# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=101&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 102 --- ## [Please share your old memories of rural and Appalachian words and expressions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-old-memories-of-rural-and-appalachian-words-and-expressions/1027150)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-old-memories-of-rural-and-appalachian-words-and-expressions/1027150 "2026-04-26T15:50:21Z")
I’m very proud of my Applachian Heritage. Link List\_of\_Appalachian\_Americans Link Appalachian English - Wikipedia Many Americans share a similar background. It may be a distant connection, for many people. But you wou… --- ## [Why are bronze statues of celebrities so horrible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-bronze-statues-of-celebrities-so-horrible/988416)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-bronze-statues-of-celebrities-so-horrible/988416 "2026-04-26T15:26:39Z")
This thread about new statues of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards reminded me of the title question, which has been rattling around in my so-called brain for some time. What is it about bronze statues of famous people tha… --- ## [My cat is 17 years old](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-is-17-years-old/1000937)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2026, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-is-17-years-old/1000937 "2026-04-26T13:41:49Z")
Fairly early in the morning of April 30, 2007, I went outside to check on a feral momma cat. My next door neighbors and I had been putting out food and water for her, as she was bulgy with kittens to be. This morning… --- ## [Saturday Night Live UK pilot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-uk-pilot/1028761)
**Author:** [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2026, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-uk-pilot/1028761 "2026-04-26T13:16:15Z")
Did anybody watch this? I liked the Starmer sketch and the first bit of Fey’s monologue. The Helium joke was quite good but surrounded by a lot of clunkers in the newsroom sketch, the Paddington sketch was an amusing t… --- ## [A lifelong Hawaii resident gets snippy about the Merrie Monarch Festival](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lifelong-hawaii-resident-gets-snippy-about-the-merrie-monarch-festival/1029378)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2026, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lifelong-hawaii-resident-gets-snippy-about-the-merrie-monarch-festival/1029378 "2026-04-26T11:17:58Z")
This ended a week ago, but with a total runtime a shade over fifteen hours, I’m not going to be done with it anytime soon. The Merrie Monarch Festival is a big three-day hula shindig that happens in Hilo, a sleepy big is… --- ## [Are funerals going out of fashion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-funerals-going-out-of-fashion/1029228)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2026, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-funerals-going-out-of-fashion/1029228 "2026-04-26T09:15:48Z")
I’ve had 3 family members die in the past 10 years or so. Not black sheep of the family or anything. Cremated, no formal funeral, just vague plans for a “celebration of life” get together that never happened. Contras… --- ## [FTL signals and Sabine Hossenfelder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ftl-signals-and-sabine-hossenfelder/1028715)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2026, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ftl-signals-and-sabine-hossenfelder/1028715 "2026-04-26T08:57:54Z")
YouTube video linked at end.. Looks to me as if she has finally drunk the ‘Einstein was wrong’ Kool-aid? She is usually fairly on topic if a bit abrasive and controversial. But now she seems to have gone off into hidd… --- ## [12V Battery in Electric Vehicles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12v-battery-in-electric-vehicles/1029468)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2026, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12v-battery-in-electric-vehicles/1029468 "2026-04-26T07:51:44Z")
Does the regular 12V car battery in EVs last a very long time? I imagine it’s not going through charge/discharge cycles, basically at full charge all the time? And, if I turn an EV off (whatever that means) but turn th… --- ## [Bee-keep-tress Beck wants to know](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bee-keep-tress-beck-wants-to-know/1029537)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2026, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bee-keep-tress-beck-wants-to-know/1029537 "2026-04-26T05:29:23Z")
Ok. I’m not a beekeeper. I thought about it a few years ago. Being the lazy ass I am, I decided too much work for something I could barely have a taste of. I am not the salesperson type enough to go into a little side h… --- ## [Are we making meaningful progress on climate change](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-making-meaningful-progress-on-climate-change/1014146)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2026, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-making-meaningful-progress-on-climate-change/1014146 "2026-04-26T03:25:42Z")
