# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=657 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 658 --- ## [Will you ever stop helping?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-ever-stop-helping/994212)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2024, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-ever-stop-helping/994212 "2024-01-07T01:46:10Z")
Will you always try to help your adult children? What would cause you enough consternation that you’d turn a blind eye? If you don’t have children feel free to give your opinion. I’d like to hear. --- ## [What happened to the old Red Lobster fish figurines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-old-red-lobster-fish-figurines/995687)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2024, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-old-red-lobster-fish-figurines/995687 "2024-01-07T01:43:24Z")
I don’t know if all of the locations had them but the one near me did in the mid 1990s. They were large wooden fish carvings and I really liked them. I wish I could have bought one when they went upscale. This is the onl… --- ## [GOP election losers - have any actually showed up for work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-election-losers-have-any-actually-showed-up-for-work/995656)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2024, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-election-losers-have-any-actually-showed-up-for-work/995656 "2024-01-07T01:05:51Z")
It’s pretty much a given these days that any Republican who loses an election is not going to concede, but are going to claim election shenanigans and ask for a recount and maybe file lawsuits. But have there been any ca… --- ## [If right wing conspiracy theory is true abotu Q, Deep State, how likely is it they are being deceived by it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-right-wing-conspiracy-theory-is-true-abotu-q-deep-state-how-likely-is-it-they-are-being-deceived-by-it/995648)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-right-wing-conspiracy-theory-is-true-abotu-q-deep-state-how-likely-is-it-they-are-being-deceived-by-it/995648 "2024-01-06T21:29:03Z")
First I’m not sure if this is the correct forum, could be GB, could be politics and elections, but though this would be a safe start. Ok trying to follow the deep state stuff. So this secret society of old money rich f… --- ## [Chicken and Beef Combined, Share Your Recipes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-beef-combined-share-your-recipes/995679)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-beef-combined-share-your-recipes/995679 "2024-01-06T20:23:51Z")
Had fried chicken for dinner tonight and had a breast and a wing left over. When I put them in the fridge next to the left over bit of steak it got me thinking that the two meats might do well in a stew of some sort tog… --- ## [Why aren’t video wills legal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-aren-t-video-wills-legal/995570)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2024, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-aren-t-video-wills-legal/995570 "2024-01-06T19:23:21Z")
I know you can do ‘em, but apparently they’re not legally binding. Why is that? If you have two people there who agree you’re competent, it should work. I am not at all a lawyer, even a little bit. --- ## [Epson Projector Management Software: How can I play a video on USB remotely?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epson-projector-management-software-how-can-i-play-a-video-on-usb-remotely/995702)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epson-projector-management-software-how-can-i-play-a-video-on-usb-remotely/995702 "2024-01-06T18:34:20Z")
This is probably a “forlorn hope.” My Google-Fu is weak and I’ve now watched an hour or two of YT videos trying to find the answer. I have a couple Epson Model 99WH video projectors. They are hardwired to my LAN and I… --- ## ["Nobody loves me..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-loves-me/995565)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-loves-me/995565 "2024-01-06T17:47:11Z")
“…Everybody hates me. I’m going to eat some worms!” This is something is used to hear my older sister say when I was a very young kid. Has anyone else heard it? Does come from a book? Movie? TV show? Or was it just some… --- ## [Maine, Florida and Washington: Which would be the best state to hide in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-florida-and-washington-which-would-be-the-best-state-to-hide-in/992788)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-florida-and-washington-which-would-be-the-best-state-to-hide-in/992788 "2024-01-06T17:43:49Z")
If a wanted criminal was on the run which US state would be the best to hide in indefinitely between Florida, Maine and Washington (besides the one that is closest to them)? This is inspired by the episode in Breaking B… --- ## [Parents: Regularly watch anything on YouTube with your tweens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-regularly-watch-anything-on-youtube-with-your-tweens/995602)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-regularly-watch-anything-on-youtube-with-your-tweens/995602 "2024-01-06T17:23:06Z")
