# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=21&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 22 --- ## [Pro Wrestling 10 List Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 710\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674 "2026-09-21T14:25:20Z")
Like the TV, Movie, and Music Playlist threads, a thread featuring lists of 10 things common to each person, place, or thing, as it relates to professional wrestling. I’ll start the thread with: Matches That Did Not Li… --- ## [Hakeem Jeffries as Speaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hakeem-jeffries-as-speaker/1033038)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hakeem-jeffries-as-speaker/1033038 "2026-09-21T13:45:01Z")
Don’t want to jinx anything here… but assuming that Democrats take the House in November, how effective a Speaker would Jefferies be? There will be a lot of work to do to block Trump, investigate his crimes, and prevent… --- ## [Ask the guy who is pretty good at SF Story Identification](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-pretty-good-at-sf-story-identification/462417)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 2068\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-pretty-good-at-sf-story-identification/462417 "2026-09-21T13:16:19Z")
Hi there. It’s been just about 4 years since I signed onto the SDMB, but I’m back. A few weeks back I helped out in this thread Help me find this Science Fiction short story - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board … --- ## [Florida Man, the worst superhero ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-the-worst-superhero-ever/826437 "2026-09-21T04:57:17Z")
Or Floridaman, for SEO. Never heard of him before, but he really gets around! --- ## [(Old) Late morning for the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-late-morning-for-the-mmp/1033053)
**Author:** [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Replies:** 290\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-late-morning-for-the-mmp/1033053 "2026-09-21T04:06:49Z")
So I don’t see the MMP this morning so I’ll start it. Guess everyone can sleep in or find stuff to do early on a Monday. --- ## [Nostalgic for old comic books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgic-for-old-comic-books/1031999)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgic-for-old-comic-books/1031999 "2026-09-21T01:07:06Z")
I’ve been reading recently about a lot of comic book characters and titles that came out when I was in my maximum comic book reading and buying period (basically, the 1960s and early 1970s), and was kinda bummed out beca… --- ## [Dry-brining chicken at room temperature for 2-3 hours?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-brining-chicken-at-room-temperature-for-2-3-hours/1033213)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-brining-chicken-at-room-temperature-for-2-3-hours/1033213 "2026-09-21T00:45:44Z")
This recipe says: Step 1 – Two to three hours prior to cooking, rinse the chicken quarters under cold water and pat-dry thoroughly with paper towel. Season each piece with salt and pepper on both sides and roll in flou… --- ## [Printer issue: Is it the printers, or my computer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printer-issue-is-it-the-printers-or-my-computer/1033162)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printer-issue-is-it-the-printers-or-my-computer/1033162 "2026-09-20T23:03:57Z")
My printer’s pretty old, and when it refused to print a couple hours ago and I saw a question mark by the touch screen, I figured it was at the end of its life, so I got out another printer I had stored away that’s newer… --- ## [Holly's "Rave On" as a metal song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollys-rave-on-as-a-metal-song/1033165)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollys-rave-on-as-a-metal-song/1033165 "2026-09-20T21:58:16Z")
Has anyone run across such a thing? Of course, it would lose Holly’s distinct style, but I think it’d be a good match for the genre. Ramp up the drums and change the piano bit to a lead guitar solo… might work. I’d als… --- ## [I bought small chargeable lamps. Have an issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-small-chargeable-lamps-have-an-issue/1033191)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-small-chargeable-lamps-have-an-issue/1033191 "2026-09-20T21:50:34Z")
These are small, but bright. Wall mounted. (3 pack). The thing on the wall has a magnetic ball joint. Easy to take off and put right back on. Charge quickly. Hold the charge pretty good. Problem is turning off and on. … --- ## [Why would a corn field be cut 3-4 ft high?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-corn-field-be-cut-3-4-ft-high/1022619)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-corn-field-be-cut-3-4-ft-high/1022619 "2026-09-20T21:23:44Z")
