# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=794&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 795 --- ## [What do these lyrics mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-lyrics-mean/986367)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-lyrics-mean/986367 "2023-06-30T18:58:30Z")
I know this subject has been done to death. Probably even this very song, since it’s so old. However, I watched a YouTube video recently that stated that Maniac, from Flashdance, was originally a song about a serial kill… --- ## [Any African-American news anchors who speak on air with an African-American Vernacular accent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-african-american-news-anchors-who-speak-on-air-with-an-african-american-vernacular-accent/835016)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-african-american-news-anchors-who-speak-on-air-with-an-african-american-vernacular-accent/835016 "2023-06-30T18:51:47Z")
Whenever I see black news anchors, they speak entirely without any African-American vernacular English accent. In some cases it sounds natural (e.g. Lester Holt of NBC News), but in other cases it sounds like they are s… --- ## [Publishing my songs on YouTube](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishing-my-songs-on-youtube/986285)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishing-my-songs-on-youtube/986285 "2023-06-30T18:22:26Z")
I’ve started to upload my catalog of original songs. (Moderators: if you think this should be in a different forum, please move it. This is not a commercial project, I’m not expecting to monetize anything or go viral!) … --- ## [Mixing baking soda and vinegar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mixing-baking-soda-and-vinegar/985593)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mixing-baking-soda-and-vinegar/985593 "2023-06-30T18:14:14Z")
I have an ongoing need for CO2. My plan to get my fix is to mix baking soda with regular old kitchen 5% acid white vinegar. So far things are going well, but when my reaction vessel calms down there is still a good dea… --- ## [Stranger to blue water?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-to-blue-water/986105)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-to-blue-water/986105 "2023-06-30T17:20:35Z")
As I said in another thread, we’re watching Kingsman: The Golden Circle. ‘Merlin’ likes John Denver’s Take Me Home, Country Roads. I’ve noticed that that song seems to be popular and known worldwide. Like, in additi… --- ## [Freight train carrying hot asphalt, molten sulfur plunges into Yellowstone River](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freight-train-carrying-hot-asphalt-molten-sulfur-plunges-into-yellowstone-river/986077)
**Author:** [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freight-train-carrying-hot-asphalt-molten-sulfur-plunges-into-yellowstone-river/986077 "2023-06-30T16:41:26Z")
Lovely. Just lovely. Why can’t it ever be a train car full of ping pong balls or something that crashes, rather than cars full of hazardous materials? Freight train carrying hot asphalt, molten sulfur plunges into Yello… --- ## [What do y'all think about the "We Didn't Start The Fire" reboot by Fall Out Boy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-think-about-the-we-didnt-start-the-fire-reboot-by-fall-out-boy/986282)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-think-about-the-we-didnt-start-the-fire-reboot-by-fall-out-boy/986282 "2023-06-30T16:01:48Z")
Timewise it seems to jump around more than the original, but I still liked it a lot. Fall Out Boy - We Didn’t Start the Fire (Lyric Video) - YouTube --- ## [Was the Y2K crisis overstated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-y2k-crisis-overstated/983924)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-y2k-crisis-overstated/983924 "2023-06-30T15:49:47Z")
In the Baker’s Dozen III thread, @Bicycle\_Bill called Y2K a nothing burger. But was it, really? I’m inclined to disagree; I think the reason it caused minimal disruption was because so many people and so much money was … --- ## [Store bought hard boiled eggs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-bought-hard-boiled-eggs/981987)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-bought-hard-boiled-eggs/981987 "2023-06-30T14:29:11Z")
I occasionally buy hard-boiled eggs at stores. They always have a distinctive, off-putting flavor but, according to the ingredient listing, are simply eggs. They are also rubbery. What’s going on? Also: The sell-buy dat… --- ## [What the heck is going on with my hard drive storage on my PC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-my-hard-drive-storage-on-my-pc/986241)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-my-hard-drive-storage-on-my-pc/986241 "2023-06-30T13:25:53Z")
