# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=186&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 187 --- ## [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 … --- ## [Is there a name for this number sequence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-number-sequence/1025537)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-number-sequence/1025537 "2025-12-09T19:44:35Z")
Where every entry is repeated the number of times it states? 1 22 333 4444 55555 666666 7777777 88888888… --- ## [Is the "Peanuts" theme (Linus and Lucy) Christmas Music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-peanuts-theme-linus-and-lucy-christmas-music/676305)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-peanuts-theme-linus-and-lucy-christmas-music/676305 "2025-12-09T18:09:36Z")
The 24 hour Christmas Music Radio station and the piano player at the restaurant I was at last night think so. Do you? Link here if you aren’t sure what song I mean. --- ## [Looking for a particular tattoo image](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-particular-tattoo-image/1025524)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-particular-tattoo-image/1025524 "2025-12-09T16:37:54Z")
I am looking for images of tattoos containing the words “Hafa Adai”. The tattoo can also have other images, but those words must be included. I tried to search “Hafa Adai tattoo” on Bing and got pictures of shirts and … --- ## [Is there any non-nutty way that Republicans could even try to claim that Trump can run again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-non-nutty-way-that-republicans-could-even-try-to-claim-that-trump-can-run-again/1025218)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-non-nutty-way-that-republicans-could-even-try-to-claim-that-trump-can-run-again/1025218 "2025-12-09T16:18:55Z")
Yes, the Twenty-second Amendment would seem to be as ironclad as any provision of American law can be. But since when has that ever stopped lawyers? Is there anything anyone could propose that would at least require the … --- ## [NFL Week 14](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-14/1025327)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-14/1025327 "2025-12-09T14:43:17Z")
This would have been a great week to bet against the favorites. No fewer than seven underdogs posted victories, and two more covered the spread in close losses. All three favorites (Lions, Chiefs, Ravens) lost on Thanksg… --- ## [How to model the length of the average unbroken maternal/paternal line of descent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-model-the-length-of-the-average-unbroken-maternal-paternal-line-of-descent/1025495)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-model-the-length-of-the-average-unbroken-maternal-paternal-line-of-descent/1025495 "2025-12-09T13:49:25Z")
I’m trying to figure out how many generations we would ‘expect’ a matrilineal or patrilineal line to persist, given n children each generation. So if a given person has n offspring, and each of the same-sex offspring ha… --- ## [Walk me through the process of ordering a round at a British pub](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-me-through-the-process-of-ordering-a-round-at-a-british-pub/1025502)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-me-through-the-process-of-ordering-a-round-at-a-british-pub/1025502 "2025-12-09T13:34:37Z")
Some day I’ll fulfill my life-long dream of quaffing a few pints with the locals at a British pub. I’m aware of a few differences between UK pub culture and American bar culture – no tipping, pay cash, go to the bar to o… --- ## [Teach me about tattoos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-about-tattoos/1019368)
**Author:** [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2025, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-about-tattoos/1019368 "2025-12-09T12:57:23Z")
So, in or around December 18 2022 I made some promises, for reasons that will become clear. I’ve already abstained from alcoholic beverages and coca-cola for a year, so that’s done (done in December 18, 2023 to be preci… --- ## [What is offensive about this Vanity license plate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-offensive-about-this-vanity-license-plate/945542)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2025, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-offensive-about-this-vanity-license-plate/945542 "2025-12-09T06:42:05Z")
I don’t see anything bad in this… 69PWNDU Apparently I’m not the only person. She had this plate ten years with no problems. What’s it supposed to say that has Tenn DMV all upset? --- ## [Trump awarded Peace Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-awarded-peace-prize/1025452)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2025, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-awarded-peace-prize/1025452 "2025-12-09T04:36:01Z")
