# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=783&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 784 --- ## ["What is it?" -- wherein we consider an object from an oldish movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-wherein-we-consider-an-object-from-an-oldish-movie/986965)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2023, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-wherein-we-consider-an-object-from-an-oldish-movie/986965 "2023-07-16T21:35:55Z")
High Society, 1956 musical remake of The Philadelphia Story. In this scene, Frank Sinatra (in the Jimmy Stewart role) and Celeste Holm (melodious in the Ruth Hussey part) are remarking on all the gaudy goodies that the i… --- ## [Well, it looks like if you run a business, it’s A-okay to discriminate against certain customers based on your religious beliefs…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-it-looks-like-if-you-run-a-business-it-s-a-okay-to-discriminate-against-certain-customers-based-on-your-religious-beliefs/986409)
**Author:** [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Replies:** 239\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-it-looks-like-if-you-run-a-business-it-s-a-okay-to-discriminate-against-certain-customers-based-on-your-religious-beliefs/986409 "2023-07-16T20:54:40Z")
Well, it looks like if you run a business, it’s A-okay to discriminate against certain customers based on your religious beliefs… --- ## [Tree identification](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tree-identification/987084)
**Author:** [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tree-identification/987084 "2023-07-16T19:38:06Z")
I just performed some tree surgery in my yard (removed a tree that had died during our extended drought)… and there are 3 more trees growing alongside the dead one. I’d like to ID them, and maybe pick a “winner” to nur… --- ## [Life hacks you figured out on your own](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-hacks-you-figured-out-on-your-own/981041)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 504\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-hacks-you-figured-out-on-your-own/981041 "2023-07-16T18:45:35Z")
Use only bright-colored thumbtacks. Then when you drop one, you have some chance of finding it before you step on it in your sock feet. --- ## [Recommend a streaming “whodunit” show to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-streaming-whodunit-show-to-me/987006)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-streaming-whodunit-show-to-me/987006 "2023-07-16T18:14:08Z")
I’ve been watching Perry Mason and Murdoch Mysteries. I like more lighthearted fare instead of “heavier” or gory crime. Right now I have Hulu, Amazon Prime, Netflix and Acorn. What’s fun and engaging? --- ## [Is this the ability to smell and taste slightly spoiled meat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-ability-to-smell-and-taste-slightly-spoiled-meat/267491)
**Author:** [@Rusalka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rusalka)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-ability-to-smell-and-taste-slightly-spoiled-meat/267491 "2023-07-16T17:48:07Z")
I have a problem which is driving me nuts. I frequently encounter meat, especially in restaurants, which to everyone else tastes fine, but which smells and tastes horrible to me. One time I was out with a whole group … --- ## [How to maximize the life of a phone battery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-maximize-the-life-of-a-phone-battery/987113)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2023, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-maximize-the-life-of-a-phone-battery/987113 "2023-07-16T17:47:18Z")
I am not talking about how long a charge lasts, but how long the battery lasts. Should top it off every night to 100%, no matter what % is left? Should I let it get down to 30% or lower before I charge it? Should I leav… --- ## [What should I do with this baby animal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-with-this-baby-animal/987067)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-with-this-baby-animal/987067 "2023-07-16T16:43:41Z")
Its little and pink-eyes are just blue dots. I found it on the sidewalk and it was still alive and squeaking. I couldn’t leave it there and put it in a box with a towel. That was two days ago and it’s still alive and eat… --- ## [Beau Is Afraid - anyone else seen it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beau-is-afraid-anyone-else-seen-it/983298)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beau-is-afraid-anyone-else-seen-it/983298 "2023-07-16T15:07:56Z")
Only the third feature film by A24 director Ari Aster, whose previous two movies - Hereditary and Midsommar - I enjoyed a lot, in a twisted way. I watched Beau Is Afraid in the theater on Tuesday. What a fucked-up roller… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad Hair day! Remember Mr. Fuzzy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-hair-day-remember-mr-fuzzy/987076)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-hair-day-remember-mr-fuzzy/987076 "2023-07-16T14:33:09Z")
That game board thingy. You took a magnet and maneuvered the iron filings around and made him hair or a beard ( or, as I did, hairy eyeballs🤗). I have a thingy in my head. It keeps me from having a seizure. It’s touchy. … --- ## [To the skinny knacker that asked me for my "Spare Change"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-skinny-knacker-that-asked-me-for-my-spare-change/190342)
