# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=180&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 181 --- ## [Sushi rice recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sushi-rice-recommendations/1025808)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2025, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sushi-rice-recommendations/1025808 "2025-12-19T05:13:19Z")
DH has recently developed a bit of an addiction to Spam musubi. I’ve been using Nishiki brand medium-grain rice, but have decided I’d prefer something stickier that holds together better. I use an Instant Pot to make ric… --- ## [Why blue eyes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-blue-eyes/718718)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2025, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-blue-eyes/718718 "2025-12-19T04:08:36Z")
Looking at the map of the distribution of blue eyes in Europe made me wonder: why do Europeans have blue eyes? Were they found in other parts of the world before European expansion and inter-marrying? https://unsafehar… --- ## [Taking a score to a performance - is this a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-score-to-a-performance-is-this-a-thing/1025767)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-score-to-a-performance-is-this-a-thing/1025767 "2025-12-18T22:31:20Z")
Many many years ago (the early 70s) I went to a performance of Handel’s Messiah by the Handel Choir of Baltimore. I was surprised to see a number of audience members following along with a personal score. Why? Are they h… --- ## [Buck Rogers is gone... again (Gil Gerard has died)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-rogers-is-gone-again-gil-gerard-has-died/1025790)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-rogers-is-gone-again-gil-gerard-has-died/1025790 "2025-12-18T22:17:21Z")
Just saw on Wikipedia’s list of recent deaths that Gil Gerard passed away yesterday from cancer. The Buck Rogers TV show he is best known for was pretty awful, coming shamelessly on the heels of Star Wars the same way w… --- ## [Breath of the Wild 2 - 2022 \[Now titled "Tears of the Kingdom"\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breath-of-the-wild-2-2022-now-titled-tears-of-the-kingdom/944340)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 234\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breath-of-the-wild-2-2022-now-titled-tears-of-the-kingdom/944340 "2025-12-18T20:07:20Z")
It’s the most anticipated game of all time for me. I have Breath of the Wild as not only the greatest game of all time, but a rather large gap between it and whatever the next contenders would be. I can not wait. I do n… --- ## [GCHQ Christmas Challenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gchq-christmas-challenge/976507)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gchq-christmas-challenge/976507 "2025-12-18T18:12:56Z")
Every year GCHQ, the UK’s intelligence and security organisation, sets some challenges within a Christmas card. These are supposed to be for kids (for goodness sake), but they present a pleasingly solvable challenge for … --- ## [How much does the US military need the input or involvement of the president?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-the-us-military-need-the-input-or-involvement-of-the-president/1025809)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-the-us-military-need-the-input-or-involvement-of-the-president/1025809 "2025-12-18T17:47:20Z")
Say there is a U.S. president who is totally uninterested in his or her Commander-in-Chief duties. Doesn’t give orders, doesn’t care about or want to be involved in anything military. Would the military still conduct exe… --- ## [NFL Week 15](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-15/1025554)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-15/1025554 "2025-12-18T17:18:45Z")
The Steelers notched a huge win in Baltimore to move back into first in the AFC North, thanks to a ruling that a touchdown wasn’t actually a touchdown. The Saints upset the Bucs which allowed the Panthers to tie Tampa Ba… --- ## [What happened to the "What is this place?" thread {it was a troll}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-what-is-this-place-thread-it-was-a-troll/1024953)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-what-is-this-place-thread-it-was-a-troll/1024953 "2025-12-18T17:05:48Z")
A new member – “pigeonhole” or something – stumbled on the SDMB and created a thread with that title. I was responding, but by the time I was ready to post, the thread had been deleted. Spammer? Sock? --- ## [Dinosaur tracks found in Italy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-tracks-found-in-italy/1025813)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-tracks-found-in-italy/1025813 "2025-12-18T16:43:17Z")
