# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=871 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 872 --- ## [Are mathematicians always in favor of integration?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-mathematicians-always-in-favor-of-integration/981441)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-mathematicians-always-in-favor-of-integration/981441 "2023-03-22T15:36:54Z")
They seem to be full of ratio overtones. --- ## [Food storage container recommendations, please!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-storage-container-recommendations-please/981247)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-storage-container-recommendations-please/981247 "2023-03-22T15:34:33Z")
Apparently, Tupperware and Rubbermaid lids have a tendency to split and crack when they get to be 30 years old or so. I’m guessing it’s time for me to think of replacements. Not only because of the lids, but some of the … --- ## [A slot machine that "wasn't gambling"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slot-machine-that-wasnt-gambling/931280)
**Author:** [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-slot-machine-that-wasnt-gambling/931280 "2023-03-22T15:17:16Z")
One company built a slot machine that they claimed should be allowed where gambling was forbidden, because their machine “wasn’t gambling”. I hope I can clearly explain how it worked: There was a window in the front of… --- ## [Why don't rich people run to a country with no extradition if they know US authorities are about to arrest them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-rich-people-run-to-a-country-with-no-extradition-if-they-know-us-authorities-are-about-to-arrest-them/976520)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-rich-people-run-to-a-country-with-no-extradition-if-they-know-us-authorities-are-about-to-arrest-them/976520 "2023-03-22T15:14:54Z")
With the main news item the past few days being the arrest of disgraced crypto exchange operator Sam Bankman-Fried I got to wondering why he was sitting somewhere he was likely to be arrested? He faces up to over 100 ye… --- ## [Times when you are more clever than the filmmakers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/times-when-you-are-more-clever-than-the-filmmakers/981381)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/times-when-you-are-more-clever-than-the-filmmakers/981381 "2023-03-22T14:11:27Z")
\[From the recent Sting thread\] I usually hate making that kind of meta-deduction, because far more often it is just a case of lazy filmmaking, not a deliberate clue placed by the filmmakers, and I’ve been wrong so ofte… --- ## [How do you post pictures from sites?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-post-pictures-from-sites/981428)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-post-pictures-from-sites/981428 "2023-03-22T13:16:34Z")
Ok I’m in a thread about things from years ago that young people wouldn’t know how to use today and I found a stock photo of what I’m discussing in the thread but even tho people are posting pics of what they’re talking … --- ## [Bar Mitzvah age- by which calendar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bar-mitzvah-age-by-which-calendar/981417)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bar-mitzvah-age-by-which-calendar/981417 "2023-03-22T12:34:36Z")
The age of Bar Mitzvah is now thirteen, which I don’t doubt usually now means “the same month and day of the Gregorian calendar of your birth plus thirteen years”. But if one goes by the traditional Hebrew calendar, how … --- ## [US Aid to Ukraine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-aid-to-ukraine/972624)
**Author:** [@WellHelloThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WellHelloThere)\ **Replies:** 236\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-aid-to-ukraine/972624 "2023-03-22T11:44:16Z")
I don’t deny that, but the US has definitely taken the opportunity to take Russia down a peg. A few pegs, as it has happened. Russian forces have performed extremely poorly against US equipment and US intelligence capabi… --- ## [Will There Be Protests When Trump Is Indicted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-protests-when-trump-is-indicted/981377)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-protests-when-trump-is-indicted/981377 "2023-03-22T08:38:13Z")
Trump is calling for protests. Oddly enough, MTG is calling for supporters not to protest (albeit for the wrong reasons, but hey, a broken clock is right twice per day). I don’t really see much happening. With certain e… --- ## [Why is there no mouse flavored cat food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-no-mouse-flavored-cat-food/363038)
**Author:** [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-no-mouse-flavored-cat-food/363038 "2023-03-22T06:30:27Z")
Wouldn’t it be natural? --- ## [Is This A Good Analysis of SVB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-analysis-of-svb/981186)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-analysis-of-svb/981186 "2023-03-22T04:45:04Z")
