# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1556 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1557 --- ## [Speaker cone and voice coil wiring question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaker-cone-and-voice-coil-wiring-question/932280)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2021, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaker-cone-and-voice-coil-wiring-question/932280 "2021-02-06T02:23:23Z")
It is/was not uncommon to see wo teardrop shapped adheasive on speaker cones. This was to cover the wires as they come up through the cone and down into the voice coil. Example However, I have noticed that I have not s… --- ## [Retard not Ok, but idiot,moron, and stupid are OK on the dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retard-not-ok-but-idiot-moron-and-stupid-are-ok-on-the-dope/932296)
**Author:** [@MrMrmrmr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrMrmrmr)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2021, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retard-not-ok-but-idiot-moron-and-stupid-are-ok-on-the-dope/932296 "2021-02-06T02:20:03Z")
I am wondering why that is. Surely people could use ill informed, ignorant, unsophisticated, poorly educated, lacking in perspective, etc. Why do woke people use disparaging terms for developmentally disabled people to … --- ## [Ethical to screen out Trump supporters applying for a job?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethical-to-screen-out-trump-supporters-applying-for-a-job/928467)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 353\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2021, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethical-to-screen-out-trump-supporters-applying-for-a-job/928467 "2021-02-06T02:09:52Z")
This thread got me thinking … IANAHRP, but if I were a hiring manager, I would review social media accounts for anyone I was considering and eliminate those whose feeds indicated strong support for Trump. IMHO, anyone w… --- ## [Weezer has a new album with 4 more albums on the way](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weezer-has-a-new-album-with-4-more-albums-on-the-way/932301)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2021, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weezer-has-a-new-album-with-4-more-albums-on-the-way/932301 "2021-02-06T01:34:41Z")
New album is good so far. OK Human . The 4 albums will be Winter,Spring , Summer, Fall --- ## [Why can't you just print Mickey Mantle rookie cards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-you-just-print-mickey-mantle-rookie-cards/931938)
**Author:** [@CardboardBoxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CardboardBoxx)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2021, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-you-just-print-mickey-mantle-rookie-cards/931938 "2021-02-06T01:30:55Z")
I was watching Superstore and in one scene some characters are trying to raise some money by selling old junk. One of them has a Mickey Mantle baseball card, which they dismiss as useless because it’s from the first year… --- ## [So what's up with these 'Proud Boys', anyway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-up-with-these-proud-boys-anyway/921896)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-up-with-these-proud-boys-anyway/921896 "2021-02-06T01:17:34Z")
I’m sure a lot of people have been googling that group this morning. All I really knew about them was that they were a far-right, quasi-militant, white nationalist organization that is balls-out for trump, and of course … --- ## [Cloris Leachman - Dead at 94](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloris-leachman-dead-at-94/931651)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloris-leachman-dead-at-94/931651 "2021-02-06T01:10:50Z")
Link. This is going to take the “Last Surviving Cast Member” thread in a new direction, I’m sure. RIP, Cloris. You were one of the Greats. --- ## [Fox news canned Lou Dobbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-canned-lou-dobbs/932297)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-canned-lou-dobbs/932297 "2021-02-06T01:00:47Z")
I would think he can go to OAN or newsmax if he does not retire , he’s 75 --- ## [What are the top ten modern warships in "kills" of other warships?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-top-ten-modern-warships-in-kills-of-other-warships/932160)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-top-ten-modern-warships-in-kills-of-other-warships/932160 "2021-02-06T01:00:17Z")
Including or excluding aircraft carriers if you wish to have seperate lists for simplicity. “Shared” kills count among multiple ships so for example Bismarck gets sinking credit by King George V, Rodney, and Ark Royal fo… --- ## [Cauliflower mash instead of potatoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cauliflower-mash-instead-of-potatoes/931662)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2021, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cauliflower-mash-instead-of-potatoes/931662 "2021-02-06T00:49:38Z")
