# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=838&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 839 --- ## [Children's Lib and the Status of Minors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-lib-and-the-status-of-minors/983350)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-lib-and-the-status-of-minors/983350 "2023-05-04T05:48:04Z")
Probably my earliest political attitude of my own was that it was unfair to treat us children by completely different standards than the ones adults held themselves to. I don’t mean that we should be viewed as stupid if… --- ## [Island of the Sea Wolves - this is where I live](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/island-of-the-sea-wolves-this-is-where-i-live/983511)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/island-of-the-sea-wolves-this-is-where-i-live/983511 "2023-05-04T04:07:49Z")
This is such a great documentary. I live in the middle of the island and have seen most of this in real life. Island of the Sea Wolves | Official Trailer | Netflix - YouTube --- ## [Difference between stenosis (horizontal) and compression (vertical?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-stenosis-horizontal-and-compression-vertical/983453)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-stenosis-horizontal-and-compression-vertical/983453 "2023-05-04T03:20:12Z")
Got an X-ray and the doctor said I had cervical stenosis - however, my issue apparently is not the spinal cord region getting narrower (a horizontal constriction) but rather, that the vertebrae have compressed together (… --- ## [Cute kid interaction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-kid-interaction/983413)
**Author:** [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-kid-interaction/983413 "2023-05-04T01:51:31Z")
Stopped at McDonald’s for a quick lunch yesterday. Sat down at one of the tables that shares a long bench with other tables, once of which has some sort of light up colored grid on it. Older than me (pretty sure) gentle… --- ## [Seasoned Chicagoan has One Week Staycation...Advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seasoned-chicagoan-has-one-week-staycation-advice/983476)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seasoned-chicagoan-has-one-week-staycation-advice/983476 "2023-05-04T01:49:47Z")
Hello fellow Chicagoans and those with Chicago know-how. I have a week’s vacation come the end of May followed by Memorial Day Weekend. I have some ideas how to spend it, but I wonder if others here on the Dope have so… --- ## [Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2023 Nominees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-roll-hall-of-fame-2023-nominees/979193)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-roll-hall-of-fame-2023-nominees/979193 "2023-05-04T00:57:26Z")
This year’s group of nominees was announced today. They include (\* = first-time nominee): Kate Bush Sheryl Crow \* Missy Elliott \* Iron Maiden Joy Division/New Order \* Cyndi Lauper \* George Michael \* Willie Nelson \* Ra… --- ## [Life is a short journey. Live it. Collect memories, not material things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-a-short-journey-live-it-collect-memories-not-material-things/983173)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-a-short-journey-live-it-collect-memories-not-material-things/983173 "2023-05-03T22:12:24Z")
I saw this video clip on Facebook. Thought I’d share it here: Life is a short journey. Live it! Collect memories, not material things. ➜ Lee Wilkins on Reels | (This URL redirects to a Facebook video. It is safe to c… --- ## [What are the most-facepalmish errors that an elite chess player has ever made in a real tournament?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-facepalmish-errors-that-an-elite-chess-player-has-ever-made-in-a-real-tournament/983503)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-facepalmish-errors-that-an-elite-chess-player-has-ever-made-in-a-real-tournament/983503 "2023-05-03T21:43:21Z")
Even professional NFL, NBA, soccer players, etc. sometimes make absolute facepalming errors in a game (example: Kirk Cousins taking a knee deep in Eagles territory at the end of the first half when he was supposed to spi… --- ## [Qualified Candidates for 2024 POTUS Race (both parties) under 60](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qualified-candidates-for-2024-potus-race-both-parties-under-60/964029)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qualified-candidates-for-2024-potus-race-both-parties-under-60/964029 "2023-05-03T21:11:19Z")
Of POTUS elected in the last 50 years (9), four were under the age of 60 when they were elected: Carter, Clinton, W. Bush, and Obama. I personally believe we need a younger mind set in the oval office as we begin our c… --- ## [Trek Heaven--the Bridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trek-heaven-the-bridge/983524)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trek-heaven-the-bridge/983524 "2023-05-03T21:11:28Z")
