# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=954&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 955 --- ## [Where's your phone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-your-phone/975526)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-your-phone/975526 "2022-12-05T00:24:30Z")
Once upon a time, the phone hung on the wall in the kitchen or sat on a table in the living room or maybe even on the night stand. Then it went mobile, and before long, the musical question was “Where is my/your phone??” … --- ## [Background choral singing in 'epic' movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/background-choral-singing-in-epic-movies/976024)
**Author:** [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/background-choral-singing-in-epic-movies/976024 "2022-12-04T22:50:05Z")
I’m watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy on cable this weekend, for the umpteenth time. Something I always wondered about, there is a sweeping, dramatic score in a lot of epic movies, and in this one, the chorus of vo… --- ## [Guitarists and their voice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-and-their-voice/975244)
**Author:** [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-and-their-voice/975244 "2022-12-04T22:31:41Z")
You hear Mark Knopfler play, and you know its him. Slash, Angus Young, the Edge, any number of others, they all have a distinctive way they play. What makes it so? Is it a specific setup of pedals and instrument? I h… --- ## [Which French authors and philosophers did Shakespeare read?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-french-authors-and-philosophers-did-shakespeare-read/976006)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-french-authors-and-philosophers-did-shakespeare-read/976006 "2022-12-04T21:31:42Z")
Which French philosophers and authors did Shakespeare read? --- ## [Should I visit my dying mother?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-visit-my-dying-mother/975978)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-visit-my-dying-mother/975978 "2022-12-04T20:42:39Z")
A few things. My mom is a drama queen so her dying may be greatly exaggerated. My sister is close by to her so I’m waiting to confirm whether or not death is imminent. Secondly, my mom and I are not estranged, but I w… --- ## [Colibri has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colibri-has-died/954921)
**Author:** [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Replies:** 228\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colibri-has-died/954921 "2022-12-04T19:47:24Z")
Moderator Colibri (George) has died. George, you were my SDMB mentor and a good friend. You will be missed. My condolences to his family and to all who knew him. --- ## [Indians and airport wheelchairs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indians-and-airport-wheelchairs/975775)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indians-and-airport-wheelchairs/975775 "2022-12-04T19:38:05Z")
My guy looks big and healthy but he can only walk about 100 feet before he has crippling leg pain. While we wait for the VA to approve a bypass for his leg, we went on a trip, planned, bought and paid for in 2019, that i… --- ## [Question regarding Neo-Classical Architecture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-neo-classical-architecture/975908)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-neo-classical-architecture/975908 "2022-12-04T19:12:29Z")
Looking onliune all I tend to see is modern Neo-Classical architecture associated with the Alt-Right. Do liberals like Neo-Classical architecture? I so why? If not, why not? I’m asking this question because architecture … --- ## [Minor objection to warning (Game Room)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-objection-to-warning-game-room/975976)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-objection-to-warning-game-room/975976 "2022-12-04T19:09:17Z")
Deshaun Watson is an NFL quarterback accused by dozens of masseuses of sexual misconduct. Total scumbag. Texans cut him, because scumbag, then the Browns signed him to a massive deal. The NFL slaps him on the wrist with … --- ## [Explain this business model to me (winner winner)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-business-model-to-me-winner-winner/974966)
**Author:** [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-business-model-to-me-winner-winner/974966 "2022-12-04T17:20:08Z")
My kid found this app called winner winner. (I promise this isn’t spam or an ad. play it or don’t, I am not affiliated in any way.) Apparently you can remotely control carnival game machines through it, like claw mac… --- ## [Question on British slang](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-british-slang/975999)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-british-slang/975999 "2022-12-04T16:31:11Z")