I have a couple of tweens (boy and girl) and they like YouTube. I can only handle so many cute cat videos and people falling into pools before I have to leave for the next room. Or alternatively I’ll pick something I l… --- ## [Why were collective farms so bad at being farms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-collective-farms-so-bad-at-being-farms/994136)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-collective-farms-so-bad-at-being-farms/994136 "2024-01-06T16:56:18Z")
There is general consensus that the majority people who were killed under communism in the 20th century (and the 21st in the case of North Korea) starved to death because of the failings of collective agriculture. Not th… --- ## [ESPN's new contract with the NCAA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espns-new-contract-with-the-ncaa/995673)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espns-new-contract-with-the-ncaa/995673 "2024-01-06T14:41:46Z")
ESPN and the NCAA have finalized a new 8-year deal (apparently worth $920 million, according to ESPN’s report on the deal) to cover pretty much every NCAA championship in all three divisions. The only ones I think they l… --- ## [Program error: where do the reports go and what do they do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/program-error-where-do-the-reports-go-and-what-do-they-do/995664)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/program-error-where-do-the-reports-go-and-what-do-they-do/995664 "2024-01-06T14:00:01Z")
So there I was, battling evil in Baldur’s Gate 3. I’m in the middle of what most call the hardest battle in the game. In the middle of it I suddenly get kicked out and get an error screen. I go back and try again. Same t… --- ## [Would an hourglass empty more quickly in higher gravity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-an-hourglass-empty-more-quickly-in-higher-gravity/995433)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-an-hourglass-empty-more-quickly-in-higher-gravity/995433 "2024-01-06T13:48:08Z")
I guess this is a question about the way an hourglass works. If I were to have an hourglass that emptied in one minute on Earth and took it to Jupiter, for instance, would the increased gravity cause the hourglass to ta… --- ## [Bottle Caps candy now suck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottle-caps-candy-now-suck/995680)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottle-caps-candy-now-suck/995680 "2024-01-06T13:36:45Z")
I got a dozen tubes of bottle caps candies and they SUCK! I don’t like the cherry flavor and all of the tube were, no exaggeration, 50% cherry. Remember how they were almost all cola and root beer with a few fruit ones… --- ## [Spanish Questions: Arrows and Oils](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-questions-arrows-and-oils/995653)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2024, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-questions-arrows-and-oils/995653 "2024-01-06T12:55:51Z")
Is the word aceite (oil) used for all oils (like vegetable oil, mechanical oil, etc.)? Is the word for a two-dimensional arrow (like a traffic signal or a sign indicating the direction of something) flecha, the same wor… --- ## [History Article--Boston Corbett](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-article-boston-corbett/995685)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2024, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-article-boston-corbett/995685 "2024-01-06T11:30:07Z")
Here is a link to a rather more informative article about the man who killed John Wilkes Booth. Apparently, he was seen after escaping the asylum. Once, and perhaps twice. --- ## [Dave Barry's Year in Review for 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-barrys-year-in-review-for-2023/995634)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2024, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-barrys-year-in-review-for-2023/995634 "2024-01-06T03:51:32Z")
I’m a big fan of Dave Barry. I’ve read all his books (in some cases, multiple times) and every new year I look forward to his humorous “Year in Review” column. Here it is for 2023, as a public service for those who may… --- ## [72 Awesome Facts (from the 2023 NYT)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-awesome-facts-from-the-2023-nyt/995610)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2024, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-awesome-facts-from-the-2023-nyt/995610 "2024-01-06T03:49:35Z")
I loved some of these random facts from the year end New York Times (gift link below). With gems such as: Neuropsychology has shown that short-term memory lasts 15 to 30 seconds, after which it either has to be encoded… --- ## [Chimp Empire: A Fascinating Look at Our Primate Cousins. What Nature Shows Do You Love?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimp-empire-a-fascinating-look-at-our-primate-cousins-what-nature-shows-do-you-love/995538)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2024, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimp-empire-a-fascinating-look-at-our-primate-cousins-what-nature-shows-do-you-love/995538 "2024-01-06T01:59:48Z")