Apparently thousands https://www.npr.org/2025/12/17/nx-s1-5647391/dinosaur-tracks-italy-olympics Ahead of the Olympic Games. Cool. --- ## [Minecraft Spears](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minecraft-spears/1025758)
**Author:** [@IMadeLem0nade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMadeLem0nade)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minecraft-spears/1025758 "2025-12-18T15:46:03Z")
Okay, so I’ve been playing some minecraft and they just added a new weapon called a spear. Every website I’ve visited for stats gives me something different. is anyone willing to note down the damage for every spear vari… --- ## [What's the minimum I should expect to pay for a world cup ticket in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-minimum-i-should-expect-to-pay-for-a-world-cup-ticket-in-the-us/1025515)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-minimum-i-should-expect-to-pay-for-a-world-cup-ticket-in-the-us/1025515 "2025-12-18T13:47:11Z")
Looking for a (possibly educated) opinion on the ticket prices, not anything else about the World Cup or the heads of state of the countries hosting it. I’m interested in US ticket prices for group matches, either Phila… --- ## [Dr. Seuss' Beowulf](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-seuss-beowulf/675845)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-seuss-beowulf/675845 "2025-12-18T13:22:42Z")
Every Geat Down in Geat-land Liked Heorot a lot… But Grendel, Who lived north of Geat-land, Did NOT! Grendel hated Heorot! The whole Heorot Hall! Now, please don’t ask why. No one quite knows it all. It could be … --- ## [Jimmy Dean stuffed hash browns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-dean-stuffed-hash-browns/1020413)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-dean-stuffed-hash-browns/1020413 "2025-12-18T13:01:01Z")
I want them. They don’t have any bread in them, like croissant sandwiches or biscuit sandwiches, which tend to get tough in the microwave, so they’re the BEST handheld breakfast. Up until two weeks ago, I had a reliable … --- ## [WIn11 connecting to BT always at 100% volume](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win11-connecting-to-bt-always-at-100-volume/1025822)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win11-connecting-to-bt-always-at-100-volume/1025822 "2025-12-18T12:25:31Z")
Hi there, on my business comp I still need to run win. For a long time already there is always the same “nuisance” that is grating: I listen to some smooth jazz on YT, etc… at low volume (say 20%) with the internal sp… --- ## [Companion Thread: Name your all-time three favorite children’s book, in order. No more than three, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/companion-thread-name-your-all-time-three-favorite-children-s-book-in-order-no-more-than-three-please/1025348)
**Author:** [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/companion-thread-name-your-all-time-three-favorite-children-s-book-in-order-no-more-than-three-please/1025348 "2025-12-18T11:09:21Z")
The Boys’ King Arthur by Sidney Lanier, illustrated by N. C. Wyeth The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde, illustrated by Everett Shinn Golden Tales of the Arabian Nights by Margaret Soifer and Irving Shapiro, illustrated by G… --- ## [Fire, Low-key, Chopped](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-low-key-chopped/1025624)
**Author:** [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-low-key-chopped/1025624 "2025-12-18T07:28:01Z")
I’ve seen the skit on SNL with Sabrina Carpenter and it was Fire! I think. Does anyone know what these Gen Z terms actually mean? --- ## [Funniest single panel cartoon (part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon-part-2/981307)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-single-panel-cartoon-part-2/981307 "2025-12-18T05:46:21Z")
Rather than bump an 8 year old thread, I thought I’d just start a new one. I love detail of the flying saucer on the pillow! :grin: --- ## [How is Trump going to handle his Pulitzer lawsuit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-trump-going-to-handle-his-pulitzer-lawsuit/1025793)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-trump-going-to-handle-his-pulitzer-lawsuit/1025793 "2025-12-18T02:57:10Z")
The background: The New York Times and Washington Post published stories about the Russian aid to Trump’s election in 2016. The Pulitzer Prize Board awarded the two papers a Pulitzer Prize for these stories in 2018. Tr… --- ## [Worst sports movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-movie/1025159)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-movie/1025159 "2025-12-18T02:54:03Z")
This thread is for nominating bad sports movies. No lists, please-just name a sports film and talk about it. Also, no shoehorning a movie in just because for a brief period the protagonists play a game of tennis, chat a… --- ## [Lots of double egg yolks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-double-egg-yolks/1025750)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-double-egg-yolks/1025750 "2025-12-18T02:28:51Z")