I’m watching a documentary on the Royal Scot’s (train) journey through the Peaks District. At one point, the narrator says “The service staff \[cooks, waiters\] continue to woo the passengers with even more \[what sounded… --- ## [Wrapping My Cold Groceries in a Warm Insulating Grocery Bag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrapping-my-cold-groceries-in-a-warm-insulating-grocery-bag/974860)
**Author:** [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrapping-my-cold-groceries-in-a-warm-insulating-grocery-bag/974860 "2022-12-04T15:15:01Z")
This happened in August in the D.C. area. I left Costco with my groceries, which included cold milk, orange juice, yogurt, ice cream, and similar. Facing a 20-minute ride home, I wrapped the cold stuff inside an insulate… --- ## [OMG, y'all. Mike Warns @dropzone passed away suddenly (2022-May-22) - GoFundMe link now set up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-yall-mike-warns-dropzone-passed-away-suddenly-2022-may-22-gofundme-link-now-set-up/964904)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-yall-mike-warns-dropzone-passed-away-suddenly-2022-may-22-gofundme-link-now-set-up/964904 "2022-12-04T15:10:28Z")
I spoke to his daughter. She said it was sudden and unexpected. I knew he was having troubles. I’m so sorry he died He was my hero, my surrogate Daddy and my good friend. Y’all have a pleasant thought for him and his… --- ## [Marvel's Midnight Suns: Anyone playing it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvels-midnight-suns-anyone-playing-it/976019)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvels-midnight-suns-anyone-playing-it/976019 "2022-12-04T14:54:51Z")
I picked up Marvel’s Midnight Suns game. I am a HUGE fan of XCOM and this seemed an XCOM-like game. It isn’t but there are comparisons to be made. It is made by the same developer (Firaxis) and the heritage is there (… --- ## [How bad is a root canal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-is-a-root-canal/974811)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-is-a-root-canal/974811 "2022-12-04T14:37:13Z")
I haven’t had a root canal in 50 years and I remember nothing about that experience. But I’m scheduled for one on Monday. Normally I just use nitrous for all procedures, including crowns. Never had any pain during or af… --- ## [Question on new maximum amounts we can contribute to 401(k)s in 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-new-maximum-amounts-we-can-contribute-to-401-k-s-in-2023/975973)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-new-maximum-amounts-we-can-contribute-to-401-k-s-in-2023/975973 "2022-12-04T13:51:05Z")
I understand the IRS is bumping the amount you can annually contribute to your 401(k) from $20,000 to $22,500. In addition, for those of us over 50, the catch-up amount will bumped from $6,500 to $7,500. Both of these … --- ## [What kind of webcam should I get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-webcam-should-i-get/975991)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-webcam-should-i-get/975991 "2022-12-04T12:45:25Z")
I have a cat walk that goes up to my bathroom window. The cats don’t go out much but, when they are out, I have to keep getting up every 5 minutes to see if they’re sitting outside the window wanting back in. If I had a … --- ## [Please identify this movie for me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-movie-for-me/976011)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-movie-for-me/976011 "2022-12-04T07:16:34Z")
CHCH TV used to show old movies between 02:00 and 04:00 every night, some of which were … a bit odd. (They recently saw fit to start airing the Jewelry Network instead. :face\_with\_symbols\_over\_mouth:) The one I’m inter… --- ## [Assuming Jewish word like Gentile is not derogatory; are there other cultures/language with such word/s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assuming-jewish-word-like-gentile-is-not-derogatory-are-there-other-cultures-language-with-such-word-s/973433)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assuming-jewish-word-like-gentile-is-not-derogatory-are-there-other-cultures-language-with-such-word-s/973433 "2022-12-04T11:05:05Z")
My introduction to words like Gentile have been through Seinfeld and Curb your Enthusiasm. I maybe wrong but my reading on the internet has shown these words to be not derogatory. I find it fascinating that Jews have no… --- ## [The Browns have done somthing no other team has ever done](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-browns-have-done-somthing-no-other-team-has-ever-done/975981)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-browns-have-done-somthing-no-other-team-has-ever-done/975981 "2022-12-04T06:05:52Z")
I has looking up some of Tom Brady’s stats after the Browns won. Until that game no team had ever beaten a Brady-led team if they were leading by 7 or more points in the final 2 minutes. 218 teams have been there and los… --- ## [Lazy media mistakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lazy-media-mistakes/975379)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lazy-media-mistakes/975379 "2022-12-04T05:02:10Z")
