# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=637&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 638 --- ## [Travel attractions or events that didn't disappoint](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-attractions-or-events-that-didnt-disappoint/994752)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2024, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-attractions-or-events-that-didnt-disappoint/994752 "2024-02-05T11:07:53Z")
In our travels we’ve encountered some attractions that have disappointed, some that were interesting, and some that really knocked it out of the park. What did you experience that went above and beyond your expectations?… --- ## [If the internet went down permanently would it be a net gain, or a net loss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-internet-went-down-permanently-would-it-be-a-net-gain-or-a-net-loss/987580)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2024, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-internet-went-down-permanently-would-it-be-a-net-gain-or-a-net-loss/987580 "2024-02-05T07:56:30Z")
Let us say the internet goes down, and can’t be fixed(the reason is unimportant to this conversation). What would the net effect be five, ten, twenty years down the road? How would politics be changed? Would newspaper… --- ## [How would you solve the immigration debate? A hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-solve-the-immigration-debate-a-hypothetical/985252)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2024, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-solve-the-immigration-debate-a-hypothetical/985252 "2024-02-05T07:21:46Z")
Here’s the scenario. You come across some kind of magical device that gives you the following powers. You have mind control over all the members of the US Congress to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill. Wh… --- ## [Groundhog Day data](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groundhog-day-data/997072)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2024, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groundhog-day-data/997072 "2024-02-05T05:55:29Z")
This is separate from the “What the? It’s groundhog day again” thread. This is hard data. One local reporter collated the results of all the past predictions he could find in the local paper archives. Mr Hog was correct … --- ## [Cooking with a microwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-with-a-microwave/996865)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-with-a-microwave/996865 "2024-02-05T03:50:01Z")
To what extent do you use a microwave oven to ‘cook’? What I mean is, we have a microwave oven which we use if we want to boil a cup of water quickly, heat microwave-specific products, such as popcorn or frozen dinners (… --- ## [Help me find a kids' book from a while back- Benjamin B](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-kids-book-from-a-while-back-benjamin-b/380536)
**Author:** [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2024, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-kids-book-from-a-while-back-benjamin-b/380536 "2024-02-05T03:40:40Z")
Title says it all, really. A friend of mine who recently reached 40 is looking for a book for her nephew that she remembers from her own childhood. The book is, apparently, titled “Benjamin B”, but she recalls nothing of… --- ## [What killed "Guess Your Weight" booths?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-killed-guess-your-weight-booths/997076)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2024, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-killed-guess-your-weight-booths/997076 "2024-02-05T02:11:27Z")
Was it society getting fatter, or more of a general attitude towards fat shaming? The last time I remember seeing a Guess Your Weight booths/attraction was at Knott’s Berry Farm in the late 90s and it was basically “If … --- ## [Is it ok to link to threads from an external website?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-link-to-threads-from-an-external-website/997104)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2024, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-link-to-threads-from-an-external-website/997104 "2024-02-04T23:32:57Z")
I’ve been running a monthly SDMB photography competition for a year or so, which means we’ve got (an ever expanding) bunch of threads. I’ve got an index of all the threads in a spreadsheet. I figured it would be nice to… --- ## [Rape in Jewish law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-in-jewish-law/997106)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-in-jewish-law/997106 "2024-02-04T22:00:10Z")
Are people- male or female- who have suffered being raped considered unclean in any way under traditional Jewish law? And if so is there any standard procedure or ritual of cleansing? --- ## [HoneyBadgerDC suspended for a week until Feb 11, 2024 11:59 pm for violating Topic Ban](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honeybadgerdc-suspended-for-a-week-until-feb-11-2024-11-59-pm-for-violating-topic-ban/997105)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honeybadgerdc-suspended-for-a-week-until-feb-11-2024-11-59-pm-for-violating-topic-ban/997105 "2024-02-04T21:45:37Z")
