# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=197&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 198 --- ## [Thoughts on AI music generators?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-ai-music-generators/1024988)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2025, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-ai-music-generators/1024988 "2025-11-23T02:33:39Z")
We’ve had a few similar discussions in the past, but the field keeps evolving. I hadn’t been really following this much until Suno came to my attention recently. And there seem to be quite a few rather similar things: … --- ## [Writing style: British demonym conventions "new Yorker"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-style-british-demonym-conventions-new-yorker/1025018)
**Author:** [@InfraBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InfraBlue)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2025, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-style-british-demonym-conventions-new-yorker/1025018 "2025-11-23T00:57:37Z")
In the BBC article, “Trump to meet incoming New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani,” Madeline Halpert wrote “. . . Trump - a born-and-raised new Yorker. . .” Is it British convention to write the word “new” in miniscule in demon… --- ## [Today is the 40th anniversary of the launch of Calvin and Hobbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-the-40th-anniversary-of-the-launch-of-calvin-and-hobbes/1024955)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-the-40th-anniversary-of-the-launch-of-calvin-and-hobbes/1024955 "2025-11-22T20:00:44Z")
This NPR article interviews C&H’s editor. IMHO, C&H was the greatest comic strip ever. There are a handful of others I think approached it – Krazy Kat, Pogo, Peanuts, Doonesbury, Bloom County – but none matched or excee… --- ## [Cats and Keyboards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-and-keyboards/1025004)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-and-keyboards/1025004 "2025-11-22T19:30:13Z")
What F key or combination of F keys above the number keys on a keyboard does a cat have to step on to flip the display on the monitor screen 180° ? And will that same key or combination repeated reverse the flip? --- ## [Ontario Canada's Premier, Doug Ford, and the 401 Tunnel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ontario-canadas-premier-doug-ford-and-the-401-tunnel/1024667)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ontario-canadas-premier-doug-ford-and-the-401-tunnel/1024667 "2025-11-22T16:42:14Z")
The 400 highways around Toronto, Canada are some of the busiest roads in the world. They connect the six boroughs of Toronto to a hundred suburbs and a thousand other towns and cities. Ontario’s premier, Doug Ford, muc… --- ## [Name of this 80s/90s PBS educational cartoon about business?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-this-80s-90s-pbs-educational-cartoon-about-business/1025051)
**Author:** [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-this-80s-90s-pbs-educational-cartoon-about-business/1025051 "2025-11-22T16:34:25Z")
I was a single-digit age when I walked past a TV that had been left on either PBS or some other local station, and it aired a cartoon that was meant to teach business concepts, not really to entertain but to educate. I … --- ## [How much of a salary raise for getting a college degree?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-a-salary-raise-for-getting-a-college-degree/1024647)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2025, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-a-salary-raise-for-getting-a-college-degree/1024647 "2025-11-22T12:43:59Z")
I have a couple of co-workers who received bachelor’s degrees (previously having none) this year and am wondering how this will affect their salaries. This is the time of year when employees get merit increases (ranging … --- ## [I don't understand just what Jeffrey Epstein was guilty of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-just-what-jeffrey-epstein-was-guilty-of/1024863)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2025, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-just-what-jeffrey-epstein-was-guilty-of/1024863 "2025-11-22T09:07:13Z")
Setting aside all political intrigue and implications… Just what did Jeffrey Epstein do? I understand that he had minors perform sex acts and that he paid them for those acts. I don’t mean to trivialize that at all, b… --- ## [It's a thread about nothing. Post your Seinfeldesque thoughts here.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-thread-about-nothing-post-your-seinfeldesque-thoughts-here/270431)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2025, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-thread-about-nothing-post-your-seinfeldesque-thoughts-here/270431 "2025-11-22T04:05:39Z")
The purpose of this thread isn’t to talk about the show, but to present any thoughts or ideas you have had that would be typical of the Seinfeld characters. Maybe you have your own preference about what the most import… --- ## [Do schools, grades 1 thru 12 share transcripts of completed work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-schools-grades-1-thru-12-share-transcripts-of-completed-work/1025027)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2025, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-schools-grades-1-thru-12-share-transcripts-of-completed-work/1025027 "2025-11-22T01:46:13Z")
