# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=908&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 909 --- ## [Stifling debate without justification](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stifling-debate-without-justification/978905)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2023, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stifling-debate-without-justification/978905 "2023-02-01T01:16:20Z")
Wow. I do not understand why What\_Exit is suddenly coming down on me like a ton of bricks. Closed my debate All Americans need education in Black studies once and came back almost immediately threatening it again. Insul… --- ## [Crazy NASCAR move](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-nascar-move/974141)
**Author:** [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2023, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-nascar-move/974141 "2023-01-31T23:37:03Z")
Boy am I not a NASCAR fan (never watched a race) but this came up on Jalopnik Wall ride Warning–Youtube! Chastain puts the side of his car against the wall and goes around the curve 70 MPH (!!!) faster than the rest of … --- ## [Selling a single piece of fine art](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-a-single-piece-of-fine-art/978992)
**Author:** [@ASanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASanders)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-a-single-piece-of-fine-art/978992 "2023-01-31T22:37:12Z")
Many years ago I inherited an original contemporary fine art piece by a famous artist. That artist has just recently died, presumably increasing the value of his works. I have no attachment to the painting and would love… --- ## [Can Cantor's proof of uncountable sets be done without a positional number system?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-cantors-proof-of-uncountable-sets-be-done-without-a-positional-number-system/978541)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-cantors-proof-of-uncountable-sets-be-done-without-a-positional-number-system/978541 "2023-01-31T20:07:54Z")
Cantor’s famous diagonal argument demonstrates that the real numbers are a greater infinity than the countable numbers. But it relies on the decimal expansions of irrational numbers. Is there any way to demonstrate an eq… --- ## [Third World Countries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-world-countries/978998)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-world-countries/978998 "2023-01-31T19:03:14Z")
(Mods please relocate this if this isn’t the apporpriate thread.) Looking at this page… https://www.wallstreetmojo.com/third-world/#list-of-third-world-countries The list shows countries like Switzerland, which, as fa… --- ## [What are these cyrillic languages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-cyrillic-languages/978109)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-cyrillic-languages/978109 "2023-01-31T18:43:18Z")
I bought a candy bar from Ukraine. The ingredient list is like a Rosetta Stone of Slavic languages. Does anyone know what they are? --- ## [The Wall Cop Drama/Mystery series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wall-cop-drama-mystery-series/979117)
**Author:** [@BrianDime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrianDime)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wall-cop-drama-mystery-series/979117 "2023-01-31T18:41:52Z")
Just started this last night, 3 episodes in. It’s in French, so you’ll have to be OK with subtitles unless you are fluent. It takes place in a mining “company town” in the Canadian far north where most of the population … --- ## [Do you have a favorite dish to eat out or off of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-dish-to-eat-out-or-off-of/978942)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-favorite-dish-to-eat-out-or-off-of/978942 "2023-01-31T18:34:59Z")
Plate, bowl, paper plastic ceramic or maybe wood? What is your favorite size, style, shape and type of dish when you sup? It occurred to me this morning as I ate my breakfast that I am really partial to a specific size… --- ## [Music in triplet \*and\* "straight" time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-in-triplet-and-straight-time/978602)
**Author:** [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2023, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-in-triplet-and-straight-time/978602 "2023-01-31T18:20:26Z")
First off, let me define the terms I use: Straight time is “1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and…” The beats are perfectly halved, such that each “and” is smack-dab in the middle. It sounds more rigid than triplet time. Triplet tim… --- ## [American fast food chains in the UK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-fast-food-chains-in-the-uk/979056)
**Author:** [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-fast-food-chains-in-the-uk/979056 "2023-01-31T18:00:17Z")
I lived in the US for 30+ years before moving to the UK around 27 years ago. In the US my go-to fast food place was Wendy’s. They have started popping up in the UK and I tried one over the weekend and was disappointed. I… --- ## [Mindbender roller coaster at West Edmonton Mall closes after 37 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mindbender-roller-coaster-at-west-edmonton-mall-closes-after-37-years/979070)
