# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1356 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1357 --- ## [Common terms that started off as insults](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-terms-that-started-off-as-insults/948639)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-terms-that-started-off-as-insults/948639 "2021-08-27T17:08:08Z")
So random thought: there are a lot of terms, that are now just regular terms for groups or movements, that originally were insults against those groups or movements. e.g.: Impressionists Tories Punk What other good … --- ## [Any of you folks have a Parmesan cheese grater you're fond of? (Difficulty: No microplanes)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-folks-have-a-parmesan-cheese-grater-youre-fond-of-difficulty-no-microplanes/949521)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-you-folks-have-a-parmesan-cheese-grater-youre-fond-of-difficulty-no-microplanes/949521 "2021-08-27T17:06:55Z")
I’m in the market for a parmesan cheese grater. Looking towards one of those hand cranked models. So if you have a model in your kitchen that’s worked well for you, I’d very much appreciate your suggestions. Thanks. --- ## [Who have you seen live that is no longer with us?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 246\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-have-you-seen-live-that-is-no-longer-with-us/818968 "2021-08-27T16:44:39Z")
I’ve seen Kurt Cobain, Clarence Clemons of the E Street Band, Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead, and Prince. A pretty fair collection, I think. I had tix to see Johnny Rotten and the Sex Pistols but they cancelled. I th… --- ## [What is the origin of the phrase "sweet surrender"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-the-phrase-sweet-surrender/949616)
**Author:** [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-the-phrase-sweet-surrender/949616 "2021-08-27T16:39:01Z")
I have always understood the phrase, in its original sense, to refer to romantic (or sexual) surrender, but it has also been used to refer to religious or spiritual surrender. It has appeared in numerous songs over the y… --- ## [What is the name of this informal fallacy - not accounting for second order consequences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-informal-fallacy-not-accounting-for-second-order-consequences/943835)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-informal-fallacy-not-accounting-for-second-order-consequences/943835 "2021-08-27T16:29:39Z")
I have this vague feeling I’ve heard this fallacy named before but my admittedly relatively perfunctory search of various lists of common fallacies hasn’t turned it up. Maybe I’m wrong and it has no name. The fallacy i… --- ## [Have You Ever Had To Put Your Child In A Group Home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-to-put-your-child-in-a-group-home/609463)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-to-put-your-child-in-a-group-home/609463 "2021-08-27T15:46:28Z")
There has to be someone here that’s been through this. Please, og, I beseech you, let there be. I’m having a really hard time with my youngest son, 13, right now. I don’t want to go into too much detail, as he does ha… --- ## [Remember this Mini series?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-mini-series/949559)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-mini-series/949559 "2021-08-27T15:20:55Z")
Late 70s I think. Pre-revolution Russia. Maybe the Cossacks? At one point, one of the tough characters gets his foot blown off, and just jams his stump into a boot and keeps on going. There may have been some horse polo… --- ## [Original Definition of Freedom of Speech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-definition-of-freedom-of-speech/949289)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-definition-of-freedom-of-speech/949289 "2021-08-27T13:20:24Z")
And you notice I put it in GQ, because I assume it requires only a nice and tidy factual answer. What was the SCOTUS original rendering of the First Amendment, specifically for freedom of speech? I mean all the way back… --- ## [What unusual state symbol does your state have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-unusual-state-symbol-does-your-state-have/948635)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-unusual-state-symbol-does-your-state-have/948635 "2021-08-27T09:48:46Z")
Most states have state symbols such as a state song, state bird, or state tree. However, some have rather unusual “symbols”. For example, New Mexico has a state question: “Red or green?” which refers to whether one pr… --- ## [Whose picture should accompany the article, the murderer or the victim?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-picture-should-accompany-the-article-the-murderer-or-the-victim/949578)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-picture-should-accompany-the-article-the-murderer-or-the-victim/949578 "2021-08-27T08:12:59Z")
