# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=230 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 231 --- ## [Conservatives want to recreate Feudalism and Fuck them for it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-want-to-recreate-feudalism-and-fuck-them-for-it/1023513)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-want-to-recreate-feudalism-and-fuck-them-for-it/1023513 "2025-10-01T16:09:09Z")
The radicalism of the 1960s freaked conservatives the fuck out. They saw it as the natural outcome of a prosperous and happy middle class. It was then they decided the most stable form of governance was a system of Feuda… --- ## [Musical: Come From Away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-come-from-away/1023539)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-come-from-away/1023539 "2025-10-01T15:40:50Z")
A few nights ago I saw the musical, “Come From Away”. It was outstanding. I am not a huge musical fan but this was amazing. The play is loosely (very loosely) based on real events. A small town in Newfoundland with 9… --- ## [Your thoughts on "When they go low, we go low, too?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-thoughts-on-when-they-go-low-we-go-low-too/1022375)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-thoughts-on-when-they-go-low-we-go-low-too/1022375 "2025-10-01T15:29:36Z")
Michelle Obama once famously said, “When they go low, we go high.” Unfortunately, it’s become clear that taking the high road hasn’t had much effect; Trump won 2 presidential elections by going as low as can be. So some… --- ## [Pee-ew in September (September mini rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-ew-in-september-september-mini-rants/1022657)
**Author:** [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Replies:** 338\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-ew-in-september-september-mini-rants/1022657 "2025-10-01T13:26:29Z")
I’m currently lying on the floor with my thighs elevated because I cannot be trusted to perform simple tasks correctly. I shave in the shower. I get a closer shave that way, and I get to hang out in the warm water for … --- ## [1960s drugstore smell - what is it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1960s-drugstore-smell-what-is-it/194175)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1960s-drugstore-smell-what-is-it/194175 "2025-10-01T13:01:46Z")
There’s a number of large, although very dated Osco drug stores (chemists, for those across the pond) in the general vicinity of where I live. All of them look like they were built in the 1950s and 1960s, and the interi… --- ## [That thing YOU think everyone should get. Everyone!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-thing-you-think-everyone-should-get-everyone/1014198)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-thing-you-think-everyone-should-get-everyone/1014198 "2025-10-01T11:36:44Z")
Mine is a Scrub daddy. I know you’ve seen them, right near the SOS pads and cellulose sponges on the shelf. (Ahem…cheaper on Amazon). It’s in the shape of a smily face. The things are miraculous. And they make me hap… --- ## [Is there a name for this hyper-annoying singing style?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-hyper-annoying-singing-style/677704)
**Author:** [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Replies:** 360\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-hyper-annoying-singing-style/677704 "2025-10-01T10:45:03Z")
I’d like to be able to more easily dismiss it. It seems every indie/faux-indie singer-songwriter girl under the age of 30 is singing with a remarkably annoying, breathy voice with an unnecessary twang in it that is at t… --- ## [You can pick Only One: what’s your favorite Robert Redford movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-pick-only-one-what-s-your-favorite-robert-redford-movie/1023166)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-pick-only-one-what-s-your-favorite-robert-redford-movie/1023166 "2025-10-01T08:05:42Z")
Just one. I’ll go first: The Sting. Some have touched on it in his RIP thread ➜ RIP Robert Redford ■ . What’s yours? --- ## [Outside of English, does your language have an equivalent to “rolling in \[one’s\] grave”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outside-of-english-does-your-language-have-an-equivalent-to-rolling-in-one-s-grave/1023437)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outside-of-english-does-your-language-have-an-equivalent-to-rolling-in-one-s-grave/1023437 "2025-10-01T05:52:56Z")
Here in English, we have a delightful turn of phrase. If the memory, legacy, example, values, etc. of a dead person are offended, then we say “\[offended dead person\] is rolling in their grave.” For example, tell your de… --- ## [The Pilgrims and religious persecution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pilgrims-and-religious-persecution/1023495)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pilgrims-and-religious-persecution/1023495 "2025-10-01T04:30:05Z")
Continuing the discussion from Man drove truck into, shot up, set church on fire (Sept 28, 2025, Grand Blanc, MI): A very common misconception. They actually came here to escape religious tolerance. Oh, they were per… --- ## [What happens if there isn't enough money to satisfy a will's provision?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-there-isnt-enough-money-to-satisfy-a-wills-provision/1023435)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-there-isnt-enough-money-to-satisfy-a-wills-provision/1023435 "2025-10-01T04:25:33Z")