Curious as to the take of learned people on this opinion about SVB… Excerpt \[The bank was technically solvent and depositors had no immediate need of their money, so the bank run was a crisis of faith\]. Once you hear … --- ## [Cold-medicine induced, "Help me find these books" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-medicine-induced-help-me-find-these-books-thread/599350)
**Author:** [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-medicine-induced-help-me-find-these-books-thread/599350 "2023-03-22T04:13:29Z")
After a long day or travel, I took a bunch of Benadryl to counter the onset of a cold and/or a major allergy explosion. This never works out well for me, and instead of the good night sleep I had hoped for, I got a disjo… --- ## [Kazahkstan Seized Roscosmos Assets…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kazahkstan-seized-roscosmos-assets/981390)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kazahkstan-seized-roscosmos-assets/981390 "2023-03-22T02:51:59Z")
…For non-payment of debts. Now, to me this pretty much looks bad for Putin, even if it really is a nothing-burger, it just looks bad from a status point of view. Historically Russia has pretty much been The Premier Pio… --- ## [The "make Democrats leave swing states and migrate to blue ones" strategy for capturing swing states](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-make-democrats-leave-swing-states-and-migrate-to-blue-ones-strategy-for-capturing-swing-states/980572)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-make-democrats-leave-swing-states-and-migrate-to-blue-ones-strategy-for-capturing-swing-states/980572 "2023-03-22T01:43:58Z")
So I haven’t seen the numerical data, but I would guess that one effect of Ron DeSantis’ behavior in Florida is that it’s going to make a lot of Democrats leave the state and go to bluer ones like California. That would … --- ## [Defining "woke"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defining-woke/981220)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 400\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defining-woke/981220 "2023-03-22T01:37:07Z")
This particular imbecile has great trouble getting her tongue to operate properly in coordination with her brain, but I can’t really tell why “woke” is any trouble to define. “Woke” is, I believe, originally a slang wor… --- ## [R.I.P. Willis Reed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-willis-reed/981463)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-willis-reed/981463 "2023-03-22T01:31:55Z")
I was just a kid when the Knicks were a championship team, but my dad was an avid fan and I remember watching (sorta) the games with Reed, Clyde Frazier, Dave Debusschere, Bill Bradleyetc. He was a good, not great player… --- ## [How do gridiron football officials measure where the ball went out of bounds on a punt?t](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-gridiron-football-officials-measure-where-the-ball-went-out-of-bounds-on-a-punt-t/981392)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-gridiron-football-officials-measure-where-the-ball-went-out-of-bounds-on-a-punt-t/981392 "2023-03-22T01:20:24Z")
In gridiron football, during punts, how do officials judge where a ball went out of bounds on a punt? Sometimes it’s still many feet in the air while it reaches the sideline. --- ## [Need ideas for stuff to do in Chicago during a 3-hour layover at O'Hare](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-for-stuff-to-do-in-chicago-during-a-3-hour-layover-at-ohare/980565)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-for-stuff-to-do-in-chicago-during-a-3-hour-layover-at-ohare/980565 "2023-03-22T00:02:22Z")
In a couple of weeks, I’ll have a layover from 2pm to 5pm at Chicago O’Hare. Rather than just sit around the airport, I thought it could be fun to head to the city. I see they have trains, so I figured I could just tak… --- ## [Who adores Crows and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-adores-crows-and-why/981063)
**Author:** [@Budstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budstone)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-adores-crows-and-why/981063 "2023-03-21T23:31:40Z")
Everyone. Please explain if you adore crows and why? I recently found them incredbly fasinating. I adore them. This is all new to me. All i did was put out left over Thankgiving Stuffing and the crows did an a turn a… --- ## [When it comes to fraud, does Facebook even care any more?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-it-comes-to-fraud-does-facebook-even-care-any-more/981415)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-it-comes-to-fraud-does-facebook-even-care-any-more/981415 "2023-03-21T23:10:58Z")
From already overpriced “silver” bars and coins that are actually silver plated iron, to ridiculously underpriced items with picture snuck from a Walmart where they put up a homemade “SALE $189!!” sign in front of a 65 i… --- ## [Timeshare salespeople: How do you do it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timeshare-salespeople-how-do-you-do-it/390767)
