# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=190&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 191 --- ## [Black coffee and dark chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-coffee-and-dark-chocolate/1025053)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-coffee-and-dark-chocolate/1025053 "2025-12-05T20:04:39Z")
Word is that black coffee and dark chocolate are good for your health while milk chocolate and coffee with cream lack those benefits. So here I am eating dark chocolate and drinking black coffee. What if next I drink a … --- ## [Atheism vs. Toys for Tots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheism-vs-toys-for-tots/126951)
**Author:** [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheism-vs-toys-for-tots/126951 "2025-12-05T19:54:14Z")
Howdy all, I’ve got a situation at work I’d like to get some humbles opinions on… Our very large company (10k+ employees) has a dress code that doesn’t allow blue jeans any day. Yet, we are allowed to do fund raising a… --- ## [European trip location advice sought - during Easter and herding cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-trip-location-advice-sought-during-easter-and-herding-cats/1025214)
**Author:** [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-trip-location-advice-sought-during-easter-and-herding-cats/1025214 "2025-12-05T19:43:37Z")
I’m trying to plan a trip to Europe next spring for a group of 5 adults and it’s quickly devolved into a herding cats situation. We’re struggling on picking a location, so I would love to get some ideas. Ages are 40s-mi… --- ## [Forget about the War Plan leaks - why the hell is the US Bombing Yemen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-about-the-war-plan-leaks-why-the-hell-is-the-us-bombing-yemen/1016086)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-about-the-war-plan-leaks-why-the-hell-is-the-us-bombing-yemen/1016086 "2025-12-05T18:39:16Z")
In all the talk about The Atlantic’s Goldberg being given access to Pete Hegseth’s little internet soiree discussing the bombing of Yemen, no one has told us why we’re doing this. You’d think that would be an important p… --- ## [Recommended legal news websites for non-lawyers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommended-legal-news-websites-for-non-lawyers/1025278)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommended-legal-news-websites-for-non-lawyers/1025278 "2025-12-05T18:14:11Z")
SD legal eagles: what are good websites for legal news, covering especially defense of democracy in the US? IANAL: please review these websites: The Volokh Conspiracy: “Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Oft… --- ## [Crickets\> Beatles\>Byrds\>Animals\> Monkees\> Eagles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crickets-beatles-byrds-animals-monkees-eagles/1025376)
**Author:** [@hideousidiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hideousidiot)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crickets-beatles-byrds-animals-monkees-eagles/1025376 "2025-12-05T17:48:41Z")
I think the Crickets started the whole trend of naming your band after a (misspelled?) creature of some sort, but the trend seems to have caught fire after the Beatles made it big. Can you think of an earlier instance th… --- ## [The '25 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade/1025251)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade/1025251 "2025-12-05T16:14:18Z")
It’s that time again, when Americans whine about a soulless, overpriced, glitzy corporate spectacle while watching every second of it! :grin: (I wasn’t in a good state Thursday…too many aches, too many frustrations…which… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - November 2025 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-november-2025-edition/1024462)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-november-2025-edition/1024462 "2025-12-05T15:30:59Z")
As my four year old once famously said \*HAPP HOWWEEN! GIMMIE CHEEZ!” (Said 4 year old is almost 30 now, but still enjoys cheese especially the queso version of it.) Final quarter of 2025 is upon us, up North the nights … --- ## [Identify this song and composer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song-and-composer/1025427)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song-and-composer/1025427 "2025-12-05T14:00:57Z")
Seems like a long shot, but I’ve seen the dope come through on this sort of thing multiple times. There’s a very well-known piece of music you hear on tv and movies that’s instant code for “ostentatious refinement”. It’… --- ## [Legendary Memphis guitarist Steve Cropper dead at 84](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legendary-memphis-guitarist-steve-cropper-dead-at-84/1025387)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legendary-memphis-guitarist-steve-cropper-dead-at-84/1025387 "2025-12-05T12:47:39Z")