First, this is not ‘detasseling’ to control pollination. There are several corn fields near me now, in late August, that have the top half of the plants cut off. Those fields still have corn plants at about 3 to 4 ft hi… --- ## [South Park - general discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-general-discussion/994935)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-general-discussion/994935 "2026-09-20T20:13:23Z")
I don’t see a recent general discussion of South Park, so here it is. I appreciated last night’s Not Suitable For Children episode. If you don’t have a middle schooler who loves Prime hydration drink, its premise may ha… --- ## [Today in History](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 2553\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530 "2026-09-20T20:06:04Z")
Post an event in history that happened on the day/month of your post. Starting Day is July 10th, so until your calendar (or another poster’s calendar) turns to July 11th, you can only post events of July 10th. Once a pl… --- ## [RIP Stephanie Cole, British actress](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stephanie-cole-british-actress/1033196)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stephanie-cole-british-actress/1033196 "2026-09-20T19:36:28Z")
I first noticed Stephanie Cole as Diana Trent in Waiting for God, about a couple of hilarious old characters in a retirement home. She was tough, a retired photojournalist, and the guy in the next unit was a goofy wise g… --- ## [Does the software allow mod notes to be removed or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-software-allow-mod-notes-to-be-removed-or-not/1033224)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-software-allow-mod-notes-to-be-removed-or-not/1033224 "2026-09-20T18:56:02Z")
I know regular posts can be removed by a moderator but can mod notes be removed or are they part of the permanent record? I ask because I was mod notes, incorrectly, & even another poster questioned it & when I supplied… --- ## [Urban Fantasy Box Set: Alastair Stone Chronicles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-fantasy-box-set-alastair-stone-chronicles/743288)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-fantasy-box-set-alastair-stone-chronicles/743288 "2026-09-20T04:05:46Z")
My urban fantasy series, The Alastair Stone Chronicles, has been selling pretty well since I released the first book in March of 2015. Now that I’m up to four books, I’ve released an ebook box set including all four. It’… --- ## [What is a booger, exactly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-booger-exactly/1033134)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-booger-exactly/1033134 "2026-09-20T03:25:04Z")
So the stuff that comes out of your nose… often yellowish-green, sometimes bloody, sometimes soft and slimy, sometimes hard like a slab of petrified disgust. What exactly… is it? What does it do? How is it different or … --- ## [Epstein Files =\> Trump Impeachment & Conviction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 1110\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733 "2026-09-20T03:09:50Z")
I know this is highly speculative right now so maybe we will all spitball then the thread goes on hiatus until the files are released. I’ll start off the assumption that the House & Senate are both approximately 50/50 s… --- ## [Talk me off the ledge: Will AI destroy my industry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-me-off-the-ledge-will-ai-destroy-my-industry/981879)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-me-off-the-ledge-will-ai-destroy-my-industry/981879 "2026-09-20T00:55:59Z")
I’m a writer for a mid-sized marketing agency. Lately all we can talk about is AI – what the new developments are, how we can leverage it, and (haha) how soon before it takes all our jobs? I’m finding it harder to laugh… --- ## [Missouri Arrest Deck Collapse Follow-up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-arrest-deck-collapse-follow-up/1032841)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-arrest-deck-collapse-follow-up/1032841 "2026-09-20T00:17:47Z")
A few weeks ago, six deputies and marshals were on a rickety deck to arrest a “sexual predator” and the deck collapsed beneath them, sending them on a ten foot plunge. I can find plenty of news stories about the collapse… --- ## [Jeopardy! Season 42. It is what it is](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-42-it-is-what-it-is/1021905)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 542\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-42-it-is-what-it-is/1021905 "2026-08-13T20:09:29Z")
