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**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jim-rockford-carry-a-gun/716737 "2024-03-15T20:06:24Z")
The Rockford Files often plays in the background while I work. I like the noise of the TV, and I don’t have to pay attention to what’s on. (Although there are things on TV that I can’t filter out, which is why I play i… --- ## [Why does everything have to be so polarized now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everything-have-to-be-so-polarized-now/998881)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everything-have-to-be-so-polarized-now/998881 "2024-03-15T19:37:18Z")
I’ve noticed in recent years that everything seems to be becoming dramatically more polarized, and I’m being expected to “pick a side” more and more. I mean, it’s not like someone can have a middle of the road position … --- ## [Hooking up a router to a modem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooking-up-a-router-to-a-modem/998760)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooking-up-a-router-to-a-modem/998760 "2024-03-15T19:04:02Z")
I am switching back to DSL and it is practically impossible to find one that is a combo modem/router that meets IEEE 802.11ax, at least at a decent price. I have a few old OLD OLD DSL modems in the garage. Am I losing … --- ## [Why is wasting entire days on shows or sports fine, but too much video gaming is stigmatized?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-wasting-entire-days-on-shows-or-sports-fine-but-too-much-video-gaming-is-stigmatized/997999)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-wasting-entire-days-on-shows-or-sports-fine-but-too-much-video-gaming-is-stigmatized/997999 "2024-03-15T16:57:28Z")
As someone who tries to limit time wasting activities and be more productive, have more motivation and so on, I decided to drastically lower my video game time. From a few hours every day, to maybe an hour or two every f… --- ## [Is there a name for this type of logarithmic graph?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-type-of-logarithmic-graph/998508)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-type-of-logarithmic-graph/998508 "2024-03-15T16:03:21Z")
Let’s say I want to graph a function that I think would look best like this. One axis will be linear. The other would be linear at smaller scales, let’s say from 1 to 100, but from 100 on up would work better as a loga… --- ## [Joe Biden is so senile](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-is-so-senile/998710)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-is-so-senile/998710 "2024-03-15T15:31:39Z")
How senile is he? He doesn’t realize he’s waging a war on Catholicism despite being a Catholic himself. --- ## [Classified Documents Found in Biden Private Office in November 2022 (January 9, 2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classified-documents-found-in-biden-private-office-in-november-2022-january-9-2023/977945)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 453\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classified-documents-found-in-biden-private-office-in-november-2022-january-9-2023/977945 "2024-03-15T15:29:15Z")
To keep investigations straight, I’m starting this thread. --- ## [Al Yankovic fun fact](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-yankovic-fun-fact/998837)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-yankovic-fun-fact/998837 "2024-03-15T14:44:07Z")
He was once on the CBS special “Circus Of The Stars” (Of which there were 19). What is your best guess as to what act he performed? If you actually know, please don’t post the answer just yet, o.k.? Again: Guesses on… --- ## [Help Me Find Things to Do in NYC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-things-to-do-in-nyc/997424)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-things-to-do-in-nyc/997424 "2024-03-15T14:28:17Z")
On April 2, I’ll be landing at JFK to visit my daughter (back to Portland on April 11). She’s working on a list of activities for the trip, but hasn’t transmitted anything to me yet, beyond the fact that she wants to tak… --- ## [Ouija board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-board/998661)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-board/998661 "2024-03-15T14:26:09Z")
Watching 13 Ghosts on Svengoolie right now, and it got me in the mood to hear some Ouija stories! I never played it with anyone except Nervous Nellies (“demons will get us!”) Or Klass Klowns ("How long is my dick, hur h… --- ## [The most over-the-top bloody Mary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-over-the-top-bloody-mary/998806)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-over-the-top-bloody-mary/998806 "2024-03-15T11:54:30Z")
The Aviator restaurant near the Cleveland airport features a $25 bloody Mary that is a whole meal. The ingredients vary over time but it has shrimp on toothpicks, a sandwich, a donut, bacon, olives, waffles and cheeses … --- ## [Is anyone working on an AI composer? Or singer? Or musician in general?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-working-on-an-ai-composer-or-singer-or-musician-in-general/998049)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-working-on-an-ai-composer-or-singer-or-musician-in-general/998049 "2024-03-15T07:58:21Z")
I mean, we have AI generated art and now videos, and all the AI text anyone could want. How about music? I was watching something or other with closed captions on, and among the cruft on the screen was something like \[… --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter G 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-g-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/998667)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-g-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/998667 "2024-03-15T06:09:59Z")
RULES: Submissions must begin with the letter G. 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… --- ## [Aborted thread responses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aborted-thread-responses/259474)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aborted-thread-responses/259474 "2024-03-15T05:03:22Z")
How often do you start to reply to a post, then say “aw, forget it”? (I wonder how many times that will happen to this thread :stuck\_out\_tongue: ) --- ## [So, apparently AI can create amazing optical illusions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-ai-can-create-amazing-optical-illusions/991845)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-ai-can-create-amazing-optical-illusions/991845 "2024-03-15T04:23:33Z")
As best as I can determine, the following images were created by AI, in conjunction with Stable Diffusion, a neural AI network. They are pretty amazing to me. Some are easier to see than others. Back away, squint or view… --- ## [RIP Karl Wallinger, 66](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-karl-wallinger-66/998715)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-karl-wallinger-66/998715 "2024-03-15T01:28:55Z")
