# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=644&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 645 --- ## [Not Racism... Religionism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-racism-religionism/996238)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2024, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-racism-religionism/996238 "2024-01-26T03:31:19Z")
Plenty of people are racist. This is a fact, unfortunately. There are a myriad of ways to be racist. Anti black, anti white, anti asian, it is all bullshit but we have the word “racism” to descibe it. Is there a term fo… --- ## [Is this a solution to the Kobyashi Maru test?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-solution-to-the-kobyashi-maru-test/996233)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2024, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-solution-to-the-kobyashi-maru-test/996233 "2024-01-26T01:39:13Z")
It’s a no-win situation comprised of a damaged starship filled with dying people who are trapped in an area that serves as a no-fly zone. If you enter during the test, you will be attacked by a superior force and it mean… --- ## [Don't Iceland volcanos have names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-iceland-volcanos-have-names/996132)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2024, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-iceland-volcanos-have-names/996132 "2024-01-26T00:29:28Z")
In the recent news articles about volcanoes in Iceland, they never refer to the volcano by name. Seems odd. Perhaps it’s because the last volcano to erupt, and spewed so much into the atmosphere that it disrupted air t… --- ## [Blue & Black Collar Overtime Hours](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-black-collar-overtime-hours/996617)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-black-collar-overtime-hours/996617 "2024-01-25T22:35:37Z")
A majority of blue & black collar type jobs (in addition to factories, warehousing, and trucking) usually require and have more overtime hours/opportunities when compared to white collar jobs… which makes me wonder why c… --- ## [Important Question About Chester Cheetah](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-question-about-chester-cheetah/996404)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-question-about-chester-cheetah/996404 "2024-01-25T22:00:41Z")
I’ve tried to cut down in less healthy snacks. But sometimes I enjoy crunchy cheese things. Just back from the gym; felt I deserved some, and so my fingers now have traces of orange crud. Looking at the packet, I noti… --- ## [Social dilemma - What would you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-dilemma-what-would-you-do/996593)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-dilemma-what-would-you-do/996593 "2024-01-25T21:55:37Z")
You follow a very strict low-carb diet. You are invited to a couple’s home for lunch. They hint that they will be serving sub sandwiches, pasta, and a dessert. Other info: You have known them for just a couple of year… --- ## [People who dreamed about being able to fly, how did you fly in your dream?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-dreamed-about-being-able-to-fly-how-did-you-fly-in-your-dream/994775)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-dreamed-about-being-able-to-fly-how-did-you-fly-in-your-dream/994775 "2024-01-25T21:30:57Z")
poll --- ## [So, what are Haley and DeSantis running for? '28? Veep? Trump incarceration?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-haley-and-desantis-running-for-28-veep-trump-incarceration/996243)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-haley-and-desantis-running-for-28-veep-trump-incarceration/996243 "2024-01-25T20:43:21Z")
I think I’m supposed to know this, but damned if I can remember hearing it. What goal do Haley and DeSantis have? Do they think Trump will pick one of them as running mate? Do they think he’ll disappear somehow before th… --- ## [What are the best modern tank strategies? Especially Ukraine vs. Russia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-modern-tank-strategies-especially-ukraine-vs-russia/996074)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-modern-tank-strategies-especially-ukraine-vs-russia/996074 "2024-01-25T20:41:50Z")
What are the best modern tank strategies? Especially Ukraine vs. Russia. --- ## [Identify this poorly-remembered movie or TV show about a robot detective](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-poorly-remembered-movie-or-tv-show-about-a-robot-detective/983742)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-poorly-remembered-movie-or-tv-show-about-a-robot-detective/983742 "2024-01-25T20:32:58Z")
Live action, 1980s or thereabouts, I think from the USA, I think with a detective or mystery-solving theme; one of the main characters was a realistic humanoid robot (but not Inspector Gadget). One of his abilities was … --- ## [Floridopers, please beware of frozen iguanas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-please-beware-of-frozen-iguanas/996587)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-please-beware-of-frozen-iguanas/996587 "2024-01-25T20:05:20Z")
They can apparently damage cars and people when they fall out of trees, so keep an eye upwards! The poor critters just stiffen up in the cold and drop to the ground. --- ## [Rip Charles Osgood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-charles-osgood/996576)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-charles-osgood/996576 "2024-01-25T19:12:29Z")
Another old-time radio/TV journalist gone. --- ## [Help me understand "Crungus" and "Loab"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-crungus-and-loab/971234)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-crungus-and-loab/971234 "2024-01-25T17:51:31Z")
As nearly as this 20th-century old geezer understands it, there has been a sort of feedback loop between internet memes, artificial intelligence and image trawling that some people are claiming has produced a self-emergi… --- ## [Why is this empty Phone running out of Space?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-empty-phone-running-out-of-space/996571)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-empty-phone-running-out-of-space/996571 "2024-01-25T17:10:28Z")
I’m using my Mom’s old 10GBb Android Phone to play music. Samsung Galaxy A01 We bought it for mom after 3G service was discontinued and her Flip phone didn’t work. It never had much installed. Solitaire and Amazon. It w… --- ## [NHL: January 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-january-2024/995474)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-january-2024/995474 "2024-01-25T16:55:43Z")
I quite liked the Winter Classic this year. Finally, it moves out west and not the same 6 teams with Seattle vs Vegas in a battle of recent expansion teams and also featuring the defending Stanley Cup champions. Well, e… --- ## [The difference between a good director and a bad director?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-difference-between-a-good-director-and-a-bad-director/996588)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-difference-between-a-good-director-and-a-bad-director/996588 "2024-01-25T15:55:30Z")