HoneyBadgerDC suspended 1 week until Feb 11, 2024 11:59 pm for violating Topic Ban. He has had 4 warnings in just over 6 months. The latest for violating his Topic ban on Climate Change. I’m going to make this clear t… --- ## [Spy accidentally hypnotizing themself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spy-accidentally-hypnotizing-themself/997056)
**Author:** [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spy-accidentally-hypnotizing-themself/997056 "2024-02-04T21:15:37Z")
I remember seeing a comedy where a spy or somebody is trying to hypnotize his nemesis, but accidentally hypnotizes himself, leading to silly hijinks. Does anybody remember this trope? I’m thinking Get Smart, Naked Gun, o… --- ## [Premier League 2023/24](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premier-league-2023-24/989507)
**Author:** [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premier-league-2023-24/989507 "2024-02-04T16:53:24Z")
Didn’t see a thread started for the new season so thought I’d kick it off. The transfer window in Europe has closed and Premier League clubs in England have spent a record £2.36bn per the BBC. My club Tottenham Hotspur h… --- ## [Newest Vince McMahon lawsuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newest-vince-mcmahon-lawsuit/996876)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newest-vince-mcmahon-lawsuit/996876 "2024-02-04T15:32:54Z")
So far it’s a civil lawsuit. I wouldn’t be surprised if this triggers a police investigation and criminal charges. Apparently the Mr McMahon character was inspired by real life. Extremely :poop: and sleazy behavior for… --- ## [The Sopranos, 25 years later... (open spoilers, even in OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sopranos-25-years-later-open-spoilers-even-in-op/995915)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2024, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sopranos-25-years-later-open-spoilers-even-in-op/995915 "2024-02-04T11:38:16Z")
Today is the 25th anniversary of the premiere of the first episode of The Sopranos, America’s favorite story about troubled teens, New Jersey mob types, and, of course, anti-Italian discrimination. Credited with kicking… --- ## [Three US Troops killed and 25 injured in attack in Jordan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-us-troops-killed-and-25-injured-in-attack-in-jordan/996773)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2024, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-us-troops-killed-and-25-injured-in-attack-in-jordan/996773 "2024-02-04T07:39:37Z")
Here’s a link. This is breaking news. Things are going from bad to worse over there. --- ## [Particle physics question re. "glueballs"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/particle-physics-question-re-glueballs/997067)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2024, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/particle-physics-question-re-glueballs/997067 "2024-02-04T01:27:28Z")
Gluons are massless particles that transmit the strong nuclear force and bind quarks together. Gluons can theoretically form clumps called glueballs, which Wiki says would quickly decay. If glueballs are formed from mass… --- ## [PA Man Beheads Govt. Emp. Father, Posts Video Online, Calls For "Revolution" Against Biden](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pa-man-beheads-govt-emp-father-posts-video-online-calls-for-revolution-against-biden/996894)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 196\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2024, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pa-man-beheads-govt-emp-father-posts-video-online-calls-for-revolution-against-biden/996894 "2024-02-04T00:55:42Z")
Story here. (Yes, I know the Mail isn’t the best source, but this is breaking within the last hour and there aren’t many articles about it yet.) I suppose it was only a matter of time before Trump and his legion of… --- ## [Wizard of Oz how did the make the corn and plants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wizard-of-oz-how-did-the-make-the-corn-and-plants/968261)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wizard-of-oz-how-did-the-make-the-corn-and-plants/968261 "2024-02-03T23:12:13Z")
If you haven’t seen the new remastered video…its here: - YouTube I’ve always wondered what the corn and other plants were made of in that age before widespread plastic use. Anyone know what material the prop plants wer… --- ## [Can a human or an animal EAT 35mm nitrate film stock (and live)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-human-or-an-animal-eat-35mm-nitrate-film-stock-and-live/995998)
**Author:** [@The\_Piranha\_Brothers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Piranha_Brothers)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2024, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-human-or-an-animal-eat-35mm-nitrate-film-stock-and-live/995998 "2024-02-03T22:44:26Z")
Background: nitrate film stock is flammable, impossible to extinguish, and toxic when in burns. Theoretically a nitrate film might contain a lost and sought-after movie (such as London After Midnight) but it could also b… --- ## [Crab cooking advice sought](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crab-cooking-advice-sought/997061)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2024, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crab-cooking-advice-sought/997061 "2024-02-03T22:12:05Z")