The world produced 37.41 billion tons of CO2 in 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/276629/global-co2-emissions/ World GDP was 166 trillion in 2023. However, in 2012 the world produced 34.38 billion tons of CO… --- ## [Has the NBA changed, or have I changed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-nba-changed-or-have-i-changed/1025174)
**Author:** [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2026, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-nba-changed-or-have-i-changed/1025174 "2026-04-26T03:06:32Z")
i was a big Celtics fan in the 70s and 80s. Watched them religiously on TV and went to the Garden when I could, to see Havlicek, Cowens, Jo Jo White, Larry Bird, McHale, Robert Parrish, Bill Walton, all those guys. Many… --- ## [Do billionaires maintain a driver's license? If yes, do they have to go to the DMV like everyone else to renew them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-billionaires-maintain-a-drivers-license-if-yes-do-they-have-to-go-to-the-dmv-like-everyone-else-to-renew-them/1029052)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-billionaires-maintain-a-drivers-license-if-yes-do-they-have-to-go-to-the-dmv-like-everyone-else-to-renew-them/1029052 "2026-04-25T21:25:01Z")
Title kinda says it all. I am thinking the likes of Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates simply do not drive anymore. Someone drives them and that person is likely a body guard with training in evasive driving (or whatever you cal… --- ## [Is there any love for Werther's Caramel candy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-love-for-werthers-caramel-candy/1029518)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-love-for-werthers-caramel-candy/1029518 "2026-04-25T20:31:04Z")
Werther’s has expanded their products. There are many varities of either hard candy or soft chewy candy. They offer sugar free too. I usually buy Werther’s original candy or Werther’s Caramel Coffee hard candy. I enjoy… --- ## [My Weird Commercial crushes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-weird-commercial-crushes/1029439)
**Author:** [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-weird-commercial-crushes/1029439 "2026-04-25T20:22:21Z")
Over the years I have developed weird crushes on actresses in commercials. At one point I was devoted to Flo from Progressive (Stephanie Courtney), which has waned a bit as she has matured, but I am delighted that she s… --- ## [Name that television cartoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-television-cartoon/1029549)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-television-cartoon/1029549 "2026-04-25T18:51:43Z")
I was watching Otherworlds TV on Roku this morning and this blast from the past occurred. The cartoons were about 3 1/2 minutes long and in color, and there were about 100 of them in total. A single story consisted of … --- ## [What is this shower for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-shower-for/1029472)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-shower-for/1029472 "2026-04-25T18:50:56Z")
I like to browse through real estate listings and look at the pictures of houses that are for sale. I just saw this one. This appears to be an open shower stall next to a… --- ## [Posts that aged poorly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-that-aged-poorly/1029503)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-that-aged-poorly/1029503 "2026-04-25T18:33:23Z")
Here’s a thread for SDMB posts proven wrong by history. I’ll start with one of mine that I noticed today when I was looking for something else Oops… --- ## [University of Maryland scientists have created a fart-tracking device. Any volunteers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/university-of-maryland-scientists-have-created-a-fart-tracking-device-any-volunteers/1029485)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/university-of-maryland-scientists-have-created-a-fart-tracking-device-any-volunteers/1029485 "2026-04-25T17:22:30Z")
The title pretty well says it all. Researchers at U of M have created a 3-D printed device that fits in your underwear and counts the number of farts you release over a period of time. Smart Underwear is able to track… --- ## [Rick Nelson trivia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-nelson-trivia/1029474)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-nelson-trivia/1029474 "2026-04-25T16:36:43Z")
Today I found out that actor Mark Harmon’s sister was married to Rick Nelson. --- ## [Bad, bad, bad: Exit stage...left!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-exit-stage-left/1029523)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-exit-stage-left/1029523 "2026-04-25T07:46:20Z")