You couldn’t grow up in Memphis without knowing who Steve was and being aware of his many, many accomplishments. And he was a really nice guy to boot. RIP Booker T. & The MG’s - Green Onions (Official Audio) --- ## [Texas 2025 redistricting standoff -- what is endgame?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-2025-redistricting-standoff-what-is-endgame/1021745)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-2025-redistricting-standoff-what-is-endgame/1021745 "2025-12-05T12:31:09Z")
I’m surprised there isn’t a thread on tis (if there is, I couldn’t find it) Summary: Texas’ R dominated legislature wants to redistrict to add 5 more R US congresscritters in the 2026 midterms. Some (most?) Democratic l… --- ## [Bill in Congress to be introduced making porch piracy from private companies a federal crime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-in-congress-to-be-introduced-making-porch-piracy-from-private-companies-a-federal-crime/1025416)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-in-congress-to-be-introduced-making-porch-piracy-from-private-companies-a-federal-crime/1025416 "2025-12-05T12:09:03Z")
A Democratic representative from New Jersey is planning to introduce legislation that will make porch piracy from private shipping companies like UPS and FedEx a federal crime. Currently, it’s only a federal crime if … --- ## [Got my COVID shot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-covid-shot/1023231)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-covid-shot/1023231 "2025-12-05T11:42:54Z")
Was no big deal last year, but now it’s a challenge. My local grocery (Hannafords; I’m in NY) had them, so I went while it was still possible. I called in advance; their pharmacy phone had a recorded message they had it.… --- ## [For U.S. citizens with dual citizenship, a question of forced choice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-u-s-citizens-with-dual-citizenship-a-question-of-forced-choice/1025370)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-u-s-citizens-with-dual-citizenship-a-question-of-forced-choice/1025370 "2025-12-05T11:30:07Z")
Republican Files Bill to Eliminate Dual Citizenship, Force Renunciations | Truthout “Under the bill, anyone who acquires foreign citizenship would be forced to relinquish their U.S. citizenship, and any who already hold… --- ## [Stupid Facebook question: Commenting with an animated .gif](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-facebook-question-commenting-with-an-animated-gif/1025406)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-facebook-question-commenting-with-an-animated-gif/1025406 "2025-12-05T09:03:47Z")
I know this is a dumb question, but how do I put an animated .gif into a comment, that is not one of the ones you can choose from the small library with the .gif button? I tried to post this in a comment: Since the a… --- ## [Customs abroad the US should adapt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customs-abroad-the-us-should-adapt/1025374)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customs-abroad-the-us-should-adapt/1025374 "2025-12-05T04:11:54Z")
See this fun (and maybe not totally correct?) article about Common Customs Abroad That They Want The US To Adopt. Please pick ONE (but if you want to pick a couple, that’s no big deal) and please NOT UHC, we have done t… --- ## [Tickled documentary on HBO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tickled-documentary-on-hbo/781066)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tickled-documentary-on-hbo/781066 "2025-12-05T03:15:08Z")
Anybody else watch the 2016 documentary that is currently airing on HBO? Synopsis on Wikipedia: Tickled - Wikipedia I won’t reveal any spoilers but basically it’s about two Kiwi documentarians that become fascinated ab… --- ## [With or Without Dual Citizenship, What Would You Choose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-or-without-dual-citizenship-what-would-you-choose/1025414)
**Author:** [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-or-without-dual-citizenship-what-would-you-choose/1025414 "2025-12-05T01:59:24Z")
I thought I’d add a poll that covers the OP and allows other people to weigh in. If mods would rather it be restricted per the terms of the OP, I can still edit! (Or you can, I don’t mind.) poll --- ## [An extinct fish is being reintroduced into Lake Erie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-extinct-fish-is-being-reintroduced-into-lake-erie/1025408)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-extinct-fish-is-being-reintroduced-into-lake-erie/1025408 "2025-12-04T23:40:01Z")
Those sturgeon fingerlings are pretty cute! --- ## [Suggestion for a new tablet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-a-new-tablet/1025279)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-a-new-tablet/1025279 "2025-12-04T22:29:52Z")
