# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=162&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 163 --- ## [(Old) Waking up to White Stuff in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-waking-up-to-white-stuff-in-the-mmp/1026360)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 265\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2026, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-waking-up-to-white-stuff-in-the-mmp/1026360 "2026-01-15T12:33:58Z")
Morning, mumpers! It’s currently -4c/25f with a predicted high of 0c/32f and mostly sunny. Weather app says “Do you see that fucking bright light outside your window? It’s fucking sunny! Too bad it’s also fucking col… --- ## [Hey, Josh Hawley! Fuck you!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-josh-hawley-fuck-you/930166)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2026, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-josh-hawley-fuck-you/930166 "2026-01-15T09:38:46Z")
Lots of people saying “fuck you” to Josh lately. Your deserve this and so much more, Josh. I hope that you, unlike so many of us, get what you deserve. ETA: I just thought we should have central place to collect al… --- ## [Using a video capture card](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-a-video-capture-card/1025883)
**Author:** [@Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kedikat)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2026, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-a-video-capture-card/1025883 "2026-01-15T09:29:42Z")
This card. Avermedia GC571 Live Streamer Ultra HD 4K UHD. The user manual is skimpy. It has HDMI in and out. But do I have to use these? I wish to record the horrible time lag my internet is suffering. So I want to just… --- ## [Sports fandoms that go together (or don't)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-fandoms-that-go-together-or-dont/656182)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2026, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-fandoms-that-go-together-or-dont/656182 "2026-01-15T09:09:52Z")
I sometimes browse the HF board forums, a hockey message board. I note a lot of posters really love to slam basketball. Why? And more importantly, what sports tend to be followed by the same people? And which rarely … --- ## [History of using color to describe people/race](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-of-using-color-to-describe-people-race/1025127)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2026, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-of-using-color-to-describe-people-race/1025127 "2026-01-15T08:45:12Z")
How long have the terms “white” and “black” been used on a global scale to describe people’s skin? What about “red”, “yellow” and “brown”? Who came up with the descriptions? --- ## [Does adding a bay leaf to a recipe really do anything? Anyone wanna go in on a jar with me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-adding-a-bay-leaf-to-a-recipe-really-do-anything-anyone-wanna-go-in-on-a-jar-with-me/1026532)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2026, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-adding-a-bay-leaf-to-a-recipe-really-do-anything-anyone-wanna-go-in-on-a-jar-with-me/1026532 "2026-01-15T05:46:10Z")
I’m making a big pot ‘o chili and the recipe calls for one bay leaf (optional). I thought I had a container of leaves, but I must have tossed it out at some point because it was probably a decade old. While at the store… --- ## [Are there any real places named \[Someone's\] \[Some Intangible Thing\] like Ryan's Hope or Evelyn's Despair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-real-places-named-someones-some-intangible-thing-like-ryans-hope-or-evelyns-despair/1026118)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2026, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-real-places-named-someones-some-intangible-thing-like-ryans-hope-or-evelyns-despair/1026118 "2026-01-15T02:34:39Z")
A video game I play has various places here and there across the map that follow the naming convention of assigning some intangible concept to a person. Like Dunelle’s Kindness or something similar. I know that around t… --- ## [Normans Rare Guitars sold and will continue operations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normans-rare-guitars-sold-and-will-continue-operations/1026702)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2026, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normans-rare-guitars-sold-and-will-continue-operations/1026702 "2026-01-15T02:19:56Z")
Norman’s Rare Guitars has been a important music shop in the LA Area for decades. Most of the great guitarists like Joe Bonamassa, Billy Strings, Dave Grohl shop at Normans. The shop has a youtube channel that features … --- ## [Technical Writing/Technical Communication](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-writing-technical-communication/1026678)
**Author:** [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2026, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-writing-technical-communication/1026678 "2026-01-15T02:04:26Z")
Hey, question for folks out there - if I were looking for good examples of really excellent technical storytelling… or resources for principles and guidelines for doing good technical storytelling; where would I look? A… --- ## [Yiddish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yiddish/1772)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2026, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yiddish/1772 "2026-01-15T02:03:58Z")
