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**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2022, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-tech-memory-question/976979 "2022-12-24T07:02:11Z")
I know iOS is supposed to offload apps that I haven’t used for a while. But in the past couple of days, my iPad offloaded a couple of apps that I used just the day previous. Is this because I’m running out of (free) iClo… --- ## [Is it conceivable to nuke a usable canal into existence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-conceivable-to-nuke-a-usable-canal-into-existence/976965)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2022, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-conceivable-to-nuke-a-usable-canal-into-existence/976965 "2022-12-24T05:14:57Z")
Something like a nation is being attacked and blockaded at choke points and they need to get their ships through for vital resources or they will lose. Could they nuke a new waterway to get though? This assumes they ha… --- ## [What is with the hate for Mariah Carey?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-with-the-hate-for-mariah-carey/976437)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2022, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-with-the-hate-for-mariah-carey/976437 "2022-12-24T04:13:33Z")
Every day I see some sort of meme on Facebook about “All I want for Christmas is You” being a horrible hated song. Even the WSJ did a little article about it. Okay, I know that it is Pop music- which people do not lik… --- ## ["Inclusive Dinos" (for disabled children of all ages)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inclusive-dinos-for-disabled-children-of-all-ages/977025)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2022, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inclusive-dinos-for-disabled-children-of-all-ages/977025 "2022-12-24T03:16:00Z")
I saw this linked on another board. Some of them are actually quite amusing, from my vantage point, like the blind stingray, the pufferfish with a walker, the seahorse in a wheelchair, and the dinosaur with a colostomy … --- ## [What does "Double-wide" connote? (Non-American asking)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-double-wide-connote-non-american-asking/976705)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2022, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-double-wide-connote-non-american-asking/976705 "2022-12-24T00:51:59Z")
In another thread, @LSLGuy made this comment: I didn’t want to hijack the thread, but it’s the first time I ever came across the expression “Double-wide”. It’s easy to google it but less easy to get at what precisely i… --- ## [Staffing rotas on Star Trek star-ships](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staffing-rotas-on-star-trek-star-ships/976425)
**Author:** [@MrLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrLee)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staffing-rotas-on-star-trek-star-ships/976425 "2022-12-23T23:32:18Z")
This just occurred to me while watching Stark Trek: Lower Decks, which highlights as a particular plot device that the USS Cerritos has different ‘shifts’ of characters covering the same roles at different times of day (… --- ## [Could we survive another snowball earth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-survive-another-snowball-earth/976915)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-survive-another-snowball-earth/976915 "2022-12-23T22:39:22Z")
Let me get this out of the way, I realize the past snowball earths are not universally recognized as being fact. But for the sake of the hypothetical, let’s assume they were a thing. Anyway, if the earth headed back int… --- ## [Can you defeat the evil genie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-defeat-the-evil-genie/976903)
**Author:** [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-defeat-the-evil-genie/976903 "2022-12-23T22:39:04Z")
Assume you find an old lamp and rub it, as you would (just in case). It’s your “lucky” day, you’ve released a genie. Unfortunately you’re not going to get 3 wishes, this guy is offering you only 1. He lays out the rules… --- ## [Hollywood mountain lion p-22](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-mountain-lion-p-22/976533)
**Author:** [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-mountain-lion-p-22/976533 "2022-12-23T22:25:11Z")
p-22 has been located, tranquilized, and taken to have a health assessment after attacking a chihuahua. it is believed he had a car accident, that hampered his hunting. p-22 is famous for being photographed by the holly… --- ## [Why is there a separate Navy Supply Corps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-a-separate-navy-supply-corps/976900)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-a-separate-navy-supply-corps/976900 "2022-12-23T22:05:08Z")