(This is just random curiosity, we have no wealthy relatives we’re waiting to kick off.) A pleasantly well-off man decides to get his affairs in order. His estate is worth 2 million dollars. He has four children he lov… --- ## [Ideas to increase lean protein](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-to-increase-lean-protein/1023538)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-to-increase-lean-protein/1023538 "2025-10-01T02:27:45Z")
My doctors want me to increase my protein intake significantly, up to at least ~120 grams per day. I have no dietary restrictions. I’m hopeful I can do this with tasty and relatively cheap food, rather than with protein … --- ## [Should we start talking about Mpox (formerly called Monkeypox)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-start-talking-about-mpox-formerly-called-monkeypox/967120)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-start-talking-about-mpox-formerly-called-monkeypox/967120 "2025-10-01T01:45:22Z")
…or maybe not yet? https://www.health.state.mn.us/news/pressrel/2022/monkpox062722.html … The need for vaccine or antivirals is being evaluated on a case-by-case basis, in consultation with CDC officials. The CDC doe… --- ## [RIP: Thomas Perry, Mystery Writer at Age 78](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-thomas-perry-mystery-writer-at-age-78/1023547)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-thomas-perry-mystery-writer-at-age-78/1023547 "2025-10-01T01:25:03Z")
Thomas Perry Dies at 78; Writer of Popular, Unconventional Thrillers His many novels, including the prizewinning “The Butcher’s Boy” and the Jane Whitefield series, can have readers rooting for both protagonist and anta… --- ## [Can I still use CAT5 in the house after upgrading my service to Fiber?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-still-use-cat5-in-the-house-after-upgrading-my-service-to-fiber/1023487)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-still-use-cat5-in-the-house-after-upgrading-my-service-to-fiber/1023487 "2025-10-01T00:44:10Z")
I’m currently using a DSL connection. CAT5 was run into three rooms. It required crawling in the attic and fishing wires through walls. My provider is forcing me to upgrade the connection to fiber. They lease DSL lines … --- ## [Instant Karma](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-karma/1023526)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-karma/1023526 "2025-10-01T00:22:48Z")
But we all shine on, Like the moon and the stars and the sun. We all shine on, On and on and on… \[Favorite Protest Song\] :raised\_fist: (Might need to be in Cafe, change if needed :blush: ) --- ## [Civil War ( The Movie )](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-the-movie/1023545)
**Author:** [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-the-movie/1023545 "2025-10-01T00:21:35Z")
I’ve watched this movie. It is disturbing but interesting. People have posted ( not here ) that Nick Offerman plays Joseph Biden. Personally, I think that Nick Offerman plays DJT. Given that “Army of The South” is Bu… --- ## [Is professor Neil Degrasse Tyson ignorant of Newton's laws? (motion of a football)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-professor-neil-degrasse-tyson-ignorant-of-newtons-laws-motion-of-a-football/1023477)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2025, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-professor-neil-degrasse-tyson-ignorant-of-newtons-laws-motion-of-a-football/1023477 "2025-09-30T23:24:31Z")
In this (one-minute) video clip, Neil Degrasse Tyson claims that a football game was won because at the final field goal, the flight path of the kicked ball was affected by the rotation of the earth. Now, Tyson is a fam… --- ## [Jean Luc Picard--how is he viewed in France?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jean-luc-picard-how-is-he-viewed-in-france/1023479)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jean-luc-picard-how-is-he-viewed-in-france/1023479 "2025-09-30T23:07:22Z")
Captain/Admiral Jean Luc Picard, or, if you are an annoying all-power Cosmic T^^at, “Mon Capitain”. One of Star Trek’s most popular characters. But, how is he viewed in RL France? What do the RL French think of this Ga… --- ## [Longest Tenure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-tenure/1012548)
**Author:** [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-tenure/1012548 "2025-09-30T22:02:34Z")
If this should go somewhere else, mods please move it. I’ve been lurking here since 1999 (when we were on AOL) and joined up sometime in the 2000s. Some of the current posters and mods were there then, or at least have… --- ## [Dick van Dyke--related question for aviation historians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-related-question-for-aviation-historians/958936)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-related-question-for-aviation-historians/958936 "2025-09-30T21:21:32Z")
