# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=608 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 609 --- ## [Perplexing computer problem (nothing happening...)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perplexing-computer-problem-nothing-happening/998855)
**Author:** [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2024, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perplexing-computer-problem-nothing-happening/998855 "2024-03-18T04:40:37Z")
I’m helping one of my daughter’s friends troubleshoot a computer. It is a fairly new build, Gigabyte Aorus B550M Elite AX mobo, AMD Ryzen 7 5700G processor. It… doesn’t work. Hooked everything up, press power, CPU fa… --- ## [To those who support murder and/or rape in prison: What's the rest of your plan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-who-support-murder-and-or-rape-in-prison-whats-the-rest-of-your-plan/968403)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2024, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-who-support-murder-and-or-rape-in-prison-whats-the-rest-of-your-plan/968403 "2024-03-18T04:15:05Z")
In the omnibus thread about miscarriage of justice, yet again, someone posted this nonsense: I say gen-pop for that motherfucker. This was brought up in regard to a cop who injured someone and said cop has a history … --- ## [Stuff Scientists Have Recently Learned About Covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-scientists-have-recently-learned-about-covid/998811)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2024, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-scientists-have-recently-learned-about-covid/998811 "2024-03-18T03:55:48Z")
This NYT free link deserves a wider audience. --- ## [Atlantic's 136 Great American Novels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlantics-136-great-american-novels/998857)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2024, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlantics-136-great-american-novels/998857 "2024-03-18T01:31:30Z")
The Atlantic has surveyed a bunch of people to get a list of the great American novels written from 1924 onward. In setting out to identify that new American canon, we decided to define American as having first been … --- ## [Questions regarding Africans from German-occupied Africa fighting alongside Germans on the Western Front in WWI?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-regarding-africans-from-german-occupied-africa-fighting-alongside-germans-on-the-western-front-in-wwi/998948)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-regarding-africans-from-german-occupied-africa-fighting-alongside-germans-on-the-western-front-in-wwi/998948 "2024-03-17T20:11:23Z")
Did Cameroonians/Tanzanians /Africans from German-occupied Africa fight alongside Germans on the Western Front in WWI? I know Africans fought for Germany in Africa in WWI but I haven’t been able to narrow down any evide… --- ## [Can cling-wrap (kitchen cling-wrap) lose effectiveness over time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-cling-wrap-kitchen-cling-wrap-lose-effectiveness-over-time/998939)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-cling-wrap-kitchen-cling-wrap-lose-effectiveness-over-time/998939 "2024-03-17T19:34:43Z")
I found a roll of cling-wrap (specifically, Saran-Wrap) in the back of a cabinet. At a guess, I think it has been there for 2-3 years. But it’s plastic…can’t go bad, right? But, when I used it, it really did not cling… --- ## [Kayaker Attacked On Amazon River By Myster Creature--article with video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kayaker-attacked-on-amazon-river-by-myster-creature-article-with-video/998897)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kayaker-attacked-on-amazon-river-by-myster-creature-article-with-video/998897 "2024-03-17T18:53:47Z")
It is strange. EXCEEDINGLY STRANGE (LINK) Not a bigfoot/loch ness/Elvis-is-alive thing. --- ## [Now that those of us in the land of Daylight Savings Time have lost an hour . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-those-of-us-in-the-land-of-daylight-savings-time-have-lost-an-hour/998692)
**Author:** [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-those-of-us-in-the-land-of-daylight-savings-time-have-lost-an-hour/998692 "2024-03-17T18:14:24Z")
. . . where do you think your hour went. I think mine got lost under the bed. --- ## [Steve Harley, Cockney Rebel frontman has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-harley-cockney-rebel-frontman-has-died/998940)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-harley-cockney-rebel-frontman-has-died/998940 "2024-03-17T15:39:06Z")
Well damn. --- ## [Strange Home and Alternative Remedies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-home-and-alternative-remedies/998937)
**Author:** [@superwombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superwombat)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-home-and-alternative-remedies/998937 "2024-03-17T15:36:37Z")
A couple hours’ drive from my home, up on a hill on the side of the road there is a large sign proclaiming: Arthritis? Try ELK ANTLER So it turns out a supplement is available that contains deer antler velvet, and i… --- ## [After Homo Sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-homo-sapiens/998877)
