# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=879 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 880 --- ## [What do you think about the upcoming Apple Music Classical app?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-the-upcoming-apple-music-classical-app/980998)
**Author:** [@Paxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paxx)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-the-upcoming-apple-music-classical-app/980998 "2023-03-11T14:18:57Z")
The app will be released on March 28. Apple Music Classical is available to Apple Music subscribers at no additional cost. Apple App Store I currently have a free trial to Apple Music and I’m liking it a lot. (Haven’… --- ## [What is happening when something “flames out”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-happening-when-something-flames-out/981024)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-happening-when-something-flames-out/981024 "2023-03-11T13:53:04Z")
When some things are burning, and allowed to burn to completion until the fire or flame burns out, the flame often becomes extra bright for a flash before it completely goes out. I see this happen when a match is allowe… --- ## [Finally Beat Level 20 in Slay the Spire!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-beat-level-20-in-slay-the-spire/980367)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2023, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-beat-level-20-in-slay-the-spire/980367 "2023-03-11T10:15:41Z")
In December after over 1500 hours I finally beat Level 20 for the first time with the Ironclad. Now today, I was able to do it with the Silent. Happy I was able to do it but a touch disappointed it wasn’t its own achieve… --- ## [Pop Tart Purchase](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-tart-purchase/980341)
**Author:** [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2023, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-tart-purchase/980341 "2023-03-11T07:54:04Z")
OK, first off I’m older than Pop Tarts by many years. In fact they were never part of my breakfast/snack experience. I’ve been watching a series on TV including the Foods That Made America and the latest one was about t… --- ## [Hypersonic weapons discussion from the Ukraine Invasion thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypersonic-weapons-discussion-from-the-ukraine-invasion-thread/980960)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2023, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypersonic-weapons-discussion-from-the-ukraine-invasion-thread/980960 "2023-03-11T06:32:14Z")
Currently the military is very concerned, the US & Allies are working on defenses and many feel the answer will probably be the battlefield and ship mounted lasers that are being developed already. --- ## [All Things Ticketmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-things-ticketmaster/968384)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2023, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-things-ticketmaster/968384 "2023-03-11T04:00:15Z")
Though I haven’t tried to buy anything post-Covid, plenty of people say concert prices have gone way up, reflecting inflation and lost opportunities. People have been complaining about tickets costing thousands of dolla… --- ## [Do stores make a profit selling postage stamps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-stores-make-a-profit-selling-postage-stamps/980950)
**Author:** [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-stores-make-a-profit-selling-postage-stamps/980950 "2023-03-11T02:05:22Z")
Do stores buy postage stamps at a discount, and then make a profit selling them at face value? That’s the only way I can figure why stores would sell stamps in the first place. --- ## [Seriously, Tiger - a tampon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-tiger-a-tampon/979999)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-tiger-a-tampon/979999 "2023-03-10T22:24:38Z")
So, at the golf tournament this week, after Tiger outdrove his opponent, he handed him a tampon. I’ve never made any effort to hide my dislike for the guy, but seriously? This asshole makes a practice of carrying tampo… --- ## [X's for eyes of the dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xs-for-eyes-of-the-dead/5742)
**Author:** [@Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilligan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xs-for-eyes-of-the-dead/5742 "2023-03-10T22:04:55Z")
My four-year old niece telling me about her new pet gerbil: “I like to hold him but don’t squeeze him hard. Then he would die. Then he would have X’s on his eyes.” I knew she must have got that idea from cartoons, but i… --- ## [Looking up phone numbers on Google gives nothing but junk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-up-phone-numbers-on-google-gives-nothing-but-junk/980956)
