# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=669&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 670 --- ## [Funny But Wrong Memes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-but-wrong-memes/994901)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-but-wrong-memes/994901 "2023-12-20T23:57:40Z")
Some of these made me chuckle. --- ## [What is the best automobile to have post-apocalypse? (think Mad Max or zombie apocalypse)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-automobile-to-have-post-apocalypse-think-mad-max-or-zombie-apocalypse/994162)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-automobile-to-have-post-apocalypse-think-mad-max-or-zombie-apocalypse/994162 "2023-12-20T23:50:45Z")
While it might be fun to nab a sportscar in a post apocalyptic world and zoom around I doubt it is a good choice. I am thinking an ideal car/truck would need to be fuel efficient, durable, reliable, easy to repair and a… --- ## ["Boys in the Boat" is a new movie? I thought that movie came out several years ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-in-the-boat-is-a-new-movie-i-thought-that-movie-came-out-several-years-ago/994759)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-in-the-boat-is-a-new-movie-i-thought-that-movie-came-out-several-years-ago/994759 "2023-12-20T23:12:44Z")
It’s quite a story, about an underdog American sculls team who competed in the 1936 Olympics . The book of that title was a huge best-seller; I tried to read it and didn’t find the intricate details of the boat’s constru… --- ## [What is the best song that begins with the letter F? See rules in OP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-f-see-rules-in-op/992367)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-f-see-rules-in-op/992367 "2023-12-20T21:28:15Z")
Rules: Submissions are limited to 5 per person. @Q.Q.Switcheroo gets up to 8 and @gkster gets up to 6 due to past sins on my part. Exclude articles such as “a”, “an”, “the”, etc. in the title. Exclude titles that beg… --- ## [What is the best song that begins with the letter B? See rules in OP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931 "2023-12-20T21:16:21Z")
Rules: Submissions are limited to 5 per person. Exclude articles such as “a”, “an”, “the”, etc. that begin the title. Example: “The Hokey Pokey” belongs in the H poll, not the T poll. Exclude titles that begin with pu… --- ## [Something Positive question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-positive-question/582187)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-positive-question/582187 "2023-12-20T21:16:11Z")
A question for readers of the webcomic Something Positive. Has Milholland established a link between Bian and the rest of the cast yet? As far as I recall, she’s essentially living in a completely separate strip. I’m as… --- ## [Singapore stereotypes -- unfounded](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singapore-stereotypes-unfounded/994754)
**Author:** [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singapore-stereotypes-unfounded/994754 "2023-12-20T20:40:48Z")
I’m in Singapore right now, in the middle of a 3-day stay. I researched quite a bit beforehand including speaking with a friend who was just here a month ago. I took all the precautions including not bringing in any pro… --- ## [Which war is more geopolitically important to the US and the West: Russia/Ukraine or Israel/Hamas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-war-is-more-geopolitically-important-to-the-us-and-the-west-russia-ukraine-or-israel-hamas/994858)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-war-is-more-geopolitically-important-to-the-us-and-the-west-russia-ukraine-or-israel-hamas/994858 "2023-12-20T20:20:59Z")
If Ukraine loses the war to Russia, would that be more negatively impactful to the US (and the West in general) than if Israel loses to Hamas/the Arab nations? I’m assuming that if Russia succeeds in Ukraine (esp. if th… --- ## [Voyaging by hamster wheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyaging-by-hamster-wheel/989711)
**Author:** [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyaging-by-hamster-wheel/989711 "2023-12-20T19:41:59Z")
A headline you don’t see every day: Florida man arrested by Coast Guard for trying to cross Atlantic in human-sized hamster wheel --- ## [Is now the time for moderate Republicans to try to retake control of the party?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-now-the-time-for-moderate-republicans-to-try-to-retake-control-of-the-party/969704)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 242\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-now-the-time-for-moderate-republicans-to-try-to-retake-control-of-the-party/969704 "2023-12-20T19:06:27Z")
The FBI raid on Mar-A-Lago seems to be driving a wedge in the Republican party. Some folks are screaming to defund and dismantle the FBI, while others are going “Whoa, easy there, not so fast!” Seems to me like this woul… --- ## [Flooded Basement: Asking for Safety](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flooded-basement-asking-for-safety/994793)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flooded-basement-asking-for-safety/994793 "2023-12-20T18:45:42Z")