I have a computer, downstairs in the office, and a smart phone, also often downstairs on its charging station, and an old Samsung Galaxy android tablet that I keep in the living room. It is connected to the house wi-fi (… --- ## [Do you have any DVD box sets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-dvd-box-sets/1025121)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-dvd-box-sets/1025121 "2025-12-04T20:37:29Z")
And if so of what genre? Relevant to a discussion in a particular show thread but that discussion is not relevant to the question so no link. if you care to know though. --- ## [Rules for posting about a Kickstarter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-for-posting-about-a-kickstarter/1000163)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-for-posting-about-a-kickstarter/1000163 "2025-12-04T20:19:31Z")
I’m preparing a Kickstarter to raise money for a creative project (in this case, a comic book/graphic novel). Can I post about it, and would there be any limitations? Thank you. --- ## [Which of history’s fashions would you choose, if you could adopt any style?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-history-s-fashions-would-you-choose-if-you-could-adopt-any-style/1025312)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-history-s-fashions-would-you-choose-if-you-could-adopt-any-style/1025312 "2025-12-04T19:45:34Z")
If you could dress like any historical era, without any social opprobrium, which would you choose? I’m a fan of a nice suit; wearing a well tailored silk suit is like wearing pajamas. And I appreciate the sartorial fla… --- ## [Question about painting over acrylic enamel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-painting-over-acrylic-enamel/1025297)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-painting-over-acrylic-enamel/1025297 "2025-12-04T19:02:13Z")
Years ago my front door was painted with Kelly-Moore “Acry-Shield 100% Acrylic Exterior Semi-Gloss Enamel”. Recently a so-called professional painter painted over it with Sherwin Williams “SuperPaint Paint and Primer; Ex… --- ## [Is Senator Mark Kelly finally our "Joseph Welch?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-senator-mark-kelly-finally-our-joseph-welch/1025355)
**Author:** [@RAWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RAWDuke)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-senator-mark-kelly-finally-our-joseph-welch/1025355 "2025-12-04T18:40:26Z")
In 1954, Joseph Welch finally put down Joe McCarty’s campaign to purge communists from the US. “Until this moment, Senator, I think I never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness.” “Let us not assassinate this… --- ## [Unusual Job Duties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-job-duties/1025046)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-job-duties/1025046 "2025-12-04T17:45:03Z")
As part of my job, I do something that I’ve never heard of anyone else doing. I stand in a place and watch for people to approach. Most of the people, as they approach, I think of a name–but it’s not their name. I don’t… --- ## [ChatGPT level of confidence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chatgpt-level-of-confidence/1017717)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chatgpt-level-of-confidence/1017717 "2025-12-04T17:37:10Z")
I wouldn’t cite Wikipedia for a Thesis but it’s good enough to win a bar argument. It’s not perfect, I don’t believe everything on it I read, but I am willing to accept it’s mostly true. There is a level of confidence … --- ## [Shows or movies in which the actor’s name matches the character’s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-or-movies-in-which-the-actor-s-name-matches-the-character-s/986954)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-or-movies-in-which-the-actor-s-name-matches-the-character-s/986954 "2025-12-04T17:26:10Z")
Hypothetically, if Tom Cruise played a character named Tom Smith, that would count. Cameos or characters based upon their real lives would not. So neither Ray Romano in “Everybody Loves Raymond”, John Malkovich in “Being… --- ## [Bird feeding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bird-feeding/1025295)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bird-feeding/1025295 "2025-12-04T13:43:14Z")
I feeds the boids! Yes I do! I spend a fortune(:blush: )on seeds for the critters flying around. (Squirrel thieves be damned). So…my question is: I know people throw corn meal down for wild animals. Is that safe for o… --- ## [Facebook Algorithms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-algorithms/1023505)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-algorithms/1023505 "2025-12-04T13:08:31Z")
Somehow Facebook has figured out I like cats and trains and are always showing me videos of them. But lately Facebook has been showing me many different videos of CHUBBY El Salvadoran high school marching band majorette… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=189&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=191&state=watching)