# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=167&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 168 --- ## [The three great primitives of rock: AC/DC, the Ramones and Motörhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-great-primitives-of-rock-ac-dc-the-ramones-and-motorhead/1026445)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2026, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-great-primitives-of-rock-ac-dc-the-ramones-and-motorhead/1026445 "2026-01-09T13:21:31Z")
I’ve long been thinking about posting this thread, and now that I’m once more listening to “No Sleep Til Hammersmith”, I’m finally ready to. I want to post the theory that these three bands represent the essence of what … --- ## [White tie attire: Length of waistcoat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-tie-attire-length-of-waistcoat/1026281)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2026, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-tie-attire-length-of-waistcoat/1026281 "2026-01-09T02:40:51Z")
How far below the front of a (buttoned) tailcoat should the bottom of the white waistcoat extend? I’ve seen images depicting the waistcoat not extending below the topcoat at all, to more-commonly, maybe an inch, to one … --- ## [A bit of a delay when ordering a book from Amazon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bit-of-a-delay-when-ordering-a-book-from-amazon/1026306)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2026, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bit-of-a-delay-when-ordering-a-book-from-amazon/1026306 "2026-01-09T00:11:57Z")
Near the beginning of December I ordered a couple of books from Amazon to be used as gifts. Neither were rare or out of print. The first one arrived a few days later, but the tracking notice said that the other one wou… --- ## [What does "we’re going to run the country" mean? Fucking media do your fucking job!?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-we-re-going-to-run-the-country-mean-fucking-media-do-your-fucking-job/1026320)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-we-re-going-to-run-the-country-mean-fucking-media-do-your-fucking-job/1026320 "2026-01-08T23:16:38Z")
Seriously US media WTF!??! You have a fucking job. Do it. Ask Trump and every single Trump admin official about this. It’s fucking important . How many American troops are we deploying to Venezuela to “run” it? What’s… --- ## [What is the name of the ICE agent who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-the-ice-agent-who-shot-renee-good-in-minneapolis/1026468)
**Author:** [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-the-ice-agent-who-shot-renee-good-in-minneapolis/1026468 "2026-01-08T23:14:18Z")
Title says it… What is the name of the ICE agent who shot Renee Good yesterday in Minneapolis? And why is this not being reported? And why did the local police not arrest him? --- ## [Is there a strategy to this game (odd number of players, each must attempt to guess the median of all other players' guesses)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-strategy-to-this-game-odd-number-of-players-each-must-attempt-to-guess-the-median-of-all-other-players-guesses/1026409)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-strategy-to-this-game-odd-number-of-players-each-must-attempt-to-guess-the-median-of-all-other-players-guesses/1026409 "2026-01-08T23:09:46Z")
I saw a variation of this game in an episode of Taskmaster. Take an odd number of people – 3, 5, 101, whatever – and instruct each to choose a number between one and whatever. Or, in a more specific iteration, determine … --- ## [Should we visit Ireland or Scotland?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-visit-ireland-or-scotland/1011642)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-visit-ireland-or-scotland/1011642 "2026-01-08T21:11:14Z")
My wife and I are retiring next year and are considering taking a tour of either Ireland or Scotland. I honestly don’t know much about either place. If you’re familiar with either or both of them, which do you think woul… --- ## [Recovery from gallbladder surgery advice needed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovery-from-gallbladder-surgery-advice-needed/1026464)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovery-from-gallbladder-surgery-advice-needed/1026464 "2026-01-08T20:19:30Z")
An elderly (age 85) aunt of mine had an attack of gallstones and ended up having her gallbladder removed via laparoscopy. Since I am the closest relation by genetics and by geographic location it looks like I will have t… --- ## [How much do you think a company would/could pay for an alien shuttlecraft?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-think-a-company-would-could-pay-for-an-alien-shuttlecraft/1026443)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-think-a-company-would-could-pay-for-an-alien-shuttlecraft/1026443 "2026-01-08T20:18:27Z")
A while ago I read the 1996 Teen Titans title, and early in the series, the teen heroes escape an alien spaceship in an alien shuttlecraft. It had faster than light speed, but I don’t think it had any weapons (hope I re… --- ## [Say the Dems sweep the 2026 midterms...then what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-the-dems-sweep-the-2026-midterms-then-what/1026294)
