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**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2023, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-how-what/979278 "2023-02-04T00:46:03Z")
The first use is from 1865 but how did the first people to hear it know what it meant? What does it mean? I know what it indicates but not how it was derived. --- ## [Happy New Rant Year!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rant-year/977461)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 282\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2023, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-rant-year/977461 "2023-02-04T00:13:25Z")
I don’t actually have much of a rant, other than I can’t think why I thought I liked painting walls in the house - Ugh, SUCH a pain. May this thread be very little used in this new year :heart\_decoration: --- ## [Census bureau proposes "Latino" and "Middle Eastern/North African" as race options](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/census-bureau-proposes-latino-and-middle-eastern-north-african-as-race-options/978838)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/census-bureau-proposes-latino-and-middle-eastern-north-african-as-race-options/978838 "2023-02-03T23:45:43Z")
This seems like the discussion might get political, and i can’t find an existing thread. So here goes. New ‘Latino’ and ‘Middle Eastern or North African’ checkboxes proposed for U.S. forms Good? Bad? High time? I fe… --- ## [When it comes to record albums, was your first your favorite?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-it-comes-to-record-albums-was-your-first-your-favorite/978975)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2023, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-it-comes-to-record-albums-was-your-first-your-favorite/978975 "2023-02-03T23:41:34Z")
I was going through a list of my favorite music albums, and I started noticing that my favorite album of any singer or group usually turned out to be the first album of theirs I listened to: They Might Be Giants- Flood … --- ## [Tell me about your lovely grandparents!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-lovely-grandparents/671916)
**Author:** [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-lovely-grandparents/671916 "2023-02-03T23:03:24Z")
Did you have amazing grandparents? I did. I was very lucky. In fact I was ridiculously lucky. Besides my own grandparents, I had my grandparents-in-law who I knew well over a decade. My grandmother-in-law died yesterday… --- ## [Dayton loses another hometown original: Mikesells announces liquidation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dayton-loses-another-hometown-original-mikesells-announces-liquidation/979230)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2023, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dayton-loses-another-hometown-original-mikesells-announces-liquidation/979230 "2023-02-03T22:16:06Z")
So another hometown memory dies. The country’s oldest continuously operated potato chip company, Mikesells of Dayton, Ohio, is to be liquidated. They say they hope to sell the brands to someone else to keep them on the … --- ## [Why do stock splits happen and how do they affect me as a shareholder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-stock-splits-happen-and-how-do-they-affect-me-as-a-shareholder/979131)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-stock-splits-happen-and-how-do-they-affect-me-as-a-shareholder/979131 "2023-02-03T21:53:30Z")
The grocery store chain I work for is employee-owned. What this means in practice is that the stock is not publicly traded and 90% of the stock is owned by employees or by the employee CBA (the remaining 10% is held by t… --- ## [A big lizard chases a man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-lizard-chases-a-man/979189)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-lizard-chases-a-man/979189 "2023-02-03T21:37:13Z")
…around his living room in a game of hide-n-go-seek/tag. Chumley, the Rhino Iguana, playing chase and hide n go seek. - YouTube --- ## [If I make things like homemade peanut butter should I add a food preservative?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-make-things-like-homemade-peanut-butter-should-i-add-a-food-preservative/979207)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-make-things-like-homemade-peanut-butter-should-i-add-a-food-preservative/979207 "2023-02-03T21:19:23Z")
Peanut butter is just an example…could be any of a lot of things that can be made and jarred/canned at home. As a single person if I make a jar of peanut butter it will take me a month to use it all. I know it may last… --- ## [Had my first Chick-Fil-A today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-my-first-chick-fil-a-today/979085)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2023, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-my-first-chick-fil-a-today/979085 "2023-02-03T19:35:33Z")
…and honestly I was not impressed. A Chick-Fil-A opened just a few weeks ago right near me. I’ve never been to Chick-Fil-A before, not because I disagree with their politics, which I do, but because somehow whenever I f… --- ## [Legal enforceability of car repair customer waivers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-enforceability-of-car-repair-customer-waivers/979166)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-enforceability-of-car-repair-customer-waivers/979166 "2023-02-03T19:29:30Z")
I am not asking for advice. I am looking at an online discussion among car techs about whether to repair a tire with damage in the tread next to the sidewall. There is consensus that such a repair violates industry stan… --- ## [Which of these comedians would you most want to see live (poll)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-comedians-would-you-most-want-to-see-live-poll/979161)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-comedians-would-you-most-want-to-see-live-poll/979161 "2023-02-03T19:11:32Z")
poll There is some great stand-up comedy coming to the Greater Metropolitan Detroit Area in the next few months. Mrs. solost texted me links to the 4 acts in the poll and asked me which I wanted to see. Silverman is goin… --- ## [Compact Discs - keep them or ditch them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compact-discs-keep-them-or-ditch-them/976480)
**Author:** [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2023, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compact-discs-keep-them-or-ditch-them/976480 "2023-02-03T19:01:13Z")
I’m curious to hear thoughts on hanging on to music CDs. I am currently trying to get rid of a lot of things just cluttering up the place. Fortunately, I did hang onto most of my vinyl from years ago and am glad I did si… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad 2:a.m. thoughts I thunk-](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-2-a-m-thoughts-i-thunk/979034)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-2-a-m-thoughts-i-thunk/979034 "2023-02-03T18:51:45Z")
Why is there not anything on TV other than dark mysterious or downright scary shows? There’s a Gilligan’s Island marathon on but I got my fill of that when the grandwrex were watching all day. And being stranded with t… --- ## [Straight Dope 1/13/2023: Is longtermism the world's most dangerous belief system?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-1-13-2023-is-longtermism-the-worlds-most-dangerous-belief-system/978173)