I’m going low carb for blood sugar and weight reasons. I absolutely love mashed potatoes. This weekend, my wife is going to make me cauliflower mash for my birthday to go along with what my mother called stroganoff even … --- ## [Biden saber rattling re Russians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-saber-rattling-re-russians/932231)
**Author:** [@MrMrmrmr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrMrmrmr)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-saber-rattling-re-russians/932231 "2021-02-06T00:46:54Z")
What is he doing? Is he a war hawk throwing down a gauntlet with his provocative rhetoric? --- ## [Why does my recliner chair have a place for batteries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-recliner-chair-have-a-place-for-batteries/932210)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-recliner-chair-have-a-place-for-batteries/932210 "2021-02-05T23:36:24Z")
I recently bought this power reclining chair: https://www.valuecityfurniture.com/product/group/living-room/seating/chairs-chaises/lark-power-lift-recliner-gray/2379962/2360497 In the transformer that plugs into the wal… --- ## [No pets, infants or toddlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-pets-infants-or-toddlers/932179)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-pets-infants-or-toddlers/932179 "2021-02-05T22:45:15Z")
Not in real life, on my YouTube feed. I have been rigorously marking all channels with videos about pets, infants, toddlers, pets and infants, pets and toddlers, infants and toddlers, or anything of that ilk, as “Don’t r… --- ## [What is your opinion of La Bamba?(the film)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-of-la-bamba-the-film/931900)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-of-la-bamba-the-film/931900 "2021-02-05T22:03:47Z")
I’ve been watching a lecture on The Day The Music Died. Although the music from the La Bamba movie was everywhere back in 1987, I have never seen the film (or if I did, I don’t remember a thing about it) Should I give i… --- ## [When did the 2020 U.S. election suddenly become so secure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-2020-u-s-election-suddenly-become-so-secure/931788)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-2020-u-s-election-suddenly-become-so-secure/931788 "2021-02-05T21:53:46Z")
This has been nagging at me since shortly after Election Day. As late as summer 2020, there was lots of concern about Russia and/or China hacking our election. There was much hand-wringing over the fact that Mitch McConn… --- ## [Are there any looted historical artifacts that SHOULDN'T be returned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-looted-historical-artifacts-that-shouldnt-be-returned/844108)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-looted-historical-artifacts-that-shouldnt-be-returned/844108 "2021-02-05T21:05:48Z")
I was inspired by a recent Cracked article of somebody who said their family is in possession of a Japanese flag and sword from World War 2 their grandfather took from a Japanese prisoner. Apparently people were pissed t… --- ## [Hammerin' Hank now plays for Heaven's team](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hammerin-hank-now-plays-for-heavens-team/931219)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hammerin-hank-now-plays-for-heavens-team/931219 "2021-02-05T19:49:37Z")
RIP Hank Aaron. You smacked dingers like no one else. And you were a pretty good guy, too. --- ## [Jesus H. Crispy-cracker! How bad, bad, bad can things really get before beck implodes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-h-crispy-cracker-how-bad-bad-bad-can-things-really-get-before-beck-implodes/931852)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-h-crispy-cracker-how-bad-bad-bad-can-things-really-get-before-beck-implodes/931852 "2021-02-05T16:54:30Z")
What a friggin’ week! Mr.Wrekker had two maiden aunts. 93 and 96 yo. They were both born visually impaired. They lived together, never marrying or having kids. Mr. W is the oldest of the younger generation. He took it… --- ## [Switching parties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-parties/932051)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-parties/932051 "2021-02-05T16:52:00Z")
So, after thirty-some years and across multiple states registered as a Republican, I’ve reached the final straw and registered as a Democrat instead. It’s not like I’ve voted for any Republicans recently in a general ele… --- ## [You get to live in the coolest house on earth, BUT your relatives live with you. Yes or no?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-live-in-the-coolest-house-on-earth-but-your-relatives-live-with-you-yes-or-no/932019)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-live-in-the-coolest-house-on-earth-but-your-relatives-live-with-you-yes-or-no/932019 "2021-02-05T16:29:26Z")
