# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=837&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 838 --- ## [How many g does my washer generate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-g-does-my-washer-generate/983142)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-g-does-my-washer-generate/983142 "2023-05-05T15:55:10Z")
I have an LG, if that helps. I was watching it during the spin cycle, and that drum really moves! How many g does the laundry experience? --- ## [Saw the Alannis Morisette musical, was underwhelmed {play is "Jagged Little Pill"}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-alannis-morisette-musical-was-underwhelmed-play-is-jagged-little-pill/983570)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-alannis-morisette-musical-was-underwhelmed-play-is-jagged-little-pill/983570 "2023-05-05T14:08:18Z")
It was…surprisingly boring and formulaic. Maybe it just didn’t speak to me. But: stereoptypical middle aged white woman addicted to opioids stereotypical lawyer husband who is working all the darn time stereotypical wh… --- ## [Urination Causes Finger Pain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urination-causes-finger-pain/363300)
**Author:** [@woodflute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodflute)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urination-causes-finger-pain/363300 "2023-05-05T13:55:33Z")
A question, please–and it really is a perfectly serious question– I am a 40-year-old man. As long as I can remember, definately back into my preteen years, if I have to postpone urination, when I finally do get to “go,… --- ## [Why are songs remastered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-songs-remastered/983515)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2023, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-songs-remastered/983515 "2023-05-05T12:30:57Z")
Often when I ask Siri to play a particular song, she’ll say “OK. Now playing ‘Hell World’ remastered 2010 by Linus Torvalds on Apple Music.” Why are so many songs remastered? About 99% of the time I can’t tell a diffe… --- ## [How does draining a lithium-ion battery to 0% cause it damage in a way that 1% does not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-draining-a-lithium-ion-battery-to-0-cause-it-damage-in-a-way-that-1-does-not/983550)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2023, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-draining-a-lithium-ion-battery-to-0-cause-it-damage-in-a-way-that-1-does-not/983550 "2023-05-05T12:19:38Z")
So I’d read that draining a smartphone Li-On battery all the way down to 0% causes ‘deep discharge’ and permanent harm to the battery, such that phones are designed to emergency-shut-down once you get to 1%. I’m curious… --- ## [Suggestion: Threads on streamed shows/movies should include source](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-threads-on-streamed-shows-movies-should-include-source/983402)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2023, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-threads-on-streamed-shows-movies-should-include-source/983402 "2023-05-05T09:44:45Z")
Here’s an example. The OP refers to a particular series, but doesn’t tell us where it comes from: Netflix? Hulu? Peacock? HBO? Disney Plus? Something else? As it happens, we quickly learn that it’s Netflix. But, that wa… --- ## [How do Modern Muslims generally view Marijuana and AltCannabinoids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-modern-muslims-generally-view-marijuana-and-altcannabinoids/983464)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2023, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-modern-muslims-generally-view-marijuana-and-altcannabinoids/983464 "2023-05-05T09:06:24Z")
From Wiki: " The Quran does not directly forbid cannabis . There is a controversy among Muslim scholars about cannabis as some deemed it, by analogy (qiyas), to be similar to khamr (intoxicants/alcoholic drink) and ther… --- ## [Zoom screen sharing question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoom-screen-sharing-question/983542)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2023, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoom-screen-sharing-question/983542 "2023-05-05T08:11:20Z")
While on a call I can hear the participants audio through my computer speakers while playing music through bluetooth speakers while sharing my screen. Is there a way others on the call can do the same, hear me through t… --- ## [Critics Who Criticize Critics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critics-who-criticize-critics/983519)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2023, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critics-who-criticize-critics/983519 "2023-05-05T04:33:47Z")
Someone who critiques every film critic out there (or from the past… my expertise is from the 1930-70s)… It could be someone off YouTube (just as long as they were good). It could be an author, of course. Or criticism i… --- ## [Guns in Entertainment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-in-entertainment/983516)