**Author:** [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-up-phone-numbers-on-google-gives-nothing-but-junk/980956 "2023-03-10T20:36:34Z")
It used to be that searching the number from which you received a call had a pretty good chance of actually showing which (wrong number/spammer) made the call. But searching on Google now, almost all the results are “.g… --- ## ["3 Feet High and Rising" by De La Soul is finally streaming today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-feet-high-and-rising-by-de-la-soul-is-finally-streaming-today/980680)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-feet-high-and-rising-by-de-la-soul-is-finally-streaming-today/980680 "2023-03-10T20:03:09Z")
“3 Feet High and RIsing”, De La Soul’s first album released in 1989, is finally available on streaming services today. It has been tied up forever by legal issues around hundreds of samples in the album that hadn’t been … --- ## [Our Mysterious Motion Sensor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-mysterious-motion-sensor/980873)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-mysterious-motion-sensor/980873 "2023-03-10T18:41:19Z")
There are four people who work in our district’s technology office, and I"m the first to arrive at 6 am. Since I’m the first, I’m alone and sitting in my cubicle reading and responding to work orders, messing with you gu… --- ## [Giving one's libertarian friends a hard time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-ones-libertarian-friends-a-hard-time/980876)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-ones-libertarian-friends-a-hard-time/980876 "2023-03-10T17:00:14Z")
So if you have a paranoid libertarian friend that refuses to wear a mask when entering a hospital or other public place that has a mask policy, the best thing to do is to agree with them…oh absolutely don’t wear a mask w… --- ## [Zombie Virus Apocalypse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-virus-apocalypse/980904)
**Author:** [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-virus-apocalypse/980904 "2023-03-10T14:39:34Z")
Welp, it’s been nice knowing you, but I’m pretty sure we’re all fucked. Scientists have revived 50,000 year old viruses preserved in permafrost. I’ve seen this movie and know how it ends. They were so busy asking if they… --- ## [Why do QR Codes have the 3 boxes in the corners?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-qr-codes-have-the-3-boxes-in-the-corners/973776)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-qr-codes-have-the-3-boxes-in-the-corners/973776 "2022-10-26T12:53:16Z")
If you’ve ever looked at multiple QR codes, you may have noticed that 3 of the 4 corners of the codes have boxes in them. I assume this is to help the reader or camera figure out what is the correct positioning (since c… --- ## [Moissanite](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moissanite/47011)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2000, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moissanite/47011 "2000-12-30T21:45:24Z")
What is this stuff, and why are they advertising it in movie theaters? Looks like fake diamonds to me, but the moissanite.com site refuses to cooperate with my browser, and I refuse to switch browsers just for their sake… --- ## [Mismemories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mismemories/980737)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2023, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mismemories/980737 "2023-03-10T06:57:49Z")
Do you have any strong memories that turned out not to have happened at all? When I was a kid back in '75/'76 I would listen to music on the school bus( bqck then the driver would play KJRB on the drive from Spirit Lake… --- ## [Straight Dope 2/3/2023: Followup - Did baby boomers wreck the planet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-2-3-2023-followup-did-baby-boomers-wreck-the-planet/979267)
**Author:** [@Cecil\_Adams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cecil_Adams)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2023, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-2-3-2023-followup-did-baby-boomers-wreck-the-planet/979267 "2023-03-10T06:33:37Z")
Followup – Did baby boomers wreck the planet? Reducing the question to “Paul Ehrlich was wrong, we have tons of stuff actually!” is shallow, tendentious, and stupid … Terrible, shoddy work all around. – HMS\_Irruncible T… --- ## [What? $15.00 for petroleum jelly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-15-00-for-petroleum-jelly/980845)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2023, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-15-00-for-petroleum-jelly/980845 "2023-03-10T04:54:23Z")
Aquaphor is petroleum jelly. 14oz. $15. Vaseline is what? $4. This is ridiculous. --- ## [Chaim Topol passes away at 87](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chaim-topol-passes-away-at-87/980959)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2023, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chaim-topol-passes-away-at-87/980959 "2023-03-10T02:38:25Z")
Many will remember him more for his Tevye in the film Fiddler On The Roof than anything else. My cohort remembers Topol as Dr. Zarkov in Flash Gordon. --- ## [Restricted numbers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restricted-numbers/980890)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restricted-numbers/980890 "2023-03-10T02:05:47Z")
