# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=900 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 901 --- ## [Happy Valley, anyone else watching?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-valley-anyone-else-watching/915362)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-valley-anyone-else-watching/915362 "2023-02-11T15:22:44Z")
Is anyone else watching Happy Valley?? I am riveted to this. https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a832987/happy-valley-season-series-3-cast-start-date-filming-bbc-air-date-release/ They’re working on season 3, from what I und… --- ## [Boston University unveiled a new Martin Luther King Jr. statue. Is it just me or does it look like someone performing a sexual act?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-university-unveiled-a-new-martin-luther-king-jr-statue-is-it-just-me-or-does-it-look-like-someone-performing-a-sexual-act/978230)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-university-unveiled-a-new-martin-luther-king-jr-statue-is-it-just-me-or-does-it-look-like-someone-performing-a-sexual-act/978230 "2023-02-11T15:01:26Z")
Here’s an article about it: I’ll leave it to you to decide: --- ## [NFL 2022: Conference Championship Week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-conference-championship-week/978794)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-conference-championship-week/978794 "2023-02-11T08:07:21Z")
We’re down to four teams, three of which were here last year. And both games look like great matchups. Here they are, all times EST, odds as of Wednesday. Sunday, January 28 3:00 pm: 49ers vs. Eagles (-2.5, 46.5) 6:30… --- ## [Lottery Ticket distribution in a rotating horizontal cylinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-ticket-distribution-in-a-rotating-horizontal-cylinder/979610)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-ticket-distribution-in-a-rotating-horizontal-cylinder/979610 "2023-02-11T05:55:21Z")
A local lottery near me uses a large drum to hold the tickets. I wonder how effective the mixing of the tickets is by just rotating the drum a few times? The tickets are dropped in through a single centered slot. I have… --- ## [Help me remember the title of a murder mystery.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-the-title-of-a-murder-mystery/734116)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-the-title-of-a-murder-mystery/734116 "2023-02-11T03:06:43Z")
A long time ago I read a murder mystery and I was not able to find it by searching the internet. I read the story as a tween and I don’t have the greatest memory so any (or all) of this may be wrong: A rich old codger … --- ## [Does anyone have a standing weekly hair appointment nowadays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-standing-weekly-hair-appointment-nowadays/979489)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-standing-weekly-hair-appointment-nowadays/979489 "2023-02-11T03:00:34Z")
When I was an adorable kid (yes, I really was) my grandmother had a weekly hair appointment. Every Wednesday, 10 a.m., to have her hair washed and set. (And cut every sixth week.) She slept in this satin bonnet-type th… --- ## [The shit of the 21st century is demotivating me to do... pretty much anything](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shit-of-the-21st-century-is-demotivating-me-to-do-pretty-much-anything/978736)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shit-of-the-21st-century-is-demotivating-me-to-do-pretty-much-anything/978736 "2023-02-11T02:57:58Z")
I was born in 1971. I think it must be weird for young people growing up today, since, sure, they have never known a world without the internet, but they have also never known a motivated world, either. (This pertains to… --- ## [Any love for Battle Brothers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-battle-brothers/979465)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-battle-brothers/979465 "2023-02-11T01:57:06Z")
I’ve heard of Battle Brothers when it first came out, apparently 5 or so years ago, but I never ended up getting it. I recently picked it up, with the DLC, on sale to play on my Steam Deck, and dang, what a fun game! It… --- ## [Significance of this artwork?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significance-of-this-artwork/979534)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significance-of-this-artwork/979534 "2023-02-11T00:48:53Z")
Is it just whimsical or some deeper meaning perhaps related to the contents of the book? The book is titled “Texte zur Kurtz” and has a nail driven through it. https://www.auctionzip.com/auction-lot/lot\_E1A403E907?utm\_s… --- ## [I Don’t Care If Trump Doesn’t Spend a Day in Prison](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-care-if-trump-doesn-t-spend-a-day-in-prison/978915)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2023, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-care-if-trump-doesn-t-spend-a-day-in-prison/978915 "2023-02-10T23:38:54Z")
And I hate his orange guts as much as anyone I know. If he had to do a life sentence at hard labor pounding boulders into dust on nationwide free 24/7 TV, I would enjoy the spectacle, but if he gets off scot-free, I won’… --- ## [Records are black](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/records-are-black/979403)