**Author:** [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2023, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-in-entertainment/983516 "2023-05-05T04:15:02Z")
Guns are loud. We know this. But regularly in TV shows and movies people shoot them in small rooms, or inside at all, and they never even flinch or cover their ears. . . this bugs me. Almost all guns are extremely loud. … --- ## [Well dang. If you didn't think Scott Adams was a piece of shit before, just look at him now!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-dang-if-you-didnt-think-scott-adams-was-a-piece-of-shit-before-just-look-at-him-now/980277)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 419\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-dang-if-you-didnt-think-scott-adams-was-a-piece-of-shit-before-just-look-at-him-now/980277 "2023-05-05T01:18:34Z")
Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, has been a bit of a shitbird over the past few years. You can Google the deets, but mostly spouting anti-vax, pro-Trump, Satanic conspiracies in the Democratic party, etc. He’s got a You… --- ## [Holy Trinity of Food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-trinity-of-food/983533)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-trinity-of-food/983533 "2023-05-04T23:57:00Z")
Inspired by a couple of comments in this thread, I thought I’d start a different thread here. What are your “Holy Trinity(or trinities) of Food” I have two, one based on fruit, and one based on culinary vegetables and … --- ## [Jobs: Most Money, Least Effort?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-most-money-least-effort/983392)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-most-money-least-effort/983392 "2023-05-04T23:55:10Z")
Inspired by this Guardian article, what job would you say offers the highest money to effort ratio? --- ## [Average US Life Expectancy is Shrinking. What can be done to reverse this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-us-life-expectancy-is-shrinking-what-can-be-done-to-reverse-this/981726)
**Author:** [@survinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/survinga)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-us-life-expectancy-is-shrinking-what-can-be-done-to-reverse-this/981726 "2023-05-04T21:27:14Z")
It seems that the US is getting worse on almost every metric around life expectancy. No matter how you slice the data, we are dying earlier. And the causes are across the spectrum: gun deaths, accidents, overdoses, su… --- ## [Do you like the Filmation style of animation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-filmation-style-of-animation/983513)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-filmation-style-of-animation/983513 "2023-05-04T21:14:06Z")
The other night I was watching a few episodes of The New Adventures of Batman when the oddest sensation came over me: I was creeped out. Like genuinely uneasy, as if I was watching a horror movie where I knew the killer … --- ## [Great albums ruined by one bad song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-albums-ruined-by-one-bad-song/983329)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-albums-ruined-by-one-bad-song/983329 "2023-05-04T19:31:01Z")
I’m listening to Dire Straits’ “Making Movies”. It could be my favorite Dire Straits album, but of course it has “Les Boys”. I would listen more often to the album if it hadn’t that song, a turd thrown in a delicious pu… --- ## [Can any two people share the same pair of glasses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-any-two-people-share-the-same-pair-of-glasses/983291)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-any-two-people-share-the-same-pair-of-glasses/983291 "2023-05-04T18:34:54Z")
When someone looks through another person’s pair of glasses, it naturally appears very blurry. Of course, we go through a long time at the opthalmologist’s office going through tests to make sure we have the right prescr… --- ## [The Curious Apparent Durability of 1970s / 1980s Pop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-curious-apparent-durability-of-1970s-1980s-pop/979919)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-curious-apparent-durability-of-1970s-1980s-pop/979919 "2023-05-04T18:24:00Z")
A few days ago my wife & I were out to eat dinner at a casual hang-out kind of place. It wasn’t particularly a sports bar, but it did have some TVs tuned to sports. The menu was burgers, wings, ribs, cheap steak or fish,… --- ## [Widespread salmonella outbreak linked to raw flour; nationwide Gold Medal recall \[23-05-02\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/widespread-salmonella-outbreak-linked-to-raw-flour-nationwide-gold-medal-recall-23-05-02/983478)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/widespread-salmonella-outbreak-linked-to-raw-flour-nationwide-gold-medal-recall-23-05-02/983478 "2023-05-04T17:19:45Z")
Looks like the initial CDC report was on 30 March: Now General Mills has identified salmonella in a bag of Gold Medal and issued a recall: Details on the General Mills flour recall General Mills’ voluntary recall … --- ## [Why didn’t Pence do what Trump wanted vis a vis counting the electoral votes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didn-t-pence-do-what-trump-wanted-vis-a-vis-counting-the-electoral-votes/979816)
