# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=996 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 997 --- ## [ICBM vs Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile Size](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icbm-vs-submarine-launched-ballistic-missile-size/971629)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2022, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icbm-vs-submarine-launched-ballistic-missile-size/971629 "2022-09-18T11:36:01Z")
So I was thinking about ICBM vs SLBM the other day and I noticed something interesting. The Trident D5 missile is substantially larger than the Minuteman III (130,000 lbs for former, versus 80,000 lbs for later). That w… --- ## [I don't use the word "hate" often](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-use-the-word-hate-often/971644)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2022, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-use-the-word-hate-often/971644 "2022-09-18T11:19:27Z")
But, I can easily say that I HATE anyone who is ok with innocent people suffering. They are monsters. --- ## [Teacher Shortage? Says who?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teacher-shortage-says-who/971702)
**Author:** [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2022, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teacher-shortage-says-who/971702 "2022-09-18T09:40:52Z")
In an article about the “phony trend” of quiet quitting in The Atlantic, the author mentions the alleged teacher shortage, saying none of the education experts they talked to could confirm it. The need for school teacher… --- ## [Salvage Kings on hulu](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvage-kings-on-hulu/971737)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2022, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvage-kings-on-hulu/971737 "2022-09-18T01:48:45Z")
It’s about a demolition and salvage company in Canada. Fascinating what they can find to sell in these old places before they knock it down, but it is kind of sad to see the old buildings go down. For example, in one th… --- ## [Landscapers / lawn workers - What is tearing up my lawn like this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/landscapers-lawn-workers-what-is-tearing-up-my-lawn-like-this/971588)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2022, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/landscapers-lawn-workers-what-is-tearing-up-my-lawn-like-this/971588 "2022-09-18T01:44:21Z")
This happened virtually overnight. There are about 20 of these holes in my yard, grouped fairly closely together. The diameters of the holes are 1-2 inches. This year is the first year we ceased treating for grubs, not … --- ## [Trail of Slime leads to Smuggled Snails](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trail-of-slime-leads-to-smuggled-snails/971685)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trail-of-slime-leads-to-smuggled-snails/971685 "2022-09-17T23:12:35Z")
--- ## [Tattoo aftercare differences: US and Europe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoo-aftercare-differences-us-and-europe/436782)
**Author:** [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoo-aftercare-differences-us-and-europe/436782 "2022-09-17T23:01:20Z")
On another mostly US-based board I read, I’ve been perusing a Tattoo Megathread, where users have posted pictures of their ink and give instructions and suggestions to each other. Several posters have also given informat… --- ## [At what point do you kill Gilligan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-do-you-kill-gilligan/971290)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-do-you-kill-gilligan/971290 "2022-09-17T22:29:03Z")
That is, at what point is sheer incompetency, even in the absence of malice, contemptable? At what point do you say that their “tried their best” is pathetically inadequate, especially if you suffer as a result? --- ## [Believe it or not, floppy discs are still in demand (sort of)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believe-it-or-not-floppy-discs-are-still-in-demand-sort-of/971701)
**Author:** [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believe-it-or-not-floppy-discs-are-still-in-demand-sort-of/971701 "2022-09-17T22:05:05Z")
For me, at least, this is a fascinating article. Tom Persky is the self-proclaimed “last man standing in the floppy disk business.” He is the time-honored founder of floppydisk.com, a US-based company dedicated to the … --- ## ["Sorry we can't serve our soup because our microwave is broken"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-we-cant-serve-our-soup-because-our-microwave-is-broken/971466)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-we-cant-serve-our-soup-because-our-microwave-is-broken/971466 "2022-09-17T21:08:29Z")
Went to a local regional chain sit down resturant. Ordered a meatloaf meal with soup on the side. After I ordered the waitress came up and told me “Sorry but we can’t serve our soup because the microwave is broken, do yo… --- ## [Should Europe give in and make Ukraine a sacrificial lamb so as to avoid a depression?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-europe-give-in-and-make-ukraine-a-sacrificial-lamb-so-as-to-avoid-a-depression/970851)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-europe-give-in-and-make-ukraine-a-sacrificial-lamb-so-as-to-avoid-a-depression/970851 "2022-09-17T20:21:21Z")