I’m not suggesting that there should or shouldn’t be, of course, just why the separation, different school, etc. Why keep them distinct? Or can a Supply officer move into the “regular” Navy at some point and I’m missing … --- ## [Truncated icosahedron on the Stanford University campus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truncated-icosahedron-on-the-stanford-university-campus/976981)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truncated-icosahedron-on-the-stanford-university-campus/976981 "2022-12-23T21:32:12Z")
On the Stanford University campus there’s a large geometric design / structure that they call “the soccer ball”, or “the buckey ball”. There are three of them arranged concentrically — the smallest inside the medium one … --- ## [I'm not such a mean, awful, disgusting horrible person after all!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-such-a-mean-awful-disgusting-horrible-person-after-all/977008)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-such-a-mean-awful-disgusting-horrible-person-after-all/977008 "2022-12-23T21:12:52Z")
I never considered myself a cute kid or a pretty girl. I was the smart one, and that description always fit me fine. I was okay letting others be the cute ones or the pretty ones, because I figured out early that smart a… --- ## [What are people from USA called, not americans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-people-from-usa-called-not-americans/976165)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-people-from-usa-called-not-americans/976165 "2022-12-23T20:40:34Z")
We call people from USA americans, and people from Canada Canadians. But arent they all americans (North Americans) and people south of USA called South Americans (and Pan-Americans?) So what is the right descriptive na… --- ## [Cutting cards "deep", changes odds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-cards-deep-changes-odds/976928)
**Author:** [@a6ka97](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a6ka97)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-cards-deep-changes-odds/976928 "2022-12-23T20:09:02Z")
I have 5 people, needing a way to decide who goes first, who goes last. All want to go first. Decided to have them cut cards. High card (ace of hearts is high, 2 of spades is low) goes first, then in order of the cards.… --- ## [Polydactylism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polydactylism/976687)
**Author:** [@Deflagration](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deflagration)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polydactylism/976687 "2022-12-23T19:42:28Z")
Some, if not most of us, have four fingers and a thumb. I have questions regarding those that have more than this: Due to routing of tendons etc. Most of us (quintdactyal(?) folkes) can’t move our little finger with… --- ## [Costa Rican Tea and other weight-loss "miracles"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/costa-rican-tea-and-other-weight-loss-miracles/976940)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/costa-rican-tea-and-other-weight-loss-miracles/976940 "2022-12-23T19:31:13Z")
No, no currently known drug is going to magically overturn the basic formula of calories in vs. calories out. But that said, can some supplements truly make a difference? Like giving you more energy so you stay more acti… --- ## [So I rewatched "The Homecoming"-The Waltons 'pilot'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-rewatched-the-homecoming-the-waltons-pilot/976261)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-rewatched-the-homecoming-the-waltons-pilot/976261 "2022-12-23T18:53:37Z")
Well first of all the ending doesn’t match up to what I remember. So I’ll chalk that up to Mandela Effect. In my memory, the very very end is heartbreaking and goes something like this "Our father passed away a few years… --- ## [Crash-landing jet: was ejection from the ground a good idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crash-landing-jet-was-ejection-from-the-ground-a-good-idea/976641)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crash-landing-jet-was-ejection-from-the-ground-a-good-idea/976641 "2022-12-23T18:52:59Z")
Not sure if this is a factual question, but I imagine there are hard-and-fast protocols for this. Anyway, a video clip of military jet crash-landing on the runway has been playing very often on the news yesterday and tod… --- ## [My rescue cat is hiding, what if it never comes out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-rescue-cat-is-hiding-what-if-it-never-comes-out/976723)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-rescue-cat-is-hiding-what-if-it-never-comes-out/976723 "2022-12-23T18:47:09Z")
Could it die under there?? It’s been over 24 hours. I’ve pushed some water under there, and some food, I think both have been ignored, it hasn’t used the litter. It was a young cat, maybe 3 - 4 mos. old, the guy who gave… --- ## [I cannot eat Old Bay seasoning, do you have a similar seasoning of your own? Sans tiny knives?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-eat-old-bay-seasoning-do-you-have-a-similar-seasoning-of-your-own-sans-tiny-knives/976938)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-eat-old-bay-seasoning-do-you-have-a-similar-seasoning-of-your-own-sans-tiny-knives/976938 "2022-12-23T18:34:17Z")
