# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=975&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 976 --- ## [Your favourite instrumental rock/jazz/pop/hiphop tune](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-instrumental-rock-jazz-pop-hiphop-tune/971031)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-instrumental-rock-jazz-pop-hiphop-tune/971031 "2022-11-08T03:55:13Z")
Listening again recently to King Crimson’s “Lark’s Tongues in Aspic Pt. II” made me realise that this has to be my favourite instrumental number, and figured why not fire up a quickie thread on this. And that’s - just o… --- ## [This weird possibly kinky thing I like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-weird-possibly-kinky-thing-i-like/974267)
**Author:** [@Mortimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mortimus)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-weird-possibly-kinky-thing-i-like/974267 "2022-11-08T03:15:37Z")
I like to sit in front of the heat vent of a forced air furnace and let the warm air wash over me like a warm hug. I find great comfort and solace by having warm air blowing on my back. It’s not at all a sexual thing, … --- ## [Historically, what fiscal policy has successfully defeated inflation in the past?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historically-what-fiscal-policy-has-successfully-defeated-inflation-in-the-past/973612)
**Author:** [@Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historically-what-fiscal-policy-has-successfully-defeated-inflation-in-the-past/973612 "2022-11-08T03:03:34Z")
Instead of arguing about what to do now about inflation, why don’t we just repeat whatever policies that have worked in the past? --- ## [Outlander Season 3 discussion thread (spoilers as it airs)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlander-season-3-discussion-thread-spoilers-as-it-airs/795439)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlander-season-3-discussion-thread-spoilers-as-it-airs/795439 "2022-11-08T01:24:44Z")
Outlander is the most underrated show on TV. Even George R.R. Martin has felt like not enough attention goes to this show. I like it so much that I sought out the third book in the series to read ahead of the third seas… --- ## [Does the government arming the population and giving them a few weeks training really help in an invasion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-government-arming-the-population-and-giving-them-a-few-weeks-training-really-help-in-an-invasion/959849)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-government-arming-the-population-and-giving-them-a-few-weeks-training-really-help-in-an-invasion/959849 "2022-11-08T00:20:37Z")
With Ukraine’s tensions going on I’m wondering if the following tactic actually works. Give automatic rifles, ammunition and a few weeks training to pretty much every adult in the country. That way if an invasion force … --- ## [MLB: 2022 Postseason](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2022-postseason/972753)
**Author:** [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Replies:** 528\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2022-postseason/972753 "2022-11-08T00:14:57Z")
We have 1 game left to play in the regular season, but it doesn’t matter for anybody. So we’re set. All series are best of 3 at the higher seed’s ballpark in the first round. 2nd round is played 2-2-1 starting at the hig… --- ## [Insurance appeal for braces (teeth)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insurance-appeal-for-braces-teeth/974487)
**Author:** [@OldnCrinkly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldnCrinkly)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insurance-appeal-for-braces-teeth/974487 "2022-11-08T00:11:28Z")
Hi! I will be having a telephone call to appeal to my insurance company for their denial of braces for my son and my daughter. I am not a dentist, but I believe it when my dentist says braces are necessary for them. The … --- ## [Hannibal (2001): What was the deal with the tape recording? \[unboxed spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannibal-2001-what-was-the-deal-with-the-tape-recording-unboxed-spoilers/974538)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannibal-2001-what-was-the-deal-with-the-tape-recording-unboxed-spoilers/974538 "2022-11-08T00:02:18Z")
When Verger calls his head henchman to ask how things are going with the dry run on the murder-by-boars plan, he plays a recording of screaming sounds as the porkers are attacking a Lecter-in-effigy. --- ## [Tv sound off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-sound-off/974318)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-sound-off/974318 "2022-11-07T23:14:29Z")
I was watching it an hour ago. Turned it off. Now its on but theres no sound. I can press the volume button and see the numbers go up but…no sound. I hope its not broke. Edited-I unplugged it. Now its working. carry on. … --- ## [Jean-Luc Godard, giant of the French New Wave, dies at 91](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jean-luc-godard-giant-of-the-french-new-wave-dies-at-91/971500)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jean-luc-godard-giant-of-the-french-new-wave-dies-at-91/971500 "2022-11-07T22:59:59Z")
