# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1250 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1251 --- ## [Helmets and "chin" straps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helmets-and-chin-straps/956419)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helmets-and-chin-straps/956419 "2021-12-23T16:04:14Z")
I have a motorcycle helmet and a bicycle helmet. Each of these has a “chin” strap, which is perhaps a bit of a misnomer, as it doesn’t fasten around my chin: it lays across my throat. OTOH, if I look at a US Army helme… --- ## [Tell Me Your “Florida Man” stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-florida-man-stories/925376)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-florida-man-stories/925376 "2021-12-23T16:02:39Z")
Previous Dopers have called “Florida Man” “the worst superhero ever”. But is it fair? This amusing article takes an objective look at Florida Men - trying to get alligators drunk, faking an emergency to get a 911 ride … --- ## [Odd version of The Matrix movie (leaked in 1999)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-version-of-the-matrix-movie-leaked-in-1999/607006)
**Author:** [@SwannyRiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwannyRiver)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-version-of-the-matrix-movie-leaked-in-1999/607006 "2021-12-23T15:11:01Z")
Does anyone recall the original Matrix film being leaked back in 1999? When I was in high school my buddy gave me a copy of the film while it was still playing in theaters, however this copy was some unfinished productio… --- ## [Could most modern popular music be described as a chaccone or passacaglia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-most-modern-popular-music-be-described-as-a-chaccone-or-passacaglia/956298)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-most-modern-popular-music-be-described-as-a-chaccone-or-passacaglia/956298 "2021-12-23T15:10:50Z")
A chaconne (/ʃəˈkɒn/; French: \[ʃakɔn\]; Spanish: chacona ; Italian: ciaccona , pronounced \[tʃakˈkoːna\]; earlier English: chacony )\[1\] is a type of musical composition often used as a vehicle for variation on a repeated s… --- ## [Tips and Tricks to save time and money etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-and-tricks-to-save-time-and-money-etc/956369)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-and-tricks-to-save-time-and-money-etc/956369 "2021-12-23T14:47:52Z")
High inflation is eating up the budgets of American households. The cost of groceries have jumped 5.4% in the past year , marking one of the biggest increases in the past two decades, according to the consumer price ind… --- ## [Coke Zero may soon be phased out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-zero-may-soon-be-phased-out/788561)
**Author:** [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-zero-may-soon-be-phased-out/788561 "2021-12-23T14:04:55Z")
I loves me some Coke Zero. Ever since this alternative to Diet Coke (bleeargh) came out I have been a die-hard consumer. Sugar-free and tastes distinctively sort-of-like Coca Cola, but in a way that is thirst-quenching a… --- ## [Telegrams as a way to connect to to another person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telegrams-as-a-way-to-connect-to-to-another-person/956447)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telegrams-as-a-way-to-connect-to-to-another-person/956447 "2021-12-23T13:20:32Z")
Can I send a telegram? Or is that completely done away with? Not candy grams or flower delivery tools. --- ## [Did I violate board culture in the Atomic bomb thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-violate-board-culture-in-the-atomic-bomb-thread/956471)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-violate-board-culture-in-the-atomic-bomb-thread/956471 "2021-12-23T12:38:16Z")
In THIS thread (“Japan was willing to surrender throughout all of 1945 but only with the guarantee their emperor would remain”), which was self evidently about the circumstances surrounding the decision to drop the atomi… --- ## [Tom Cardy songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cardy-songs/956500)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cardy-songs/956500 "2021-12-23T11:07:10Z")
He’s a musical comedian, or a comedic musician, who does funny little songs. Here’s one of my favorites: If you liked it, check out his other songs. He covers a very wide variety of topics. --- ## [What in the world happened to Keith Richards' fingers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-world-happened-to-keith-richards-fingers/132046)
**Author:** [@Cholo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cholo)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-world-happened-to-keith-richards-fingers/132046 "2021-12-23T10:59:31Z")
I noticed it a couple of months ago when Mick Jagger and Keith were being interviewed by Matt Lauer on the Today show. Keith is sitting next to Jagger and is closer to the camera. As you may know, Keith speaks somewhat a… --- ## [NFL 2021: Week Fifteen Minutes of Fame](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-fifteen-minutes-of-fame/956162)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-fifteen-minutes-of-fame/956162 "2021-12-23T09:06:43Z")