Sitting on the deck this morning I heard Son-of-a-wrek squeal like a teenager. Not really alarmed. He often expresses himself, thus. Mid-dau stepped out and said: “Wut!?” I just shook my head. He comes running up the… --- ## [Looking for the last Stephen Colbert shirt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-last-stephen-colbert-shirt/1029542)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-last-stephen-colbert-shirt/1029542 "2026-04-25T04:15:41Z")
The are 8 billion and 3 companies selling the “official” The Last Show With Stephen Colbert shirt, and I would like to know which one is legit. --- ## [How would we look differently (evolution for 2025 tasks)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-we-look-differently-evolution-for-2025-tasks/1029394)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-we-look-differently-evolution-for-2025-tasks/1029394 "2026-04-25T02:35:08Z")
Hi there, spin-off from the bi-pedal robotics thread here: there is (at least some) agreement that it does not make sense “copying” the human body (HB) in robotics, as the HB did evolve over 1000s of generation and so… --- ## [Russian Doll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-doll/1029529)
**Author:** [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-doll/1029529 "2026-04-25T00:24:45Z")
Russian Doll is a series on Netflix with two seasons. The first one was great writing. The second season was a hot mess in my opinion, but the final episode was absolutely beautiful. Can anyone think of a similar serie… --- ## [On the End of Wars (But not War)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-end-of-wars-but-not-war/1029524)
**Author:** [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-end-of-wars-but-not-war/1029524 "2026-04-24T23:58:30Z")
Continuing the discussion from Legal authority of US government in post-WW2 Japan: Here, people can feel free to discuss all manners of wars which may or may not have ended depending on how technical or pedantic you wan… --- ## [My son's experience with ChatGPT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sons-experience-with-chatgpt/1029538)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sons-experience-with-chatgpt/1029538 "2026-04-24T23:44:36Z")
My son once published a book on debugging. It contained 50 programs, 10 each in 5 different programming languages, each supposed to contain exactly one bug that student/reader was expected to find. There was a lot of t… --- ## [Mini PC - evolution in form, or fried components waiting to happen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-pc-evolution-in-form-or-fried-components-waiting-to-happen/1029509)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-pc-evolution-in-form-or-fried-components-waiting-to-happen/1029509 "2026-04-24T21:56:43Z")
I’ve always been a desktop PC guy, but I notice that the lower priced segment of the market are increasingly given over to the book-size mini units. Many of them tout “silent running,” which indicates they don’t have a f… --- ## [Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas has died at 81](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conductor-michael-tilson-thomas-has-died-at-81/1029522)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conductor-michael-tilson-thomas-has-died-at-81/1029522 "2026-04-24T20:18:40Z")
Okay, maybe this won’t be a big deal to all that many people on this board or elsewhere… but I followed Thomas’s whole career because he was only four years older than me. I was like watching that kid in the class ahea… --- ## [IPOs and lock-up period, how to reduce risk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipos-and-lock-up-period-how-to-reduce-risk/1029527)
**Author:** [@nate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nate)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipos-and-lock-up-period-how-to-reduce-risk/1029527 "2026-04-24T17:56:28Z")
Say one has some SpaceX stock, subject to an x day lockout period, but they believe that the share price will be less than the initial IPO price after x days. Or even if it’s not, they’d prefer to lose any gains over tak… --- ## [Why did they drop "Junior High" in favor of "Middle School"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-they-drop-junior-high-in-favor-of-middle-school/808636)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-they-drop-junior-high-in-favor-of-middle-school/808636 "2026-04-24T17:03:19Z")
A long time ago elementary school was K-8 and high school was 9-12. Then junior high appeared for 7-8 or 6-8 or 7-9 depending on school district. Now it’s middle school for nominally 6-8. YDMV. When did this change ta… --- ## [Browser Pickiness as a Factor in Driving Folks Away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-pickiness-as-a-factor-in-driving-folks-away/1029356)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-pickiness-as-a-factor-in-driving-folks-away/1029356 "2026-04-24T16:14:18Z")
Speaking strictly for myself, my everyday web browser is no longer compatible with the requirements of this board. There’s not a single website I also go to that rejects my standard web browser. Presumably, the people … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=100&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=102&state=muted)