# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=207&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 208 --- ## [Our Brains, Sleep, & the Perception of Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-brains-sleep-the-perception-of-time/1024597)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-brains-sleep-the-perception-of-time/1024597 "2025-11-07T02:15:10Z")
This morning I was having a dream where I was trying to escape from a facility that was well populated with armed men who were definitely the enemy. Using stealth and a good dose of luck, I made it to an exit door that a… --- ## [Did any of the Founding Fathers advocate for Freedom of Religion, but only for Christians?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-of-the-founding-fathers-advocate-for-freedom-of-religion-but-only-for-christians/1024564)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-of-the-founding-fathers-advocate-for-freedom-of-religion-but-only-for-christians/1024564 "2025-11-07T02:10:06Z")
That’s basically the question. When the Bill of Rights was being considered, did anyone advocate for Freedom of Religion as long as the practitioner was Christian? And also, at the time (c. 1789), were there any non-Chri… --- ## [Best course with slow leaking tire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-course-with-slow-leaking-tire/1010310)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-course-with-slow-leaking-tire/1010310 "2025-11-07T01:52:39Z")
I read a similar thread by HoneyBadgerDC about his slow-leaking tire. A month to drop 15PSI. I reckon mine is not so slow as it’ll go from 30 to 15 in a day and a half. I topped it yesterday and will top it tomorrow wi… --- ## [June Lockhart has died at 100](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-lockhart-has-died-at-100/1024283)
**Author:** [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-lockhart-has-died-at-100/1024283 "2025-11-07T01:32:34Z")
I was suprised she was still going. She was my first TV mom in Lost in Space, then on Lassie reruns. RiP June. --- ## [Only Murders in the Building](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-murders-in-the-building/950152)
**Author:** [@JohnnyEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnnyEcks)\ **Replies:** 401\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-murders-in-the-building/950152 "2025-11-07T01:22:46Z")
Anybody watching? Just finished the second episode, and enjoying it so far. It’s interesting. It’s more drama than comedy, and very character driven. Steve Martin is the straight man here, and Martin Short as a flamb… --- ## [Just saw an article on the NYT about a man who was arrested for assaulting a federal officer in WDC. . .with his Subway sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-an-article-on-the-nyt-about-a-man-who-was-arrested-for-assaulting-a-federal-officer-in-wdc-with-his-subway-sandwich/1022043)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-an-article-on-the-nyt-about-a-man-who-was-arrested-for-assaulting-a-federal-officer-in-wdc-with-his-subway-sandwich/1022043 "2025-11-07T01:02:04Z")
Just saw an article on the NYT about a man who was arrested for assaulting a federal officer in WDC. . .with his Subway sandwich. He started out yelling at the feds, calling them “fascists”, started to leave, then return… --- ## [Season of the Kvetch (October mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/season-of-the-kvetch-october-mini-rants/1023563)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 379\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/season-of-the-kvetch-october-mini-rants/1023563 "2025-11-06T23:44:39Z")
Continuing the discussion from Pee-ew in September (September mini rants): It’s now time to stress about Halloween. I generally love the holiday but every year we get more and more trick-or-treaters. Last year we went… --- ## [Returning Halloween Costumes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/returning-halloween-costumes/1024502)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/returning-halloween-costumes/1024502 "2025-11-06T23:20:08Z")
I have a friend who runs a UPS Store and she says like clockwork she gets a ton of elaborate, expensive Halloween costumes returned on November 1st and sure enough this year was no different. People buy them a few day be… --- ## [Can a six year old commit murder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-six-year-old-commit-murder/977825)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-six-year-old-commit-murder/977825 "2025-11-06T22:54:06Z")
Newport News: Boy aged six detained after shooting teacher in US Newport News: Boy aged six detained after shooting teacher in US - BBC News Apparently the shooting was intentional. --- ## [What is Facebook like nowadays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-facebook-like-nowadays/1002627)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-facebook-like-nowadays/1002627 "2025-11-06T22:08:44Z")