Were his later movies any good, or did he peak with his movies in the 1960s such as Breathless? --- ## [Outlander on Starz Season 2 Discussion Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlander-on-starz-season-2-discussion-thread/751427)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlander-on-starz-season-2-discussion-thread/751427 "2022-11-07T21:10:55Z")
The season 2 premier isn’t until Saturday, but if you are a Starz subscriber you can stream it beginning 12:01am on 4/7, which is what I will be doing tonight. The reviews for this season have been positive, with much c… --- ## [What were these MAGATs up to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-these-magats-up-to/974357)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-these-magats-up-to/974357 "2022-11-07T20:58:47Z")
As I commuted up 101 north to San Jose this morning, I passed under an overpass bridge. Early January 2022, this bridge was festooned with American flags and a banner with a picture of an automatic weapon on it. This m… --- ## ["Six", a must-see rock opera](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-a-must-see-rock-opera/974480)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-a-must-see-rock-opera/974480 "2022-11-07T18:11:37Z")
We just got back from a performance of Six, a musical about the wives of Henry VIII. Very raucous, great choreography and songs, and very funny. If it comes to a venue near you, I highly recommend it. --- ## [Does anyone have any experience with the website "Furnished Finder"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-any-experience-with-the-website-furnished-finder/974518)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-any-experience-with-the-website-furnished-finder/974518 "2022-11-07T17:37:51Z")
It’s a website that helps people (usually traveling nurses) link up with people who rent furnished places for a month or so. It’s a new website to me, and I’m trying to get input to see if they’re shady or untrustworthy… --- ## [Anybody know the Star Trek parody of CW McCall's "Convoy"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-the-star-trek-parody-of-cw-mccalls-convoy/974462)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-the-star-trek-parody-of-cw-mccalls-convoy/974462 "2022-11-07T17:14:52Z")
I learned it back in the '70s, but think I’ve forgotten some parts. I can’t find it on the Internet either. :frowning\_face: --- ## [Cold virus causing slurred speach. Hypoglycemia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-virus-causing-slurred-speach-hypoglycemia/974289)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-virus-causing-slurred-speach-hypoglycemia/974289 "2022-11-07T17:06:28Z")
I experienced symptoms yesterday that I have only felt a few times in my life. I would start talking and then after about five words my brain couldn’t seem to get my voice box and mouth/tongue to work right. So I would … --- ## [Statistics help: Where do the Six Sigma numbers come from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-help-where-do-the-six-sigma-numbers-come-from/974447)
**Author:** [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-help-where-do-the-six-sigma-numbers-come-from/974447 "2022-11-07T16:31:04Z")
In another thread, @Exapno\_Mapcase and @kenobi\_65 were attempting to explain to me why “Six sigma eliminates 99.99964% of a population, leaving 0.00034%” “Because that’s the definition of six standard deviations of a nor… --- ## [How High Can I Get in NYC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-high-can-i-get-in-nyc/973685)
**Author:** [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-high-can-i-get-in-nyc/973685 "2022-11-07T15:20:49Z")
My family and I are planning a trip to New York City in a few weeks, and we would like to get a good view of the city without spending the money or time to go up the Empire State Building. What is the highest up I can ge… --- ## [Some allegedly "compostable" things take ages to break down. Why is this bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-allegedly-compostable-things-take-ages-to-break-down-why-is-this-bad/974312)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-allegedly-compostable-things-take-ages-to-break-down-why-is-this-bad/974312 "2022-11-07T14:32:43Z")
So I just saw this: The linked article discusses a paper, whose claim is that a lot of the allegedly “compostable” things (particularly plastics) take much longer to break down in compost than organic matter. Assuming… --- ## [What would you do with a big storage amount of emergency-ration meals that you inherited?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-with-a-big-storage-amount-of-emergency-ration-meals-that-you-inherited/973430)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-with-a-big-storage-amount-of-emergency-ration-meals-that-you-inherited/973430 "2022-11-07T13:27:42Z")
