# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=929 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 930 --- ## [Without looking, do you know the wattage of your microwave?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-looking-do-you-know-the-wattage-of-your-microwave/976082)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-looking-do-you-know-the-wattage-of-your-microwave/976082 "2022-12-09T14:13:12Z")
Since I live alone and I don’t always feel like cooking after a long day at work, I eat more frozen dinners than is probably good for me, and I was musing recently about the standard disclaimer in the microwave instructi… --- ## [CWA Championship Wrestling: Ric Flair's unexpected NWA World Title defense against Jerry Lawler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cwa-championship-wrestling-ric-flairs-unexpected-nwa-world-title-defense-against-jerry-lawler/976240)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2022, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cwa-championship-wrestling-ric-flairs-unexpected-nwa-world-title-defense-against-jerry-lawler/976240 "2022-12-09T05:08:31Z")
From the Wayback File, I wanted to show you wrestling fans one of the greatest segments I’ve ever seen, so we can talk about it. I discovered it about 2 years ago, and didn’t want it to get lost in the shuffle of the ma… --- ## [Céline Dion has announced that she has an incurable disease which affects her singing ability](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celine-dion-has-announced-that-she-has-an-incurable-disease-which-affects-her-singing-ability/976211)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2022, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celine-dion-has-announced-that-she-has-an-incurable-disease-which-affects-her-singing-ability/976211 "2022-12-09T10:29:52Z")
“The spasms affect every aspect of my daily life, sometimes causing difficulties when I walk and not allowing me to use my vocal cords to sing the way I’m used to,” Dion said. “I have to admit it’s been a struggle. Al… --- ## [Most Archaic Anthem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-archaic-anthem/976081)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2022, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-archaic-anthem/976081 "2022-12-09T08:49:31Z")
National anthems often occupy a special place in people’s hearts. Updates tend to be controversial. Yet many were written in the 1700s (or some time ago) and reflect bygone values and countries born of violent revoluti… --- ## [Responding to obvious trolls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/responding-to-obvious-trolls/974968)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2022, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/responding-to-obvious-trolls/974968 "2022-12-09T07:00:09Z")
Why are there always replies to obvious “first time poster, long time troll” threads like this? Even if there’s a minuscule chance they’re sincere, how many posters who show up with massive drama threads as their very fi… --- ## [Has anyone else here tried Duolingo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-here-tried-duolingo/937180)
**Author:** [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2022, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-here-tried-duolingo/937180 "2022-12-09T05:50:04Z")
I just finished my Duolingo Arabic course, and upon finishing my course they awarded me their “Golden Owl”. Have any fellow Straight Dopers tried Duolingo yet, and if so, what language(s) did you study? I wish they had… --- ## [Ted Cruz' daughter, 14, hospitalized (possible trigger warnings)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-daughter-14-hospitalized-possible-trigger-warnings/976182)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2022, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-daughter-14-hospitalized-possible-trigger-warnings/976182 "2022-12-09T00:31:47Z")
Normally this wouldn’t be news, but EMS was sent to his home for a 14-year-old with self-inflicted knife wounds. I think we all know what that means, and she does look absolutely miserable in these pictures. I realiz… --- ## [Goblin Mode is Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goblin-mode-is-oxford-dictionaries-word-of-the-year/976067)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goblin-mode-is-oxford-dictionaries-word-of-the-year/976067 "2022-12-08T23:55:14Z")
It defines the term as “a type of behavior which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations.” First seen on Twitter in 2009, “goblin mode… --- ## [Does cost basis of inherited securities also step \*down\*?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-cost-basis-of-inherited-securities-also-step-down/976229)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-cost-basis-of-inherited-securities-also-step-down/976229 "2022-12-08T21:49:59Z")
If I inherit stocks that went up since they were originally purchased, they assume a cost basis of the value on the day I inherit them. So I can sell them and pay no capital gains tax. Suppose the price went down since … --- ## [How Life Threatening is Riding On a Motorcycle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-life-threatening-is-riding-on-a-motorcycle/975083)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-life-threatening-is-riding-on-a-motorcycle/975083 "2022-12-08T21:26:58Z")
