# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=233&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 234 --- ## [Will NBC fold and fire Fallon and Meyers and, if so, when?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-nbc-fold-and-fire-fallon-and-meyers-and-if-so-when/1023162)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-nbc-fold-and-fire-fallon-and-meyers-and-if-so-when/1023162 "2025-09-27T17:08:30Z")
It looks like the Trump regime has gotten both Colbert and Kimmel canned (the latter immediately), and Trump has said that Fallon and Meyers are next on the chopping block. Will this happen and, if so, how soon? Does N… --- ## [Middle-aged guys: do you sweat a lot at the gym?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-aged-guys-do-you-sweat-a-lot-at-the-gym/1023400)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-aged-guys-do-you-sweat-a-lot-at-the-gym/1023400 "2025-09-27T16:15:52Z")
i’m in my early 50s and i sweat A TON at the gym, particularly after lifting. i am not abnormally sweaty (i don’t think!) otherwise, no night sweats, etc. but leaving the gym today, my shirt and my gym towel are both f… --- ## [Could Lithium Explain — and Treat — Alzheimer’s Disease?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-lithium-explain-and-treat-alzheimer-s-disease/1022416)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-lithium-explain-and-treat-alzheimer-s-disease/1022416 "2025-09-27T13:57:47Z")
There is some interesting research that was just published a couple weeks ago: Could Lithium Explain — and Treat — Alzheimer’s Disease? Study: Lithium loss ignites Alzheimer’s, but lithium compound can reverse disease i… --- ## [Inflated Villains](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflated-villains/1023124)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflated-villains/1023124 "2025-09-27T13:01:49Z")
No, I don’t mean like Kananga in the movie version of Live and Let Die, or Violet Beauregarde in Willy Wonka. I mean “inflated” in that their role and importance was increased by later writers and contributors to a chara… --- ## [Peanut butter and mayo sandwich,...would you? Have you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-mayo-sandwich-would-you-have-you/1023156)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-mayo-sandwich-would-you-have-you/1023156 "2025-09-27T13:00:43Z")
More and more I’m meeting people who have had and go on about this combination. My stepfather was the first, but since then, I’ve witnessed a few people liking them and even eating them regularly. Now me, I like both. I… --- ## [The science of cutting cardboard: Box cutter? Rotary cutter? Scissors? Ceramic? Serrated? Nonstick? Electric?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-science-of-cutting-cardboard-box-cutter-rotary-cutter-scissors-ceramic-serrated-nonstick-electric/1023403)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-science-of-cutting-cardboard-box-cutter-rotary-cutter-scissors-ceramic-serrated-nonstick-electric/1023403 "2025-09-27T10:28:57Z")
My middling physics education did not prepare me for this predicament of adult life: What is the best tool for cutting up corrugated cardboard boxes, and more importantly, why? Let’s start with your humble box-cutter. Y… --- ## [Things That Are Not Food Being Treated As Food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-not-food-being-treated-as-food/1023222)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-not-food-being-treated-as-food/1023222 "2025-09-27T09:24:42Z")
On a prompt from SMBC, I googled “babydoll breed of meat-sheep” and was directed to links about the Southdown Babydoll Sheep. Having put both lamb and mutton into my mouth, it has become clear to me that sheep are not ma… --- ## [Does Vegan Hamburger Helper exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-vegan-hamburger-helper-exist/1023390)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-vegan-hamburger-helper-exist/1023390 "2025-09-27T02:31:40Z")
As an actual product, and not somebody’s personal recipe? --- ## [Why did Gen Z think Trump would be in their best interests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-gen-z-think-trump-would-be-in-their-best-interests/1021613)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-gen-z-think-trump-would-be-in-their-best-interests/1021613 "2025-09-27T02:31:26Z")
One of the surprising things about the 2024 election, other than the fact that hispanics moved so far to the right, is that Gen Z moved to the right. They gave Biden a 25 point margin in 2020, but only gave Harris a 4 po… --- ## [What would make computer clock go wonky?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-make-computer-clock-go-wonky/1023397)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-make-computer-clock-go-wonky/1023397 "2025-09-27T02:03:00Z")
About a month ago, running Win-10, the clock in the toolbar started randomly losing time, jumping back by 5 or 10 minutes. I could sync it and it would keep perfect time, but then jump back. Then I upgraded to Win-11 a… --- ## [AI used to “straighten” gay wedding in movie’s Chinese release](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-used-to-straighten-gay-wedding-in-movie-s-chinese-release/1023416)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-used-to-straighten-gay-wedding-in-movie-s-chinese-release/1023416 "2025-09-27T00:53:54Z")