I used to be on it a few years ago, but sort of fell away around the time Trump became President.after hearing stories about the proliferation of right wing stuff. But lately I’ve had an itch to check it out again. Befo… --- ## [I made creme fraiche! Now what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-creme-fraiche-now-what/1024626)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-creme-fraiche-now-what/1024626 "2025-11-06T22:08:44Z")
I tried making creme fraiche according to the absurdly simple recipe online: stir two tablespoons of cultured buttermilk into a pint of heavy cream, and let the mixture sit out on the counter overnight. It worked! It … --- ## [A...i..............in...space!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-i-in-space/1024615)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-i-in-space/1024615 "2025-11-06T21:56:14Z")
Seems to me that putting your datacenter in orbit might just possibly be the worst place for it, but what do I know. --- ## [REAL Rally Car footage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-rally-car-footage/1024628)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-rally-car-footage/1024628 "2025-11-06T21:48:34Z")
A little Tik-Tok vid of rally car going airborne from the driver’s POV. Is this a prank? Light tanks be like after hitting a rock #warthunder #usmilitarycombat #army #military#fyp#trending --- ## [Unexpectedly positive experiences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpectedly-positive-experiences/1024345)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpectedly-positive-experiences/1024345 "2025-11-06T21:37:10Z")
We’ve got threads for things that infuriate you and worst designed products and so on, how about one for the reverse: experiences that turned out better than you expected. I’ll start with my internet service. I recently… --- ## [Is Pete Davidson's life really that interesting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pete-davidsons-life-really-that-interesting/983620)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pete-davidsons-life-really-that-interesting/983620 "2025-11-06T21:31:47Z")
Don’t get me wrong, got nothing against the guy or his success, but 90% of his schtick is trading off stories about his life. First on SNL, much of his screentime was on Weekend Update talking about his life. Then he c… --- ## [Darren Moore Celebrity Cruise director](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darren-moore-celebrity-cruise-director/1024625)
**Author:** [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darren-moore-celebrity-cruise-director/1024625 "2025-11-06T21:09:03Z")
Darren Moore is the cruise director on the Celebrity Ascent. Does anyone know his first ship as a dancer in 2012, need for a trivia contest. --- ## [Trying to pay COBRA premium, payment keeps getting rejected. Bank blames Cobra and vise versa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-pay-cobra-premium-payment-keeps-getting-rejected-bank-blames-cobra-and-vise-versa/1024630)
**Author:** [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-pay-cobra-premium-payment-keeps-getting-rejected-bank-blames-cobra-and-vise-versa/1024630 "2025-11-06T19:35:52Z")
Got laid off after 28 years last month. Trying to pay my insurance premium to COBRA from my Wells Fargo bank account. Cobra keeps saying the payment can’t go through because it can’t find the account #, which we have v… --- ## [Sand Mandala last week in San Francisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sand-mandala-last-week-in-san-francisco/1024603)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sand-mandala-last-week-in-san-francisco/1024603 "2025-11-06T19:10:40Z")
Have you observed this? This was my first experience. It was very cool to see. While it is Buddhist, I am Christian and do not understand much of what this means. Sand Mandala, pics and videos on 2 imgur albums: ➙ Crea… --- ## [Couch from Amazon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couch-from-amazon/1024360)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couch-from-amazon/1024360 "2025-11-06T18:39:00Z")
I am tentatively looking for a new couch. Our current couch & loveseat are approximately 18 years old. They’re starting to show wear, especially the top cushions that the dogs stand on when they look out the windows, but… --- ## [Has anyone eaten breadfruit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-eaten-breadfruit/706384)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-eaten-breadfruit/706384 "2025-11-06T18:17:00Z")
I was reading an account of Captain Bligh’s ill-fated expedition and it mentioned his original mission before the mutiny - bringing back samples of breadfruit for Caribbean plantations to raise. It occurred to me that w… --- ## [ImgBB on an iPhone, steps to display images for the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imgbb-on-an-iphone-steps-to-display-images-for-the-sdmb/1024594)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imgbb-on-an-iphone-steps-to-display-images-for-the-sdmb/1024594 "2025-11-06T17:21:01Z")