What happens when a child is moved to a new school? Do the schools request transcripts like colleges? I attended grades 1 thru 3 in the Cape Cod area of Massachusetts in the mid 1960’s. My family moved to Arkansas. I r… --- ## [My kid’s (SF/Fantasy) novel has a publication date!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kid-s-sf-fantasy-novel-has-a-publication-date/1024902)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2025, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kid-s-sf-fantasy-novel-has-a-publication-date/1024902 "2025-11-22T01:26:29Z")
Since he was a little kid, my son was fascinated by airplanes and rockets - as well as military history and science fiction/fantasy. When it came around to planning for college, he expressed a desire to study either Aer… --- ## [Preventing home title fraud](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preventing-home-title-fraud/1024943)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preventing-home-title-fraud/1024943 "2025-11-21T23:32:27Z")
This latest scam is to used forged documents to file a title to your home and then use it to sell your house out from under you or take out a loan using it as collateral. It’s insidious because you don’t know it happened… --- ## [In what states is a single sports franchise dominant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-states-is-a-single-sports-franchise-dominant/1023059)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-states-is-a-single-sports-franchise-dominant/1023059 "2025-11-21T22:30:48Z")
In an MPSIMS thread about dashboard ducks, I got the impression that in Oregon, support for their college team was pretty much the biggest thing going sports-wise. (I may well be mistaken. Trail Blazers?) In what stat… --- ## [What if the Supreme Court were 6-3 Democratic appointees?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-supreme-court-were-6-3-democratic-appointees/1024860)
**Author:** [@hideousidiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hideousidiot)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-supreme-court-were-6-3-democratic-appointees/1024860 "2025-11-21T21:03:19Z")
It’s not hard to imagine scenarios where this could have happened. I’ll give one example, though there are many: Clarence Thomas suffers a fatal heart attack at age 51 in 1999, so Bill Clinton gets to appoint a liberal J… --- ## [How I read books (and see movies, but mainly books)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-read-books-and-see-movies-but-mainly-books/1024939)
**Author:** [@hideousidiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hideousidiot)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-read-books-and-see-movies-but-mainly-books/1024939 "2025-11-21T20:46:48Z")
I read a lot of books and see a lot of movies, but I begin to read and see them many more times than I finish them. Lately, I’ve been increasingly giving up after a few chapters or about twenty minutes. I rarely return t… --- ## [How did Trump make money from failed businesses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-trump-make-money-from-failed-businesses/1024960)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-trump-make-money-from-failed-businesses/1024960 "2025-11-21T20:35:25Z")
I’m looking for a factual answer to this question. I have asked in the appropriate forum, FQ. It has frequently been said that Trump is a poor businessman. His businesses don’t make a profit, and then they cease trading… --- ## [Relegation vs. Farm System](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relegation-vs-farm-system/1024959)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relegation-vs-farm-system/1024959 "2025-11-21T19:13:06Z")
Continuing the discussion from Huge - HUGE - Changes Coming to Major League Soccer (schedule shift, divisional table shift): I didn’t want to further hijack the other thread, but I’m hoping someone could explain: The … --- ## [Do you, or any adults you know, expect to be addressed as "Mr." or "Mrs." by other adults?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-or-any-adults-you-know-expect-to-be-addressed-as-mr-or-mrs-by-other-adults/1024882)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-or-any-adults-you-know-expect-to-be-addressed-as-mr-or-mrs-by-other-adults/1024882 "2025-11-21T18:20:09Z")
This question regards adults, mostly. Obviously in some cultures it’s expected that children address other adults as “Mr. Lastname” or “Mrs. Firstname",” depending on the context. I’m asking about adults. Do you expect o… --- ## [Is this actually a compact listing of The Epstein Files...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-actually-a-compact-listing-of-the-epstein-files/1024894)
**Author:** [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-actually-a-compact-listing-of-the-epstein-files/1024894 "2025-11-21T17:15:56Z")
While wondering the internet I came across a post that supposedly shows all of the Epstein Pedos 3D linked to all of the other Epstein Pedos globally. When I open it up, it is in a format which I’m not familiar with… b… --- ## [Marvelous Ripoffs found on the Internet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-ripoffs-found-on-the-internet/1024986)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-ripoffs-found-on-the-internet/1024986 "2025-11-21T16:52:01Z")
