# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=600&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 601 --- ## [2000 Democratic VP candidate Joe Lieberman has died at 82](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-democratic-vp-candidate-joe-lieberman-has-died-at-82/999479)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-democratic-vp-candidate-joe-lieberman-has-died-at-82/999479 "2024-03-30T00:27:26Z")
(If someone beat me to it, go ahead and merge the threads.) CNN is talking about it right now; they’re saying that he died from complications of a fall. RIP. https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/27/politics/joe-lieberman/index… --- ## [Weird Amazon Echo behavior](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-amazon-echo-behavior/999571)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-amazon-echo-behavior/999571 "2024-03-29T23:57:23Z")
Today at 11:00 a.m. CDT, all three of my Amazon Echoes began beeping at the same time. The pattern was boop-boop-boop (rest) boop-boop-boop (rest), and so on for about 5 minutes until I finally said “Alexa stop.” While i… --- ## [Oppenheimer (2023 Christopher Nolan film)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppenheimer-2023-christopher-nolan-film/987361)
**Author:** [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Replies:** 259\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppenheimer-2023-christopher-nolan-film/987361 "2024-03-29T22:23:27Z")
I thought there should be a full thread about this rather than just in the “Movies Seen Recently” thread. Opens today, though I saw it last night in 70mm IMAX and am going back to see it again tonight! Incredible film,… --- ## [The Thread Of Ridiculous Lies And Made Up Facts That Aren't Facts But Kinda Sound True](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-ridiculous-lies-and-made-up-facts-that-arent-facts-but-kinda-sound-true/684657)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 523\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-ridiculous-lies-and-made-up-facts-that-arent-facts-but-kinda-sound-true/684657 "2024-03-29T21:29:06Z")
I’ll start. Every week an average of 5400 Australians are killed by spiders, jellyfish, sharks, crocodiles, snakes and/or dingoes. --- ## [I'm curious what is going on with these spam emails](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-curious-what-is-going-on-with-these-spam-emails/999582)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-curious-what-is-going-on-with-these-spam-emails/999582 "2024-03-29T21:14:34Z")
I get a lot of duplicate spam emails but from different actual senders. The ones I’m curious about purport to be from CarShield. The subject line appears as "Important Message For You – Open Now! in a different font from… --- ## [The first girl I danced with apparently passed away 2 years ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-girl-i-danced-with-apparently-passed-away-2-years-ago/999347)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-girl-i-danced-with-apparently-passed-away-2-years-ago/999347 "2024-03-29T21:08:00Z")
Thinking a little about her because of a post in another thread, I just Googled her and very sadly found her obituary. She wasn’t my girlfriend, just a friend nice enough to dance with her nerdy friend. This was an 8th g… --- ## [Poll: Justin Fields and the 2023 Bears](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-justin-fields-and-the-2023-bears/987573)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 383\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-justin-fields-and-the-2023-bears/987573 "2024-03-29T21:01:13Z")
With training camp opening tomorrow, it’s a pivotal season for Bears QB Justin Fields. And, while no one expects the Bears to be serious contenders this year, it’s a key season for the team, too, because they could be on… --- ## [More better burgers like 5 Guys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-better-burgers-like-5-guys/998690)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-better-burgers-like-5-guys/998690 "2024-03-29T20:26:45Z")
We have had 5 Guys around here for some time but I have never warmed up to them. The are almost as expensive as burgers at a great bar and grill. Their fries are very expensive. The first time I had one I was looking at … --- ## [Viability of a two state Israel Palestine solution in the moderate term](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viability-of-a-two-state-israel-palestine-solution-in-the-moderate-term/996923)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viability-of-a-two-state-israel-palestine-solution-in-the-moderate-term/996923 "2024-03-29T20:15:44Z")
Pulling out from here. Let’s, I hope start out agreeing that it should be the goal, assuming security for all involved is adequately assure. Gaza is going to be hard pressed to rebuild and the mutual security trust tha… --- ## [What is this connector for a DC water pump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-connector-for-a-dc-water-pump/999562)
