# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=619&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 620 --- ## [America's Most Average Person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-most-average-person/998208)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-most-average-person/998208 "2024-03-01T15:03:45Z")
The YouTube channel vlogbrothers recently posted a video (below, 4.5 minutes long) about “the most average person in America.” By that he meant he is looking at who is the median person in America. It is not really on… --- ## [Who sets the schedule for SCOTUS oral arguments?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-sets-the-schedule-for-scotus-oral-arguments/998299)
**Author:** [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2024, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-sets-the-schedule-for-scotus-oral-arguments/998299 "2024-03-01T14:06:54Z")
Obviously in reference to the Trump immunity case, but I’m not looking to discuss that. As I understand it, it takes 4 of the 9 justices to decide to hear a case, but after that, who decides when oral arguments occur? Re… --- ## [Black-Scholes Option Pricing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-scholes-option-pricing/481641)
**Author:** [@Humble\_Servant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Humble_Servant)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2024, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-scholes-option-pricing/481641 "2024-03-01T03:13:43Z")
I have a couple of points on Cecil’s most amusing (“let a professional help you out,” indeed) column on a couple (fission and Chicago School economics) of the glorious achievements of UofC affiliates (http://chicago.stra… --- ## [Man with too many items for checkout pulls gun on clerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-with-too-many-items-for-checkout-pulls-gun-on-clerk/997627)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-with-too-many-items-for-checkout-pulls-gun-on-clerk/997627 "2024-03-01T01:20:06Z")
A little background, although it probably isn’t necessary. A few weeks ago our local supermarket chain started restricting self-checkout to shoppers with 10 items or less, partly because too many people were pushing load… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - February 2024 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-february-2024-edition/996849)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2024, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-february-2024-edition/996849 "2024-03-01T00:35:03Z")
February is on the horizon and it’s a leap yar! One MORE day of reading for us! So I have no idea what Punxsutawney Phil is going to declare next Friday, but spring has already hit Northern Utah with a vengeance. It was… --- ## [What are these lyrics (and what do they mean)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-lyrics-and-what-do-they-mean/956172)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-lyrics-and-what-do-they-mean/956172 "2024-02-29T23:38:59Z")
The song: Mama You Been On My Mind (Bob Dylan) I had this Rod Stewart album when I was young - so this is the version I’m most familiar with. But I never understood the opening lines. Not the words, really, or the meani… --- ## [Dueling Your Mirror Image](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-your-mirror-image/997751)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-your-mirror-image/997751 "2024-02-29T23:30:07Z")
Suppose you are three meters away from your mirror image self. Your doppelganger does everything that you do. And you’ve decided you must kill them. It takes light 1/100,000,000th of a second for the light to reach your… --- ## [Mundane, pointless stuff I learned today...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-stuff-i-learned-today/70298)
**Author:** [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-stuff-i-learned-today/70298 "2024-02-29T23:02:24Z")
Today I learned that limes are always sold in thier unripened state… Why? To distinguish them from lemons, since limes are also yellow in thier ripened form!! What have you learned today? Gp P.s. I did warn you in th… --- ## [Advice on choosing part D Medicare insurance and Supplemental insurance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-choosing-part-d-medicare-insurance-and-supplemental-insurance/998202)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-choosing-part-d-medicare-insurance-and-supplemental-insurance/998202 "2024-02-29T20:16:39Z")
I’ve already started the application process and have selected for part B to start in April '24. Right now I’m trying to figure out which company would be best for part D. It seems that no matter which plan I choose Y… --- ## [Any benefit to letting a car “rest” during a long drive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-benefit-to-letting-a-car-rest-during-a-long-drive/998253)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-benefit-to-letting-a-car-rest-during-a-long-drive/998253 "2024-02-29T19:48:46Z")
I’m about to leave for a long car trip of about 1,500 miles over 2 days. My original plan was to drive my new truck down, but due to space limitations where I’ll be parking, I am forced to bring my much older 2009 car. … --- ## [Do any religious sects denounce in vitro fertilization? (IVF)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-religious-sects-denounce-in-vitro-fertilization-ivf/998013)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-religious-sects-denounce-in-vitro-fertilization-ivf/998013 "2024-02-29T17:44:30Z")
I understand that IVF often results in the death of blastocysts, or at least embryos that are never implanted into any womb. So if you believe that destroying a fertilized egg is murder, you presumably wouldn’t want to u… --- ## [The new "WHAM!" documentary on Netflix - highly recommend!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-wham-documentary-on-netflix-highly-recommend/986796)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-wham-documentary-on-netflix-highly-recommend/986796 "2024-02-29T17:28:34Z")
I watched it last night. It’s about the classic George Michael/Andrew Ridgeley duo, and while it’s quite superficial as docos go, it’s still excellent, and I for one sang along through much of it. Highly recommended fo… --- ## [Wondering aloud about creating a Science forum (added a science tag instead)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering-aloud-about-creating-a-science-forum-added-a-science-tag-instead/998022)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering-aloud-about-creating-a-science-forum-added-a-science-tag-instead/998022 "2024-02-29T15:24:34Z")
Okay, bear with me as I think this out, it’s not a proposal (yet). I was reading a couple of science-y threads in MaPSIMS this morning and was thinking about what a strange place that was to park them. And that got me r… --- ## [Different songs, same melody](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-songs-same-melody/577981)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-songs-same-melody/577981 "2024-02-29T14:35:02Z")
I realized many years ago that Barney the Dinosaur’s I Love You song is the same melody as This Old Man. The alphabet song is really Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. And I just realized that Mary Had a Little Lamb is reall… --- ## [Pluto -- now in COLOR!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pluto-now-in-color/732470)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pluto-now-in-color/732470 "2024-02-29T14:21:33Z")
