# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=875 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 876 --- ## [YouTube rabbit holes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-rabbit-holes/981083)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2023, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-rabbit-holes/981083 "2023-03-16T06:51:01Z")
What’s yours’s? My latest is Thailand condos for rent. It’s just unbelievable the condos you can get for about $500 a month. High rise in a newer building with rooftop infinity pools and gardens. And the most amazing cit… --- ## [How do I open the console commands on my computer? {In Skyrim}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-open-the-console-commands-on-my-computer-in-skyrim/981112)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2023, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-open-the-console-commands-on-my-computer-in-skyrim/981112 "2023-03-16T06:16:58Z")
I’m trying to change some things in a game (Skyrim) and apparently you can do so by opening the console commands. I’ve been pressing the tilde button in the game but no good. --- ## [Movies you thought you'd never see or music you thought you'd never hear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-thought-youd-never-see-or-music-you-thought-youd-never-hear/981205)
**Author:** [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2023, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-thought-youd-never-see-or-music-you-thought-youd-never-hear/981205 "2023-03-16T05:36:59Z")
I’m a long time fan (since 1991) of Joey Wong Jyo Yin / Wang Tsu Hsien (A Chinese Ghost Story (1987 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11404502)) and to my knowledge have finally collected all of her movies. The one I thought… --- ## [Carbon to Carbon Bonds on the Surface of a Diamond](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbon-to-carbon-bonds-on-the-surface-of-a-diamond/981175)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2023, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbon-to-carbon-bonds-on-the-surface-of-a-diamond/981175 "2023-03-16T04:55:37Z")
I have another question about diamonds that might have a factual answer. In a diamond crystal, each of the carbon atoms it covalently bonded to four other carbon atoms in a tetrahedral shape. But what about carbon atom… --- ## [Shoes Onto Feet: Which Goes Where First?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoes-onto-feet-which-goes-where-first/981171)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2023, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoes-onto-feet-which-goes-where-first/981171 "2023-03-16T04:50:38Z")
I noticed an interesting pattern about myself and thought maybe it’d be entertaining to discuss how we each handle this decidedly mundane task. Or this thread will sink like a stone like most of my OPs do. During the co… --- ## [Old USPS ads saying you can keep misdelivered mail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-usps-ads-saying-you-can-keep-misdelivered-mail/954674)
**Author:** [@Zarquon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zarquon)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-usps-ads-saying-you-can-keep-misdelivered-mail/954674 "2023-03-15T21:17:49Z")
There were a bunch of Postal Service ads in the '70s showing that if you got something in the mail erroneously, you can keep it. In the ads, it was always something the recipient didn’t need, such as a Eskimos getting a … --- ## [Jodie Whittaker and Chris Chibnall both leaving Doctor Who - thoughts? \[Russell T Davies is returning\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jodie-whittaker-and-chris-chibnall-both-leaving-doctor-who-thoughts-russell-t-davies-is-returning/947620)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jodie-whittaker-and-chris-chibnall-both-leaving-doctor-who-thoughts-russell-t-davies-is-returning/947620 "2023-03-15T19:59:41Z")
I’m so thankful. It is very easy to blame Chris Chibnall and the truth is, he has been the worst show-runner of the modern era, but the truth its…Whittaker did nothing to elevate the material and make the Doctor fun. She… --- ## [How bad are grocery prices where you are?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-are-grocery-prices-where-you-are/977608)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-are-grocery-prices-where-you-are/977608 "2023-03-15T18:51:37Z")
They are very bad here. Yesterday I was gobsmacked to see cauliflower for $9. (Canadian. That’s about $7 USD.) They were nice looking cauliflowers, but NINE DOLLARS? At the same store the chicken breasts were essenti… --- ## [How to find declassified documents under Thatcher's rule](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-declassified-documents-under-thatchers-rule/981089)
**Author:** [@cannonkuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cannonkuo)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-declassified-documents-under-thatchers-rule/981089 "2023-03-15T18:51:14Z")
I read an article at The confidential documents of Malvinas: this was the operation that ignited the spark of war - The Limited Times, in which Thatcher’s letter to a cabinet official sent on January 7, 1981, was shown b… --- ## [Did anyone actually believe a camera could steal their soul?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-actually-believe-a-camera-could-steal-their-soul/535622)
