# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1049 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1050 --- ## [Bench seats in cars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bench-seats-in-cars/968280)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bench-seats-in-cars/968280 "2022-07-22T00:56:00Z")
What was the last American vehicle that still had bench seats in front? --- ## [Does "Unsubscribe" mean anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-unsubscribe-mean-anything/968258)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2022, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-unsubscribe-mean-anything/968258 "2022-07-22T00:54:33Z")
Somehow, my email address has apparently been sold to all sorts of “health” companies and I’m being bombarded with offers to give me a massive penis (thanks, no) or cure my thyroid problems the natural way (what thyroid … --- ## [A town of 10 (maybe in the Northeast) that holds the very first Presidential vote of the season at 12:01am (or something like that, my recall is fuzzy)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-town-of-10-maybe-in-the-northeast-that-holds-the-very-first-presidential-vote-of-the-season-at-12-01am-or-something-like-that-my-recall-is-fuzzy/968332)
**Author:** [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-town-of-10-maybe-in-the-northeast-that-holds-the-very-first-presidential-vote-of-the-season-at-12-01am-or-something-like-that-my-recall-is-fuzzy/968332 "2022-07-22T00:52:45Z")
Does any of this ring a bell? I seem to recall it being like a cute and folksy “production” (and if I remember right, it’s an annual thing for this small town) where they’re allowed to hold the country’s very first Presi… --- ## [James Remar role in City on a Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-remar-role-in-city-on-a-hill/968355)
**Author:** [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-remar-role-in-city-on-a-hill/968355 "2022-07-21T23:53:51Z")
Just binge-watched City on a Hill Season 1 and James Remar was listed but not IDed in the credits for several episodes. I did not recognize him at all. Anyone know what role he played? --- ## [Unsafe working conditions? Take it or leave it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsafe-working-conditions-take-it-or-leave-it/968011)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsafe-working-conditions-take-it-or-leave-it/968011 "2022-07-21T23:48:41Z")
My adult daughter, who has a mild learning disability, as been employed as a bus aide for about a year. The job suits her almost perfectly as she has a license but doesn’t drive. She gets picked up and dropped off in fro… --- ## [Zack Snyder Justice League cut](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zack-snyder-justice-league-cut/854418)
**Author:** [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zack-snyder-justice-league-cut/854418 "2022-07-21T23:33:54Z")
The stars have aligned and Warner Bros. will give the fans what they have been asking for, a directors cut of Justice League by Zack Snyder. I’m going to call this good news. I think this is an achievable project giv… --- ## [Wouldn’t Force healing have been useful for Prequel era Jedi?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouldn-t-force-healing-have-been-useful-for-prequel-era-jedi/968272)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouldn-t-force-healing-have-been-useful-for-prequel-era-jedi/968272 "2022-07-21T22:54:35Z")
The ones fighting a war with horrendous death toll. Plus maybe Anakin would have actually avoided falling to the dark side if he had known he could simply heal Padme with the force? Lost count of the number of times Rey … --- ## [Buying a battery-powered lawn mower: self-propelled or not? (Need answer fast!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-battery-powered-lawn-mower-self-propelled-or-not-need-answer-fast/964574)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-battery-powered-lawn-mower-self-propelled-or-not-need-answer-fast/964574 "2022-07-21T22:09:44Z")
I’m about to buy one of these two Ryobi 40V lawn mowers, and I’m debating whether it’s worth it to pay an extra $100 for the self-propelled model. The push one gets better reviews than the self-propelled. I’m guessing th… --- ## [Secret Service deleted texts around January 6 as part of a "device-replacement" program](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-service-deleted-texts-around-january-6-as-part-of-a-device-replacement-program/967977)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-service-deleted-texts-around-january-6-as-part-of-a-device-replacement-program/967977 "2022-07-21T21:01:51Z")
“But her emails!” What did they delete, and why? --- ## [Funerals are cathartic for survivors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funerals-are-cathartic-for-survivors/967844)
**Author:** [@Mortimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mortimus)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funerals-are-cathartic-for-survivors/967844 "2022-07-21T20:49:29Z")
Funerals are supposed to provide closure for the survivors. How does viewing a heavily made up corpse illuminated by pink light and surrounded by flowers help with closure? Our funeral rituals creep me out. Whatever c… --- ## [How are book cover quotes created?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-book-cover-quotes-created/968279)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-book-cover-quotes-created/968279 "2022-07-21T20:10:03Z")
