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**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-attacks/999055 "2024-03-20T20:17:44Z")
Recently saw a dog walking along all skittish, looking this way and that, and when I asked the owner about it, she said it had been recently attacked by another dog. That got me to wondering - (never owned a dog, btw, s… --- ## [Tips for giving a cat pills, or how to effectively cover up the taste](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-giving-a-cat-pills-or-how-to-effectively-cover-up-the-taste/999003)
**Author:** [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-giving-a-cat-pills-or-how-to-effectively-cover-up-the-taste/999003 "2024-03-20T20:13:35Z")
So I need to give my cat two antibiotics (metronidazole/Flagyl and clarithromycin) twice a day and Pepcid once a day for 15 days. I first tried crushing them and mixing them with canned cat food and he barely touched it.… --- ## [What is SODA (all caps IT related acronym)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-soda-all-caps-it-related-acronym/999084)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-soda-all-caps-it-related-acronym/999084 "2024-03-20T19:45:13Z")
I got an email from a recruiter I’m part of the Trust in Soda Division here at … I look up Soda. Nothing. I ask Gemini (googles AI bot thingie) and it returns nothing whatsoever. Trust in SODA I cannot figure ou… --- ## [Compliments that make you wonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compliments-that-make-you-wonder/998916)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compliments-that-make-you-wonder/998916 "2024-03-20T19:42:37Z")
I was recently complimented, told I was intelligent and enlightened despite not having higher education. I didn’t really think about the further implications of it until later, but I had a couple different things going … --- ## [Consensual incest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consensual-incest/463709)
**Author:** [@mudkicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mudkicker)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consensual-incest/463709 "2024-03-20T19:41:57Z")
\[Hope this is the right forum; mods, please move if not. Thanks.\] Read this in the Sunday Times yesterday, about a girl who had sex with her brother several times in their teens. Responses seem to be divided between ‘… --- ## [Why is Stetson listed as the 16 seed in the East? The play-in game doesn't count?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-stetson-listed-as-the-16-seed-in-the-east-the-play-in-game-doesnt-count/998997)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-stetson-listed-as-the-16-seed-in-the-east-the-play-in-game-doesnt-count/998997 "2024-03-20T18:25:28Z")
In our paper, the bracket lists a play-in game for the Midwest, South, and West. But in place of the play-in winner in the East (16th seed), they list Stetson. But the play-in game listed is Montana State/Grambling and… --- ## [Topical treatments/remedies for non-topical pain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topical-treatments-remedies-for-non-topical-pain/998327)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topical-treatments-remedies-for-non-topical-pain/998327 "2024-03-20T18:19:42Z")
I’m talking about stuff like Aspercreme, SalonPas, various creams that have “freeze” or “cool” in the name, Arnica gel, etc., for muscle aches, not remedies for painful scratches or surface injuries. Do you swear by (or… --- ## [PowerPoint Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerpoint-question/999058)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerpoint-question/999058 "2024-03-20T17:19:13Z")
Does Ppt have a function that precisely and mathematically divides shapes? For example, suppose I created a square, using Insert Shape, and wanted it divided into sevenths. Is there some sort of Ppt formula function in … --- ## [How easy was it for African-Americans at the end of WWI to settle in France. Did France offer them citizenship? Was the application difficult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easy-was-it-for-african-americans-at-the-end-of-wwi-to-settle-in-france-did-france-offer-them-citizenship-was-the-application-difficult/999039)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easy-was-it-for-african-americans-at-the-end-of-wwi-to-settle-in-france-did-france-offer-them-citizenship-was-the-application-difficult/999039 "2024-03-20T17:02:07Z")
How easy was it for African-Americans at the end of WWI to settle in France. Did France offer them citizenship? Was the application difficult ? Did getting the necessary documents from the US pose any problems? --- ## [Directors Blasting Other Directors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/directors-blasting-other-directors/998648)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/directors-blasting-other-directors/998648 "2024-03-20T16:41:05Z")