New high-res. photos from the flyby in color: We’ve known for almost 15 years that Pluto was “mostly brown”, but it’s better at high resolution http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap010319.html --- ## [Scary scenario for Trump victory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-scenario-for-trump-victory/998164)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-scenario-for-trump-victory/998164 "2024-02-29T13:21:21Z")
I’ve seen similar ideas put forward, and can’t find a problem with this one: --- ## [Balletomanes please? What's this called?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balletomanes-please-whats-this-called/998241)
**Author:** [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balletomanes-please-whats-this-called/998241 "2024-02-29T13:15:04Z")
I used to know the name for this but googling isn’t coming up with it. It’s done by a male dancer. At 1:59 in the video (which shows just 3 seconds of it, but in a ballet it goes on several seconds longer) he’s circlin… --- ## [Any Michael Rapaport fans? Can you explain this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-michael-rapaport-fans-can-you-explain-this/993488)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-michael-rapaport-fans-can-you-explain-this/993488 "2024-02-29T11:49:11Z")
He seems to have gone over the edge. Sorry about it not starting at the beginning :face\_with\_raised\_eyebrow: --- ## [Covid and brain fog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-and-brain-fog/998265)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-and-brain-fog/998265 "2024-02-29T11:35:11Z")
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2400189 A new study compares the cognitive functioning of people who didn’t get covid, those who had mild covid, serious covid, long covid, etc. There are lots of findings, an… --- ## [Look into my/your/her/sb eye... but which eye?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-into-my-your-her-sb-eye-but-which-eye/998054)
**Author:** [@longtry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longtry)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-into-my-your-her-sb-eye-but-which-eye/998054 "2024-02-29T11:01:46Z")
I have a theory. Whichever side our dominant eye is, we tend to look at that eye of our interlocutor. For example, mine is left eye, and I mostly look at their left eye (on the right of the picture, from my POV) - thus t… --- ## [Is it just me or is President Biden really good at the job?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-president-biden-really-good-at-the-job/984859)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 260\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-president-biden-really-good-at-the-job/984859 "2024-02-29T10:09:45Z")
I know his approval numbers are terrible, but it just seems that every time something seems absolutely impossible, he manages to get bipartisan consensus and get a bill passed. He certainly doesn’t get everything the Dem… --- ## [Gender discrimination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-discrimination/994993)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-discrimination/994993 "2024-02-29T09:58:12Z")
reviewing the Darryl George suspension in Texas over his hair length, wouldn’t this be case for gender discrimination? Why different rules for different genders at both schools and business? Has anyone pursued this appro… --- ## [Enforcing Laws at the Border](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enforcing-laws-at-the-border/996825)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enforcing-laws-at-the-border/996825 "2024-02-29T08:20:22Z")
I’m looking for a factual answer to this. There is an oft-repeated claim on the right that no border deal or reform is needed, they just need the current administration to enforce the laws we have. They make vague claim… --- ## [Are state employees always required by sunshine law to have their name publicly listed for transparency?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-state-employees-always-required-by-sunshine-law-to-have-their-name-publicly-listed-for-transparency/998126)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-state-employees-always-required-by-sunshine-law-to-have-their-name-publicly-listed-for-transparency/998126 "2024-02-29T07:40:12Z")
Was just given a job offer for an administrative role at a university (public university in Maryland.) I’ve seen before that California university employees (and most if not all public employees in Texas) always have th… --- ## [Computer video question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-video-question/998071)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-video-question/998071 "2024-02-29T07:19:34Z")
I like to look at Imgur from time time to time. When you go to the page, there are many “thumbnails”(?) visible and you can scroll down to see more. As I scroll down, eventually the places where the thumbnails will be be… --- ## [When did live audiences start whooping instead of just applauding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-live-audiences-start-whooping-instead-of-just-applauding/997770)
**Author:** [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-live-audiences-start-whooping-instead-of-just-applauding/997770 "2024-02-29T06:48:57Z")
I recently came across a question the “No Stupid Questions” subreddit that I’ve also wondered about: I’ve noticed in old concert footage —specifically Elvis in the’50s and John Denver in the early ’70s—that the audienc… --- ## [Beware the deepfake Oprah!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-deepfake-oprah/998245)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-deepfake-oprah/998245 "2024-02-29T05:57:37Z")
Piers Morgan and Oprah had their voices used by a scammer. I hope the lies catch up enough to punish this kind of thing if they haven’t already. I will say that I’m much more concerned about her than him. --- ## [Trump banned from ballot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-banned-from-ballot/997634)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-banned-from-ballot/997634 "2024-02-29T05:02:45Z")
The states of Maine and Colorado (amongst others trying to) have removed Trump from the ballot as Republican Nominee. Does that ban include write-in ballots? I’m sure Republicans, Conservatives, and the Far Right will … --- ## [Speaking of Scary Scenarios (Pertaining to Control of Congress)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-scary-scenarios-pertaining-to-control-of-congress/998185)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-scary-scenarios-pertaining-to-control-of-congress/998185 "2024-02-29T03:46:33Z")
The “Scary Scenario” thread, although implausible in its own right, does lead me to think that there are two other scenarios not out of the realm of possibilities - and both involve Biden (apparently) winning the electio… --- ## [If The Uruguayan Rugby Team Crash Had Happened In The US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-uruguayan-rugby-team-crash-had-happened-in-the-us/998194)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-uruguayan-rugby-team-crash-had-happened-in-the-us/998194 "2024-02-29T02:41:09Z")
So for those not familiar, in 1972 a plane crashed carrying a Uruguyan rugby team and their friends and families. The survivors were exposed to altitude sickness, hypothermia, starvation, and an avalanche. Unable to work… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=618&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=620&state=muted)