# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=227&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 228 --- ## [Your favorite retro/forgotten/by-gone foods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-retro-forgotten-by-gone-foods/995611)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-retro-forgotten-by-gone-foods/995611 "2025-10-05T23:29:34Z")
…and I’m thinking mostly of stuff you just don’t see in restaurants anymore (not pre-pckaged foods). Dishes like Lobster Thermidor. Chicken Cordon Bleu. Baked Alaska. I’m sure they’re out there somewhere, but they’re not… --- ## [Are "States' Rights" still being pushed by the Right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-states-rights-still-being-pushed-by-the-right/1023645)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-states-rights-still-being-pushed-by-the-right/1023645 "2025-10-05T22:22:12Z")
For the longest time “States’ Rights” has been a dog whistle used to oppose same-sex marriage, reproductive rights, abortion, desegregation and basically civil rights in general, but I am not hearing much of the way of “… --- ## [How many minutes in a quarter hour? What's 3x3x3? College students try (and fail) to answer the important questions of our time!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-minutes-in-a-quarter-hour-whats-3x3x3-college-students-try-and-fail-to-answer-the-important-questions-of-our-time/1023358)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-minutes-in-a-quarter-hour-whats-3x3x3-college-students-try-and-fail-to-answer-the-important-questions-of-our-time/1023358 "2025-10-05T21:18:56Z")
I have no comment beyond the observation that these people vote! And will probably eventually procreate, creating miniature versions of themselves. Enjoy, but try not to despair! :grin: --- ## [Maxwell House coffee changes name to “Maxwell Apartment”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maxwell-house-coffee-changes-name-to-maxwell-apartment/1023582)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maxwell-house-coffee-changes-name-to-maxwell-apartment/1023582 "2025-10-05T19:18:54Z")
It’s a temporary marketing thing, and you can also apparently order a year’s worth of coffee in order to save money. Is it a smart financial move? https://news.kraftheinzcompany.com/press-releases-details/2025/For-the-F… --- ## [Are call in debate shows (e.g. atheist experience) a positive thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-call-in-debate-shows-e-g-atheist-experience-a-positive-thing/1023669)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-call-in-debate-shows-e-g-atheist-experience-a-positive-thing/1023669 "2025-10-05T19:08:58Z")
I used to be a big fan of The Atheist Experience, and I still enjoy shows like Deconstruction Zone. Basically theists call in, and the atheist host has a bit of a debate with them. It can be entirely civil, and you get … --- ## [What was the nicest and most civil era of U.S. politics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-nicest-and-most-civil-era-of-u-s-politics/1023624)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-nicest-and-most-civil-era-of-u-s-politics/1023624 "2025-10-05T18:13:22Z")
Being a Millennial, I’m probably one of the youngest Dopers here. From as early as I could follow American politics, it was nasty. The Lewinsky scandal, Gingrich era, George W. Bush, Obama - all pretty venomous eras. Th… --- ## [Happy ANDY day!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-andy-day/1023656)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-andy-day/1023656 "2025-10-05T17:55:50Z")
Pucker up and blow I’m just a girl who loves Andy! It’s Andy Griffith day. Or the day in the 60s?? the series was launched. My favorite character was always Otis. I loved the Darlings. Aunt Bea just cracked me up. Y… --- ## [Does my dog know he is deaf?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-dog-know-he-is-deaf/1023591)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-dog-know-he-is-deaf/1023591 "2025-10-05T16:45:44Z")
Over the past year or 2 my 5-yr-old goldendoodle has gone pretty much stone deaf. He responds to a loud percussive clap, but that is about it. My question is, does he remember that he used to be able to hear? Is he aw… --- ## [Storybook Love drums?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storybook-love-drums/1023688)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storybook-love-drums/1023688 "2025-10-05T16:24:39Z")
Woke up with a song in my head as I do sometimes. It didn’t have words, or so I thought. Went to look up what was the name of the drums that featured so prominently and found. . . the song does, in fact, have words. It … --- ## [Jimmy Kimmel pulled indefinitely from the air after comments about GOP response to Charlie Kirk’s death (Kimmel will be back on air Tuesday 2025-09-23)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-indefinitely-from-the-air-after-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-s-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023140)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-indefinitely-from-the-air-after-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-s-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023140 "2025-10-05T15:55:15Z")
