# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1058 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1059 --- ## [Ever seen a road with your name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-a-road-with-your-name/967585)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2022, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-a-road-with-your-name/967585 "2022-07-13T03:12:15Z")
I’ve noticed a lot of roads in my county have people’s names (mostly first names) and while I’ve never seen my name, there is one near here with my mom’s name (Loretta Drive.) My last name shows up on a lot of roads, b… --- ## [Georgia's Guidestones get partially blown up!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgias-guidestones-get-partially-blown-up/967505)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2022, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgias-guidestones-get-partially-blown-up/967505 "2022-07-13T03:02:15Z")
I put this in Cafe Society because John Oliver covered them last month in a free web exclusive. JohnOliver: There’s a whole satanic theory around them, and there’s a gubernatorial candidate saying she woul… --- ## [Looking for a music fantasy book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-music-fantasy-book/967841)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-music-fantasy-book/967841 "2022-07-13T02:56:27Z")
This is probably from a few decades back. By listening the the last albums from performers whose lives were cut tragically short, this guy is able to either go back in time or enter another universe to prevent the death… --- ## [Ordered a "special" pizza](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordered-a-special-pizza/967703)
**Author:** [@a6ka97](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a6ka97)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordered-a-special-pizza/967703 "2022-07-12T23:38:44Z")
Last night called up the locally owned pizza joint to get pizza for supper. Ordered a large and knowing they cut the pizza into 8 slices and I had 5 people eating I asked it to be cut into 10 slices. The kid on the other… --- ## [I have quit drinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-quit-drinking/967533)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2022, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-quit-drinking/967533 "2022-07-12T23:28:58Z")
I started drinking on and off about four years ago. Over the last two years I’ve probably averaged about 4 - 6 drinks per day and only stopped recently because my joints started to hurt. The orthopedist I have visited … --- ## [Webb telescope ‘reveal’: just distressing…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/webb-telescope-reveal-just-distressing/967786)
**Author:** [@Turki-lurki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turki-lurki)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/webb-telescope-reveal-just-distressing/967786 "2022-07-12T22:04:36Z")
The telescope is a magnificent achievement. To call its ‘big reveal’ a colossal disappointment is an understatement. Two stammering, stumbling old guys mumbling in front of an image you could barely see. This is NASA PR… --- ## ["Reply all" blunders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-all-blunders/967643)
**Author:** [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-all-blunders/967643 "2022-07-12T21:24:06Z")
It’s a classic humiliation story: you’re on a massive email chain and direct a snarky aside to one person, but accidentally send it to everyone. But how often does this really happen? I’ve made the opposite mistake of re… --- ## [What Would It Sound Like Inside A Passenger Aircraft Powered By Electricity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-sound-like-inside-a-passenger-aircraft-powered-by-electricity/967707)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2022, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-sound-like-inside-a-passenger-aircraft-powered-by-electricity/967707 "2022-07-12T20:50:20Z")
Electric cars are disconcertingly quiet to those of us used to the sound of the internal combustion engine. I know that we’re likely decades away from electricity-powered aircraft, if indeed we ever get there at all. But… --- ## [On Whataboutism and hypocrisy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-whataboutism-and-hypocrisy/967757)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2022, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-whataboutism-and-hypocrisy/967757 "2022-07-12T20:09:42Z")
ISTM that the tactic of whataboutism, and accusations thereof, are very common, not just in forums like this, but in political discourse and much of the media. And, to be honest, I have found myself doing it. Saying, fo… --- ## [Judges and divorce](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judges-and-divorce/967824)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judges-and-divorce/967824 "2022-07-12T19:22:13Z")
Do judges for the most part use standardized criteria formulas for most of their decisions? Or is it a lot more arbitrary? --- ## ["Except to save the life of a pregnant person" - how true is that really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/except-to-save-the-life-of-a-pregnant-person-how-true-is-that-really/967024)
