# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=22&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 23 --- ## [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… --- ## [Name this Garage/Frat anthem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-garage-frat-anthem/1033126)
**Author:** [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-garage-frat-anthem/1033126 "2026-09-19T14:17:13Z")
Ever hear a song you have heard a million times but can’t put a title or artist to it? The song linked below was played by two different bands at a garage rock festival I recently attended. The nature of such performanc… --- ## [Fake football player scams people out of more than a million dollars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-football-player-scams-people-out-of-more-than-a-million-dollars/1032854)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-football-player-scams-people-out-of-more-than-a-million-dollars/1032854 "2026-09-19T13:54:07Z")
I’m not sure if this should be a game room thread, since it’s tangentially about sports… It has recently come to light that a man named Dejean Love has been scamming people out of more than a million dollars by pretendi… --- ## [How can psoriasis medication cause suicidal thoughts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-psoriasis-medication-cause-suicidal-thoughts/1033039)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-psoriasis-medication-cause-suicidal-thoughts/1033039 "2026-09-19T06:46:29Z")
One of the side-effect warnings one sees in TV ads for prescription psoriasis medication is “May cause suicidal thoughts.” This boggles my mind. The larger question is really: how can any external agent generate though… --- ## [Please recommend an inexpensive Spy Cam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-an-inexpensive-spy-cam/1033179)
**Author:** [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-an-inexpensive-spy-cam/1033179 "2026-09-19T04:37:45Z")
Someone is peeing on the kitchen floor when we’re not looking. Could be one of our two dogs, or maybe one of our two cats (less likely). The only way I can figure out to learn who it is, is to get a spy cam of some sor… --- ## [Telemundo reporter Adan Manzano, 27, dies in NOLA; sex worker arrested (Super Bowl reporter)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telemundo-reporter-adan-manzano-27-dies-in-nola-sex-worker-arrested-super-bowl-reporter/1014031)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telemundo-reporter-adan-manzano-27-dies-in-nola-sex-worker-arrested-super-bowl-reporter/1014031 "2026-09-19T02:36:58Z")
His name is Adan, not Adam, FYI. Anyway, he was in New Orleans to do Spanish-language Super Bowl coverage, and was found dead in a hotel room. He was widowed last year - his 24-year-old wife, a schoolteacher, died in a… --- ## [New species of cat discovered in Bolivia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-of-cat-discovered-in-bolivia/1033156)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-of-cat-discovered-in-bolivia/1033156 "2026-09-19T02:24:51Z")
A new species of cat was recently discovered in Bolivia. They are smaller than domestic cats. IMHO they look like miniature leopards. They were reportedly discovered after someone tried to adopt one thinking it was a … --- ## [Items not even in the "Complete" editions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-not-even-in-the-complete-editions/1033106)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-not-even-in-the-complete-editions/1033106 "2026-09-19T01:00:00Z")
Not long ago we discussed several Sherlock Holmes stories you won’t find in any of the versions labeled “Complete”. Even though Leslie Klinger’s Annotated Sherlock Holmes contains the four stories dubbed “The Apocrypha” … --- ## [Tinnitus and balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinnitus-and-balance/1033176)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinnitus-and-balance/1033176 "2026-09-19T00:51:28Z")
First off, I am not a Doc. This is far enough afield of the other tinnitus threads that I thought a new thread was warranted. Mods feel free to move. I’m a 65 year old male with severe tinnitus. I also have Peripheral … --- ## [Need answer fast ..pizza dough inquiry {No Longer Urgent}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-pizza-dough-inquiry-no-longer-urgent/1033064)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-pizza-dough-inquiry-no-longer-urgent/1033064 "2026-09-18T23:41:51Z")
Mid-dau has a pizza dough left over from a couple days ago. She has, at this hour decided she had to use it. We’ve already had supper(beans and greens and cornbread, if you wanna know). She rolling it out now. She says… --- ## [Beck, why didn't you tell me Arkansas has a Cleveland County?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-why-didnt-you-tell-me-arkansas-has-a-cleveland-county/1033097)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-why-didnt-you-tell-me-arkansas-has-a-cleveland-county/1033097 "2026-09-18T21:15:00Z")
Formed in 1873, 70 years after Ohio became a state. We welcome our southern brothers and sisters as long as they behave. And send pie. --- ## [Your favorite examples/uses of sampling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-examples-uses-of-sampling/1033150)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-examples-uses-of-sampling/1033150 "2026-09-18T20:48:37Z")
My first comes from “Angel” by Shaggy & Rayvon. Never in a million years would I have thought that the guitar hook from Steve Miller’s “The Joker” and the melody from Juice Newton’s “Angel of the Morning” would have meld… --- ## [So, what made you smile today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 533\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882 "2026-09-18T20:03:27Z")
A similar thread has gotten a lot of traction on another board I use, so I thought that–with all the social and political turmoil going on in the world today–a little counting of our blessings might not go amiss here. Re… --- ## [Asshole lawn care company employees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asshole-lawn-care-company-employees/1033096)
**Author:** [@We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/We_re_wolves_not_werewolves)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asshole-lawn-care-company-employees/1033096 "2026-09-18T20:02:24Z")
I’m not even talking about those idiots with their gas backpack blowers that sound like a jet plane taking off 6 feet from my ear, although they deserve a special place in hell too. What I’m mad about is lawn care trucks… --- ## [At what point does debate around Israel become antisemitism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-debate-around-israel-become-antisemitism/1033102)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-debate-around-israel-become-antisemitism/1033102 "2026-09-18T19:33:37Z")
