# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=615 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 616 --- ## [Movie Franchises that came to dominate a field or genre](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-franchises-that-came-to-dominate-a-field-or-genre/998537)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-franchises-that-came-to-dominate-a-field-or-genre/998537 "2024-03-06T21:31:52Z")
This idea is a little difficult to communicate, but it’s something that bugs me. i grew up on science fiction – first in the movies and TV shows and comic books of the forties, fifties, and sixties, then later reading t… --- ## [Anyone else basically impervious to stimulants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-basically-impervious-to-stimulants/998486)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-basically-impervious-to-stimulants/998486 "2024-03-06T20:26:18Z")
I was reading Czarcasm’s thread about promising his mom he’d give up (caffeinated) coffee, and the advice to taper off the caffeine gradually. Got me reminiscing about an odd thing in my life about uppers in general. A… --- ## [Dune (Film) Post-release thread (open spoilers from film)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dune-film-post-release-thread-open-spoilers-from-film/952991)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 615\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dune-film-post-release-thread-open-spoilers-from-film/952991 "2024-03-06T20:10:02Z")
We had a long running thread speculating about the movie for a year and a half, but for people who saw the movie but didn’t participate in that thread, they’d have to scroll through 330 posts before they got to a post di… --- ## [Questions about the social status of Shakespeare's The King's Men. Were any of them aristocrats/ nobility ? Was Shakespeare a nobleman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-social-status-of-shakespeares-the-kings-men-were-any-of-them-aristocrats-nobility-was-shakespeare-a-nobleman/998217)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-social-status-of-shakespeares-the-kings-men-were-any-of-them-aristocrats-nobility-was-shakespeare-a-nobleman/998217 "2024-03-06T19:39:58Z")
I remember hearing a lecture years ago on the interaction of Shakespeare’s players and their audiences. The lecturer maintained that the actors and aristocratic audience had to be equals to touch each other ie. dance etc… --- ## [What kind of people would Dune's gom jabbbar test select for IRL?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-people-would-dunes-gom-jabbbar-test-select-for-irl/998411)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-people-would-dunes-gom-jabbbar-test-select-for-irl/998411 "2024-03-06T19:16:31Z")
So rewatching Dune again I had the random thought about the gom jabbbar test. In the Dune universe it’s used by the Bene Geserrit to select their elite from the “animals” that make up the rest of humanity. But would th… --- ## [The Faceboopocalypse has begun {Instagram and facebook seemed to have crashed 2024-03-05}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-faceboopocalypse-has-begun-instagram-and-facebook-seemed-to-have-crashed-2024-03-05/998489)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-faceboopocalypse-has-begun-instagram-and-facebook-seemed-to-have-crashed-2024-03-05/998489 "2024-03-06T18:43:58Z")
I just went to check something and I had been logged out. Logged back on and it told me Facebook was down for “required maintenance” and should be back within “several hours”. Apparently it is widespread and affects Inst… --- ## [How Long Did you Hold out against Covid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-did-you-hold-out-against-covid/968418)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 337\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-did-you-hold-out-against-covid/968418 "2024-03-06T16:51:31Z")
I tested positive two days ago. Since the WHO declared the outbreak a pandemic on 11 March 2020, it means that I held out against Covid for 2 years, 4 months and 11 days. I must say that, being extra careful with the sa… --- ## [David Sedaris - Anyone a fan? Have any of you seen him live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-sedaris-anyone-a-fan-have-any-of-you-seen-him-live/788351)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-sedaris-anyone-a-fan-have-any-of-you-seen-him-live/788351 "2024-03-06T16:39:18Z")
I only know him from a handful of This American Life podcasts I’ve heard him on, and I’ve greatly enjoyed each one. I have a couple of his books on my Kindle. I started one, then lost interest about ten minutes in and h… --- ## [I’m going to join The Isotopes!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-going-to-join-the-isotopes/998505)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-going-to-join-the-isotopes/998505 "2024-03-06T16:13:01Z")
I just had a nuclear stress test, and I’m glowing! Even my little kit Geiger counter has no problem detecting those gamma rays. --- ## [Excel: Increment all cells in a column by greater than 1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-increment-all-cells-in-a-column-by-greater-than-1/998541)