**Author:** [@Tarantula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarantula)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-skinny-knacker-that-asked-me-for-my-spare-change/190342 "2023-07-16T13:44:42Z")
Where the fuck do these losers get off asking me for my money ??? Lazy-ass cunts sitting on their skinny knacker arses drinking at midday on a Tuesday, and then they have the fucking gall to ask me for my change ! WTF !… --- ## [The 5 Titanic Sub Victims: what would they look like now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-5-titanic-sub-victims-what-would-they-look-like-now/985993)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2023, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-5-titanic-sub-victims-what-would-they-look-like-now/985993 "2023-07-16T13:14:30Z")
Corpse recovery is not happening here. But if we could find the remains of 5 people who suddenly compressed at the bottom of the ocean what would they look like? A tiny crack would send water pressure so fast it would … --- ## [Ramanujan summation: How does 1+2+3+4... = -1/12?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ramanujan-summation-how-does-1-2-3-4-1-12/986903)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ramanujan-summation-how-does-1-2-3-4-1-12/986903 "2023-07-16T13:00:31Z")
I tried to read the Wiki article on this but, I am still mystified at what is happening here. If we add up an infinite series of integers (1+2+3+4+5+6…) we get an answer of -1/12? Seems impossible but I have no doubt i… --- ## [What things can conservatism NOT do without, when boiled down to its core?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-things-can-conservatism-not-do-without-when-boiled-down-to-its-core/986839)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2023, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-things-can-conservatism-not-do-without-when-boiled-down-to-its-core/986839 "2023-07-16T12:39:05Z")
It’s not hard to see what core elements of liberalism cannot be removed - you can’t take LGBT, feminism, abortion, out of the party plank and still be liberal. It’s a lot harder to pin down conservatism. For instance, I… --- ## [It MUST be answered! Is the butt one or two?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-must-be-answered-is-the-butt-one-or-two/987094)
**Author:** [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2023, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-must-be-answered-is-the-butt-one-or-two/987094 "2023-07-16T03:49:03Z")
LOL! I don’t know if this is a thing outside of Kpop. https://www.youtube.com/results?search\_query=is+the+butt+one+or+two There’s logic on both sides and I don’t think there’s a word for butt cheek in Korean. There’s o… --- ## [Video Card thermal limit only 65?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-card-thermal-limit-only-65/987024)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2023, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-card-thermal-limit-only-65/987024 "2023-07-16T02:29:38Z")
I just noticed something weird in HWInfo64. It says my GPU thermal limit is 65, and it’s throttling. Uh, what? 65 is comfy cool; low even. Anyone know why the thermal limit would be reporting so low? I don’t notice any … --- ## [Am I going deaf, or can the people on my TV not talk clearly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-deaf-or-can-the-people-on-my-tv-not-talk-clearly/986703)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2023, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-deaf-or-can-the-people-on-my-tv-not-talk-clearly/986703 "2023-07-16T01:42:01Z")
Yes, of course, I’m going deaf but my latest audiology test a few weeks ago was fine. I’ll need hearing aids eventually, but not now. I wonder though if the TV folks just mumble a lot. I just heard someone say (I read th… --- ## [Nashville DopeFest, Saturday, July 15](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-dopefest-saturday-july-15/984932)
**Author:** [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2023, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nashville-dopefest-saturday-july-15/984932 "2023-07-16T01:26:02Z")
I know that there was a little interest in a Mini-Fest when I mentioned it at the end of March. Now that life has calmed down a bit for me, I’m setting out a date and a place and see who might want to join me. The date… --- ## [How do you punctuate paragraphed monologues and quotes within them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-punctuate-paragraphed-monologues-and-quotes-within-them/987017)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-punctuate-paragraphed-monologues-and-quotes-within-them/987017 "2023-07-16T00:11:39Z")
I’m finishing up what I hope will be the final edit of my novel. I have a punctuation question. Suppose you write a character’s spoken monologue, divided into paragraphs. Within this monologue, the character quotes thems… --- ## [Dissecting "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" Lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissecting-the-night-the-lights-went-out-in-georgia-lyrics/461497)