So our next door neighbor is a 40ish single mom who has reentered the world of dating. She met a seemingly responsible guy online who appears to be about the same age who arrived to their date driving a motorcycle. At so… --- ## [How do you feel about fraternities?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-fraternities/974601)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-fraternities/974601 "2022-12-08T21:08:46Z")
I spent a long time in university and have fairly neutral feelings about fraternities. I was wondering how other Dopers felt about them? --- ## [Looking for a Ska song from the '90s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-ska-song-from-the-90s/976188)
**Author:** [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2022, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-ska-song-from-the-90s/976188 "2022-12-08T19:45:13Z")
Probably somewhere around the mid 90s. American Ska band with the usual horns and unmistakable ska beat. The only line I can recall is “Everybody knows I’m the king” by the male singer. It is repeated several times in th… --- ## [Hillary Clinton and Mysogyny](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-clinton-and-mysogyny/975482)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 254\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-clinton-and-mysogyny/975482 "2022-12-08T19:18:29Z")
In the Trump thoughts and prayers thread someone claimed that there wasn’t any/much? Misogyny towards Clinton in the 2016 election. I strongly vehemently disagree. One article with some examples HIlary, from the first m… --- ## [Page layout for printing a book signature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/page-layout-for-printing-a-book-signature/976176)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/page-layout-for-printing-a-book-signature/976176 "2022-12-08T18:53:03Z")
I often have to copy vintage county directories for my hobby of identifying old aerial photos. Of course I buy a copy of a county directory when I can find it but rural directories from 1950 to 1970 or so are very rare. … --- ## [Avatar sequel -are you excited for the movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-sequel-are-you-excited-for-the-movie/964188)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-sequel-are-you-excited-for-the-movie/964188 "2022-12-08T18:51:33Z")
A trailer has come out today . I felt the first one was meh, but at least it looks pretty. --- ## [The Dyson Zone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dyson-zone/976212)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dyson-zone/976212 "2022-12-08T17:47:00Z")
Ever wanted to listen to tunes or need noise cancelling headphones and want to look like Bane while doing it? Then the Dyson Zone is for you, just in time for the holidays!!! … --- ## [NFL 2022: Week Thirteen Ghosts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-thirteen-ghosts/975867)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-thirteen-ghosts/975867 "2022-12-08T17:45:00Z")
It’s lucky week thirteen, and we are lucky to have some potentially good matchups. Thursday Bills at Patriots (+3.5, 43.5) Sunday Early Games Steelers at Falcons (+1, 42) Broncos at Ravens (-8, 38.5) Packers at Be… --- ## [What is Discord?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-discord/976175)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-discord/976175 "2022-12-08T16:42:46Z")
I’ve encountered a reference to “Discord” on a Patreon account I support. What is Discord? How do use it? Yes, I know. But I am trying to find out if this is something I can benefit from. --- ## [A mnemonic for the difference between "bring" and "take", please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mnemonic-for-the-difference-between-bring-and-take-please/976014)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2022, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mnemonic-for-the-difference-between-bring-and-take-please/976014 "2022-12-08T11:53:41Z")
Every time I use the word “bring” to mean “take”, and “take” to mean “bring”, my dear sweet mother corrects me like she’s a third-grade straight-A student and it’s making me kinda nuts. Is there a mnemonic I can use to … --- ## [Please Explain Some US Football Penalty Calls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-some-us-football-penalty-calls/975810)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2022, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-some-us-football-penalty-calls/975810 "2022-12-08T10:53:10Z")
To be specific, these questions refer to 2022 NFL football rules: What is the difference between “Offsides” vs. “Neutral Zone Infraction”? What is the difference between “False Start” vs. “Back Field in Motion”? And, i… --- ## [Joseph Stalin and the Bomb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joseph-stalin-and-the-bomb/975956)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2022, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joseph-stalin-and-the-bomb/975956 "2022-12-08T09:09:06Z")
The war in Ukraine has led to some speculation about just how much power Putin has to unilaterally order the use of nuclear weapons, and have that order be obeyed. Which makes me wonder about the situation in Stalin’s US… --- ## [Would would a true "World" War be like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-would-a-true-world-war-be-like/975646)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2022, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-would-a-true-world-war-be-like/975646 "2022-12-08T05:54:38Z")
