# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=191&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 192 --- ## [Just funny stuff with friends family](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-funny-stuff-with-friends-family/1025375)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-funny-stuff-with-friends-family/1025375 "2025-12-04T12:55:53Z")
Last night, I saw that the flights on my darts matched my wife’s dress perfectly. She saw that and said we should switch. I said “But your dress won’t fit me” :heart\_eyes: Then today, I was snowblowing the drive. I had … --- ## [Quentin Tarantino's list of the top 20 movies from 2000-2025(not including his own). What are yours?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quentin-tarantinos-list-of-the-top-20-movies-from-2000-2025-not-including-his-own-what-are-yours/1025350)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quentin-tarantinos-list-of-the-top-20-movies-from-2000-2025-not-including-his-own-what-are-yours/1025350 "2025-12-04T12:39:00Z")
His list: Black Hawk Down Toy Story 3 Lost in Translation Dunkirk There Will Be Blood Zodiac Unstoppable Mad Max: Fury Road Shaun of the Dead Midnight in Paris Battle Royle (2000) Big Bad Wolves (2013) Jackass: The Mov… --- ## [Botticelli- November 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476)
**Author:** [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Replies:** 183\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476 "2025-12-04T10:22:07Z")
I am G! --- ## [Will the city of Teheran be abandoned next week, due to drought?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-city-of-teheran-be-abandoned-next-week-due-to-drought/1022757)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-city-of-teheran-be-abandoned-next-week-due-to-drought/1022757 "2025-12-04T10:02:40Z")
A few weeks ago, I noticed a couple of astounding headlines. Iran is in critical trouble with water supplies, and its capital city may have to be abandoned within weeks. Since then, I haven’t seen any serious talk abou… --- ## [The Ethics of "My Octopus Teacher" \[Possible Spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-my-octopus-teacher-possible-spoilers/939157)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-my-octopus-teacher-possible-spoilers/939157 "2025-12-04T08:42:04Z")
Yay or nay: OK to befriend wild animals? The Oscar-nominated documentary film My Octopus Teacher was a wonderful film to watch but I do wonder about the ethics. First, I am posting here (not CS) because I see this as a … --- ## [Fuck Your Business Model, Doctor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-your-business-model-doctor/1025010)
**Author:** [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-your-business-model-doctor/1025010 "2025-12-04T05:49:03Z")
My Dr. ( in network ) referred me to another Dr. ( In Network? Specialist. ) to have something checked. I called them, provided insurance information, and made the appointment. I was nervous… but it had to be done. I… --- ## [Help finding a video, or better yet, a videographer(?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-video-or-better-yet-a-videographer/1025388)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-video-or-better-yet-a-videographer/1025388 "2025-12-04T05:36:48Z")
Yo SD, can one of you brilliant teeming millions help me find some videos? Back in the early 2000s, maybe even as late as 2010, there was a person who made videos for YouTube (?) that seemed to be a symptom of their men… --- ## [Help me find this song please, it's been +- 15-20 years!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-song-please-its-been-15-20-years/1025389)
**Author:** [@MysticJaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysticJaguar)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-song-please-its-been-15-20-years/1025389 "2025-12-04T04:12:48Z")
Hi goodevening! Hope y’all are doing good. This is my first post ever and I stumbled upon this website in my search for a song. It’s been since the 2000’s that I heard it and please bear with me. If I remember correctly… --- ## [Drug cartels and payment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-cartels-and-payment/1025343)
**Author:** [@Cachalot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cachalot)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-cartels-and-payment/1025343 "2025-12-04T04:05:03Z")
I just watched The Mule starring Clint Eastwood as an elderly man who becomes a courier for a drug cartel. According to what we see in the movie, he was paid very well. A shot of him looking at his pay packet after one r… --- ## [Concerts where you can't hear the vocals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-where-you-cant-hear-the-vocals/1025383)
**Author:** [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-where-you-cant-hear-the-vocals/1025383 "2025-12-04T01:45:56Z")
How does this happen? We sit there for ever while they say ‘check 1-2-3’ over and over into the mics for what feels like hours. They constantly ask to have someone adjust things until they’re happy. Then the show star… --- ## [Purge of Inspector Generals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purge-of-inspector-generals/1013396)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purge-of-inspector-generals/1013396 "2025-12-04T01:33:50Z")
