# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=905&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 906 --- ## [Problems with "take it to the Pit" (i.e., pitting someone instead of dealing with it in-thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-with-take-it-to-the-pit-i-e-pitting-someone-instead-of-dealing-with-it-in-thread/979277)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2023, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-with-take-it-to-the-pit-i-e-pitting-someone-instead-of-dealing-with-it-in-thread/979277 "2023-02-04T23:18:58Z")
I am not questioning here a specific mod decision. I am also not questioning the the rule itself per se: it would not be conducive to the purpose and atmosphere of the board to flame people out or get into an extended of… --- ## [All Americans need education in Black studies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-americans-need-education-in-black-studies/978888)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 229\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2023, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-americans-need-education-in-black-studies/978888 "2023-02-04T23:13:51Z")
Racism is the old evil, the source of the cancer eating away at America and threatening our democracy. Ignorance of white privilege allows racism to continue unchecked. To defeat racism, the general ignorance around ra… --- ## [Hospital pricing makes no sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hospital-pricing-makes-no-sense/979227)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hospital-pricing-makes-no-sense/979227 "2023-02-04T22:26:40Z")
Just got a bill from the hospital for lab work. We had switched out insurers and they had gone to the wrong one for reimbursement. That’s being fixed, so all is good. What did bother me were the numbers on the bill. It … --- ## [God Friended Me - resolution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-friended-me-resolution/979285)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2023, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-friended-me-resolution/979285 "2023-02-04T20:58:08Z")
What was the “solution” to the series? Was it really God? Someone else? Did it make any sense, or was it as stupid as every other show like this? Wikipedia is unusually silent on the subject. The last episode says simpl… --- ## [Potty training and toddler bladder control](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potty-training-and-toddler-bladder-control/979276)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potty-training-and-toddler-bladder-control/979276 "2023-02-04T20:50:24Z")
We’re in the midst of potty training our two-and-a-half year old. For whatever reason, he likes to drag out his peeing - he’ll pee for a few seconds, then stop for a few seconds as something catches his intention, then p… --- ## [Fuck the Austin City Council, Austin Energy and the morons in charge!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-austin-city-council-austin-energy-and-the-morons-in-charge/979280)
**Author:** [@Nightaudit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightaudit)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2023, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-austin-city-council-austin-energy-and-the-morons-in-charge/979280 "2023-02-04T19:14:48Z")
So some of us here in Austin have been without power for 3 or more days now, and the shit heads on charge at Austin Power have no clue when they’re going to get all the service restored. You would think that after the la… --- ## [Happy 50th birthday, Cecil!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-50th-birthday-cecil/979210)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-50th-birthday-cecil/979210 "2023-02-04T18:17:07Z")
Today is February 2 and it’s Cecil’s birthday! First column appeared on February 2, 1973. --- ## [Boston City Hall Is Awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-city-hall-is-awesome/979186)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-city-hall-is-awesome/979186 "2023-02-04T18:11:28Z")
I’m a lifelong resident of the Boston area. I was born shortly after Boston City Hall was built. https://www.google.com/search?q=boston+city+hall&rlz=1C1CHBF\_enUS1037US1037&oq=boston+city+hall&aqs=chrome.0.0i271j46i131i… --- ## [What's a walyo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-walyo/534993)
**Author:** [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-walyo/534993 "2023-02-04T14:44:18Z")
I’ve currently been re-watching each season of The Sopranos, and have heard, from time to time as the show’s commenced, characters refer to other mobbed-up characters as “walyos”. Initially, during the early seasons, I … --- ## [Trust keyboard and mouse, lost USB dongle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trust-keyboard-and-mouse-lost-usb-dongle/978122)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2023, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trust-keyboard-and-mouse-lost-usb-dongle/978122 "2023-02-04T12:48:55Z")
Is there a way to connect without the dongle? Buying a new one, i assume is wrong frequence. Any ideas? --- ## [Potential issues that may have arisen when expanding “death with dignity” (assisted suicide/euthanasia) to more people, particularly in Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potential-issues-that-may-have-arisen-when-expanding-death-with-dignity-assisted-suicide-euthanasia-to-more-people-particularly-in-canada/979208)
**Author:** [@yarblek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yarblek)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2023, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potential-issues-that-may-have-arisen-when-expanding-death-with-dignity-assisted-suicide-euthanasia-to-more-people-particularly-in-canada/979208 "2023-02-04T11:54:15Z")
I’m been reading about things that have been happening with regards to MAiD (medical assistance in dying) in Canada. There has been some controversy with regards to it. According to some, MAiD is becoming an alternative … --- ## [What types of loads are appropriate for welds, and what are not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-types-of-loads-are-appropriate-for-welds-and-what-are-not/978835)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2023, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-types-of-loads-are-appropriate-for-welds-and-what-are-not/978835 "2023-02-04T08:57:51Z")
Over in Reddit there was a photo of a car wheel that had five radial arms. They had all been broken and they had all been (shittily) welded. There was universal agreement this was unsafe (possibly illegal). But there is… --- ## [Science Fiction Debate: One-Way Brain to Radio Interface](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-fiction-debate-one-way-brain-to-radio-interface/977648)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2023, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-fiction-debate-one-way-brain-to-radio-interface/977648 "2023-01-06T05:03:27Z")
Summary: How might the world change after the invention of a practical, non-invasive, one-way brain-to-radio interface? Below I describe one such fictional invention. What are the implications, short-term and long-term, … --- ## [Is the 60s "counterculture" responsible for a lot todays "alt right?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-60s-counterculture-responsible-for-a-lot-todays-alt-right/970125)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-60s-counterculture-responsible-for-a-lot-todays-alt-right/970125 "2023-01-23T14:39:55Z")
A friend of mines grandparent draws this conclusion as he made a comparison that a lot of the things the alt-right follows like anti-vaccinations and a lot q anon types of things started back in the 60s and even if … --- ## [Bad, bad, bad Jojo might be a magical feline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-jojo-might-be-a-magical-feline/979242)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2023, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-jojo-might-be-a-magical-feline/979242 "2023-02-04T04:41:06Z")
I’m afraid he’s gonna make 2 turns and be a person, animal or mythical creature. Well, maybe not ‘afraid’ more 'concerned ’ Sometimes you get bad results from this kinda magic. I need a way to harness this. He nearly… --- ## [Another Words With Fríends?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-words-with-friends/979269)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2023, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-words-with-friends/979269 "2023-02-04T01:46:51Z")
Up until a couple days ago after watching commercial videos Words would give you 3 “coins” for each you watched. Now only 1 is awarded. Anyone know why? --- ## ["And how!" - what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-how-what/979278)
**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… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=904&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=906&state=watching)