# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=588 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 589 --- ## [How can I stop butt dialing the world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-stop-butt-dialing-the-world/999894)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2024, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-stop-butt-dialing-the-world/999894 "2024-04-12T17:56:58Z")
I have a new nickname… “King of the Butt Dials”. At least once per day, but usually three or four times per day, I butt dial someone. Often it’s the last person I’ve talked to, but it can be some random person I’ve spoke… --- ## [Enjoy canned salmon? Next time you eat it, try not to think about this!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoy-canned-salmon-next-time-you-eat-it-try-not-to-think-about-this/1000189)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoy-canned-salmon-next-time-you-eat-it-try-not-to-think-about-this/1000189 "2024-04-12T14:46:21Z")
Good luck not eying every bit suspiciously like it might be a worm. --- ## [My mother was defrauded by the cell phone company](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mother-was-defrauded-by-the-cell-phone-company/1000171)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mother-was-defrauded-by-the-cell-phone-company/1000171 "2024-04-12T13:34:26Z")
A year or two back, my mother and uncle got new cell phones. Their old ones were working just fine, but the rep falsely told them that they would soon stop working when 3G stopped being supported (their old phones were … --- ## [The Newest Totally Stupid Teenage Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-totally-stupid-teenage-game/1000151)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2024, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-totally-stupid-teenage-game/1000151 "2024-04-12T12:37:46Z")
Here in Chicagoland, where we have multiple shootings every day by mostly young people disguised in masks or hoodies or whatever, teenaged idiocity has come up with yet another new “game” that could get them injured or k… --- ## [I must have forgotten that I was wearing my “They Live” sunglasses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-have-forgotten-that-i-was-wearing-my-they-live-sunglasses/1000124)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2024, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-have-forgotten-that-i-was-wearing-my-they-live-sunglasses/1000124 "2024-04-12T11:08:31Z")
I saw this billboard today. Sorry about the crummy photo: \[Album\] imgur.com … --- ## [What's the coding for strikethrough text in this format?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-coding-for-strikethrough-text-in-this-format/994149)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2024, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-coding-for-strikethrough-text-in-this-format/994149 "2024-04-12T07:21:26Z")
Seems like a straightforward question, so I’ll just say TIA. Oh, also need answer fast. TIA. again. --- ## [What are your favorite parody songs NOT written by Weird Al Yankovic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2024, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360 "2024-04-12T05:29:37Z")
I love Weird Al and could list a dozen of his songs off the top of my head that are funny and brilliant. But are there songs by other artists that you like? The only parody artist I know of that comes close is Bob Rivers… --- ## [German Speakers: I'm looking for a harsh descriptive word for someone who is an outcast or reject](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-speakers-im-looking-for-a-harsh-descriptive-word-for-someone-who-is-an-outcast-or-reject/999907)
**Author:** [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2024, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-speakers-im-looking-for-a-harsh-descriptive-word-for-someone-who-is-an-outcast-or-reject/999907 "2024-04-12T05:16:36Z")
The protagonist in my novel is an outcast in his German town: despised, unwelcome, rejected by his neighbors. I need a pejorative German term for him. Not like “loser,” but something that captures his being ostracized by… --- ## [Questions on Civil War terminology : What did US Civil War soldiers call 'base camp' and if they had such a thing a general military hospital for more long-term convalescence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-civil-war-terminology-what-did-us-civil-war-soldiers-call-base-camp-and-if-they-had-such-a-thing-a-general-military-hospital-for-more-long-term-convalescence/1000041)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2024, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-civil-war-terminology-what-did-us-civil-war-soldiers-call-base-camp-and-if-they-had-such-a-thing-a-general-military-hospital-for-more-long-term-convalescence/1000041 "2024-04-12T04:06:16Z")
What did US Civil War soldiers call 1,. ‘base’/HQ’ and if they had such a thing 2. ‘a general military hospital’ far behind the battlefield for more long-term convalescence? I wasn’t able to find any such terminology onl… --- ## [Can Ohtani get his money back from the bookmaker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-ohtani-get-his-money-back-from-the-bookmaker/1000147)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-ohtani-get-his-money-back-from-the-bookmaker/1000147 "2024-04-12T00:59:33Z")
Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter (Ippei Mizuhara) is current negotiating a deal to plead guilty for stealing millions of dollars from Ohtani to pay his gambling debt. https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/10/sport/shohei-ohtani… --- ## [How long do fabric moth eggs remain viable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-fabric-moth-eggs-remain-viable/1000153)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-fabric-moth-eggs-remain-viable/1000153 "2024-04-11T23:35:48Z")
I have a moth eaten old wool blanket that i recently used to protect my floor while using an angle grinder. Then i pulled it out as something to sit on during the eclipse. And i noticed it was a lot MORE moth eaten than … --- ## [Gina Carano is ignorant AF, but cancel culture is really getting ridiculous](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gina-carano-is-ignorant-af-but-cancel-culture-is-really-getting-ridiculous/932694)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 986\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gina-carano-is-ignorant-af-but-cancel-culture-is-really-getting-ridiculous/932694 "2024-04-11T22:57:07Z")
For the record, I absolutely agree that her comparisons of conservatives to Jews’ treatment during Nazi Germany make her look as dumb as a wheelbarrow, but it was just a comment made out of ignorance. In case anyone’s … --- ## [King Kong and Godzilla (2024) Seen it thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-kong-and-godzilla-2024-seen-it-thread/999655)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-kong-and-godzilla-2024-seen-it-thread/999655 "2024-04-11T22:32:26Z")
Don’t remember the subtitle so I put the year. It was not bad. The polar opposite in tone from Godzilla Minus One (which is fine) and it reminded me of when I watched Godzilla movies as a kid in that the People stuff wa… --- ## [In golf, do you have to get out of the way of your own ball after an errant shot or can you let it hit you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-golf-do-you-have-to-get-out-of-the-way-of-your-own-ball-after-an-errant-shot-or-can-you-let-it-hit-you/1000108)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-golf-do-you-have-to-get-out-of-the-way-of-your-own-ball-after-an-errant-shot-or-can-you-let-it-hit-you/1000108 "2024-04-11T22:09:03Z")
If you were golfer and hit a ball that for some reason rolled back to you, do you have to get out of the way of the ball? Or can you stay still and let the ball touch you? For instance, your ball is near a water hazard.… --- ## [Can the term Juvenalian irony or satire be applied to the Fool's use of irony /satire in King Lear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-term-juvenalian-irony-or-satire-be-applied-to-the-fools-use-of-irony-satire-in-king-lear/999918)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-term-juvenalian-irony-or-satire-be-applied-to-the-fools-use-of-irony-satire-in-king-lear/999918 "2024-04-11T21:54:10Z")
Can the term ‘Juvenalian’ irony or satire be applied to the Fool’s use of irony /satire in King Lear? I have never seen it described that way anywhere on Google. --- ## [General Solar Eclipse Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-solar-eclipse-question/999837)
**Author:** [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-solar-eclipse-question/999837 "2024-04-11T21:20:14Z")
In looking at the paths of solar eclipses, I’ve noticed that the shape of the moon’s shadow on the Earth changes from an oval/ellipse to a circle and back to an oval/ellipse. See here: My question is: If one is with… --- ## [Anybody Use TurboTax Desktop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-use-turbotax-desktop/995959)
**Author:** [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-use-turbotax-desktop/995959 "2024-04-11T20:58:22Z")
For years (decades?) I’ve been using Intuit’s TurboTax desktop program to do my taxes and have never had a problem. Buy the disc or purchase download from Amazon, install on my computer and do my taxes. No problem This … --- ## [AV Club and related sites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/av-club-and-related-sites/1000169)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/av-club-and-related-sites/1000169 "2024-04-11T20:32:04Z")
The AV Club website seems to have changed recently. Previously the top of the page included links to sister sites like Gizmodo, Jalopnik, the Onion, the Root and the Takeout. I would start out reading the AV Club and the… --- ## [Extreme Closeups -- Got One To Share?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-closeups-got-one-to-share/1000071)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-closeups-got-one-to-share/1000071 "2024-04-11T19:34:33Z")
Here’s an extreme closeup of a cat’s tongue, in case you were wondering what it looks like. I bet y’all have some even better ones. --- ## [Checking in head injury when living alone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-in-head-injury-when-living-alone/1000112)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-in-head-injury-when-living-alone/1000112 "2024-04-11T19:21:27Z")