Susan Collins has expressed “concern”. IGs are supposed to look for fraud and waste, which may make them redundant with DOGE. They also are watchdogs for criminality, which makes them suspicious. Note that Trump did a… --- ## [Is this category still useful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-category-still-useful/1025371)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-category-still-useful/1025371 "2025-12-04T01:29:18Z")
None of the threads has had a post since Oct. 31. --- ## [Public speaking: largest crowd you ever spoke in front of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-speaking-largest-crowd-you-ever-spoke-in-front-of/1025082)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-speaking-largest-crowd-you-ever-spoke-in-front-of/1025082 "2025-12-04T00:24:02Z")
I remember in high school having to do a 1-minute presentation (we called it a “speech”) on a piece of art. I was physically ill the night before. I couldn’t figure out why they would subject kids to this torture. It was… --- ## [An "extinct" animal is being reintroduced to the Sahara](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-extinct-animal-is-being-reintroduced-to-the-sahara/1025372)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-extinct-animal-is-being-reintroduced-to-the-sahara/1025372 "2025-12-03T23:42:09Z")
I find the idea of reintroducing endangered or nearly extinct animals to an area to help it grow again. --- ## [Several legal questions about double jeopardy and wrongful conviction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/several-legal-questions-about-double-jeopardy-and-wrongful-conviction/1025336)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/several-legal-questions-about-double-jeopardy-and-wrongful-conviction/1025336 "2025-12-03T23:13:42Z")
Helping out some inmates in prison, who can’t really do research: If a defendant is convicted under law XYZ but law XYZ is later overturned by the Supreme Court, does he count as wrongfully-convicted (in terms of getti… --- ## [CalMeacham Pop Culture Articles in Small Press Journals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calmeacham-pop-culture-articles-in-small-press-journals/1025364)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calmeacham-pop-culture-articles-in-small-press-journals/1025364 "2025-12-03T21:52:39Z")
I just found out that The Three Stooges Journal finally published the article I wrote for them based on my Straight Dope Board thread from a year ago, “Moe Howard and the Australian Mermaid”. It appeared in the Summer 20… --- ## [How much am I likely to receive from the AT&T Data Incident Settlement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-am-i-likely-to-receive-from-the-at-t-data-incident-settlement/1025366)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-am-i-likely-to-receive-from-the-at-t-data-incident-settlement/1025366 "2025-12-03T21:31:23Z")
Got another email about this, and am unsure whether it’s worth the effort. I went to the trouble of filling out all the data for a class action suit a few years ago, and got enough for a cup of coffee. It wasn’t worth … --- ## [Beatles Anthology 2025 on Disney+](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-anthology-2025-on-disney/1025271)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-anthology-2025-on-disney/1025271 "2025-12-03T21:13:36Z")
As a long-time fan I found the “new” version of the documentary very enjoyable (and a little bittersweet as well). I saw the original when it was broadcast in 1995 and have the DVD box set and still the 2025 version was … --- ## [Abortion “requirements” struck down in Missouri](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-requirements-struck-down-in-missouri/1014349)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-requirements-struck-down-in-missouri/1014349 "2025-12-03T20:57:27Z")
So at least there’s a little good news and the MAGA crowd aren’t having it all their own way. These kinds of sneaky roadblocks are just so frustrating while letting the lawmakers appear “reasonable.” https://missouriind… --- ## [The Supreme Court isn't done: Watch and see a lot of individual rights fall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supreme-court-isnt-done-watch-and-see-a-lot-of-individual-rights-fall/966843)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 292\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supreme-court-isnt-done-watch-and-see-a-lot-of-individual-rights-fall/966843 "2025-12-03T19:43:16Z")
While we try to absorb the abortion decision and how things are going to change as a result of that, make sure you are paying attention to the other things that the Supreme Court is getting ready to burn are many federal… --- ## [Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar and wife indicted on bribery and foreign influence charges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-rep-henry-cuellar-and-wife-indicted-on-bribery-and-foreign-influence-charges/1001113)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-rep-henry-cuellar-and-wife-indicted-on-bribery-and-foreign-influence-charges/1001113 "2025-12-03T19:25:39Z")