IMO the victim’s picture if available. Not bloodied of course but like a happy picture. If you’re going to glorify someone, glorify the victim. I think putting the murderer’s mugshot alone is not good practice, unless t… --- ## [Kaiser is Fking worthless](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kaiser-is-fking-worthless/943911)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kaiser-is-fking-worthless/943911 "2021-08-27T05:01:36Z")
Mrs Cad has major problems with inflammation. Has for quite a while now and it is really starting to affect her health. So with an inflammation problem she should speak to a rhumatologist right? Thing is that requires… --- ## [Multi-Reschedules on Traffic ticket court hearing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-reschedules-on-traffic-ticket-court-hearing/949504)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-reschedules-on-traffic-ticket-court-hearing/949504 "2021-08-27T04:09:17Z")
I got a speeding ticket in Texas in December 2019. My lawyer requested a court hearing / jury trial. The Court has been rescheduling the hearing/appearance date multiple times due to Covid. Each time the date is pushed … --- ## [Taking my son to college, anything I should know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-my-son-to-college-anything-i-should-know/948417)
**Author:** [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-my-son-to-college-anything-i-should-know/948417 "2021-08-27T03:10:40Z")
Well, as amazing at it seems to me, my son will be attending Virginia Tech, and we are taking him down on Saturday. Also amazing to me, I’m pretty terrified. It’s literally dropping him off in a small city of 35,000 a… --- ## [Saw movies and the plot device of who the villains are. Open Spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-movies-and-the-plot-device-of-who-the-villains-are-open-spoilers/949577)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-movies-and-the-plot-device-of-who-the-villains-are-open-spoilers/949577 "2021-08-27T02:01:14Z")
Open spoilers. Thread inspired by the other thread on horror movies. I’ve watched some of the Saw movies, but not all of them. I like the general concept of having a group of people stuck together and having to solve … --- ## [The SDMB Bulwer-Lytton game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-bulwer-lytton-game/949085)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-bulwer-lytton-game/949085 "2021-08-27T01:52:43Z")
In this game, we try to write the worst opening sentence of a novel. This game is inspired by the Bulwer-Lytton contest: Basically, we’re trying to write the worst opening sentence (not sentences; one sentence only) … --- ## [Comirnaty vs. Spikevax (brand names of vaccines)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comirnaty-vs-spikevax-brand-names-of-vaccines/949549)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comirnaty-vs-spikevax-brand-names-of-vaccines/949549 "2021-08-27T00:49:03Z")
Comirnaty is Pfizer vaccine’s brand name; Spikevax is what Moderna’s has (only used in Europe so far). Nancy Friedman writes a blog about brand names and related topics. Here’s her take on these two names: https://nancy… --- ## [Hair disaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-disaster/949385)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-disaster/949385 "2021-08-27T00:43:42Z")
has anyone seen Dan Orlovsky’s new “hair storm” (can anyone call it hair style?) He’s shaved sides, but bunch of hair on top resembles bad toupee --- ## [Murder Hornet Nest found and destroyed North of Seattle Washington](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-hornet-nest-found-and-destroyed-north-of-seattle-washington/923799)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2021, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-hornet-nest-found-and-destroyed-north-of-seattle-washington/923799 "2021-08-26T23:04:35Z")
2020 just keeps on finding ways to make our lives challenging. This time it’s murder hornets. They have a quarter inch long stinger and can wipe out a domestic bee hive in an hour. The adults body’s are 1 3/4 inches long… --- ## [Cable-smacking acoustics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-smacking-acoustics/949575)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-smacking-acoustics/949575 "2021-08-26T22:54:18Z")
I had heard years ago that the sound the the blasters in the Star Wars universe was achieved by hitting taut steel cables and recording the resulting noise. This seems to be confirmed by this video: This … --- ## [How can we fix medical pricing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-fix-medical-pricing/949475)
**Author:** [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2021, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-fix-medical-pricing/949475 "2021-08-26T22:45:06Z")
The Times ran a fascinating piece analyzing how much various insurance companies paid for medical procedures. Bottom line is that their costs are all over the place, sometimes a lot higher than what an uninsured perso… --- ## [To honor and respect 20 yrs of sacrifice by our troops, we must stay in Afghanistan forever!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-honor-and-respect-20-yrs-of-sacrifice-by-our-troops-we-must-stay-in-afghanistan-forever/949308)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-honor-and-respect-20-yrs-of-sacrifice-by-our-troops-we-must-stay-in-afghanistan-forever/949308 "2021-08-26T22:20:43Z")