Ingmar Bergman on Michelangelo Antonioni: “Fellini, Kurosawa, and Bunuel move in the same field as Tarkovsky. Antonioni was on his way, but expired, suffocated by his own seriousness. He’s done two masterpieces, you don… --- ## [Emojis. A primer, a quiz, a question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emojis-a-primer-a-quiz-a-question/998946)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emojis-a-primer-a-quiz-a-question/998946 "2024-03-20T16:36:34Z")
Loved this article on emojis - a quiz on what you think they mean, the revelation people interpret them very differently (including poll numbers), a fun article, some useful advice, some new ones. Hopefully the link bel… --- ## [Jair Bolsonaro has been indicted over fake COVID certificate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jair-bolsonaro-has-been-indicted-over-fake-covid-certificate/999087)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jair-bolsonaro-has-been-indicted-over-fake-covid-certificate/999087 "2024-03-20T14:55:57Z")
Stop me if you’ve heard this one-a right-wing former head of state who prompted a January uprising over a “rigged” election, is in legal trouble on a host of issues. --- ## [Corned beef](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corned-beef/998922)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corned-beef/998922 "2024-03-20T14:50:10Z")
Say you cook a huge corned beef and cabbage. Left overs for a couple days after. 3rd day. Half the beast is left. What do you do with it? --- ## [Michael Jackson throw down: Thriller vs Beat It](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-throw-down-thriller-vs-beat-it/998892)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-throw-down-thriller-vs-beat-it/998892 "2024-03-20T14:17:16Z")
Judging the two songs on vocal quality, musicianship, lyrics, and video, which one is the winner? Vocal quality: Both are peak adult MJ. Tie. Musicianship: I prefer the harder beat and guitar work of Thriller. Lyrics… --- ## [Ireland's next leader will be the gay son of an Indian immigrant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irelands-next-leader-will-be-the-gay-son-of-an-indian-immigrant/788094)
**Author:** [@williambaskerville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/williambaskerville)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irelands-next-leader-will-be-the-gay-son-of-an-indian-immigrant/788094 "2024-03-20T13:57:14Z")
Leo Varadkar has just been elected leader of Ireland’s ruling party. He will be elected Taoiseach (Prime Minister) by our Dail (Parliament) the week after next. (It’s currently in recess). His father is an Indian doctor… --- ## [Songs about magic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-magic/998914)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-magic/998914 "2024-03-20T10:55:32Z")
My wife wants to put together a playlist that has songs about magic. Nothing too obscure, but any decade is fine. Nothing too hard (no metal, gangsta, etc.). I’ll get us started: Magic Carpet Ride Magic (Olivia Newton… --- ## [Nero Wolfe New York Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nero-wolfe-new-york-question/998954)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nero-wolfe-new-york-question/998954 "2024-03-20T06:27:35Z")
I hope native New Yorkers can help me here. In Some Buried Caesar, Archies note of a conman-" was an individual who should not have been there, since the proper environment for that type is bounded by 42nd and 96th str… --- ## [Leaving Food Out Overnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaving-food-out-overnight/998986)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaving-food-out-overnight/998986 "2024-03-20T04:33:51Z")
I’ll take out what I think I’m going to eat, so it dethaws, etc… and too many times I’m so tired (and full) that I just go right to bed. Then when I wake up and go into the kitchen, I see food left out… Especially in the… --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter J 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-j-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/998907)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-j-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/998907 "2024-03-20T03:12:32Z")
RULES: Submissions must begin with the letter J. 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 releas… --- ## [Which tends to be louder inside - an apartment with wooden floors or cement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tends-to-be-louder-inside-an-apartment-with-wooden-floors-or-cement/998465)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tends-to-be-louder-inside-an-apartment-with-wooden-floors-or-cement/998465 "2024-03-20T02:33:19Z")
I’m thinking that since wood absorbs sound better than cement that it would not be as loud or noisy. Noise is mainly caused by reflective surfaces, right? Anyone wishing to avoid loud noisy apartments would be, I think… --- ## [Years ago I was told that the British film "Saturday Night - Sunday Morning" (1960) was the first film to use four-letter words. Were any four-letter words used in earlier films?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/years-ago-i-was-told-that-the-british-film-saturday-night-sunday-morning-1960-was-the-first-film-to-use-four-letter-words-were-any-four-letter-words-used-in-earlier-films/998460)