**Author:** [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-connector-for-a-dc-water-pump/999562 "2024-03-29T18:42:23Z")
And is there anything similarly sized that is more resistant to water? It’s in a high humidity environment and prone to corrosion. And if that direct link to the photo doe… --- ## [Do highways and/or rivers affect weather?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-highways-and-or-rivers-affect-weather/999209)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-highways-and-or-rivers-affect-weather/999209 "2024-03-29T17:13:14Z")
At least in the northeast, we often experience storms that move along certain highways. For example, the New Jersey Turnpike is often shown as the dividing line of where it might snow vs. where it may rain. Similarly, … --- ## [Do Some People Point With Their Lips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-some-people-point-with-their-lips/999531)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-some-people-point-with-their-lips/999531 "2024-03-29T16:37:33Z")
I like listening to comedy radio. Jo Koy is a frequent presence, known for his coming-of-age comedy, and perhaps gentle Taylor Swift burns at award shows. He talks a lot about his mother from the Philippines, and natio… --- ## [How were vehicles kept off the FS Key bridge before it collapsed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-were-vehicles-kept-off-the-fs-key-bridge-before-it-collapsed/999480)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-were-vehicles-kept-off-the-fs-key-bridge-before-it-collapsed/999480 "2024-03-29T16:33:41Z")
It seems that all the fatalities were those of workers on the bridge. While I did hear one very early report that mentioned “cars in the water,” I haven’t heard that repeated and I have heard news sources say that the ma… --- ## [Exaggerating bodies line by line](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exaggerating-bodies-line-by-line/999194)
**Author:** [@Amber13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber13)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exaggerating-bodies-line-by-line/999194 "2024-03-29T16:28:39Z")
Exaggerating the body refers the body being exaggerated than in real life and due to the use of line art, a non-fat character’s torso and limbs being thick or thin line by line by drawing big and small distances in the l… --- ## [Sigs! Remember them on the old board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigs-remember-them-on-the-old-board/999361)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigs-remember-them-on-the-old-board/999361 "2024-03-29T16:04:39Z")
One of the features on the old vBulletin board was custom signatures that would appear at the end of us oldtimers’ posts. Once you’d made up your own you could set it to appear always, or never, or (the preferred practi… --- ## [Two New Kitties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-new-kitties/705639)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-new-kitties/705639 "2024-03-29T15:52:02Z")
Meet three-month-old siblings Midnight and Jerry (aka Noone). --- ## [If your SO says they want to buy something, do you ask how much it costs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-so-says-they-want-to-buy-something-do-you-ask-how-much-it-costs/999155)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-so-says-they-want-to-buy-something-do-you-ask-how-much-it-costs/999155 "2024-03-29T14:27:34Z")
Basically what the title says. I’m fortunate that we are financially comfortable with income exceeding outgo. My wife handles the finances, so she knows what we have available. And I have nothing I’m wanting to buy th… --- ## [Pull-back toy car's mechanism can replace electric city cars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pull-back-toy-cars-mechanism-can-replace-electric-city-cars/999349)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pull-back-toy-cars-mechanism-can-replace-electric-city-cars/999349 "2024-03-29T13:22:45Z")
When you stop at a light, you simply drive your pull-back Prius backwards for 10 feet. When the light turns green you take your foot off the brake and shoot forward for a block or two. Repeat. Every kid who has played wi… --- ## [Help Needed: Cat pees on floor.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-needed-cat-pees-on-floor/253429)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-needed-cat-pees-on-floor/253429 "2024-03-29T13:01:27Z")
We have an elderly cat named Clapton. Much beloved, he has been with us almost 20 years. Over the last few months, he has taken to peeing, and sometimes crapping on the floor. He’s got a heart murmer, so no spanking. … --- ## [I Pit the ID-demanding GOP vote-suppressors (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-id-demanding-gop-vote-suppressors-part-2/999541)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-id-demanding-gop-vote-suppressors-part-2/999541 "2024-03-29T10:54:14Z")
Continuing the discussion from I Pit the ID-demanding GOP vote-suppressors (Part 1) - #11092 by Maserschmidt. Previous discussions: I Pit the ID-demanding GOP vote-suppressors (Part 1) --- ## [God Damn It, Netflix! Where’s the Rest of Brooklyn 99?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-it-netflix-where-s-the-rest-of-brooklyn-99/999412)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-it-netflix-where-s-the-rest-of-brooklyn-99/999412 "2024-03-29T04:28:41Z")