Unsurprising, but it again shows how dangerous AI can be in enforcing certain ideas and prejudices. Who knows what will be “tweaked” the next time and no one notices? --- ## [Weird hair, distressed dog and Becks kicks rocks!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-hair-distressed-dog-and-becks-kicks-rocks/1023245)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-hair-distressed-dog-and-becks-kicks-rocks/1023245 "2025-09-27T00:34:00Z")
Ok. Bayliss is distressed. He’s cowering in the darkest depths of his den(my clothes closet). He has a hangy toenail. He knows I gotta nip it. And he hates that. My hair is weird. There’s some kinda barometric falderol … --- ## [The Seahorses (band)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seahorses-band/1023102)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seahorses-band/1023102 "2025-09-27T00:29:08Z")
I stumbled upon, quite by accident, a band I had never heard of - The Seahorses. They are very talented, I like their sound. It seems like Oasis owes them a debt of gratitude for the sound and songwriting. They broken … --- ## [Marvel Zombies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-zombies/1023384)
**Author:** [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-zombies/1023384 "2025-09-26T23:52:54Z")
So this dropped yesterday by surprise. It was supposed to come out October as a Halloween thing, but I guess it got released in a panic move to stop Disney+ cancellations. First episode was good, managed to grab me. --- ## [Starbucks workers sue in three states over uncompensated change to dress code](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starbucks-workers-sue-in-three-states-over-uncompensated-change-to-dress-code/1023164)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starbucks-workers-sue-in-three-states-over-uncompensated-change-to-dress-code/1023164 "2025-09-26T22:02:27Z")
Starbucks workers are suing the company for not compensating them for the cost of replacement clothes after changing the dress code. I hope they win. --- ## [Airplane RUDs while carrying a couple of hundred kilos of SpaceX cocaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-ruds-while-carrying-a-couple-of-hundred-kilos-of-spacex-cocaine/1023105)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-ruds-while-carrying-a-couple-of-hundred-kilos-of-spacex-cocaine/1023105 "2025-09-26T21:03:39Z")
I’d say probably a 60-70% chance the name is fake and it isn’t Elon’s personal boutique stash. --- ## [Can you guys give me feedback on my writing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guys-give-me-feedback-on-my-writing/1023369)
**Author:** [@IMadeLem0nade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMadeLem0nade)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-guys-give-me-feedback-on-my-writing/1023369 "2025-09-26T20:03:53Z")
I wrote this when my girlfriend was in a bad state of mind, and I want to know what you guys think of it. Hold back nothing, just please try to provide in depth explanation of why you feel that way. I want feedback in a… --- ## [What to do with some Roquefort cheese?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-some-roquefort-cheese/1023362)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2025, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-some-roquefort-cheese/1023362 "2025-09-26T17:16:31Z")
Some sites I was reading online said that blue cheese, and especially goat or sheep blue cheese, was all that. So I went to the trouble of finding some genuine French Roquefort (I’d have been happy with an American equiv… --- ## [I Pit damuriajashi and DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-damuriajashi-and-demontree/928300)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 1239\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-damuriajashi-and-demontree/928300 "2025-09-26T15:44:45Z")
Continuing the “discussion” from Trolls R Us redux I already said what I wanted to say to @damuriajashi, so now to move on to @DemonTree. I don’t believe for a moment that you have a problem with racism or bigotry in g… --- ## [Sara Jane Moore, Rest in... Something](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sara-jane-moore-rest-in-something/1023404)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sara-jane-moore-rest-in-something/1023404 "2025-09-26T14:32:34Z")
I don’t know if this thread should be in Politics & Elections. Mods, move if desired. Anyway, Sara Jane Moore died this week at the age of 95. I can remember the day she took a couple of shots at President Ford in 197… --- ## [The GOAT movie or TV credits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goat-movie-or-tv-credits/1022522)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goat-movie-or-tv-credits/1022522 "2025-09-26T14:24:33Z")