**Author:** [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/records-are-black/979403 "2023-02-10T22:56:04Z")
I’ve been buying records for decades. With few exceptions, they were always black. But now, often as not, they are different colors. Red, green, yellow, clear, any color you can think of and sometimes several smooshed … --- ## ["Cunk on Earth" mockumentary on Netfilx](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cunk-on-earth-mockumentary-on-netfilx/979201)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cunk-on-earth-mockumentary-on-netfilx/979201 "2023-02-10T22:52:13Z")
Ya like science shows about the the history of the human race, going back the Neanderthals and later, like the cave paintings at Lascaux? Who doesn’t? Ya like Spinal Tap? This show, starring Dianne Morgan (if you are i… --- ## [The shifting tides of racist language](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shifting-tides-of-racist-language/977841)
**Author:** [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Replies:** 262\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shifting-tides-of-racist-language/977841 "2023-02-10T22:21:34Z")
I didn’t want to hijack the Welsh thread, and in it, they mention that being gypped is a slight against gypsies. It got me thinking that there are idioms that are racist that may not be obvious (at least to me, without … --- ## [Something's wrong on the Internet! (Google Maps)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somethings-wrong-on-the-internet-google-maps/979456)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somethings-wrong-on-the-internet-google-maps/979456 "2023-02-10T22:07:15Z")
There’s a place shown on Google Maps as Skunk Point (Santa Rosa Island) State Marine Reserve There are a few things wrong with this: it’s positioned on Santa Cruz Island, it’s on land, and the link goes to pictures and … --- ## [Tchaikovsky's "Marche Slave Op. 31" = Disney's Aladdin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tchaikovskys-marche-slave-op-31-disneys-aladdin/361611)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tchaikovskys-marche-slave-op-31-disneys-aladdin/361611 "2023-02-10T21:41:19Z")
This thread about Disney songs reminded me of something that has plagued me for days. DAYS, I tells ya. While at Border’s a week or so ago, I bought a CD of Tchaikovsky’s work to study to. Listening through the CD, I ca… --- ## [How would this have played out legally? (thought I was on free data plan, could have been charged $7,000)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-this-have-played-out-legally-thought-i-was-on-free-data-plan-could-have-been-charged-7-000/979588)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-this-have-played-out-legally-thought-i-was-on-free-data-plan-could-have-been-charged-7-000/979588 "2023-02-10T21:01:50Z")
Wanted to ask about a potential disaster that came very close to unfolding in real life. Since I was going to go to Taiwan for 3-4 months, I had gone to my phone service provider (trying to keep things anonymous) and as… --- ## [Covid has a silver lining I guess](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-has-a-silver-lining-i-guess/979099)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2023, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-has-a-silver-lining-i-guess/979099 "2023-02-10T20:40:46Z")
I worked over night last night. And during the night an ice storm strolled through. I was really stressing the drive home during the morning rush hour traffic. But much to my surprise, people decided to stay the f’ home. … --- ## [Remember this made for TV movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-made-for-tv-movie/979566)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2023, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-made-for-tv-movie/979566 "2023-02-10T20:39:15Z")
Just a weird memory that popped up. A woman (played by a thin lipped soap actress) needs one of her lips fixed for reasons. So the docs decide to rebuild using vaginal tissue. The movie generated a smidge of controversy. … --- ## [Cat: destroyer of caulking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-destroyer-of-caulking/979390)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-destroyer-of-caulking/979390 "2023-02-10T20:22:04Z")
My cat has been attacking the caulking in this place. A couple different places in both kitchen and my bathroom. Since I’m renting, I’m going to have to renew that caulking. I’ve never caulked anything, but I don’t think… --- ## [Algorithms that have more (putatively) independent outputs than there are indpendent inputs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/algorithms-that-have-more-putatively-independent-outputs-than-there-are-indpendent-inputs/979535)
**Author:** [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/algorithms-that-have-more-putatively-independent-outputs-than-there-are-indpendent-inputs/979535 "2023-02-10T20:21:16Z")
The question was inspired by a body fat scale, but could apply to other systems too. I’ve tried reading about degrees of freedom in statistics, but I don’t really understand and don’t know how it applies to this question… --- ## [Do electronics work differently in subzero temperatures?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-electronics-work-differently-in-subzero-temperatures/979542)
