# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=235 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 236 --- ## [Christian Fundys & creationists v. Ai](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-fundys-creationists-v-ai/1023143)
**Author:** [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2025, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-fundys-creationists-v-ai/1023143 "2025-09-23T08:05:46Z")
They deny evolution. How can they justify embracing an “artificial intelligence”? Where is the outrage, pushback? Am I missing it? It’s ok if it fits their agenda? --- ## [Countries with three or more uninterrupted sea coasts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-with-three-or-more-uninterrupted-sea-coasts/1023217)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2025, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-with-three-or-more-uninterrupted-sea-coasts/1023217 "2025-09-23T06:34:38Z")
I’m going to guess that trivia questions belong in this category. What countries have 3 or more uninterrupted sea coasts? The coasts all have to be on a single contiguous territory of that country. Exclaves and islands… --- ## [Quick, Easy, and Awesome Recipes Facebook group](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-easy-and-awesome-recipes-facebook-group/1023304)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2025, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-easy-and-awesome-recipes-facebook-group/1023304 "2025-09-23T02:32:57Z")
I have mod approval to make this post. I’d like to invite everyone here to my new Facebook group, called “Quick, Easy, and Awesome Recipes”, in which we share amazing food that can be prepared in 45 minutes or less with… --- ## [NFL 49ers vs Cardinals: No safety](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-49ers-vs-cardinals-no-safety/1023318)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-49ers-vs-cardinals-no-safety/1023318 "2025-09-23T02:25:53Z")
This was one of the highlights I saw on Sportscenter. QB threw the ball away from the end zone. Grounding is a loss of down, but since the penalty was in the end zone, shouldn’t it also have been a safety? Did the ref… --- ## [College guests speakers, back then Vs today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-guests-speakers-back-then-vs-today/1023133)
**Author:** [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2025, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-guests-speakers-back-then-vs-today/1023133 "2025-09-23T00:32:17Z")
Even before Charles Kirk, YouTube had videos of similar personalities visiting university auditoria, like Ben Shapiro, or the strange event featuring Milo Yiannopoulos, Christina Hoff Sommers, and Steven Crowder that led… --- ## [FBI to label trans activism as violent extremism in wake of Charlie Kirk's death](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-to-label-trans-activism-as-violent-extremism-in-wake-of-charlie-kirks-death/1023191)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-to-label-trans-activism-as-violent-extremism-in-wake-of-charlie-kirks-death/1023191 "2025-09-22T23:46:39Z")
The FBI is using the belief that Charlie Kirk’s partner was transgender as an excuse to label all trans activism as violent extremism. Things are about to get extremely bad in America. --- ## [Things put forward by the Trump administration that are acutally good ideas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-put-forward-by-the-trump-administration-that-are-acutally-good-ideas/1016438)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-put-forward-by-the-trump-administration-that-are-acutally-good-ideas/1016438 "2025-09-22T23:43:52Z")
I’m imagining that this is going to be a pretty short thread with one update every 2-3 months, but in the interest of fairness to time keeping abilities of stopped clocks the nut finding prowess of blind squirrels, I fig… --- ## [Private jets and speed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-jets-and-speed/441219)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-jets-and-speed/441219 "2025-09-22T23:26:13Z")
A simple question, really. If you had unlimited funds and you wanted to fly from, say, Los Angeles to London, would it be faster to buy a ticket on a commercial airline\*, or would chartering a private jet get you there s… --- ## [A temporary paint for large swaths of road surface?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-temporary-paint-for-large-swaths-of-road-surface/1020034)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-temporary-paint-for-large-swaths-of-road-surface/1020034 "2025-09-22T23:17:40Z")