**Author:** [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-homo-sapiens/998877 "2024-03-17T15:30:04Z")
How much evolutionary change would our descendants need to go through for them to conclude they weren’t Homo Sapiens anymore but in fact a new species? Assume our species as it is now no longer exists so inability to int… --- ## [What is the most effective way to register a complaint with Facebook over policy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-effective-way-to-register-a-complaint-with-facebook-over-policy/998896)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-effective-way-to-register-a-complaint-with-facebook-over-policy/998896 "2024-03-17T15:17:37Z")
Hi, everyone. The question is pretty much as I’ve stated it in the header. I thought IMHO was the best place for this, but Mods, please move to whichever forum you feel is most appropriate. Meta, parent company of Fac… --- ## [Thoughts on Bathroom Tissue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bathroom-tissue/997609)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2024, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bathroom-tissue/997609 "2024-03-17T14:03:04Z")
There have been previous threads about the size of toilet paper rolls. Outside of dollar stores, even the cheapest rolls claim to be at least double sized, claiming 6 rolls = 12, or 12 rolls = 24 or 36 or 72. This se… --- ## [Help remembering a classic ska song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-remembering-a-classic-ska-song/998943)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-remembering-a-classic-ska-song/998943 "2024-03-17T13:56:49Z")
I’m trying to remember a ska song from the 60s. I think it was one of the big artists, Prince Buster, Dandy Livingstone, or one of those. The lyrics are sparse and he says something like: “I’m the \ W F A A”… --- ## [Donald Trump: Politician?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-politician/998672)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2024, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-politician/998672 "2024-03-17T09:27:20Z")
The headline of an op-ed in my local Sunday paper reads “Donald Trump, the luckiest politician who ever lived.” I haven’t read the article but that headline made me realize that I don’t consider him a politician. If I w… --- ## [Ms. Pronunciation. Is it just me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-pronunciation-is-it-just-me/998884)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2024, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-pronunciation-is-it-just-me/998884 "2024-03-17T07:07:22Z")
Several years ago the comic book character Ms. Marvel appeared in the Avengers cartoon. Since then every time they say her name it sounds like “Miss”. I thought it was supposed to be pronounced “Miz”. Am I wrong? Can any… --- ## [Are these high-rise apartment buildings made from prefabricated concrete panels?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-high-rise-apartment-buildings-made-from-prefabricated-concrete-panels/998779)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-high-rise-apartment-buildings-made-from-prefabricated-concrete-panels/998779 "2024-03-16T22:28:30Z")
A hallmark of post-Communist countries are housing projects filled with ugly, utilitarian apartment blocks made of prefabricated concrete slabs that have been crudely stuck together. Way back in 2003, this was my first c… --- ## [How do you eat things that come as "multiple servings" but inside a single package?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-things-that-come-as-multiple-servings-but-inside-a-single-package/998689)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2024, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-things-that-come-as-multiple-servings-but-inside-a-single-package/998689 "2024-03-16T21:55:54Z")
I’m not talking about a large package that contains a bulk amount of a food. Like a ‘party size’ bag of chips that contains a pound or more of potato chips or a bag of frozen fish fillets that has a dozen fillets inside… --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter H 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-h-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/998738)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-h-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/998738 "2024-03-16T20:42:33Z")
RULES: Submissions must begin with the letter H. 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… --- ## [UK, especially London, dopers: Is “alight” common usage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-especially-london-dopers-is-alight-common-usage/998016)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-especially-london-dopers-is-alight-common-usage/998016 "2024-03-16T20:30:49Z")
