# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=677&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 678 --- ## [Book discussing difficulty predicting 9/11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-discussing-difficulty-predicting-9-11/994358)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2023, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-discussing-difficulty-predicting-9-11/994358 "2023-12-11T07:25:45Z")
I really like the genre of behavioral economics (and social psychology), and read a lot of books by authors such as Daniel Kahneman, Dan Ariely, Tim Harford, Malcom Gladwell, Jordan Ellenberg and many others. The problem… --- ## [Share your rainbow pics!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-rainbow-pics/994202)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2023, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-rainbow-pics/994202 "2023-12-11T06:56:51Z")
At the Stanford campus right this very moment, @1500U Wed 06 Dec 2023! --- ## [Is there a name for this manner of speaking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-manner-of-speaking/994395)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2023, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-manner-of-speaking/994395 "2023-12-11T06:49:55Z")
We watched Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls and the movie is as bad as the name. Which for us, makes it so bad it’s good. Onyx has a very unique style of speaking that I’ve never encountered outside of mov… --- ## [Stinky Granny?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stinky-granny/994273)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2023, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stinky-granny/994273 "2023-12-11T06:18:49Z")
I saw an ad for Lumi deodorant. The “Doctor” who invented it say as you get older you smell, in places and ways you don’t expect. Or smell on yourself. I think she said “You can’t smell your offensive aromas” Is this re… --- ## [Which 20th century dictators would you classify as true believers vs opportunists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-20th-century-dictators-would-you-classify-as-true-believers-vs-opportunists/994030)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2023, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-20th-century-dictators-would-you-classify-as-true-believers-vs-opportunists/994030 "2023-12-11T05:55:56Z")
There were dozens of dictators and authoritarian leaders in the 20th century. My question is how many would you primarily characterize as true believers/fanatics compared to thugs, opportunists and people who took power … --- ## [Scott Pilgrim Netflix Series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pilgrim-netflix-series/994346)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2023, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pilgrim-netflix-series/994346 "2023-12-11T04:22:22Z")
Any one else watching this? It’s actually pretty good with great music. If you are a fan of the comic, this is not a straight adaptation but it’s also not an update either since it is still set in the 1990s or early 2000… --- ## [First Responders/military: how would you report in a monster/alien/giant bug/dinosaur/etc attack? And how long till you're taken seriously?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-responders-military-how-would-you-report-in-a-monster-alien-giant-bug-dinosaur-etc-attack-and-how-long-till-youre-taken-seriously/992639)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2023, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-responders-military-how-would-you-report-in-a-monster-alien-giant-bug-dinosaur-etc-attack-and-how-long-till-youre-taken-seriously/992639 "2023-12-11T04:10:38Z")
Something I’ve wondered, off and on, watching various hallowed classics of western cinema, when the following situation happens: cops are dispatched to a disturbance/missing person/whatever, when suddenly, the title mons… --- ## [Golf ball rollback announced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golf-ball-rollback-announced/994190)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2023, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golf-ball-rollback-announced/994190 "2023-12-11T04:02:48Z")
USGA/R&A make it official, announce golf ball rollback for all golfers The several golf boards I’ve scanned reveal that the vast majority of amateur golfers are up in arms, as are many pros: PGA Tour players torch gove… --- ## ["What's that Skippy? Little Johnny fell down the abandoned mineshaft and broke his leg?" - did this dialogue ever happen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-skippy-little-johnny-fell-down-the-abandoned-mineshaft-and-broke-his-leg-did-this-dialogue-ever-happen/993761)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2023, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-skippy-little-johnny-fell-down-the-abandoned-mineshaft-and-broke-his-leg-did-this-dialogue-ever-happen/993761 "2023-12-11T03:23:53Z")
I was in two minds whether to resurrect an old thread where I asked a sort of related question, but this question isn’t that question. A commonly lampooned trope in the heroic animal story genre of TV (Skippy the Bush K… --- ## [The Natsarim](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-natsarim/641594)
**Author:** [@Bosstrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstrain)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2023, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-natsarim/641594 "2023-12-11T03:08:25Z")
Okay, so yeah, I felt the need to “witness”. I’m also wanting to know how much the Natsarim have grown and if there are any present on this forum. For those that don’t know what the Natsarim are, here is an extremely s… --- ## [“There is a great deal of ruin in a nation.” (On the absence of karma in geopolitics)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-great-deal-of-ruin-in-a-nation-on-the-absence-of-karma-in-geopolitics/994339)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2023, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-great-deal-of-ruin-in-a-nation-on-the-absence-of-karma-in-geopolitics/994339 "2023-12-11T02:58:49Z")
“There is a great deal of ruin in a nation.” This political aphorism\* seems to explain a number of today’s geopolitical paradoxes. • Above all… Putin’s Russia. Putin’s war on Ukraine. How can either of these disasters … --- ## [Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-holiday-special-1978/347810)
**Author:** [@Cerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerri)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-holiday-special-1978/347810 "2023-12-11T02:08:08Z")
Just in case anyone forgot just how truly horrid this was. I’d like to think there’s a special place in hell for anyone even remotely involved with this project, but I’ve grown old and jaded enough to realize there is t… --- ## [How do \*you\* use email 'aliases' productively . . .?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-email-aliases-productively/994013)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-email-aliases-productively/994013 "2023-12-10T22:29:37Z")
This week, I just learned about email aliases, where, apparently, your host service can allow you to sign up for more than one email address and link it to your main account . . . For example: Main Account: Tripler@xyz… --- ## [What stories about ferrypersons of the dead would you recommend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stories-about-ferrypersons-of-the-dead-would-you-recommend/994366)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2023, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stories-about-ferrypersons-of-the-dead-would-you-recommend/994366 "2023-12-10T22:23:35Z")
