# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=687&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 688 --- ## [The Flash Seen It Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-seen-it-thread/985693)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2023, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-seen-it-thread/985693 "2023-11-26T19:39:29Z")
I’ll say upfront I know Ezra Miller has personal issues but his portrayal of the Flash was one of the best parts of the recent DC movies so I was excited for this. Some Spoilery thoughts . . . . I liked it a lot. I… --- ## [What do I do to get a video to play on my Chromebook?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-to-get-a-video-to-play-on-my-chromebook/991764)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-to-get-a-video-to-play-on-my-chromebook/991764 "2023-11-26T18:39:50Z")
Never mind what kind of video (heh heh). I have a link to it that allows me to see it on my phone or on my laptop. But when it gets to the 55 second mark on my Chromebook, it locks up and doesn’t go further. I’ve dis… --- ## [Quote and reply functions not working, and page displaying oddly, one thread only](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-and-reply-functions-not-working-and-page-displaying-oddly-one-thread-only/992535)
**Author:** [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-and-reply-functions-not-working-and-page-displaying-oddly-one-thread-only/992535 "2023-11-26T18:04:50Z")
In the Discussion Thread for the Hamas Attacks Israel Thread, and in that thread only, I’m having multiple problems: The thread is sometimes displaying with text from posts overlapping portions of the page where it shou… --- ## [Opera browser users/mavens, some help? Images on some sites not showing up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-browser-users-mavens-some-help-images-on-some-sites-not-showing-up/984525)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2023, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-browser-users-mavens-some-help-images-on-some-sites-not-showing-up/984525 "2023-11-26T16:39:30Z")
Starting yesterday, on a few sites such as NPR.org, homepage image previews suddenly stopped showing up. Instead of the image I get a big white minus sign in a blue circle. When I click on the story I can read the story,… --- ## [I can't look up to the open sky without getting dizzy. Is there a name for this phenomenon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-look-up-to-the-open-sky-without-getting-dizzy-is-there-a-name-for-this-phenomenon/993544)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-look-up-to-the-open-sky-without-getting-dizzy-is-there-a-name-for-this-phenomenon/993544 "2023-11-26T16:29:24Z")
I put this in IMHO, because I expect the factual question to be answered soon and am also interested if others know this, too. As long as I can remember, I couldn’t look up into the open sky without getting dizzy and dis… --- ## [Pence paused a speech to help Coast Guard member](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pence-paused-a-speech-to-help-coast-guard-member/993703)
**Author:** [@Digger11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digger11)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pence-paused-a-speech-to-help-coast-guard-member/993703 "2023-11-26T16:24:22Z")
I was browsing Youtube and stumbled across this. I never heard anything about it at the time. If you don’t want to watch the whole thing, you can skip to 0:45. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBJmUjSJ7FI --- ## [What's wrong with David Boreanaz lower jaw?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-david-boreanaz-lower-jaw/550795)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-david-boreanaz-lower-jaw/550795 "2023-11-26T15:34:43Z")
I have googled this different times, and I can’t find anything except other people asking the same question. This is driving me crazy. I watch Bones and half the time I miss what’s happening because I’m staring at his … --- ## [Loudspeakers and electricity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loudspeakers-and-electricity/993691)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2023, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loudspeakers-and-electricity/993691 "2023-11-26T12:19:49Z")
Hi there, I am a life-long hifi aficionado, listening to music on my hifi-set right now and wondered: what range of voltage “goes” into a loudspeaker (assume 8ohm) at moderate listening volumes? (1, 5, 10, 50 or 100+V… --- ## [What not-famous Christmas albums do you listen to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-famous-christmas-albums-do-you-listen-to/993653)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2023, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-famous-christmas-albums-do-you-listen-to/993653 "2023-11-26T11:09:52Z")
I really don’t have any attachment or love of traditional Christmas music, especially performances that go back a long way. My wife and I have tried a few newer ones and are wondering what people like. I will make one re… --- ## [Canadian trial: former RCMP high official convicted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-trial-former-rcmp-high-official-convicted/993584)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2023, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-trial-former-rcmp-high-official-convicted/993584 "2023-11-26T05:14:28Z")