**Author:** [@WellHelloThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WellHelloThere)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-electronics-work-differently-in-subzero-temperatures/979542 "2023-02-10T20:17:07Z")
I own a vehicle bought by my late father. The radio was Sirius Satellite, but it recieves terrestrial radio. It is not a touch screen, but the screen will show which station you are on, and AM or FM. The screen is not op… --- ## [Suggest fitness/home gym equipment for a $75 budget?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-fitness-home-gym-equipment-for-a-75-budget/967213)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-fitness-home-gym-equipment-for-a-75-budget/967213 "2023-02-10T17:44:27Z")
One of my work benefits is that I can get reimbursed for up to $300 of fitness equipment a year, something HR just reminded us of. Although today is the end of the fiscal year the reminder’s a coincidence because we have… --- ## [Is "Muldoon" texas slang, and what does it mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-muldoon-texas-slang-and-what-does-it-mean/457216)
**Author:** [@scrambledeggs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scrambledeggs)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-muldoon-texas-slang-and-what-does-it-mean/457216 "2023-02-10T17:36:48Z")
This military officer (now a major) back at the academy would call us ‘muldoons’ if he was being pejorative – but i couldn’t find its exact meaning or etymology on urban dictionary. He was from texas Can anyone from Te… --- ## [Series that were much better in the long run](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-much-better-in-the-long-run/979206)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-much-better-in-the-long-run/979206 "2023-02-10T15:41:29Z")
As we cast about for series that we can stand to watch, the pickings are often slim. We also tend to give up on the ones that don’t grab us right away. One such was Parks and Recreation, which we didn’t stay with after a… --- ## [I pitt D'Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pitt-danconia/735148)
**Author:** [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pitt-danconia/735148 "2023-02-10T15:01:57Z")
from 155 from here, Hillary makes bogus claim of racism in Alabama (about voting and drivers licenses), a thread by everyone elses favorite person, ITR Champion. I do not like him. I do not trust him. I do not know if… --- ## [Why were Google such dicks about this round of layoffs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-google-such-dicks-about-this-round-of-layoffs/978679)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-google-such-dicks-about-this-round-of-layoffs/978679 "2023-02-10T14:43:09Z")
So reading about the round of layoffs at Google, et al. The fact there were big layoffs is not particularly surprising to me, how they were was a little: This seems unnecessarily harsh, and not in line with what I’d e… --- ## [How fast does one die when shot or stabbed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-does-one-die-when-shot-or-stabbed/979358)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-does-one-die-when-shot-or-stabbed/979358 "2023-02-10T13:27:54Z")
My only exposure to watching someone “die” comes from TV and movies where the bad guys will immediately fall dead from a single gunshot or a knife flung into the chest. Of course, if the good guy is hit, he’ll struggle o… --- ## [User D\_Anconia has been banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-d-anconia-has-been-banned/979574)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-d-anconia-has-been-banned/979574 "2023-02-10T12:15:44Z")
User D\_Anconia or D’Anconia has been banned. He has had 4 warnings since July 2021 and 6 more in the 3 years before that. More importantly he has had a pair of 1 week suspensions for trolling, and for hijacking a threa… --- ## [On Hiring A Housesitter/Petsitter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-hiring-a-housesitter-petsitter/979533)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2023, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-hiring-a-housesitter-petsitter/979533 "2023-02-10T11:16:20Z")
Mrs. H and I are thinking of hiring a housesitter/petsitter for when we go on vacation for a few days this summer. Our cats are high-maintenance and we don’t really have any family nearby who can look after them. So we’r… --- ## [E-whiteboard hardware / software recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-whiteboard-hardware-software-recommendations/979506)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2023, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-whiteboard-hardware-software-recommendations/979506 "2023-02-10T02:12:09Z")
My new job is almost fully remote. Since I will be conducting many online meetings, I’ve decided that I need to be able to draw on a whiteboard, and annotate documents, in a clear way within meetings. There seem to be a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=899) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=901)