# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=982 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 983 --- ## [The Invasion of the Kiwi-Fruit People! (into Android) Run away!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-invasion-of-the-kiwi-fruit-people-into-android-run-away/972710)
**Author:** [@ambushed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ambushed)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-invasion-of-the-kiwi-fruit-people-into-android-run-away/972710 "2022-10-04T23:32:08Z")
As a great many of you must have already discovered not too long ago (don’t know when), one day when you wanted to select an emoji or the like showing a human face carrying the emotion you want to express, you found to y… --- ## [Spot the Actual Hatred Challenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-actual-hatred-challenge/972009)
**Author:** [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Replies:** 254\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-actual-hatred-challenge/972009 "2022-10-04T22:42:47Z")
A couple of days ago, in the Canadian shop teacher thread, this statement of mine about what the basic beliefs common to “TERFS” are was characterised as “lying”. OK. Here’s a link to an actual gender critical campaign… --- ## [Severe teacher shortage situation in America right now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severe-teacher-shortage-situation-in-america-right-now/969091)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 280\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severe-teacher-shortage-situation-in-america-right-now/969091 "2022-10-04T22:30:30Z")
The U.S. is facing a severe shortage of teachers at the moment. Lots of reasons touted for this - the public’s lack of respect for teachers, political/LGBT battles, unsatisfactory pay, etc. --- ## [NFL 2022: Week Four Score and Seven Years Ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-four-score-and-seven-years-ago/972456)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-four-score-and-seven-years-ago/972456 "2022-10-04T22:21:29Z")
This season is not what I had expected so far. Lots of surprises in the first 3 weeks. Which is one of the things that makes NFL football so fun and exciting. The Dolphins and Eagles are undefeated, while the Super Bowl… --- ## [Grandmother not happy with announcement of 3rd grand child and says so was she wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandmother-not-happy-with-announcement-of-3rd-grand-child-and-says-so-was-she-wrong/972612)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandmother-not-happy-with-announcement-of-3rd-grand-child-and-says-so-was-she-wrong/972612 "2022-10-04T22:00:34Z")
apparently the internets divcided about this story Some say it sounds like grandma has the kids a lot and others say she should have let them have their moment and said her opinion on a latter day … What thinks the … --- ## [Apology for inappropriate post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apology-for-inappropriate-post/972639)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apology-for-inappropriate-post/972639 "2022-10-04T21:55:19Z")
In the now-closed “Which classical goddess was the bustiest”. You know it’s strange: I don’t actually do drugs but too frequently I find myself saying “what was I thinking?”. In any event I can only plea stupidity rather… --- ## [Hide your bananas. Mid-daughter has Monkey pox!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hide-your-bananas-mid-daughter-has-monkey-pox/972606)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hide-your-bananas-mid-daughter-has-monkey-pox/972606 "2022-10-04T21:34:25Z")
She was feeling virus-y for a few days. Had blisters on her foot. Then the other. She thought it was her shoes. And then, a mild temp. Her boys are now ache-y. So anyone in contact with them can’t come here to see me … --- ## [Has "Star Trek" ever convicingly explained the plotholes created by the transporter and replicator?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-star-trek-ever-convicingly-explained-the-plotholes-created-by-the-transporter-and-replicator/945733)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-star-trek-ever-convicingly-explained-the-plotholes-created-by-the-transporter-and-replicator/945733 "2022-10-04T21:27:31Z")
I know the transporter was initially, when budegts were low, a tool to avoid having to shoot costly spaceship landings on planets, but they soon evolved into a frequently recurring item, part of fanlore, and a major plot… --- ## [Please change the name of this thread {done}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-change-the-name-of-this-thread-done/972714)
**Author:** [@WellHelloThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WellHelloThere)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-change-the-name-of-this-thread-done/972714 "2022-10-04T21:21:07Z")
Unbeknowst to me, a thread was created to spin off of some comments I made in the Russian refugee thread. The title of the thread is inflammatory and does not align with my arguments, I would appreciate it if the title w… --- ## [Site is no longer formatted for mobile, screen width is way too wide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/site-is-no-longer-formatted-for-mobile-screen-width-is-way-too-wide/964282)
