# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=893&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 894 --- ## [Best Yes Studio Albums (POLL)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yes-studio-albums-poll/973897)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2023, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yes-studio-albums-poll/973897 "2023-02-20T14:05:18Z")
You define the criteria. Just pick the studio album from Yes you think is best. I have to say, 1971 was a remarkable year for Yes with two great albums. poll I’m limited to 20 options so I dropped Keys to Ascensions th… --- ## [Embassy guard who tried to spy for Russia sentenced itoday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embassy-guard-who-tried-to-spy-for-russia-sentenced-itoday/980032)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2023, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embassy-guard-who-tried-to-spy-for-russia-sentenced-itoday/980032 "2023-02-20T11:58:29Z")
David Smith, who worked security at the British Embassy in Berlin was sentenced today for his attempts to sell information to the Russians. A very interesting story. I’m sure it will be a tv movie before too long. --- ## [Name that dish (and let’s see some recipes)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-dish-and-let-s-see-some-recipes/980049)
**Author:** [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2023, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-dish-and-let-s-see-some-recipes/980049 "2023-02-20T10:04:24Z")
What would you call this dish? I came across the recipe yesterday and made it today for lunch. Pretty good, but needs a little tweaking/practice. I’m starting this thread to find out what you’d call it and to read about y… --- ## [Things that happened to you that you can't explain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-happened-to-you-that-you-cant-explain/979964)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2023, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-happened-to-you-that-you-cant-explain/979964 "2023-02-20T09:06:49Z")
Many years ago, my brother and I took a trip to Big Bend National Park. It’s a huge, hot mountain desert area. I was an experienced backpacker, my brother was not. We decided to hike in the outback, off-trail, using a c… --- ## [Will humans one day be able to perform alchemy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-humans-one-day-be-able-to-perform-alchemy/979993)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2023, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-humans-one-day-be-able-to-perform-alchemy/979993 "2023-02-20T07:06:08Z")
Obviously alchemy was a scientific dead-end in early modern European times, but is contemporary science advancing towards a place where lead (or some other metal) can be turned into gold? And in a way that will be profit… --- ## [Black Sabbath's "Paranoid": Not Really About Paranoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-sabbaths-paranoid-not-really-about-paranoia/979991)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2023, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-sabbaths-paranoid-not-really-about-paranoia/979991 "2023-02-20T05:01:38Z")
What’s up with that? Ozzy seems to be describing severe depression throughout the song. --- ## [Best Led Zeppelin Album (POLL)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-led-zeppelin-album-poll/973964)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2023, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-led-zeppelin-album-poll/973964 "2023-02-20T03:58:20Z")
You define the criteria. Just pick the album from Led Zeppelin you think is best. I did this one slightly different, the catalogue is small for Zep so I went with the original 10 classic albums. poll If this remains pop… --- ## [Dangerous to be on a battleship when 16" guns are fired?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dangerous-to-be-on-a-battleship-when-16-guns-are-fired/978899)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2023, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dangerous-to-be-on-a-battleship-when-16-guns-are-fired/978899 "2023-02-20T03:42:54Z")
in a 1988 made-for-TV movie in which Rick Schroeder plays the part of an underaged WW2 sailor serving combat duty on a battleship, one of the details is that sailors on deck are supposed to retreat below deck (for safety… --- ## [Can we bring back tall boots for men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-bring-back-tall-boots-for-men/483571)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2023, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-bring-back-tall-boots-for-men/483571 "2023-02-20T03:42:07Z")
I mean riding-style boots into which one tucks one’s trousers. I suppose I could be iconoclastic and simply do it, but I’m too much of a fashion non-icon to make that bold a statement. It’s winter in Chicago, and that … --- ## [I'm really annoyed by pickup truck options](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-annoyed-by-pickup-truck-options/979739)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2023, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-annoyed-by-pickup-truck-options/979739 "2023-02-20T02:45:00Z")
