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**Author:** [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kwyjibo/252091 "2024-04-19T02:04:23Z")
KWYJIBO Is this a Friends reference, maybe? Possibly playing scrabble? Help? (no, I’m not talking about the poster, KWYJIBO) --- ## [Lets discuss working from home vs working in the office](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-working-from-home-vs-working-in-the-office/999201)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-working-from-home-vs-working-in-the-office/999201 "2024-04-19T01:41:07Z")
I was talking with one of my young underdrones at work the other day about our new office “policy” that our people were expected to be in the office four days a week if they weren’t on a project. I say “policy” because … --- ## [Kennedy Family. (not political)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kennedy-family-not-political/1000476)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kennedy-family-not-political/1000476 "2024-04-19T00:51:04Z")
I saw the speech Kerry Kennedy made in their endorsement of Biden. I don’t care who they endorse. That’s not what this is about. What is up with their speech? I’m not dissing them. I suffer with speech impediment myse… --- ## [What strategies/tactics do you use to maintain your focus and productivity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-strategies-tactics-do-you-use-to-maintain-your-focus-and-productivity/1000478)
**Author:** [@NegativeZer0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NegativeZer0)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-strategies-tactics-do-you-use-to-maintain-your-focus-and-productivity/1000478 "2024-04-18T23:28:20Z")
Today, in the midst of my long winded procrastination and anxiety, I got to thinking: what are some of our community member’s “go-to” ways of maintaining focus, or getting their focus and concentration back after becomin… --- ## [Bob\_Blaylock hates Electric Vehicles and was happy to highjack a thread about it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-blaylock-hates-electric-vehicles-and-was-happy-to-highjack-a-thread-about-it/998798)
**Author:** [@Bob\_Blaylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Blaylock)\ **Replies:** 350\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-blaylock-hates-electric-vehicles-and-was-happy-to-highjack-a-thread-about-it/998798 "2024-04-18T20:56:11Z")
I’m a construction worker, and can expect to be sent to projects as far as eighty miles away from home. I live in an apartment, with no EV charger available to me, and no realistic possibility of having one installed … --- ## [Fallout Episode 4: The Ghouls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-episode-4-the-ghouls/1000139)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-episode-4-the-ghouls/1000139 "2024-04-18T20:29:56Z")
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… --- ## [Brand names that changed in everyday usage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brand-names-that-changed-in-everyday-usage/998123)
**Author:** [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brand-names-that-changed-in-everyday-usage/998123 "2024-04-18T19:39:58Z")
It’s common - unremarkable, even - for a company to start marketing a product under a new brand name. (E.g. Electrasol detergent tabs became Finish in 2009.) Are there any examples where consumers started calling a produ… --- ## [Recommend me some post-apocalyptic horror novels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-post-apocalyptic-horror-novels/985385)
**Author:** [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-post-apocalyptic-horror-novels/985385 "2024-04-18T19:38:54Z")
I’ve started re-reading Robert R. Mcammon’s “Swan Song” and decided to just make a whole themed reading playlist. I already have Brian Hodge’s “Dark Advent” and Skip/Specter’s “The Bridge” queued up. I also recently read… --- ## [Something attacking my spring blooms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-attacking-my-spring-blooms/1000435)
**Author:** [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-attacking-my-spring-blooms/1000435 "2024-04-18T19:37:33Z")
I planted around 40 bulbs last fall, and yesterday I was admiring the first of the tulips to open, a pink Mystic Van Eijk and two red and gold Banja Luka. Today, around 10 more of them are open, but 3 of them have been b… --- ## [Woman killed on safari in Zambia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-killed-on-safari-in-zambia/999896)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-killed-on-safari-in-zambia/999896 "2024-04-18T19:19:59Z")
A bull elephant attacked a vehicle full of tourists on a game drive in Kafue National Park in Zambia. A 79 year old woman from Minnesota was killed and five others injured, one of whom was hospitalized. The animals in t… --- ## [Why were the mountains wearing tarps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-the-mountains-wearing-tarps/1000332)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-the-mountains-wearing-tarps/1000332 "2024-04-18T18:49:49Z")
