# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=885&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 886 --- ## [Demo of another song I wrote recently. The bird noises in the background suit this song better than the other one haha](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demo-of-another-song-i-wrote-recently-the-bird-noises-in-the-background-suit-this-song-better-than-the-other-one-haha/980625)
**Author:** [@Amikejo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amikejo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2023, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demo-of-another-song-i-wrote-recently-the-bird-noises-in-the-background-suit-this-song-better-than-the-other-one-haha/980625 "2023-03-03T00:04:26Z")
I’d like to know what you think! --- ## [Excel Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-question/980602)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-question/980602 "2023-03-02T23:21:02Z")
I am looking at the detail of my daily energy usage which I van copy from the supplier’s web portal. The problem is that they have entered all the usage as numbers followed by kwh. |86.86 kWh| |75.77 kWh| |67.37 kWh| … --- ## [What is the reason we can't buy morbiet cheese anywhere anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-reason-we-cant-buy-morbiet-cheese-anywhere-anymore/980570)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-reason-we-cant-buy-morbiet-cheese-anywhere-anymore/980570 "2023-03-02T20:59:05Z")
I heard that there was some question about its purity or cleanliness. I would think that issue had been solved. Anyone know the straight dope? Or is this a job for Cecil? --- ## [Movies You Enjoyed As Kids in the 80's-90's Era](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-enjoyed-as-kids-in-the-80s-90s-era/980106)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-enjoyed-as-kids-in-the-80s-90s-era/980106 "2023-03-02T20:35:54Z")
Not kids movies, what had an impact that you adored as children but saw then. I have kids in their early teens and we’re starting Throwback Thursdays to give them a taste of growing up back then. All evening it’s 1995i… --- ## [Do you remove stickers from produce? Other purchases?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remove-stickers-from-produce-other-purchases/980550)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remove-stickers-from-produce-other-purchases/980550 "2023-03-02T19:34:25Z")
It seems as though a great deal of produce we purchase has a sticker on each individual piece. Apples, pears, bananas, tomatoes… When she returns from the grocery store, my wife promptly removes any stickers from fruit… --- ## ["Russian World" may be taking a hit in the hinterland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-world-may-be-taking-a-hit-in-the-hinterland/979178)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-world-may-be-taking-a-hit-in-the-hinterland/979178 "2023-03-02T19:30:16Z")
“Russian World” (“Russkiy mir”) is a theoretical idea amongst some Russians that there is a broader area beyond Russia that is, or should be, under Russian influence. See the wikipedia article: The concept seems to … --- ## [What is being a passenger on a military flight (i.e., C-17) like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-being-a-passenger-on-a-military-flight-i-e-c-17-like/980472)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-being-a-passenger-on-a-military-flight-i-e-c-17-like/980472 "2023-03-02T18:50:50Z")
I’ve seen a photo where all the soldiers on a C-17 flight from America to Europe (and then, later on, to the Middle East?) were sleeping, unsurprising. No in-flight entertainment. But is there a lavatory? If they want t… --- ## [Assuming no metaphysical reality, and everything is just spacetime and matter, where do the moral concerns regarding suffering and pain come from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assuming-no-metaphysical-reality-and-everything-is-just-spacetime-and-matter-where-do-the-moral-concerns-regarding-suffering-and-pain-come-from/962783)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assuming-no-metaphysical-reality-and-everything-is-just-spacetime-and-matter-where-do-the-moral-concerns-regarding-suffering-and-pain-come-from/962783 "2023-03-02T18:27:39Z")
If someone suffered enormous physical pain 100 years ago, it just means some quarks and electrons were in a particular configuration 100 years ago. In the absence of a metaphysical reality or existence, what’s the philos… --- ## [How should a 'physical' crime in virtual reality be considered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-a-physical-crime-in-virtual-reality-be-considered/977705)
**Author:** [@Celtic\_Kitsune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celtic_Kitsune)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-a-physical-crime-in-virtual-reality-be-considered/977705 "2023-03-02T18:00:44Z")
I do a little writing and one setting has a character who is paralysed and interacts with others in a VR environment, the story is set in the near future so its very realistic VR and people using it have direct sensory f… --- ## [Accidentally destroyed lottery ticket](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidentally-destroyed-lottery-ticket/978203)