A jury has convicted a former high-ranking civilian official in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police under the Security of Information Act. Cameron Ortis was convicted this week on six charges of leaking secret information… --- ## [How is Decal pronounced?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-decal-pronounced/993538)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2023, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-decal-pronounced/993538 "2023-11-26T04:45:39Z")
Dee-cal is how I’ve heard it my entire life. Youtubers love to sell custom decals to support their channels. Some pronounce it Deck-all. I can usually ignore different pronunciations. Deck-all grates on my nerves. Ho… --- ## [Outrageous Fights or Feats in Comics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outrageous-fights-or-feats-in-comics/727479)
**Author:** [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2023, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outrageous-fights-or-feats-in-comics/727479 "2023-11-26T03:33:45Z")
Have you ever seen a fight in a comic book that was just so outlandish, even for a comic book’s standards? One that had the victor win in such a way that it just seems impossible, even by comic book logic. Squirrel Gir… --- ## [Please help me understand the Senate’s “hold” process](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-understand-the-senate-s-hold-process/993681)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2023, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-understand-the-senate-s-hold-process/993681 "2023-11-26T03:17:56Z")
Inspired by the “How Do You Solve a Problem Like Tuberville?” thread, I’d be grateful if someone could explain to me how it works? It’s almost always presented as it being a “request” that a senator makes to the Majorit… --- ## [Help me diagnose an electrical problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-diagnose-an-electrical-problem/993551)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-diagnose-an-electrical-problem/993551 "2023-11-26T03:14:29Z")
I think we had a power surge last night. My wife said that at around 5:30 the lights went out in some of our rooms,and when my wife looked out across the neighborhood the street lights were out and none of the house had… --- ## [Bombarded with spam phone calls! Can anyone help?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bombarded-with-spam-phone-calls-can-anyone-help/932476)
**Author:** [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bombarded-with-spam-phone-calls-can-anyone-help/932476 "2023-11-26T02:46:32Z")
For the last couple of weeks I’m getting blasted by spam phone calls on my Verizon cell phone. I’ve received a dozen today alone. There’s never any message left. Some are identified with names and local addresses and … --- ## [Thawing meat, then refrigerating - need answer fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thawing-meat-then-refrigerating-need-answer-fast/993639)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thawing-meat-then-refrigerating-need-answer-fast/993639 "2023-11-25T23:02:21Z")
Yesterday I thawed some frozen Cornish hens in cold water for about two hours, changing the cold water every thirty minutes. I planned to cook them immediately, but I fell ill and had my husband stick them back in the fr… --- ## [A critique of ChatGPT written by Nick Cave and read by Stephen Fry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-critique-of-chatgpt-written-by-nick-cave-and-read-by-stephen-fry/993642)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-critique-of-chatgpt-written-by-nick-cave-and-read-by-stephen-fry/993642 "2023-11-25T22:41:50Z")
ChatGPT and other expert systems like it are amazing and taking the world by storm. While they have their uses I also think they have their dangers. Not Skynet dangers (for this), but rather something more existential.… --- ## [Who first said "you don't pay a prostitute for sex..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-first-said-you-dont-pay-a-prostitute-for-sex/675273)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-first-said-you-dont-pay-a-prostitute-for-sex/675273 "2023-11-25T22:04:00Z")
“… You pay her to leave afterward”? Inspired by this thread, of course. Charlie Sheen said it during his trial, but he’s most likely not the originator. Some remember it as being said by Errol Flynn. The TV show Crim… --- ## [Anchovies, sardines, herring, surströmming, and other fishy treats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anchovies-sardines-herring-surstromming-and-other-fishy-treats/993347)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anchovies-sardines-herring-surstromming-and-other-fishy-treats/993347 "2023-11-25T20:44:59Z")
A thread in The BBQ Pit was hijacked by a discussion of surströmming, followed by anchovies, followed by herring and sardines. I agree that surströmming and hakarl sound disgusting. The others though? Very tasty. I’v… --- ## [Why do so many modern windmills not spin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-modern-windmills-not-spin/993664)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-modern-windmills-not-spin/993664 "2023-11-25T20:30:47Z")