The made up, farcical FIFA peace prize: --- ## [Mythical board game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythical-board-game/1025505)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2025, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythical-board-game/1025505 "2025-12-09T02:26:06Z")
If I were to create a “Mythbusters Board Game” (and nobody in their right mind would ever do this!), how would it work? Help me create the game that really should not be created and remember-“Do not do this at home!” … --- ## [The end of postal letters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-postal-letters/1025362)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2025, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-postal-letters/1025362 "2025-12-09T01:28:03Z")
Denmark will abolish its pick-up and delivery of letters at the end of 2025, citing a 90% decline in volume since 2000. They will only handle parcels from now on. They’ve already removed most public mailboxes. Several… --- ## [Cancel Culture and Canceling versus consequences for actions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-and-canceling-versus-consequences-for-actions/1020644)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 842\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2025, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-and-canceling-versus-consequences-for-actions/1020644 "2025-12-09T01:15:12Z")
In another thread I made a glib definition of canceling as “when liberals do to conservatives what conservatives have always done to everyone”. This drew a retort that I must think what those conservatives were doing wa… --- ## [D & D got woke and that's good because you should have all been playing that way (or not if you didn't prefer))](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-got-woke-and-thats-good-because-you-should-have-all-been-playing-that-way-or-not-if-you-didnt-prefer/933114)
**Author:** [@Manwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manwich)\ **Replies:** 1206\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-got-woke-and-thats-good-because-you-should-have-all-been-playing-that-way-or-not-if-you-didnt-prefer/933114 "2025-12-08T23:46:03Z")
Did we have a thread about this? My summary: Woke roleplaying is basically good, old rulebook style had a lot of shit, feel free to roleplay however YOU like. D & D with evil ugly monsters is shit for story telling and… --- ## [Cinderella - Lesley Ann Warren](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinderella-lesley-ann-warren/1025514)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinderella-lesley-ann-warren/1025514 "2025-12-08T23:27:30Z")
I was watching Secretary which had Lesley Ann Warren in it and that started me thinking about her starring in Cinderella. I googled a bit of it (YouTube) and it was in color! Was it colorized, I could have sworn it was … --- ## [Podcasts you both love and hate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcasts-you-both-love-and-hate/1025153)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcasts-you-both-love-and-hate/1025153 "2025-12-08T23:15:50Z")
I’ve been listening to the Prancing Pony podcast, which is what got me started on this thought. They do a deep dive on Tolkien’s work: The Hobbit, LOTR, the Simarillion. Really excellent word-nerdery and detailed analysi… --- ## [Old Music Friday with Owen Cutts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-music-friday-with-owen-cutts/1025496)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-music-friday-with-owen-cutts/1025496 "2025-12-08T23:00:48Z")
This gentleman is talented and hilarious. The whole channel is entertaining but the Old Music Fridays are the best. Deep this. (Pink Floyd) Or this. (Dusty Springfield) --- ## [Another plant based product - Hershey's candy bars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-plant-based-product-hersheys-candy-bars/1025469)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-plant-based-product-hersheys-candy-bars/1025469 "2025-12-08T21:59:52Z")
I was surprised to see some bars labeled as plant based. I mean it’s chocolate. A bit of research shows they have replaced the milk powder with oat milk. --- ## [Insulating a hollow steel door.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulating-a-hollow-steel-door/485208)
**Author:** [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulating-a-hollow-steel-door/485208 "2025-12-08T19:50:50Z")
My front door is steel with a 2’x3’ double pane window. The door feels so cold on frigid days that I’ve always assumed it’s uninsulated. Occasionally I consider taking the door off its hinges, drilling several holes in t… --- ## [Things I'd like to see when/if this message board says "Buh-bye"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-id-like-to-see-when-if-this-message-board-says-buh-bye/1022040)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-id-like-to-see-when-if-this-message-board-says-buh-bye/1022040 "2025-12-08T17:47:18Z")