World Wars One and Two were so-called because the belligerents included nations with colonial empires spanning the globe. Commerce raiding took place as far afield as the Indian Ocean or Cape Horn. That said, the wars ha… --- ## [Google Sheet formula, need answer fast: countif (or countifs) on a sheet, multiple ranges but same criteria](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-sheet-formula-need-answer-fast-countif-or-countifs-on-a-sheet-multiple-ranges-but-same-criteria/976189)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2022, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-sheet-formula-need-answer-fast-countif-or-countifs-on-a-sheet-multiple-ranges-but-same-criteria/976189 "2022-12-08T04:46:06Z")
Hi, I’ve tried searching for this but can’t seem to find the answer. In one cell I want to count the number of cells containing “A” but there are two separate ranges to look for those As. What’s the formula for this? I… --- ## [Is this ethical? (Gaming a subscription plan)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-ethical-gaming-a-subscription-plan/975304)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2022, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-ethical-gaming-a-subscription-plan/975304 "2022-12-08T02:16:33Z")
Joe has a monthly subscription plan at his local car wash. He gets one basic wash per day for $24/month. It’s a use it or lose it type deal, the washes don’t acrue. When he signed up the car wash attendant placed an RFI… --- ## [If there is no right blood type to be had for a hemorrhaging patient, would hospitals give wrong blood and hope for the best?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-is-no-right-blood-type-to-be-had-for-a-hemorrhaging-patient-would-hospitals-give-wrong-blood-and-hope-for-the-best/973504)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2022, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-is-no-right-blood-type-to-be-had-for-a-hemorrhaging-patient-would-hospitals-give-wrong-blood-and-hope-for-the-best/973504 "2022-12-08T01:32:20Z")
Say it’s a highly improbable situation where 1) a patient is bleeding to death and 2) the hospital just happens to be out of the correct blood type (say, no O blood for an O patient.) Would doctors just give the wrong b… --- ## [Lyrics that you feel "just don't fit"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-you-feel-just-dont-fit/975221)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2022, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-you-feel-just-dont-fit/975221 "2022-12-08T01:27:38Z")
Some songs have lines in them that just don’t seem to mesh with the rest of the song. Take Zep’s “Whole Lotta Love” for instance. A song about the declaration of utmost mojo (“woman, you need me”), Plant asserts his alp… --- ## [Anne Heche: Actress, lost soul, burn victim \[Update: She has passed\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anne-heche-actress-lost-soul-burn-victim-update-she-has-passed/969199)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 224\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2022, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anne-heche-actress-lost-soul-burn-victim-update-she-has-passed/969199 "2022-12-08T01:06:19Z")
I think there should still be a thread to talk about her, not social issues or whatever that was. I noticed her in two things before she was well-known. She was on an episode of Murphy Brown, as a friend’s daughter was … --- ## [Explain the whole bullet and train thing to me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-whole-bullet-and-train-thing-to-me/384642)
**Author:** [@sager1212](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sager1212)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2022, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-whole-bullet-and-train-thing-to-me/384642 "2022-12-08T00:47:00Z")
Ok say I am on a train that is going 1000 MPH and am facing the back of the train, now i have a gun and i shoot and the bullet goes out at 1000 MPH, now reletive to me the bullet is going 1000 MPH but what if someone was… --- ## [Time Person of the Year 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2022/960206)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2022, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2022/960206 "2022-12-08T00:46:13Z")
As of today, Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a slam dunk to win. But, it’s not even March yet, so who knows what will happen? Covid has shown us that it doesn’t like to be ignored. --- ## [Scene from "Background to Danger"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scene-from-background-to-danger/976174)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2022, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scene-from-background-to-danger/976174 "2022-12-08T00:11:49Z")
(starting at time index 38:00) ​​ ​background to danger scene - Video Search Results (yahoo.com) George Raft’s character walks into a tobacconist’s shop and, due to being a secret agent, talks in code to shop owner ab… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=928) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=930)