# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=823&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 824 --- ## [Straight Dope 5/19/2023: What are people celebrating on Cinco de Mayo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-5-19-2023-what-are-people-celebrating-on-cinco-de-mayo/984302)
**Author:** [@Cecil\_Adams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cecil_Adams)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-5-19-2023-what-are-people-celebrating-on-cinco-de-mayo/984302 "2023-05-23T22:14:07Z")
Why do people celebrate Cinco de Mayo? They’re not doing it because it’s the Mexican Fourth of July, as you may already know, since U.S. news media have made it their mission in recent years to dispel this common miscon… --- ## [How to reset last-seen-post cursor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-reset-last-seen-post-cursor/984480)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-reset-last-seen-post-cursor/984480 "2023-05-23T21:55:08Z")
I use the unread feature to track long threads I’ve already read part of. So I might first notice a thread with 150 posts. I might read 20, set it aside, read 20 more two hours later, etc. Conveniently, Discourse reme… --- ## [Why aren't navigation apps smart enough not to try to make me turn left from a side street onto a busy four-lane road?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-navigation-apps-smart-enough-not-to-try-to-make-me-turn-left-from-a-side-street-onto-a-busy-four-lane-road/984248)
**Author:** [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-navigation-apps-smart-enough-not-to-try-to-make-me-turn-left-from-a-side-street-onto-a-busy-four-lane-road/984248 "2023-05-23T21:32:45Z")
Hopefully you all know what I’m talking about. Your navigation app routes you down a little residential side street that intersects with a busy, four-lane (i.e., two lanes in each direction) road, at an intersection wit… --- ## [Joe Scarborough on 2011 debt limit crisis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-on-2011-debt-limit-crisis/984470)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-on-2011-debt-limit-crisis/984470 "2023-05-23T21:28:02Z")
After a thorough search (i.e., five minutes of Googling), I couldn’t find a source that laid out his position on the previous debt limit crisis in (I think) 2011. My sense (my prejudice, really) is that he’s a complete … --- ## [Songs that make you cringe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cringe/974173)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cringe/974173 "2023-05-23T19:41:35Z")
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins just sang I Love Paris on the ol’ iPod. Screamin’ Jay is known for his ‘spooky’ and ‘funny’ stuff, but he was actually a good singer. But this song… The ‘German’ and ‘Chinese’ parodies are pretty … --- ## [Best foreign language movies you've watched](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-foreign-language-movies-youve-watched/956121)
**Author:** [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-foreign-language-movies-youve-watched/956121 "2023-05-23T19:19:17Z")
I watched a German movie from 1931 called M last night. It’s a very disturbing crime thriller but also something that among movie surveys gets ranked as one of those must-see movies. I wouldn’t class it as a great film b… --- ## [Are there any Cards Against Humanity world records?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-cards-against-humanity-world-records/984153)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-cards-against-humanity-world-records/984153 "2023-05-23T18:00:43Z")
Are there any CAH world records involving number of players and/or longest game? --- ## [When/How will the Trump presidency be "normalized"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-how-will-the-trump-presidency-be-normalized/778672)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-how-will-the-trump-presidency-be-normalized/778672 "2023-05-23T17:03:08Z")
The Trump presidency, (and the months leading up to it) have been filled with controversy, and near non-stop protest, with everything from lying about crowd sizes, muzzling the EPA, all out war against the media, failure… --- ## [Dallas? The New Restaurant Mecca?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dallas-the-new-restaurant-mecca/984445)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dallas-the-new-restaurant-mecca/984445 "2023-05-23T16:23:58Z")
Wondering what Dopers On The Ground think about this article stating all the fine restaurants want to decamp to Dallas? Puff piece? Pure pork? Positively Passionate? --- ## [My wife wants a small digital radio. What should I know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-wants-a-small-digital-radio-what-should-i-know/984442)