\>Tzi redst di yidish, Rowan? Talk to me!! I need the practice.\< --Olentzero \>\>Taka, Ich sproyk’n a bissl Yiddish; Ich ken nisht leyn’n oider shrayb’n af Yiddish. Mein Doda Chana hot Yiddish fir a loshen irshten, un zi … --- ## [Heated Rivalry.. Won't someone think of the sportsball!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heated-rivalry-wont-someone-think-of-the-sportsball/1026677)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2026, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heated-rivalry-wont-someone-think-of-the-sportsball/1026677 "2026-01-15T02:02:52Z")
(in Games Room as interested in IRL sports side not what happens in the show) So there is lots of buzz around this Heated Rivalry, HBO show online. As I understand it, the premise is two star ice hockey players on oppos… --- ## [I wish posters would stop using the term "MAGAt"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-posters-would-stop-using-the-term-magat/1026577)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2026, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-posters-would-stop-using-the-term-magat/1026577 "2026-01-15T01:29:56Z")
This has been bothering me for some time. I’m not calling out any specific posters. The term is used by many in every political thread. And everyone knows what it means. They may not put much thought into it (Dopers?!… --- ## [Why is the Princess Bride (movie) held to such high esteem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-princess-bride-movie-held-to-such-high-esteem/1026266)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2026, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-princess-bride-movie-held-to-such-high-esteem/1026266 "2026-01-15T00:39:10Z")
Tried watching it today, and, meh. The book was fantastic, but for reasons the movie didn’t even begin to explore. But the film… meh. Is it a “catch it at the right age” thing? A nostalgia thing? Other? --- ## [Straight-lined international and interior borders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-lined-international-and-interior-borders/1012484)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2026, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-lined-international-and-interior-borders/1012484 "2026-01-14T23:31:48Z")
Most borders between countries (and many internal borders as well) follow natural landmarks, such as bodies of water or heights of land. However - North America, Australia, and the leftovers from the post-WW1 Ottoman br… --- ## [Cracker Barrel changes logo and stock declines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrel-changes-logo-and-stock-declines/1022371)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 410\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2026, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrel-changes-logo-and-stock-declines/1022371 "2026-01-14T22:27:58Z")
I don’t have a horse in this race. It is interesting that people care enough to hurt the stock’s value. I’ve never liked having to walk through the store aisles to reach the restaurant. But that’s their branding. A coun… --- ## [Things I learned about shopping this week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-about-shopping-this-week/1026644)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2026, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-about-shopping-this-week/1026644 "2026-01-14T21:28:46Z")
Ever since the pandemic I have shopped less overall and mostly online. The YouTube algorithm decided to send me information about shopping and apparently there is a lot I don’t know. First, I had heard of buy now pay la… --- ## [How are we not in the Fourth Reich?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-we-not-in-the-fourth-reich/1026444)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2026, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-we-not-in-the-fourth-reich/1026444 "2026-01-14T20:38:02Z")
I’ve been thinking that for some time, and what happened in Minneapolis today (1/7/26) has pretty much convinced me. Can anyone counter that, and offer some hope? --- ## [Song ID requested](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-requested/1026685)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2026, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-requested/1026685 "2026-01-14T20:33:38Z")
I was just thinking about a song I used to hear back when I used my Pandora station. It was set to Industrial/EBM/Goth music, but it eventually always seemed to drift over to playing some of what I’d call “Ren Faire musi… --- ## [Do you know what the Gra-Y (or Gray-Y) was? Were you a member?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-the-gra-y-or-gray-y-was-were-you-a-member/589860)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2026, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-the-gra-y-or-gray-y-was-were-you-a-member/589860 "2026-01-14T19:52:11Z")
Well? I’m not sure if it was a national organization or just local to upstate NY. But it looks like there was a chapter in Kauai. --- ## [Is the SDMB the only forum you know of which has a subforum akin to the Pit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-the-only-forum-you-know-of-which-has-a-subforum-akin-to-the-pit/1024099)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2026, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-the-only-forum-you-know-of-which-has-a-subforum-akin-to-the-pit/1024099 "2026-01-14T18:30:43Z")