I have been seeing lots of double (and triple) yolks in my eggs lately including two cartons from two different stores that were all double and triple yolks. Anyone else notice this? Is this a coincidence or did somethin… --- ## [Where do sovereign citizens get their scripts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-sovereign-citizens-get-their-scripts/1025066)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-sovereign-citizens-get-their-scripts/1025066 "2025-12-18T01:41:02Z")
I’ve seen quite a few SovCit videos, and they all say similar things. The throw around terms like “beneficiary of the estate” and “special appearance” and yada yada. This nonsense has to come from somewhere — these peopl… --- ## [Not Broke ! Yay!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-broke-yay/1025734)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-broke-yay/1025734 "2025-12-18T01:01:25Z")
No I didn’t drop Grannys good china platter. No, didn’t give the savings account to some Nigerian scammer. I just fell off the deck last night. Letting the dogs go potty. I am not sure what happened. Just found myse… --- ## [No one expects to find a dead body at the Dollar Tree](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-expects-to-find-a-dead-body-at-the-dollar-tree/1025730)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-expects-to-find-a-dead-body-at-the-dollar-tree/1025730 "2025-12-17T23:46:33Z")
Bit of a mystery here: “Foul play is not suspected.” One senses that certain lawyers who are featured on billboards in the area have already contacted the next of kin. --- ## [Douglas Adams - Fenchurch's name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/douglas-adams-fenchurchs-name/1025729)
**Author:** [@DreamsOfACheetah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreamsOfACheetah)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/douglas-adams-fenchurchs-name/1025729 "2025-12-17T23:28:53Z")
From So Long and Thanks For All the Fish: “was I found… …in a handbag …in the Left Luggage office …at Fenchurch Street Station” What is this a reference to? I’ve always wondered… --- ## [Making Hot Cocoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-hot-cocoa/1025754)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-hot-cocoa/1025754 "2025-12-17T22:55:45Z")
The post about regular cocoa and Dutch cocoa powders reminded me of this. When I was a kid (60s & 70s), we usually made hot chocolate with milk and Quik. If my grandma or parents made it, they used real cocoa powder. I s… --- ## [Next time Patel faces Congress](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-time-patel-faces-congress/1024566)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-time-patel-faces-congress/1024566 "2025-12-17T22:23:41Z")
We already know Patel won’t cooperate with the Dems, so they could take some time to at least make him a little uncomfortable. Like asking him about investigations into the countries that are emptying their insane asylum… --- ## [Civil rights pioneer's statue goes up in U.S. Capitol as Virginia representative, replacing General Lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-rights-pioneers-statue-goes-up-in-u-s-capitol-as-virginia-representative-replacing-general-lee/1025779)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-rights-pioneers-statue-goes-up-in-u-s-capitol-as-virginia-representative-replacing-general-lee/1025779 "2025-12-17T21:34:06Z")
Every state gets two bronze statues in the US Capitol recognizing important figures from its past. For awhile, Virginia’s representation was George Washington and Robert E. Lee. Lee’s statue was removed in 2020 at the r… --- ## [One Week Suspension for Poster Zoobi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-week-suspension-for-poster-zoobi/1025799)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-week-suspension-for-poster-zoobi/1025799 "2025-12-17T21:11:29Z")
Poster @Zoobi is suspended for one week, effective today. They have a pattern of making personal attacks and insults outside of the Pit. Most recently in P&E: This is the third Official Warning in five months for th… --- ## [Disableing or blocking AI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disableing-or-blocking-ai/1025737)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disableing-or-blocking-ai/1025737 "2025-12-17T20:38:30Z")
Is it true that Meta is going to use our input to train their AI as of tomorrow, Dec. 16, 2025? Is it true that there is a way to prevent this? And If there is a way to prevent Meta using your content to train its AI, w… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=179&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=181&state=muted)