Spotted to the east of I-81, near Scranton PA, on Saturday. I glanced to the left, and saw that several of the mountains there appeared to basically be covered in absolutely ginormous black fabric. I know there’s coal m… --- ## [What specs would digital music have to have to be indistinguishable from analog?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-specs-would-digital-music-have-to-have-to-be-indistinguishable-from-analog/999851)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-specs-would-digital-music-have-to-have-to-be-indistinguishable-from-analog/999851 "2024-04-18T17:01:17Z")
I have heard about this war since the CD was invented. The main argument I hear about digital music is that the sampling rate is not good enough to match analog. What would the sampling rate have to be to produce music … --- ## [Why is the valuation so high for the SPAC merging with Truth Social?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-valuation-so-high-for-the-spac-merging-with-truth-social/999226)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-valuation-so-high-for-the-spac-merging-with-truth-social/999226 "2024-04-18T16:08:24Z")
Why is the SPAC merging with Truth Social valued at $42/ share when TS loses money hand over fist? Also, what’s the story on Digital World Acquisition Company, the SPAC in question? AIUI, its lifetime has exceeded two … --- ## [Best Synthoil at 0W-16?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-synthoil-at-0w-16/1000324)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-synthoil-at-0w-16/1000324 "2024-04-18T15:46:16Z")
Yes I watched Project Farm. I do my own oil changes every 5000 miles on my 2023 Highlander Hybrid which demands 0W-16 oil. Of note, my 10000mi and 20000mi are free at the stealership and I have those done there so it i… --- ## [Shotenfreude about Ohtani](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shotenfreude-about-ohtani/999460)
**Author:** [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shotenfreude-about-ohtani/999460 "2024-04-18T15:45:59Z")
So, baseball’s biggest star and the prize free agent of the Dodgers just got busted wiring $4.5 million to an illegal bookie, presumably to cover his losses. Initially, the explanation was that he gave the money to his … --- ## [ID this flag in the opening credits of The Monkees?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-flag-in-the-opening-credits-of-the-monkees/1000442)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-flag-in-the-opening-credits-of-the-monkees/1000442 "2024-04-18T15:36:43Z")
Obviously, this is one of the most important issues facing the world today. I was watching the opening credits to The Monkees and there’s a brief clip of them wheeling a bed across a street (at the seven second mark). T… --- ## [Members of the SDMB, my latest Darwin Award nominee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/members-of-the-sdmb-my-latest-darwin-award-nominee/1000199)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/members-of-the-sdmb-my-latest-darwin-award-nominee/1000199 "2024-04-18T14:13:36Z")
Is Darwin Awards still a thing? This dead dude qualifies. WTF was he thinking? He didn’t even make it across the highway. Evel Knievel and his son Robbie used math to calculate the ramp lengths and motorcycle speed to … --- ## [Podiumgate (Arkansas) - how big a deal is this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podiumgate-arkansas-how-big-a-deal-is-this/991245)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podiumgate-arkansas-how-big-a-deal-is-this/991245 "2024-04-18T13:51:10Z")
Josh Marshall over at TPM posted this story a couple days ago about something that may or may not be a brewing scandal down in Arkansas. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/lets-talk-about-podiumgate I’ll try to recap… --- ## [Am I really the only person to ever notice that Dan Abrams looks just like Seth Meyers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-really-the-only-person-to-ever-notice-that-dan-abrams-looks-just-like-seth-meyers/1000422)
**Author:** [@TJEckleburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJEckleburg)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-really-the-only-person-to-ever-notice-that-dan-abrams-looks-just-like-seth-meyers/1000422 "2024-04-18T13:33:36Z")
I was watching NewsNation last night, and this was probably the first time I’ve ever seen this guy, Dan Abrams. I was like, “Is Seth Meyers on NewsNation?! What?!” He looks almost exactly like Seth Meyers, which is iron… --- ## [Steve Rogers list for 21st Century music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-rogers-list-for-21st-century-music/1000273)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-rogers-list-for-21st-century-music/1000273 "2024-04-18T13:26:57Z")
Help me make a Steve Rogers list for 21st Century music. I like listening to music on long drives. My all day drives to and from the eclipse reminded me that I haven’t gotten any new music since Apple stopped the iTunes… --- ## [Can military tanks go backward as fast as forward?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-military-tanks-go-backward-as-fast-as-forward/1000414)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-military-tanks-go-backward-as-fast-as-forward/1000414 "2024-04-18T13:22:25Z")