**Author:** [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-actually-believe-a-camera-could-steal-their-soul/535622 "2023-03-15T16:48:15Z")
Looking around I can only find references to people talking about the belief that a camera could steal a soul but no one who can actually point to a person who actually believes it. There are people who don’t like havin… --- ## [A possibly sticky case of mistaken identity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-possibly-sticky-case-of-mistaken-identity/981215)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-possibly-sticky-case-of-mistaken-identity/981215 "2023-03-15T16:43:23Z")
Last night I found a note stuck in my front door. It said that early in the morning (when we were still asleep), the note writer(s)’ truck was “flippend on the field property on the left of your house” and that “of cours… --- ## [Pronunciations even experts disagree on](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciations-even-experts-disagree-on/977898)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 207\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciations-even-experts-disagree-on/977898 "2023-03-15T14:58:44Z")
I’m talking mainly about pronunciation of technical or jargon terms used in a profession, where different people, equally experienced in the area, disagree about the pronunciation. As anti-examples, in my experience in s… --- ## [Office Space movie question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-space-movie-question/830141)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-space-movie-question/830141 "2023-03-15T14:58:20Z")
watching Office Space again on DVD. I still have the stapler that came with it. PC load letter, what the fuck does that mean? …Next Friday is Hawaiian shirt day…It’s just that we’re putting the new cover sheets on the T… --- ## [Settle this debate about SSI rule](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/settle-this-debate-about-ssi-rule/981131)
**Author:** [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/settle-this-debate-about-ssi-rule/981131 "2023-03-15T14:37:35Z")
A friend in California sold her house & was told she had twelve months to find a new house, during which time her benefits would be untouched. Now she calls to report that she has not found a new house ten months later a… --- ## [Sumplete, a math game invented and coded by ChatGPT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sumplete-a-math-game-invented-and-coded-by-chatgpt/981055)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sumplete-a-math-game-invented-and-coded-by-chatgpt/981055 "2023-03-15T12:56:03Z")
Has anyone else tried this new addition puzzle game? https://sumplete.com According to the website, “Sumplete was invented and coded entirely by AI (ChatGPT).” I’ve been enjoying it. It’s good for when I’m stuck on th… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad becks newspaper. The comings, no-shows and anticipation of it all](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-becks-newspaper-the-comings-no-shows-and-anticipation-of-it-all/981121)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-becks-newspaper-the-comings-no-shows-and-anticipation-of-it-all/981121 "2023-03-15T12:34:31Z")
You just never know. Will I or will I not receive today’s paper? It’s a crap shoot. Don’t think I don’t write the date down if it don’t come, to get reimbursed. Hey, people newspapers ain’t cheap, no more. Believe in or… --- ## [Names into nicknames](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-into-nicknames/979892)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-into-nicknames/979892 "2023-03-15T12:31:55Z")
Pre-emptive statement: I am aware that any name your parents called you, or any name you chose for yourself, is a “legitimate” name. I am also aware that many of our given names derive from other names, other cultures, … --- ## [Elderly School Rap fans, help a girl out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elderly-school-rap-fans-help-a-girl-out/981118)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elderly-school-rap-fans-help-a-girl-out/981118 "2023-03-15T10:09:57Z")
As happens to me very often these days, I woke up with a snippet of lyrics in my head: She went to the city And go so, so, so siddity Took me a while to place them since The Googles did not help. It’s from Grandmaster… --- ## [Anyone looking forward to Total War: Warhammer 3?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-total-war-warhammer-3/958178)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-total-war-warhammer-3/958178 "2023-03-15T09:51:17Z")
Total War: Warhammer 2 has been a high-water mark for the Total War series. I have played most of them and, frankly, Warhammer 2 kinda ruined all of the rest. It is hard to play with only swords and muskets when Warham… --- ## [Is this a provable Constructive Dismissal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-provable-constructive-dismissal/981174)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-provable-constructive-dismissal/981174 "2023-03-15T09:34:22Z")