Fuck Russia and what they’re doing to Ukraine. However, is it time for Europe to admit they fucked up and got caught with their pants down by Putin, by being so stupidly dependent on Russian gas that they will go into a… --- ## [Recommendation for extra arm movement after a Covid booster?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendation-for-extra-arm-movement-after-a-covid-booster/971634)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendation-for-extra-arm-movement-after-a-covid-booster/971634 "2022-09-17T20:05:38Z")
A few days ago, I received my third Covid booster shot. I had the pharmacist put it in my left (non-dominant) arm. She told me to be sure to move that arm a lot that day. She didn’t say why. Has anyone else been directed… --- ## [What's the Attraction in the Hudson Valley?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-attraction-in-the-hudson-valley/971216)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-attraction-in-the-hudson-valley/971216 "2022-09-17T19:47:13Z")
We’re looking at hotels up and down the Hudson Valley. Everything is booked or ridiculously priced for a modest hotel. Like, every weekend in fall! Is autumn in the Hudson Valley area such a big deal? I guess it doesn’t … --- ## [One of the funniest glitches I've seen on this board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-funniest-glitches-ive-seen-on-this-board/971544)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-funniest-glitches-ive-seen-on-this-board/971544 "2022-09-17T19:21:56Z")
The below pic is an icon for my straight dope app. The “SD” you see used to fill the whole square. And recently the SD keeps getting smaller and smaller and smaller until you can barely see it. Lol, what is going on her… --- ## [Did the mythbusters ever test spontaneous human combustion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-mythbusters-ever-test-spontaneous-human-combustion/971009)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-mythbusters-ever-test-spontaneous-human-combustion/971009 "2022-09-17T18:22:20Z")
I have a vague memory of the Mythbusters testing spontaneous human combustion using a pig carcass, but my google-fu fails me and I can’t find it anywhere. Is this a faulty memory on my part, or did they actually test th… --- ## [Drunk Driving: When a drunk person sits in the driver's seat? Or, key in the ignition? Or, car turned on? Or, car put in gear to move?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-driving-when-a-drunk-person-sits-in-the-drivers-seat-or-key-in-the-ignition-or-car-turned-on-or-car-put-in-gear-to-move/958183)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 255\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-driving-when-a-drunk-person-sits-in-the-drivers-seat-or-key-in-the-ignition-or-car-turned-on-or-car-put-in-gear-to-move/958183 "2022-09-17T17:20:58Z")
To be clearer, I am wondering when police can arrest you for a DUI? I read recently of some guy, who was drunk, getting in his car and not going anywhere (he intended to sleep it off in his car) and the police arrested … --- ## [What does the "Book" say about strangers? Migrants? Others?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-book-say-about-strangers-migrants-others/971713)
**Author:** [@candide](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/candide)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-book-say-about-strangers-migrants-others/971713 "2022-09-17T17:09:21Z")
In this forum, the Bible is used to explain, to justify, to rationalize views about strangers. And this forum is a place of many books. I want this thread to be only citations from books (or from reputable sources), th… --- ## [EVGA will no longer do business with NVidia...seems to be out of the GPU market completely](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evga-will-no-longer-do-business-with-nvidia-seems-to-be-out-of-the-gpu-market-completely/971696)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evga-will-no-longer-do-business-with-nvidia-seems-to-be-out-of-the-gpu-market-completely/971696 "2022-09-17T16:28:53Z")
Title kinda says it all. This is being widely reported. Here are a couple articles. You can Google for plenty more. EVGA says they will continue to support already sold cards but are otherwise done. Not sure how a co… --- ## [Website Design for Business](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/website-design-for-business/969462)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/website-design-for-business/969462 "2022-08-11T11:06:19Z")
Once in a while I read books by entrepreneurs who launched successful web based businesses. They often say something along the lines of “I came up with a good idea but knew little about computers and paid (some person f… --- ## [Meaning of slang term "much in" in England?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-slang-term-much-in-in-england/966295)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-slang-term-much-in-in-england/966295 "2022-09-17T14:17:46Z")
