# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=622&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 623 --- ## [Strange thread-ordering upon entering category](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-thread-ordering-upon-entering-category/998032)
**Author:** [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-thread-ordering-upon-entering-category/998032 "2024-02-26T16:04:01Z")
I’m wondering if anybody else is seeing this phenomenon. Sometimes, when I enter a new category from the main site, I will see a different selection/ordering of threads—apparently only threads I’m tracking/have posted to… --- ## [Major cell service outage {2024-02-22}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-cell-service-outage-2024-02-22/997945)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-cell-service-outage-2024-02-22/997945 "2024-02-26T15:50:24Z")
poll --- ## [I need a new racing game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-racing-game/998074)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-racing-game/998074 "2024-02-26T14:22:09Z")
My favorite racing game, Wreckfest, is irretrievably broken. Unacceptably long load times, if it ever even loads at all, and other issues. All of the recommended fixes did nothing to improve my experience, so sadly I’ve … --- ## [Shouldn’t stock market record highs be commonplace?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shouldn-t-stock-market-record-highs-be-commonplace/997990)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shouldn-t-stock-market-record-highs-be-commonplace/997990 "2024-02-26T14:21:04Z")
The news has been reporting that the stock market (or some indices) are at all-time highs. That’s great but in a healthy economy, shouldn’t this happen regularly or is this just trying to indicate that COVID is now firml… --- ## [Please identify a song for me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-a-song-for-me/998092)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-a-song-for-me/998092 "2024-02-26T08:37:59Z")
It starts at 11:19 (right after Gilbert O’Sullivan’s) and only last a few seconds. I stumbled across this series on PBS at four in the morning. I quite like it. --- ## [I Want To Make Not-Sweet Pop Rocks At Home (explained why in OP) - How To Do This](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-make-not-sweet-pop-rocks-at-home-explained-why-in-op-how-to-do-this/998026)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-make-not-sweet-pop-rocks-at-home-explained-why-in-op-how-to-do-this/998026 "2024-02-26T07:33:50Z")
Here is a recipe for at-home Pop Rocks. Pop Rocks being a candy, a principal ingredient is sugar. The thing is, Taco Bell had a promotion a while back where they put cayenne-flavored Pop Rocks in a burrito. I want to tr… --- ## [What is the status of Covid treatment and drugs for the new year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-status-of-covid-treatment-and-drugs-for-the-new-year/996056)
**Author:** [@Jackson99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackson99)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-status-of-covid-treatment-and-drugs-for-the-new-year/996056 "2024-02-26T04:56:57Z")
I have not been reading too much about Covid, but I’m wondering now that we are in new year if there is any antiviral drugs or treatment coming out for Covid. I’m wondering how much they have advance in the past 4 years… --- ## [Id this bodybuilder (possibly Dave Draper?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-bodybuilder-possibly-dave-draper/998084)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-bodybuilder-possibly-dave-draper/998084 "2024-02-26T03:20:57Z")
From 1967 Rowan and Martins Laugh-Ins pilot episode. (45) Laugh-In: Season 1 Episode 1: Pilot | Full Episode - YouTube You can see the bodybuilder at 48:22 and 49:06. This was during a time when Draper was making smal… --- ## [Service Fee of 3% - applies to tips too](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/service-fee-of-3-applies-to-tips-too/997686)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/service-fee-of-3-applies-to-tips-too/997686 "2024-02-26T03:18:59Z")
My wife and I went out for a Friday night fish fry. The food was great and the portion size amazing. Not surprisingly, the place was packed. What was a surprise was the bill. We got the itemized tab, and I gave my credi… --- ## [Let's cook up a Pot of Beans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-cook-up-a-pot-of-beans/996766)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-cook-up-a-pot-of-beans/996766 "2024-02-26T02:58:18Z")
I’m cooking a pot of Great Northern White Beans today. I’m doing it on the top of the stove in my heavy dutch oven. I’ve added onion and big pieces of a smoked beef sausage and salt and pepper. That’s it. Oh water, of … --- ## [Advantages and disadvantages of owning land surrounded by native american reservation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-owning-land-surrounded-by-native-american-reservation/998077)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-owning-land-surrounded-by-native-american-reservation/998077 "2024-02-26T01:20:05Z")