**Author:** [@superwombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superwombat)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mindbender-roller-coaster-at-west-edmonton-mall-closes-after-37-years/979070 "2023-01-31T14:24:08Z")
It is the end of an era at West Edmonton Mall. I was hoping to let my son ride it, as he is interested in rides, and is at the height he’s allowed to go on rides like this. --- ## [Why doesn't the "Today in History" thread show up in threadsearch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-the-today-in-history-thread-show-up-in-threadsearch/979009)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-the-today-in-history-thread-show-up-in-threadsearch/979009 "2023-01-31T13:50:46Z")
There is a thread called Today in History. @panache45 used to post to it regularly, keeping it going, along with other posters. Now that panache45 doesn’t seem to post here any more, the thread has dropped away. I’ve … --- ## [Your choice of first songs on your lovely headphones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-choice-of-first-songs-on-your-lovely-headphones/978970)
**Author:** [@EnglishGrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnglishGrey)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-choice-of-first-songs-on-your-lovely-headphones/978970 "2023-01-31T13:32:47Z")
So, Amazon delivered your new noise cancelling headphones earlier today… Now you’ve settled in to bed (alone apart from that ridiculous dog over there)… Which are the first two songs do you choose to christen the immersi… --- ## [Russia's fleet in the Black Sea and Turkey's role](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russias-fleet-in-the-black-sea-and-turkeys-role/979098)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2023, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russias-fleet-in-the-black-sea-and-turkeys-role/979098 "2023-01-31T12:23:54Z")
When the Moskva was sunk almost a year ago, some news articles said Russia couldn’t replace the ship because it wouldn’t be allowed to send a replacement through the Turkish straits. Does Turkey get to decide which ship… --- ## [NYC Historians: A question about early 20th Century gangs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-historians-a-question-about-early-20th-century-gangs/978584)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2023, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-historians-a-question-about-early-20th-century-gangs/978584 "2023-01-31T06:58:59Z")
In an early P.G. Wodehouse novel from around 1910, the author, who was living in New York at the time, refers to several contemporary street gangs , but mostly disguising their names. The East Side Gang is mentioned;… --- ## [Explain Texas Counties to Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-texas-counties-to-me/294127)
**Author:** [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2023, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-texas-counties-to-me/294127 "2023-01-31T05:26:03Z")
Take a gander at this county map of Texas. I have 2 questions: What is up with the layout? Look at north Texas and into the panhandle; the counties are so uniform it’s nearly a perfect grid. Check out the first 4 “r… --- ## [Car plunges 250 feet, all occupants survive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-plunges-250-feet-all-occupants-survive/977612)
**Author:** [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2023, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-plunges-250-feet-all-occupants-survive/977612 "2023-01-31T02:56:56Z")
Mind-boggling. The car was a Tesla that went off a 250-foot cliff 20 miles south of San Francisco, hit, and flipped several times. The two adults suffered non-life-threatening injuries, and the two kids (both in car seat… --- ## [Might Trump still face Stormy Daniels hush money charges or has that ship sailed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-trump-still-face-stormy-daniels-hush-money-charges-or-has-that-ship-sailed/925512)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2023, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-trump-still-face-stormy-daniels-hush-money-charges-or-has-that-ship-sailed/925512 "2023-01-31T02:44:12Z")
I’d heard the case was closed at one point, but not sure what that technically means. Is it possible the case would be re-opened when Trump leaves office? Is the evidence as strong as it was against Cohen, and is the c… --- ## [We had to put down Qwerty, our cat, today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-had-to-put-down-qwerty-our-cat-today/979069)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2023, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-had-to-put-down-qwerty-our-cat-today/979069 "2023-01-31T00:26:41Z")
She’d been drooling and having trouble eating for a couple of days. And she seemed to be physically uncomfortable. We thought it was a toothache, and brought her to the vet. It was an inoperable tumor on the tongue. The … --- ## [RIP Wednesday (Lisa Loring)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-wednesday-lisa-loring/979059)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2023, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-wednesday-lisa-loring/979059 "2023-01-31T00:16:04Z")
She was no spring chicken but she wasn’t elderly. You gotta hit at least 70 to be elderly. The older I get, the older ‘elderly’ gets. --- ## [Credit Card possible oops](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-card-possible-oops/978996)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2023, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-card-possible-oops/978996 "2023-01-30T23:43:24Z")
