# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=590 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 591 --- ## [Win Lottery --\> Get Famous Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-lottery-get-famous-friends/999337)
**Author:** [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-lottery-get-famous-friends/999337 "2024-04-10T02:33:14Z")
Let’s say you win really big in the lottery. And you decide you want to become friends with celebrities because you can now afford to do things only rich celebrities get to do, and if they’re your friend they’ll invit… --- ## [Oxford High school shooting in Michigan \[1-DEC-2021\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxford-high-school-shooting-in-michigan-1-dec-2021/955294)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 201\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxford-high-school-shooting-in-michigan-1-dec-2021/955294 "2024-04-10T01:10:39Z")
WOW. Can you imagine this genius move? Apparently, the kids in a barricaded room during the Oxford High school shooting had someone claiming to be a sheriff’s deputy trying to get them to open the door. The kids notic… --- ## [NHL February 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2024/996966)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2024/996966 "2024-04-10T01:04:01Z")
Starting off February with a trade as the Calgary Flames waive the white flag and begin a rebuild as they trade Elias Lindholm to the Canucks who are all in for this season. It’ll be almost impossible for Vancouver to lo… --- ## [I pit ColdBrew50](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-coldbrew50/999912)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-coldbrew50/999912 "2024-04-10T00:04:39Z")
This idiot and clear troll popped up on my radar in a P&A thread, quickly moved to a general Pit thread which both he and I were polluting with insults. So this is one dedicated to that particular poster. @ColdBrew50 … --- ## [Mod Notes Adding Up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-notes-adding-up/999840)
**Author:** [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-notes-adding-up/999840 "2024-04-09T23:50:13Z")
In a recent suspension announcement mention was made about the number of mod notes a poster had received. Sometimes a poster will come to ATMB and complain about a mod note, and the general response is: Hey don’t worry… --- ## [Republican outreach to Black/LGBTQ voters-will it be successful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-outreach-to-black-lgbtq-voters-will-it-be-successful/1000002)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-outreach-to-black-lgbtq-voters-will-it-be-successful/1000002 "2024-04-09T22:45:54Z")
Melania Trump is hosting a fundraiser for the Log Cabin Republicans at Mar-a-lago, and Tim Scott has a new video series aimed at Black male voters. Will these peel off any voters? Admittedly these are MSMBC links and so… --- ## [What accounts for the trend away from newspaper obits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accounts-for-the-trend-away-from-newspaper-obits/999819)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accounts-for-the-trend-away-from-newspaper-obits/999819 "2024-04-09T22:07:18Z")
I’ve noticed our local newspaper often has just a handful of obits, and it’s not unusual to go a day or two between obits listings. Previously, going back several years, there were always obits. Ten would be a rather l… --- ## [Late 60s/Early 70s Spaghetti Commercial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-60s-early-70s-spaghetti-commercial/1000034)
**Author:** [@ZomZom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZomZom)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-60s-early-70s-spaghetti-commercial/1000034 "2024-04-09T22:02:44Z")
I remember a commercial from my youth in the late 60s/early 70s where a boy with dark hair is running through the streets of his village to ring a church bell and announce lunch. I think it was Chef Boyardee or something… --- ## [Monthly Photo Competition #16 – March 2024 – “Patterns” {Poll added}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-16-march-2024-patterns-poll-added/998719)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-16-march-2024-patterns-poll-added/998719 "2024-04-09T21:56:54Z")
This is the monthly thread for March, 2024. The topic this month is “Patterns”, chosen by Mean\_Mr.Mustard Please note: The general rules for the competition are here. One entry per person per month . To make the photo… --- ## [ColdBrew50 has been banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldbrew50-has-been-banned/1000062)
**Author:** [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldbrew50-has-been-banned/1000062 "2024-04-09T21:19:51Z")
ColdBrew50 has been banned for trolling. Note that some posts that were considered to be trolling have been removed. Since they are not publicly viewable they have not been linked to here. Link to visible warning: Th… --- ## [What are these old grocery carts called?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-old-grocery-carts-called/999883)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-old-grocery-carts-called/999883 "2024-04-09T20:32:00Z")
I was just thinking about the special grocery carts used by bagboys back in the Cretaceous and groceries were in brown paper bags. They were square, upright, and had two layers seperated by a folding shelf. I think they … --- ## [Can an NDA be ignored in court?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-nda-be-ignored-in-court/999379)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-nda-be-ignored-in-court/999379 "2024-04-09T19:59:43Z")
Suppose a person signs an NDA. Then, that person is asked to testify in court in a criminal case regarding the acts covered in the NDA. Can the events and acts that were not to be disclosed according to the agreement t… --- ## [How do you pronounce height?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-height/999908)
**Author:** [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-height/999908 "2024-04-09T19:04:17Z")
strong text --- ## [Has Francis been doing a good job as Pope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-francis-been-doing-a-good-job-as-pope/983265)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-francis-been-doing-a-good-job-as-pope/983265 "2024-04-09T16:33:32Z")
I’m not a Catholic, so I don’t know everything news-wise coming out of the Holy City. As a Pope and reformer (or so he was advertised) has Francis done a good job? This thread was sparked by an article I just read talkin… --- ## [Jon Stewart returns to The Daily Show! (Not for Politics, see P&E thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-returns-to-the-daily-show-not-for-politics-see-p-e-thread/996614)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-returns-to-the-daily-show-not-for-politics-see-p-e-thread/996614 "2024-04-09T15:50:09Z")