Some friends are shooting a video that is set in the 1880s and involves a crowd marching down a city street. The city street is asphalt, which does not match the dirt road that it would have been at the time. Some sort o… --- ## [Phrenology is back, baby! "Does Your Hat Size Predict Your Intelligence?" The answer may surprise you!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrenology-is-back-baby-does-your-hat-size-predict-your-intelligence-the-answer-may-surprise-you/1023300)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrenology-is-back-baby-does-your-hat-size-predict-your-intelligence-the-answer-may-surprise-you/1023300 "2025-09-22T23:11:09Z")
Does Your Hat Size Predict Your Intelligence? How Genetics Methods Can Answer Intelligence Questions – Association for Psychological Science – APS Here’s the actual paper. genetics\_intelligence\_CDPS.pdf I refuse to ta… --- ## [Who/What will take Kimmel's place on ABC Late Night television?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-what-will-take-kimmels-place-on-abc-late-night-television/1023237)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-what-will-take-kimmels-place-on-abc-late-night-television/1023237 "2025-09-22T21:34:30Z")
Right now it is re-runs of Celebrity Family Feud, but is that their permanent solution? What , if anything, is slated to fill that hole? What should be there? For the purpose of this thread, Kimmel himself is not an op… --- ## [Oops. I did it again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-did-it-again/1023272)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-did-it-again/1023272 "2025-09-22T21:29:31Z")
To paraphrase Ms.Spears. I completely swore off of the 24 hour newscycle on Nov.7th, 2024. Threw the front page of my newspaper in the trash. Did not read. Did not watch. The only news about politics I heard was from … --- ## [Topic ban for Demontree on Trans and related issues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-ban-for-demontree-on-trans-and-related-issues/1023312)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-ban-for-demontree-on-trans-and-related-issues/1023312 "2025-09-22T21:27:02Z")
Topic ban for @demontree on Trans and related issues. They are no longer to post on Trans and related issues. Poster has a history of hijacking unrelated threads to speak to this issue, and has created or contributed t… --- ## [Has anyone here seen The Groundlings perform recently?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-seen-the-groundlings-perform-recently/1023299)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-seen-the-groundlings-perform-recently/1023299 "2025-09-22T20:48:46Z")
And how was it? Was it funny? Will someone\* rather out of touch with the latest pop culture trends be able to enjoy it? A friend is inviting me to their show in Walnut Creek, which is probably a 45 minute drive on a Sat… --- ## [Where do protesters get the giant letters they display over highways?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-protesters-get-the-giant-letters-they-display-over-highways/1023243)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-protesters-get-the-giant-letters-they-display-over-highways/1023243 "2025-09-22T20:34:18Z")
I see them on the news all the time. The letters are about 2 feet high and each letter is printed on a single sheet of something - paper, cardboard. Wherever they get them, it must be interesting when someone orders some… --- ## [Which number is bigger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-number-is-bigger/1023305)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-number-is-bigger/1023305 "2025-09-22T20:13:07Z")
I include a link to a Reddit post since it is more elegant then I can generate. --- ## [Life of Chuck - discussion for those who have seen it (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-of-chuck-discussion-for-those-who-have-seen-it-open-spoilers/1020350)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-of-chuck-discussion-for-those-who-have-seen-it-open-spoilers/1020350 "2025-09-22T18:18:12Z")
Has anyone else seen Life of Chuck, the latest Stephen King adaptation done by Mike Flanagan, who also adapted Gerald’s Game and Doctor Sleep. Notably, this movie isn’t horror at all, though. I’m not sure where I land o… --- ## [Every music sub-genre known to man!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-music-sub-genre-known-to-man/1023194)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-music-sub-genre-known-to-man/1023194 "2025-09-22T16:27:48Z")
There have been a couple of music sub-genre threads but this will be the grandaddy of them all. I stumbled onto this deep-dive rabbit-hole of music yesterday. The genres are loosely associated by color. Click on a sub (… --- ## [Spatial reference in Films](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spatial-reference-in-films/1023184)
**Author:** [@hideousidiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hideousidiot)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spatial-reference-in-films/1023184 "2025-09-22T16:25:54Z")
I’ve long had an issue with “spatial reference,” a phrase I think I’ve derived from Hitchcock, meaning “where exactly people are, in relation to other people and things” in films, particularly films of a large scale, suc… --- ## [Glitch Productions Is Better Than Disney - Change My Mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glitch-productions-is-better-than-disney-change-my-mind/1023296)