Inspired by a side discussion here: Do military battle tanks have the ability to travel backwards as fast as they can travel forwards? I’m wondering whether, once you identify an asymmetry in the “footprint” on the g… --- ## [Can a state prosecutor subpoena an out of state witness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-state-prosecutor-subpoena-an-out-of-state-witness/1000245)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-state-prosecutor-subpoena-an-out-of-state-witness/1000245 "2024-04-18T12:46:29Z")
Can a witness wiith no property or job within a state be subpoenaed and forced to testify at a trial? I know there are extradition agreements between states for suspected criminals. A person is driving through a city … --- ## [How did Kurt Cobain's daughter end up meeting- and recently marrying- Tony Hawk's son?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-kurt-cobains-daughter-end-up-meeting-and-recently-marrying-tony-hawks-son/1000425)
**Author:** [@TJEckleburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJEckleburg)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-kurt-cobains-daughter-end-up-meeting-and-recently-marrying-tony-hawks-son/1000425 "2024-04-18T12:16:31Z")
Kurt Cobain’s only child (whom he had with Courtney Love)- Frances Bean Cobain- married Tony Hawk’s son, Riley Hawk, late last year. While I was typing that last sentence, the sidebar suggestions showed me that someone d… --- ## [Does anyone have an opinion on Millie Gibson being axed from "Doctor Who"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-an-opinion-on-millie-gibson-being-axed-from-doctor-who/996395)
**Author:** [@philipdalton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/philipdalton)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-an-opinion-on-millie-gibson-being-axed-from-doctor-who/996395 "2024-04-18T10:04:45Z")
According to one Facebook group she was actually axed from the science fiction show for being “too difficult” to work with. Whether there’s actually any truth in that I wouldn’t like to say as I’m not an expert on these… --- ## [Fischer v United States Oral Argument re: Jan 6th Obstruction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fischer-v-united-states-oral-argument-re-jan-6th-obstruction/1000396)
**Author:** [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fischer-v-united-states-oral-argument-re-jan-6th-obstruction/1000396 "2024-04-18T04:33:48Z")
What do you think about C1 and C2? Did what Elizabeth Prelogar said yesterday make sense where it covers peaceful protests? How about a ‘break in corruptly mens rea’; I was trying to understand how this applies to the Ja… --- ## [Why cold butter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cold-butter/1000377)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cold-butter/1000377 "2024-04-18T03:34:14Z")
It’s always irritated me when restaurants presented literally frozen butter–it’s useless! By the time the pats soften enough to spread (without tearing up the bread/rolls), the meal is over. I can understand storing butt… --- ## [Biodegradation of Plastics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biodegradation-of-plastics/1000366)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biodegradation-of-plastics/1000366 "2024-04-18T03:14:25Z")
Inspired by a post in another thread: We’ve only had plastics for a bit over a century. As noted by @puzzlegal, there are bacteria already evolving to eat it. Obviously, there are issues with plastics in water, too, a… --- ## [Today I learned: American Express has a "three-digit number on the back of the card"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-learned-american-express-has-a-three-digit-number-on-the-back-of-the-card/1000437)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-learned-american-express-has-a-three-digit-number-on-the-back-of-the-card/1000437 "2024-04-17T23:43:56Z")
This is as mundane and pointless as things get, but I must share: When you make a phone or online purchase with a credit card, you’re usually asked for “the three-digit number on the back of your card.” For MasterCard a… --- ## [Alabama retries failed execution with untried method (nitrogen)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-retries-failed-execution-with-untried-method-nitrogen/996572)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 347\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-retries-failed-execution-with-untried-method-nitrogen/996572 "2024-04-17T21:12:26Z")
Egad. I know the topic has come up a time or three in the boards. I spotted a thread from about 5 years back where Oklahoma was going to name that their primary method. They have not actually done so. Mississippi is s… --- ## [NBA 2023/24 Season](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2023-24-season/992093)
**Author:** [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2023-24-season/992093 "2024-04-17T21:01:38Z")
The new season officially kicked off last night with the defending champion Nuggets blowing out the Lakers and the Suns in a squeaker over the aging Warriors. Very much looking forward to seeing my Magic play tonight as … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=582&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=584&state=tracking)