With the withdrawal from Afghanistan, I see a lot of statements by conservatives, military veterans, armchair generals, etc., basically stating that the withdrawal dishonors the servicepeople who fought there for the pas… --- ## ["Remove" Early 20th Century English Education level?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remove-early-20th-century-english-education-level/949423)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remove-early-20th-century-english-education-level/949423 "2021-08-26T22:06:41Z")
Question came up because of the use of the term in the Malaysian educational system, which probably got the term from the English educational system, and I think I’ve seen it in English literature. Maybe Billy Bunter wa… --- ## [Help me remember this 70s TV game show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-this-70s-tv-game-show/949579)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-this-70s-tv-game-show/949579 "2021-08-26T20:19:45Z")
It would have been on the air probably early to mid 70s, but I don’t remember which network. (I watched a lot of TV game shows when I was out of school for summer vacation.) This one, I think, was hosted by Tom Kennedy. … --- ## [Wills and lawsuits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wills-and-lawsuits/949333)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wills-and-lawsuits/949333 "2021-08-26T19:05:49Z")
IANAL, you’re not my lawyer, I’m not asking for legal advice, only imho thoughts. And I’m particularly interested in Canadian aspects. Imagine, if you will, an elderly parent has 3 adult children. One of the children is… --- ## [Fuel economics of battery-powered airplanes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuel-economics-of-battery-powered-airplanes/948977)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuel-economics-of-battery-powered-airplanes/948977 "2021-08-26T17:51:37Z")
United just ordered 100 electric planes. Although car efficiency is affected by weight, I would think that effect is much higher for planes because of the requirements for lift. I also have the impression that enough ba… --- ## [Predictions on the August 31st deadline for troop withdrawal \[Afghanistan\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-on-the-august-31st-deadline-for-troop-withdrawal-afghanistan/949387)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-on-the-august-31st-deadline-for-troop-withdrawal-afghanistan/949387 "2021-08-26T17:49:00Z")
Apparently, Biden wants more time and the Taliban are saying “No way”. What leverage does Biden really have? IMHO, the only thing that might work is some sort of payoff. Any sort of military action can lead only to a big… --- ## [Anyone caught a cold since COVID?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-caught-a-cold-since-covid/949129)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-caught-a-cold-since-covid/949129 "2021-08-26T17:21:54Z")
I played golf in 100 degree heat on Friday, and noticed a slight sore throat towards the end. It got a bit worse on Saturday, and since I planned on leaving for a short golf trip with 3 friends on Sunday, I went to the … --- ## [Security questions to join web networks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-questions-to-join-web-networks/949314)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-questions-to-join-web-networks/949314 "2021-08-26T16:12:10Z")
I recently noticed that websites are now using security questions that include pieces of information that were never provided to them; e.g. which car did you own in 2012? The questions are followed by a multiple choice … --- ## [Did the Japanese occupation bring any culinary imports back to Japan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-japanese-occupation-bring-any-culinary-imports-back-to-japan/949426)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-japanese-occupation-bring-any-culinary-imports-back-to-japan/949426 "2021-08-26T16:06:23Z")
A quite frequent story you will hear is that American GIs were stationed in some place and they acquired a taste for some local food and brought the demand for it back to the US, sparking off its popularization for the A… --- ## [When/why did Arnold Schwarzenegger start doing low budget or direct to video films](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-why-did-arnold-schwarzenegger-start-doing-low-budget-or-direct-to-video-films/949401)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2021, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-why-did-arnold-schwarzenegger-start-doing-low-budget-or-direct-to-video-films/949401 "2021-08-26T15:25:58Z")
my impression is other than the expendable and terminator franchises, a lot of his stuff in the last 20 has been smaller, more anonymous films. I’ve seen several on Netflix. he’s done big budget stuff the last twenty yea… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1355) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1357)