# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=586&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 587 --- ## [Today I was annoyed by](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-was-annoyed-by/1000252)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-was-annoyed-by/1000252 "2024-04-15T22:59:15Z")
Not sure if we currently have an annoyances/ pet peeves thread but if so I couldn’t find it. So here goes. Traffic in the right lane is going ridiculously slow. The left lane is open so I move over to pass. Once I do, s… --- ## [Almost three years into my job and haven't been fired yet...is it time to move on anyway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-three-years-into-my-job-and-havent-been-fired-yet-is-it-time-to-move-on-anyway/997892)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-three-years-into-my-job-and-havent-been-fired-yet-is-it-time-to-move-on-anyway/997892 "2024-04-15T22:23:35Z")
So this is actually the fourth in a series of topics I’ve posted, mulling over my current job (now going on almost three years). New job going so well it has me concerned Job still going well after almost 2 years…still… --- ## [Please settle this disagreement between me and my wife -- let's get between the sheets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-settle-this-disagreement-between-me-and-my-wife-lets-get-between-the-sheets/999146)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-settle-this-disagreement-between-me-and-my-wife-lets-get-between-the-sheets/999146 "2024-04-15T21:58:44Z")
So, thanks for following the click-bait subject line. Here’s the deal: My wife and I have a disagreement about the proper way to put linens on the bed. We’ve been together for more than thirty years. When I put the s… --- ## [Algebraic proof of De Morgan's Laws](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/algebraic-proof-of-de-morgans-laws/1000294)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/algebraic-proof-of-de-morgans-laws/1000294 "2024-04-15T21:55:33Z")
My Discrete Math book (Epp, 5th edition) has a list of properties of the union and intersection operations for sets. The first five properties listed are the commutative laws for union and intersection, the associative … --- ## [Birthday candle numbers--which numeral is sold the most?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-candle-numbers-which-numeral-is-sold-the-most/1000304)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-candle-numbers-which-numeral-is-sold-the-most/1000304 "2024-04-15T21:51:29Z")
I just attended a birthday party for a 12 year old. With a typical kid’s chocolate cake, horrible bright blue frosting–and three, yes three, candles: the numerals 3,4, and 5. I asked why, and the kid’s younger sister(a… --- ## [Guy on a Missile: What effect on the missile?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-on-a-missile-what-effect-on-the-missile/1000296)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-on-a-missile-what-effect-on-the-missile/1000296 "2024-04-15T21:48:01Z")
In various movies, a person finds themselves on a bomb or missile. To what degree would that effect the aerodynamics of the missile? Of course this is going to depend on the missile, so let’s say: Minuteman III/Titan … --- ## [Dune Part 2 Question (Spoilers…I guess)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dune-part-2-question-spoilers-i-guess/998360)
**Author:** [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dune-part-2-question-spoilers-i-guess/998360 "2024-04-15T20:50:58Z")
Does everything in Part 2 take place in less than 9 months? --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter R and were released on or after January 1, 2000? See rules in OP \[Final poll\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-r-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll/999924)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-r-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll/999924 "2024-04-15T19:42:47Z")
RULES: Submissions must begin with the letter R . 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 relea… --- ## ["Horrible" companies that you love](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-companies-that-you-love/977561)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-companies-that-you-love/977561 "2024-04-15T19:33:15Z")
In fact, they can be so horrible that they are positively evil. But what are the companies of which you are 1%ers? Meaning you are not in the 99% of the population that hates, despises and loathes the company. You don… --- ## [What didn’t he like? (Paul Simon, Sound of Silence)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-didn-t-he-like-paul-simon-sound-of-silence/999598)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-didn-t-he-like-paul-simon-sound-of-silence/999598 "2024-04-15T18:54:46Z")