In “Washington vs. the Bunny,” Dick is flying from DC to NYC on a 1961 jetliner (probably a 707). On each seat, there’s an apparatus that looks like a loudspeaker or signalling device. Anybody know what these are? A… --- ## [Mark Zuckerberg wants Meta's AI chatbot to support racism and seduce young children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-zuckerberg-wants-metas-ai-chatbot-to-support-racism-and-seduce-young-children/1022106)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-zuckerberg-wants-metas-ai-chatbot-to-support-racism-and-seduce-young-children/1022106 "2025-09-30T20:41:20Z")
Reuters got hold of an internal guidance document, co-written by Meta’s corporate ethicist, defining what will be permissible behavior for their interactive AIs. https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/meta-… --- ## [Documentary "Film is Dead - Long Live Film' - The end of film restoration?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/documentary-film-is-dead-long-live-film-the-end-of-film-restoration/1023482)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/documentary-film-is-dead-long-live-film-the-end-of-film-restoration/1023482 "2025-09-30T19:57:16Z")
Seen recently on TCM. The doc is about preservationists, amateur (for the most part), of film recovery and restoration, collectors who have rescued films that have been dumped as trash, in the process of being dumped, r… --- ## [Give me some real life reviews and patch notes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-real-life-reviews-and-patch-notes/1023537)
**Author:** [@IMadeLem0nade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMadeLem0nade)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-real-life-reviews-and-patch-notes/1023537 "2025-09-30T19:20:06Z")
Please share some patch notes and reviews of real life, as if it were a steam game. When writing a patch note, please write PN at the top, and when writing a review, please rate the game out of five stars, and be specifi… --- ## [The mathematics of McDonald’s Monopoly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mathematics-of-mcdonald-s-monopoly/1012108)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mathematics-of-mcdonald-s-monopoly/1012108 "2025-09-30T18:49:18Z")
Most of you will be familiar with the Monopoly-themed sweepstakes promotion periodically held by McDonald’s. Certain products or meals come with a lottery ticket, which may be either an instant win (such as a free desser… --- ## [The first against the wall will be …](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-against-the-wall-will-be/1023503)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2025, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-against-the-wall-will-be/1023503 "2025-09-30T17:14:10Z")
You merkin’s duely elected leader and his administration have committed many scurrilous acts of external and internal harm. The esteemed @Monty has documented so instances that lesser mortals strain to keep pace. I am c… --- ## [Are you obligated to bring someone back to life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-obligated-to-bring-someone-back-to-life/1023480)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2025, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-obligated-to-bring-someone-back-to-life/1023480 "2025-09-30T11:58:54Z")
Do you think in a fantastical scenario where a good person dies (recently or years ago, known to you or unknown to you) that you would be morally obligated to bring them back if you could instantly and without issue for … --- ## [You'd think everyone would know about](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-everyone-would-know-about/1021800)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 493\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2025, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-everyone-would-know-about/1021800 "2025-09-30T11:49:21Z")
Yesterday was my birthday, and as usual, toddled off to a neighbour’s place for an afternoon wine-session. All good, and I mentioned the only way I remember my birthday nowadays is that it falls on Hiroshima Day. Makes l… --- ## [Can the laws of physics allow something that's never happened in our universe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-laws-of-physics-allow-something-thats-never-happened-in-our-universe/1023441)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2025, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-laws-of-physics-allow-something-thats-never-happened-in-our-universe/1023441 "2025-09-30T08:19:27Z")
What I’m specifically thinking of is the assertion that at least since the inflationary period of the early universe, it never got hot enough for some of the more esoteric predictions of Grand Unified Theories to actuall… --- ## [Could Shelob have made use of the One Ring?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-shelob-have-made-use-of-the-one-ring/1023320)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2025, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-shelob-have-made-use-of-the-one-ring/1023320 "2025-09-30T08:00:08Z")
I remember Gollum thinking in the books that, after the giant spider ate Frodo and Sam, he could sneakily go through their discarded clothes and gear and get the Ring again for himself. In the movies, the Ring was big e… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=229) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=231)