A piece of property came up that is surrounded by properties listed as owned by: U.S.A. TRUST BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS (note: I’m not sure this is ‘technically’ reservation land…the odd naming throws me) There is a pub… --- ## [Recommend a good SVG editor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-svg-editor/997792)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-svg-editor/997792 "2024-02-26T01:14:19Z")
I have need for an SVG editor, but none of the ones I’m finding online seem to have what I need. I have some SVG files, that have some shapes that are right up against other shapes, and so have merged with them. So wha… --- ## [Honesty doesn't pay, literally](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honesty-doesnt-pay-literally/808360)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honesty-doesnt-pay-literally/808360 "2024-02-25T23:53:02Z")
I have a warranty that covers all my home appliances and recently my washer broke. It wasn’t fixable so I had a choice between getting a replacement or a cash payment. The model they chose was worth more than the cash pa… --- ## [Help me recall a comedy routine featuring the 2001 Theme and touching boobies...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-recall-a-comedy-routine-featuring-the-2001-theme-and-touching-boobies/599642)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-recall-a-comedy-routine-featuring-the-2001-theme-and-touching-boobies/599642 "2024-02-25T23:22:19Z")
I want to say it was from the 1980’s or 1990’s?? A male comedian “re-enacts” the first time he touched a girl’s boobs and the musical accompaniment for his bit was Also Sprach Zarathustra, aka the 2001: A Space Odyssey … --- ## [What do retirees do with 401ks/IRAs that are too small to do much with?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-retirees-do-with-401ks-iras-that-are-too-small-to-do-much-with/997872)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-retirees-do-with-401ks-iras-that-are-too-small-to-do-much-with/997872 "2024-02-25T17:42:56Z")
Read a source that the average American’s 401k/IRA is only about $70,000+ at the time of retirement, despite them typically needing it to be at least 10x larger. With that sort of small 401k, what do these retirees typi… --- ## [Mac and Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-and-cheese/998019)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-and-cheese/998019 "2024-02-25T17:10:10Z")
I know there are lot of recipes here for this old favourite but I just found an English one from 1390 which somewhat surprised me, Take and make a thynne foyle of dowh, and kerve it on pieces, and cast hem on boilling w… --- ## [Difference between Grizzly and Brown bears](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-grizzly-and-brown-bears/997765)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-grizzly-and-brown-bears/997765 "2024-02-25T16:05:30Z")
I know they are the same species, and I’ve seen where grizzlies are considered a subspecies of brown bear. The main difference appears to be based on location…Brown bears are coastal, eat a salmon rich diet and are bigg… --- ## [What are your thoughts and opinions on talking about your job outside of work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-thoughts-and-opinions-on-talking-about-your-job-outside-of-work/997840)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-thoughts-and-opinions-on-talking-about-your-job-outside-of-work/997840 "2024-02-25T15:58:45Z")
When you come home after work, during your days off, or when it comes up in conversation = (if you or someone else decides to talk about it)? In my experience, my parents always asked me about how my day went back when … --- ## [Is my computer vulnerable if I don't have a browser open?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-computer-vulnerable-if-i-dont-have-a-browser-open/997949)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-computer-vulnerable-if-i-dont-have-a-browser-open/997949 "2024-02-25T15:42:50Z")
I was scammed a few weeks ago on my computer. I answered an email that contained a number that I called and it was downhill from there. (Please - I know! I know! Consider how stupid and ashamed I feel). But my questi… --- ## [The one symbol not on the QWERTY keyboard that ought to be](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-symbol-not-on-the-qwerty-keyboard-that-ought-to-be/997496)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2024, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-symbol-not-on-the-qwerty-keyboard-that-ought-to-be/997496 "2024-02-25T13:10:05Z")
So you have the authority to dictate ISO/IEC standards and you can mandate that one symbol currently only available as a Unicode sequence will henceforth be on the standard English 105-key keyboard. What do you pick (and… --- ## [Ancient astronaut believers: Are they racist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-astronaut-believers-are-they-racist/996730)
