# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=185&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 186 --- ## [Grammy-nominated gospel and opera singer Jubilant Sykes dead at 71; mentally ill son charged with his murder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammy-nominated-gospel-and-opera-singer-jubilant-sykes-dead-at-71-mentally-ill-son-charged-with-his-murder/1025598)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammy-nominated-gospel-and-opera-singer-jubilant-sykes-dead-at-71-mentally-ill-son-charged-with-his-murder/1025598 "2025-12-11T00:23:05Z")
This is a horrible situation. He was nominated for a Grammy for his 2010 recording of Leonard Bernstein’s Mass, and he does a breathtaking rendition of “Mary, Did You Know?”. Rest, good and faithful ser… --- ## [Who would make a better President?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-make-a-better-president/1025543)
**Author:** [@Ancient\_Nerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ancient_Nerd)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-make-a-better-president/1025543 "2025-12-10T23:38:52Z")
poll --- ## [Help Me Puzzle Out This Electrical Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-puzzle-out-this-electrical-question/1025607)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-puzzle-out-this-electrical-question/1025607 "2025-12-10T22:59:16Z")
I went to replace an 90s era fluorescent electrical fixture, and when I took the old one down I had a black hot connected to the fixture’s black, and two neutrals twisted together along with the fixture’s neutral. Nothin… --- ## [Transformers (cartoon/film/movie franchise) Cosmology and Biology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transformers-cartoon-film-movie-franchise-cosmology-and-biology/1025574)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transformers-cartoon-film-movie-franchise-cosmology-and-biology/1025574 "2025-12-10T22:55:00Z")
Continuing the discussion from Is it possible to be racist against AIs?: I started off a new thread because I was worried that this was getting too off-topic for the original thread in GD. While the origin of the Trans… --- ## [Ersatz Burritos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ersatz-burritos/1025512)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ersatz-burritos/1025512 "2025-12-10T22:49:06Z")
I’ve been seeing an ad for Spam tacos. Then my daughter made King Ranch cassrole tonight. I like it because leftovers can be rolled in a tortilla. Yeah, my Ersatz Burrito. You? (Only one problem, there was none left… --- ## [Who Knew? 38% of Stanford Undergraduates are Disabled!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knew-38-of-stanford-undergraduates-are-disabled/1025417)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knew-38-of-stanford-undergraduates-are-disabled/1025417 "2025-12-10T21:20:31Z")
I thought that to get into Stanford you had to strongly score in one or more of the following characteristics; be very smart, or well-off, or child of an alumnus or excel in a desirable extracurricular pursuit (football… --- ## [Tech help: Laptop harddrive problem--worth troubleshooting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tech-help-laptop-harddrive-problem-worth-troubleshooting/1025567)
**Author:** [@LynnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LynnM)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tech-help-laptop-harddrive-problem-worth-troubleshooting/1025567 "2025-12-10T21:06:15Z")
My Lenovo X131e laptop won’t start Windows10. Pressing the laptop Start button takes me right into the BIOS settings screen. Sometimes there’s a “click…click” sound from the harddrive. I can boot the laptop using a Linu… --- ## [It warms the heart-In praise of hot cereals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-warms-the-heart-in-praise-of-hot-cereals/1025561)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-warms-the-heart-in-praise-of-hot-cereals/1025561 "2025-12-10T19:55:27Z")
I just had a bowl of Wheatena-delicious! What hot cereals have you tried and/or liked? --- ## [Do you believe in demons and is pornography sinful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-in-demons-and-is-pornography-sinful/1021184)
**Author:** [@a\_dudes\_thought\_s](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a_dudes_thought_s)\ **Replies:** 551\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-in-demons-and-is-pornography-sinful/1021184 "2025-12-10T19:48:27Z")
Ove the years I have been a big fan of pornography. Honestly I was a porn fiend. I would watch it whenever I could. I don’t want to get graphic, but did engage in self stimulation and purchase a number of adult toys. A f… --- ## [After car inspection/service, wheel off by 15 degrees. Clock spring likely (very bad) or mis-alignment (bad)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-car-inspection-service-wheel-off-by-15-degrees-clock-spring-likely-very-bad-or-mis-alignment-bad/1025553)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-car-inspection-service-wheel-off-by-15-degrees-clock-spring-likely-very-bad-or-mis-alignment-bad/1025553 "2025-12-10T19:37:28Z")