OK, I’m a truck guy. Not a Brodozer guy, not a compensation for small penis guy. I do a lot of stuff with my truck. I’ve personally loaded pallets into the bed, I routinely go to the landscaping place and have them load … --- ## [Does anyone here know how to play the autoharp?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-how-to-play-the-autoharp/979608)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-how-to-play-the-autoharp/979608 "2023-02-20T01:20:33Z")
I have some questions, but before I write an huge wall of disposable post, I’ll maybe just see if there’s anyone here who cares about the topic. --- ## [Pinned topics in recent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinned-topics-in-recent/980054)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinned-topics-in-recent/980054 "2023-02-20T00:44:35Z")
Why are the two Cecil columns pinned to the top of the “Recent” frame? Is it a bug or a feature? --- ## [Taskmaster, and other British panel shows: the omnibus thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taskmaster-and-other-british-panel-shows-the-omnibus-thread/979600)
**Author:** [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2023, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taskmaster-and-other-british-panel-shows-the-omnibus-thread/979600 "2023-02-20T00:40:34Z")
Series 15 of Taskmaster (U.K.) starts in March, with Frankie Boyle, Ivo Graham, Jenny Eclair, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, and Mae Martin as contestants. The “Your Insomniac-Bored-Anxious YouTube Videos” thread over in MPSIMS flus… --- ## [Tiger Woods tampon joke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-tampon-joke/980053)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-tampon-joke/980053 "2023-02-19T23:39:09Z")
What in the heck does handing a competitor a tampon mean? --- ## ["Location Specialist Jackson" -- This phone call is a scam, right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/location-specialist-jackson-this-phone-call-is-a-scam-right/978457)
**Author:** [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2023, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/location-specialist-jackson-this-phone-call-is-a-scam-right/978457 "2023-02-19T20:09:00Z")
For the past three days I’ve gotten voice mails on my cell phone, obviously a recording, from a guy saying that he is “Location specialist Jackson” trying to contact me about a pending claim which will become a matter of… --- ## [A flyswatter and its merits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-flyswatter-and-its-merits/979906)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-flyswatter-and-its-merits/979906 "2023-02-19T19:21:24Z")
Can you actually whack a flying insect in mid-air, with the average flyswatter and expect to rid yourself of said pestilence? Or is it an excercise in futility? (I’m kinda grossed out by smashing it on a surface.) --- ## [Do you listen to instrumental soundtrack albums?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-instrumental-soundtrack-albums/979939)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-instrumental-soundtrack-albums/979939 "2023-02-19T18:39:32Z")
A long time ago I tried to start up a discussion about music with a friend of mine, only to find that our listening preferences didn’t have much in common. I liked mainly rock albums, and he said he mostly listened to f… --- ## [How would you explain American football to an adult who isn’t familiar with it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-explain-american-football-to-an-adult-who-isn-t-familiar-with-it/968544)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-explain-american-football-to-an-adult-who-isn-t-familiar-with-it/968544 "2023-02-19T17:21:11Z")
Would I be best off starting with the offense and explaining the quarterback first, then the running backs and wide receivers? Keeping it simple with the explanation that almost every play is a run or a pass? Another me… --- ## [“A-B-A” creative teams](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-b-a-creative-teams/979990)
**Author:** [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-b-a-creative-teams/979990 "2023-02-19T16:52:34Z")
The Holland Brothers worked with Lamont Dozier to write Motown songs under the name “Holland-Dozier-Holland.” The Zucker Brothers worked with Jim Abrahams to make comedy films under the name “Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker… --- ## [What's the deal with "He Gets Us"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-he-gets-us/974046)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-he-gets-us/974046 "2023-02-19T16:49:49Z")
Lately I’ve been seeing cheap ads (black and white photographs with voiceover) about this…group on primetime television. The most recent was the last episode of Quantum Leap. As far as I can tell, their purposes, to the… --- ## [Star Trek Picard Review](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-picard-review/917458)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 348\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-picard-review/917458 "2023-02-19T15:45:45Z")