The Justice Department on Friday released an indictment against longtime Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, and his wife, Imelda, charging the pair with bribery and money laundering related to their ties with an oil and gas co… --- ## [Election results for TN-7 House race (December 2, 2025)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-results-for-tn-7-house-race-december-2-2025/1025347)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-results-for-tn-7-house-race-december-2-2025/1025347 "2025-12-03T17:54:18Z")
Today’s the day that voters in Tennessee’s 7th House district vote to replace Mark Green, who resigned. From Politico: The result — which is shaping up to be far closer than President Donald Trump’s 22-point victory t… --- ## [Do you re-use pet names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-re-use-pet-names/1025245)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-re-use-pet-names/1025245 "2025-12-03T15:34:37Z")
A year and a half or so I adopted a house panther from a rescue. They’d named him Freddie Mercury. Of course, I’d need a nickname for everyday use, right? So, Fred or Freddie, right? Well, no. Way back I had a cat named… --- ## [Why are people obsessed with flat earthers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-obsessed-with-flat-earthers/1022587)
**Author:** [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-obsessed-with-flat-earthers/1022587 "2025-12-03T14:43:32Z")
Every time I see a post on social media that relates to the geography of the earth, some guy will ask “What do the flat earthers think about this?” For example, someone will show a map with the great circle airplane rou… --- ## [Do injured Guardsmen go to a base Hospital?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-injured-guardsmen-go-to-a-base-hospital/1025310)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-injured-guardsmen-go-to-a-base-hospital/1025310 "2025-12-03T13:54:20Z")
ABC reports the guardsmen shot in DC gave a thumbs up to questions. It was reported he is stable condition in a local hospital under heavy guard I thought all active military servicemen use a base hospital? Does that in… --- ## [Advice sought on updating my home wifi!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-sought-on-updating-my-home-wifi/1025085)
**Author:** [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-sought-on-updating-my-home-wifi/1025085 "2025-12-03T11:59:08Z")
Thanks in advance for advice and help. At present I have 3 Apple airports (one actually being a time capsule), all wired by Ethernet to my internet modem/router. They are “meshed” so all running the same wifi network na… --- ## [Birthright citizenship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthright-citizenship/1010575)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthright-citizenship/1010575 "2025-12-03T11:21:33Z")
Trump has said a number of times he wants to end birthright citizenship. I think in the past he thought that the “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” clause might give him the out. Now he has found a new approach. Ac… --- ## [Facebook — Where It's Impossible to Follow a Conversation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-where-its-impossible-to-follow-a-conversation/1025349)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-where-its-impossible-to-follow-a-conversation/1025349 "2025-12-03T05:25:35Z")
Get drawn into a FB thread that becomes one of the long ones, the equivalent of one of our 500+ post threads. Click to change “most relevant” to “show all”. It still doesn’t do anything of the sort, since under Sue Smi… --- ## [Help me find a quotation about a bad ruler sleeping till noon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-quotation-about-a-bad-ruler-sleeping-till-noon/1025333)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-quotation-about-a-bad-ruler-sleeping-till-noon/1025333 "2025-12-03T00:49:22Z")
This might or might not have been quoted in a Peanuts comic, and if so, the speaker would be Linus Van Pelt. It runs something like this: “A great ruler asked his chief advisor, ‘How might I best benefit my people?’ The… --- ## [Links for filtering for a user in a thread isn't available on cell phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-for-filtering-for-a-user-in-a-thread-isnt-available-on-cell-phone/1025337)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-for-filtering-for-a-user-in-a-thread-isnt-available-on-cell-phone/1025337 "2025-12-03T00:35:11Z")
At the end of the first and posts in a thread, there’s a link to see all the frequent posters in that thread. When you’re on a computer, if you click on one of them, it gives you the option of seeing only their posts in … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=190&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=192&state=watching)