I went with Factual Questions even though I’d like the opinions of car mechanics. Yesterday evening, I drove my car (2008 Toyota Aygo) from the nearby (and good-reputation) garage. They did my clutch a few months back. … --- ## [KIA repair in Central Arkansas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kia-repair-in-central-arkansas/1025521)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kia-repair-in-central-arkansas/1025521 "2025-12-10T18:50:52Z")
Electric power steering failure. I don’t believe the garage I use, having changed hands, can work on this or admit they are not qualified. Does anyone know of a competent garage in the LR NLR metropolitan area that is … --- ## [Is there a better word for "Non Biological Father"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-better-word-for-non-biological-father/224517)
**Author:** [@TheRealJohnPeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheRealJohnPeat)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-better-word-for-non-biological-father/224517 "2025-12-10T18:18:05Z")
A friend asked me this earlier and I’m sure there is but I can’t think of it. What would you call a Father who - whilst not the biological father of his kids - has raised them and effectively been their ‘Father’ for mos… --- ## [What has Debbie Harry got on her right hand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-debbie-harry-got-on-her-right-hand/982596)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-debbie-harry-got-on-her-right-hand/982596 "2025-12-10T16:54:08Z")
What has Debbie Harry got on her right hand? Spoilered because Debbie Harry: Summary --- ## [What do RFK Jr., Keith Olbermann, Mark Sanford, and political journalist Ryan Lizza have in common?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-rfk-jr-keith-olbermann-mark-sanford-and-political-journalist-ryan-lizza-have-in-common/1024948)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-rfk-jr-keith-olbermann-mark-sanford-and-political-journalist-ryan-lizza-have-in-common/1024948 "2025-12-10T16:24:31Z")
If you guessed former political journalist and now Vanity Fair editor Olivia Nuzzi, you’re smarter than I am. She has a book coming out soon, which is why much of this is surfacing now. Talk about compromised journali… --- ## [In-town car acceleration: Not 0-60, but a metric for 0-30 times?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-town-car-acceleration-not-0-60-but-a-metric-for-0-30-times/1025528)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-town-car-acceleration-not-0-60-but-a-metric-for-0-30-times/1025528 "2025-12-10T14:55:01Z")
Is there a commonly-used (and publicly searchable) car metric to measure how quickly it can accelerate from a standstill to about 30 mph? I know there are 0-60 times (e.g. https://www.zeroto60times.com/) but what I real… --- ## [Logistics of a looooong surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logistics-of-a-looooong-surgery/1020124)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logistics-of-a-looooong-surgery/1020124 "2025-12-10T14:22:12Z")
You keep hearing about “such and such surgery took 13 hours” or whatever. I’m personally looking at one that will be 8ish hours (yikes) some time next year. How on earth does that work in terms of the staff? How do they… --- ## [Frank (Electrical Contractor) on Holmes on Homes died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-electrical-contractor-on-holmes-on-homes-died/1025578)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-electrical-contractor-on-holmes-on-homes-died/1025578 "2025-12-10T13:51:23Z")
Frank started on the first episode of Holmes on Homes and appeared in all Mike’s other shows. DIY’ers usually tie into the house’s electrical. Frank often had to replace the panel to eliminate overloaded circuits and re… --- ## [Miami election results](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miami-election-results/1025576)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miami-election-results/1025576 "2025-12-10T13:41:45Z")
Breaking news: A Dem has won the election for mayor of Miami for the first time in a couple decades. Miami mayor race results: Dem Higgins beats Trump-backed González Nominally the election is non-partisan, but everyon… --- ## [What was up with the lights on this truck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-up-with-the-lights-on-this-truck/1025277)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-up-with-the-lights-on-this-truck/1025277 "2025-12-10T12:00:12Z")
I was driving after dark yesterday and I noticed that the pickup truck in front of me had an unusual light I had never seen before. This light was shining down below the body of the vehicle, illuminating the ground it wa… --- ## [Remote starter installation question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remote-starter-installation-question/1025549)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remote-starter-installation-question/1025549 "2025-12-10T09:45:53Z")
Sorry for the duplicate post, waited to long to try and edit and I couldn’t see what I posted Going to get one for Mom for Christmas and decided to get one for myself. I looked at some Vipers and one from Compuserve. Wa… --- ## [Blue Prince](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-prince/1025577)
