# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=194&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 195 --- ## [Spirited (Christmas movie musical)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-christmas-movie-musical/1025164)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-christmas-movie-musical/1025164 "2025-11-28T17:00:12Z")
It’s available to stream on Apple TV, and it’s delightful! Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds, and Octavia Spencer star (also Patrick Page). Here’s a number from it, --- ## [What is the AI race, how does one win it, and what do they get for winning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ai-race-how-does-one-win-it-and-what-do-they-get-for-winning/1024616)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ai-race-how-does-one-win-it-and-what-do-they-get-for-winning/1024616 "2025-11-28T16:18:44Z")
We’ve all heard about the AI race but I don’t understand what it is that we’re (they’re) racing towards. NVIDIA has said that China will win. What will they get by winning and how will we know when the race is over and h… --- ## [Language question: 1983 was the year when "multiple times" replaced "several times"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-question-1983-was-the-year-when-multiple-times-replaced-several-times/1025185)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-question-1983-was-the-year-when-multiple-times-replaced-several-times/1025185 "2025-11-28T13:53:53Z")
I just noticed a change in the English language: the use of the word “multiple”. A couple decades ago, people would say “I’ve gone to Disneyland several times” Nowadays, they say “I’ve been there multiple times”. So … --- ## [Were the editors right to complain about Alan Sokal's parody?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-editors-right-to-complain-about-alan-sokals-parody/1025166)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2025, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-editors-right-to-complain-about-alan-sokals-parody/1025166 "2025-11-28T10:57:32Z")
Question is, should magazine editors be allowed to assume that contributors are sincere? Can we defend the editors of Social Text in the Sokal Affair in 1996? Say an editor gets a submitted article and he can’t make hea… --- ## [Reincarnation Superstition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reincarnation-superstition/1025022)
**Author:** [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2025, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reincarnation-superstition/1025022 "2025-11-28T09:17:25Z")
Reincarnation is a belief for some, I know. Other people think that it’s just a parlor game like playing with a Ouiji Board. I remember reading a book ( a silly novel ) maybe 30 -40 years ago where the author wrote th… --- ## [Happy Thanksgiving to all that celebrate it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thanksgiving-to-all-that-celebrate-it/1025189)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2025, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thanksgiving-to-all-that-celebrate-it/1025189 "2025-11-28T05:36:28Z")
For old time sakes: .--. {\\ / q {\\ { \`\\ \\ (-(~\` { '.{\`\\ \\ \\ ) {'-{ ' \\ .-""'-. \\ \\ {.\_{'.' \\/ '.) \\ {\_.{. {\` | {.\_{ ' { ;'-=… --- ## [Book about Pat Summerall and John Madden](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-about-pat-summerall-and-john-madden/1025199)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2025, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-about-pat-summerall-and-john-madden/1025199 "2025-11-28T03:23:31Z")
During either the Lions or the Cowboys game today (Thanksgiving 2025), the announcers recommended a book about the legendary Summerall/Madden broadcast partnership. The problem is, I can’t remember the name of the author… --- ## [Trail bologna - what is it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trail-bologna-what-is-it/1023158)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2025, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trail-bologna-what-is-it/1023158 "2025-11-28T03:12:18Z")
In my hobby of identifying vintage aerial photos taken of the rural areas in the US I often come across little tidbits of information. Yesterday I finally pinned down a simple brick building in Holmes County, Ohio, an Am… --- ## [Thoughts on my Lower Abdomen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-my-lower-abdomen/1025152)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-my-lower-abdomen/1025152 "2025-11-27T20:23:19Z")
OK, I know you’re not my doctor. I’m not seeking medical advice. This is not a serious issue, I have a doctor, and if this doesn’t resolve I will call her. It is not yet to where I believe it requires the doctor. But I a… --- ## [Christmas Party at Work - Need to Make a Food Common to Finland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-party-at-work-need-to-make-a-food-common-to-finland/1025137)
**Author:** [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-party-at-work-need-to-make-a-food-common-to-finland/1025137 "2025-11-27T18:45:14Z")
My agency is having a Round the World Christmas Party. My group was assigned to make something common to Finland. I know next to nothing about Finland other than it’s location on the map and some WW II history. I am g… --- ## [Thanksgiving flying tips from DOT's Duffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-flying-tips-from-dots-duffy/1025151)