I almost started this in MPSIMS, but since it is about the board’s design and modus operandi, figured it best fit here. I have yet to see another board which has a subforum akin to the Pit. \[Assuming the admins in quest… --- ## [Exercise machine Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-machine-q/1025056)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-machine-q/1025056 "2026-01-14T18:21:45Z")
This is not precisely a question of exercise physiology, but it might be related. Simply, if you go to the gym and warm up on one of the treadmills or other workout machines there, often there is a readout of “calories”.… --- ## [Nicolás Maduro drug charges etc; What if found not guilty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicolas-maduro-drug-charges-etc-what-if-found-not-guilty/1026371)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicolas-maduro-drug-charges-etc-what-if-found-not-guilty/1026371 "2026-01-14T17:20:31Z")
In theory he (and his wife) could be found not guilty, correct? What would happen then? --- ## [Countdown to war with Venezuela](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-to-war-with-venezuela/1025201)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-to-war-with-venezuela/1025201 "2026-01-14T16:14:12Z")
Trump says US land action against alleged drug trafficking networks in Venezuela will start ‘very soon’ Well of course he desperately NEEDS a war to distract, and to rescue his plummeting approval ratings. He’s going t… --- ## [Down sizing. Any regrets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-sizing-any-regrets/1026446)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-sizing-any-regrets/1026446 "2026-01-14T15:39:24Z")
I’ve made the decision to sell my home and just get a two bedroom apartment. It doesn’t make sense for just little old me to be staying in a 3 bedroom home. Also I’m just tired of all the responsibilities involved in o… --- ## [Related places with four compass-point names (explained better in the OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/related-places-with-four-compass-point-names-explained-better-in-the-op/1026652)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/related-places-with-four-compass-point-names-explained-better-in-the-op/1026652 "2026-01-14T15:34:05Z")
There’s North Dakota and South Dakota, but no East Dakota or West Dakota or just plain Dakota. Are there any groups of related nearby places that consist of a North X, East X, South X, and West X? On New York’s Long Is… --- ## [Does anyone know how the movie "Limbo" ends?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-how-the-movie-limbo-ends/26430)
**Author:** [@Mamapotomus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mamapotomus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-how-the-movie-limbo-ends/26430 "2026-01-14T14:20:13Z")
SPOILER ALERT!!! I started watching Limbo with Mary Elizabeth Mastroantonio(?) and Kris Kristofferson the other night but I missed the begining. When they were waiting on the beach to see if they were going to be rescue… --- ## [Doxxing of ICE shooter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doxxing-of-ice-shooter/1026521)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2026, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doxxing-of-ice-shooter/1026521 "2026-01-14T01:19:14Z")
In the thread about murder of Renee Nicole Good, there’s a mod warning: I don’t know what was in the cornfielded posts. However, multiple reputable news organizations, including NPR, have reported on the shooter’s ide… --- ## [ISS Crew--11 mission launches now, but will return when budget allows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iss-crew-11-mission-launches-now-but-will-return-when-budget-allows/1021904)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2026, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iss-crew-11-mission-launches-now-but-will-return-when-budget-allows/1021904 "2026-01-14T01:15:51Z")
Article on Ars Technica: With Trump’s cutbacks, crew heads to ISS unsure of when they’ll come back Steve Stich, NASA’s commercial crew program manager, said the agency’s engineers are working with SpaceX to ensure the … --- ## [How did Lander and Parkin find the Euler Conjecture counterexample?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-lander-and-parkin-find-the-euler-conjecture-counterexample/1026665)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2026, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-lander-and-parkin-find-the-euler-conjecture-counterexample/1026665 "2026-01-14T00:30:17Z")
In 1966, in a famous two-sentence paper, they announced that 27^5 + 84^5 + 110^5 + 133^5 equaled 144^5, the first counterexample to the Euler Conjecture. They mentioned the Control Data 6600, but nothing else. How would … --- ## [Erich von Däniken has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erich-von-daniken-has-died/1026576)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2026, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erich-von-daniken-has-died/1026576 "2026-01-13T23:32:08Z")
Aliens! :alien: :alien: :flying\_saucer: I never knew about this (not that I would) : After leaving school in 1954, von Däniken worked as a waiter and barkeeper for several years, during which he was repeatedly accu… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=161&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=163&state=muted)