I tend to be a hypochondriac, so be warned. While on a staircase, I bent down to tie a shoelace. I got up at full speed and somehow banged my head against the hollow metal railing. I feel okay, but being somewhat hypoch… --- ## [If you go to Costco, get me some peanuts, a towel, and some gold, will you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-go-to-costco-get-me-some-peanuts-a-towel-and-some-gold-will-you/1000150)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-go-to-costco-get-me-some-peanuts-a-towel-and-some-gold-will-you/1000150 "2024-04-11T18:09:16Z")
It’s not the first place I’d check for precious metals, and I’d think they would tighten security. I’m assuming they don’t have it out on big shelves like the books and clothes. --- ## [99 Cents stores, The end is here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-cents-stores-the-end-is-here/999904)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-cents-stores-the-end-is-here/999904 "2024-04-11T17:31:09Z")
Too bad, that store really help me when I was unemployed for a few months 3 years ago. Now it will be Dollar General or Family Dollar. Both not generally a dollar, and unfamiliar with one dollar items. --- ## [Explain a charge of felony death to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-a-charge-of-felony-death-to-me/1000099)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-a-charge-of-felony-death-to-me/1000099 "2024-04-11T16:52:30Z")
Frank and Joe are robbing a store. Frank, for some reason, just blows away the clerk. They try to escape but get arrested. Joe had no idea Frank would kill the clerk. Why should Joe get charged with any kind of murder? O… --- ## [OJ Simpson dies of Cancer age 76](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-dies-of-cancer-age-76/1000161)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-dies-of-cancer-age-76/1000161 "2024-04-11T16:24:24Z")
OJ was a great running back. He’s among the best that ever played. Heisman trophy in 1968. I became a Bills fan when he played. Whatever his personal faults, I’ll always remember him on the field. RIP https://www.c… --- ## [Any electrical power Dopers here? What is this on the power pole?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-electrical-power-dopers-here-what-is-this-on-the-power-pole/1000123)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-electrical-power-dopers-here-what-is-this-on-the-power-pole/1000123 "2024-04-11T15:41:05Z")
About every eight poles, there was one that had this arrangement of wires- one connected to each power leg, then an insulator, then all connected to (ground?): … --- ## [Looking for President Wilson's "war to end the war' speech to Congress in 1917](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-president-wilsons-war-to-end-the-war-speech-to-congress-in-1917/999983)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-president-wilsons-war-to-end-the-war-speech-to-congress-in-1917/999983 "2024-04-11T15:10:35Z")
I’ve come across references to a speech given by President Wilson to Congress in which he uses the phrase ‘war to end the war’. I have not been able to track it down online. I hope someone can help me with this. --- ## [Exercises in magical thinking are a waste of mental effort](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercises-in-magical-thinking-are-a-waste-of-mental-effort/999832)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercises-in-magical-thinking-are-a-waste-of-mental-effort/999832 "2024-04-11T15:08:43Z")
We get a lot of “what if” threads here about what would happen if some fantasy/religious/magical thing had happened a different way. I always roll my eyes, say to myself “none of that stuff actually happened anyway” and … --- ## [Explain the ending of Dirk Gently's Detective Agency](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-ending-of-dirk-gentlys-detective-agency/220361)
**Author:** [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-ending-of-dirk-gentlys-detective-agency/220361 "2024-04-11T15:04:57Z")
I’m not well read on Coleridge poetry, so I’m not sure exactly what happened at the end. From what I gather, Dirk interrupts Coleridge and prevents him from finishing the poem that inspired Michael to be possessed by th… --- ## [Without Photoshop, can I eliminate lines in a photo I took?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-photoshop-can-i-eliminate-lines-in-a-photo-i-took/1000058)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-photoshop-can-i-eliminate-lines-in-a-photo-i-took/1000058 "2024-04-11T14:19:59Z")
Amateur model builder. Built a WW II airplane model, suspended it from some very thin monofilament and took some cool pictures of it against the sky. But, of course, the mono showed up. If I could find a way to erase … --- ## [Is it too late for America to Save Itself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-late-for-america-to-save-itself/1000023)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-late-for-america-to-save-itself/1000023 "2024-04-11T14:00:35Z")
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