**Author:** [@justdoit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justdoit)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-flying-tips-from-dots-duffy/1025151 "2025-11-27T15:57:26Z")
He wants fliers to dress better and be nice. I laughed when I first saw that but maybe he is right, especially the part about being nice. The stereotype is Americans are ruder and not as patient as British and Canadian… --- ## [What is the finality of "dropping the case"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-finality-of-dropping-the-case/1025175)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2025, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-finality-of-dropping-the-case/1025175 "2025-11-27T13:28:08Z")
Inspired by recent events in Georgia (and less recent events in certain federal cases ) but in FQ so looking for factual answer about the law not opinions on the likelihood of these cases ever being resurrected in practi… --- ## [Two guys from Texas plan to conquer and enslave their own sex island](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-guys-from-texas-plan-to-conquer-and-enslave-their-own-sex-island/1025033)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2025, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-guys-from-texas-plan-to-conquer-and-enslave-their-own-sex-island/1025033 "2025-11-27T11:09:10Z")
Gavin Rivers Weisenburg, 21, of Allen, and Tanner Christopher Thomas, 20, of Argyle, have been indicted by a grand jury on counts of conspiracy to murder, maim, or kidnap in a foreign country and production of child por… --- ## [What happens if Trump is indicted in Georgia? (Indicted on August 14, 2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928)
**Author:** [@kay1864](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kay1864)\ **Replies:** 2719\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2025, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-is-indicted-in-georgia-indicted-on-august-14-2023/979928 "2025-11-27T09:59:17Z")
All I’ve been able to find so far is: For the hearing, he might be brought to the Fulton County courthouse via cooperation between the Georgia State Patrol and Florida Highway Patrol. Probably no frog-marching though. … --- ## [Helping the SPCA collect some kitties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-the-spca-collect-some-kitties/1024993)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2025, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-the-spca-collect-some-kitties/1024993 "2025-11-27T07:10:55Z")
The neighbor behind us and over one has been feeding some feral cats for a while – we live on a hill so we can see her feeding them in her back yard. We have seen, we think, up to 4 adults (probably female) and 4 kittens… --- ## [Fragile psyche](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fragile-psyche/1025177)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2025, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fragile-psyche/1025177 "2025-11-27T06:21:59Z")
Had the Doc offices PA come see me this morning. He looked nervous. He said I need to tell you something. But your psyche is so fragile, I don’t want to. I was able to say “Why"?” He tells me. My guy, I’ve had bad ne… --- ## [Advice on small, time-wasting phone games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-small-time-wasting-phone-games/1025119)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-small-time-wasting-phone-games/1025119 "2025-11-26T23:48:39Z")
I have recently upgraded my phone. Holy frickin’ hell is there a lot of ads on everything! Anyhow, now that I’m done playing whack-a-mole with pre-loaded crap… I’d like a couple of what I call “time-wasting” games to … --- ## [A very popular brewery in the NW has abruptly shut down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-popular-brewery-in-the-nw-has-abruptly-shut-down/1024870)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-popular-brewery-in-the-nw-has-abruptly-shut-down/1024870 "2025-11-26T22:39:36Z")
Rogue Brewery is suddenly shut down. They put out an amazing number of brews and spirits over the years, and this news came as a huge surprise to me. Rogue Ales & Spirits shuts down after 37 years: ‘Everybody’s shocked’… --- ## [Help me ID a Ring, Please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-a-ring-please/263867)
**Author:** [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-a-ring-please/263867 "2025-11-26T22:11:55Z")
Last week, I had the unfortunate duty of going through my father’s jewelry box. He won’t need it anymore. :frowning: In addition to the expected stuff, like his class rings, a silver ID bracelet, and some remarkably h… --- ## [How would I know my belancan was off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-i-know-my-belancan-was-off/396428)
**Author:** [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-i-know-my-belancan-was-off/396428 "2025-11-26T21:39:22Z")
Belancan = stinky prawn paste. I wanted to cook some laksa tonight and when I carved off a hunk of belancan I noticed it was out of date. It looked OK so I used it. There’s still a year’s worth of the stuff in the block… --- ## [Musical Collaborations You Wish Had Happened](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-collaborations-you-wish-had-happened/1025044)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-collaborations-you-wish-had-happened/1025044 "2025-11-26T18:30:33Z")