I invite you all to watch this review, and understand why it and its writers are terrible. Even Patrick Stewart is to blame for this hot garbage. --- ## [Being someone's exact physical type - win or skeevy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-someones-exact-physical-type-win-or-skeevy/979428)
**Author:** [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-someones-exact-physical-type-win-or-skeevy/979428 "2023-02-19T14:32:20Z")
So I stalked my Tinder date\* and I managed to find one of his social media accounts when I am able to see who he is following. Now, it seems that curvy women, some who are also quite a bit older than him, are definitely … --- ## [Discourse Classic not working correctly on Samsung Galaxy Phone but fine on PC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-classic-not-working-correctly-on-samsung-galaxy-phone-but-fine-on-pc/980036)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2023, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-classic-not-working-correctly-on-samsung-galaxy-phone-but-fine-on-pc/980036 "2023-02-19T13:30:13Z")
Hunting around I found on the menu an option for Mobile View or Desktop View, clicking Mobile fix the issue for me. Relating this here in case anyone else experiences the same issue. Top bar is off, so upper right widg… --- ## [Is there an app to convert to only text (not ‘texting’)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-app-to-convert-to-only-text-not-texting/955796)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2023, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-app-to-convert-to-only-text-not-texting/955796 "2023-02-19T11:51:39Z")
Hey — my first FQ thread! Woo-hoo! :slight\_smile: I used to have an app (iOS) that stripped out any formatting and images and left only the text characters remaining. Is there still such an app? I must’ve deleted the ol… --- ## [Common Chimp, Bonobo, Human Hybrids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-chimp-bonobo-human-hybrids/379823)
**Author:** [@ted\_baskerville\_yahoo.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ted_baskerville_yahoo.com)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2023, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-chimp-bonobo-human-hybrids/379823 "2023-02-19T06:12:20Z")
Can any two these animals be breed together? Has a chimp ever been crossed with bonobo? Is it possible to cross a human with either a chimp or bonobo? Would this be illegal? Where can I get some chimp or bonobo semen? H… --- ## [Christian doctrine (Calvinist?) about embodiment of irredeemable souls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-doctrine-calvinist-about-embodiment-of-irredeemable-souls/979499)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2023, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-doctrine-calvinist-about-embodiment-of-irredeemable-souls/979499 "2023-02-19T05:15:34Z")
I’m looking for a factual answer as to whether this is a recognized doctrine of a particular Christian faith, or just one dude’s personal belief: A Christian described a doctrine in response to the objection ‘what about… --- ## [Tesla steering and also Beta self-driving](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-steering-and-also-beta-self-driving/979968)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-steering-and-also-beta-self-driving/979968 "2023-02-19T03:09:44Z")
Is Tesla steering mechanical, or drive-by-wire? Specifically, if self-driving turns the car, does the steering wheel turn? Also IMHO anything called Beta should not be allowed on public streets. You wouldn’t beta test t… --- ## [Holocaust Denial?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holocaust-denial/843762)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2023, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holocaust-denial/843762 "2023-02-19T02:59:07Z")
I put it in Great Debates, because I assume it will spark one. But why do white supremacists almost always deny the Holocaust? I don’t need a cite. And I say “almost always”. But in reality, I never saw one who didn’t. … --- ## [The Ark (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ark-open-spoilers/980023)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ark-open-spoilers/980023 "2023-02-19T02:06:50Z")
I’ve been trying to fill a space opera void with Syfy’s newest space opera on Peacock. Interesting premise, colony ship suffers diaster and looses over half it’s crew, but flawed execution. The science is distractingly b… --- ## [I pit Novelty Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-novelty-bobble/953914)
**Author:** [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Replies:** 305\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-novelty-bobble/953914 "2023-02-19T01:00:01Z")
Expressing opinions that are racist as fuck, while playing the “I’m not touching you” game. And now trying to get people to call them a racist in IMHO to further their victimhood status. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=892&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=894&state=watching)