I work from home using a Win10 PC with a 500GB SSID primary hard drive. Recently, say within the last month, I noticed the primary HD was getting kind of full- down to 25% capacity. I made a mental note to keep an eye o… --- ## [The Third Condiment - what should it be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-condiment-what-should-it-be/986091)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-condiment-what-should-it-be/986091 "2023-06-30T12:15:34Z")
I don’t think this has come up before. There’s an old piece where Cecil explains how come we ended up with salt and pepper; and apparently, back in the day, mustard was sometimes the default third condiment - though it r… --- ## [Doper authors, how much "writer's regret" do you have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-authors-how-much-writers-regret-do-you-have/986235)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-authors-how-much-writers-regret-do-you-have/986235 "2023-06-30T10:54:56Z")
Do you ever think of your old books, “I should have phrased this differently in this or that paragraph,” or “I wish I’d changed this or that about the storyline and characters?” --- ## [Have you had a cardiac ablation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-a-cardiac-ablation/986050)
**Author:** [@Mikkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikkel)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-a-cardiac-ablation/986050 "2023-06-30T09:42:37Z")
I have had a lot of atrial fibrillation and have had my heart restarted at least six times this year (DC-conversion). Monday I’m going to the hospital to get cardiac ablation, which hopefully will either cure me or at le… --- ## [Question about airport terminology \[and emergency procedures\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-airport-terminology-and-emergency-procedures/986255)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-airport-terminology-and-emergency-procedures/986255 "2023-06-30T01:16:02Z")
My Beloved watches a lot of shows about true airline tragedies and (listening in the background) I notice that a majority of the time when the tower is asking how many people are on the plane they ask “How many souls on… --- ## [Pulp Fiction minutiae](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-minutiae/949853)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-minutiae/949853 "2023-06-30T00:56:52Z")
If you search the Internets you will find discussions of damn near every second of Pulp Fiction. There are lists of the dozens or hundreds of the movie references and inside jokes. But I noticed something the last time I… --- ## [Microscopic "handbag" sells for $63K at auction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microscopic-handbag-sells-for-63k-at-auction/986314)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microscopic-handbag-sells-for-63k-at-auction/986314 "2023-06-29T23:32:47Z")
A fool and their money are soon parted. We’re not going to make it, are we? Humans, I mean. --- ## [Movie with the song "The Way You Look Tonight"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-the-song-the-way-you-look-tonight/986204)
**Author:** [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-the-song-the-way-you-look-tonight/986204 "2023-06-29T21:20:32Z")
Does anyone know which movie I’m trying to remember that had the song “The Way You Look Tonight” in it? I’m pretty sure it was the Frank Sinatra version and the film was a more modern one that was in color. It is not… C… --- ## [NatGeo lays off the last of its writing staff: End of an Era](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/natgeo-lays-off-the-last-of-its-writing-staff-end-of-an-era/986308)
**Author:** [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/natgeo-lays-off-the-last-of-its-writing-staff-end-of-an-era/986308 "2023-06-29T19:59:45Z")
National Geographic, along with many other magazines and newspapers, has suffered in lack of sales due to, mainly, the internet. I think it has always been a class act, and I’m sorry to hear about this, even though it… --- ## [The First Two Hours of MTV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-two-hours-of-mtv/984759)
**Author:** [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-two-hours-of-mtv/984759 "2023-06-29T19:59:27Z")
The First Two Hours of MTV on YouTube Someone posted on YouTube the first two hours of MTV from way back in 1981. Since I was five years old at the time, didn’t have cable, and my parents pretty much controlled what mu… --- ## [5G! huh! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Say it again.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5g-huh-what-is-it-good-for-absolutely-nothing-say-it-again/847632)
**Author:** [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5g-huh-what-is-it-good-for-absolutely-nothing-say-it-again/847632 "2023-06-29T19:37:34Z")
At least for now, anyway. I recently upgraded my t-mobile phone to a OnePlus 7T Pro 5G. I do really like this phone. 5G ain’t all that at my house yet, but that’s OK. I don’t really need it at my house, I have wifi. W… --- ## [Women -\> Do You Love Nylon Stockings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-love-nylon-stockings/579652)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-love-nylon-stockings/579652 "2023-06-29T19:31:14Z")
