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**Author:** [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2023, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-twenty-minutes-in-the-sixties-63-years-ago/978700 "2023-11-20T02:50:11Z")
Today (23 January) is a big day for SDMB memes. It’s the 63rd anniversary of when the bathyscaphe Trieste went to the bottom of the Challenger Deep. “The two men spent twenty minutes on the ocean floor.” Wikipedia link: T… --- ## ["Man tells job interviewer he won't clean because that's Women's Work" Modern Urban Legend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-tells-job-interviewer-he-wont-clean-because-thats-womens-work-modern-urban-legend/993355)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2023, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-tells-job-interviewer-he-wont-clean-because-thats-womens-work-modern-urban-legend/993355 "2023-11-20T02:37:53Z")
This is one of those stories I hear all the time in “Worst Job Interview” stories on both Reddit and other websites, and every time it’s retold I always remember it’s prefaced by “Didn’t happen to me but to a friend/cowo… --- ## [Have you ever stumbled across something you completely forgot you owned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stumbled-across-something-you-completely-forgot-you-owned/993211)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2023, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stumbled-across-something-you-completely-forgot-you-owned/993211 "2023-11-20T02:37:13Z")
So I was just looking through my CD collection for inspiration for nominations for @Mean\_Mr.Mustard’s latest song poll\*. There, on the very bottom of a stack of CDs, I found a copy of David Sedaris Live at Carnegie Hall.… --- ## [Need help identifying a Naval Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-naval-gun/992860)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2023, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-naval-gun/992860 "2023-11-20T02:19:23Z")
I have been researching the US submarine S-49 and have written a book about it. It’s the only US submarine to be privately owned. It was purchased (with the approval of the Secretary of the Navy) from the scrapyard that … --- ## [Jimmy Carter on Hospice Care (at home) (2/18/2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter-on-hospice-care-at-home-2-18-2023/980010)
**Author:** [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-carter-on-hospice-care-at-home-2-18-2023/980010 "2023-11-20T00:51:01Z")
If not the best post-Presidency, then awfully damned close: --- ## [Getting poinsettias to rebloom: How can this possibly replicate their natural environment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-poinsettias-to-rebloom-how-can-this-possibly-replicate-their-natural-environment/993372)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-poinsettias-to-rebloom-how-can-this-possibly-replicate-their-natural-environment/993372 "2023-11-19T23:39:47Z")
Instructions for getting your poinsettias to rebloom are typically arduous. How does this regimen possibly exist in the plant’s natural native environment? (I am not looking for information about how to do this, because… --- ## [Amazon has locked me out of my sales AND personal account](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-has-locked-me-out-of-my-sales-and-personal-account/984004)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-has-locked-me-out-of-my-sales-and-personal-account/984004 "2023-11-19T23:11:01Z")
They’re saying that I needed to provide certain forms of documentation, which I have been doing, starting on Wednesday when they locked me out. Driver’s license (both sides), bank statements, credit card statements - so… --- ## [Bad bad bad Touch-me-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-touch-me-not/992971)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-touch-me-not/992971 "2023-11-19T21:50:16Z")
Don’t touch my stuff I hate it. You’re trying show the grandkids a cute doggy picture on your phone. Why do they have to grab the phone to look at it, with their grimy, grubby, virus spreading, don’t know where they’ve … --- ## [What is the smallest animal that farts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-smallest-animal-that-farts/993287)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-smallest-animal-that-farts/993287 "2023-11-19T21:47:23Z")
A year ago, this question was asked: I am asking this as something of a followup question. (For the purpose of discussion, we’ll define a fart as a burst of gas expelled from the far end of the digestive system, whet… --- ## [Gay pride nutcracker doll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-pride-nutcracker-doll/993371)
**Author:** [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-pride-nutcracker-doll/993371 "2023-11-19T20:50:17Z")
Can be ordered from Amazon, Target, Walmart, and Kohl’s. There is a Wondershop brand and a Kurt S. Adler brand. Am I going to Hell for checking to see if the mouth works? (It does. The tall version of each doll has a… --- ## [This blog uses the age range of young adults wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-blog-uses-the-age-range-of-young-adults-wrong/993373)