I have no experience with a flooded basement, so I must ask - even if this may be obvious to the next guy…: Our basement flooded from this heavy rain that dumped on the east coast. We got about 1/8-in across our basement… --- ## [NFL 2023: Week 15](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-week-15/994557)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-week-15/994557 "2023-12-20T18:42:50Z")
The bye weeks are gone, and every team has played 13 games with 4 left to play. The playoff picture, as usual, is far from settled. Once again, all lines are taken from DraftKings. Thursday night: Chargers @ Raiders … --- ## [Non-beef meat burgers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-beef-meat-burgers/994699)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-beef-meat-burgers/994699 "2023-12-20T18:29:13Z")
A BBQ Pit thread is currently running a hijack about bison meat. I thought I’d start a thread for burgers that are made with meat (i.e., no ‘vegie burgers’ as tasty as they are, bean burgers, Impossible burgers, etc), b… --- ## [Can I Shoot the Earth with a Gun While on the Moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-shoot-the-earth-with-a-gun-while-on-the-moon/994877)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-shoot-the-earth-with-a-gun-while-on-the-moon/994877 "2023-12-20T18:18:54Z")
I guess I could do the math myself but what fun would that be when I can get the great minds of this message board to do it for me. Using a gun and ammunition that is commercially available in the United States, can I h… --- ## [How to become a single malt connoisseur](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-become-a-single-malt-connoisseur/979115)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-become-a-single-malt-connoisseur/979115 "2023-12-20T18:14:15Z")
At a recent holiday party, a family member offered me a glass of 12 year old Macallan single malt whisky. I told him offering it to me was casting pearls before swine as I’m no judge of whiskey, but he insisted. So I sip… --- ## [December 2023 New England power outages - who's with me!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-2023-new-england-power-outages-whos-with-me/994830)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-2023-new-england-power-outages-whos-with-me/994830 "2023-12-20T16:55:23Z")
There are more than 600,000 people in New England still without power, though that number is pretty far down from where it was. We are one of those households, though after first saying in 2011 that I was going to get a… --- ## [Christmas Nostalgia -- Escalating Nativity Scenes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-nostalgia-escalating-nativity-scenes/994879)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-nostalgia-escalating-nativity-scenes/994879 "2023-12-20T15:43:57Z")
Now that Christmas is almost upon us (and I have finished my shopping, wrapping, Christmas Card sending, and cookie baking), I have time to reflect on the long-ago Christmases of my parochial school youth. One thing I r… --- ## [New Day, New Problem: Mice in Walls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-day-new-problem-mice-in-walls/994850)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-day-new-problem-mice-in-walls/994850 "2023-12-20T15:30:07Z")
I am open to suggestions of how to drive mice from walls (before I call a professional). In this vein, does anyone have experience with the ultrasonic rodent repellants? WIll it drive mice out of walls? Any preferred bra… --- ## [How do you solve a problem like Tuberville](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-tuberville/987571)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 262\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-tuberville/987571 "2023-12-20T12:42:10Z")
According to this post on the Maddowblog (below), Democratic members of the Senate are appealing to McConnell to try and pry Tuberville away from his blockade of military appointments. As the article says, good luck with… --- ## [Unstoppable pit sweat, or can antiperspirant's make you sweat more?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unstoppable-pit-sweat-or-can-antiperspirants-make-you-sweat-more/983129)
**Author:** [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unstoppable-pit-sweat-or-can-antiperspirants-make-you-sweat-more/983129 "2023-12-20T12:41:13Z")
I’m sorry, but I need help about a gross topic: my sweating has changed and I can’t get a wrangle on things. Long story short: 42 yo Male and my right side armpit seems like it sweats more if I use antiperspirants, I fe… --- ## [Am I weird for not wanting wireless speakers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-weird-for-not-wanting-wireless-speakers/994790)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-weird-for-not-wanting-wireless-speakers/994790 "2023-12-20T12:04:05Z")