I just finished listening to a pretty funny George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (radio) where Gracie makes a typical boneheaded move (at least George thinks so) of buying a LOT of nylon stockings. Of course everything wor… --- ## [Gravitational background waves detected!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gravitational-background-waves-detected/986301)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gravitational-background-waves-detected/986301 "2023-06-29T19:07:44Z")
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have observed for the first time the faint ripples caused by the motion of black holes that are gently stretching and squeezing everything in the universe. They reported Wednesday that they… --- ## [Tuckered out from court](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckered-out-from-court/976001)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuckered-out-from-court/976001 "2023-06-29T18:04:59Z")
Phew. Yesterday, in King’s Bench, on the road. Called an expert witness and did exam-in-chief; colleague cross-examined their expert; then legal arguments all afternoon. Judge reserved. For a case that started five y… --- ## [Want to play "guess the diagnosis"? (I've been to the clinic)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-play-guess-the-diagnosis-ive-been-to-the-clinic/985957)
**Author:** [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-play-guess-the-diagnosis-ive-been-to-the-clinic/985957 "2023-06-29T17:52:33Z")
You aren’t my doctor. I’ve been to the clinic. I’d enjoy having your help generating hypotheses. I wake up to pee at 4:30 AM. Not unusual, especially since I stay well-hydrated. Went back to sleep. I wake up to pee at … --- ## [Negative Reviews on IMDB.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/negative-reviews-on-imdb-com/983960)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/negative-reviews-on-imdb-com/983960 "2023-06-29T17:27:10Z")
I’ve come to like 'em lately. Not the "1"s and "2"s so much–they’re often as boring as the "8"s, "9"s, and "10"s, but the "3’s and "4"s are pretty good, and the "5"s and "6"s are often full of insight, wit, and some sha… --- ## [What's the deal with all of those hubcaps leaning up agianst telephone poles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-all-of-those-hubcaps-leaning-up-agianst-telephone-poles/971521)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Varn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Varn)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-all-of-those-hubcaps-leaning-up-agianst-telephone-poles/971521 "2023-06-29T17:11:25Z")
There are actually several strange patterns that many people have identified over the years while driving. One of them are those streetlights on highways that suddenly turn off just before you pass them. I think there … --- ## [I Love Lucy episode: translation scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-episode-translation-scene/788518)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-episode-translation-scene/788518 "2023-06-29T17:06:13Z")
In the I Love Lucy episode “Paris at Last,” Lucy is rescued from arrest by an elaborate translation effort by Ricky, two Paris policemen, and a third man who helps. I missed the first part of this scene; who is this man… --- ## [Stuff You Didn't See Coming, arts edition (NSFW)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-didnt-see-coming-arts-edition-nsfw/986134)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-didnt-see-coming-arts-edition-nsfw/986134 "2023-06-29T16:02:44Z")
I just… had to share this. I’m reading a compendium of short stories by my favorite author, Ray Bradbury. A lot of it is heart-rending and thought-provoking, some of it is the expected Martiany goodness, and then… Well, … --- ## [MLB: June 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2023/984879)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2023/984879 "2023-06-29T14:32:40Z")
Welcome to June!! I subscribe to MLB TV on Roku and I’ve noticed they have a daily recap show of about 45 minutes or so with highlights and recaps of all the previous day’s action. It’s pretty decent and a way to get ca… --- ## [The delightful emergency gallbladder surgery thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-delightful-emergency-gallbladder-surgery-thread/985899)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-delightful-emergency-gallbladder-surgery-thread/985899 "2023-06-29T14:27:01Z")
Hi, I’m Maserschmidt! You might know me from such posts as “please please god never another kidney stone again” and “cataract surgery - I can see!” Today’s - or rather yesterday’s excitement - was driving myself to the … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=793&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=795&state=watching)