**Author:** [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/site-is-no-longer-formatted-for-mobile-screen-width-is-way-too-wide/964282 "2022-10-04T20:54:54Z")
WTF happened to the Sam’s Simple Theme on mobile? I am viewing the board on my iPhone and starting this morning the site is no long formatted for the vertical size of a phone screen. Thread titles are all on one line wit… --- ## [Do any snakes eat their own skin after shedding/moulting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-snakes-eat-their-own-skin-after-shedding-moulting/403061)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-snakes-eat-their-own-skin-after-shedding-moulting/403061 "2022-10-04T20:40:02Z")
My seven-year-old asked me today, and I didn’t know, so of course I now turn to the collective wisdom of the SDMB… --- ## [Why don't journalists press the election-denying candidates for evidence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-journalists-press-the-election-denying-candidates-for-evidence/970191)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-journalists-press-the-election-denying-candidates-for-evidence/970191 "2022-10-04T20:34:38Z")
While I’m always on the lookout for it, I have never seen a news article - print or electronic - that was built around a journalist asking an election-denying candidate for his evidence that the election was stolen. I c… --- ## [One D&D - the upcoming D&D edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-d-d-the-upcoming-d-d-edition/972636)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-d-d-the-upcoming-d-d-edition/972636 "2022-10-04T20:13:43Z")
I know we have a number of D&D-related threads right now, but nothing specifically for One D&D. I would like to suggest a couple of ground rules. No ‘edition wars.’ Discussing new stuff in the context of old stuff is f… --- ## [I must be getting old - how does an Apple Store work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-be-getting-old-how-does-an-apple-store-work/972653)
**Author:** [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-be-getting-old-how-does-an-apple-store-work/972653 "2022-10-04T19:21:30Z")
Am I, in my late middle-age, missing something that millennials ‘just know’? I need a new laptop and my research had narrowed it down to one of two MacBook models. I decided to visit an Apple Store to help make the final… --- ## [Gas stations offering discounts for cash payment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-stations-offering-discounts-for-cash-payment/972300)
**Author:** [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-stations-offering-discounts-for-cash-payment/972300 "2022-10-04T17:12:50Z")
Why do they do it? Yeah, I know there’s fees for businesses from the CC companies, but just about every other business sector I can think of is willing to float those fees out of consideration for consumer convenience of… --- ## [TV Binge Watch (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004)
**Author:** [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Replies:** 9999\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004 "2022-10-04T16:51:01Z")
Like the Movie Marathon thread, but with TV shows. First topic: Successful TV shows starring actors from earlier successful TV shows. Include both shows, earlier show and actor in parentheses. The Mary Tyler Moore Sho… --- ## [How to I keep my iPhone 8 Plus from making butt calls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-i-keep-my-iphone-8-plus-from-making-butt-calls/972550)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-i-keep-my-iphone-8-plus-from-making-butt-calls/972550 "2022-10-04T16:29:54Z")
This can’t just be happening to me, although I haven’t heard others complaining about this feature/bug. At least five times a week, I mistakenly recall the last person I talked to. My phone has a case, and I keep it in … --- ## [Question regarding Edward Snowden? Isn't a valid US passport needed to apply for dual US-Russian citizenship? \[Update: Putin granted citizenship to Snowden\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-edward-snowden-isnt-a-valid-us-passport-needed-to-apply-for-dual-us-russian-citizenship-update-putin-granted-citizenship-to-snowden/924546)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-edward-snowden-isnt-a-valid-us-passport-needed-to-apply-for-dual-us-russian-citizenship-update-putin-granted-citizenship-to-snowden/924546 "2022-10-04T16:24:59Z")
I understand that a valid US passport isn’t needed to retain US citizenship. But isn’t a valid US passport needed to apply for dual US-Russian citizenship as Snowden is doing? Doesn’t he have to provide a valid US passpo… --- ## [Favorite smart device?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-smart-device/972684)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-smart-device/972684 "2022-10-04T16:20:42Z")
Household appliances and devices are increasingly connected to our phones via wifi or Bluetooth. My favorite smart device is my pedestal fan. Mundane, but satisfying to be able to control not just on/off, but power lev… --- ## [Coughing while laughing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coughing-while-laughing/972566)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coughing-while-laughing/972566 "2022-10-04T16:08:28Z")