**Author:** [@Cecil\_Adams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cecil_Adams)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-1-13-2023-is-longtermism-the-worlds-most-dangerous-belief-system/978173 "2023-02-03T18:17:48Z")
Is longtermism really the most dangerous secular belief system in the world today? Most dangerous? Piffle. Longtermism – in its extreme form, the idea that threats like evil robots destroying humanity should get priorit… --- ## [How to keep tobakko fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keep-tobakko-fresh/978933)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keep-tobakko-fresh/978933 "2023-02-03T16:42:23Z")
Hello. I am a great tobacco smoker and ive noticed that my tobacco goes very dry in the winter. Its cold here in norway so maybe the air is dryer in the winter? Anyway, wondering if you guys have any similar problems? --- ## [Looking for remote psychotherapist care in Ontario Canada?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-remote-psychotherapist-care-in-ontario-canada/979261)
**Author:** [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2023, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-remote-psychotherapist-care-in-ontario-canada/979261 "2023-02-03T16:10:57Z")
The reason I’m specifying Ontario is because of OHIP coverage. My 24 year old nephew who lives in GTA/Durham region has been suffering from anxiety and depression for the last 3 years. He was a very good student but drop… --- ## [Who likes Flex Jeans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-likes-flex-jeans/979260)
**Author:** [@Keith1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keith1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-likes-flex-jeans/979260 "2023-02-03T14:36:45Z")
poll --- ## [Botticelli - January 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412)
**Author:** [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Replies:** 276\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412 "2023-02-03T14:16:13Z")
Happy New Year! Starting off with an Link to last month’s thread: Botticelli - December 2022 - #325 by SCAdian --- ## [Squid Game contestants accuse Netflix of rigging competition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squid-game-contestants-accuse-netflix-of-rigging-competition/979233)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squid-game-contestants-accuse-netflix-of-rigging-competition/979233 "2023-02-03T14:09:18Z")
I knew it was going to be a trainwreck when Netflix took a dark satire about late stage capitalism in which desperate people throw their lives away to entertain the wealthy elite and decided to turn it into a real game s… --- ## [Forget the Super Bowl - on to the Worlds! (underwater hockey, that is!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-the-super-bowl-on-to-the-worlds-underwater-hockey-that-is/979103)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-the-super-bowl-on-to-the-worlds-underwater-hockey-that-is/979103 "2023-02-03T14:06:54Z")
I just learned that 2 of my nieces were chosen for the US National underwater hockey team, and will be competing in the World Competition this July in Australia. (The second time they have made the team together. How’s… --- ## [Is it possible to get GPS maps changed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-get-gps-maps-changed/979071)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2023, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-get-gps-maps-changed/979071 "2023-02-03T13:09:12Z")
It is very difficult to get taxis (or Uber) to come to the building I live in. The building is a half block up a long driveway. When you get to the bottom of the drive, there is a big sign with an arrow pointing to the… --- ## [Vitamin supplements](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitamin-supplements/979137)
**Author:** [@mglambo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mglambo)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2023, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitamin-supplements/979137 "2023-02-03T12:26:30Z")
My primary doctor says don’t take any vitamin supplements except maybe some c and some d. No multi or anything else. The supplement industry is basically a money scam. A couple of very knowledgeable friends, one of whom… --- ## ["New" city without an "old" counterpart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-city-without-an-old-counterpart/979213)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2023, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-city-without-an-old-counterpart/979213 "2023-02-03T09:41:24Z")
Is there any city with “New” in its name, as a separate word, that’s not actually named after another place? --- ## [Questions about "The Last of Us"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-last-of-us/979147)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2023, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-last-of-us/979147 "2023-02-03T05:03:29Z")
I know there are other threads dealing with the show, but this thread deals mainly with the question, “What is this thing that everybody is talking about?” I can read the other threads, so I know that it’s a popular TV … --- ## [DeSantis declares war on a progressive college](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desantis-declares-war-on-a-progressive-college/979135)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2023, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desantis-declares-war-on-a-progressive-college/979135 "2023-02-03T03:40:12Z")
Ron DeSantas has decided that the small, progressive, state college in Florida needs to be taken over by bigots. I caught this on MSNBC. A small college in Florida called New College whose whole identity is basically acc… --- ## [Dreaming & Restful Sleep](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreaming-restful-sleep/979163)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreaming-restful-sleep/979163 "2023-02-03T02:33:42Z")
Feel free to move this if it should be somewhere else. This morning around 3:30 I woke up for my usual potty break. I feel like fell asleep almost right away, but I also feel like from the time I fell back to sleep unti… --- ## [Movies and TV shows named for a non-lead character](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-tv-shows-named-for-a-non-lead-character/979049)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2023, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-tv-shows-named-for-a-non-lead-character/979049 "2023-02-03T01:21:42Z")
When the American sitcom Cheers was dubbed for the German market, they renamed the character of Norm “Helmut” and retitled the show “Prost Helmut” (meaning “Cheers, Helmut”): This was a strange decision, s… --- ## [Household electrical question, about fuses, GFCI circuits, and such](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/household-electrical-question-about-fuses-gfci-circuits-and-such/978083)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2023, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/household-electrical-question-about-fuses-gfci-circuits-and-such/978083 "2023-02-03T00:23:43Z")
Within the past few days, my wife and I both overloaded the electrical outlet in our bathrooms, presumably by overloading them. My wife was using a hair dryer and that, probably in conjunction with the hot lamp in the … --- ## [Did you think Avatar looked realistic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-think-avatar-looked-realistic/979065)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-think-avatar-looked-realistic/979065 "2023-02-02T23:38:17Z")
I remember people talking about how realistic the blue guys looked. I didn’t see it for several years when I came across it on TV. What the heck? It does not look real in any fashion. To me it is just a well done cartoon… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=904) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=906)