# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=906&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 907 --- ## [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… --- ## [What makes someone like Megyn Kelly so nasty? I just don't understand the need for this sort of thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-someone-like-megyn-kelly-so-nasty-i-just-dont-understand-the-need-for-this-sort-of-thing/979008)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-someone-like-megyn-kelly-so-nasty-i-just-dont-understand-the-need-for-this-sort-of-thing/979008 "2023-02-02T23:27:17Z")
Here’s her tweet: I truly just don’t get it. Of course she’s being raked over the coals, but I’m sure she must have known she would be. Is it a need for attention, even if it’s bad? I think she comes across as ugly… --- ## [Are there large undiscovered gold reserves in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-large-undiscovered-gold-reserves-in-the-us/953898)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-large-undiscovered-gold-reserves-in-the-us/953898 "2023-02-02T23:18:01Z")
According to this article, a vast gold reserve was found last year in India. Good for India. How likely is it there is a vast undiscovered gold reserve somewhere in the US? Are there remote places that haven’t been explo… --- ## [Oh, Cecil. Where are you? Beckdawrek summons you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cecil-where-are-you-beckdawrek-summons-you/915969)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 319\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cecil-where-are-you-beckdawrek-summons-you/915969 "2023-02-02T23:12:45Z")
Dear Mr. Adams, I have a Ouiji board. I have sage. I have an effing dream catcher for crissakes!! Get your butt on this board and give us(me) a thrill. We need uplifting. We need your humor. We need Ed Zotti to tell y… --- ## [Life In Europe, Before Freedom Of Religion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-in-europe-before-freedom-of-religion/979168)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-in-europe-before-freedom-of-religion/979168 "2023-02-02T23:12:22Z")
It’s beyond established that the Catholic Church dominated law, custom, culture, and life in Europe for a thousand years. In those days, were the masses expected to attend, uh, mass, every Sunday, on pain of some kind of… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - January 2023 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-january-2023-edition/977470)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-january-2023-edition/977470 "2023-02-02T23:12:20Z")
Well…here we are January 2023. It’s snowing here in drought ridden Utah, I hope I remembered to close the window in the car when I got home last night… So whatcha all readin’? In print: The Winter People by Jennifer Mc… --- ## [Reading of the will - is it ever like on TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-of-the-will-is-it-ever-like-on-tv/978948)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-of-the-will-is-it-ever-like-on-tv/978948 "2023-02-02T22:24:31Z")
My FIL just died. His will left everything to MIL. We all knew that, and as far as I know, there won’t be a formal reading with a lawyer. Similarly when MIL dies, the estate will be divided among the 3 brothers, and they… --- ## [Meaning of the abbreviation "KL" in Swedish date/time designation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-the-abbreviation-kl-in-swedish-date-time-designation/979211)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-the-abbreviation-kl-in-swedish-date-time-designation/979211 "2023-02-02T22:09:02Z")
See poster below: The venue is the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden. The date and time would be expressed in North America as Saturday, November 3rd, 7:30 p.m. What doe… --- ## [Controversy over “Velma” tv show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversy-over-velma-tv-show/978244)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversy-over-velma-tv-show/978244 "2023-02-02T21:48:23Z")
So I’ve been reading that there’s a backlash against Mindy Kaling over a #MeToo joke she wrote for her new show Velma. I haven’t watched it or followed the show-does anyone know more about it or have some context? --- ## [Very old files on my computer that are mislabeled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-old-files-on-my-computer-that-are-mislabeled/978676)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-old-files-on-my-computer-that-are-mislabeled/978676 "2023-02-02T20:53:56Z")
I’ve got some files on my computer that date from the early 90s, probably from my first computer. I seem to have given some of these files a dot in the middle for some reason (“person.al” or “bookpropo.sal”) and my curr… --- ## [Addressing dieties in languages with T–V distinction (informal/formal 2nd person pronouns, e.g. thou/you)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/addressing-dieties-in-languages-with-t-v-distinction-informal-formal-2nd-person-pronouns-e-g-thou-you/979185)
**Author:** [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/addressing-dieties-in-languages-with-t-v-distinction-informal-formal-2nd-person-pronouns-e-g-thou-you/979185 "2023-02-02T20:05:18Z")
I recalled that thou was used in English when addressing God/Jesus and wondered about other languages with current or past distinction between informal and formal 2nd person pronouns. Wikipedia tells me the informal pro… --- ## [Do any politically liberal parents homeschool their children?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-politically-liberal-parents-homeschool-their-children/965248)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-politically-liberal-parents-homeschool-their-children/965248 "2023-02-02T19:47:06Z")
The answer has got to be yes, particularly with the increase in homeschooling once COVID hit. But when I think of every adult I know who was homeschooled as a child, and every parent I know who homeschools their children… --- ## [Hedgehog Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hedgehog-day/979224)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hedgehog-day/979224 "2023-02-02T19:37:16Z")
Time to play Sonic…again. :wink: --- ## [Florida Rejects AP Course in African American Studies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-rejects-ap-course-in-african-american-studies/978486)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-rejects-ap-course-in-african-american-studies/978486 "2023-02-02T16:58:20Z")
Florida has refused to allow a pilot program for AP African American Studies in its public schools. In a letter, the state Department of Education reputedly wrote that the course was historically inaccurate and would vio… --- ## [Driving while high?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-while-high/978371)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-while-high/978371 "2023-02-02T16:50:36Z")
As recent posts of mine will attest, my stance on social issues leaves much to be desired, so I open this thread to find out where we all stand. As a valet driver in Atlantic City, I have noticed…IMHO… a few instanced w… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=905&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=907&state=watching)