My mother is the conspiracy-theorist type and is convinced that famine or civil war may be coming (in America,) and has stockpiled an immense amount of survival food - meals that she either cooked and freeze-dried hersel… --- ## [Navigations keys and Chrome browser - anyone else have this issue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navigations-keys-and-chrome-browser-anyone-else-have-this-issue/974454)
**Author:** [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navigations-keys-and-chrome-browser-anyone-else-have-this-issue/974454 "2022-11-07T12:49:41Z")
The navigation keys are acting erratically. Up/down will work a few times but then do god knows what - end, home, beginning or end of the line. All the others are FUBARed from the start. I’ve checked on other apps, incl… --- ## [Biden's strange gas-price claims](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-strange-gas-price-claims/973945)
**Author:** [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bidens-strange-gas-price-claims/973945 "2022-11-07T10:26:54Z")
Per this CNN story, here’s a curious quote from a speech Biden gave yesterday: “Today, the most common price of gas in America is $3.39 – down from over $5 when I took office.” I’m unable to work out what might be goin… --- ## [Things That Go Bzzzzz In The Night: A Ghostly MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-go-bzzzzz-in-the-night-a-ghostly-mmp/974061)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 255\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-go-bzzzzz-in-the-night-a-ghostly-mmp/974061 "2022-11-07T08:15:25Z")
Well not a ghost, per say but I have a little black fly in my bathroom. Which is not in itself remarkable, except…it’s been there for 5 years. One fly. Occasionally it goes AWOL for a week or 2, and once there was 3 f… --- ## [Calling all canners! Pressure can my turkey soup this year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-canners-pressure-can-my-turkey-soup-this-year/974372)
**Author:** [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-canners-pressure-can-my-turkey-soup-this-year/974372 "2022-11-07T06:22:26Z")
Every year I make about 5 gallons of turkey soup after Thanksgiving. Usually I then dose it out into 1 quart containers and freeze it. That many containers does take up lots of room in the freezer, though I suppose the t… --- ## [Anyone familiar with Kabaddi?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-kabaddi/974430)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-kabaddi/974430 "2022-11-07T05:45:19Z")
I was roaming the offerings of ESPN+, waiting for my soccer match to start, when I came across this sport that I had literally never heard of before. Basically, I would describe it as a very fast, physical game of team … --- ## [Celebrations in similar-named places](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrations-in-similar-named-places/974490)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrations-in-similar-named-places/974490 "2022-11-07T03:57:00Z")
(topic deleted by author) --- ## [Does knowing that someone cheated on their spouse affect your relationship with them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-knowing-that-someone-cheated-on-their-spouse-affect-your-relationship-with-them/972658)
**Author:** [@Delayed\_Reflex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delayed_Reflex)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-knowing-that-someone-cheated-on-their-spouse-affect-your-relationship-with-them/972658 "2022-11-07T03:55:56Z")
I have a group of friends that is fairly close knit - I am more on the fringes of the friends group, but the “core” of the group is pretty close, having several gatherings or activities together each month, with some cou… --- ## [On the commonness of weird thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-commonness-of-weird-thoughts/973974)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-commonness-of-weird-thoughts/973974 "2022-11-07T03:04:06Z")
Does everyone have thoughts that make them think “If people knew I thought about this they’d think I’m crazy”? --- ## [Dangerous Ideas (Because They Might Be True)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dangerous-ideas-because-they-might-be-true/973994)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dangerous-ideas-because-they-might-be-true/973994 "2022-11-07T02:59:04Z")
For the purposes of this thread, a dangerous idea is not something assumed to be false, but which might be true. Examples from The Edge magazine have included: Everything is pointless. (Susan Blackmore) The fight… --- ## [Peeling potatoes in the army](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeling-potatoes-in-the-army/974155)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeling-potatoes-in-the-army/974155 "2022-11-07T02:41:10Z")
I am watching a new Netflix movie based on the wonderful novel “All Quiet on the Western Front” by Erich Maria Remarque. At one point the recruits are talking shit, peeling potatoes. It struck me this is something of a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=974&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=976&state=watching)