# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=891&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 892 --- ## [I want to build Titanic II !](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-build-titanic-ii/800807)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2023, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-build-titanic-ii/800807 "2023-02-23T05:14:35Z")
Let’s suppose my distant Piper cousin who made billions in Silicone Valley croaks and leaves his billions to me. I decide I want to re-create the Titanic experience. I want to re-build it and sail from Southampton to Ne… --- ## [Wisconsin Supreme Court 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-supreme-court-2023/980188)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2023, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-supreme-court-2023/980188 "2023-02-23T03:54:19Z")
Currently the court is 4-3 with Conservatives in the majority. With a retirement the April election could flip the majority. Yesterday was the primary – there were two conservative and two liberal justices. TLDR one ea… --- ## [What's the longest detour?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-detour/979985)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2023, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-detour/979985 "2023-02-23T03:38:03Z")
I was just up at the Grand Canyon taking winter photos. From the South Rim, you can see the North Rim visitor’s center, around 10 miles away. But, it’s over 200 miles to actually drive from one to the other. Is this the… --- ## [NFL 2022: The Super Bowl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-the-super-bowl/979407)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 244\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2023, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-the-super-bowl/979407 "2023-02-23T03:27:27Z")
And somehow we’re down to the last thread of the 2022 season, featuring the unsurprising matchup of the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles. What I did find surprising is that this will be the first Super Bowl… --- ## [Pancake Day is here! What's for dinner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancake-day-is-here-whats-for-dinner/980128)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2023, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancake-day-is-here-whats-for-dinner/980128 "2023-02-23T02:18:33Z")
Pancake Day is finally here (I think you might call it something else in the US? Fat Tuesday? Love that name). So what’s for dinner? I like to keep it simple and traditional (well, traditional for the UK, anyway) - we c… --- ## [Survey Scams Embedded In Legitimate-Looking Jobs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-scams-embedded-in-legitimate-looking-jobs/980197)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2023, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-scams-embedded-in-legitimate-looking-jobs/980197 "2023-02-23T01:51:16Z")
I’ve recently joined the ranks of the unemployed after company downsizing. Yay me. I’ve been hitting the job search sites for work-from-home data-entry and similar jobs. I apply, go through all the hoops, then I get an e… --- ## [Real or fake photo? (tRump and Putin in 2018)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-or-fake-photo-trump-and-putin-in-2018/980116)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-or-fake-photo-trump-and-putin-in-2018/980116 "2023-02-23T00:57:24Z")
See this (the top photo) on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalHumor/comments/117al8r/presidents\_day/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=ios\_app&utm\_name=iossmf Since tRump is around 6’3" and Putin is around 5’7", I wo… --- ## [What is your life worth-Hardcore Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-worth-hardcore-edition/980175)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2023, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-worth-hardcore-edition/980175 "2023-02-23T00:24:53Z")
Hypothetical: You are kidnapped and find yourself in a room with a chair, a table and a gun sitting on that table. A voice comes over an unseen intercom and says, “We will kill a random person in fifteen minutes, and e… --- ## [Deconvolving diffraction spikes in Webb images](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deconvolving-diffraction-spikes-in-webb-images/980149)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2023, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deconvolving-diffraction-spikes-in-webb-images/980149 "2023-02-23T00:07:13Z")
I’ve wondered about this generally for decades, and especially recently as Webb came online and we see photos with those six diffraction spikes and the two smaller ones. There is information in those spikes. They provide… --- ## [Lasagna time!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasagna-time/980008)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2023, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasagna-time/980008 "2023-02-22T22:43:40Z")
This is very likely the last chilly weekend in San Antonio - I wouldn’t bet my mortgage on it, but I’d place $50. Throwing a dinner party for a couple of friends, I am making lasagna and the others are bringing salads a… --- ## [Youtube looping play](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-looping-play/980146)