Hi Straight Dope, Sometimes people laugh so hard they start coughing. However, as curious as I am about the physics of why that happens, I am more curious about how coughing seems to lessen the humor. Never have I see… --- ## [Nepotism in acting: Would you change your name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nepotism-in-acting-would-you-change-your-name/972577)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nepotism-in-acting-would-you-change-your-name/972577 "2022-10-04T15:49:03Z")
I started thinking about this when reading a review for a new horror movie called Smile. It stars Sosie Bacon, one degree from Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick. It made me wonder why some actors change their names and some … --- ## [Saving up for an XBox Series S: Is it worth it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-up-for-an-xbox-series-s-is-it-worth-it/971168)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-up-for-an-xbox-series-s-is-it-worth-it/971168 "2022-10-04T14:40:03Z")
Okay, I admit the first reason I want to get an XBox Series S is to play the new NBA 2K23 game, which has a franchise mode in which you can play as classic teams with correct drafts. But that’s not all I want to play. … --- ## [Warming Up in the Bullpen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warming-up-in-the-bullpen/972591)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warming-up-in-the-bullpen/972591 "2022-10-04T14:38:49Z")
Have you noticed how pitchers throw the ball in the bullpen? They throw the ball, but their stance does not look official. Why is this? Shouldn’t they be warming up simulating a real pitch? --- ## [LearnedLeague](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learnedleague/970893)
**Author:** [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learnedleague/970893 "2022-10-04T13:56:05Z")
Anyone else here in LearnedLeague (more explanation here)? We’re now a week into the current season, and as always my goal is not to be dead last in my division and rundle (i.e. level). I started off well, but have been … --- ## [Is unauthorized product placement and portrayal of real people in fiction legal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-unauthorized-product-placement-and-portrayal-of-real-people-in-fiction-legal/972105)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-unauthorized-product-placement-and-portrayal-of-real-people-in-fiction-legal/972105 "2022-10-04T12:45:26Z")
Already as a child, I noticed that branded things rarely appeared in fiction (at least in that which was aimed at kids). I remember when I saw “E.T the Extra Terrestrial” (probably during its 1985 re-release, at 5 years … --- ## [Usual Suspects (possible spoiler)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usual-suspects-possible-spoiler/78935)
**Author:** [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usual-suspects-possible-spoiler/78935 "2022-10-04T11:46:45Z")
Just watch the Usual Suspects again last night. Every time I watch it, I think I’ll figure it all out, but every time, something new puzzles me. This time I got to wondering, was it just coincidence that the 5 were put i… --- ## [Name this song from Weeds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-song-from-weeds/972670)
**Author:** [@Dadtheinhaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dadtheinhaler)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-song-from-weeds/972670 "2022-10-04T06:53:55Z")
From season 1 episode 3 about halfway through. Peppy upbeat funk groove, female singer. I’ve Shazammed, Googled lyrics, looked up playlists, and can’t find this song. Partial lyrics: “hey now sweet thing i know how it fe… --- ## [What happens to a lawyers case files after they retire and/or die?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-a-lawyers-case-files-after-they-retire-and-or-die/972428)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-a-lawyers-case-files-after-they-retire-and-or-die/972428 "2022-10-04T04:50:03Z")
I don’t feel like spending $450 asking my lawyer this question as it does not pertain to me. An aquaintence has a realative who died. They know he had a will made out but can’t find it. They looked up the attorney they … --- ## [Song lyrics with poetic quality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-with-poetic-quality/972521)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-with-poetic-quality/972521 "2022-10-04T04:47:25Z")
pretty self explanatory… Hello Darkness my old friend, I come to talk to you again Words are falling out like endless rain into a paper cup --- ## [A murder of crows just landed in our trees!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-just-landed-in-our-trees/972526)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-just-landed-in-our-trees/972526 "2022-10-04T04:31:01Z")
Sitting on the front steps, enjoying the last evening of September, and suddenly in the elms in our front yard, lots of rustling and leaf noises, couples with “caw caw caw”. A murder of crows was landing in the upper br… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=981) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=983)