ABC has pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live off the air indefinitely after he made comments about Charlie Kirk’s death that caused Republicans to lose their shit. In his opening monologue for Monday night’s show, Kimmel suggest… --- ## [Talk your idjit internet friend through fixing his TV-set](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-your-idjit-internet-friend-through-fixing-his-tv-set/1023618)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-your-idjit-internet-friend-through-fixing-his-tv-set/1023618 "2025-10-05T15:05:05Z")
Hi there, context: the other day, Ms Al128 was watching TV. I was in the room next door, suddenly a very hard whippercrackerish “peng” was heard followed by some deep human emotions from my better half (ahhh … the TV ex… --- ## [Why are European apartment doors built like bank vaults?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-european-apartment-doors-built-like-bank-vaults/1023610)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-european-apartment-doors-built-like-bank-vaults/1023610 "2025-10-05T14:58:23Z")
Just moved to Europe from the US and have been thinking about something I’ve noticed on previous visits: The doors. Our apartment door could probably stop a police battering ram as well as high-powered rifle fire. The d… --- ## [The Mexican Navy rams the Brooklyn Bridge {Tall Ship that lost power}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mexican-navy-rams-the-brooklyn-bridge-tall-ship-that-lost-power/1018494)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mexican-navy-rams-the-brooklyn-bridge-tall-ship-that-lost-power/1018494 "2025-10-05T14:21:15Z")
I had no idea that the Mexican Navy was training to use sailboats in Brooklyn, but there you go. --- ## [Got any good jokes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-jokes/1023685)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-jokes/1023685 "2025-10-05T12:47:02Z")
I thought we had a thread for this but if we do, it is some years old. I searched for jokes in the title. So, Dopers, ya got any good jokes? You get points if it can be told in mixed company, and plus-plus points if it… --- ## [Men who drink scotch, men who drink bourbon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-drink-scotch-men-who-drink-bourbon/1021922)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-drink-scotch-men-who-drink-bourbon/1021922 "2025-10-05T12:36:58Z")
Yes, I know women drink these too. But I was watching a Clark Gable movie earlier, and I am also a man, so please forgive the gender-specific title. When I started drinking spirits, I drank scotch. Someone shared a dr… --- ## [What is a Witching Signal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-witching-signal/1018118)
**Author:** [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-witching-signal/1018118 "2025-10-05T12:33:31Z")
Yesterday, I was out for a walk when I noticed the words “Witching Signal” painted neatly on the pavement. Within the next block, I saw it twice more. Then I saw it in an alley .5 miles away. It’s painted like those “bur… --- ## [Star Trek Strange New Worlds season three {summer 2025}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-three-summer-2025/1016541)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-three-summer-2025/1016541 "2025-10-05T11:40:23Z")
Starting a new thread for the new season. Earlier mentions / footage of season three are at the end of the season two thread. New teaser: Article about the new teaser: --- ## [NFL Week 4](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-4/1023331)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-4/1023331 "2025-10-05T09:33:17Z")
After three weeks, there are 6 undefeated teams: Bills, Colts, Chargers, Eagles, Buccaneers, and 49ers. Indianapolis is probably the biggest surprise of that half-dozen; the Colts have the largest point differential in … --- ## [Could Bob Hoover really do this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-bob-hoover-really-do-this/1023663)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-bob-hoover-really-do-this/1023663 "2025-10-05T06:14:02Z")
Is it a real pic? Two feathered props a few feet above the ground, gear up, aimed exactly at the photographer whom he’s not going to hit? --- ## [Steve - the movie (spoilers after the OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-the-movie-spoilers-after-the-op/1023682)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-the-movie-spoilers-after-the-op/1023682 "2025-10-05T05:48:32Z")
Just finished watching. I love Cillian Murphy and his acting, as always, is superb. It’s a very frenetic film. And was a little exhausting to watch. I’ll share my thoughts later. --- ## [USB Fingerprint Readers for Dummy (Me)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usb-fingerprint-readers-for-dummy-me/1023681)