**Author:** [@Amber13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber13)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-blog-uses-the-age-range-of-young-adults-wrong/993373 "2023-11-19T20:02:58Z")
While there’s no general consensus of what age range of a young adult and an adult should be, I stumbled upon this blog saying that young adults are between 12 and 30, that’s very wrong because a person at the age 12 is … --- ## [Where would you place this YouTuber’s accent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-place-this-youtuber-s-accent/993313)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-place-this-youtuber-s-accent/993313 "2023-11-19T18:48:33Z")
There is a face reveal around the 2 minute mark in case that might bias your opinion. I’ve been subscribed to this channel for a while now and I have often wondered about this. I am not American and to me … --- ## [Performers that Completely Change the Character they Played](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/performers-that-completely-change-the-character-they-played/992944)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/performers-that-completely-change-the-character-they-played/992944 "2023-11-19T18:02:54Z")
George Lucas has said he wrote C-3P0 as a sleazy used car salesman type (you can see this in the dialogue of A New Hope. It’s especially evident in the Droid Sale early in the movie) but Anthony Daniels’ prim and proper … --- ## [Boundary between conspiracy theories and paranoid schizophrenia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boundary-between-conspiracy-theories-and-paranoid-schizophrenia/992952)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boundary-between-conspiracy-theories-and-paranoid-schizophrenia/992952 "2023-11-19T15:50:15Z")
The occasion of this question is this news article The public defender for the man charged with attacking Nancy Pelosi’s husband is claiming that the defendant’s sincere beliefs have to be taken into account when judgi… --- ## [Is there any difference at all between same medigap plans at different providers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-difference-at-all-between-same-medigap-plans-at-different-providers/993245)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-difference-at-all-between-same-medigap-plans-at-different-providers/993245 "2023-11-19T15:49:08Z")
I’m trying to decide if I should switch from AARP to Humana for my mother’s Medicare supplemental. I’ve heard that Humana’s customer service is terrible as well as their other plans, but she’d be saving $38 a month. Ar… --- ## [Apparently aluminum foil is the new toilet paper (not literally)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-aluminum-foil-is-the-new-toilet-paper-not-literally/993296)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-aluminum-foil-is-the-new-toilet-paper-not-literally/993296 "2023-11-19T15:12:36Z")
I was surprised to see this. It has been a while since the last time I bought a roll, but it was definitely in the $3 territory then. --- ## [What are "Followers" (in the context of Facebook)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-followers-in-the-context-of-facebook/993335)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-followers-in-the-context-of-facebook/993335 "2023-11-19T13:50:05Z")
I was browsing FB this morning, and I got irritated by this guy on my friends list. He’s always posting interesting-looking headlines of a political nature that I’d be interested in reading more about. Thing is, he’s alw… --- ## [Movies with Women playing Men (and Vice-Versa). NOT like Mrs., Doubtfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-women-playing-men-and-vice-versa-not-like-mrs-doubtfire/991457)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-women-playing-men-and-vice-versa-not-like-mrs-doubtfire/991457 "2023-11-19T13:39:40Z")
I’ve been noticing cases of films where women play men – not as a plot element, or in some weird transgender twist or the like. The director simply decided for some reason to cast a woman in a role that is undeniably mal… --- ## [Giving up on something you love](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-up-on-something-you-love/992548)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-up-on-something-you-love/992548 "2023-11-19T13:24:30Z")
In two separate threads, the one about the Beatles’ new release, and the one about baseball’s new rules Baseball rules changes 2023 - #29 by BlankSlate, both being things that I have devoted thousands of hours of raptur… --- ## [I practice Tai Chi, and so should you (especially you)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-practice-tai-chi-and-so-should-you-especially-you/993081)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2023, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-practice-tai-chi-and-so-should-you-especially-you/993081 "2023-11-19T06:10:18Z")
I’ve been practicing tai chi for about 6 years now, which is sort of unusual as I was only 38 when I started and typically such practice is targeted towards people in their 60s and up. I had already gotten a black belt… --- ## [Do you think landspeeder like in Star Wars may one day be possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-landspeeder-like-in-star-wars-may-one-day-be-possible/993041)