**Author:** [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-increment-all-cells-in-a-column-by-greater-than-1/998541 "2024-03-06T16:02:18Z")
I have a tracking sheet for exercise, and I’m about to move to a new sheet. I need to bump all of the numbers from the “weight” column by 5, preferably not manually because it is 111 rows, and I am lazy. The numbers also… --- ## [Frosting or icing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frosting-or-icing/998366)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frosting-or-icing/998366 "2024-03-06T14:58:30Z")
Cakes or cookies, it was always frosting in my family. I winder if it is one if those regional things? --- ## [Who was the last person to be executed for WWII crimes in Europe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-last-person-to-be-executed-for-wwii-crimes-in-europe/998512)
**Author:** [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-last-person-to-be-executed-for-wwii-crimes-in-europe/998512 "2024-03-06T13:28:42Z")
I was wondering who the last Nazi to be executed for war crimes/crimes against humanity was. At first, I thought it was Adolf Eichman in 1961, but then I found the case of Horst Fischer, who was executed in 1966 for his … --- ## [Does bread go mouldy faster when in the light?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-bread-go-mouldy-faster-when-in-the-light/998380)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-bread-go-mouldy-faster-when-in-the-light/998380 "2024-03-06T13:26:34Z")
Our bread bin fell apart so we’ve been keeping our bread and buns on the counter. They seem to be going mouldy a lot faster. Does keeping bread in the dark slow down mould? --- ## [Fire extinguisher: how toxic, and can i recharge one? Need answer kinda fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-extinguisher-how-toxic-and-can-i-recharge-one-need-answer-kinda-fast/998455)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-extinguisher-how-toxic-and-can-i-recharge-one-need-answer-kinda-fast/998455 "2024-03-06T13:04:03Z")
We have a fire extinguisher in the kitchen. I knocked it over, and a yellow cloud emerged from its maw. It’s a Kidd chemical fire extinguisher, and i can look up other details if that’s helpful. I put on an n95 mask and… --- ## [National Air Cargo 747-400 crashes at Bagram AFB Afghanistan {April 30, 2013}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-air-cargo-747-400-crashes-at-bagram-afb-afghanistan-april-30-2013/657167)
**Author:** [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-air-cargo-747-400-crashes-at-bagram-afb-afghanistan-april-30-2013/657167 "2024-03-06T10:25:24Z")
Caught on Video. Looks like a power on stall. Probably shifting freight took it out of CG. --- ## [Worst sequel title?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-title/998504)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-title/998504 "2024-03-06T07:43:22Z")
With Final Destination: Bloodlines now filming, I saw it posed, “Has a good sequel ever been made with the title Bloodlines in it?” I don’t know the answer to the above question, but it got me wondering what sequels hav… --- ## [Civ 5 multiplayer problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-5-multiplayer-problem/998522)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-5-multiplayer-problem/998522 "2024-03-06T06:13:56Z")
I play Civ 5 regularly with a friend. So we are using Steam / multiplayer / Internet. The problem comes after we save and then load the game later. The first player has their turn, then the game effectively ‘freezes’, … --- ## [What is an alternative to iTunes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-alternative-to-itunes/998045)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-alternative-to-itunes/998045 "2024-03-06T03:52:00Z")
There are other threads on this topic, but the most recent is ten years old. I thought there might be some more recent developments. My wife and I both have Apple iPhones and are very happy with these devices. We have… --- ## [Trump -- (lack of) intelligence/personality (disorders)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-lack-of-intelligence-personality-disorders/991569)
**Author:** [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-lack-of-intelligence-personality-disorders/991569 "2024-03-06T01:25:46Z")
Another thread got derailed talking about Trump’s intelligence (or lack thereof) and personality (disorders). But I think it’s an interesting topic. My take: He’s definitely a character that could have been conjured b… --- ## [Do Trump followers and Republicans think the country would survive his reelection?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-trump-followers-and-republicans-think-the-country-would-survive-his-reelection/995612)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 248\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-trump-followers-and-republicans-think-the-country-would-survive-his-reelection/995612 "2024-03-06T01:13:37Z")
