# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=230&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 231 --- ## [Merriam Webster offers new LLM](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merriam-webster-offers-new-llm/1023573)
**Author:** [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merriam-webster-offers-new-llm/1023573 "2025-10-01T20:02:25Z")
Revolutionary new device requires no electricity or connection to a data centre. Video in link. Insert “They had us in the first half” meme here. --- ## ['Honky donkey', or 'Hunky dunky'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honky-donkey-or-hunky-dunky/975180)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honky-donkey-or-hunky-dunky/975180 "2025-10-01T19:42:23Z")
We’re watching Christmas In Connecticut (1945), and S.Z. Sakall’s character says, ‘Hunky Dunky.’ Or is it ‘Honky donkey’? On one hand, there’s a ‘Little Rascals’ short called Honky Donkey (1934). ‘Honky’ rhymes with ‘… --- ## [Where can I learn about sports betting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-learn-about-sports-betting/1023303)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-learn-about-sports-betting/1023303 "2025-10-01T18:56:52Z")
It seems that every sports program, app, or website has information about the betting line for a particular contest. I’m not really interested in learning to gamble, but I’d like to understand what they’re talking about… --- ## [Gygax memorial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gygax-memorial/1023549)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gygax-memorial/1023549 "2025-10-01T18:46:00Z")
I read this is now on Kickstarter. Dues to many complaints and controversies, I would stear clear of this. Opinions? --- ## [Wheel of Fortune?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheel-of-fortune/1021371)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheel-of-fortune/1021371 "2025-10-01T18:37:03Z")
At the end if the show a guest is sometimes awarded a cash sum. When it occurs more often than not it’s 40,000.00. I assume the money is probably paid by one of the sponsors. W/regard to whoever pays the money, does is … --- ## [A World War Two Garage Sale LINKS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-world-war-two-garage-sale-links/1023576)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-world-war-two-garage-sale-links/1023576 "2025-10-01T18:19:15Z")
I found a fun & interesting site– WW2 After WW2 All the leftover equipment, ships, planes & etc. (LINK) Here is what they call a brick-a-brac section. LINK The cover photo and the color photo above were taken at Eli… --- ## [September 30, 1955 (James Dean died)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-30-1955-james-dean-died/1023531)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-30-1955-james-dean-died/1023531 "2025-10-01T17:02:09Z")
James Dean died seventy years ago today. Just thought I’d mention it. --- ## [Did jet airliners fly faster in the past?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jet-airliners-fly-faster-in-the-past/813629)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jet-airliners-fly-faster-in-the-past/813629 "2025-10-01T16:46:10Z")
As an aviation and vintage airliner enthusiast, I’ve watched numerous early promo films introducing new aircraft models and extolling their capabilities, some targeted at airline executives and others vying for the atten… --- ## [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-… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=229&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=231&state=muted)