-ever-used-to-put-coleslaw-inside-their-boots-my-god-i-have-finally-asked-this-question/1000423)
**Author:** [@TJEckleburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJEckleburg)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2024, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-soldiers-in-history-ever-used-to-put-coleslaw-inside-their-boots-my-god-i-have-finally-asked-this-question/1000423 "2024-04-21T12:26:54Z")
When I was in the 6th grade- 11 years old- one of my classmates (who I think was possibly distantly related to German or Dutch- type ancestry) one day started saying “I need some coleslaw for my boots!” He kept repeating… --- ## [How to change the "guest" moniker in one's profile](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-change-the-guest-moniker-in-ones-profile/999909)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2024, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-change-the-guest-moniker-in-ones-profile/999909 "2024-04-21T11:52:34Z")
if that is possible at all … I messed around in the profile settings but without much success … --- ## [FAA investigating United for letting Rockies coach into cockpit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faa-investigating-united-for-letting-rockies-coach-into-cockpit/1000547)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2024, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faa-investigating-united-for-letting-rockies-coach-into-cockpit/1000547 "2024-04-21T11:11:37Z")
Video has come out of one of the coaches for the Colorado Rockies sitting in the cockpit of a United charter flight taking the team to Toronto. FAA is investigating apparent breach of security regs for cockpits. --- ## [Why is the fifth "suggested link" now going back several months?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-fifth-suggested-link-now-going-back-several-months/990140)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2024, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-fifth-suggested-link-now-going-back-several-months/990140 "2024-04-21T09:17:00Z")
I mean the five selected articles with the blue dots at the bottom of a thread, that suggest other articles to read: “New & Unread Topics”. For about a week now, the first four have been normal, ranging from threads th… --- ## [A problem with Tales From The Crypt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-problem-with-tales-from-the-crypt/1000556)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2024, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-problem-with-tales-from-the-crypt/1000556 "2024-04-21T06:43:48Z")
I am talking about the 1972 movie, starring Joan Collins and Peter Cushing. It is a tale of five evil people gathered in a crypt, telling their tales before being cast into The Pits Of Hell. The problem I have is the fo… --- ## [How common is it for chiropractors to insist on being called "Doctor"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-is-it-for-chiropractors-to-insist-on-being-called-doctor/1000454)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2024, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-is-it-for-chiropractors-to-insist-on-being-called-doctor/1000454 "2024-04-21T03:30:12Z")
I’ve not been to a chiropractor. I understand they go to special chiropractor school (is that correct?) . For those of you who go to chiropractor’s or who know this. Do they commonly or normally insist on being calle… --- ## [Cherry Hill, NJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cherry-hill-nj/91236)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2024, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cherry-hill-nj/91236 "2024-04-21T02:19:18Z")
Does anyone know of a rabbi ;j in Cherry Hill, NJ who is up on criminal charges - and they’re going for the death penalty? What’s the scoop here? Jinx --- ## [YouTube watchers, what do you watch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-watchers-what-do-you-watch/1000500)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2024, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-watchers-what-do-you-watch/1000500 "2024-04-21T01:42:47Z")
For those who have a bit of a YouTube habit, what do you watch? What do you subscribe to? If you hate it with a passion you’re welcome to say so, I won’t try and change your mind. I go for animal and nature-centric thi… --- ## [The Jinx: Robert Durst](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jinx-robert-durst/715089)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jinx-robert-durst/715089 "2024-04-20T21:53:54Z")
Anyone following this 6-part documentary series about the strange (and corpse-strewn) life of Robert Durst? It’s by the director who made the fictionalized account of Durst’s life, the disappearance of his wife, the murd… --- ## [Have you ever personally seen a celebrity tantrum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-personally-seen-a-celebrity-tantrum/1000379)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-personally-seen-a-celebrity-tantrum/1000379 "2024-04-20T20:15:16Z")
I can’t compete with the tantrums mentioned in the Grauniad below. But I did see a seriously annoyed (and very mediocre) Counting Crows lose it when they played at a general music festival where everyone knew and liked A… --- ## [Do inflation numbers account for shrinkflation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-inflation-numbers-account-for-shrinkflation/1000477)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-inflation-numbers-account-for-shrinkflation/1000477 "2024-04-20T19:24:46Z")
And can shrinkflation be accurately measured? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=580&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=582&state=watching)