**Author:** [@Happytree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happytree)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidentally-destroyed-lottery-ticket/978203 "2023-03-02T17:56:48Z")
It’s a moot point now; the mega millions was just drawn, and we didn’t win. But what if Mrs Tree’s DID pick the winning ticket and I spilled coffee on the ticket, voiding it? Surely, I am at fault for destroying the ti… --- ## [Resolved: The Obama rail safety regulations that Trump repealed would not have applied to the East Palestine derailment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-the-obama-rail-safety-regulations-that-trump-repealed-would-not-have-applied-to-the-east-palestine-derailment/980037)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-the-obama-rail-safety-regulations-that-trump-repealed-would-not-have-applied-to-the-east-palestine-derailment/980037 "2023-03-02T17:27:44Z")
I did some factual digging on this question and considered posting this in FQ, but I felt it would devolve quickly regardless. I do not mean this thread to be a defense of Trump, but rather an indictment of our governme… --- ## [Notification of thread reply highlighted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notification-of-thread-reply-highlighted/980597)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notification-of-thread-reply-highlighted/980597 "2023-03-02T17:03:53Z")
Whenever I get a note that a thread I’m in has had a new posted-whether it’s in reply to me or not-it’s always highlighted in white with gold print and is hard to read, as opposed to the black with blue type of a message… --- ## [Diagnose my hairy banana!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-hairy-banana/334679)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-hairy-banana/334679 "2023-03-02T17:00:37Z")
I have a banana at my desk this morning. I brought it to work yesterday, and left it on the desk oevernight. The skin is starting to get dark brown and spotty, but the banana still feels firm. When I peeled it open a … --- ## [Who's your favorite hapless loser?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-hapless-loser/980276)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-hapless-loser/980276 "2023-03-02T15:39:38Z")
After realizing my favorite “antihero” for the Favorite Anti-Hero thread wasn’t an anti-hero, but a hapless loser, I thought I’d start a new thread. My favorite hapless loser is Toby Flenderson from The Office. Michael … --- ## [Human trafficking reporting question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-trafficking-reporting-question/980557)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-trafficking-reporting-question/980557 "2023-03-02T15:38:57Z")
I saw a public notice recently which was talking about human trafficking. It was explaining some of the signs to watch for and gave the number for a law enforcement agency to report suspected cases to. But one thing puz… --- ## [We have NO method of capturing a slowly flying balloon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-no-method-of-capturing-a-slowly-flying-balloon/979792)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-no-method-of-capturing-a-slowly-flying-balloon/979792 "2023-03-02T14:42:38Z")
With all the high tech developments the Department of Defense has access to, it seems as if there should have been a way to capture the recent spate of balloons and other devices. For instance, if they had used bullets … --- ## [Can you take dried plants on international flights?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-take-dried-plants-on-international-flights/980324)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-take-dried-plants-on-international-flights/980324 "2023-03-02T02:43:55Z")
My wife has been getting into natural fabric dyeing lately. We are coincidentally going to be in France this spring, and she’s curious about foraging for dyestuffs while we’re there. Is it OK to bring dried plants on an … --- ## [Kobe Bryant Dead in Helicopter Crash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kobe-bryant-dead-in-helicopter-crash/847010)
**Author:** [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Replies:** 246\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kobe-bryant-dead-in-helicopter-crash/847010 "2023-03-02T01:35:24Z")
TMZ article. From it: --- ## [Does this Christian Health Plan practice religious discrimination?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-christian-health-plan-practice-religious-discrimination/804295)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-christian-health-plan-practice-religious-discrimination/804295 "2023-03-02T01:34:37Z")