**Author:** [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-looping-play/980146 "2023-02-22T22:37:32Z")
So, if I play a Youtube video embedded in a post, it will restart automatically. That’s fine, I can click pause/stop. But then, at some time in the future (after I’ve scrolled down the thread) it will restart (and loop).… --- ## [What's the actual meaning of "If you don't develop schizophrenia by 30, you most likely never will?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-actual-meaning-of-if-you-dont-develop-schizophrenia-by-30-you-most-likely-never-will/979670)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2023, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-actual-meaning-of-if-you-dont-develop-schizophrenia-by-30-you-most-likely-never-will/979670 "2023-02-22T21:57:47Z")
I’ve read it in many forms, but the truism is something like “If you have no signs of schizophrenia by age 30, you most likely won’t ever have it, even if people in your family did.” What I’m trying to understand is - d… --- ## [End of an era: Family of famed SoCal car dealer Cal Worthington selling last. car lot did anyone here ever buy or see any of em?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-an-era-family-of-famed-socal-car-dealer-cal-worthington-selling-last-car-lot-did-anyone-here-ever-buy-or-see-any-of-em/980018)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-an-era-family-of-famed-socal-car-dealer-cal-worthington-selling-last-car-lot-did-anyone-here-ever-buy-or-see-any-of-em/980018 "2023-02-22T20:24:50Z")
Now if you watched almost any tv channel in la ,orange ,ventura and riverside(or further) counties you know these commercials as they ran incessantly on the independent channels and then on major ones years later dur… --- ## [How is anti-wokeism different from sexism and/or racism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-anti-wokeism-different-from-sexism-and-or-racism/979604)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 371\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-anti-wokeism-different-from-sexism-and-or-racism/979604 "2023-02-22T19:38:22Z")
I hear the same rationalizations coming from those that say they are “anti-woke” as I do from those that are racist and sexist, but if I am wrong please tell me how. Frankly, I see no reason to not to refer to someone w… --- ## [Did actual grenadiers win any battles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-actual-grenadiers-win-any-battles/979330)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2023, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-actual-grenadiers-win-any-battles/979330 "2023-02-22T19:02:59Z")
So the term grenadier originally referred to soldiers who throw grenades. They were physically larger, stronger, specially trained troops meant for hurling grenades at the enemy. Eventually the European powers worked o… --- ## [Funny/weird Facebook ad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-weird-facebook-ad/980159)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-weird-facebook-ad/980159 "2023-02-22T17:41:58Z")
This is a real, honest-to-gosh, unedited sponsored ad I just got on my Facebook feed. Learn a language. The Call of Cthulhu. Soon, you too will be saying “Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu … --- ## [Thoughts on the leaked Tears of the Kingdom art?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-the-leaked-tears-of-the-kingdom-art/980093)
**Author:** [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-the-leaked-tears-of-the-kingdom-art/980093 "2023-02-22T16:06:00Z")
Apparently, a retailer shipped out a book of art that is supposed to ship with the game, and may or may not have shipped out the game itself. I wondered if anyone else here is following this. The link to the photos I saw… --- ## ["Munch" munched: Richard Belzer dead at 78](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munch-munched-richard-belzer-dead-at-78/980045)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2023, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munch-munched-richard-belzer-dead-at-78/980045 "2023-02-22T10:51:45Z")
Belzer was beloved as Detective John Munch, first on “Homicide Life on the Streets” and then “Law & Order SVU.” He played the role for 22 years in total. Munch appeared on the original “Law & Order” and “Trial by Jury… --- ## [NFL Coaching Carousel: 2022-2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-coaching-carousel-2022-2023/977134)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2023, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-coaching-carousel-2022-2023/977134 "2023-02-22T06:14:15Z")
Nathaniel Hackett doesn’t even get a full season at Denver, ouch!!! Someone’s got to pay for the Russell Wilson fiasco. Anyway, the hot seats are getting hotter as the NFL regular season comes to an end and the annual… --- ## [The civil rights lawsuit against Kyle Rittenhouse and the Wisconsin city and county of Kenosha {Not Gun Control or 2nd Amendment}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-civil-rights-lawsuit-against-kyle-rittenhouse-and-the-wisconsin-city-and-county-of-kenosha-not-gun-control-or-2nd-amendment/979218)
