# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=611&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 612 --- ## [What are your thoughts and opinions on "temp" jobs? (Probationary Periods?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-thoughts-and-opinions-on-temp-jobs-probationary-periods/998615)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-thoughts-and-opinions-on-temp-jobs-probationary-periods/998615 "2024-03-13T16:53:39Z")
After learning about “temp” jobs that may or may not require all new hires to go through probationary periods, along with having to wait to get hired on as a permanent full time employee (depending on the company) I have… --- ## [NJ Adolph Hitler update](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-adolph-hitler-update/660080)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-adolph-hitler-update/660080 "2024-03-13T15:45:03Z")
Some may remember a few years ago this local story that went national. Family names their son Adolph Hitler. They try to get a birthday cake which says “Happy birthday Adolph Hitler.” Store refuses. Family complains in t… --- ## [Happy Birthday, Barbara Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-barbara-feldon/981196)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-barbara-feldon/981196 "2024-03-13T14:34:11Z")
Two days late, but Happy 90th Birthday to Barbara Feldon! --- ## [Track Ball vs. Traditional Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-ball-vs-traditional-mouse/998604)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2024, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-ball-vs-traditional-mouse/998604 "2024-03-13T11:20:10Z")
I first started using a track ball when I was on line gaming back in college. Instead of running a mouse wildly over a needed large area, my track ball sat perfectly still while my palm and fingers did the work. It jus… --- ## [Anybody here use freewill.com to make their will?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-use-freewill-com-to-make-their-will/998709)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2024, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-use-freewill-com-to-make-their-will/998709 "2024-03-13T07:33:12Z")
Anybody here use freewill.com to make their will? Or had a relative/friend who used it and passed away? Any advice on if it’s a good way to go (so to speak)? --- ## [What are your opinions on this real estate agents actions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-opinions-on-this-real-estate-agents-actions/998730)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2024, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-opinions-on-this-real-estate-agents-actions/998730 "2024-03-13T06:19:01Z")
My acquaintance Ron has been going through a divorce (now finalized). Pretty simple actually. They have no minor children, no huge debts, mortgage paid off. They are going to sell the house and split the proceed. Ron i… --- ## [SAT & ACT test score requirements are coming back for admissions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sat-act-test-score-requirements-are-coming-back-for-admissions/998716)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2024, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sat-act-test-score-requirements-are-coming-back-for-admissions/998716 "2024-03-13T01:05:12Z")
Many universities and colleges have reinstated the requirements for submission of standardized test scores (primarily SAT and ACT) for application for admissions. Many schools did away with the requirement, especially d… --- ## [How stringently should rules be enforced in sports? (Owen Lloyd, an All-American swimmer, broke record and disqulified for breaking a rule)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stringently-should-rules-be-enforced-in-sports-owen-lloyd-an-all-american-swimmer-broke-record-and-disqulified-for-breaking-a-rule/998306)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stringently-should-rules-be-enforced-in-sports-owen-lloyd-an-all-american-swimmer-broke-record-and-disqulified-for-breaking-a-rule/998306 "2024-03-13T00:39:17Z")
I understand that rules in a given sport need to be applied evenly to all participants. A few days ago, Owen Lloyd, an All-American swimmer for North Carolina State University, won his race in a freestyle event and (I b… --- ## [Questions about Pop-Tarts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-pop-tarts/995409)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-pop-tarts/995409 "2024-03-13T00:24:37Z")
Having recently watched the Pop-Tarts Bowl where many people were shown eating Pop-Tarts, I have some random questions. Toasted or un-toasted? What’s your favorite Pop-Tart? Do you break it in half before eating? My … --- ## [Eric Carmen of "The Raspberries" has died at 74](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-carmen-of-the-raspberries-has-died-at-74/998725)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-carmen-of-the-raspberries-has-died-at-74/998725 "2024-03-12T23:58:34Z")
The singer/songwriter who recorded Make Me Lose Control, Hungry Eyes, and All By Myself has died at the age of 74. That’s one that’s a real bummer. I really liked his solo work in the 80s. --- ## [Google Docs question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-docs-question/998767)
**Author:** [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-docs-question/998767 "2024-03-12T19:57:22Z")
Not sure what I did, but I did something that made the display on Google docs shrink down teeny-tiny. Which I sort of remedied by zooming up to 150% on the view. However, zooming up does not increase the size of the co… --- ## [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")
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