**Author:** [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-wants-a-small-digital-radio-what-should-i-know/984442 "2023-05-23T15:57:37Z")
I spent about 45 minutes doing Amazon and Google searches, and glancing at Wikipedia articles. I’m out of my depth. Some things I might sorta know or suspect: —Many radio station broadcast or will broadcast digital ver… --- ## [Is there a nomenclature for dropping "I am" from a statement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-nomenclature-for-dropping-i-am-from-a-statement/984460)
**Author:** [@Deflagration](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deflagration)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-nomenclature-for-dropping-i-am-from-a-statement/984460 "2023-05-23T14:56:44Z")
I’m not looking for a contraction as in this sentence. But ‘Going to the shop’ instead of ‘I’m going to the shop’. --- ## [Actor Jon Hamm has recorded an ad for Josh Hawley's opponent Lucas Kunce](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-jon-hamm-has-recorded-an-ad-for-josh-hawleys-opponent-lucas-kunce/984467)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-jon-hamm-has-recorded-an-ad-for-josh-hawleys-opponent-lucas-kunce/984467 "2023-05-23T14:52:56Z")
Jon Hamm has recorded a commercial for Josh “I Run Like A Scared Ostrich” Hawley’s opponent Lucas Kunce. Growing up with the last name Kunce must have been pretty tough as it is, never mind the Marines. I included it her… --- ## [Is it important to diversify investments over multiple wealth management companies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-important-to-diversify-investments-over-multiple-wealth-management-companies/984367)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-important-to-diversify-investments-over-multiple-wealth-management-companies/984367 "2023-05-23T13:57:51Z")
I get that we should invest in multiple stocks and bonds and other things, diversifying, not all the eggs in one basket. But should we apply that to the wealth management companies, too? If you have an IRA with some com… --- ## [Is Trelegy an aerosol?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trelegy-an-aerosol/984453)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trelegy-an-aerosol/984453 "2023-05-23T12:55:37Z")
I have to get rid of my dad’s medications since he has passed. There’s a sheriff’s drop box at our city hall for drug disposal. It says “no aerosols”. I have several packages of Trelegy Ellipta, an inhaled COPD medicati… --- ## [My mother-in-law passed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mother-in-law-passed/984364)
**Author:** [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mother-in-law-passed/984364 "2023-05-23T12:00:30Z")
I debated whether to post this but due to the circumstances I will. My MIL passed this past Wednesday at 88. She has been living in a memory care facility for the past 2½ years, she suffered with Alzheimer’s for the past… --- ## [Something I found out today about prostate treatment: MRI before biopsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-i-found-out-today-about-prostate-treatment-mri-before-biopsy/984436)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-i-found-out-today-about-prostate-treatment-mri-before-biopsy/984436 "2023-05-23T11:16:13Z")
Visited a urologist today, because my PSA score has been rising over the past year. Not by very much, from 4.4 to 6.7. I’m 73. The concern is with the possibility of prostate cancer. My PCP mentioned to me that there is… --- ## [Stories In Six Words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-in-six-words/972864)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-in-six-words/972864 "2023-05-23T10:55:59Z")
I was very amused by these six word story contests in Wired Magazine, but probably Dopers could do better? To prove it, tell a story in six words about life during the time of Covid. --- ## [Flanken - BBQ, oriental or savory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flanken-bbq-oriental-or-savory/984015)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flanken-bbq-oriental-or-savory/984015 "2023-05-23T10:16:35Z")
Which would you do? I have only ever braised them before, not looking to do that --- ## [Identify the Movie from this One Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-movie-from-this-one-scene/984452)
**Author:** [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-movie-from-this-one-scene/984452 "2023-05-23T06:58:34Z")
Ok, Dopers, I think this should be a quick solve, but I just can’t pull it. It’s been bouncing around my head all day and it’s frustrating that I can’t think of where I saw it. I digress … The scene features the main ch… --- ## [How will the debt ceiling resolution affect my situation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-debt-ceiling-resolution-affect-my-situation/984351)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-debt-ceiling-resolution-affect-my-situation/984351 "2023-05-23T03:33:21Z")
If Biden is forced to capitulate to GOP demands, how will those demands affect my situation? I am on Social Security disability, Medicare, and EBT. My mother is on the first two. I’m on disability due to a mental health… --- ## [Counterbalancing a milling machine head](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterbalancing-a-milling-machine-head/984448)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterbalancing-a-milling-machine-head/984448 "2023-05-23T02:55:52Z")