**Author:** [@philipdalton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/philipdalton)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/years-ago-i-was-told-that-the-british-film-saturday-night-sunday-morning-1960-was-the-first-film-to-use-four-letter-words-were-any-four-letter-words-used-in-earlier-films/998460 "2024-03-20T02:06:56Z")
It does contain at least one use of the word “arse”. --- ## [US support of Israel (from Hamas war discussion thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-support-of-israel-from-hamas-war-discussion-thread/994802)
**Author:** [@WreckingCrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WreckingCrew)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-support-of-israel-from-hamas-war-discussion-thread/994802 "2024-03-20T01:59:38Z")
I’m not 100% clear on where you going with that comment, besides there being a lot of Nazi references being dropped in here recently. That still doesn’t answer my question - why should the US be paying over $3.3 billion… --- ## [LASER attacks on commercial aircraft](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laser-attacks-on-commercial-aircraft/998936)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laser-attacks-on-commercial-aircraft/998936 "2024-03-19T22:09:11Z")
I know they have apprehended and prosecuted a few people who have aimed lasers at aircraft. Do the pilots have the technology to pinpoint the beam and merge the data with their GPS to get an accurate location? Or have th… --- ## [Intermittent fasting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intermittent-fasting/827758)
**Author:** [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2024, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intermittent-fasting/827758 "2024-03-19T22:08:58Z")
So, my gf has started to follow intermittent fasting. Which is a kind of diet (although she states it isn’t a diet) where you only eat during 8 hours and fast during 16 hours. She isn’t overweight, and in fact is in grea… --- ## [Trip advise - how unsafe is SF & Oakland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trip-advise-how-unsafe-is-sf-oakland/998671)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trip-advise-how-unsafe-is-sf-oakland/998671 "2024-03-19T21:27:17Z")
I really want to do a long weekend to SF & Oakland this summer; the main reason is to see the A’s before they move & if I’m gonna be there may as well get a Giants game in as well. However, everything I read is about ho… --- ## [Dún Briste, Ireland — who’s been? Who’d want to go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dun-briste-ireland-who-s-been-who-d-want-to-go/998994)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dun-briste-ireland-who-s-been-who-d-want-to-go/998994 "2024-03-19T20:58:20Z")
I like dramatic landscapes, geology and geography. This popped up on my FB feed and I was fascinated by the imagery. I found some info about it. We haven’t been — yet! Dún… --- ## [Why aren't there any semi-automatic towed anti-tank guns?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-there-any-semi-automatic-towed-anti-tank-guns/999004)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-there-any-semi-automatic-towed-anti-tank-guns/999004 "2024-03-19T20:56:36Z")
Thinking WW2 era and around those. Instead of breech loading, why not make it like AA guns and have like 5 round magazines? I know in real tanks there’s a definite preference between autoloaders and manual loaders, but … --- ## [What's wrong with Russell Wilson?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-russell-wilson/995489)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-russell-wilson/995489 "2024-03-19T20:43:42Z")
Background: I have not followed the NFL since I moved to Europe several years ago. I was a casual fan when I lived in Seattle, and I watched the Seahawks semi-regularly. But when I came to Europe, I found that American f… --- ## [Give your favorite cartoons the "Rated M for Mature" treatment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-your-favorite-cartoons-the-rated-m-for-mature-treatment/998990)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-your-favorite-cartoons-the-rated-m-for-mature-treatment/998990 "2024-03-19T19:20:19Z")
As a youth I would watch the locally aired syndicated cartoons repeatedly until I knew many of them by heart. In latter days when I have occasion to think back on them I often amuse myself by removing all “PG” restraints… --- ## [Did anyone else get asked to create a NYT account in Wordle today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-else-get-asked-to-create-a-nyt-account-in-wordle-today/998863)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-else-get-asked-to-create-a-nyt-account-in-wordle-today/998863 "2024-03-19T18:47:14Z")
I have played Wordle for years and it kept my stats (as long as I played from my phone) but today after I solved it it it said “To see your stats and streaks create an account”. I assumed this is a part of the New York T… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=605) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=607)