**Author:** [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usb-fingerprint-readers-for-dummy-me/1023681 "2025-10-05T02:43:21Z")
Just to get something out of the way, I freely admit that I don’t really understand passkeys (which doesn’t bother me as much as it probably should, given that every organization / web page / whatever seems to be going a… --- ## [MLB: September 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2025/1022775)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 273\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2025/1022775 "2025-10-05T00:19:54Z")
Starting a new thread as the pennant races heat up with about 22 games to play. Yankees and Red Sox are just 3 and 3 1/2 games behind the Jays in the AL East. All 3 teams look like locks for the postseason. Detroit co… --- ## [Is old bottled whisky still good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-old-bottled-whisky-still-good/1011900)
**Author:** [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-old-bottled-whisky-still-good/1011900 "2025-10-04T22:29:03Z")
My mother-in-law passed away about 6 weeks ago, and my wife, brother-in-law, and I, have been working our way through the house, getting rid of all the crap that’s accumulated over the years. We found a few cartons of wh… --- ## [Alien: Earth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-earth/1021996)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 408\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-earth/1021996 "2025-10-04T21:41:15Z")
The first two episodes are out. Without using heavy spoilers for them, they really tried hard (and succeeded) to get the look and feel of the original Alien settings in the opening spaceship scenes. The epsodes can be ve… --- ## [What should Nintendo do about the DHS videos?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-nintendo-do-about-the-dhs-videos/1023393)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2025, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-nintendo-do-about-the-dhs-videos/1023393 "2025-10-04T21:26:36Z")
In case you didn’t know, DHS, without the permission of Nintendo, used the Pokemon IP to promote ICE arrests. Other related departments also joined in the act. This is obviously bad for business for a family oriented int… --- ## [What is the Bob Seger song Fire Lake about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-bob-seger-song-fire-lake-about/599419)
**Author:** [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-bob-seger-song-fire-lake-about/599419 "2025-10-04T21:25:08Z")
Anyone want to take a crack at interpreting the meaning of this song? I like the song but I’m not sure I understand it. And what happened to Poor Uncle Joe anyway? --- ## [Waving at trains and boats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waving-at-trains-and-boats/1021080)
**Author:** [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waving-at-trains-and-boats/1021080 "2025-10-04T21:16:22Z")
Why do people feel impelled to wave at at a train(or boat)-load of complete strangers (and vice versa) but usually not people in cars and buses? (Just idly musing on a tour by rail of the Scottish Highlands) --- ## [What do Gazan civilians have to do to qualify for greater support from the DNC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-gazan-civilians-have-to-do-to-qualify-for-greater-support-from-the-dnc/1023242)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-gazan-civilians-have-to-do-to-qualify-for-greater-support-from-the-dnc/1023242 "2025-10-04T21:14:30Z")
On the surface, one would think Gazan civilians fit the criteria of everything that ought to get the sympathy or support of the DNC: Collateral damage (civilians) being killed - check Hospitals being bombed - check An … --- ## [Man Photographed as Baby on ‘Nevermind’ Cover Sues Nirvana, Alleging Child Pornography](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-photographed-as-baby-on-nevermind-cover-sues-nirvana-alleging-child-pornography/949489)
**Author:** [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-photographed-as-baby-on-nevermind-cover-sues-nirvana-alleging-child-pornography/949489 "2025-10-04T20:25:26Z")
By the title I would have guessed this was an article in The Onion, but it actually is in Variety: --- ## [How do you decide when it's time to get rid of your vehicle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-decide-when-its-time-to-get-rid-of-your-vehicle/1021864)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-decide-when-its-time-to-get-rid-of-your-vehicle/1021864 "2025-10-04T20:11:48Z")
My husband and I have had this conversation many times, always about my car because I choose to drive them till they die while he freaks out as the mileage approaches 100K. (So my 220K Sonata is making him crazy.) Since … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=226&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=228&state=muted)