Maybe I’m just being curmudgeonly, I know most people love the option of placing them wherever works best; but I really wish a set of desktop PC speakers with decent music fidelity could be found that don’t broadcast wha… --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter A? See rules in OP \[Final Poll Added\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671 "2023-12-20T12:02:09Z")
Rules : Submissions are limited to 5 per person. Please do not post title suggestions or comments on alternative titles. This takes a little of the fun out of the process. It is ok, after the polls are posted, to name t… --- ## [What's Taters, precious? Taters is the laser cat from space](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-taters-precious-taters-is-the-laser-cat-from-space/994827)
**Author:** [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-taters-precious-taters-is-the-laser-cat-from-space/994827 "2023-12-20T10:53:33Z")
Scientists at JPL claim to be testing a new laser-based interplanetary communications system using near-infrared lasers. They say it offers bandwidth ten to a hundred times existing radio-based communications. The ultra-… --- ## [Cat overgrooming: how quickly will it stop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-overgrooming-how-quickly-will-it-stop/994618)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-overgrooming-how-quickly-will-it-stop/994618 "2023-12-20T07:49:03Z")
One of my cats is overgrooming. I know the source of the stress and have removed it. How quickly will she stop? For those who need the entire story: the stress was caused by two other cats introduced to the house recent… --- ## [Colorado CNA hired as sole employee of assisted living facility!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-cna-hired-as-sole-employee-of-assisted-living-facility/994848)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-cna-hired-as-sole-employee-of-assisted-living-facility/994848 "2023-12-20T05:13:09Z")
After SIX YEARS of being on duty 24/7/365, she sued and was awarded $850,000. One wonders how and why anything like this was allowed to happen, although I suspect her skin color and foreign surname (there are some Ayos … --- ## [Leave it with me (a common british phrase)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-it-with-me-a-common-british-phrase/993811)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-it-with-me-a-common-british-phrase/993811 "2023-12-20T04:05:52Z")
I’m a US Citizen - have lived a year in the (good) Melbourne in Australia, nigh 'round Dublin for about two and just last week have been in the UK for seven years. I’m from Long Island, New York yet since I was 16 avoid… --- ## [What do you use to clean modern tv screens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-to-clean-modern-tv-screens/994623)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-to-clean-modern-tv-screens/994623 "2023-12-20T02:57:14Z")
Today tv screens are almost always a type of clear plastic. Of course I have microfiber cloths What cleaner do you spray? 409? Windex? Water? Cold beer? :grinning: Does it really matter. A 42" dusty screen bugs me.… --- ## [Better to use old or new prescription glasses as spares?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-to-use-old-or-new-prescription-glasses-as-spares/994814)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-to-use-old-or-new-prescription-glasses-as-spares/994814 "2023-12-20T01:02:38Z")
I’ve been wearing the same set of multifocal glasses for around five years. I can see fine with them. Recently, I realized I should have spare pair (which I had put off because they’re so expensive). I got checked out, … --- ## [Wolves are being reintroduced to Colorado](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wolves-are-being-reintroduced-to-colorado/994824)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wolves-are-being-reintroduced-to-colorado/994824 "2023-12-20T00:37:40Z")
I’ve visited a couple of wolf sanctuaries, and although it’s a far cry from seeing one in the wild, it was an amazing (and slightly frightening experience). Sitting around a fire pit, with a full moon and howls going up … --- ## [Will a fish at depth in oxygen-deficient water experience more or less hypoxia (oxygen stress) than at the surface?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-fish-at-depth-in-oxygen-deficient-water-experience-more-or-less-hypoxia-oxygen-stress-than-at-the-surface/994847)
**Author:** [@StanDoubt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StanDoubt)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-fish-at-depth-in-oxygen-deficient-water-experience-more-or-less-hypoxia-oxygen-stress-than-at-the-surface/994847 "2023-12-20T00:12:46Z")
Title pretty much sums it up. Assuming a well-mixed body of water with homogeneous, but low oxygen concentration, would a fish at, say 50 ft, experience more or less oxygen stress due to the increased pressure? This seem… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=668&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=670&state=watching)