A lot of people are upset that Greta Gerwig (director of Barbie) wasn’t nominated for best director. My gut feeling is that I can tell the difference between good acting and bad acting, and between good special effects … --- ## [Former South Korean Presidental Candidate stabbed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-south-korean-presidental-candidate-stabbed/995496)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-south-korean-presidental-candidate-stabbed/995496 "2024-01-25T15:01:13Z")
I know squat about politics in South Korea, but isn’t this type of violence pretty rare? Lone gunman (so to speak) or a symptom of something worse? --- ## [Kyoto Animation fire: Arson attack at Japan anime studio...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kyoto-animation-fire-arson-attack-at-japan-anime-studio/837254)
**Author:** [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kyoto-animation-fire-arson-attack-at-japan-anime-studio/837254 "2024-01-25T14:40:42Z")
Kyoto Animation fire: Arson attack at Japan anime studio kills 33 A sad day for Kyoto, for Japan, and for anime fans worldwide. The alleged arsonist has been caught. Right now, in the fog of (war), he appears to have no… --- ## [Looking for maker of a particular musical instrument](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-maker-of-a-particular-musical-instrument/996299)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-maker-of-a-particular-musical-instrument/996299 "2024-01-25T04:25:14Z")
I received a 35 key IRIN melodian/melodica for Christmas, and I can find any info about this company. Is there a link to this company? --- ## [The pigeon commercial for some insurance company](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pigeon-commercial-for-some-insurance-company/996521)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pigeon-commercial-for-some-insurance-company/996521 "2024-01-25T04:05:13Z")
That’s that Benjamin guy who voices Archer. I know that. One of the ads, he says he has homing pigeon in his DNA. And the other pigeon(don’t know who voices him) says he should get a smart watch for GPS, because the he … --- ## [Stretching those food dollars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stretching-those-food-dollars/995957)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stretching-those-food-dollars/995957 "2024-01-25T04:00:06Z")
Hi everyone I’m trying to change my habits with regards to food. For the last several years, I have eaten mostly expensive fast food. If I had to guess, I probably spend between $20.00 to $25.00 per day to eat. That’s n… --- ## [Microsoft Outlook and interface for viewing attachments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-outlook-and-interface-for-viewing-attachments/996597)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-outlook-and-interface-for-viewing-attachments/996597 "2024-01-25T03:40:50Z")
This is a screenshot (slightly modified for the sake of anonymity) of the top of an email that actually has 38 attachments: As you can tell, I’m only seeing 2 1/2 file att… --- ## [Knee replacement complications 3 months post -- what to ask for & look for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knee-replacement-complications-3-months-post-what-to-ask-for-look-for/996601)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knee-replacement-complications-3-months-post-what-to-ask-for-look-for/996601 "2024-01-25T02:36:30Z")
My spouse had her second total knee replacement for arthritis, a bit over 3 months ago. She was doing well and recovering like the first knee until some weeks post, then it started hurting. It’s grown worse and worse and… --- ## [So i decided to play Minecraft](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-decided-to-play-minecraft/962617)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-decided-to-play-minecraft/962617 "2024-01-25T01:39:20Z")
My pandemic project was to learn to play video games. I feel like there’s this whole new art form, and I’m illiterate, and wanted to learn to “read”. I tried a bunch of things, but ended up intrigued by Minecraft. It ha… --- ## [Question about police cameras](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-police-cameras/996136)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-police-cameras/996136 "2024-01-25T01:23:33Z")
There have been numerous threads about police searches and your rights (one currently in Factual Questions), but do you continue to assert those rights not to to comply if you see the cop(s) turn their police cams and mi… --- ## [Pineapple on Pizza comes to Italy. Not without Protest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pineapple-on-pizza-comes-to-italy-not-without-protest/995559)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pineapple-on-pizza-comes-to-italy-not-without-protest/995559 "2024-01-25T01:06:29Z")
Italy divided over new pineapple pizza So – no tomato sauce and no Canadian Bacon (or Ham), and the pineapple is caramelized. But it’s still pineapple despoiling the sacred dough of the pizza. I await developments. --- ## [Did you go see dinner theater, back in the day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-go-see-dinner-theater-back-in-the-day/996464)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-go-see-dinner-theater-back-in-the-day/996464 "2024-01-25T01:05:56Z")
I know some forms of dinner theater still exist, for example the murder mystery dinner theater, but I’m thinking more back when famous people, or more realistically, famous people past their primes, would tour dinner the… --- ## [Misleading/inaccurate advertising terms: hand-scraped floors and homemade soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misleading-inaccurate-advertising-terms-hand-scraped-floors-and-homemade-soup/995276)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misleading-inaccurate-advertising-terms-hand-scraped-floors-and-homemade-soup/995276 "2024-01-24T22:26:36Z")
I tend towards the pedantic, and am (very mildly) put off by terms that I consider inaccurate and misleading. This morning, I realized I did not know exactly what was meant by a hand scraped wood floor. Google reveals … --- ## [Looking for a non-fiction book for teens about comets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-non-fiction-book-for-teens-about-comets/996357)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-non-fiction-book-for-teens-about-comets/996357 "2024-01-24T22:21:45Z")
When I was in high school in the very early 1980s I read a book from the 1960s or 1970s (probably) about comets: what was known about their composition, the history of people understanding them, how they were associated … --- ## [What could these types of dream I'm sometimes having mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-these-types-of-dream-im-sometimes-having-mean/996443)
**Author:** [@Cityyewtree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cityyewtree)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-these-types-of-dream-im-sometimes-having-mean/996443 "2024-01-24T22:00:05Z")
In real life, I live in a small town but regularly commute to a medium sized city which involves a trip up a highway, across a large estuary type river into the city. Just before the bridge crossing is a junction where i… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=643&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=645&state=muted)