I realize this must sound naïve, but if I see a book with a quote by, say, Stephen King on the front extolling it’s virtues, does that mean he really read it? Or is it a pleasant fiction and it’s slapped on with his perm… --- ## [Gavin Newsom in the news](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gavin-newsom-in-the-news/968171)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gavin-newsom-in-the-news/968171 "2022-07-21T19:57:37Z")
So naturally, the talk is of him running for President. What’s the Dope’s take on this guy? Besides his marriage to Kimberly, what are his other big mistakes? --- ## [Criminal intent question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criminal-intent-question/968296)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criminal-intent-question/968296 "2022-07-21T19:53:20Z")
There seem to be two established yet opposing principles of criminal law. One is Mens rea - Wikipedia, which says that there has to be an element of intentional wrongdoing to establish criminal culpability. But the other… --- ## [How did Tamaulipas get away with grabbing almost all the river frontage from Nuevo León?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-tamaulipas-get-away-with-grabbing-almost-all-the-river-frontage-from-nuevo-leon/776262)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-tamaulipas-get-away-with-grabbing-almost-all-the-river-frontage-from-nuevo-leon/776262 "2022-07-21T19:51:37Z")
Look at the borders of the state of Nuevo León: Google Maps Now look at the borders of its neighbor Tamaulipas: Google Maps That long, bizarre panhandle takes up practically all of the Rio Grande riverfront and only a… --- ## [Probability Question (Real-Life Example)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probability-question-real-life-example/968278)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probability-question-real-life-example/968278 "2022-07-21T19:36:23Z")
Two questions, actually. Have the same exact numbers ever been drawn in a lottery? You realize that this is theoretically possible. And I don’t necessarily mean right afterwards. Maybe even decades later, for example. (… --- ## [FBI Kept Tabs on Mort Sahl's Jokes About It, and Hoover Thought Sahl Was a 'Sick'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-kept-tabs-on-mort-sahls-jokes-about-it-and-hoover-thought-sahl-was-a-sick/967361)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-kept-tabs-on-mort-sahls-jokes-about-it-and-hoover-thought-sahl-was-a-sick/967361 "2022-07-21T19:13:20Z")
Just published… This is an effective comedian. Not just being the best, but attacking real power, not … whatever they do now (get along with their corporate sponsors)… Not hard to imagine Hoover and the FBI in general g… --- ## ["Unfortunately, your browser is too old to work on this site. Please upgrade your browser to view rich content, log in and reply."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunately-your-browser-is-too-old-to-work-on-this-site-please-upgrade-your-browser-to-view-rich-content-log-in-and-reply/967880)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunately-your-browser-is-too-old-to-work-on-this-site-please-upgrade-your-browser-to-view-rich-content-log-in-and-reply/967880 "2022-07-21T19:06:06Z")
This just happened overnight. I see nothing on this site which requires this. Why was there no notification? What I had been using was Firefox which I haven’t upgraded because they changed the UI. I am temporarily pos… --- ## [Prime numbers and aliens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prime-numbers-and-aliens/967587)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prime-numbers-and-aliens/967587 "2022-07-21T18:37:06Z")
So I’ve been listening to podcasts about the search for extra-terrestrial life. Several mention that if a SETI received transmission contain prime numbers, we could expect that other intelligent life forms broadcast them… --- ## [Large slotted mandrels for finishing hole IDs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-slotted-mandrels-for-finishing-hole-ids/968226)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-slotted-mandrels-for-finishing-hole-ids/968226 "2022-07-21T17:57:34Z")
I think this tool obviously should exist and I should be finding it, but no. I want something I could mount in a hand drill, and slide through it a big Scotchbrite or steel wool pad or a stack of sandpaper and foam rubbe… --- ## [Intentional misunderstandings of acronyms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intentional-misunderstandings-of-acronyms/967733)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intentional-misunderstandings-of-acronyms/967733 "2022-07-21T16:29:17Z")
Based on a pit thread I don’t want to link to (but the software def wants to link to), I thought of what might be a fun game. Here’s how it goes: Poster 1: Post an acronym, preferably one that most folks know. Poster 2… --- ## [Time Travel, Space and Relativity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-space-and-relativity/968066)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-space-and-relativity/968066 "2022-07-21T15:29:33Z")