Just for fun, folks.:grin: I would like to see a list of the top ten posters that have been blocked. I wouldn’t mind seeing if/where I am on the list. Yours? --- ## [Raccoon breaks into liquor store and samples the wares](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raccoon-breaks-into-liquor-store-and-samples-the-wares/1025381)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raccoon-breaks-into-liquor-store-and-samples-the-wares/1025381 "2025-12-08T16:51:31Z")
I thought about posting this in Cafe Society, but decided it fit better here. And it passed out right next to the toilet! They are smart creatures, after all. --- ## [How is it that women didn't all strangle men in the 1960s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-that-women-didnt-all-strangle-men-in-the-1960s/1022214)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-that-women-didnt-all-strangle-men-in-the-1960s/1022214 "2025-12-08T16:23:20Z")
I’ve been watching and listening to movies and music from the 1960s (and earlier), and it’s hard to believe how women are depicted condescendingly and as essentially brainless. Operation Moonbase – The first astronaut i… --- ## [Color theory vs. light theory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-theory-vs-light-theory/1025474)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-theory-vs-light-theory/1025474 "2025-12-08T16:20:45Z")
I got into a discussion with an art teacher, and we’re kind of stuck at the point about brown being clearly visible to humans, but not being in the rainbow. I know why black and white aren’t colors, but what do we say fo… --- ## [What under-30 actors will still be working a decade from now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-under-30-actors-will-still-be-working-a-decade-from-now/728210)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-under-30-actors-will-still-be-working-a-decade-from-now/728210 "2025-12-08T14:11:07Z")
I’m fairly sure we’ve discussed this before. Why, I may have even be the one to start the thread. But there’s no way to prove it, as board search is terribly wonky and every time I enter my own name into Google Search, I… --- ## [Help me identify this mildly traumatizing Apartheid movie or TV scene I saw in my childhood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-mildly-traumatizing-apartheid-movie-or-tv-scene-i-saw-in-my-childhood/1025451)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-mildly-traumatizing-apartheid-movie-or-tv-scene-i-saw-in-my-childhood/1025451 "2025-12-08T11:05:28Z")
I think this would have been the 80s, but it could have been the early 90s. I recall my mother was watching a movie or TV show at home, and it depicted a massacre inside a school – my rough memory was an armed Black man … --- ## [Is there an easy way to clean your computer keyboard that works well?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-easy-way-to-clean-your-computer-keyboard-that-works-well/1025420)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-easy-way-to-clean-your-computer-keyboard-that-works-well/1025420 "2025-12-08T09:58:07Z")
This may not be an issue for many laptop keyboards (and some PC/Apple keyboards) but for some of us we have keyboards where crud can get between the keys. I keep my keyboard pretty darn clean but, over time, some crud j… --- ## [How long would it take for a modern city to disintegrate...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-it-take-for-a-modern-city-to-disintegrate/548887)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-it-take-for-a-modern-city-to-disintegrate/548887 "2025-12-08T09:35:58Z")
without proper maintenance? Suppose, through some biological disaster, humanity is basically reduced to a population of a couple hundred thousand naked monkeys strolling about the globe. At that point it’s unlikely any… --- ## [Actors' spouses' deaths from influenza?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-spouses-deaths-from-influenza/1025511)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-spouses-deaths-from-influenza/1025511 "2025-12-08T05:44:54Z")
We watch a lot of movies on TCM. Watching Shall We Dance (1937), I looked up Eric Blore. He married his first wife in 1917, and she died in 1919. Christmas In Connecticut (1945) is on now. S.Z. Sakall married his fir… --- ## [(Old) PJD strikes again in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pjd-strikes-again-in-the-mmp/1025286)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 284\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pjd-strikes-again-in-the-mmp/1025286 "2025-12-08T03:48:00Z")
That’s right folks, it’s the second in an occasional series of pjd created MMPs. It’s currently what can only be described as grey here in the good old UK. Temperature appears to be about n C (or about x F). Just putt… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=185&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=187&state=muted)