It’s Dungeness crab season and I’d like to go buy a couple of live crabs and cook them. I’ve done so in the past, but the lively, aggressive crabs scare me and I don’t like to throw them in a pot of boiling water. I se… --- ## [Does anyone have a Robinhood account?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-robinhood-account/996996)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-robinhood-account/996996 "2024-02-03T22:02:32Z")
I see that they’re offering a 3% match on IRA rollovers and transfers, which is pretty amazing. I’m currently with Fidelity, and have really enjoyed their customer service and minimalist pricing. However, Robinhood has s… --- ## [How much did we tip in the 80s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-we-tip-in-the-80s/835664)
**Author:** [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2024, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-we-tip-in-the-80s/835664 "2024-02-03T22:01:20Z")
Title is pretty much the question. I’m trying to remember what it was usually. My grandmother, who was tighter than two thumbs up a pigs ass, would take money off the table if she thought is was too much. She wouldn’t gi… --- ## [US Tax Question--software](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-tax-question-software/996937)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-tax-question-software/996937 "2024-02-03T20:21:16Z")
I have health insurance, a pension, and took cash from my 401k. What tax software accommodates this? Free preferred. --- ## [Please persuade me why Medicare ought not be means tested](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-persuade-me-why-medicare-ought-not-be-means-tested/989365)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-persuade-me-why-medicare-ought-not-be-means-tested/989365 "2024-02-03T19:37:41Z")
Apologies if this is more IMHO than GD. It seems to have been a few years since we discussed this. But as I’m getting closer to collecting Medicare and seeing many of my friends/family doing so, I don’t quite get why r… --- ## [Whatever happened to Leroy Moten?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-leroy-moten/73688)
**Author:** [@Knight16](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knight16)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-leroy-moten/73688 "2024-02-03T19:18:34Z")
I’m doing research on Viola Liuzzo who was shot and killed by Klansmen in Selma, AL in March of 1965 following the Selma Civil Rights march. Another man, Leroy Moten was in the car with her and survived. He pretended to… --- ## [Pigeons. Dammed Ones. Possibly literally. (NEWSLINKS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigeons-dammed-ones-possibly-literally-newslinks/997052)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigeons-dammed-ones-possibly-literally-newslinks/997052 "2024-02-03T19:06:46Z")
Pigeons from Hell. Shropshire. But still messengers of Death. Yes, they ARE coming to get you. NEWSLINK India has exonerated a Pigeon of being a Spy. For China. Next week, they will be hanging Chimps from lamp posts, … --- ## [Soap box misunderstanding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soap-box-misunderstanding/996886)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soap-box-misunderstanding/996886 "2024-02-03T17:09:14Z")
In your opinion what do you think would happen if unbeknownst to yourself a basket of towels were washed? With one pod of Persil detergent (unscented), a cup of bleach(generic) and…listen to this…a bar of Dove soap. Hal… --- ## [Pulp Fiction Briefcase MacGuffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-briefcase-macguffin/750463)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-briefcase-macguffin/750463 "2024-02-03T17:02:44Z")
The hypothesis that the briefcase contains Marcellus’ soul seems reminiscent to me of the Harlan Ellison short story “Grail”: A man spends much of his life, including bargaining with a demon, to gain the mysterious art… --- ## [My Latest Hate in Movies & TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-hate-in-movies-tv/996504)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2024, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-hate-in-movies-tv/996504 "2024-02-03T16:59:36Z")
I have noticed more and more instances in movies and tv where you are expected to be able to read a text message or a written note. I have fairly good eyes but unless I was watching on a HUGE screen, I can’t usually read… --- ## [Coxswain, who are they?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coxswain-who-are-they/996791)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2024, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coxswain-who-are-they/996791 "2024-02-03T05:43:11Z")
Sitting here in Melbourne, Australia, sipping a beer and watching rowing fours and eights practice on the river. I’m wondering who becomes a coxswain? Someone into rowing but who doesn’t want to row. I understand the rol… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=636&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=638&state=watching)