# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=657&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 658 --- ## [Annoying song that is just "BUZZZZZ" for the last 2-3 minutes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-song-that-is-just-buzzzzz-for-the-last-2-3-minutes/995670)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2024, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-song-that-is-just-buzzzzz-for-the-last-2-3-minutes/995670 "2024-01-08T03:25:54Z")
I’m at the gym and there is some annoying song that must be popular or was recently. The last few minutes just seems to be a constant one note buzz. There is a light drum track in the background and an occasional vocal… --- ## [What is this Japanese horror movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-japanese-horror-movie/995747)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2024, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-japanese-horror-movie/995747 "2024-01-08T01:52:54Z")
I just finished watching this on the Roku channel American Horrors. It is a Japanese period piece with drawings of one-eyed, one-legged, long tongued tree shaped creatures that come to life and hop around, and a gang o… --- ## [(Old) Happy New Year 2024 MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-happy-new-year-2024-mmp/995435)
**Author:** [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Replies:** 424\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2024, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-happy-new-year-2024-mmp/995435 "2024-01-08T01:45:29Z")
Wishing all our dear Mumpers the happiest of New Years! :clinking\_glasses: :fireworks: :confetti\_ball: :tada: Any resolutionaries up in this mug? I’m done with resolutions, too old for them. Need to get to bed as soon… --- ## [Is there a driving route from Chicago to Miami that avoids Atlanta (but adds little extra time)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-driving-route-from-chicago-to-miami-that-avoids-atlanta-but-adds-little-extra-time/995199)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2024, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-driving-route-from-chicago-to-miami-that-avoids-atlanta-but-adds-little-extra-time/995199 "2024-01-08T01:33:57Z")
My sister and BiL frequently drive from Chicago to Florida (Sarasota). My sister said most of the drive is fine but every time Atlanta ruins her day. She says it is a nightmare driving through it (which is always durin… --- ## [Trump off of ballots - implications and thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-off-of-ballots-implications-and-thoughts/995704)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2024, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-off-of-ballots-implications-and-thoughts/995704 "2024-01-08T00:50:07Z")
I have heard, in the media, two basic thoughts on this. One, that he shouldn’t be on a ballot because of Jan 6, and the other, that the voters should be the ones to decide. I’m Canadian so I don’t have a direct dog in t… --- ## [Are casinos allowed to accept wagers that would exceed what they would be capable of paying out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-casinos-allowed-to-accept-wagers-that-would-exceed-what-they-would-be-capable-of-paying-out/995676)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2024, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-casinos-allowed-to-accept-wagers-that-would-exceed-what-they-would-be-capable-of-paying-out/995676 "2024-01-07T23:08:40Z")
This could go into either FQ or Game Room: I recall reading a news article about how Leicester City winning the Premier League championship (8 years ago) had been considered such an unlikely outcome that the betting odd… --- ## [TV veterinarian shows -- when things get really real](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-veterinarian-shows-when-things-get-really-real/995661)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-veterinarian-shows-when-things-get-really-real/995661 "2024-01-07T21:51:00Z")
There are a lot of vet shows out there, on broadcast and cable TV, from the classic All Creatures Great and Small through Dr. Jeff, Dr. Dee, Dr. Oakley, Critter Fixers, The Vet Life – to name just a few. I’ve noticed th… --- ## [More utter stupidity from the NY Times (Fellating Uri Geller)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-utter-stupidity-from-the-ny-times-fellating-uri-geller/986797)
**Author:** [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-utter-stupidity-from-the-ny-times-fellating-uri-geller/986797 "2024-01-07T21:35:37Z")
This just crossed my news feed. What the heck is going on here? Does this guy have any critical reasoning skills at all? No I really don’t think there is an end to any “grudge.” Uri Geller is a charlatan, a con man, … --- ## [Is there a way to make a cell phone ring at multiple locations at once?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-a-cell-phone-ring-at-multiple-locations-at-once/995654)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-a-cell-phone-ring-at-multiple-locations-at-once/995654 "2024-01-07T20:51:35Z")
Like pretty much everyone these days, I’ve had a cell phone for decades at this point. But I’ve never gotten in the habit of carrying it with me around the house. Sometimes it’s in the same room as I am, sometimes it’s … --- ## [Who remembers this ad from the nineties?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-this-ad-from-the-nineties/995740)
**Author:** [@philipdalton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/philipdalton)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-this-ad-from-the-nineties/995740 "2024-01-07T18:41:46Z")
It was basically expressing a young girl’s discontent with hair care routines. “I tried everything, but still I wanted more” was what the narrator said. Then, in the end it was established that the hair care product be… --- ## [How to choose a new pharmacy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-choose-a-new-pharmacy/995551)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2024, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-choose-a-new-pharmacy/995551 "2024-01-07T18:32:44Z")
My pharmacy has been growing more miserable by the year, and now is bankrupt, having been caught selling opioids illegally. They tell me my doctors have to issue all new scrips to somebody else. But how to choose a new p… --- ## [No tie games in the NFL this year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-tie-games-in-the-nfl-this-year/995384)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-tie-games-in-the-nfl-this-year/995384 "2024-01-07T18:01:26Z")
Is it rare that there are no tie games this far in the season? --- ## [YouTube recommendations for when you need cheering up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-recommendations-for-when-you-need-cheering-up/960760)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-recommendations-for-when-you-need-cheering-up/960760 "2024-01-07T17:51:55Z")
What are some YouTube genres or content creators that you watch when you need cheering up? Genres: Animal reunions with humans or other animals. Family reunions with humans. First time "blank"ing. Where blank is “hea… --- ## [Contrabass/ double bass instrument question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contrabass-double-bass-instrument-question/995681)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contrabass-double-bass-instrument-question/995681 "2024-01-07T14:32:03Z")
I’ve sampled a lot of YouTube videos featuring these, but the actual low notes the instruments are capable of are rarely used. The double bass for example is shown playing scores that could easily be played on a cello. S… --- ## [Heart rate and fitness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-rate-and-fitness/995686)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2024, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-rate-and-fitness/995686 "2024-01-07T07:38:48Z")
Okay, so: I should get about 75 minutes of vigorous exercise a week (e.g. here), defined by a vigorous heart rate. For my age, “vigorous” is defined as a minimum of X bps (using a variable to not get personal specifics… --- ## [Is tires = fatigue a word?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tires-fatigue-a-word/995707)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2024, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tires-fatigue-a-word/995707 "2024-01-07T04:07:36Z")
I keep thinking of tires as the round, rubber things on a car. I’ve heard tires = fatigue all my life. It’s not in the directory? What?? No s? --- ## [Aporia (Movie on Hulu)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aporia-movie-on-hulu/995725)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2024, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aporia-movie-on-hulu/995725 "2024-01-07T03:15:00Z")
I remember seeing a trailer and thinking it looked interesting. Noticed it was on Hulu and just watched it. It was pretty good. It’s a very low key sci-fi movie about the ethics of changing the past. You have to hand w… --- ## [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… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=656&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=658&state=watching)