I have always loved science documentaries, especially those that explore the natural world. I grew up watching Jacques Cousteau and Wild Kingdom in the 60s, and I was fascinated by the National Geographic books and artic… --- ## [Your Top Ten books of 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-ten-books-of-2023/995319)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-ten-books-of-2023/995319 "2024-01-05T22:10:51Z")
Last year’s thread: https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-ten-books-of-2022/ As ever, doesn’t matter when they were published, but you read 'em and loved 'em this year. And please also tell us, in a sentence or two… --- ## [Two dog household resource guarding: humans the resource](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-dog-household-resource-guarding-humans-the-resource/995622)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-dog-household-resource-guarding-humans-the-resource/995622 "2024-01-05T21:46:07Z")
A six year old mini Aussie and a one and a half year old relatively larger Border Aussie mix. Has been mostly the older smaller dog bullying the younger one. Gathering up the chew sticks near him and growling to snappin… --- ## [Trump and the 22nd amendment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-the-22nd-amendment/995568)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-the-22nd-amendment/995568 "2024-01-05T20:33:53Z")
So, if Trump really was, in fact, elected to be president in 2020, then he has already been elected twice. Since the 22nd amendment say this: “Text. Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President mo… --- ## [Amputee Runner Oscar Pistorius Shoots Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amputee-runner-oscar-pistorius-shoots-girlfriend/650265)
**Author:** [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amputee-runner-oscar-pistorius-shoots-girlfriend/650265 "2024-01-05T20:30:15Z")
He doesn’t have a leg to stand on. --- ## [Question about a particular convertible and wind resistance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-particular-convertible-and-wind-resistance/995658)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-particular-convertible-and-wind-resistance/995658 "2024-01-05T20:07:52Z")
The newest Bugatti is a convertible called the Mistral- it has over 1500 hp and the top speed is limited to 261 mph. My question is, what happens when you stick your hand outside the car at that speed? --- ## [In wind, do air molecules move horizontally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-wind-do-air-molecules-move-horizontally/995508)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-wind-do-air-molecules-move-horizontally/995508 "2024-01-05T16:24:43Z")
Pressure waves in air, such as sound, are longitudinal waves, which means that the individual air molecules don’t move in the direction the wave is travelling - only the compression is propagating. Is the same true for w… --- ## [Supreme Court poised to strike down affirmative action in Harvard and UNC cases - let's talk about the ramifications (now struck down, June 29, 2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-poised-to-strike-down-affirmative-action-in-harvard-and-unc-cases-lets-talk-about-the-ramifications-now-struck-down-june-29-2023/981710)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 260\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-poised-to-strike-down-affirmative-action-in-harvard-and-unc-cases-lets-talk-about-the-ramifications-now-struck-down-june-29-2023/981710 "2024-01-05T16:18:24Z")
There are existing threads but I figured it might be best to start a new one. The Supreme Court is poised to deliver rulings on two cases: SFFA vs. Harvard and SFFA vs. University of North Carolina. Rulings will probabl… --- ## [Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 9999\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945 "2024-01-05T16:14:51Z")
Starting off with this guy. # Washington barber defies coronavirus restrictions, tells customers to have ‘a shot of whiskey’ instead of wearing mask “I haven’t done anything wrong, nobody has gotten sick, and I’m not … --- ## [I'm getting a root canal in a few minutes. Through a cap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-root-canal-in-a-few-minutes-through-a-cap/995609)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2024, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-root-canal-in-a-few-minutes-through-a-cap/995609 "2024-01-05T14:40:40Z")
Great start to the year, laid low by a respiratory infection last week and severe tooth pain started last Friday. COVID test was negative. My prior dentist was a quack it seems, so new dental office closer to home. --- ## [Maggie Gyllenhaal - attractive, or am I missing something?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-gyllenhaal-attractive-or-am-i-missing-something/543800)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-gyllenhaal-attractive-or-am-i-missing-something/543800 "2024-01-05T14:19:49Z")
I’ve never personally found Maggie Gyllenhaal attractive, but that’s ok… there are many women I do find attractive that others don’t. However, I happened to catch the latest Batman with Christian Bale and Heath Ledger a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=656) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=658)