**Author:** [@IMadeLem0nade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMadeLem0nade)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glitch-productions-is-better-than-disney-change-my-mind/1023296 "2025-09-22T16:21:20Z")
Okay, change my mind. --- ## [My Apple Watch calendar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apple-watch-calendar/1023269)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apple-watch-calendar/1023269 "2025-09-22T15:53:45Z")
My watch is displaying the week as MTWTFSS instead of SMTWTFS like everything else. What’s up with that? --- ## [Star Trek (TOS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos/921122)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 498\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos/921122 "2025-09-22T15:48:48Z")
Due to an unprecedented confluence of circumstances, this week, for the first time ever, I have (and am taking) the opportunity to watch ST:TOS. I’m just about finished with season 1, and I have, along with some observat… --- ## [Is the U.S. about to have civil war?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-u-s-about-to-have-civil-war/1015935)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-u-s-about-to-have-civil-war/1015935 "2025-09-22T15:01:49Z")
For reasons which I think are pretty obvious, I find myself wondering these things at the moment - and wondering whether Canada would even be far enough to escape, if it happens. Please show your work. --- ## [Cat Steven's search for a "hard headed woman"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-stevens-search-for-a-hard-headed-woman/1023227)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-stevens-search-for-a-hard-headed-woman/1023227 "2025-09-22T14:45:22Z")
Who the heck is he looking for? Is having a “hard head” a positive attribute? Does hard = stubborn? Stupid? --- ## [1950s computers: question #1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1950s-computers-question-1/1021875)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1950s-computers-question-1/1021875 "2025-09-22T14:30:14Z")
In 1953 it seems the IBM 701 could add/subtract two ten-digit decimal numbers in 60 microseconds, so the magazine reported it could do 16666 additions per second. Which isn’t much help to people like me who wonder what s… --- ## [Country club shooting in New Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/country-club-shooting-in-new-hampshire/1023249)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/country-club-shooting-in-new-hampshire/1023249 "2025-09-22T14:25:54Z")
Few details at this point but police report multiple people were shot at the Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua after a single gunman opened fire. --- ## [The Long Walk Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-walk-trailer/1018115)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-walk-trailer/1018115 "2025-09-22T12:59:39Z")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAtUHeMQ1F8 I just saw this long awaited movie trailer. Is anyone else excited for this adaptation of the Stephen King (Richard Bachman) story? My son called me up and gushed. We have pr… --- ## [Yassa's African Restaurant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yassas-african-restaurant/1023182)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yassas-african-restaurant/1023182 "2025-09-22T12:38:25Z")
Yassa’s African Restaurant A great thing about Chicagoland is the access we have to truly ethnic restaurants that cook truly native dishes. On 35th and King Drive, only twenty blocks from the University of Chicago Me… --- ## [Is rejuvenation or significant life extension even on the radar yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-rejuvenation-or-significant-life-extension-even-on-the-radar-yet/1023167)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-rejuvenation-or-significant-life-extension-even-on-the-radar-yet/1023167 "2025-09-22T12:17:01Z")
Dopers are getting on in years and some of the greats have left us already. Forty years ago, given advances in genetics and molecular biology, at the time I thought there was maybe a 25% chance that I would see the adven… --- ## [Your favorite meat/cheese/bread sandwich combination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-meat-cheese-bread-sandwich-combination/1022075)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-meat-cheese-bread-sandwich-combination/1022075 "2025-09-22T09:23:43Z")
I would like to know your favorite meat/cheese/bread combo when it comes to sandwiches…and your pick must have all three. If you don’t like this type of sandwich, then perhaps this isn’t your type of thread. I like a s… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=234) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=236)