**Author:** [@Wisp00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wisp00)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/except-to-save-the-life-of-a-pregnant-person-how-true-is-that-really/967024 "2022-07-12T18:42:22Z")
I’m honestly sick and tired of people telling me my life is a price they’re willing to pay… between school shootings, coronavirus, and now abortion bans. Although I’m told I’m exaggerating the last one because these laws… --- ## [Urban planning and wildlife ( birds)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-planning-and-wildlife-birds/967717)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-planning-and-wildlife-birds/967717 "2022-07-12T17:55:41Z")
I often wonder how much consideration is given to birds in city landscaping, parks, cemeteries, commercial developments etc. I don’t personally know of any but then again there is a lot I am not aware of. Does anyone hav… --- ## [Your idea of a weak album start](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-idea-of-a-weak-album-start/966435)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-idea-of-a-weak-album-start/966435 "2022-07-12T17:33:55Z")
Niel Young’s Harvest opens with “Out On the Weekend”. Looking through the rest of that album’s songs, I couldn’t find a weaker, lifeless, simplistic, more “phoned in” number than OOTW. I get it that the “hits” and “stro… --- ## [Are Garfield and U.S. Acres set in the same universe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-garfield-and-u-s-acres-set-in-the-same-universe/965622)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-garfield-and-u-s-acres-set-in-the-same-universe/965622 "2022-07-12T17:30:33Z")
Garfield and U.S. Acres are both comic strips by Jim Davis. Animated versions of both strips appear in the TV show Garfield and Friends, albeit in separate segments. With one minor exception mentioned below, I don’t re… --- ## [How does US military retirement pay work for people who retire at unusual years (i.e., after 7 years, 16 or 23?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-us-military-retirement-pay-work-for-people-who-retire-at-unusual-years-i-e-after-7-years-16-or-23/967421)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2022, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-us-military-retirement-pay-work-for-people-who-retire-at-unusual-years-i-e-after-7-years-16-or-23/967421 "2022-07-12T17:13:59Z")
As a civilian, the only basic grasp I have of retirement for US military folk is that at 10 years, they retire with quarter-pay for life, at 20 years they get half-pay, and 40 years means full pay for life. What happens… --- ## [Does involuntary commitment to a mental health facility show up on a background check?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-involuntary-commitment-to-a-mental-health-facility-show-up-on-a-background-check/933516)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-involuntary-commitment-to-a-mental-health-facility-show-up-on-a-background-check/933516 "2022-07-12T15:55:44Z")
I had some mental health crises in 2007 and '14 that required that I be involuntarily committed to psychiatric hospitals, on account of the fact that I was a danger to myself and others, and incapable of giving informed … --- ## [Second shot and the side effects](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-shot-and-the-side-effects/932897)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-shot-and-the-side-effects/932897 "2022-07-12T15:30:07Z")
I’ve been reading about different people having different experiences after getting their second shot, so thought we could have one place to share. I haven’t had my second shot yet but it is always good to know what mig… --- ## [Prime Day 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prime-day-2022/967827)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prime-day-2022/967827 "2022-07-12T15:26:34Z")
It’s Prime Day once again so I’m here to start my annual thread about it. Anyone find anything good? The only difference I see in this year’s Day is that they have real Apple stuff on sale, which I don’t think has ever … --- ## [Life Insurance and murder hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-insurance-and-murder-hypothetical/967169)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-insurance-and-murder-hypothetical/967169 "2022-07-12T15:13:50Z")
Say that someone has life insurance that covers death even due to homicide (called “accidental” death in the sense of non-disease causes). They’ve had the policy for several years so that’s not an issue. But then one day… --- ## [In sports announcer trios, why is the woman always the sideline reporter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-sports-announcer-trios-why-is-the-woman-always-the-sideline-reporter/967767)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-sports-announcer-trios-why-is-the-woman-always-the-sideline-reporter/967767 "2022-07-12T15:02:19Z")
At least in the United States, when broadcasting men’s sports, they tend to have two men doing the announcing-- one the play-by-play, and the other the color commentary-- and if they have a woman at all, which isn’t alwa… --- ## [Anyone know why Twitter doesn’t recycle usernames?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-why-twitter-doesn-t-recycle-usernames/967780)