I’ve been listening to the Desert Skies podcast and watching the anime series Death Parade, both about modern day versions of Charon, the ferryman of the dead from Greek mythology. I’m enjoying them both, and it seems t… --- ## [Product packaging](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-packaging/994333)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-packaging/994333 "2023-12-10T22:12:57Z")
Why were my paper towel rolls triple packaged in plastic? I tore open the outer plastic with some difficulty. Thick stuff. On the two ends, 3 rolls were wrapped together in less thick plastic wrap. The middle 6 were no… --- ## [How Large and Competent is the Philippines' Armed Forces?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-large-and-competent-is-the-philippines-armed-forces/994367)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-large-and-competent-is-the-philippines-armed-forces/994367 "2023-12-10T20:01:13Z")
IF this should be in IMHO so be it, but I feel like there should be a factual answer. Reading this morning that a Chinese Coast Guard ship collided with one from the Philippines, and having recently been reading about i… --- ## [Songs I Never, Ever Get Tired Of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-never-ever-get-tired-of/317130)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-never-ever-get-tired-of/317130 "2023-12-10T18:35:55Z")
Alison, by Elvis Costello Moonlight Mile, by the Stones I Am Yours, by Derek and the Dominoes Soul Sacrifice, by Santana Sing Sing Sing, by Benny Goodman --- ## [Tacks and wood, this needs explaining, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacks-and-wood-this-needs-explaining-please/994343)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacks-and-wood-this-needs-explaining-please/994343 "2023-12-10T18:35:39Z")
I was wanting an old style wooden screen door for the back of my house. Found and bought a beautiful old door, all the curlicues and it’s green. It was covered in over a quarter inch of dust, it was hard to see parts in … --- ## [Have you read the Connie Mack trilogy by Norman Macht?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-read-the-connie-mack-trilogy-by-norman-macht/994375)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-read-the-connie-mack-trilogy-by-norman-macht/994375 "2023-12-10T18:00:11Z")
Mods: I put this in the game room rather than the café as the topic is about baseball and 700 page books on early baseball history are definitely a niche interest. As the weather gets colder and baseball season seems… --- ## [New Wallace & Gromit movie coming to Netflix, 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wallace-gromit-movie-coming-to-netflix-2024/958134)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wallace-gromit-movie-coming-to-netflix-2024/958134 "2023-12-10T18:06:34Z")
Big fan of W&G! --- ## [Long passwords](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-passwords/994102)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-passwords/994102 "2023-12-10T17:41:34Z")
What’s the best way to create long passwords one can actually remember? --- ## [Botticelli - November 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551)
**Author:** [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Replies:** 228\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551 "2023-12-10T16:54:57Z")
I am T that is. Link from October: Botticelli October 2023 - #303 by Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle --- ## [What was the most shocking turn on series TV? \[LOTS OF OPEN SPOILERS -- edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-shocking-turn-on-series-tv-lots-of-open-spoilers-edited-title/706586)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-shocking-turn-on-series-tv-lots-of-open-spoilers-edited-title/706586 "2023-12-10T14:46:49Z")
These days, it’s almost impossible for a television show to have a surprise turn without it being telegraphed - f’rex, everyone knew that someone was going to die in the last episode of Walking Dead; the only surprise wa… --- ## [Smart phone/keyboard search question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-phone-keyboard-search-question/994360)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2023, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-phone-keyboard-search-question/994360 "2023-12-10T14:28:06Z")
Back in 2000/2001 my work place loaned us Palm Pilots and the compatible folding keyboard to those who wanted one. I absolutely loved that piece of kit and when I left that organization I bought my own Palm but it was a … --- ## [Western route to Asia if no Americas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/western-route-to-asia-if-no-americas/991156)
**Author:** [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/western-route-to-asia-if-no-americas/991156 "2023-12-10T13:13:31Z")
If the Americas did not exist when would Columbus’s idea of a western route from Europe to Asia have been feasible? You may assume all Pacific islands would still exist. --- ## [What is Procol Harum's "Homburg" about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-procol-harums-homburg-about/361382)
**Author:** [@Don\_Logan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Logan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2023, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-procol-harums-homburg-about/361382 "2023-12-10T07:24:22Z")
I could have sworn I posted this last night- If I did and it sank, please delete this- I could not find it in a general search. If not, does anyone have any ideas on the meaning of the lyrics? Is it a metaphor for somet… --- ## [What's your favorite "haunting" song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2023, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-haunting-song/751741 "2023-12-10T04:53:40Z")
For me, it’s a tie between Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir” or Gordon Lightfoot’s “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”. Define haunting however you please. --- ## [Storage Batteries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storage-batteries/994321)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2023, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storage-batteries/994321 "2023-12-10T00:37:50Z")
If size were not an issue could reliable storage batteries be built cost effectively. --- ## [Nikki Haley now backed by Koch Bros. APA political organization. Impact on GOP race?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nikki-haley-now-backed-by-koch-bros-apa-political-organization-impact-on-gop-race/993828)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nikki-haley-now-backed-by-koch-bros-apa-political-organization-impact-on-gop-race/993828 "2023-12-09T22:59:13Z")
CNN analyst says this is a “big deal” that could really move the needle for Haley because of the huge amount of money that Americans for Prosperity Action has and will use to influence elections. “Millions and millions a… --- ## [When did you see a cockroach for the last time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-see-a-cockroach-for-the-last-time/994128)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-see-a-cockroach-for-the-last-time/994128 "2023-12-09T22:44:12Z")
Inspired by this article (gift link, works for five weeks, they say) I put this in IMHO because it includes a poll, and tag it food-drink-cooking for lack of a better idea. Feel free to share anything you want related … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=676&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=678&state=watching)