Usually finding ripoffs on the internet pisses me off just a bit, but once in a while I come across one that is just so brazen in it’s claims that you know that the stupid people ordering it just might deserve what they … --- ## [Words to old sitcom themes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-to-old-sitcom-themes/196603)
**Author:** [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-to-old-sitcom-themes/196603 "2025-11-21T16:37:07Z")
In a recent conversation with my wife, GingeroftheNorth, she told me that she always thought the lyrics to the theme from the sitcom Bewitched were: “Be-witched, bewitched, bewitched,bewitched,bewitched” and so on. I a… --- ## [USA - execution by firing squad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-execution-by-firing-squad/1015273)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-execution-by-firing-squad/1015273 "2025-11-21T13:17:47Z")
I’m surprised at how many states allow execution by firing squad. I though Utah was the only one (remember Gary Gilmore - Wikipedia? A South Carolina man is scheduled to be executed in the manner tonight (March 7). He al… --- ## [What is happening with gerrymandering ahead of the 2026 election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-happening-with-gerrymandering-ahead-of-the-2026-election/1024103)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-happening-with-gerrymandering-ahead-of-the-2026-election/1024103 "2025-11-21T06:42:41Z")
Is the supreme court planning to allow racial gerrymandering, and if so does that mean the GOP could gain 10-20 house seats in the south? Are blue states planning any gerrymandering? I know theres talk in CA, IL and NY,… --- ## [I describe the episode, and you name the tv show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-describe-the-episode-and-you-name-the-tv-show/1024717)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-describe-the-episode-and-you-name-the-tv-show/1024717 "2025-11-21T02:35:25Z")
And if you guess right, you describe an episode and the next person guesses that show. Decent guy played by Larry Linville helps out a stranger played by Dick Van Dyke who wants to return the favor…by possibly murdering… --- ## [Research suggests Sperm whales shared tactics to avoid whaling ships](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/research-suggests-sperm-whales-shared-tactics-to-avoid-whaling-ships/938809)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/research-suggests-sperm-whales-shared-tactics-to-avoid-whaling-ships/938809 "2025-11-21T01:54:21Z")
Guardian article: Sperm whales in 19th century shared ship attack information Study abstract: Adaptation of sperm whales to open-boat whalers: rapid social learning on a large scale? Researchers studying whaler’s logbo… --- ## [Why am I still getting Windows updates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-still-getting-windows-updates/1025000)
**Author:** [@I.Dunno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I.Dunno)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-still-getting-windows-updates/1025000 "2025-11-21T00:44:32Z")
I am typing this on an old HP Elitebook with Windows 10 that cannot be upgraded to Win 11. I have not paid for an extra year nor have I done anything else to try to extend security services. I was under the impression th… --- ## [Hypothetical: what does President Vance do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-what-does-president-vance-do/1024989)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2025, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-what-does-president-vance-do/1024989 "2025-11-20T23:57:26Z")
Let’s pretend that Trump doesn’t finish his term due to health reasons, impeachment, or whatever fantasy you want to entertain. Vance is now the President. What do you think his agenda will be? Right now, he just echoes… --- ## [Spammimic: Fun, but how is the message encoded?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spammimic-fun-but-how-is-the-message-encoded/238232)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spammimic-fun-but-how-is-the-message-encoded/238232 "2025-11-20T22:03:39Z")
Ever heard of Spam Mimic? Researching Steganography recently, I ran across this interesting site, spammimic.com. Anyone can type a short message and have it encoded into spam-like text. For example, “Now is the time” … --- ## [Old-timers; what is "meat sauce" in this recipe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-timers-what-is-meat-sauce-in-this-recipe/1001667)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-timers-what-is-meat-sauce-in-this-recipe/1001667 "2025-11-20T22:01:04Z")
I’m part of a Facebook group that shares recipe cards from the '50s and '60s - a strange, dark time in American history, when “spicy” meant using salt and pepper, mayonnaise was considered one of the basic food groups, a… --- ## [TV Workplaces Feud (ends November 19th)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-workplaces-feud-ends-november-19th/1024820)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-workplaces-feud-ends-november-19th/1024820 "2025-11-20T18:22:11Z")
DO NOT READ THIS THREAD BEFORE YOU POST YOUR ANSWERS Object of the game: Give the most popular answer for each category. You want to match the other people in the game. Rules: As stated above, do not read the other p… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=196&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=198&state=muted)