I have occasion to drive by many modern windmills (the three bladed tall towers) but I note that many are not spinning. This is not due to lack of wind (some are spinning and I know the wind is blowing). I get some wil… --- ## [Old Gas Stations: A Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gas-stations-a-question/993348)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2023, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gas-stations-a-question/993348 "2023-11-25T20:12:22Z")
Most of the major Canadian gas stations are well represented in my sizeable city. But over the last few years they seem to have closed many less profitable locations. There are old stations at several major intersectio… --- ## [Is there a name for that “hippie stoner accent?”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-that-hippie-stoner-accent/993478)
**Author:** [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2023, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-that-hippie-stoner-accent/993478 "2023-11-25T20:12:18Z")
You know the one I mean, but it’s hard to describe. Think Tommy Chong, Otto the Bus Driver, or - going way back - that guy from the TV commercial for the Freedom Rock album (“Hey, man is that Freedom Rock? Well, TURN IT … --- ## [ID this movie from a single scene fragment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-movie-from-a-single-scene-fragment/993688)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-movie-from-a-single-scene-fragment/993688 "2023-11-25T18:12:50Z")
This has been bugging me for years, and I’m 90% sure I haven’t posted the ID request before. I saw this movie in the late 1990s or early 2000s, and it was not very old at the time, so let’s say the movie came out between… --- ## [What's the best scenario/ timing for Biden to step down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-scenario-timing-for-biden-to-step-down/993466)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-scenario-timing-for-biden-to-step-down/993466 "2023-11-25T17:58:00Z")
NB: I would bet against Biden voluntarily declining to run for a second term, personally, but if he did I would vigorously literally anybody or any life form running against Donald Trump in his place on the Democratic ti… --- ## [Are these three categories for countries and political parties useful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-three-categories-for-countries-and-political-parties-useful/992106)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-three-categories-for-countries-and-political-parties-useful/992106 "2023-11-25T17:45:31Z")
Inspired by various current events, including the recent US House speakership debacle. I’m going to use the labels liberal, conservative, and reactionary, but this is more about the categories than what label to assign … --- ## [Do you foresee a need to upgrade your computer soon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-foresee-a-need-to-upgrade-your-computer-soon/992872)
**Author:** [@epbrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-foresee-a-need-to-upgrade-your-computer-soon/992872 "2023-11-25T16:31:29Z")
So last night the hinge to my laptop display broke. It was a cheap model ($350) with a plastic case bought in Mar 2018, but it’s been fine for my needs. I started shopping for a new laptop and discovered brand new copy o… --- ## [MST3K Turkey Day - darkest flicks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k-turkey-day-darkest-flicks/993647)
**Author:** [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mst3k-turkey-day-darkest-flicks/993647 "2023-11-25T15:18:09Z")
This year I had a mini MST3K Turkey Day and for some reason I gravitated to some of the darker movies that they covered. Teenage Crime Wave-the female baddie reveals her rough life only to end up dead. The Girl on Love… --- ## ["In God We Trust" required in all Louisiana Classrooms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-god-we-trust-required-in-all-louisiana-classrooms/988052)
**Author:** [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-god-we-trust-required-in-all-louisiana-classrooms/988052 "2023-11-25T15:01:39Z")
This really pisses me off. How would I explain this to my kids? You go to school to learn, but you must do so under a poster embracing a false myth. --- ## [What makes this picture of Daniel Craig so European?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-this-picture-of-daniel-craig-so-european/993654)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-this-picture-of-daniel-craig-so-european/993654 "2023-11-25T14:58:43Z")
So my Twitter feed is full of this picture of Daniel Craig in a suit: Almost all of the related jokes seem to think he looks like a European (usually German) official of some kind: What is it about Daniel Craig… --- ## [Cranberry & Raspberry Tea--good for urinary tract?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cranberry-raspberry-tea-good-for-urinary-tract/993352)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cranberry-raspberry-tea-good-for-urinary-tract/993352 "2023-11-25T14:17:52Z")
Does it help with Urinary or Prostate Infections? Example here– https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000UZPCMG?psc=1&ref=ppx\_yo2ov\_dt\_b\_product\_details [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=686&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=688&state=watching)