PA announcements on the tube use the verb “alighting” for leaving the train. I know what the word means, but it sounds old-fashioned and formal to me (as a non-native speaker). Is it common parlance? E.g., if you had to … --- ## [Have I made this Windows laptop sufficiently middle-schooler-proof?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-made-this-windows-laptop-sufficiently-middle-schooler-proof/998368)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-made-this-windows-laptop-sufficiently-middle-schooler-proof/998368 "2024-03-16T16:24:18Z")
I’m technical director for a play my wife is directing for her middle school. We’ll be using digital scenery provided by Broadway Media, and played back using their app, Stage Player. It is essentially a slide-show progr… --- ## [How many Trumps make a troop? A trope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-trumps-make-a-troop-a-trope/998909)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-trumps-make-a-troop-a-trope/998909 "2024-03-16T15:26:50Z")
This WaPo column suggests there are four Joes. In short: a spendy, “Elizabeth Warren” dude a culturally sensitive pro-worker a fighter of “orange haired demagoguery” an ambassador concerned with US global reputation I… --- ## [{if} TikTok is banned. What's next?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-tiktok-is-banned-whats-next/982055)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-tiktok-is-banned-whats-next/982055 "2024-03-16T14:27:44Z")
Unless you’ve been aggressively avoiding politics you’re likely aware of the rumbling to ban TikTok because it’s a Chinese owned company which a) allows China to track user data and all that entails and b) has code in it… --- ## [Drummers: Were you taught NOT to "gallop"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drummers-were-you-taught-not-to-gallop/998624)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2024, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drummers-were-you-taught-not-to-gallop/998624 "2024-03-16T03:48:36Z")
I was at McDs casually listening to the background music over the PA. It was some upbeat, modern song. The drummer in the song had no real style, probably another sefl-taught “Johnny” who thinks he can play. I noticed he… --- ## [Is there a word for feeling embarrassed for someone else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-for-feeling-embarrassed-for-someone-else/998851)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2024, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-for-feeling-embarrassed-for-someone-else/998851 "2024-03-16T03:37:39Z")
It could be watching a shitty band that are under the delusion they are great. Or having someone at your table torturing everyone with boring stories and stale jokes and being oblivious that everyone’s eyeballs are men… --- ## [Did My Boss Commit An Ethical Violation? (and should I report her?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-my-boss-commit-an-ethical-violation-and-should-i-report-her/982644)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2024, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-my-boss-commit-an-ethical-violation-and-should-i-report-her/982644 "2024-03-16T01:52:48Z")
So, I work for a community-based psychiatric rehabilitation center as a case manager. If you don’t know what that means … it’s hard to explain. If you know you know, ya know? Anyway, one thing my job most definitely does… --- ## [Omnibus AI Screwups Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-ai-screwups-thread/988747)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-ai-screwups-thread/988747 "2024-03-15T23:38:47Z")
It occurred to me after encountering a couple examples today of articles that weren’t written by a human being completely tone-deaf, offensive, or just plain wrong, that we don’t really have a place for collecting them a… --- ## [Cat rearing advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-rearing-advice/993059)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-rearing-advice/993059 "2024-03-15T22:25:46Z")
I know this is often a contentious topic here, but hear me out. I recently divorced. My wife got my two dogs. One of the dogs is a cat killer. She has at least 7 to her name, so she needs to live in a cat free house. M… --- ## [Retirement Portfolio Discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retirement-portfolio-discussion/995009)
**Author:** [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retirement-portfolio-discussion/995009 "2024-03-15T21:31:20Z")
This is a splinter from the Countdown to Retirement thread in MPSIMS. As I mentioned there, I’ve not had luck finding an investment professional (CFP/CFA) that is willing do to a portfolio review/discussion for a flat/ho… --- ## [Gluing silicone to plastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gluing-silicone-to-plastic/998825)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gluing-silicone-to-plastic/998825 "2024-03-15T20:21:45Z")
I bought a silicone cover for my new keyboard. I hang my keyboard from a loop next to my chair and the cover would just fall off. When double-backed tape and superglue did nothing, I ran a little line of stitches on one … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=607) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=609)