First, one that would never have happened because two of the participants by all accounts despised each other. In 1974 Frank Zappa, Lou Reed, and Dion collaborated on a doo wop album. Musicians included Zappa’s “Roxy a… --- ## [A mysterious still image from a 1967 video, a bit of online detective work, and a hidden history of women on the fringes of fame](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mysterious-still-image-from-a-1967-video-a-bit-of-online-detective-work-and-a-hidden-history-of-women-on-the-fringes-of-fame/1025098)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mysterious-still-image-from-a-1967-video-a-bit-of-online-detective-work-and-a-hidden-history-of-women-on-the-fringes-of-fame/1025098 "2025-11-26T15:58:32Z")
I was browsing through my YouTube feed this weekend, when I saw a 1967 educational short film called 'Farm Family in Winter". I had first become familiar with the short through the RiffTrax guys (Mike and the two guys wh… --- ## [Is it possible for us ordinary users to see earlier versions of a post that has been changed by the poster?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-for-us-ordinary-users-to-see-earlier-versions-of-a-post-that-has-been-changed-by-the-poster/1025129)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-for-us-ordinary-users-to-see-earlier-versions-of-a-post-that-has-been-changed-by-the-poster/1025129 "2025-11-26T14:45:06Z")
Just curious. I seem to remember it was possible, but maybe that was under the old system? --- ## [When did opinion polls start getting reported so widely?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-opinion-polls-start-getting-reported-so-widely/1024793)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-opinion-polls-start-getting-reported-so-widely/1024793 "2025-11-26T13:50:21Z")
Sure, there have always been polls about presidential elections. But over the past year or so, it seems the media cannot report an any social or political issue without observing that x% of whomever feel one way or the … --- ## [Udo Kier has passed away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/udo-kier-has-passed-away/1025091)
**Author:** [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/udo-kier-has-passed-away/1025091 "2025-11-26T11:32:50Z")
Udo Kier - German actor who was equally at home in Euro-arty, Euro-trashy, Hollywooden and Warhol films - has died aged 81. I remember him best from Blood for Dracula and Flesh for Frankenstein, two films by Andy Warhol… --- ## [Sink the Yantar! (Russian spy and internet sabotage ship)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-the-yantar-russian-spy-and-internet-sabotage-ship/1025087)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-the-yantar-russian-spy-and-internet-sabotage-ship/1025087 "2025-11-26T05:04:34Z")
The Yantar (Янтарь - amber) is a Russian ship, ostensibly for marine research. As such, of course, it has the ability to launch mini-subs. In the last year, this ship has been known to be mapping (and hovering over) und… --- ## [First Annual SDMB Fantasy Football Guillotine League - Cecil’s Chopping Block](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-annual-sdmb-fantasy-football-guillotine-league-cecil-s-chopping-block/1021749)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 322\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-annual-sdmb-fantasy-football-guillotine-league-cecil-s-chopping-block/1021749 "2025-11-26T04:15:10Z")
Yahoo has added guillotine leagues to their setup, which I’ve been dying to try out the last several years ever since I heard about it. Here’s the general idea: Teams are drafted like normal. But each week there are no … --- ## [Episodes that work as self contained films](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episodes-that-work-as-self-contained-films/1025028)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episodes-that-work-as-self-contained-films/1025028 "2025-11-26T03:00:45Z")
I just got Apple TV so I am catching up on shows I couldn’t watch before. One is Mythic Quest about an MMO company and the fifth (or so) episode just blew me away. It had nearly no connection to the show itself (until th… --- ## [NFL Week 12](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-12/1024956)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-12/1024956 "2025-11-26T01:44:07Z")
There were two huge wins last Sunday: The Rams edged the Seahawks to take the NFC West lead, and the Broncos took firm control of the AFC West with their 8th straight win, a victory over the Chiefs. KC is 5-5 and in seri… --- ## [Roman Numerals on Buildings-why additive form rather than subtractive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roman-numerals-on-buildings-why-additive-form-rather-than-subtractive/1025133)
**Author:** [@whc.03grady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whc.03grady)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roman-numerals-on-buildings-why-additive-form-rather-than-subtractive/1025133 "2025-11-26T01:41:58Z")
I work at a public library, built as a Carnegie library, where the year of its construction,1903, is represented on its facade as ’MDCCCCIII’ rather than ‘MCMIII’. Cursory examination of other same-era buildings suggests… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=193&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=195&state=muted)