# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=611 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 612 --- ## [Academy Awards 2024 - 96th ceremony - Watch Along Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-2024-96th-ceremony-watch-along-thread/998675)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 183\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-2024-96th-ceremony-watch-along-thread/998675 "2024-03-12T17:13:46Z")
Wow, in four years we will have our 100th Academy Awards. I have less interest than normal this year in the show. I hope Miyazaki gets another Oscar, but I am otherwise mainly uninterested in the show this year. Still, I… --- ## [Why do European books have the words on the spine the opposite way around?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-european-books-have-the-words-on-the-spine-the-opposite-way-around/402624)
**Author:** [@henrijohns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/henrijohns)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-european-books-have-the-words-on-the-spine-the-opposite-way-around/402624 "2024-03-12T16:13:54Z")
On American published books, when the books are face up in a pile, you can read the spines. European books read correctly only if the book is face down. Why the difference? --- ## [WW2? Tanks vs Tank Destroyers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ww2-tanks-vs-tank-destroyers/998235)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ww2-tanks-vs-tank-destroyers/998235 "2024-03-12T15:21:07Z")
On the surface they look similar. However, obviously they are not. So, what’s the difference? --- ## [Cappadocia, Türkiye](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cappadocia-turkiye/998733)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cappadocia-turkiye/998733 "2024-03-12T15:04:53Z")
My family will be in Türkiye the first two weeks of April. Very much looking forward to the trip. It will be the 25th country for our two world-seasoned daughters. The first few days are in Istanbul. We have a friend th… --- ## [Preferred form of LGBTQ initialism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-form-of-lgbtq-initialism/982106)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preferred-form-of-lgbtq-initialism/982106 "2023-04-16T14:53:29Z")
I generally try to use terms people/groups wish to to be used to describe them, but I admit I likely do not make great ongoing effort to stay up to date with some changing language preferences. The initialism LGBTQ has … --- ## [Iran executes two men convicted of blasphemy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-executes-two-men-convicted-of-blasphemy/983756)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-executes-two-men-convicted-of-blasphemy/983756 "2023-05-19T08:47:16Z")
I have to quote the notebooks of Lazarus Long here: "Of all the strange ‘crimes’ that human beings have legislated out of nothing, “blasphemy” is the most amazing… " --- ## [Etiquette RE: baby showers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-re-baby-showers/983735)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2023, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-re-baby-showers/983735 "2023-05-11T21:33:45Z")
I realize these are actually at their heart, the closest thing you will find to an adult birthday party (except maybe a bridal shower). They are actually intended to be gift grabs, and people who don’t register are consi… --- ## [Non medical medical exam questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-medical-medical-exam-questions/983295)
**Author:** [@Mortimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mortimus)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2023, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-medical-medical-exam-questions/983295 "2023-04-29T02:35:26Z")
In the past few years, prior to just about any medical encounter, I get asked a series of what seem to be non-medical questions, along the lines of: 1-Do you feel the urge to harm yourself? 2-Do you feel abused by anyb… --- ## [Too many signaling devices?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-many-signaling-devices/998678)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-many-signaling-devices/998678 "2024-03-12T13:21:08Z")
I have too many devices in my house that call to me. Today, I heard "beep"s or some sound from: My phone. Not only do I have to find it (which phone of 3?), but what is it trying to tell me? My oven. The beep told m… --- ## [Post Any Concert You Like, Any Era, Any Genre of Music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-any-concert-you-like-any-era-any-genre-of-music/914664)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-any-concert-you-like-any-era-any-genre-of-music/914664 "2024-03-12T11:50:15Z")
May I please ask that we all only post one at a time. My idea for creating this thread was all the surprisingly good live music I have discovered during our lockdown. My first selection is New Order live in Glastonberry … --- ## [Can I ruled out my router as the problem? Fire stick issues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-ruled-out-my-router-as-the-problem-fire-stick-issues/998718)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-ruled-out-my-router-as-the-problem-fire-stick-issues/998718 "2024-03-12T11:48:26Z")
Both my Fire stick have an intermittent problem where it says it can’t connect with the network. But actually it is connected with the network, it’s just that half my apps are blacked out on the screen. Google says I n… --- ## [Major brawl in SEC women's championship game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-brawl-in-sec-womens-championship-game/998682)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-brawl-in-sec-womens-championship-game/998682 "2024-03-12T11:28:58Z")
Multiple players ejected, fans arrested, suspensions handed down. --- ## [Songs whose lyrics don't match their composition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-lyrics-dont-match-their-composition/918933)
**Author:** [@Tabco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabco)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-lyrics-dont-match-their-composition/918933 "2024-03-12T10:25:36Z")
I’m thinking of songs whose lyrics, when read alone, convey one type of mood but when listened to seem to convey another mood entirely. As an example, I nominate the song “Die Die Die” by the Avett Brothers. In addition … --- ## [Mmm's song poll - Special Playoff Edition for the Letter E](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmms-song-poll-special-playoff-edition-for-the-letter-e/998664)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmms-song-poll-special-playoff-edition-for-the-letter-e/998664 "2024-03-12T08:36:00Z")
What is your favorite 2000s song that begins with the letter E? Select just one of the following: poll --- ## [Stefanik has said she'd betray American democracy: how the fuck is this not front page news?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stefanik-has-said-shed-betray-american-democracy-how-the-fuck-is-this-not-front-page-news/997367)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stefanik-has-said-shed-betray-american-democracy-how-the-fuck-is-this-not-front-page-news/997367 "2024-03-12T04:52:05Z")
How the fuck is this not front page news? The likely future candidate for VP just said she would usurp the will of the people and betray her position as President of the Senate, if she had been VP on Jan 6th 2021: http… --- ## ["I thee endow"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thee-endow/998693)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thee-endow/998693 "2024-03-12T04:50:52Z")