**Author:** [@Neptunian\_Slug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neptunian_Slug)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timeshare-salespeople-how-do-you-do-it/390767 "2023-03-21T22:05:59Z")
While in Vegas this week, the wife and I went to a couple timeshare presentations. Ended up getting tickets to three shows, three buffets and a bunch of slot credits (which I turned into about $150 in real money). So I… --- ## [Advice on cleaning a really badly burnt pot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-cleaning-a-really-badly-burnt-pot/977424)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-cleaning-a-really-badly-burnt-pot/977424 "2023-03-21T20:26:34Z")
We have a pot that was allowed to boil for too long with some berries in it and there is now a layer of black crud on the bottom. We have tried to use steel wool, but it is really stubborn. Any advice or cleaning produ… --- ## [Spoilers from promos?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoilers-from-promos/981395)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoilers-from-promos/981395 "2023-03-21T19:28:49Z")
Broad subject that came up in the Star Trek Picard thread. - information not yet in the show itself but had been in trailers (in this characters seen in a preseason trailer but not yet in the show). Some had not seen th… --- ## [I wonder if anyone remembers me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-remembers-me/981407)
**Author:** [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-remembers-me/981407 "2023-03-21T18:48:53Z")
I used to be a fairly prolific poster back in the early to mid '00s. Between the Winter of Missed Content and Real Life, I dropped away. I don’t know what brought me back, but I’ve spent a lot of time over the last coupl… --- ## [Why/How does bedwetting stop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-how-does-bedwetting-stop/981369)
**Author:** [@gonzo\_chbaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzo_chbaf)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-how-does-bedwetting-stop/981369 "2023-03-21T18:47:16Z")
Little kids piss the bed a lot, but eventually they stop. Is this because they are trained to by their parents (like how toilet training works)? Or do they stop naturally as their brain develops and matures? --- ## [I watched a dumb movie called ‘65’ in the theater, so you don’t have to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-a-dumb-movie-called-65-in-the-theater-so-you-don-t-have-to/981406)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-a-dumb-movie-called-65-in-the-theater-so-you-don-t-have-to/981406 "2023-03-21T18:25:19Z")
Saturday was a grimly cold, blustery, snowy, last gasp of Winter kind of a day, so Mrs. solost suggested seeing a matinee. She wanted to see ‘65’ so off we went with sonlost the younger. I mean, it wasn’t a terrible mov… --- ## [Incredible luck finding something you lost](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-luck-finding-something-you-lost/981375)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-luck-finding-something-you-lost/981375 "2023-03-21T17:59:17Z")
Many years ago, when I had my first car, I once added some oil and apparently didn’t screw the oil cap back on the engine block properly. The next day I looked under the hood and the cap was missing. Crap, now I have to … --- ## [Was there ever a time when McDonald's food was markedly better?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-ever-a-time-when-mcdonalds-food-was-markedly-better/980843)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-ever-a-time-when-mcdonalds-food-was-markedly-better/980843 "2023-03-21T17:12:50Z")
I imagine a lot of people would agree with me when I say that McDonald’s food is mediocre even for a fast food establishment. Burgers that aren’t filling for an adult person (and the McRoyal - I.E., what they call a Quar… --- ## [Women Traveling at 60mph Will See Their Uterus Fly Out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-traveling-at-60mph-will-see-their-uterus-fly-out/981227)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-traveling-at-60mph-will-see-their-uterus-fly-out/981227 "2023-03-21T16:57:13Z")
Sometimes, on FB, I’ll see a meme that confidently states that in the early days of locomotive travel, the warning was promulgated that if a woman were to travel at a speed of 60mph (it may have been considerably slower;… --- ## [Mod note on the P&E US aid to Ukraine thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-on-the-p-e-us-aid-to-ukraine-thread/981443)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-note-on-the-p-e-us-aid-to-ukraine-thread/981443 "2023-03-21T16:08:08Z")
I’d like some clarification on the mod note for this thread. I posted my opinion in that thread rather than in the breaking news MPSIMS thread precisely because it’s an opinion and was in P&E. I wasn’t aware that P&E … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=870) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=872)