**Author:** [@Latimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latimera)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-the-dems-sweep-the-2026-midterms-then-what/1026294 "2026-01-08T20:13:03Z")
I’m Canadian and not terribly knowledgeable about the topic, so sorry if this is a dumb question. But if the Dems were to sweep the 2026 midterms, what would that mean? Could they take the majority in both the Senate and… --- ## [Does milk clean ivory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-milk-clean-ivory/1026426)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-milk-clean-ivory/1026426 "2026-01-08T20:00:55Z")
I have a beautiful old upright piano, that as of now, is at least 99 years old. I got it from my parents, who got it from my paternal grandmother, whom I presume bought it new in about 1927 or so. It is a fine old inst… --- ## [Bedazzled-the guy in jail.....Who was he?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bedazzled-the-guy-in-jail-who-was-he/52105)
**Author:** [@cerebrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerebrum)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bedazzled-the-guy-in-jail-who-was-he/52105 "2026-01-08T19:46:00Z")
In the movie Bedazzled…This guy in jail gives this really sage advice about the main characters soul etc…Who exactly was this guy in jail?? an angel? god? and y was he playing chess with the devil at the end of the movie… --- ## [Is the movie "The Villain" available on any streaming service?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-movie-the-villain-available-on-any-streaming-service/1026469)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-movie-the-villain-available-on-any-streaming-service/1026469 "2026-01-08T19:34:14Z")
I am looking for the 1979 version with Kirk Douglas and Arnold Schwarzenegger. --- ## [I fought Amazon, and I won!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fought-amazon-and-i-won/1026377)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fought-amazon-and-i-won/1026377 "2026-01-08T19:23:01Z")
£1, 107.54 or $1,377.45 The Samsung S25 flagship for my wife. Amazon didn’t deliver (NDD) in two days. I cancelled and bought a pink one, only available from Samsung—next-day delivery. Yet Amazon kept the money they sh… --- ## [Trump’s Murder on the High Seas: Lawyers, Guns, & Drugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-s-murder-on-the-high-seas-lawyers-guns-drugs/1025418)
**Author:** [@CoolHandCox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoolHandCox)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-s-murder-on-the-high-seas-lawyers-guns-drugs/1025418 "2026-01-08T19:08:23Z")
This is a general discussion about the war on cocaine in the Caribbean. I imagine soon it will be more than boat strikes. Trump claims drug cartels attacked America with cocaine and there are thousands of casualties (a… --- ## [First Words on Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars/64385)
**Author:** [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-words-on-mars/64385 "2026-01-08T17:34:58Z")
According to Kim Stanley Robinson’s Red Mars, the first words spoken on Mars will be “Well, here we are.” I love the idea, but I think it’s a bit unlikely that it’d get past the PR people at NASA. But it got me thinking… --- ## [Did US companies leave Venezuela and go to Canada?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-us-companies-leave-venezuela-and-go-to-canada/1026403)
**Author:** [@Carolxi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carolxi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-us-companies-leave-venezuela-and-go-to-canada/1026403 "2026-01-08T17:11:23Z")
Did US compies leave Venezuela and go to Canada ? --- ## [Woohoo, I just won $300,000 and a new Tesla](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-won-300-000-and-a-new-tesla/1026421)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-won-300-000-and-a-new-tesla/1026421 "2026-01-08T16:11:58Z")
I know it’s true, because Elon texted me personally. Eat my dust suckers! Ha ha Sadly, I read up on this and lots of people have gotten taken by this scam. Unbelievable and these vermin (the scammers) deserve to rot in … --- ## [Anyone else getting "Content Not Viewable In Your Region" from imgur.com?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-content-not-viewable-in-your-region-from-imgur-com/1025293)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-content-not-viewable-in-your-region-from-imgur-com/1025293 "2026-01-08T14:46:59Z")
Nothing against Darren\_Garrison yet his post here shows a big box with “Content not viewable in your region.” My “region” is the UK: England. Is it just KCIII that has banned imgur content? Or has imgur banned KCIII? … --- ## [What is the best evidence/analysis of modern human behavior before 10,000 BC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-evidence-analysis-of-modern-human-behavior-before-10-000-bc/1026412)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-evidence-analysis-of-modern-human-behavior-before-10-000-bc/1026412 "2026-01-08T03:57:21Z")