Ding Dong the Douche is dead. Which old douche? The rich old Douche. Ding Dong the wicked douche is dead. Urban Meyer is head coach in the NFL no longer. With both him and Jon Gruden being fired, I feel like a kid on Chr… --- ## [A plus-sized Jewish lady redneck died in El Paso on Saturday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plus-sized-jewish-lady-redneck-died-in-el-paso-on-saturday/956380)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plus-sized-jewish-lady-redneck-died-in-el-paso-on-saturday/956380 "2021-12-23T05:59:57Z")
Evidently this is going viral – I saw it when my sister texted the article and obit to me. It is an interesting obituary, for sure, written by her son and he certainly put a lot into it. The obituary: --- ## [Is there a word for "using code/technology without understanding how it works"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-for-using-code-technology-without-understanding-how-it-works/956492)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-for-using-code-technology-without-understanding-how-it-works/956492 "2021-12-23T05:34:51Z")
Continuing the discussion from How should a person accused of racism respond?: I thought the term was “technical debt”. Which makes sense, because you literally borrow technical knowledge. But the internet tells me te… --- ## [If you're ever in...make sure you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-ever-in-make-sure-you/955918)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-ever-in-make-sure-you/955918 "2021-12-23T03:34:57Z")
Think of a place you visited and found an unexpected pleasure. Or maybe a place lots of people visit while overlooking something. I asked a co-worker, a total history buff, about what there was to do in Amarillo and he… --- ## [POLL: How was your vaccine reaction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 312\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463 "2021-12-23T03:14:18Z")
I’m on day 3 of feeling like heck from my first Moderna shot. I thought I’d throw out a poll to see how everyone is doing, now that there’s a steady stream of vax happening. Enjoy. poll poll Note that if you’re on a two… --- ## [Leftist millennial wins election as Chile’s next president](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftist-millennial-wins-election-as-chile-s-next-president/956340)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leftist-millennial-wins-election-as-chile-s-next-president/956340 "2021-12-23T03:12:53Z")
I thought this was interesting: President-elect Boric is 35 years old. I think it’s kinda cool that the Mills are moving into control positions. --- ## [Actors Who Impress More Playing Against Type](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-impress-more-playing-against-type/956373)
**Author:** [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-impress-more-playing-against-type/956373 "2021-12-23T01:40:36Z")
For each of us, there are actors and actresses who don’t impress when doing their usual schtick. But then they take a role playing against type, and suddenly, you’re impressed. Take Steve Carell. His comedy roles leave… --- ## [MacBook failure. Please suggest some options](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macbook-failure-please-suggest-some-options/956390)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macbook-failure-please-suggest-some-options/956390 "2021-12-23T00:22:50Z")
My MacBook seems to have just crapped out. The screen suddenly went black, but the sound is working, and the keyboard seems to be functioning as well. My layman’s diagnosis is that somehow the connection between the ke… --- ## [Fuck you and your card! (lame!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-and-your-card-lame/334910)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-and-your-card-lame/334910 "2021-12-22T23:22:34Z")
This probably bugs the shit out of me more than it does most people. But I’m fucking sick of businesses and their stupid fucking cards. The Pick n Save, the Jewel store, now speedway has their stupid “speedy Rewards” car… --- ## [WTF, pepperlandgirl?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-pepperlandgirl/593508)
**Author:** [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-pepperlandgirl/593508 "2021-12-22T22:13:43Z")
Seriously, this grates on me because of its blatant mix of trolling and threadshitting. Or maybe just threadshitting, but it sure looks designed to push people’s buttons in some pissy, passive-aggressive manner. In the … --- ## [When You Join A Chess Club, Do You Just Walk In, Sit Down, And Play?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-chess-club-do-you-just-walk-in-sit-down-and-play/956478)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-chess-club-do-you-just-walk-in-sit-down-and-play/956478 "2021-12-22T22:09:19Z")