I think FQ is the appropriate forum but mods feel free to move it if not. A friend was hired to do job X and received two years of exemplary reviews. Last year she had to cover part of job Y which is outside of her ori… --- ## [2023 Oscars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-oscars/981066)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 214\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-oscars/981066 "2023-03-15T06:32:49Z")
Do we not have a thread for this? That’s weird. “Everything Everywhere All At Once” is an enormous, crushing favorite to win Best Picture. It’s the most lopsided betting odds I have ever seen for that cetegory. --- ## ["Head'em off at the Pass!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headem-off-at-the-pass/980518)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headem-off-at-the-pass/980518 "2023-03-15T03:48:31Z")
When I look for the origin of this phrase, all I get are claims that it’s from old western movies, but nobody ever givens an actual cite. I’m not a big fan of westerns, but I don’t recall anyone ever saying this in a wes… --- ## [Selling a domain name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-a-domain-name/981156)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-a-domain-name/981156 "2023-03-15T03:46:44Z")
During lockdown, I had a vague plan to launch a blog. It never really happened, and I ended up with a domain name that I have no use for. It’s up for renewal, and as I see it, my options are: Let the domain name lapse. … --- ## [Pitting Some People at a Navajo Landmark](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-some-people-at-a-navajo-landmark/980945)
**Author:** [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-some-people-at-a-navajo-landmark/980945 "2023-03-15T02:07:34Z")
(I started to put this in the Pit, but I find that, despite my personal outrage I am not capable of writing with the necessary vehemence. Anyway…) In northern Arizona, on Navajo Nation land is a used-to-be-little-know … --- ## [New balk rule in baseball](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-balk-rule-in-baseball/980759)
**Author:** [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-balk-rule-in-baseball/980759 "2023-03-15T00:35:11Z")
Suppose there are runners on first and third with nobody out. Pitcher has already used up his two throws to first. Runner breaks for second. Pitcher throws to the first baseman who is about to throw to second, but the… --- ## [Why don't people name their sons "John" anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-name-their-sons-john-anymore/980648)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-name-their-sons-john-anymore/980648 "2023-03-15T00:30:48Z")
I’m asking because there was a time when in the English-speaking world, “John” was the most common boy’s name. That would be why various expressions use the term “Jack” (nickname for John) to refer to a typical man or a … --- ## [After twenty years, I saw the movie I'd been looking for. How was it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-twenty-years-i-saw-the-movie-id-been-looking-for-how-was-it/951538)
**Author:** [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-twenty-years-i-saw-the-movie-id-been-looking-for-how-was-it/951538 "2023-03-14T23:28:24Z")
Sometime in the nineties, Siskel and Ebert did a segment on their movie review show where they chose some films that had not done well when released but nevertheless thought deserved to be rediscovered. One of Roger’s wa… --- ## [Tiger King - new series on Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-king-new-series-on-netflix/849966)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-king-new-series-on-netflix/849966 "2023-03-14T21:24:09Z")
CNN review: ‘Tiger King’ is the weird docu-series distraction we can use right now Wow, this is a pretty wild story involving a bunch of, shall we say, very passionate exotic cat aficionados. The thread running though t… --- ## [Why do I keep stubbing my damn toe?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-keep-stubbing-my-damn-toe/573972)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-keep-stubbing-my-damn-toe/573972 "2023-03-14T21:00:50Z")
I broke my right pinky toe last December by whacking it on my tv stand as I ran around my coffee table to get food during a commercial. Well, it finally heeled, and then I whacked it on my bathroom door jamb while havin… --- ## [MMO community pours one out for hacked player who lost 20,000-hour old school RuneScape account](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmo-community-pours-one-out-for-hacked-player-who-lost-20-000-hour-old-school-runescape-account/981150)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmo-community-pours-one-out-for-hacked-player-who-lost-20-000-hour-old-school-runescape-account/981150 "2023-03-14T20:56:01Z")
this would make me kill someone if you’ve ever played the original Runescape you know of this guy’s pain provided he didn’t use hacks and trainers and such h … I played this game for a month when I was waiting for my … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=874) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=876)