# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=615&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 616 --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter B 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-b-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/998061)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2024, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-b-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/998061 "2024-03-07T10:16:23Z")
RULES: Submissions must begin with the letter B. 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… --- ## ["Operation Squid" discovers 1.3 tons of cocaine in Portugal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/operation-squid-discovers-1-3-tons-of-cocaine-in-portugal/998454)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2024, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/operation-squid-discovers-1-3-tons-of-cocaine-in-portugal/998454 "2024-03-07T08:02:33Z")
Holy Mackerel, Batman! These drug traffickers are getting more… so-fish-ticated. --- ## [Another retirement/aging discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-retirement-aging-discussion/997967)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2024, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-retirement-aging-discussion/997967 "2024-03-07T07:43:32Z")
This topic started me thinking about my remaining years. I just turned 57. I am single (divorced.) I have been working continuously in the IT field for over 30 years. I have been contributing to my 401(k) all along and i… --- ## [Steve Garvey is running for Congress?!?!?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-garvey-is-running-for-congress/998518)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2024, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-garvey-is-running-for-congress/998518 "2024-03-07T06:44:18Z")
This is apparently for real. I remember when he and his former wife split up in the 1980s, and both of them ended up being exposed as total village idiots. I had never heard about that until earlier today. --- ## [Sell me on your preferred (premium) music streaming service](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sell-me-on-your-preferred-premium-music-streaming-service/997481)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2024, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sell-me-on-your-preferred-premium-music-streaming-service/997481 "2024-03-07T03:25:30Z")
I’ve been using Amazon premium music since the pandemic (global pandemics are how they getcha, it’s econ 101) but after a year in a job where I can listen to music 8 hours a day I’m getting tired of it. Not enough variet… --- ## [I will vote today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-vote-today/998482)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-vote-today/998482 "2024-03-07T03:12:28Z")
I will vote, both in the Primaries, and in November. It may be that many senior Republicans wan this to be the last,/u\> US Election. So I will vote, win or lose. Because I woke up this morning , literally, with these … --- ## [Anybody watched American Conspiracy? (Netflix)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watched-american-conspiracy-netflix/998562)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2024, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watched-american-conspiracy-netflix/998562 "2024-03-07T02:03:26Z")
I’m not sure what to think. CTs are not my things but his one raises some interesting questions. There are actual murders (and what was ruled a suicide) that took place. --- ## [Over-large portions = Gannet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-large-portions-gannet/998447)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2024, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-large-portions-gannet/998447 "2024-03-07T01:41:12Z")
A question from a friend. How do Americans describe people who take over-large portions at social gatherings, if they do not have the word ‘gannet’? --- ## [Ho Fucking Ho - December Mini-Rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-fucking-ho-december-mini-rants/993961)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 667\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-fucking-ho-december-mini-rants/993961 "2024-03-06T23:12:22Z")
I don’t see a December rant thread, so perhaps I’m first. Went to a nice Christmas concert last night. A chamber orchestra doing some music you don’t ordinarily hear at this time of year. Everything was going fine until… --- ## [I have read that more Southerners volunteered to fight in WWII but what about WWI? Which where did most volunteers to fight in WWI come from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-read-that-more-southerners-volunteered-to-fight-in-wwii-but-what-about-wwi-which-where-did-most-volunteers-to-fight-in-wwi-come-from/998530)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-read-that-more-southerners-volunteered-to-fight-in-wwii-but-what-about-wwi-which-where-did-most-volunteers-to-fight-in-wwi-come-from/998530 "2024-03-06T21:59:08Z")
I have read that more Southerners volunteered to fight in WWII but what about in WWI? Where did most American volunteers fighting in WWI come from? Did their political affiliation have anything to do with it? I couldn’t … --- ## [Are AIs capable of using the scientific method?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-ais-capable-of-using-the-scientific-method/980092)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-ais-capable-of-using-the-scientific-method/980092 "2024-03-06T21:50:51Z")
I’m not sure if the should go in FQ or Great Debates. Let’s say an AI is tasked with forming a testable hypothesis. Take some natural phenomena that is not explained / not adequately explained by the currently accepted … --- ## [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… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=614&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=616&state=tracking)