Forgive me for what is probably a silly question, but I’m thinking about joining the St. Louis Chess Club. This will give me access to tournaments, lessons, etc. but does it also mean that I can just walk in on a Saturda… --- ## [Do you think it's ever justified to "drop off the face of the Earth"? How do you handle it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-its-ever-justified-to-drop-off-the-face-of-the-earth-how-do-you-handle-it/693847)
**Author:** [@CatherineZeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatherineZeta)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-its-ever-justified-to-drop-off-the-face-of-the-earth-how-do-you-handle-it/693847 "2021-12-22T21:11:33Z")
I’m curious if anyone has ever done that to someone or been on the receiving end of the “cut direct” as it’s referred to on another message board I frequent. My main issue is- how far do you pursue it without coming acr… --- ## [King Trump: How would Reps Respond?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-trump-how-would-reps-respond/956113)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-trump-how-would-reps-respond/956113 "2021-12-22T19:47:07Z")
How would the current Republicans respond if Trump wins and tries to overturn term limits, despite his age? --- ## [600 of 3100 local families approved for "Toys for Tots" didn't pick up their toys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/600-of-3100-local-families-approved-for-toys-for-tots-didnt-pick-up-their-toys/956389)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/600-of-3100-local-families-approved-for-toys-for-tots-didnt-pick-up-their-toys/956389 "2021-12-22T19:42:36Z")
Unclaimed toys will be sent to other entities that give toys to needy children, but the number of no-shows blows my mind - or maybe it shouldn’t, because it was in a place that was not exactly easy to find. Does anyone … --- ## [2005 Prius headlight issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2005-prius-headlight-issue/956441)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2005-prius-headlight-issue/956441 "2021-12-22T18:48:50Z")
I’ve noticed something the last week or so. The right headlight on my 2005 Prius sometimes goes out. Originally, I thought it had burned out; but then I noticed it was back on. In that case, you’d think there was a lo… --- ## [How much more expensive to raise animals humanely?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-more-expensive-to-raise-animals-humanely/956224)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-more-expensive-to-raise-animals-humanely/956224 "2021-12-22T18:47:59Z")
My wife and I eat non-fish animal protein infrequently, but when we do, I am often stricken by how cheap meat is - especially chicken and pork. Animal rights concerns are not the primary reason we eat little animal prot… --- ## [How is modern life impacting human evolution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-modern-life-impacting-human-evolution/955903)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-modern-life-impacting-human-evolution/955903 "2021-12-22T18:33:56Z")
It seems self evident to me that evolution is a natural process that continues to this day. Surely, humans are still experiencing it. It’s also my understanding that evolution isn’t synonymous with “progress”, but is s… --- ## [Question regarding blood-sucking insect behavior](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-blood-sucking-insect-behavior/956415)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-blood-sucking-insect-behavior/956415 "2021-12-22T18:23:55Z")
Recently I’ve seen read more reports about blood-sucking insect infestations (“no-see-ums” or biting midges) in the US. There is a lot of quackery when it comes to warding off these types of insects. But I am curious abo… --- ## [By what margin will the GOP retake the Senate and the House?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-what-margin-will-the-gop-retake-the-senate-and-the-house/956377)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2021, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-what-margin-will-the-gop-retake-the-senate-and-the-house/956377 "2021-12-22T16:59:51Z")
Given the number of Dem house retirements announced, the very low Biden approval ratings, the redistricting movements among many GOP controlled states, there is strong belief that the GOP will gain control of both houses… --- ## [Does COVID Negatively Impact the Republican Party?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-covid-negatively-impact-the-republican-party/956374)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2021, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-covid-negatively-impact-the-republican-party/956374 "2021-12-22T16:38:38Z")
I doubt I’m the only person who has thought of this, but the vast majority of COVID deaths are attributed to political conservatives, the vast majority of which are Republicans. With the country so evenly divided, a 5% c… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1249) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1251)