# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=951&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 952 --- ## [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… --- ## [I have Dr. Frankenstein's notes!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-dr-frankensteins-notes/976110)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-dr-frankensteins-notes/976110 "2022-12-07T23:42:00Z")
Hear me out. In the 19th century a lonely, self-taught (but acknowledged to be accomplished) European scientist, to his own surprise, made a landmark discovery that he believed was a major breakthrough, ranking with two… --- ## [Doctors appointments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-appointments/975704)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-appointments/975704 "2022-12-07T23:04:20Z")
So it’s time to see the folks in the white lab coats again. I’ve been going to this particular office for ~ 10 years. Same Doc. Me - Ring Ring, “Yes, I would like to make an appointment for a general check up please” T… --- ## [How do you make your favourite curry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-your-favourite-curry/975949)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-your-favourite-curry/975949 "2022-12-07T21:33:21Z")
Just asking. I got out of the habit of making them, but they are so easy, tasty, cheap, satisfying in cold weather and nutritious I think I will start making them more often. So many ways to do it though. How do you d… --- ## [The accuracy (or lack there of) of Ozark's and Breaking Bad's criminal enterprises (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-accuracy-or-lack-there-of-of-ozarks-and-breaking-bads-criminal-enterprises-open-spoilers/975951)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-accuracy-or-lack-there-of-of-ozarks-and-breaking-bads-criminal-enterprises-open-spoilers/975951 "2022-12-07T20:46:21Z")
In pit thread an off hand mention of Ozark and money laundering was mentioned, and @K9befrieder made the following post followed by @Atamasama Knowing nothing about either making meth or laundering money I was hopin… --- ## [2022 Senate Confidence Pool Contest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-senate-confidence-pool-contest/973042)
**Author:** [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-senate-confidence-pool-contest/973042 "2022-12-07T19:31:36Z")
Per board rules there is no prize, monetary or otherwise, for winning this competition. Consider these ten states which are each holding a Senate election in 2022 (note: some races, notably Georgia, may not be decided u… --- ## [Cosmological redshift and a pulsed laser](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cosmological-redshift-and-a-pulsed-laser/976114)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cosmological-redshift-and-a-pulsed-laser/976114 "2022-12-07T19:18:25Z")
As God-Emperor, I declared that a Dyson sphere be constructed around Sol to power a really big UV laser that sends a 1-second-duration pulse every 10 seconds at, oh, 200 nm wavelength, aimed into deep space. 20 billion … --- ## [Foot found in Yellowstone hot pool ID'd as that of LA man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foot-found-in-yellowstone-hot-pool-idd-as-that-of-la-man/975150)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foot-found-in-yellowstone-hot-pool-idd-as-that-of-la-man/975150 "2022-12-07T18:30:17Z")
And then there’s this… I read about it a few months before they found the foot’s “owner.” “A foot found floating in a Yellowstone National Park hot pool last summer belonged to a 70-year-old man from Los Angeles, park o… --- ## [Grand Jury to hear evidence against Trump, weigh potential charges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-jury-to-hear-evidence-against-trump-weigh-potential-charges/942916)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-jury-to-hear-evidence-against-trump-weigh-potential-charges/942916 "2022-12-07T18:24:46Z")
Prosecutor in Trump criminal probe convenes grand jury to hear evidence, weigh potential charges I figure this is a new enough development in the ongoing investigations into our late, lamented president that it’s worth… --- ## [Links to Music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-to-music/976158)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-to-music/976158 "2022-12-07T18:22:04Z")
I’m trying to find it in the TOS but it is not 100% clear to me. Am I permitted to provide a link in Cafe Society to music that I’ve created? I finished the arrangement of “Auld Lang Syne” backing track (plus a couple o… --- ## [Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. What do you all think about it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-temple-of-doom-what-do-you-all-think-about-it/975889)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-temple-of-doom-what-do-you-all-think-about-it/975889 "2022-12-07T17:24:14Z")
I’m opening this thread to avoid hijacking the other one on the new film. My impression is that a lot of people think poorly of Temple of Doom. I admit that it’s not nearly as good as Raiders or Last Crusade, but it’s … --- ## [Should feminists not care about male issues?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-feminists-not-care-about-male-issues/975738)
**Author:** [@yarblek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yarblek)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-feminists-not-care-about-male-issues/975738 "2022-12-07T16:00:42Z")
“If men want hugs, they need to start hugging other men.“ There is a type of feminist rhetoric that I have witnessed, namely that (female) feminists should not (have to) care about men or the issues they face. Women hav… --- ## [Can a life insurance company demand that a death benefit be returned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-life-insurance-company-demand-that-a-death-benefit-be-returned/975987)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-life-insurance-company-demand-that-a-death-benefit-be-returned/975987 "2022-12-07T15:07:04Z")
So, I’ve started watching the NBC series Manifest on Netflix. I am up to the fourth episode and an important plot point is that an insurance company is demanding that a death benefit be repaid. In the story, a group of… --- ## [Any college teams worse than Illinois?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-college-teams-worse-than-illinois/975255)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-college-teams-worse-than-illinois/975255 "2022-12-07T14:25:35Z")
I’m talking about big colleges and their big money sports - football and basketball. Illinois spends A LOT of money on their teams, and has repeatedly been caught cheating. When I was in college, I encountered several … --- ## [Sandi Toksvig is ill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandi-toksvig-is-ill/976052)
**Author:** [@its\_the\_daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/its_the_daddy)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandi-toksvig-is-ill/976052 "2022-12-07T14:19:26Z")
She’s touring Australia, but has gone into hospital with bronchial pneumonia. We wish her a complete recovery and good health. Is she well known outside the UK and Australia? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=950&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=952&state=tracking)