**Author:** [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2024, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-astronaut-believers-are-they-racist/996730 "2024-02-25T06:34:17Z")
I had a conversation today where the other party was feeling a little guilty about going off on a rampage at a casual question. The person asked what he thought about ancient astronauts and he told her that people who f… --- ## [Is this a wide spread word?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-wide-spread-word/998038)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2024, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-wide-spread-word/998038 "2024-02-25T04:53:54Z")
I’ve only heard it in the movie Brazil. It’s “actually” pronounced (as best as I can transcribe it) “actu-lull-lull-e”. It was immediately added to my vocabulary. For all I know it’s wide spread slang. --- ## [From The Commitments - What is This Accent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-commitments-what-is-this-accent/544110)
**Author:** [@Tully\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tully_Mars)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2024, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-commitments-what-is-this-accent/544110 "2024-02-25T01:33:31Z")
The Commitments - it’s one of those movies I can watch again and again. I’ve seen it at least a dozen times. It was on last night and I was wondering something. The character, Joey ‘The Lips’ Fagan, his mother - what … --- ## [Dismissive Doctors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dismissive-doctors/997996)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2024, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dismissive-doctors/997996 "2024-02-25T00:50:09Z")
Does this sound familiar? You tell them your symptoms. They do some minimal testing, then tell you to up your antidepressant, take an anxiolytic. Further testing confirms your symptoms come from a real underlying prob… --- ## [Air Canada ChatBot gives inaccurate fare info; Air Canada tries to say it's not liable because its chatbot is a separate legal entity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-canada-chatbot-gives-inaccurate-fare-info-air-canada-tries-to-say-its-not-liable-because-its-chatbot-is-a-separate-legal-entity/997677)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-canada-chatbot-gives-inaccurate-fare-info-air-canada-tries-to-say-its-not-liable-because-its-chatbot-is-a-separate-legal-entity/997677 "2024-02-24T21:46:06Z")
Fellow wanted to get the bereavement fare from Air Canada to attend the funeral for his grandmother. He went to the Air Canada webpage and asked how bereavement fares worked. The Air Canada chatbot said that he could b… --- ## [How are the number of visitors to National Parks determined?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-the-number-of-visitors-to-national-parks-determined/998020)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-the-number-of-visitors-to-national-parks-determined/998020 "2024-02-24T21:22:45Z")
I see that the latest statistics on the number of visitors to National Parks has come out, but I cannot find any reference to how a visitor is determined. Visits to National Parks For instance, there is a section of th… --- ## [The SDMB NCAA thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-ncaa-thread/765958)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 264\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-ncaa-thread/765958 "2024-02-24T19:59:34Z")
So it popped up in the SRIOTD thread in the Pit that the NCAA has decided to withdraw all neutral-site championship events that were scheduled to take place in North Carolina due to HB2, which makes it illegal for people… --- ## [Microwave oven now tripping GFCI daily, never did before](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-oven-now-tripping-gfci-daily-never-did-before/997969)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-oven-now-tripping-gfci-daily-never-did-before/997969 "2024-02-24T19:59:30Z")
The microwave oven has been tripping the GFCI that it’s plugged into almost daily, whereas it never has before unless the toaster oven was accidentally used at the same time. It’s a 1000-watt oven, probably 4 years old, … --- ## [The Beatles Cinematic Universe is coming in ‘27](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-cinematic-universe-is-coming-in-27/997968)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-cinematic-universe-is-coming-in-27/997968 "2024-02-24T18:15:32Z")
I’m getting in early; can’t wait for this to be a resurrected zombie in 3 years. There has been announced a quarter of movies, all coming in 2027, about the Beatles. Each movie will come from the perspective of a membe… --- ## [What do you think of this new "turbo roundabout"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-this-new-turbo-roundabout/997698)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2024, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-this-new-turbo-roundabout/997698 "2024-02-24T17:31:06Z")
A half an hour away from us, a brand new “turbo roundabout” just opened, only the second in the country. We’re well used to regular roundabouts, but I’ve never heard of this kind. We’re going to have to go try it out. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=621&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=623&state=muted)