There’s a lot of really wonderful ones, of course. Iconic, memorable, evocative: Mad Men, Sopranos, twilight zone, outer limits, Dexter, Se7en I’m sure there’s a contingent of people who would even hold up things like Gi… --- ## [Katmai Brown Bear Cam is up!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katmai-brown-bear-cam-is-up/836123)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katmai-brown-bear-cam-is-up/836123 "2025-09-26T14:20:29Z")
The brown bear cam at Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park, AK is up and running. Lots of fish trying to go upstream, but I haven’t seen any bears yet. We took a vacation trip to Katmai and saw tons of grizzlies, some o… --- ## [When is it okay to speak badly about the Dead?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-okay-to-speak-badly-about-the-dead/1023327)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-okay-to-speak-badly-about-the-dead/1023327 "2025-09-26T13:59:35Z")
There’s a Latin phrase ““De mortuis nihil nisi bonum”, which roughly translates to “Of the dead, \[say\] nothing but good.” But there’s a problem with this: what if the deceased was a terrible person? Even “bad” people of… --- ## [Tell me about your experience with Fitness Trackers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-fitness-trackers/1023380)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-fitness-trackers/1023380 "2025-09-26T13:29:43Z")
I am reading reviews of Fitness Trackers. I know Fitbit is popular and has been available for over a decade. I’m strongly considering the Samsung because it links with their Android phones. Do you wear a Fitness Tracke… --- ## [What does the "missing" component of Baja Gold Sea Salt consist of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-missing-component-of-baja-gold-sea-salt-consist-of/1023306)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2025, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-missing-component-of-baja-gold-sea-salt-consist-of/1023306 "2025-09-26T11:21:31Z")
I’ve been going down the rabbit hole of various kinds of salts while learning about lacto fermentation and have come across Baja Gold Sea Salt, which is seemingly considered one of the premium salts for such projects. T… --- ## [Help wanted: composting, especially bokashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-wanted-composting-especially-bokashi/1023357)
**Author:** [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2025, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-wanted-composting-especially-bokashi/1023357 "2025-09-26T05:53:14Z")
As a single person, I don’t generate a lot of compostable material, mostly coffee grounds and fruit & vegetable peels. I tried setting up a rotating barrel composter, but I couldn’t keep it going. I don’t think I added e… --- ## [How is the iPhone spam call & text blocking these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-iphone-spam-call-text-blocking-these-days/1023401)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2025, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-iphone-spam-call-text-blocking-these-days/1023401 "2025-09-26T03:18:21Z")
Does anyone here have a relatively recent iPhone, from the last year or two? Doesn’t have to be the super recent one that just came out a few weeks ago, but something with spam call screening and spam text filtering? How… --- ## [Recommend a Good Topical Treatment for First-Degree Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-topical-treatment-for-first-degree-burns/1023350)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2025, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-topical-treatment-for-first-degree-burns/1023350 "2025-09-26T02:47:50Z")
…with some blistering. Yesterday, I scalded my right leg between the hip and the knee. I immediately sprayed it with cold water and applied an ice pack for an hour. I now have two quarter-sized patches on my leg where b… --- ## [60's and 70's Saturday morning cartoon musical breaks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-and-70s-saturday-morning-cartoon-musical-breaks/1023252)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-and-70s-saturday-morning-cartoon-musical-breaks/1023252 "2025-09-26T02:29:44Z")
Back in the day (Saturday morning, to be precise), Scooby Doo, Archie, The Amazing Chan And The Chan Clan, Josie And The Pussycats etc. would go try to solve a mystery/have an adventure and partway through there would a… --- ## [A young friend of mine is internet famous, thanks to Green Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-young-friend-of-mine-is-internet-famous-thanks-to-green-day/1023343)
**Author:** [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-young-friend-of-mine-is-internet-famous-thanks-to-green-day/1023343 "2025-09-25T23:48:00Z")
Nothing earth-shattering here, just a bit of feel-good news that I thought some people might be interested in. A friend of mine took her son Argyle to see Green Day at Riot Fest in Chicago a couple of days ago. Argyle wa… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=232&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=234&state=watching)