I asked this question two years ago: My new question is obviously related. Do Trump’s many dead-enders and his cowardly Republican enablers think that, if he were to be reelected, the rest of the people would just sit… --- ## [Breaking news: Photography is an expensive hobby](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-photography-is-an-expensive-hobby/998440)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-photography-is-an-expensive-hobby/998440 "2024-03-06T00:31:33Z")
I’ve already had a very significant amount of money invested in cameras, lenses, and accessories when the mirrorless bug bit me. So I bought myself a nice new mirrorless camera body. But wait, now I need a $250 adapter … --- ## [Brewing coffee: why cold water?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brewing-coffee-why-cold-water/998391)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brewing-coffee-why-cold-water/998391 "2024-03-06T00:11:27Z")
I’ve been brewing coffee in percolators and drip coffee makers for nearly sixty years. Ever since I was a wee tyke of eleven, I have always started by filling the percolator or the water tank of the coffee maker with COL… --- ## [Amazon hiccups](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-hiccups/998509)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-hiccups/998509 "2024-03-06T00:05:38Z")
My Fire stick suddenly lost its wits mid-playback on Music and refuses to admit our home network has Internet connectivity. Every other device in the house is connecting just fine to that very network. My phone is also … --- ## [Colin Firth is Dreamy.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-firth-is-dreamy/72480)
**Author:** [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-firth-is-dreamy/72480 "2024-03-05T20:24:40Z")
I just got through six parts of the BBC’s Pride and Prejudice. Good God, Colin Firth is a dream boat. Brooding and English. A deadly combination. Hugh Grant called him a “sexy bitch” in an interview. Heh. Off to hunt do… --- ## [The comedy Airplane! was released 30 years ago! Surely you can't be serious!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 400\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249 "2024-03-05T20:06:44Z")
I am serious… and don’t call me Shirley. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/movies/27airplane.html --- ## [Bad, bad, bad Revolution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-revolution/998458)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2024, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-revolution/998458 "2024-03-05T19:51:36Z")
It’s gonna be alright. “You tell me it’s the institution, Well, you better free your mind instead” Too much crap, hate, and loud mouth a\*\*holes littering this world. Where’s kindness, acceptance and love? That’s all … --- ## [Do you have to explain where you got a bunch of cash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-to-explain-where-you-got-a-bunch-of-cash/996033)
**Author:** [@Garak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garak)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-to-explain-where-you-got-a-bunch-of-cash/996033 "2024-03-05T19:49:44Z")
Yeah you have to report income to the IRS but that’s just a once a year thing am I correct? So in this hypotheical you have a million dollars in cash in a bag open visible in your car and a police sees it and asks where … --- ## [Why did Allen Weisselberg's plea deal say he won't testify in hush money trial?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-allen-weisselbergs-plea-deal-say-he-wont-testify-in-hush-money-trial/998446)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-allen-weisselbergs-plea-deal-say-he-wont-testify-in-hush-money-trial/998446 "2024-03-05T18:39:26Z")
So this has come up in a couple of threads, and is now official: Trump CFO Weisellberg has taken a deal for another 5 month sentence for perjury. But it’s still super confusing to me. Ex-Trump Org. CFO pleads guilty to … --- ## [Ethics of comparing roof repair estimates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethics-of-comparing-roof-repair-estimates/997888)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethics-of-comparing-roof-repair-estimates/997888 "2024-03-05T18:30:04Z")
Is it ehtical to give one estimator of roof repair the estimate of another? Of course, it runs the risk of local contractors talking to each other; the last time a traded in a used car, the first offer was $2,000, the ne… --- ## [I'm pitting Amazon's search engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-amazons-search-engine/997966)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-amazons-search-engine/997966 "2024-03-05T17:55:39Z")
Amazon’s search engine has gone way downhill. It used to function reasonably well as a means of searching for an item Amazon sells. Which should be its main function. But Amazon seems to have adopted a new principle. R… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=614) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=616)