I may have missed this being posted somewhere else, but I think this is terrific! There is no one like Stewart and IMHO he made The Daily Show what it was like no one else could. And now, he’s back! OK, to be fair, he… --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter Q, V, X, or Z and were released on or after January 1, 2000? See rules in OP \[Final Poll added\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-q-v-x-or-z-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/999788)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-q-v-x-or-z-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/999788 "2024-04-09T14:38:45Z")
Submissions must begin with the letter Q, V, X, or Z . 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 r… --- ## [The Panama Papers - Mossack Fonseca leak](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-panama-papers-mossack-fonseca-leak/751136)
**Author:** [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-panama-papers-mossack-fonseca-leak/751136 "2024-04-09T13:21:06Z")
A German newspaper, Süddeutsche Zeitung, just released the “Panama Papers”. A 2.6 terabyte document dump exposing over two hundred thousand of offshore shell companies. USA Today is also reporting on this story. A mu… --- ## [If Quantum Leap were remade today...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-quantum-leap-were-remade-today/835961)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-quantum-leap-were-remade-today/835961 "2024-04-09T12:59:17Z")
…and you assume Sam is the same age as Scott Bakula was when the first one premiered, the earliest year they could leap to is 1984. --- ## [Where is this \[location shown in the movie Homegrown\]?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-this-location-shown-in-the-movie-homegrown/744328)
**Author:** [@TheSundial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSundial)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-this-location-shown-in-the-movie-homegrown/744328 "2024-04-09T10:37:47Z")
I spent multiple hours on Google Earth spanning the California coast to find this location. From Santa Cruz to Crescent City, CA; It’s too rocky to be too near L.A. and I don’t think filming locations would expand into … --- ## [Would the unfiltered sun destroy a video camera with long lens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-unfiltered-sun-destroy-a-video-camera-with-long-lens/1000021)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-unfiltered-sun-destroy-a-video-camera-with-long-lens/1000021 "2024-04-09T04:21:52Z")
So, on Apollo 12, Alan Bean famously destroyed the mission color video camera by inadvertently pointing it at the sun. That camera had a delicate image pickup tube that got obliterated, killing surface video of the missi… --- ## [“Want to earn money? Steal beer!”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-earn-money-steal-beer/999949)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-earn-money-steal-beer/999949 "2024-04-09T01:07:36Z")
According to this article, you could make 100K a night. I didn’t know Modelo was so valuable. --- ## [Monsters At Work, series sequel to Monsters, Inc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monsters-at-work-series-sequel-to-monsters-inc/945942)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monsters-at-work-series-sequel-to-monsters-inc/945942 "2024-04-09T00:42:57Z")
The new series Monsters At Work has started streaming. A mostly “below decks” show addressing the difficulties in the switch in business models from screams to laughter after the events of Monsters, Inc., with some emplo… --- ## [How do I turn off pop-up news videos?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-turn-off-pop-up-news-videos/1000018)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-turn-off-pop-up-news-videos/1000018 "2024-04-09T00:05:05Z")
The past little while, I’ve noticed a very annoying feature on both Chrome and Safari - when I’m browsing a news item in text, a pop-up video often starts with a newsreader reading the same story. I don’t want that. Is… --- ## [Thoughts on the 2024 college basketball postseason](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-the-2024-college-basketball-postseason/998996)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-the-2024-college-basketball-postseason/998996 "2024-04-08T23:54:44Z")
This isn’t so much about the NCAA men’s and women’s tournaments, although feel free to use this thread to discuss those. I am thinking more about what appears to be a mess with the other five tournaments. Men’s NIT For… --- ## [Classic Rock Song with the lyrics "Now or Never"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-song-with-the-lyrics-now-or-never/999854)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-song-with-the-lyrics-now-or-never/999854 "2024-04-08T23:39:46Z")
I hear this rock song on classic Rock stations all the time but just never knew the actual title, the problem is if you Google Now Or Never you get a bunch of unrelated songs titled that and I think Now or Never is just … --- ## [Stage Magicians are cheapskates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stage-magicians-are-cheapskates/999990)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stage-magicians-are-cheapskates/999990 "2024-04-08T22:37:20Z")
Once, a Magician asked me to pick a card. I asked, “If I was greedy, could I pick two cards?” He replied “No. Only one card.” I then asked, “After I pick the card, do I get to keep it? To take home?” He asked me to l… --- ## [Imaginary friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginary-friends/999755)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginary-friends/999755 "2024-04-08T21:11:05Z")
There’s a new film coming out, called “IF” which assume Imaginary friends were real. Cool, and imaginary friends being real has been done before. But IIRC, I didnt have one, and I was an only child. Is having an imagin… --- ## [Bomb threats and evacuations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-threats-and-evacuations/999774)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-threats-and-evacuations/999774 "2024-04-08T19:20:18Z")
Sometimes places are evacuated based on bomb threats. I understand the reasoning, that it is just something we cannot afford being wrong about. But it strikes me as a very easy way to have someone expend resources. What… --- ## ["Small Font" Font issues with Windows 10 & 11 in Paint or Word](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-font-font-issues-with-windows-10-11-in-paint-or-word/994145)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-font-font-issues-with-windows-10-11-in-paint-or-word/994145 "2023-12-06T14:41:41Z")
So my Win 11 PC has Small Fonts Regular loaded in the Fonts Folder. But neither Word nor Paint can access this Font. For 20+ years this was invaluable in Paint in making maps as a readable very tiny font. Size 6 was legi… --- ## [Nuclear-fusion power plants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-fusion-power-plants/933368)
**Author:** [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-fusion-power-plants/933368 "2024-04-08T17:39:07Z")
How far away are we from building functional fusion power plants? When we do, what will happen to the current big energy suppliers (e.g. oil, natural gas, coal)? https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/02/road-map-us-fusio… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=589) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=591)