This is a long shot. Some time ago, maybe in the 1980s, I saw a comedy movie in which there was a scene at a wedding where someone, not a native Engish speaker, was confused by the words “I thee endow”. I think he repeat… --- ## [Opening a thread without realizing it's a zombie. And then you do a double-take](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-a-thread-without-realizing-its-a-zombie-and-then-you-do-a-double-take/996225)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-a-thread-without-realizing-its-a-zombie-and-then-you-do-a-double-take/996225 "2024-03-12T04:16:36Z")
Does anyone else do this? I seem to do this to myself all the time. Just now I opened a thread called ’ Quirks of your local TV newsanchors’. The OP and the first half-dozen or so posters were all current contributors. … --- ## [Impact of audio books vs reading](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impact-of-audio-books-vs-reading/998583)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impact-of-audio-books-vs-reading/998583 "2024-03-12T04:16:13Z")
I am curious what people think about the relative value of listening to an audiobook vs reading the physical (or screen-based) book. To me, audiobooks feel like cheating somehow, but I am not sure whether my opinion hold… --- ## [Anyone Want a Free Sub to Nate Silver's Substack?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-free-sub-to-nate-silvers-substack/996170)
**Author:** [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-free-sub-to-nate-silvers-substack/996170 "2024-03-12T02:30:21Z")
Since I paid for a membership I got three free memberships to pass on. PM me with your email address if you want one. --- ## [Women are 28% less likely to recieve CPR because strangers are afraid to touch them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-are-28-less-likely-to-recieve-cpr-because-strangers-are-afraid-to-touch-them/998617)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-are-28-less-likely-to-recieve-cpr-because-strangers-are-afraid-to-touch-them/998617 "2024-03-12T02:24:51Z")
I never thought about it before reading this article, but I’ve always learned CPR on a male dummy. Would I be hesitant to perform it on a lady? --- ## [Anaesthetic before ether](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anaesthetic-before-ether/998702)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anaesthetic-before-ether/998702 "2024-03-12T01:44:36Z")
The first anaesthetic is reported to be inhaled ether. If you’re from Boston you think that William Morton first came up with this in 1846, demonstrating it in the Ether Dome at Massachusetts General Hospital. If you’re … --- ## [How does gravity react with anti matter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-gravity-react-with-anti-matter/778983)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-gravity-react-with-anti-matter/778983 "2024-03-11T19:35:03Z")
Is there such a thing as anti gravity to work with anti matter? --- ## [Anyone use Smithsonian or Nat Geo travel services?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-smithsonian-or-nat-geo-travel-services/998683)
**Author:** [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2024, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-smithsonian-or-nat-geo-travel-services/998683 "2024-03-11T19:05:03Z")
Mrs. Martian and I generally like to travel on our own. We’ve rented cars and driven around Britain, Ireland, Germany and Spain with Rick Steves guides. However, we have used travel agents for more “exotic” (for our defi… --- ## [How do I get a pair of good eclipse viewing glasses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-a-pair-of-good-eclipse-viewing-glasses/998470)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2024, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-a-pair-of-good-eclipse-viewing-glasses/998470 "2024-03-11T17:31:50Z")
I want to buy a pair of glasses so I can watch the solar eclipse next month. But ideally, I would still be able to watch other things afterwards. I read an article that said there are a lot of low-quality eclipse-viewin… --- ## [Distinguishing human blood from animals or other humans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinguishing-human-blood-from-animals-or-other-humans/998367)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinguishing-human-blood-from-animals-or-other-humans/998367 "2024-03-11T17:20:39Z")
When I was younger I wondered whether you could throw investigators a loop by mixing the blood at your crime scene with animal blood. I never had the need to actually try this. I’m sure that today with all the DNA tools … --- ## [Stripping code from old WordPro file](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stripping-code-from-old-wordpro-file/998653)
**Author:** [@LucyInDisguise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LucyInDisguise)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stripping-code-from-old-wordpro-file/998653 "2024-03-11T16:01:42Z")
I have a bunch of old WordPro files that had to be saved in a .txt format. Is there a program out there that will strip the code out of these files and leave just the original text? Lucy --- ## [2023 SI Sportsperson of the Year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-si-sportsperson-of-the-year/986475)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-si-sportsperson-of-the-year/986475 "2024-03-11T15:51:51Z")
It’s July, and it’s not an Olympic year, so I figure it’s not too early to start talking about this. Here are my early choices: Shohei Ohtani, unless he or the Angels crash and burn in the second half of the season. T… --- ## [Titu Singh and Past Lives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titu-singh-and-past-lives/68906)
**Author:** [@filmyak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmyak)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titu-singh-and-past-lives/68906 "2024-03-11T15:44:53Z")
I have two questions. The first will be in this thread, the second in another. I saw this on a show on the Discovery Channel. Has anyone heard of the “past life” case of Titu Singh? Here is a link that explains it bette… --- ## [Why does Canada care about its paper currency being unrippable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-canada-care-about-its-paper-currency-being-unrippable/998523)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-canada-care-about-its-paper-currency-being-unrippable/998523 "2024-03-11T15:35:04Z")
Earlier, I was sitting at one of those touristy bars where people write messages on paper currency and staple it to an area of the bar where it will presumably be for eternity, thereby guaranteeing immortality to the bea… --- ## [AI Generated Art Is No Different Than Photography](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-generated-art-is-no-different-than-photography/998444)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2024, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-generated-art-is-no-different-than-photography/998444 "2024-03-11T15:13:06Z")
AI Generated Art is a hot button issue in the cyber spaces I frequent. The argument goes AI is trained on the artistic styles of real people which then can generate art like that person but isn’t copyrighted. A human a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=610) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=612)