**Author:** [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2023, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-civil-rights-lawsuit-against-kyle-rittenhouse-and-the-wisconsin-city-and-county-of-kenosha-not-gun-control-or-2nd-amendment/979218 "2023-02-22T02:56:17Z")
A civil lawsuit, filed in August 2021 in federal court by the Huber family, seeks “to hold the municipalities and law enforcement officers involved in the police response to the protests liable for (Huber’s) death,” This… --- ## [All Creatures Great & Small](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-creatures-great-small/930335)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2023, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-creatures-great-small/930335 "2023-02-22T02:24:50Z")
I was so excited to see this revamped and back on TV. I read all of the books years ago and LOVED the 78-90 series. I was a little worried that the new version wouldn’t be as good, but I was nicely surprised. It was grea… --- ## [Ohio city overtaxes citizens for 15 years. They are NOT giving it back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-city-overtaxes-citizens-for-15-years-they-are-not-giving-it-back/978710)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-city-overtaxes-citizens-for-15-years-they-are-not-giving-it-back/978710 "2023-02-22T01:52:50Z")
Summary: In 1977 Rittman, Ohio was authorized to collect 1.5% local income taxes until 2007. But they dropped the end date when they modified legislation in 1997. The tax rate should have fallen to 1.0% in 2007 but it d… --- ## [Biden surprise — a visit to Kyiv {2023-02-20}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-surprise-a-visit-to-kyiv-2023-02-20/980086)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-surprise-a-visit-to-kyiv-2023-02-20/980086 "2023-02-21T23:31:35Z")
This should get you past the WSJ paywall… hopefully: --- ## [Help me be antisocial. Uhhh, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-be-antisocial-uhhh-please/979785)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-be-antisocial-uhhh-please/979785 "2023-02-21T23:29:20Z")
It’s with my Amazon Echo (code name: Alexa) that I want to be antisocial. I’ve recently reactivated my late wife’s Echo, and every time I speak the wake-up word, it responds with\*: Hello. I’d love to learn your voice so … --- ## [The Tim Horton's Craveable Crispy Chicken Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tim-hortons-craveable-crispy-chicken-sandwich/979970)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tim-hortons-craveable-crispy-chicken-sandwich/979970 "2023-02-21T23:04:06Z")
Earlier today I wrapped up a business meeting in the small town of Leamington, Ontario, a little place in farm country about forty minutes southeast of Windsor and Detroit. It was 11:30 AM and I figured I’d get somethin… --- ## [Hey, remember Mallo Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-remember-mallo-cups/980101)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-remember-mallo-cups/980101 "2023-02-21T22:47:17Z")
I did some yardwork for our neighbors and they gave me a gift certificate for Cracker Barrel in return. The wife and had lunch there on Sunday (I had fried catfish!) While browsing in their gift shop I noticed they had M… --- ## [Someone changed my address](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-changed-my-address/980113)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-changed-my-address/980113 "2023-02-21T20:20:19Z")
I got a notice from the post office last week saying I had put in a change of address form. I didn’t move and I have no intention of doing so. I called them and they were supposed to fix it, but I still wasn’t getting m… --- ## [Diagnose this guitar amp problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-this-guitar-amp-problem/979887)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-this-guitar-amp-problem/979887 "2023-02-21T20:09:40Z")
I have a Hendriksen JazzAmp that suddenly started making crackling/popping sounds. At first I thought it was line noise from the guitar but it continued when I unplugged the guitar. Then it even continued faintly after I… --- ## [Movies Centered Around Single Outcast Women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-centered-around-single-outcast-women/955582)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-centered-around-single-outcast-women/955582 "2023-02-21T18:44:26Z")
I tend to love these movies. I just used the term “Outcast” as am umbrella. It could be a 35-yr old woman who’s a virgin (Rachel, Rachel) or a woman who might be shy, overweight (Sugarbaby)… Especially movies where there… --- ## [Are (new) Kia Souls good cars? Anybody have experience with them? (Plus a car warranty question.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-new-kia-souls-good-cars-anybody-have-experience-with-them-plus-a-car-warranty-question/840174)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-new-kia-souls-good-cars-anybody-have-experience-with-them-plus-a-car-warranty-question/840174 "2023-02-21T18:08:57Z")
This a two-part question, but not separate enough to warrant two different threads. First. I’m seriously considering buying a new Kia Soul. I have a 70 mile commute and two hulking teenagers to haul around and, after se… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=890&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=892&state=muted)