Season 42 is coming, and there are changes, lordy, there are changes, In some misguided attempt to fix something that isn’tt broken, they are changing the set, and most notably changing the set color from blue to red. W… --- ## [Special Ops: Lioness - Paramount+](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-ops-lioness-paramount/988564)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-ops-lioness-paramount/988564 "2026-09-19T22:29:00Z")
New series on Paramount+ starring Zoe Saldana, Nicole Kidman, and Laysla De Oliveira. It’s an action drama about a CIA special ops team, whose primary mission is to infiltrate female operators into terrorist environment… --- ## [AIs have passed the Turing Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ais-have-passed-the-turing-test/1032674)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ais-have-passed-the-turing-test/1032674 "2026-09-19T21:37:22Z")
The 5 craziest discoveries from OpenAI’s HuggingFace investigation Axois ran a detailed analysis of the AI Hugging Face hack. Jawdropping. The AIs acted - and sounded - exactly like people, created their own secret mess… --- ## [Universal remote -- not so much-- any ideas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-remote-not-so-much-any-ideas/1032827)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-remote-not-so-much-any-ideas/1032827 "2026-09-19T21:25:42Z")
My current remote for my RCA DECG185R (19" TV/DVD combo) only sort-of works - power, channel down, volume up, volume down work – no others. I got a “universal” remote (Insignia NS-RMT-3D21) but so far no codes even work… --- ## [What is this antique (c. 1900) device that I believe is almost certainly toilet-related](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-antique-c-1900-device-that-i-believe-is-almost-certainly-toilet-related/1033187)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-antique-c-1900-device-that-i-believe-is-almost-certainly-toilet-related/1033187 "2026-09-19T20:41:13Z")
Look at the wall behind the left shoulder of the girl in the middle. The entire contraption, I think, is for, shall we say, personal business. The big bowl for washing one’s hands, and the big circular gizmo above it I t… --- ## [Are any of the "origin stories" of Mother Goose rhymes actually well-supported?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-of-the-origin-stories-of-mother-goose-rhymes-actually-well-supported/1033128)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-of-the-origin-stories-of-mother-goose-rhymes-actually-well-supported/1033128 "2026-09-19T20:16:38Z")
Every now and then, you come across an explanation for the supposed story behind this or that Mother Goose rhyme, often claiming that what we tell as a childish nursery rhyme actually stands for a specific event in Engli… --- ## [Should children be shielded from morbid subjects?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-children-be-shielded-from-morbid-subjects/1032999)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-children-be-shielded-from-morbid-subjects/1032999 "2026-09-19T19:21:25Z")
I’m second guessing myself a bit and wanted to check in. I’ve got a six year old boy, brilliant, autistic, never stops wanting to learn about stuff. From a young age I’ve taken the approach of radical honesty with him. … --- ## [Intervening to stop genocide/atrocities while not wanting to be world police - which events qualify?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intervening-to-stop-genocide-atrocities-while-not-wanting-to-be-world-police-which-events-qualify/1033158)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intervening-to-stop-genocide-atrocities-while-not-wanting-to-be-world-police-which-events-qualify/1033158 "2026-09-19T17:05:03Z")
Didn’t want to hijack the ongoing Sudan-crisis thread, so I started a separate one: Many times there is an ongoing atrocity, genocide, civil war, other war, etc. you get two camps of people: One side (correctly) says t… --- ## [Interest rates, inflation, and the economy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interest-rates-inflation-and-the-economy/1033145)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interest-rates-inflation-and-the-economy/1033145 "2026-09-19T16:35:02Z")
My brain won’t let me understand the fundamentals of the Fed raising or lowering interest rates and its effect on the economy. The basics that I do understand (correct me if I’m wrong): Inflation is currently too high… --- ## [The horror in Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horror-in-sudan/1033017)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horror-in-sudan/1033017 "2026-09-19T14:21:20Z")
I wasn’t sure if this should be here or in some other forum. Feel free to move it. I read a horrifying NYT op-ed by Nicholas Kristof about the horror show going on in Sudan. An estimated 60,000 people (mostly males over… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=20&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=22&state=tracking)