I got a text message that there was a possible fraudulent charge on my credit card. I wasn’t sure it was legit so I ignored it, I was able to pay for breakfast. My next two attempts were declined, so I called the credit … --- ## [Who dealt with it better, Alanis or Adele?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dealt-with-it-better-alanis-or-adele/978987)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-dealt-with-it-better-alanis-or-adele/978987 "2023-01-30T23:24:28Z")
Someone Like You and You Oughta Know are songs about the same thing, the deep hurt we feel when someone we love finds someone else. Where Alanis turns the hurt into raging anger, Adele bathes in her pain. And while I bel… --- ## [ID supernatural TV drama: female protagonist, Toronto, two gangs, demons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-supernatural-tv-drama-female-protagonist-toronto-two-gangs-demons/978943)
**Author:** [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2023, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-supernatural-tv-drama-female-protagonist-toronto-two-gangs-demons/978943 "2023-01-30T23:14:06Z")
I watched about two episodes of this show about five years ago on some streaming service. I meant to go back and watch more but lost track of it. I didn’t think it was especially obscure, but I’ve tried to find it a few … --- ## [Correction fluid requires safety glasses and rubber gloves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correction-fluid-requires-safety-glasses-and-rubber-gloves/978985)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correction-fluid-requires-safety-glasses-and-rubber-gloves/978985 "2023-01-30T22:58:10Z")
Yesterday I bought some correction fluid. I need to put small white dots on some objects, and figured this was cheaper than buying a container of paint and a tiny brush. I’m talking about the office supply we used to ca… --- ## [What kind of tube fitting do I want?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-tube-fitting-do-i-want/978991)
**Author:** [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-tube-fitting-do-i-want/978991 "2023-01-30T22:38:21Z")
I want to have a 3/16" OD plastic hose pass through a hole in the side of a plastic bin so that some of the hose is inside the bin and some outside. The hole through the bin will be under water so I don’t want it to leak… --- ## [Another Monty Hall thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-monty-hall-thread/921912)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2023, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-monty-hall-thread/921912 "2023-01-30T22:19:28Z")
No, I’m not asking about the math. I understand the odds. This is a different topic. Part of the set-up is that Monty knows what’s behind each door. Has anyone ever discussed the part of the problem? Did Monty already k… --- ## [Classified Document Discovery (all other than Mar-A-Lago)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classified-document-discovery-all-other-than-mar-a-lago/979074)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classified-document-discovery-all-other-than-mar-a-lago/979074 "2023-01-30T22:08:50Z")
A thread to add classified document discoveries other than original Trump. An attempt to consolidate the other discoveries rather than spawning multiple new threads (Mods??) --- ## [Are online degrees as respected as "real" degrees?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-online-degrees-as-respected-as-real-degrees/978988)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-online-degrees-as-respected-as-real-degrees/978988 "2023-01-30T21:44:59Z")
If I get an online degree from Penn State and another applicant for a job physically attended Penn State for the same diploma, will the employer treat them as being the same? I wasn’t sure if this could be a Factual Ques… --- ## [In Taffy 3 in WW2, did Evans order the Johnston to attack independent of Sprague's orders?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-taffy-3-in-ww2-did-evans-order-the-johnston-to-attack-independent-of-spragues-orders/979006)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2023, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-taffy-3-in-ww2-did-evans-order-the-johnston-to-attack-independent-of-spragues-orders/979006 "2023-01-30T21:22:52Z")
Ever since reading Hornfischers book “Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors” I always thought it was settled that Captain Evans took the initiative himself for the USS Johnston to break away and start a torpedo run against t… --- ## [Putin dies. What does that do for the war with Ukraine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putin-dies-what-does-that-do-for-the-war-with-ukraine/978414)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putin-dies-what-does-that-do-for-the-war-with-ukraine/978414 "2023-01-30T21:10:15Z")
I’ve seen several articles claiming that Putin is in poor health and even one that alleges he is being treated for cancer. So, assuming he kicks off this year (couldn’t happen to a nicer guy), what happens with the Ukra… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=907&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=909&state=tracking)