Member of the Waterboys as well as leader of World Party, and writer of great hooks. One of my favorites here: --- ## [Using Indeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-indeed/998852)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-indeed/998852 "2024-03-15T00:58:38Z")
I need a little help with Indeed. When I visit the website, the screen is split into two columns. The left column says “JOB FEED” where job posts appear. (And, the Bot remembers I’ve been here before.) However, there see… --- ## [Songs with Whistle Register](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-whistle-register/692034)
**Author:** [@MusicAddict95](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MusicAddict95)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-whistle-register/692034 "2024-03-14T22:59:27Z")
As part of my list of pop/rock songs that I am compiling by topic, I want to know if anyone can recommend SPECIFIC songs in which the singer/singers uses the whistle register. I would prefer not to have any generalized e… --- ## [Where's Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-blake/998843)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-blake/998843 "2024-03-14T21:34:54Z")
I hope this the right place to ask… I was thinking about a thread Blake was in years and realized I hadn’t seen his name in a while. I’m probably the last one to know, but why has he stopped posting? --- ## [2024 Oscar (96th Academy Awards) Nominations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545 "2024-03-14T20:55:43Z")
The 2024 Oscar nominations are out. Any comments? I have seen almost none of these. 96th Academy Awards - Wikipedia Partial list: BEST PICTURE “American Fiction”; “Anatomy of a Fall”; “Barbie”; “The Holdovers”; “Kill… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad Bear Creek #2. (or 3)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-bear-creek-2-or-3/982995)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-bear-creek-2-or-3/982995 "2024-03-14T20:11:22Z")
No, no, no. This is not about bear poop. (Y’all nasty) Went on a sojourn with Ivy. A sad, lonely trip on a sad lonely state highway. Looking for parts for her old organ. (Musical instrument not bodily) There are many … --- ## [Trying to remember the details of a magazine postal contest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-the-details-of-a-magazine-postal-contest/998717)
**Author:** [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-the-details-of-a-magazine-postal-contest/998717 "2024-03-14T19:38:45Z")
I have the vague memory of a magazine (it might have been the popular science monthly Omni) that ran a contest in which readers were invited to creatively address a letter and mail it to the magazine via the USPS. The mo… --- ## [Republicans Sabotaged Carter's Re-election via the Iran Hostage Crisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-sabotaged-carters-re-election-via-the-iran-hostage-crisis/981346)
**Author:** [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-sabotaged-carters-re-election-via-the-iran-hostage-crisis/981346 "2024-03-14T19:31:07Z")
I’m going to shamelessly blow my own horn here: I Knew It!! John B. Connelly and William Casey backchannelled negotiations to keep the hostages in Iran past the 1980 election. It was 1980 and Jimmy Carter was in the … --- ## [Is it my computer monitor or something else causing this problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-computer-monitor-or-something-else-causing-this-problem/998714)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-computer-monitor-or-something-else-causing-this-problem/998714 "2024-03-14T19:11:31Z")
This is a desktop monitor that I’ve had for at least 10 years that has developed an issue. I use it primarily for photo editing (Adobe Lightroom) and, occasionally, YouTube video watching. There are now vertical streaks… --- ## [Scientists scanning seafloor discover a Stone Age 'megastructure'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientists-scanning-seafloor-discover-a-stone-age-megastructure/998781)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientists-scanning-seafloor-discover-a-stone-age-megastructure/998781 "2024-03-14T19:07:53Z")
Interesting find. I’d like to see photos instead of a 3d model. I’m skeptical of their hunting theory. A deer will feed a lot of people. My dad kept our freezer fully stocked with venison. There’s a lot of good meat on … --- ## [What happen to Brazil and Argentina why is there so much poverty and class struggle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happen-to-brazil-and-argentina-why-is-there-so-much-poverty-and-class-struggle/997777)
**Author:** [@Jackson99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackson99)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happen-to-brazil-and-argentina-why-is-there-so-much-poverty-and-class-struggle/997777 "2024-03-14T18:00:34Z")
I hear there is lot of corruption in Brazil and Argentina could that be why there is a lot of poverty and social inequality. What happen to Brazil and Argentina that they not like Sweden or Denmark and other first world… --- ## [Ewerassic Park](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ewerassic-park/998814)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ewerassic-park/998814 "2024-03-14T17:49:30Z")
A man from Montana created hybrid sheep for hunting by illegally importing body parts from the endangered Marco Polo AKA Argali sheep from Asia, sending the tissue to a lab where it was cloned, and then breeding the re… --- ## [Why do tall people look so tall?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-tall-people-look-so-tall/998801)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-tall-people-look-so-tall/998801 "2024-03-14T16:37:44Z")
I’m 6’1" tall so a little above average for the American male. My friend is 6’9" and therefore way above average in height. I’d guess he’s in the upper .1% but I’m too lazy to look it up. When I look up to him, it fee… --- ## [Saskatchewan is in the Brier!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saskatchewan-is-in-the-brier/998687)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saskatchewan-is-in-the-brier/998687 "2024-03-14T15:37:55Z")
The local boys are going up against Brad Gushue for Canada; down 2-1 in the 4th. Hurry! Hurry hard! --- ## [How much am I paying per kWh for electricity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-am-i-paying-per-kwh-for-electricity/998572)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-am-i-paying-per-kwh-for-electricity/998572 "2024-03-14T15:27:06Z")
How much am I paying for electricity? You’d think this would be a simple thing to know but…it isn’t. I have Googled it, I have checked with my utility website and I can say my electricity bill is nowhere NEAR the low p… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=608) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=610)