Just seasons 1-4? As they say on Resident Alien, this is some BULLSHIT! --- ## [Book titles with deliberate or meaningful misspellings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-titles-with-deliberate-or-meaningful-misspellings/999476)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-titles-with-deliberate-or-meaningful-misspellings/999476 "2024-03-29T03:12:17Z")
Two that come to mind: Pet Sematary by Stephen King and Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge, both of which have a plot-specific meaning. Other examples? --- ## [I Pit the ID-demanding GOP vote-suppressors (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-id-demanding-gop-vote-suppressors-part-1/624943)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 11091\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-id-demanding-gop-vote-suppressors-part-1/624943 "2024-03-29T02:28:26Z")
You’re all worthless motherfucking liars with the civic virtue of a sewer-rat’s tapeworm. “Voter fraud” is a non-problem and you know it. The Dems don’t want undocumented immigrants to vote any more than you do, and yo… --- ## [If Texas seceded, how far up shit creek would they be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-texas-seceded-how-far-up-shit-creek-would-they-be/996644)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-texas-seceded-how-far-up-shit-creek-would-they-be/996644 "2024-03-29T02:07:06Z")
Or they be just fine and/or dandy? I can imagine borders between Texas and other states closing, restricting interstate commerce, so I am wondering how self-sustaining they actually are, among other things. --- ## [NFL+ for baseball](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-for-baseball/999533)
**Author:** [@LoneRhino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoneRhino)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-for-baseball/999533 "2024-03-29T00:59:58Z")
With NFL+ I can watch games anytime after the game has ended, allowing me to watch games on my own schedule. Is there anything similar for baseball? --- ## [Was this song the theme to The Rockford Files?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-song-the-theme-to-the-rockford-files/999220)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-song-the-theme-to-the-rockford-files/999220 "2024-03-29T00:14:46Z")
Was Billy Preston’s Space Race the theme to The Rockford Files? And since this one question does not seem worthy enough for its own thread, a coupla bonus questions. Please add and/or answer questions if you like. I’m s… --- ## [How much paver base do you really need?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-paver-base-do-you-really-need/999489)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2024, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-paver-base-do-you-really-need/999489 "2024-03-28T22:48:23Z")
I am rebuilding a pathway using brick about an inch thick. I see everyone says for a walkway to use 4" - 6" of paver base but that seems like a lot. I have clay soil underneath and I’m thinking Big Base just wants me t… --- ## [No, I DON'T want you to translate that!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-dont-want-you-to-translate-that/999439)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-dont-want-you-to-translate-that/999439 "2024-03-28T22:09:23Z")
This might be too mild for a pitting, but I play around with studying languages. I’m no great linguist, I just enjoy learning about languages, it’s brain exercise. As part of that I sometimes go to websites, especially… --- ## [What’s the significance of the zeroth law of thermodynamics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-significance-of-the-zeroth-law-of-thermodynamics/999484)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-significance-of-the-zeroth-law-of-thermodynamics/999484 "2024-03-28T22:03:18Z")
The zeroth law states that if 2 systems are in thermodynamic equilibrium with a third system, then they are in equilibrium with each other. I assume that this is really important since it’s a law but it seems akin to say… --- ## ["I intend to write a strongly worded letter to the White Star Line about all of this", James Cameron's Titanic released 25 years ago today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-intend-to-write-a-strongly-worded-letter-to-the-white-star-line-about-all-of-this-james-camerons-titanic-released-25-years-ago-today/976818)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-intend-to-write-a-strongly-worded-letter-to-the-white-star-line-about-all-of-this-james-camerons-titanic-released-25-years-ago-today/976818 "2024-03-28T21:30:55Z")
Gonna destroy two decades of built-up SDMB cred to do a 25th anniversary appreciation thread about one of my favorite movies, the only movie I paid full price to see 5 times, and… up until Tarantino’s Grindhouse… was the… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=599&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=601&state=watching)