I’m a fan of S&G’s music but I read somewhere, or saw somewhere, that there was a line in the song and Paul Simon didn’t like it. Apparently he loathed it so much that he hated to sing the entire song, just because of th… --- ## [Were there any African American combat engineers/sappers on the Western Front in WWI?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-there-any-african-american-combat-engineers-sappers-on-the-western-front-in-wwi/1000314)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-there-any-african-american-combat-engineers-sappers-on-the-western-front-in-wwi/1000314 "2024-04-15T18:00:08Z")
Were there any African American combat engineers/sappers on the Western Front in WWI? I couldn’t find any reference to any online. Could it have been one of the jobs not permitted them by the AEF? --- ## [Is it possible to have unwanted phone sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-unwanted-phone-sex/989984)
**Author:** [@cincinnatus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cincinnatus)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-unwanted-phone-sex/989984 "2024-04-15T17:51:58Z")
Mel Tucker, Michigan State University coach, is accused of sexual harassment by Brenda Tracy. Tracy works with sports programs talking to athletes about sexual violence and is a rape survivor. These details come from a S… --- ## [Do you use a phone holster?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-phone-holster/1000054)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-phone-holster/1000054 "2024-04-15T17:06:49Z")
poll This thread in factual questions: Resulted in several posters describing that they use phone holsters. I think I quit using a holster once I adopted the iPhone in 2008 and gave up my Blackberry. We have about 6,… --- ## [It's Time to Let My Dog Go](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-let-my-dog-go/986437)
**Author:** [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-let-my-dog-go/986437 "2024-04-15T15:48:19Z")
Way back in 2006, I came home to hear the barking of a puppy under my house. Not being a monster, I was prepared to crawl under the house in order to rescue the puppy, but thankfully he ran right into my arms when I cal… --- ## [How far does the “My life or theirs” argument go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-does-the-my-life-or-theirs-argument-go/1000211)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-does-the-my-life-or-theirs-argument-go/1000211 "2024-04-15T14:24:08Z")
Most people believe it would be morally right and justified to kill someone to save yourself or someone else because it’s basic self defense whether the person you’re killing did anything or not. What about the moral pe… --- ## [Word from old newspaper clipping-- "cblige"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-from-old-newspaper-clipping-cblige/1000286)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-from-old-newspaper-clipping-cblige/1000286 "2024-04-15T10:26:32Z")
In this Buzzfeed list, in number 27, letters to Santa from 1897, one kid wants some candy and cblige. “Cblige” is obviously a typo, but I haven’t been able to think up what it was supposed to be. --- ## [Trying To Remember This Series of SNL Sketches (Commercials for Bizarro Music/Art Fests With Random Band Names, etc.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-this-series-of-snl-sketches-commercials-for-bizarro-music-art-fests-with-random-band-names-etc/1000288)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-this-series-of-snl-sketches-commercials-for-bizarro-music-art-fests-with-random-band-names-etc/1000288 "2024-04-15T07:38:17Z")
SNL did a handful of these sketches from c. 1998 - c. 2007. Horation Sanz was in at least one, Jason Sudeikis in at least one, and Amy Poehler in at least one WITH Jason Sudeikis. The premise was that it was a commercial… --- ## [(Old) The Apocalyptic MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-apocalyptic-mmp/1000001)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 310\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-apocalyptic-mmp/1000001 "2024-04-15T06:07:15Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 55 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 80 and mostly N.O.S. for the day. Not much shakin’ here today. OYKW has a doc appointment at eight-thirty. Well, it’s … --- ## [If I started a new cigarette company…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-started-a-new-cigarette-company/1000292)
**Author:** [@Midtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Midtown)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-started-a-new-cigarette-company/1000292 "2024-04-15T04:23:11Z")
I used organic tobacco. I wouldn’t advertise to children, or anyone. Maybe just get small retailers to carry my product and hoped to expand over time. I would prominently warn about the health and addiction risks. I wo… --- ## [Did Any MMORPGs Acknowledge The Eclipse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-mmorpgs-acknowledge-the-eclipse/1000287)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-mmorpgs-acknowledge-the-eclipse/1000287 "2024-04-14T21:37:10Z")