**Author:** [@WalterBishop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WalterBishop)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-why-twitter-doesn-t-recycle-usernames/967780 "2022-07-12T13:37:09Z")
I’m trying to sign up to Twitter but all the usernames I can think of are taken. Annoyingly, they’re generally not taken by people with active accounts. I’ve searched for well over a dozen usernames (to see if they’re al… --- ## [Brag About How Much You Saved](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brag-about-how-much-you-saved/967740)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2022, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brag-about-how-much-you-saved/967740 "2022-07-12T11:40:17Z")
Television has long been filled with ads saying how much you save by switching telecom or insurance companies. This thread allows you to brag about these savings, if any, or by switching from any product whatsoever to o… --- ## [Travel Insurance + Credit for Travel Not Taken](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-insurance-credit-for-travel-not-taken/958169)
**Author:** [@Nayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nayna)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2022, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-insurance-credit-for-travel-not-taken/958169 "2022-07-12T10:08:08Z")
When I file a claim against my travel insurance company and get my money back, should I also get credit from the airline and/or hotel? I was planning to travel to Arizona in April 2020. I canceled the trip with the airl… --- ## [New Air Fryer Results](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-air-fryer-results/964919)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-air-fryer-results/964919 "2022-06-06T22:53:41Z")
Figured I’d start a new thread (somehow couldn’t find the old one)… Finally broke it out after almost a week. It’s an Instant brand (I did ZERO research, was grief-shopping). I’ll be honest, the chicken was of unknown v… --- ## [Anybody have a counter top ice maker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-have-a-counter-top-ice-maker/953392)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2021, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-have-a-counter-top-ice-maker/953392 "2021-11-02T05:18:43Z")
Would they be useful in freezing mixed drinks or Kool Aid type liquids? Or would it eventually gum up the works? Would they be easily cleanable? At the price they’re available at, I’m tempted to buy one just to freeze my… --- ## [Webb telescope is awake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/webb-telescope-is-awake/967789)
**Author:** [@cincinnatus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cincinnatus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2022, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/webb-telescope-is-awake/967789 "2022-07-12T07:18:26Z")
Just think of what went into the Webb telescope to get this picture. Remarkable. Breathtaking. picture. --- ## [Fuel consumption from powered rocket landings, compared with coasting re-entry and parachute deployment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuel-consumption-from-powered-rocket-landings-compared-with-coasting-re-entry-and-parachute-deployment/967719)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2022, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuel-consumption-from-powered-rocket-landings-compared-with-coasting-re-entry-and-parachute-deployment/967719 "2022-07-12T05:05:38Z")
At first sight, the answer seems obvious, given that any amount of fuel used during descent is more than no fuel at all. On the other hand, with an ocean splashdown you have to send a ship out to recover the spacecraft.… --- ## [Businesses close to military bases](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-close-to-military-bases/967476)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2022, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-close-to-military-bases/967476 "2022-07-12T04:19:21Z")
There was an article in the Sunday New York Times that annoyed me. It was about businesses located close to military bases, sometimes owned by veterans. They like a military clientele since they get regular payments, b… --- ## [Does High Temperature Destroy the Effectiveness of Toothpaste?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-high-temperature-destroy-the-effectiveness-of-toothpaste/967723)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2022, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-high-temperature-destroy-the-effectiveness-of-toothpaste/967723 "2022-07-12T03:04:52Z")
I just discovered that a brand new tube of my prescription toothpaste decided to sneakily hide under my electric frying pan–which I then used to fry an egg. So? --- ## [I Pit ILMVI for Complaining Incessantly About Acronyms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ilmvi-for-complaining-incessantly-about-acronyms/943142)
**Author:** [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Replies:** 274\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2022, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ilmvi-for-complaining-incessantly-about-acronyms/943142 "2022-07-12T02:28:31Z")
ILMVI, please, for the love of DOYC, stop derailing threads to gripe about acronyms (or, for that matter, legalese you don’t understand). I have gotten so sick of you disrupting threads over your pet peeve that I have h… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1057) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1059)