**Author:** [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didn-t-pence-do-what-trump-wanted-vis-a-vis-counting-the-electoral-votes/979816 "2023-05-04T17:07:10Z")
The way I see it, there are three possibilities: He thought it was wrong. He thought it was illegal. He thought it wouldn’t work. Of course these are not mutually exclusive, at least as far as logic goes. But for the … --- ## [Biden Not Attending King Charles III's Coronation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-not-attending-king-charles-iiis-coronation/982713)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-not-attending-king-charles-iiis-coronation/982713 "2023-05-04T17:05:17Z")
Joe Biden is not attending King Charles III’s coronation, instead sending First Lady Jill Biden on his behalf. I’m not clear on the reasons – perhaps his schedule is already full, perhaps he considers it beneath him, per… --- ## [John Locke, personal identity and the problem of duplication](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-locke-personal-identity-and-the-problem-of-duplication/347815)
**Author:** [@Mordib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mordib)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-locke-personal-identity-and-the-problem-of-duplication/347815 "2023-05-04T16:53:54Z")
ok, i’ve just got through reading a number of philosophy type books to do with the concept of personal identity. As such I’ve been reading a lot about John Lockes theories on the subject. It has been raised that the flaw… --- ## [My pie tin is stuck inside my baking tin, any idea how to separate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pie-tin-is-stuck-inside-my-baking-tin-any-idea-how-to-separate/983510)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pie-tin-is-stuck-inside-my-baking-tin-any-idea-how-to-separate/983510 "2023-05-04T16:22:04Z")
They are truly vacuumed together. I don’t even know if you can see it in this picture. The top is the pie tin, the shiny one. The bottom is the baking tin, the duller one. We have tried hot water and prying but not sure … --- ## [Man was masturbating at the beach](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-was-masturbating-at-the-beach/983438)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-was-masturbating-at-the-beach/983438 "2023-05-04T16:15:06Z")
Went rock hunting at a local beach today and noticed a guy sitting a ways down on a log. Didn’t think much of it even though he was watching me because people like to sit at the beach and people watch. But I kept it in t… --- ## [Who do you book on your new talk show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-book-on-your-new-talk-show/983440)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-book-on-your-new-talk-show/983440 "2023-05-04T13:39:00Z")
So you’ve been hired as the guest host of a nightly talk show called The Last Word. To you, the power has been given to choose the interview subjects for each night. You may also bring a music act or entertainment such a… --- ## [Is sending mail "Some Name, General Delivery" still a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sending-mail-some-name-general-delivery-still-a-thing/983212)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sending-mail-some-name-general-delivery-still-a-thing/983212 "2023-05-04T13:13:20Z")
It’s something I saw sometimes, mainly in Western tv shows and movies. Someone would mail a letter to somebody, using as address just the name and “General Delivery” and some town name. Like “Bob Farmboy, General Deliv… --- ## [Bad Iv insert](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-iv-insert/983556)
**Author:** [@Redd1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redd1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-iv-insert/983556 "2023-05-04T12:36:04Z")
I was released from the hospital and my arm is so sore and it wont lay flat. I believe they damaged a vein or something what should i do --- ## [Personal taste: vibratro on choir solos and operatic arias etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-taste-vibratro-on-choir-solos-and-operatic-arias-etc/983468)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-taste-vibratro-on-choir-solos-and-operatic-arias-etc/983468 "2023-05-04T12:12:57Z")
I love a strong vibrant classically-trained voice on a solo part. There’s nothing like a firmly supported long phrase with lots of expressive volume control and phrasing, you know? But I’ve long realized I have a point… --- ## [The Covid/Trump Trolley Problem Poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-covid-trump-trolley-problem-poll/983518)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-covid-trump-trolley-problem-poll/983518 "2023-05-04T08:51:48Z")
I’ve long had a suspicion about how this would be answered, but I’ve finally decided to see for myself. There’s a big green button in front of you. (Why isn’t it red? Hell if I know.) If you push that button, history wi… --- ## [How does German "netto" differ from English "net" in sales signage, costing, etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-german-netto-differ-from-english-net-in-sales-signage-costing-etc/983472)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-german-netto-differ-from-english-net-in-sales-signage-costing-etc/983472 "2023-05-04T07:05:34Z")
( @EinsteinsHund might have a bead on this) If I’m looking at a German-language website – a product-selling website – and I see pricing information rendered like so: 20,00 € netto €16,25 … what exactly is “netto” - a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=836&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=838&state=tracking)