I’ve never been a believer of the “chariots of the gods/lost city of Atlantis/lost super civilization/inexplicable stonework” theories. However, I often find myself wondering what life was like for homo sapiens before 1… --- ## [Feeling Bad Rambles About My Mom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-bad-rambles-about-my-mom/1018671)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-bad-rambles-about-my-mom/1018671 "2026-01-08T02:20:41Z")
I don’t know what is going on with me but I’m having serious blues lately about my Mom. I’ve been having nightmares about her pretty regularly, mostly dreams that we start talking again. We are estranged for a number of… --- ## [How do you conceptualize/navigate "settings" on your compute/phone/car/etc?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-conceptualize-navigate-settings-on-your-compute-phone-car-etc/1025834)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-conceptualize-navigate-settings-on-your-compute-phone-car-etc/1025834 "2026-01-08T01:39:23Z")
I periodically encounter something on my computer, phone, or car, which I wish to address, and am told that it can be managed in settings. Unfortunately, to me that is often the equivalent of “go look for your needle in… --- ## [What was the point of Saruman in LotR?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-point-of-saruman-in-lotr/1026418)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-point-of-saruman-in-lotr/1026418 "2026-01-08T00:25:27Z")
It occurs to me that with a minimum of rewriting you could tell almost the same story without the character of Saruman at all. It would have been easy enough to have some other trouble delay Gandalf, have Sauron be the e… --- ## [After 44 Years, MTV Is Officially Dead \[outside North America\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-44-years-mtv-is-officially-dead-outside-north-america/1026242)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-44-years-mtv-is-officially-dead-outside-north-america/1026242 "2026-01-07T21:05:10Z")
Sad to see it end, but it was past it’s time for more than a decade. Curious to notice that on Sirius radio, the old time DJs of MTV show up on the 80s Sirius channel; fun for nostalgia, but I have to say that Nina Bla… --- ## [eBay: are we done with auctions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-are-we-done-with-auctions/1026327)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-are-we-done-with-auctions/1026327 "2026-01-07T19:43:58Z")
The last few times I’ve sold things on eBay, I used the default auction setup, and the items didn’t get any bids until the last couple of minutes and sold for a tenth of comparable “buy it now” items. When I used to sel… --- ## [Are there any past or present Venezuelans here on the Dope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-past-or-present-venezuelans-here-on-the-dope/1026321)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-past-or-present-venezuelans-here-on-the-dope/1026321 "2026-01-07T19:27:56Z")
You folks would be the experts, WRT what’s going on now (1/3/2026). MHO: These problems are NOT the U.S.’s to solve. --- ## [How do Certificates of Deposit work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-certificates-of-deposit-work/1026387)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-certificates-of-deposit-work/1026387 "2026-01-07T18:40:32Z")
I understand the fundamental structure of this product, but I’m confused on the details. Let’s say I put a grand in a six-month CD for 4% fixed APY. Does that mean that at the end of six months, the bank cuts me a check … --- ## [Is the McRib really worth eating?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749 "2026-01-07T18:26:16Z")
I am seeing as touting that the McRib is bring brought back again temporarily, as they do periodicalky - to much fanfare. It’s at least 20 years since I’ve tried one, and I don’t recall that it was all that memorable. … --- ## [Mal Evans - a man behind the Beatles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mal-evans-a-man-behind-the-beatles/1026386)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mal-evans-a-man-behind-the-beatles/1026386 "2026-01-07T17:55:50Z")
I can’t say I ever heard his name. I should have. This is a fascinating look at a man who gave his all for the Fab Four but got little in return. I like it that it was Mal who counted aloud the 24 bars of “A Day In th… --- ## [DOJ/Jack Smith Investigation into Trump and Election Interference, January 6th Insurrection (Re-Indicted August 27, 2024)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 2727\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-jack-smith-investigation-into-trump-and-election-interference-january-6th-insurrection-re-indicted-august-27-2024/975455 "2026-01-07T17:54:15Z")
The January 6th Committee is winding down, we don’t know what future investigations may occur in the Senate to pick up where the House left off. However, the investigation that will matter most to Trump is what the DOJ … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=166&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=168&state=tracking)