I’m not talking about obscure, hard to catch ones, like if Columbus’s junior boatswain’sman was right- or left-handed, I’m talking about glaring errors immediately obvious to anyone remotely familiar with the subject, pr… --- ## [Lenny Welch-Elvis Presley?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lenny-welch-elvis-presley/975772)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lenny-welch-elvis-presley/975772 "2022-12-04T04:48:39Z")
Lenny Welch, was the artist /singer of the classic “Since I Fell For You.” However, when I purchased the recording from iTunes there’s a reference to Elvis Presley. Anyone know the connection! --- ## [Actual impact of Respect for Marriage Act? \[Fixed title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-impact-of-respect-for-marriage-act-fixed-title/975823)
**Author:** [@Turki-lurki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turki-lurki)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-impact-of-respect-for-marriage-act-fixed-title/975823 "2022-12-04T04:29:52Z")
The Senate has passed this act, and the House is likely to. What will it mean? Could the Supreme Court not simply overturn it using the same logic it used against Roe? Must states give the state tax breaks accorded to st… --- ## [Shopping help: looking for a rectangular, lighted, clear glass snow "globe"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-help-looking-for-a-rectangular-lighted-clear-glass-snow-globe/975881)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-help-looking-for-a-rectangular-lighted-clear-glass-snow-globe/975881 "2022-12-04T02:49:01Z")
I saw this at someone’s house this past weekend. It was used as a table decoration. It’s about the size and shape of a 1-lb bag of flour (maybe a little smaller), clear glass, lighted (probably battery-operated), with g… --- ## [On the closing of the Elon Musk Twitter thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-closing-of-the-elon-musk-twitter-thread/975706)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-closing-of-the-elon-musk-twitter-thread/975706 "2022-12-04T02:39:23Z")
Namely, “Now that Elon Musk has bought Twitter” in IMHO. I know, I know, you can’t win when you’re a mod, and too many of us like to whine, but here’s the thing. Although I only occasionally posted to that thread, it w… --- ## [Welp - My dishwasher crapped out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-my-dishwasher-crapped-out/975932)
**Author:** [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-my-dishwasher-crapped-out/975932 "2022-12-04T01:54:34Z")
We noticed the dishwasher was running really silently this past Saturday. We called the repairman, who agreed with diagnosis that the wash motor had died. He also noticed that the control board was getting corroded fro… --- ## [Going back to the past rant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-back-to-the-past-rant/975596)
**Author:** [@split\_p\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/split_p_j)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-back-to-the-past-rant/975596 "2022-12-04T01:38:06Z")
I don’t understand nostalgia, I just don’t. I’m about to turn 51, so I consider myself old. I don’t think things were better in the past just different. This is more of a rant, but I just watched a video of 40’s NYC in … --- ## [Computer connection problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-connection-problem/975769)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-connection-problem/975769 "2022-12-03T22:32:11Z")
My wife’s email account is an alumna account at McGill of the form name.name@mail.mcgill.ca. We flew to our son’s in Boston 8 days ago with my travel computer, an MS Surface running Win-10 and using Firefox. I signed o… --- ## [Mods, take some time off. This thread’s for hijackin’](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-take-some-time-off-this-thread-s-for-hijackin/975057)
**Author:** [@cincinnatus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cincinnatus)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-take-some-time-off-this-thread-s-for-hijackin/975057 "2022-12-03T21:50:51Z")
Today I got the news. The starter on my Tundra truck gave up. Towing and repair: on the high side of a thousand bucks. Not a rant. Just a fact. The mechanic asked me what I want to do. Yup, I see not much choice. I trust… --- ## [Social Media Moderation needs Humans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-media-moderation-needs-humans/975817)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-media-moderation-needs-humans/975817 "2022-12-03T21:27:31Z")
Rather than derail this thread, where I said that the big issue on the internet isn’t “woke moderation” it’s “inhuman, automated, black box moderation”, I thought that I would answer @TroutMan’s request for a cite or fur… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=953&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=955&state=tracking)