Simple question. If you are on earth, say, and you go back in time, where do you end up? Are you still on earth? Because think about it. Earth is nowhere near where it was in in space, even a couple of moments ago. And … --- ## [New Trump social media company -- the biggest grift yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-trump-social-media-company-the-biggest-grift-yet/955542)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-trump-social-media-company-the-biggest-grift-yet/955542 "2022-07-21T15:25:46Z")
Yet another attempt by the Orange One to do social media: This one is supposed to get a $1 billion investment from anonymous investors once it goes public via a SPAC. Yeah, right. Why am I thinking of things like sal… --- ## [Traveling to Spain, opinions requested](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-to-spain-opinions-requested/968159)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-to-spain-opinions-requested/968159 "2022-07-21T14:33:38Z")
I have been to Spain twice, but the last time was over 20 years ago. I am planning on taking my 3 teenage boys there for Spring Break next April. We will be using Madrid as our home base, and I am contemplating a train r… --- ## ["Holograms" come a big step closer to reality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holograms-come-a-big-step-closer-to-reality/968318)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holograms-come-a-big-step-closer-to-reality/968318 "2022-07-21T13:41:46Z")
“Holograms”, by which I mean the kind of 3D imaging often shown in science fiction movies and TV shows, not the real-life coherent light interferometric wavelength construction. Think of Princess Leia’s recording in the … --- ## [Statues of Breaking Bad's Walter White and Jesse Pinkman to go up in Albuquerque](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statues-of-breaking-bads-walter-white-and-jesse-pinkman-to-go-up-in-albuquerque/968211)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statues-of-breaking-bads-walter-white-and-jesse-pinkman-to-go-up-in-albuquerque/968211 "2022-07-21T12:16:15Z")
Interesting, because these are going up courtesy of Sony and showrunner Vance Gilligan, not like the TV Land statues that went up years ago in Salem, New York, Minneapolis, and elsewhere Here are the TV Land statues … --- ## [At least 17 Democratic Representatives arrested for pro-choice protest outside Supreme Court {July 19, 2022}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-17-democratic-representatives-arrested-for-pro-choice-protest-outside-supreme-court-july-19-2022/968223)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-17-democratic-representatives-arrested-for-pro-choice-protest-outside-supreme-court-july-19-2022/968223 "2022-07-21T11:34:25Z")
35 people in total, including 17 Democratic members of the House of Representatives, were arrested today for obstructing traffic during a sit-in protest for abortion rights in front of the Supreme Court. Representativ… --- ## [What disorder makes a person suddenly intolerant of greasy food and cold liquid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-disorder-makes-a-person-suddenly-intolerant-of-greasy-food-and-cold-liquid/968206)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-disorder-makes-a-person-suddenly-intolerant-of-greasy-food-and-cold-liquid/968206 "2022-07-21T05:43:49Z")
My girlfriend had no problem eating the greasiest of foods up until recently, where her stomach suddenly now cannot tolerate oil/fat, and also cannot tolerate cold water (must drink warm-hot water.) What type of gastroi… --- ## [Do you use Duck Duck Go? How do you like it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-duck-duck-go-how-do-you-like-it/968057)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-duck-duck-go-how-do-you-like-it/968057 "2022-07-21T02:17:18Z")
Does anyone here use Duck Duck Go? What are its advantages / disadvantages? They claim they don’t track you, while other browsers don’t make that claim. Thoughts? . --- ## [Your favorite movie reviews](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie-reviews/967895)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie-reviews/967895 "2022-07-21T02:07:52Z")
Note: If you hate or totally disregard movie reviews this thread may not be for you. I love this review of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Tom Lorenzo, Musical Monday: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Tom + Lorenzo (tomandlorenzo.… --- ## [What is the difference between the French phrases "suspendu au plafond" vs. "suspendu du plafond"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-the-french-phrases-suspendu-au-plafond-vs-suspendu-du-plafond/968291)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2022, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-the-french-phrases-suspendu-au-plafond-vs-suspendu-du-plafond/968291 "2022-07-20T23:44:12Z")
The phrases “suspendu au plafond” and “suspendu du plafond” both translate as “suspended from the ceiling”. How do they differ in meaning? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1048) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1050)