# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=187&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 188 --- ## [The UK (and Europe's) free speech problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uk-and-europes-free-speech-problem/1021153)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 431\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uk-and-europes-free-speech-problem/1021153 "2025-12-11T21:45:52Z")
Splitting this from the Roger Waters thread to avoid side tracking… Roger Waters is a tankie - #338 by OldOlds IMO this is a demonstration of something that comes up pretty frequently. JR Vance’s pro-fascist lectures i… --- ## [Raul Malo, leader singer of the Mavericks, dies at 60](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raul-malo-leader-singer-of-the-mavericks-dies-at-60/1025559)
**Author:** [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raul-malo-leader-singer-of-the-mavericks-dies-at-60/1025559 "2025-12-11T21:43:29Z")
Very sad to hear this - their concerts were terrific. Apparently he was fighting two different kinds of cancer. --- ## [How will AI change childhood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-ai-change-childhood/1025473)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-ai-change-childhood/1025473 "2025-12-11T20:15:37Z")
Food for thought from The Economist. Excerpt, from article below: Toymakers in China have declared 2025 the year of artificial intelligence (AI) and are producing robots and teddies that can teach, play and tell storie… --- ## ["Rudolph" T.V. Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-t-v-special/43518)
**Author:** [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Replies:** 828\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-t-v-special/43518 "2025-12-11T18:44:14Z")
On the Island of Misfit Toys, in addition to Charlie-In-The-Box and a choo-choo train with square wheels (among others), there was a red-haired rag doll. What was her name and why was she a misfit? Also, the (flying) Li… --- ## [On Being a Nice Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-being-a-nice-guy/1025483)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-being-a-nice-guy/1025483 "2025-12-11T18:20:45Z")
Because I am one. Yeah, that kind. I accept all the criticism of us as well-placed, even though I know the discussion hasn’t been about me, personally. “Eww, why do you choose to ally yourself with and identify with N… --- ## [Jeff Goldblum Oz ad edited?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeff-goldblum-oz-ad-edited/1025611)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeff-goldblum-oz-ad-edited/1025611 "2025-12-11T17:47:36Z")
I just saw this ad for Xfinity The beginning shows an overhead shot of Jeff Goldblum walking to his car from opening night for “Wicked for Good,” and we hear a voice-over “My son is already in the car” - w… --- ## [Selling the family home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-the-family-home/997775)
**Author:** [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-the-family-home/997775 "2025-12-11T16:16:33Z")
I have a question about selling my FIL’s house. He is 92 and his health is slowly fading. My wife has been his most everything since her mother went into memory care then passed away. When the time does come, she would l… --- ## [What Should We Call the Process of Reversing MAGA Control of the U.S. Government](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-call-the-process-of-reversing-maga-control-of-the-u-s-government/1025510)
**Author:** [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-call-the-process-of-reversing-maga-control-of-the-u-s-government/1025510 "2025-12-11T14:42:04Z")
There’s another thread on what the process should be – Here I’m just trying to figure out what to call it. I posted this question on both ChatGPT and Gemini: “What are alternative words that have been suggested (not by… --- ## [Why is the verse of Dr Seuss so difficult for anyone else to do well?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-verse-of-dr-seuss-so-difficult-for-anyone-else-to-do-well/1025604)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-verse-of-dr-seuss-so-difficult-for-anyone-else-to-do-well/1025604 "2025-12-11T14:27:39Z")
I’ve seen quite a few examples of verse written in an attempt to mimic the style of Dr Seuss - from amateurs, a lot and it’s nearly always cringe, but even in produced works where presumably there were professionals task… --- ## [USA seizes oil tanker off of the coast of Venezuela](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-seizes-oil-tanker-off-of-the-coast-of-venezuela/1025605)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-seizes-oil-tanker-off-of-the-coast-of-venezuela/1025605 "2025-12-11T14:06:05Z")
Don’t know where to put this. But this is another act of war/piracy. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/10/us-seizes-venezuelan-oil-tanker-00685289 --- ## [Have some All in the Family episodes been edited?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-some-all-in-the-family-episodes-been-edited/297708)
**Author:** [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-some-all-in-the-family-episodes-been-edited/297708 "2025-12-11T11:45:38Z")
To remove Archie Bunker’s most egregious racial epithets? I’ve heard this, but a google search doesn’t bring up any answers. It seems unlikely that Archie’s racial slurs would be acceptable for the 70’s but not now. A… --- ## [The military. Did you join? Why or why not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-military-did-you-join-why-or-why-not/1002246)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-military-did-you-join-why-or-why-not/1002246 "2025-12-11T11:40:56Z")
Why did you join? Or not join? Did you come from a family with a strong military tradition? Did you grow up wanting to join? Or did you simply stumble into it? Or were you standing in front of a judge who said join or go… --- ## [A tiny issue ("I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain" thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tiny-issue-i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-thread/1025595)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tiny-issue-i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-thread/1025595 "2025-12-11T08:43:27Z")
I opened a short(few months old) zombie about a thread I like. This thread was asking the point behind the “I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain” thread. We have #3 going now. I’ve posted an inordinate amount in these threa… --- ## [Name your all-time three favorite novels, in order. No more than three, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-all-time-three-favorite-novels-in-order-no-more-than-three-please/1025316)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-all-time-three-favorite-novels-in-order-no-more-than-three-please/1025316 "2025-12-11T07:26:48Z")
Has this been done before? Probably. I dunno. Whatever. As mentioned, please rank your selections. And, I know it’s difficult, but please mention only three. Three shall be the number thou shalt submit, and the number … --- ## [Hate filling up for gas in the cold of winter? I feel like I need to share this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-filling-up-for-gas-in-the-cold-of-winter-i-feel-like-i-need-to-share-this/1025600)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-filling-up-for-gas-in-the-cold-of-winter-i-feel-like-i-need-to-share-this/1025600 "2025-12-11T06:00:13Z")
I just recently discovered this and I just love it so much. I used the Kroger app. But if Kroger has it I’m sure others do too. So I pull up to the pump, open my app, enter the pump number and turn the pump on. The app… --- ## [Movies into TV series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-into-tv-series/1025438)
**Author:** [@hideousidiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hideousidiot)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-into-tv-series/1025438 "2025-12-11T05:02:27Z")
Imagine you’ve written the screenplay for a movie that doesn’t get picked up by a studio but someone has the bright idea that this screenplay, lightly transformed, would make for a good TV series. You’d have to re-couch … --- ## [Is it possible to be racist against AIs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-be-racist-against-ais/1023946)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-be-racist-against-ais/1023946 "2025-12-11T03:24:18Z")
I was talking to my sister earlier today about how so much of the United States’ GDP growth is just based on AI advancements right now, and how we’ve got practically nothing else going for us. She asked me why I’m so ra… --- ## [Any Old School AOL'ers Still Around?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-old-school-aolers-still-around/1025306)
**Author:** [@slkaopi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slkaopi)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-old-school-aolers-still-around/1025306 "2025-12-11T01:08:46Z")
Something made me think about the old message boards today and I couldn’t help but wonder if any of my old friends were still around? I signed back up using my OG screen name. The only ones I can remember off the top o… --- ## [Speculation About How Republicans Will Run the 2028 Election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-about-how-republicans-will-run-the-2028-election/1025269)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-about-how-republicans-will-run-the-2028-election/1025269 "2025-12-11T01:05:16Z")
Continuing the discussion from Is there any non-nutty way that Republicans could even try to claim that Trump can run again?: Which is why I think all this concern and speculation about reelecting Trump is just a ploy … --- ## [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 … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=186&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=188&state=tracking)