This is, of course, one of the big complicating factors in discussions of the current war: one side calling out what they see as antisemitism and the other accusing the first side of trying to deflect legitimate criticis… --- ## [Hypothetical question about pumping water](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-question-about-pumping-water/1032726)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-question-about-pumping-water/1032726 "2026-09-18T19:25:34Z")
You have built a house on a hill with a really good view. Now for the water problem. The water available to your house is a large lake, 50 feet below the hill. You do not own any of the hillside, but there is an easemen… --- ## [Grand Tour - Part Deux](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-tour-part-deux/1033040)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-tour-part-deux/1033040 "2026-09-18T16:01:55Z")
I’m about half way through the NEW Grand Tour. Been a fan of GT and TG franchise as a whole over the years. Less so the one with Joey - but I’ve moved on. Also a long time fan of Throttle House and the hosts, Thomas H… --- ## [Why are they pushing AI (artificial intelligence) so hard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-they-pushing-ai-artificial-intelligence-so-hard/1013480)
**Author:** [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-they-pushing-ai-artificial-intelligence-so-hard/1013480 "2026-09-18T15:43:00Z")
If somebody has a factual answer, I’d welcome it, but I put this in IMHO because I am interested in speculation, too. It seems that just in the last year, everybody (Google, Apple, Adobe, Outlook, my workplace) have rea… --- ## [Peter Max died at age 88. Psychedelic Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-max-died-at-age-88-psychedelic-artist/1033142)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-max-died-at-age-88-psychedelic-artist/1033142 "2026-09-18T14:25:30Z")
A fixture of the 60s and 70s. The inspiration for the look of the Yellow Submarine movie. https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/peter-max-known-groovy-art-that-came-symbolize-60s-dies-88-2026-09-17/ --- ## [Baker’s Dozen III](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 9999\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093 "2026-09-18T13:39:02Z")
Continuing the discussion from Baker's Dozen II (Part 1) - #10003 by Railer13. Previous discussions: Baker's Dozen II (Part 1) --- ## [If you live in the suburbs of a major city, how often do you go to The City (except for work)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-live-in-the-suburbs-of-a-major-city-how-often-do-you-go-to-the-city-except-for-work/1030078)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-live-in-the-suburbs-of-a-major-city-how-often-do-you-go-to-the-city-except-for-work/1030078 "2026-09-18T10:48:19Z")
Thinking today about my college days at a state university in Illinois, I remember that probably nine in ten of the peole I met, when asked where they were from, answered with some suburb of Chicago or another. In gettin… --- ## [What are some companies that are known for two or more disparate products? (Better explained in OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-companies-that-are-known-for-two-or-more-disparate-products-better-explained-in-op/1030927)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-companies-that-are-known-for-two-or-more-disparate-products-better-explained-in-op/1030927 "2026-09-18T08:25:41Z")
Michelin is known for tires and … promotion of fine dining. (Yes I know their promotion of fine dining was to inspire travel and thus, the sale of more Michelin tires.) Yamaha is known for motorcycles and watercraft and… --- ## [My Macintosh's quirky irksome way of allowing connections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-macintoshs-quirky-irksome-way-of-allowing-connections/1033037)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-macintoshs-quirky-irksome-way-of-allowing-connections/1033037 "2026-09-18T05:56:47Z")
So. Lemme lay this out. Mac Mini. Perfectly capable of :Mirroring: a signal and sending to our Roku Streambar/ t.v. monitor. Done it before. We went to watch a Nebraska football game yesterday by logging into our accou… --- ## [Amusing Signs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 685\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074 "2026-09-18T05:13:39Z")
There are a lot of clever people who compose amusing signs and billboards. There are many, many more people who try to do so without much success. Most of these are really good, so am posting it here. But what are you… --- ## [The Hardy Boys - Ever read them as an adult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardy-boys-ever-read-them-as-an-adult/1032129)
**Author:** [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardy-boys-ever-read-them-as-an-adult/1032129 "2026-09-18T03:03:08Z")
During a recent bout of insomnia, I decided some late-night reading might put me in a sleepy state of mind. I didn’t want anything too serious, nor with print so small I had to strain to read it (new glasses are on thei… --- ## [Any Human Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-human-ever/1032889)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-human-ever/1032889 "2026-09-18T02:14:13Z")
This is an interesting website. It will randomly choose a birth year and area of the world for you, and tell you what kind of life you might have had, if you had been that human. You can also choose your own birth year… --- ## [Horror anthology movies-From the grand to the good to the grotesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horror-anthology-movies-from-the-grand-to-the-good-to-the-grotesque/1033115)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horror-anthology-movies-from-the-grand-to-the-good-to-the-grotesque/1033115 "2026-09-17T18:50:44Z")
Horror anthology movies are movies that contain multiple short horror stories, usually wrapped around a connected storyline that usually ends with the principal characters meeting their final fate. A decent list of such … --- ## [How do you respond to the “Let people enjoy things” argument?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-respond-to-the-let-people-enjoy-things-argument/1033028)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2026, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-respond-to-the-let-people-enjoy-things-argument/1033028 "2026-09-17T18:32:03Z")
It seems like whenever anything concerning the state of society and the people in it comes up online, there’s always the chorus of “Why do people care about this? It isn’t illegal or harmful, it doesn’t affect you, you’r… --- ## [Vaccination accident. advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccination-accident-advice/1033085)
**Author:** [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2026, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccination-accident-advice/1033085 "2026-09-17T17:36:21Z")
Just running this to get opinions, ideas. I was at CVS Pharmacy Friday getting my flu shot and an RSV vaccination. The person giving me the shot (not a pharmacist) pulled off the protective cover and winced. I thought s… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=21&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=23&state=tracking)