I am doing a lot of research in anticipation of buying a bench milling machine and converting it to CNC. One thing that I’ve come across is the weight of the head. In manual mode, the head is positioned above the work, … --- ## [Ammomium nitrate loss on US train](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ammomium-nitrate-loss-on-us-train/984433)
**Author:** [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ammomium-nitrate-loss-on-us-train/984433 "2023-05-23T02:35:17Z")
They said in the news on NBC a US freight company lost 60,000 lbs of ammonium nitrate this weekend with no real idea how it leaked out. The company spokesperson really didn’t know anything either. How could it just leak … --- ## [Advice for trekking with a problem knee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-trekking-with-a-problem-knee/984360)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-trekking-with-a-problem-knee/984360 "2023-05-23T02:15:25Z")
I am going for an 11-day mountain trek in a month, during which we will cover about 120km and ascend/descend about 1000m per day. The last time I did this I had to drop out after the 8th day due to knee pain (I was the f… --- ## [Does David Copperfield still do huge showpiece illusions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-david-copperfield-still-do-huge-showpiece-illusions/984373)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-david-copperfield-still-do-huge-showpiece-illusions/984373 "2023-05-23T02:06:54Z")
He never seems to have TV specials anymore and the last time I really remember even hearing about a big trick he planned, it was the one where he said he could teleport a person to anywhere on Earth. I believe I saw a f… --- ## [Why is youtube showing me so many commercials in spanish suddenly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-youtube-showing-me-so-many-commercials-in-spanish-suddenly/984378)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-youtube-showing-me-so-many-commercials-in-spanish-suddenly/984378 "2023-05-23T00:44:15Z")
with my fractured shoulder i’m now spending a ton of time in my easy chair watching ‘nerd of the rings’ videos on my tv via firewire, logged into my (non-paid) youtube account. no adblocker there, so ads are rife. prev… --- ## [Women's high heel shoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-high-heel-shoes/984277)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-high-heel-shoes/984277 "2023-05-23T00:28:03Z")
Are high heels extremely uncomfortable to wear? They look that way from the outside. Can’t say I see the point in them. And speaking of points, why the heck do so many of them have the toes pointed? That’s not how human … --- ## [When the best drummer isn't the drummer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-best-drummer-isnt-the-drummer/984438)
**Author:** [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2023, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-best-drummer-isnt-the-drummer/984438 "2023-05-22T23:27:47Z")
This question is inspired by the (false!) claim that John Lennon once quipped that Ringo “wasn’t even the best drummer in the Beatles.” I’m looking for examples of bands where the drummer genuinely isn’t the best drumme… --- ## [Selling Expensive Wine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-expensive-wine/984359)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2023, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-expensive-wine/984359 "2023-05-22T23:25:42Z")
There seems to be an increasing number of ads for fancy wine in the first section of The New York Times. Some tout the awards they have recently won. Most are conveniently available to be shipped for $50-300 a bottle. … --- ## [How do you respond to the gamer's dilemma?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-respond-to-the-gamers-dilemma/984014)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-respond-to-the-gamers-dilemma/984014 "2023-05-22T23:05:16Z")
The gamer’s dilemma was created in 2009 by the philosopher Morgan Luck and boils down to the basic argument that if in and of itself virtual murder for its own sake in video games like the kind in GTA is morally permissi… --- ## [What are your thoughts on an Ayahuasca retreat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-thoughts-on-an-ayahuasca-retreat/984344)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-thoughts-on-an-ayahuasca-retreat/984344 "2023-05-22T22:24:30Z")
Yesterday a friend told us he was re-visiting Peru, for a 28 day Ayahuasca retreat. Apparently he will be staying somewhere in the jungle, where he will undergo 10 Ayahuasca sessions. He described it as “therapy.” Wha… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=822&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=824&state=watching)