3-D tour of ALL the Enterprises’ bridges. Awesome. --- ## [Anyone use an air fryer? And try to get it clean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-an-air-fryer-and-try-to-get-it-clean/983473)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-an-air-fryer-and-try-to-get-it-clean/983473 "2023-05-03T19:33:17Z")
I’m totally not getting why these things can’t be made to clean in a dishwasher. I understand that the surfaces are coated with a non-stick substance that will wash off in a dishwasher, but why? It’s not as if the non-s… --- ## [Leave toilet cover up or down when traveling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-toilet-cover-up-or-down-when-traveling/981263)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-toilet-cover-up-or-down-when-traveling/981263 "2023-05-03T19:12:19Z")
When traveling and leaving an empty house for a long time - like a month or more - is it better to leave toilet covers/lids up or down? No animals or anything like that to worry about. Was going to put this in GD, but… --- ## [Shows you binged recently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-binged-recently/983435)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-binged-recently/983435 "2023-05-03T18:51:27Z")
Based on the Movies you seen recently thread, Particularly shows that you have completed. This will be tough for longer ongoing series, but easy for short series. Please lets us know where you were able to stream it. I… --- ## [Sales of Tchaikovsky's music spike for Women listeners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sales-of-tchaikovskys-music-spike-for-women-listeners/983428)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sales-of-tchaikovskys-music-spike-for-women-listeners/983428 "2023-05-03T18:24:16Z")
Maybe men as well. Story here: Concertgoer Allegedly Orgasms While L.A. Philharmonic Plays Tchaikovsky’s 5th I suspect it’s this particular passage: Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 - YouTube “I’ll listen to what she… --- ## [Negroni to be banned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/negroni-to-be-banned/981043)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/negroni-to-be-banned/981043 "2023-05-03T17:50:34Z")
I know there was a question about the word “niggardly” answered by Cecil back in 2000, and more “racist” words addressed in this column back in January, but I just wondered if someone is going to object to the Italian co… --- ## [Fantastic Facsimile French Fries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantastic-facsimile-french-fries/954653)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantastic-facsimile-french-fries/954653 "2023-05-03T16:48:30Z")
I’ve been using an air fryer and become addicted to making facsimile fries. I have been experimenting using various recipes and like the fact you can use very little oil, as well as use things like olive oil which smoke… --- ## [Any sundial fans here? Any members of NASS or any sundial club?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sundial-fans-here-any-members-of-nass-or-any-sundial-club/939882)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sundial-fans-here-any-members-of-nass-or-any-sundial-club/939882 "2023-05-03T16:05:35Z")
It’s been a few years since we had a substantive thread on sundials. I’ve always found them fascinating and last year I discovered NASS, the North American Sundial Society. After poking around there a few months, I joine… --- ## [Any Movies that were BETTER than the book?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-that-were-better-than-the-book/454394)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Buttons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Buttons)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-that-were-better-than-the-book/454394 "2023-05-03T15:19:25Z")
Back when I was little, after Jurassic Park came out back in the day, I dove into a bunch of Micheal Chrichton books. One of which was Congo . I LOVED this book, and when I later heard it was going to be a movie, I was… --- ## [Vampire Repellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vampire-repellent/983338)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vampire-repellent/983338 "2023-05-03T14:39:51Z")
We all know a Crucifix will repel a Christian vampire and a Star of David will repel a Jewish vampire. Is there something one can wear on a chain around one’s neck that will repel a Moslem vampire? --- ## [Podcasts (true crime, maybe other) - need recommendations please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcasts-true-crime-maybe-other-need-recommendations-please/983293)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2023, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcasts-true-crime-maybe-other-need-recommendations-please/983293 "2023-05-03T13:46:36Z")
Need answer soonish. I am going on a long road trip Saturday and I’m looking for some good true crime podcasts to take along. Suggestions for other genres are allowed if you feel strongly about your suggestion. Thanks… --- ## [The True Menace™ To Society!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-menace-to-society/983439)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-menace-to-society/983439 "2023-05-03T13:26:17Z")