**Author:** [@KRSOradio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRSOradio)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissecting-the-night-the-lights-went-out-in-georgia-lyrics/461497 "2023-07-16T00:06:57Z")
OK I looked them up with various Google searches, and I know you can’t print lyrics here in full so I’ll ask about parts of it. I was kind of wondering what parts of it mean. Here’s the first question —\> “He was on his… --- ## [Scuba and snorkeling advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scuba-and-snorkeling-advice/982602)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2023, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scuba-and-snorkeling-advice/982602 "2023-07-15T23:10:58Z")
We’ve had a few threads on specific questions but I’m hoping this is a more general topic. I assume The Game Room is the best place for this, if not, feel free to move to a more appropriate forum. We’ve started spending… --- ## [News aggregation site lionizes serial killer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-aggregation-site-lionizes-serial-killer/987070)
**Author:** [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-aggregation-site-lionizes-serial-killer/987070 "2023-07-15T22:12:57Z")
Yesterday they arrested a guy for the Gilgo Beach murders. They were the work of a serial killer that went unresolved for decades until yesterday. So I was Googling for the guy (who has a name similar to someone I know) … --- ## [The latest 1980s media property back for the 2020s? Gremlins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-1980s-media-property-back-for-the-2020s-gremlins/982601)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-1980s-media-property-back-for-the-2020s-gremlins/982601 "2023-07-15T18:30:23Z")
A trailer for the new animated series. Mogwai? Mogwai not. --- ## ["Lost in Translation" -- words that have no easy equivalent in English](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-translation-words-that-have-no-easy-equivalent-in-english/981032)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-translation-words-that-have-no-easy-equivalent-in-english/981032 "2023-07-15T18:00:48Z")
Provoked by this article on the NPR website Sometimes they describe an attribute. Or a moment. Or maybe just a vibe. These are the words from other languages that don’t have a direct equivalent in English, and yet ca… --- ## [OK, so why didn't my computer battery pack back up my PC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-why-didnt-my-computer-battery-pack-back-up-my-pc/987033)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-why-didnt-my-computer-battery-pack-back-up-my-pc/987033 "2023-07-15T17:10:31Z")
APC “By Schneider Electric” BX1500M model. Was sitting here dealing with some financial stuff, and the local power goes out. In Florida it worked perfectly. This time however both the PC and the monitor switched off e… --- ## [Testing images as YouTube links forbidden](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-images-as-youtube-links-forbidden/987063)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-images-as-youtube-links-forbidden/987063 "2023-07-15T16:54:41Z")
Testing an image as YouTube links aren’t allowed to be posted - getting the warnings when I try to post a link to YouTube: An error occurred: Sorry, you can’t embed media items in a post. … --- ## [Italian Rules for food and drink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-rules-for-food-and-drink/985824)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-rules-for-food-and-drink/985824 "2023-07-15T15:48:31Z")
I recently came across an article about lab-grown meat, and a quote from an Italian lady about one-third through the article made me laugh. She was one of a few people to test lab-grown chicken in a dish with orecchiette… --- ## [Words that seem meant for only one other word](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-meant-for-only-one-other-word/844380)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-meant-for-only-one-other-word/844380 "2023-07-15T15:15:01Z")
Is there any kind of maw other than a ‘gaping’ one? Are there ides any time other than in ‘March’? Anything else done in lock-step other than ‘walking’? Not the end of the world if there’s no bolding/quotes. --- ## [Earliest photo of famous person?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-photo-of-famous-person/986920)
**Author:** [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-photo-of-famous-person/986920 "2023-07-15T15:13:27Z")
What is the earliest photo of a famous person? My submission: the Duke of Wellington, born 1769, defeated Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815, twice British prime minister (1828 to 1830, 1834), died 1852. Daguerreotype of him… --- ## [Statistics on the difference between projected and actual costs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-on-the-difference-between-projected-and-actual-costs/986813)
**Author:** [@longtry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longtry)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-on-the-difference-between-projected-and-actual-costs/986813 "2023-07-15T13:43:00Z")
It’s well known that the cost of any plan rarely fits its initial budget. But on average, how much, in term of percentage, is the inflation? I’ve tried quite a variety of keywords and phrase combinations, but my searches… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=782&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=784&state=tracking)