Currently watching the Endeavour series, set in 1960s England. In a recent episode, one character asked the other, “much in?” This appears to be an English colloquialism, and a Google search hasn’t turned up a clear an… --- ## [Why is food and energy not included in the CPI-U inflation measure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-food-and-energy-not-included-in-the-cpi-u-inflation-measure/971576)
**Author:** [@hat\_trick\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hat_trick_1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-food-and-energy-not-included-in-the-cpi-u-inflation-measure/971576 "2022-09-17T11:47:34Z")
Looking at the link below, the page says the Current Price Index-Urban is “All items less food and energy in U.S. city average, all urban consumers, not seasonally adjusted.” https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CUUR0000SA0L… --- ## [Inablility to comment on Imgur](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inablility-to-comment-on-imgur/971603)
**Author:** [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inablility-to-comment-on-imgur/971603 "2022-09-17T11:46:06Z")
I had posted a series of photos on imgur because the jack on my boat trailer was stuck and I posted a question on r\\boating on reddit with a link to imgur. I had wanted to respond to a comment on imgur because I had actu… --- ## [Hammertoe Surgery Experiences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hammertoe-surgery-experiences/971590)
**Author:** [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hammertoe-surgery-experiences/971590 "2022-09-17T06:51:07Z")
As the title indicates I’m interested in hearing from those who’ve had hammertoe surgery recently. I’m 76 and considering having my toes fixed at last. I investigated many years ago and was told about wires sticking out… --- ## [Trump Embraces QAnon Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-embraces-qanon-again/971680)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-embraces-qanon-again/971680 "2022-09-17T05:58:38Z")
Does Trump’s recent/continued endorsement of QAnon help or hurt his reelection chances? It seems perfectly normal if you’re an Ultra MAGA, but if you are conservative-leaning independent, does it hurt Trump, help Trump, … --- ## [Trolls RU Again, The sequel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-ru-again-the-sequel/971334)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-ru-again-the-sequel/971334 "2022-09-17T04:17:17Z")
Following in the footsteps of this wise poster I am splitting off a new thread for troll watching. This is where to discuss trolling. --- ## [Is there a name for this style of tablet case/stand, and why is it so rare?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-style-of-tablet-case-stand-and-why-is-it-so-rare/971697)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-style-of-tablet-case-stand-and-why-is-it-so-rare/971697 "2022-09-17T01:30:06Z")
I have a Samsung galaxy tab S6 with their keyboard book cover case. It looks like this. Ignore the keyboard part, that detaches and it’s not what I’m talking about. The case on the back of the tablet has a hinge with a l… --- ## [Fred Franzia, creator of 'Two Buck Chuck' and champion of affordable wine, has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-franzia-creator-of-two-buck-chuck-and-champion-of-affordable-wine-has-died/971638)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-franzia-creator-of-two-buck-chuck-and-champion-of-affordable-wine-has-died/971638 "2022-09-16T21:18:01Z")
Let us raise a glass to the man who championed affordable wine for the masses. --- ## [Watching a football game on Amazon Prime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-a-football-game-on-amazon-prime/971640)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-a-football-game-on-amazon-prime/971640 "2022-09-16T19:31:21Z")
Unless there’s a way to get out of it, the picture consists of a big banner on top, big banner on the bottom, and what’s left is a split screen- the game on the right half, and a gaggle of nondescript bros in easy chairs… --- ## [Tell me about Eurail and/or European trains](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-eurail-and-or-european-trains/971032)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-eurail-and-or-european-trains/971032 "2022-09-16T19:10:31Z")
I’m considering a trip to Europe next summer for myself, my wife, my SIL, and my niece. I was thinking about a few days in London, then Paris, and then Rome. We’d fly from the US to London and then fly back from Rome. I … --- ## [Anyone remember this 40+ year-old TV commercial?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-this-40-year-old-tv-commercial/692595)
**Author:** [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-this-40-year-old-tv-commercial/692595 "2022-02-08T21:33:00Z")
In another news group, four of us are trying to recall a 40+ year-old TV commercial. Can anyone tell me/us what this was a commercial for? We all agree on the following: It shows a man in his twenties hitchhiking on t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=995) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=997)