I KNOW THE TRUTH! Some say it’s the illegal aliens who are the Menace. A LIE! Others says it’s the Billionaires evading taxes. MERE JIBBER-JABBER! The truth is : It’s the blasted Organ Grinders! … --- ## [Green Eggs and Ham: A Reading Exercise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-eggs-and-ham-a-reading-exercise/983296)
**Author:** [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-eggs-and-ham-a-reading-exercise/983296 "2023-05-03T13:23:12Z")
I’d been out of the womb perhaps fifteen minutes, still focusing my eyes, wondering what school, I was going to, and wishing for a cup of coffee… when Mom decided to go into education. Not right AWAY, of course; there wa… --- ## [Do you prefer pols or talking heads on TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-pols-or-talking-heads-on-tv/983433)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2023, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-pols-or-talking-heads-on-tv/983433 "2023-05-03T11:12:29Z")
I was mildly surprised to learn that someone whose views I respect tended to disregard whatever an “analyst” or journalist or news host would say on TV but pay rapt attention whenever an elected or former pol would talk,… --- ## [Malicious AI?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malicious-ai/983430)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2023, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malicious-ai/983430 "2023-05-03T06:31:51Z")
People are enthralled that they can ask DALL-E for a painting of a heavy metal band in the style of Monet, or ask ChatGPT to write an essay for their English class. What happens when someone develops an AI that is intel… --- ## [Directors who made films in the style of another director](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/directors-who-made-films-in-the-style-of-another-director/983332)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2023, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/directors-who-made-films-in-the-style-of-another-director/983332 "2023-05-03T00:34:14Z")
I don’t remember where I got that notion, if it was my original thought or I got it from some book, but I’ve always thought of Billy Wilder’s “Witness For The Prosecution” as his “Hitchcock” film. A murder mystery and ps… --- ## [Women Incandescently Angry Over Alimony](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-incandescently-angry-over-alimony/983391)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-incandescently-angry-over-alimony/983391 "2023-05-03T00:19:19Z")
“I often look in the mirror and wonder whether this whole feminism thing backfired on me.” The typical narrative around child support and alimony is that, for better or worse, husbands pay it to their ex-wives. But the… --- ## [Why do particle colliders have to be bigger to achieve higher energies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-particle-colliders-have-to-be-bigger-to-achieve-higher-energies/983449)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2023, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-particle-colliders-have-to-be-bigger-to-achieve-higher-energies/983449 "2023-05-02T23:52:10Z")
Naively, I would have guessed that you could merely accelerate particles for longer periods of time before colliding them, but why doesn’t that work? A long time ago, I heard that you would need an accelerator aa big as… --- ## [Toronto Maple Leafs 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto-maple-leafs-2023/983396)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto-maple-leafs-2023/983396 "2023-05-02T23:02:48Z")
The Leafs have never been my team. But it’s been thirty years since a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup. That’s hard to believe and an embarrassment not solved by more junior teams sometimes doing well internationally.… --- ## [Are the Gabor sisters known in Hungary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-gabor-sisters-known-in-hungary/983477)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-gabor-sisters-known-in-hungary/983477 "2023-05-02T20:37:07Z")
The Gabor sisters (Zsa Zsa and Eva in particular) are probably the most famous Hungarians in the United States. They’re basically the archetypal glamorous European socialites. Are they know at hall in their homeland? --- ## [Some water/hydration myths I've seen over the years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-water-hydration-myths-ive-seen-over-the-years/983349)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2023, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-water-hydration-myths-ive-seen-over-the-years/983349 "2023-05-02T19:39:43Z")
Anyone know anything about these? I remember being taught these in a fitness class in middle school and they stuck with me. Drinking cold water is actually bad for you either because A. It lowers your core body temper… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=837&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=839&state=tracking)