**Author:** [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-prince/1025577 "2025-12-10T04:33:03Z")
Anyone playing this? It’s a fairly new game that’s gotten a lot of good reviews, and I highly recommend it. It’s apparently a “puzzle roguelite”, a term I just learned. The basic idea is that you are a young boy explori… --- ## [Famous actors who have played their eponyms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-actors-who-have-played-their-eponyms/1025506)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-actors-who-have-played-their-eponyms/1025506 "2025-12-10T04:17:03Z")
After getting back from a screening of Hamnet, I was disappointed to discover that Anne Hathaway has never played the character of Anne Hathaway (for who she was apparently explicitly named after). I know I said eponym … --- ## [Might we look back at Trump someday the way we regard W.? With nostalgia and longing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-we-look-back-at-trump-someday-the-way-we-regard-w-with-nostalgia-and-longing/1025220)
**Author:** [@hideousidiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hideousidiot)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-we-look-back-at-trump-someday-the-way-we-regard-w-with-nostalgia-and-longing/1025220 "2025-12-10T04:15:30Z")
Don’t laugh. If I’d told you during the depth of W.’s reign, as the economy imploded and his war of choice against Iraq fizzled, that someday—in less than 10 years’ time—we would have a Republican so much worse than Bush… --- ## [I need to talk to sensible people (like you folks) about dietary supplements](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-talk-to-sensible-people-like-you-folks-about-dietary-supplements/1025357)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-talk-to-sensible-people-like-you-folks-about-dietary-supplements/1025357 "2025-12-10T03:10:14Z")
Leaving aside, at least to begin with, what I think of as “standard” supplements like multivitamins, as well as supplements suggested by one’s doctor, like iron, I would like to initiate a discussion about the vast sea o… --- ## [Name a competitive activity humans engage in but never cheat at](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-competitive-activity-humans-engage-in-but-never-cheat-at/837295)
**Author:** [@Dahu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahu)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-competitive-activity-humans-engage-in-but-never-cheat-at/837295 "2025-12-10T02:18:25Z")
This came up in the thread about cheating in chess. Someone said they were amazed that this appears so widespread then Xema said Any ideas Dope? --- ## [Outdoor camera recommendation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outdoor-camera-recommendation/1025570)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outdoor-camera-recommendation/1025570 "2025-12-10T00:54:00Z")
We are trying to monitor and catalog wildlife that passes by our home. Does anyone have experience with a simple non-subscription cellular outdoor camera? Ideally the camera could be mounted facing an area where animal a… --- ## [Why do I find, "Celluloid Heroes," so moving?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-find-celluloid-heroes-so-moving/1025475)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-find-celluloid-heroes-so-moving/1025475 "2025-12-10T00:34:01Z")
I picked up a vinyl copy of The Kinks’, “One for the Road,” recently and was listening to it tonight, so that’s the version that’s fresh in my mind. I swear that every time I hear this song (any version) I’m weeping by … --- ## [The Alina Habba Pit thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 487\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965 "2025-12-10T00:22:45Z")
Continuing the discussion from What is Alina Habba's deep game?: I think that Trump’s lawyer deserves her own thread. A mod note in the P&E thread dedicated to her suggested taking some of the discussion to the Pit, fo… --- ## [Do I \*need\* a vacuum breaker in my shower hose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-a-vacuum-breaker-in-my-shower-hose/1025566)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-a-vacuum-breaker-in-my-shower-hose/1025566 "2025-12-09T21:01:32Z")
I replaced the hand-held shower head and its hose in our bathroom the other day. There was a part between the female end of the shower hose and the male fitting projecting from the wall. I removed it, installed the new s… --- ## [Is it a terrible idea to invest in this micromobility (hybrid electric tricycle) equity fundraiser?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-a-terrible-idea-to-invest-in-this-micromobility-hybrid-electric-tricycle-equity-fundraiser/1025328)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-a-terrible-idea-to-invest-in-this-micromobility-hybrid-electric-tricycle-equity-fundraiser/1025328 "2025-12-09T19:55:37Z")
So there’s this company that used to make these semi-enclosed electric hybrid tricycles called “ELFs”: https://wefunder.com/organic.transit … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=184&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=186&state=muted)