World of Warcraft has events every year that somewhat coincide with events on the calendar, such as Greatfather Winter missions around Christmas, etc. Similarly, Red Dead Online has Halloween and Christmas events, and pr… --- ## [What trouble might arise from switching a W-2 employee to 1099 contractor status and then back to W-2?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-trouble-might-arise-from-switching-a-w-2-employee-to-1099-contractor-status-and-then-back-to-w-2/1000258)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-trouble-might-arise-from-switching-a-w-2-employee-to-1099-contractor-status-and-then-back-to-w-2/1000258 "2024-04-14T21:10:36Z")
I’ve been offered a job by a company in the US, but I had been planning to spend a year or so in Taiwan. They offered to let me work remotely in America first for a few months as W-2, then switch over to 1099 status whil… --- ## [Really odd food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-odd-food/1000261)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-odd-food/1000261 "2024-04-14T18:56:03Z")
I am related to the noted onmnivore and zoöphagist Frank Buckland. From Wikipedia: I am an extraordinarily consumer of weird food. Roast whole fieldmice? Check. Crayfish eggs? Check. Rock Hyrax? Check. That was a slig… --- ## [10th amendment fever dream](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10th-amendment-fever-dream/1000234)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10th-amendment-fever-dream/1000234 "2024-04-14T18:15:27Z")
“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” The alternate history which is to come: For many reaso… --- ## [Red light under penumbra](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-light-under-penumbra/1000027)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-light-under-penumbra/1000027 "2024-04-14T18:06:42Z")
What was the ruby dot at the bottom of the penumbra during the April 8 eclipse? --- ## [How much hair has there been?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-hair-has-there-been/1000213)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2024, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-hair-has-there-been/1000213 "2024-04-14T16:58:07Z")
Hair lasts a long time (compared to most other tissues) because few things break it down. What if nothing broke it down, and all hair that hasn’t been destroyed by heat was still around? How about an estimated mass? --- ## [Soup and \[what?\] - also, what is soup to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soup-and-what-also-what-is-soup-to-you/998845)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soup-and-what-also-what-is-soup-to-you/998845 "2024-04-14T16:50:00Z")
Just curious to know what various expectations might exist in different places for something commonly offered with soup This might be either just a conventional default pairing - soup and a bread roll would I think be t… --- ## [What is your favourite funny novel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-funny-novel/998832)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-funny-novel/998832 "2024-04-14T16:36:56Z")
This NYT free article had me questioning what my favourite funny novel is. They give their 22 opinions. I’ve only read six of them, and have never even seen or heard of many of their recommendations. --- ## [Peak "Americana"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peak-americana/1000241)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peak-americana/1000241 "2024-04-14T14:36:05Z")
When, where and by whom did Americana peak? my peronal take: 2nd half of the 70ies, Bob Seeger IMHO it doesn’t get more americana than Seeger … Bruce is a distant 2nd … --- ## [What was the highest category of Croix de Guerre in WWI bronze palm or gold palm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-highest-category-of-croix-de-guerre-in-wwi-bronze-palm-or-gold-palm/1000264)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-highest-category-of-croix-de-guerre-in-wwi-bronze-palm-or-gold-palm/1000264 "2024-04-14T14:25:59Z")
What was the highest category of Croix de Guerre in WWI bronze palm or gold palm? Neither Wikipedia nor Britannica mention it. Is there a Croix de Guerre with a gold palm ? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/rememb… --- ## [What does Contingent mean for Beneficiary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-contingent-mean-for-beneficiary/999980)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2024, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-contingent-mean-for-beneficiary/999980 "2024-04-14T13:38:32Z")
Filling out a Annuity claim form and the beneficiaries. It has 2 primary with percents and 1 contingent with a percent I’m not sure what contingent means in this context? Webster says depending on That’s not very hel… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=585&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=587&state=tracking)