# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=588&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 589 --- ## [The Positivity Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-positivity-thread/999885)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-positivity-thread/999885 "2024-04-12T21:29:50Z")
I’m growing so tired of negativity I thought I’d see how a thread about things you like would go. I’m posting it in CS, because I’m mostly thinking about movies, books, music, cuisine etc, but an occasional non CS topic … --- ## [What would you do? Key left in trunk lock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-key-left-in-trunk-lock/1000106)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-key-left-in-trunk-lock/1000106 "2024-04-12T19:58:47Z")
This morning, I was waiting in the supermarket parking lot for them to deliver my grocery order, when I noticed a car nearby that had a key stuck in the trunk lock. What would you do, if anything? I could imagine the o… --- ## [Ring Doorbells](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-doorbells/1000206)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-doorbells/1000206 "2024-04-12T19:26:07Z")
I’ve watched some police type shows. They show alot of videos from Ring Doorbells. Many crimes are committed and recorded. From traffic things, porch pirates and assaults. If the homeowner submits these videos to Police… --- ## [What does "following your gut" feel like to you? How did you learn to "trust your gut"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-following-your-gut-feel-like-to-you-how-did-you-learn-to-trust-your-gut/1000103)
**Author:** [@NegativeZer0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NegativeZer0)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2024, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-following-your-gut-feel-like-to-you-how-did-you-learn-to-trust-your-gut/1000103 "2024-04-12T19:22:51Z")
As the title said, I am curious how folks have “gone with their gut intuition”, especially in circumstances where they are faced with tough decisions or life-altering changes. Some thoughts/prompts for discussion: What… --- ## [Antivaxers are now advocating for not giving rabies vaccines because it shortens the life and causes autism...in dogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antivaxers-are-now-advocating-for-not-giving-rabies-vaccines-because-it-shortens-the-life-and-causes-autism-in-dogs/999979)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2024, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antivaxers-are-now-advocating-for-not-giving-rabies-vaccines-because-it-shortens-the-life-and-causes-autism-in-dogs/999979 "2024-04-12T19:22:11Z")
I don’t even know what to say… --- ## [Why do all episodes of Perry Mason have a murder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-episodes-of-perry-mason-have-a-murder/1000008)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-episodes-of-perry-mason-have-a-murder/1000008 "2024-04-12T18:52:44Z")
It’s not called the “Perry Mason Murder Hour”; some of the crimes involved are much more interesting than murder. I get tired of the bad people not receiving justice through the system instead of gettin’ murderized. Tha… --- ## [Starship Simulator - singleplayer Elite Dangerous?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starship-simulator-singleplayer-elite-dangerous/999572)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starship-simulator-singleplayer-elite-dangerous/999572 "2024-04-12T17:57:23Z")
First look video for a new game I’ve heard nothing about: Yet another Space Simulator, but this one seems really interesting. The question is whether like most recent space sims they overpromise and under… --- ## [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… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=587&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=589&state=tracking)