What exactly does it mean when an incoming call appears on one’s phone as “restricted number”? Who is likely to have a restricted number? Why would one have a restricted number? --- ## [Another help-ID-this-book thread: 1970s-ish story anthology aimed at teen girls (?), with some Jane Austen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-help-id-this-book-thread-1970s-ish-story-anthology-aimed-at-teen-girls-with-some-jane-austen/980957)
**Author:** [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2023, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-help-id-this-book-thread-1970s-ish-story-anthology-aimed-at-teen-girls-with-some-jane-austen/980957 "2023-03-10T01:09:20Z")
Cannot recall title or editor, but I do remember it included at least some excerpts from classic novels along with some less distinguished typical YA fodder, primarily about love and dating. One of those excerpts was one… --- ## [What is your personal "bible"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-personal-bible/980849)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-personal-bible/980849 "2023-03-09T23:45:16Z")
Well, one could say my personal bible is the Holy Bible, as I’ve read that thing cover to cover three times, some books even a few times more and having deteriorated my first copy of it, I had to get me a new one a few … --- ## [Methods of estimating?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/methods-of-estimating/979160)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2023, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/methods-of-estimating/979160 "2023-03-09T22:50:51Z")
To pass the time, I sometimes try to guess the ages of celebrities and other people who I lack factual information about. Today, I was watching an episode of the Dick Van Dyke show on TV, and I tried to guess how old Mor… --- ## [Lydia Love Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lydia-love-jackson/980516)
**Author:** [@jag70r](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jag70r)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lydia-love-jackson/980516 "2023-03-09T22:40:45Z")
I’m wondering if anyone knows of this Freemen Chickasaw woman? --- ## [College Basketball 2022-2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-basketball-2022-2023/976438)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-basketball-2022-2023/976438 "2023-03-09T21:18:07Z")
I’m starting this thread because I’m assuming there are other NCAA basketball fans here on the Dope. We’re about a month into the season, and already a lot has happened. North Carolina started the season ranked #1 and … --- ## [Verifying Gmail account via YouTube?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verifying-gmail-account-via-youtube/980909)
**Author:** [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verifying-gmail-account-via-youtube/980909 "2023-03-09T20:47:18Z")
My wife was typing out an email in her Gmail account last night when her screen changed and a message popped up saying she needed to verify her Gmail account. This isn’t unusual, but instead of sending a verification cod… --- ## [Is sitting close to the TV bad for the eyes? When did this idea start?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sitting-close-to-the-tv-bad-for-the-eyes-when-did-this-idea-start/980847)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sitting-close-to-the-tv-bad-for-the-eyes-when-did-this-idea-start/980847 "2023-03-09T20:21:46Z")
So I think a lot of us have been told by our parents that sitting too close to the TV is bad for your eyes. Is there any truth to this? when and where did this idea begin? --- ## [Why does a banana ripen more quickly in my office than at home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-a-banana-ripen-more-quickly-in-my-office-than-at-home/980788)
**Author:** [@SDWC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SDWC)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-a-banana-ripen-more-quickly-in-my-office-than-at-home/980788 "2023-03-09T20:20:44Z")
I occasionally bring a banana to work. Today, as a matter of fact. This particular banana was sitting in my kitchen in my fruit basket for a few days, still yellow, couple dark spots, pretty firm. I arrive in my offic… --- ## [Which pennant-winning MLB team succeeded despite the loss of a great player?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-pennant-winning-mlb-team-succeeded-despite-the-loss-of-a-great-player/980352)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-pennant-winning-mlb-team-succeeded-despite-the-loss-of-a-great-player/980352 "2023-03-09T18:48:34Z")
I’m sure there are many such, but I was just reading about Tony Conigliaro’s beaning in 1967 and thought “Gee, that should have devastated the Red Sox,” who of course went on to win the 1967 AL pennant. Either through in… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=878) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=880)