I just heard an advert on the radio about a health plan for Christians called Medi-Share that not only helps out with expenses, but also prays for you. I went to this website about Medi-Share(Affordable, Biblical Healthc… --- ## [Latin experts, venite! Can anyone tell me how you would say "treats" in Latin, in the sense of cat treats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-experts-venite-can-anyone-tell-me-how-you-would-say-treats-in-latin-in-the-sense-of-cat-treats/980460)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-experts-venite-can-anyone-tell-me-how-you-would-say-treats-in-latin-in-the-sense-of-cat-treats/980460 "2023-03-02T01:13:02Z")
Question in header. Reason wanted, to be revealed once I have a usable translation and complete the image for which I intend to use this. It turns out, not surprisingly, that googling for a translation of treat" or “t… --- ## ["Interesting" fundraisers you have encountered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-fundraisers-you-have-encountered/980515)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-fundraisers-you-have-encountered/980515 "2023-03-02T00:36:28Z")
We’re all familiar with the usual ways schools, clubs, and other organizations use to bring in some cash - car washes, bake sales, wrapping paper and greeting card sales, BINGO, raffles… But there’s one upcoming at a loc… --- ## [Deleting my sdmb account](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-my-sdmb-account/980549)
**Author:** [@otc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otc)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-my-sdmb-account/980549 "2023-03-01T22:59:44Z")
how do i get rid of this account??? --- ## [I pit the SovCit movement... For a different reason](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sovcit-movement-for-a-different-reason/980412)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-sovcit-movement-for-a-different-reason/980412 "2023-03-01T22:04:39Z")
So rather than hijack this thread I’d though I’d pit this separately. What actually bugs me about the Sovereign Citizen movement is not the utter batshittery of it all, at least not just that. It’s this… if you believe… --- ## [Equivalent expressions in different languages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equivalent-expressions-in-different-languages/978670)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equivalent-expressions-in-different-languages/978670 "2023-03-01T21:36:34Z")
(By equivalent I mean conveying the same idea. Sort of. Not direct translations.) What made me think of this: I had an appointment to take my cat to the vet this morning for her annual shots. I must have unconsciously t… --- ## [How do you pronounce 'experiment'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-experiment/980300)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-experiment/980300 "2023-03-01T19:05:56Z")
It’s always been ‘ex-SPARE-i-ment’ as far as I know. Yet, lately I’ve been hearing it pronounced ‘ex-SPEAR-i-mint’ a lot lately, mostly by younger people I think, say, the oldest Gen Zs or younger millenials. Just this p… --- ## [That little villain, Bad, bad, bad Dillon da dog is being mischievous](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-little-villain-bad-bad-bad-dillon-da-dog-is-being-mischievous/980109)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-little-villain-bad-bad-bad-dillon-da-dog-is-being-mischievous/980109 "2023-03-01T18:02:47Z")
Mr. Wrek has a shelf in the barn. It’s up high. He keeps scents, baits, and other stinky things on it. Dillon has focused on this shelf since nearly, day one. Never matter, he can’t reach it. Well, just imagine what h… --- ## [Water Only Diet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-only-diet/980457)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-only-diet/980457 "2023-03-01T17:56:00Z")
I have this book from the 70s, a book about “secrets” of European diets. My Swedish friend says it’s still common - going a week with nothing but water. I don’t like water, but I notice if I drink nothing else but water… --- ## [Do temporary spare tires really only last 50 miles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-temporary-spare-tires-really-only-last-50-miles/980157)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-temporary-spare-tires-really-only-last-50-miles/980157 "2023-03-01T16:08:36Z")
My wife’s car has a temporary spare tire, AKA a donut, that she’s had to use a couple of times. The Subaru manual warns that you shouldn’t drive over 50 mph (going from memory) and to not drive it more than 50 miles. I… --- ## [How do I see what my gmail password is?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-see-what-my-gmail-password-is/979661)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-see-what-my-gmail-password-is/979661 "2023-03-01T16:08:30Z")
I use chrome as my main browser. It autofills the login stuff for my regular sites. I know how to look at it’s list of saved passwords…except that neither gmail nor google appear on the list of saved passwords. Uh? It… --- ## [Botticelli - February 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259)
**Author:** [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Replies:** 226\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259 "2023-03-01T15:52:00Z")
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