In @Mean\_Mr.Mustard’s monthly photography threads (here for Nov 2025 ➜ \*\*Monthly Photo Competition #36– November, 2025 – “A Whole Lot of \_\_\_\_\_”\*\* \[Poll added\] ■ ) we recently discovered that images hosted on imgur are no… --- ## [Anyone else's employers maintaining nearly empty workplaces?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-elses-employers-maintaining-nearly-empty-workplaces/1024580)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-elses-employers-maintaining-nearly-empty-workplaces/1024580 "2025-11-06T16:57:55Z")
In the years since covid, we’ve had a few threads about returning to the office (RTO). I work in a government office. For the most part, everyone is almost entirely work-at-home. A very few people have to report to th… --- ## [Crops grown almost exclusively in one state (except CA and HI)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crops-grown-almost-exclusively-in-one-state-except-ca-and-hi/1023426)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crops-grown-almost-exclusively-in-one-state-except-ca-and-hi/1023426 "2025-11-06T14:36:33Z")
I’m looking for crops grown almost exclusively in one US state. By “almost exclusively”, I mean over 90% of US production comes from a single state. But I’m excepting California and Hawaii from this question, because the… --- ## [2025 NJ Gubernatorial Election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-nj-gubernatorial-election/1019338)
**Author:** [@MethidManTMA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MethidManTMA)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-nj-gubernatorial-election/1019338 "2025-11-06T14:11:31Z")
I’m really worried for New Jersey’s gubernatorial election this year… I’ve been stating my support for Ras Baraka, especially after the ICE incident that happened a few weeks ago, but now I’m considering voting for Mikie… --- ## [Wednesday - Season 2 (last 4 episodes drop September 3, 2025)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wednesday-season-2-last-4-episodes-drop-september-3-2025/1021555)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wednesday-season-2-last-4-episodes-drop-september-3-2025/1021555 "2025-11-06T13:12:22Z")
The episode titles were recently revealed – all will drop August 6th: Here We Woe Again The Devil You Woe Call Of The Woe If These Woes Could Talk I guess now is a good time as any to start this thread and close the… --- ## [Lost power in my guest room? What happened?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-power-in-my-guest-room-what-happened/1024582)
**Author:** [@turtlescanfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turtlescanfly)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-power-in-my-guest-room-what-happened/1024582 "2025-11-06T13:00:47Z")
Not sure if this is more appropriate for FQ or IMHO, so I’ll start here and see where it leads. Last week I finally removed the window unit air conditioners from both of my guest rooms. After carrying them out to the ga… --- ## [Witcher Season 2 (see OP for spoiler policy)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witcher-season-2-see-op-for-spoiler-policy/956115)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witcher-season-2-see-op-for-spoiler-policy/956115 "2025-11-06T05:33:33Z")
Starts Friday Dec 17. I think there will be less time weirdness going on. Not sure what to do about spoilers. I for one will not binge the whole thing all at once but instead will spread it out some (though I do have v… --- ## [The Big Lebowski: What's the big deal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-whats-the-big-deal/464778)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-whats-the-big-deal/464778 "2025-11-06T05:30:19Z")
I’ve tried to watch and enjoy this movie several times. I just don’t find it funny and I usually love the Coen brothers. Am I just not cool enough to ‘get it?’ \*Raising Arizona \*is probably my favorite Coen movie with \*… --- ## [What are forms of anti-Trump resistance that are both 1) effective and 2) plausible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-forms-of-anti-trump-resistance-that-are-both-1-effective-and-2-plausible/1024507)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-forms-of-anti-trump-resistance-that-are-both-1-effective-and-2-plausible/1024507 "2025-11-06T01:30:50Z")
Didn’t want to hijack the existing other thread about opposing Trump, so I started a new one: Nearly every form of proposed resistance against Trump is usually 1) ineffective, or 2) just not plausible or doable. For ins… --- ## [Car companies with "themes" to their model names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-companies-with-themes-to-their-model-names/1024336)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-companies-with-themes-to-their-model-names/1024336 "2025-11-06T00:24:34Z")
This is a bit of an offshoot of the cars named after geological features thread. How many car companies can we think of that have or have had a certain “theme” to their model names? Here are a few I can think of off th… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=206&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=208&state=muted)