Something in it makes my mouth feel like a thousand tiny pins are pricking my tongue, gums, the sides of my mouth, I just can’t. But I’d like to do a sort of seafood boil. Any thoughts as to what I could use that won’t s… --- ## [Tell me about your year!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-year/976648)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-year/976648 "2022-12-23T16:14:34Z")
I’ve had one of the craziest years of my life: Almost lost my mom to cancer (she’s had her surgery and doing awesome by the way!). Entered a program where the government pays you to go to university to become a registe… --- ## [Commercial scale landfill waste to aviation fuel plant operational now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercial-scale-landfill-waste-to-aviation-fuel-plant-operational-now/977006)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercial-scale-landfill-waste-to-aviation-fuel-plant-operational-now/977006 "2022-12-23T15:39:42Z")
Its not as sexy as Nuclear Fusion. Its old technologies from the waste industry, coal industry and oil industry sewn together. The result is low carbon footprint fuels that can be used in aviation and even cars. BTW i… --- ## [Unicorn License](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unicorn-license/976460)
**Author:** [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unicorn-license/976460 "2022-12-23T15:30:29Z")
For once I’m pretty sure I’ve got the right category. There is no particular point to this story other than ‘sometimes people are nice in interesting ways’; I just feel like I’ve got to share it. --- ## [Dungeons & Dragons: Horse God (God\[s\] of Horses?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeons-dragons-horse-god-god-s-of-horses/976851)
**Author:** [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeons-dragons-horse-god-god-s-of-horses/976851 "2022-12-23T15:28:53Z")
Been a very long time since I’ve played, but does anyone recall if there was/were Horse Gods? Gods of Horses? It came up in a strange discussion at work. --- ## [Do you have a "usual" chair? At the table?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-usual-chair-at-the-table/975531)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-usual-chair-at-the-table/975531 "2022-12-23T14:24:12Z")
In a thread about peoples’ phones, someone mentioned their “usual place on the sofa.” Made me wonder whether most folk had a “usual” place where they sat when at home and, if so, what it was like. And, on a related poi… --- ## [70s Chicago (Terry Kath Era) - Are You a Fan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-chicago-terry-kath-era-are-you-a-fan/974541)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-chicago-terry-kath-era-are-you-a-fan/974541 "2022-12-23T14:09:16Z")
Chicago is one of the first bands I knew about, mostly thanks to my next-door neighbor (they had all their records). At 11, me and him also started play in a band, and before the guitar player would come by, we’d always … --- ## ["Dancing In The Dark" is still the best](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-in-the-dark-is-still-the-best/976886)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-in-the-dark-is-still-the-best/976886 "2022-12-23T13:53:17Z")
Just watched Bruce’s original video and my heart just aches for lost youth and times long gone. What a great song! Bruce never looked better. The lyrics are great, the music is rockin’ and perfect and when Bruce sings, “… --- ## [Massachusetts recount flips election result by one vote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massachusetts-recount-flips-election-result-by-one-vote/976355)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massachusetts-recount-flips-election-result-by-one-vote/976355 "2022-12-23T12:21:15Z")
The original result had the GOP candidate leading by 10 votes. Unsurprisingly, he now will challenge the result. --- ## [Really silly warnings that manufacturers put on products because they might get sued](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-silly-warnings-that-manufacturers-put-on-products-because-they-might-get-sued/66944)
**Author:** [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-silly-warnings-that-manufacturers-put-on-products-because-they-might-get-sued/66944 "2022-12-23T06:32:58Z")
I just looked down at my computer keyboard for the 1000th or so time and for the 1000th or so I have seen this label. WARNING: Some experts believe that the use of any keyboard may cause serious injury. Consult statemen… --- ## [What came first? Religious or Civil law?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-came-first-religious-or-civil-law/976850)
**Author:** [@Janus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Janus)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-came-first-religious-or-civil-law/976850 "2022-12-23T04:03:49Z")
Various species have rules they seem to follow. Humans have codified these rules and they are much more complex. So were some naked apes sitting around a fire eating a mastodon, and they decided “hey, since Oog killed … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=938&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=940&state=watching)