**Author:** [@Jackson99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackson99)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2023, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-landspeeder-like-in-star-wars-may-one-day-be-possible/993041 "2023-11-19T03:31:19Z")
Do you think landspeeder like in Star Wars may one day be possible? Is there any one working on vehicles like landspeeder like in Star Wars? I guess under the vehicle of the landspeeder will be propeller or jet engine o… --- ## [Amazon products - What happend to "answered questions"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-products-what-happend-to-answered-questions/993265)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-products-what-happend-to-answered-questions/993265 "2023-11-19T01:14:42Z")
When I shop on Amazon, I’ve always seen, and used, the links that say, for example, 3,778 ratings | 172 answered questions. Lately, though, only the ratings link works - it takes me to the reviews of the products. The … --- ## [From a chemists's perspective what actually kills the victim of a snake bite?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-a-chemistss-perspective-what-actually-kills-the-victim-of-a-snake-bite/975101)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-a-chemistss-perspective-what-actually-kills-the-victim-of-a-snake-bite/975101 "2023-11-19T00:38:48Z")
From a chemists’s/pathologists’s perspective what actually kills the victim of a snake bite? Is it the venom only or is there also a concomitant bacterial infection element that also leads to death? --- ## [DYMO label machines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dymo-label-machines/993032)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dymo-label-machines/993032 "2023-11-18T23:11:15Z")
The DYMO came out in 1958. It must have sold well as I recall them being used everywhere by the time I was in high school (1960-64). What an awesome idea it was! My favorite use for them is in the Bond film where he flie… --- ## [My cat has bitten and scratched me too many times](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-has-bitten-and-scratched-me-too-many-times/987101)
**Author:** [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-has-bitten-and-scratched-me-too-many-times/987101 "2023-11-18T22:44:50Z")
We’re thinking that we have to rehome our cat, and I’m really upset. He’s the handsome ginger tabby in my avatar, adopted as a 3-week-old kitten from the animal shelter in 2016. At that point we had fostered over a dozen… --- ## [USA Dopers: How Often Do You Encounter Amish People?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-dopers-how-often-do-you-encounter-amish-people/989589)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-dopers-how-often-do-you-encounter-amish-people/989589 "2023-11-18T21:32:49Z")
I grew up in Central Illinois, about 30 miles from an Amish community that was and is, for lack of a better way of describing it, tourist-facing. The community had a variety of shops and such selling Amish wares, there w… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad beck--a plucky girl!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-a-plucky-girl/993329)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-a-plucky-girl/993329 "2023-11-18T21:15:24Z")
I decided in a fit of boredom, disgust and the fact that I accidentally found the pluckers to pluck my eyebrows. I was beginning to look neanderthal. Haven’t done this in, I don’t know, 10 years or something. The Lil’wr… --- ## [Whipping Cream sulfur smell -- normal??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whipping-cream-sulfur-smell-normal/121036)
**Author:** [@Dragonblink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragonblink)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2023, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whipping-cream-sulfur-smell-normal/121036 "2023-11-18T20:16:07Z")
At the coffee store I work at, we make our own whipped cream by pouring whipping cream (aka heavy cream) into a special bottle and charging it with compressed gas. Lately, my store has been throwing out a lot of cartons … --- ## [I want to offset my carbon use. Is there ANY organization I can give money to that ACTUALLY does it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-offset-my-carbon-use-is-there-any-organization-i-can-give-money-to-that-actually-does-it/993332)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-offset-my-carbon-use-is-there-any-organization-i-can-give-money-to-that-actually-does-it/993332 "2023-11-18T19:22:15Z")
Quite a few years ago, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), a California power company, let you sign up for a carbon offset program. They would add an extra fee to your bill equivalent to the amount of carbon used, and give t… --- ## [Going to auto racing school in Monterey; what else to see and do while I'm there](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-auto-racing-school-in-monterey-what-else-to-see-and-do-while-im-there/992326)
**Author:** [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-auto-racing-school-in-monterey-what-else-to-see-and-do-while-im-there/992326 "2023-11-18T18:44:18Z")
For years (decades, really), I’ve thought it would be fun to take a high-performance driving school. Well, next week is the time. I’m going to a three-day racing school at Laguna Seca in Monterey, California. So I tho… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=691&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=693&state=tracking)