Imagine you, and your significant other and your kids (if you have them), get to live in whatever the most amazing house is that you can possibly imagine. It’s whatever style you want. If you like midcentury modern, it’s… --- ## [Prehistoric teeth hint at Stone Age sex with Neanderthals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prehistoric-teeth-hint-at-stone-age-sex-with-neanderthals/932135)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prehistoric-teeth-hint-at-stone-age-sex-with-neanderthals/932135 "2021-02-05T15:40:14Z")
It’s long been claimed that there was mixing between Homo Sapiens and Neanderthals, but rarely does it get such a wonderful headline as that. https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/01/europe/neanderthal-interbreeding-teeth-scn/in… --- ## [Male-preference primogeniture and unborn children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-preference-primogeniture-and-unborn-children/931985)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-preference-primogeniture-and-unborn-children/931985 "2021-02-05T15:36:02Z")
Until 2013, Britain and the other Commonwealth kingdoms followed the principle of male-preference primogeniture for the succession to the throne. Under such a system, sons take precedence over daughters in the line of su… --- ## [Spinach can send email](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinach-can-send-email/932069)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinach-can-send-email/932069 "2021-02-05T15:18:42Z")
Will cucumbers be next or carrots? --- ## [Identify Hanna Barbera Character by Tag-Line](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-hanna-barbera-character-by-tag-line/932174)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-hanna-barbera-character-by-tag-line/932174 "2021-02-05T14:52:30Z")
The line is, “What’d I do…wrong?” With a long, weird pause there. I am thinking it might have been Doggy Daddy, but I’m not sure. It’s something I say, in real life, rather often. --- ## [R.I.P. Hal Holbrook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-hal-holbrook/932043)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-hal-holbrook/932043 "2021-02-05T14:49:41Z")
Hal Holbrook passed away on January 23 at the age of 95. He played Mark Twain longer than Samuel Clemens did. --- ## [Kimmel: Tom Brady Fitzpatrick baby actors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kimmel-tom-brady-fitzpatrick-baby-actors/932178)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kimmel-tom-brady-fitzpatrick-baby-actors/932178 "2021-02-05T14:15:50Z")
Just saw, yet again, that terrible Tom Brady Fitzpatrick character (an adult man’s head on the body of a baby … from Boston) on Jimmy Kimmel. The recurring segment with the baby and his mother (another dude, with beard, … --- ## [New Android/Google Phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-android-google-phone/931990)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-android-google-phone/931990 "2021-02-05T14:10:42Z")
The boss came by my desk. “Paul, do you have a smart phone?” I told him no, as I am leaving the Kingdom in a couple of months. “The Kingdom is requiring you to get a new app, you need a smart phone.” “What kind of app?… --- ## [Help me understand these song lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-these-song-lyrics/932211)
**Author:** [@Dingbang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dingbang)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-these-song-lyrics/932211 "2021-02-05T12:07:31Z")
I am stumped by the meaning of this song about moonshining: Down in the Gulley by Brent Cobb. The lyrics are easily found online. Basically the story is that his grandaddy had him and his cousin run pipe fr… --- ## [Botticelli - Jan 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120)
**Author:** [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Replies:** 620\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2021, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120 "2021-02-04T23:52:05Z")
I am R. Final post from December’s thread is here. --- ## [Mentee isn't really a word, but we're probably stuck with it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mentee-isnt-really-a-word-but-were-probably-stuck-with-it/932080)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mentee-isnt-really-a-word-but-were-probably-stuck-with-it/932080 "2021-02-05T10:03:02Z")
My company is starting a mentorship program, and the official announcement email talked about both “mentors” and “mentees”. Being the pedantic jerk that I am, I dashed off a light-hearted note to my VP, pointing out the… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1555) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1557)