# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=242&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 243 --- ## [Aftermarket License Plates Displayed on Car as if Real](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aftermarket-license-plates-displayed-on-car-as-if-real/1020504)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aftermarket-license-plates-displayed-on-car-as-if-real/1020504 "2025-09-15T15:14:34Z")
Continuing the discussion from Custom Licence Plates — Seen in the Wild: It has become increasingly stylish around here (South FL) to put completely aftermarket AKA fake license plates on the back of your car. Folks ma… --- ## [Anyone Seen AI submissions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-ai-submissions/1000022)
**Author:** [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-ai-submissions/1000022 "2025-09-15T15:04:10Z")
We’ve all seen, I’m sure, that Clarkesworld and Asimov’s got flooded with AI submissions. It’s not ending there. I just looked at the submitted paper list for a conference in India where I’m on the program committee, and… --- ## [How to tell what fuses to use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-what-fuses-to-use/1022905)
**Author:** [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-what-fuses-to-use/1022905 "2025-09-15T14:59:06Z")
My 93-year-old aunt’s dryer went out today. The problem was a blown fuse (it’s an old house that still uses Edison-base fuses). When I looked in the fuse boxes, I saw that most of the fuses are 30 amp. A couple are 20 am… --- ## [(Old) Pet pics in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pet-pics-in-the-mmp/1022838)
**Author:** [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Replies:** 344\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pet-pics-in-the-mmp/1022838 "2025-09-15T14:46:40Z")
I’m up late for no good reason, maybe because I have next week off. Hijack away. --- ## [Latest Plot Chasms driving you nuts (assume spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-plot-chasms-driving-you-nuts-assume-spoilers/1023021)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-plot-chasms-driving-you-nuts-assume-spoilers/1023021 "2025-09-15T12:29:27Z")
If I’m supposed to hide this, I don’t know how and I apologize. Show/movie: “Invasion” On AppleTV Trevante Cole returns from being on the supposedly dead useless “mothership”. Everybody’s thrilled to have him back, the… --- ## [The Paper - sitcom on Peacock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-paper-sitcom-on-peacock/1022777)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-paper-sitcom-on-peacock/1022777 "2025-09-15T06:38:15Z")
The wife and I watched the first 3 episodes yesterday (they all dropped at once, which is something I didn’t realize until we started watching). Created by Greg Daniels and Michael Koman, it is a follow up and spinoff of… --- ## [Your experiences with natural disasters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-experiences-with-natural-disasters/1022615)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-experiences-with-natural-disasters/1022615 "2025-09-15T05:32:45Z")
I’ve been fortunate enough to have spent most of my life in places where natural disasters are not uncommon. However, I’ve been through a few. Earthquakes I spent a few months teaching English in Japan in 1996. The mor… --- ## [What IF. Warped space-time IS matter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-warped-space-time-is-matter/1023029)
**Author:** [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-warped-space-time-is-matter/1023029 "2025-09-15T01:55:49Z")
The theory is that matter warps space-time. What if it’s the other way around? --- ## [Buffy the Vampire Slayer - skipping early episodes? {Warning, posters posted spoilers}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-skipping-early-episodes-warning-posters-posted-spoilers/1023011)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-skipping-early-episodes-warning-posters-posted-spoilers/1023011 "2025-09-15T01:45:37Z")
I watched this show many years ago and remember it as being superb. I don’t remember a lot of details, or specific episodes (except Once More with Feeling and The Body, which are two very memorable episodes for very diff… --- ## [Colorado Rockies baseball - how bad will it get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-rockies-baseball-how-bad-will-it-get/1019090)
**Author:** [@justdoit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justdoit)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-rockies-baseball-how-bad-will-it-get/1019090 "2025-09-15T01:42:09Z")
The Colorado Rockies baseball team has a dismal 9-50 record so far which is only .153 winning percentage. At that rate they will finish 25-137. According to Gemini, that would give them the most MLB losses of all time… --- ## [The Wonder Bread Giant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonder-bread-giant/660359)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonder-bread-giant/660359 "2025-09-14T23:57:00Z")
Several years ago, my Grandma told me about a man known as the “Wonder Bread Giant.” He was apparently some sort of mascot for Wonder Bread. I don’t know exactly how tall he was, but I’m quite certain that he was over … --- ## [Freakouts of the Right](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 847\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631 "2025-09-14T22:31:23Z")
(feel free to make the alt-thread) Looking for a simple list of all the crap the Right has freaked out about since, oh, 2000. Crap like Big Bird, Mr Potato head losing his dick, CRT, Terry Schiavo, kneeling, etc. There… --- ## [J. D. Vance cannot be elected - here's one reason why](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-d-vance-cannot-be-elected-heres-one-reason-why/971859)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-d-vance-cannot-be-elected-heres-one-reason-why/971859 "2025-09-14T22:13:54Z")
I read “Hillbilly Elegy” before he announced his run for Congress, and if this doesn’t get him, ahem, not elected, it should. --- ## [Discounted EE Savings Bonds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discounted-ee-savings-bonds/1022969)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discounted-ee-savings-bonds/1022969 "2025-09-14T21:48:09Z")
US Savings Bonds - Series EE use to be sold at a discount. A $100 bond was sold for $50 and reached full value in 20 years. That has not been true for many years, or so I thought. I see so many videos insisting EE bon… --- ## [You Tube NFL Sunday Ticket \[how to record games\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-tube-nfl-sunday-ticket-how-to-record-games/1023037)
**Author:** [@mglambo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mglambo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-tube-nfl-sunday-ticket-how-to-record-games/1023037 "2025-09-14T18:22:10Z")
I pay for the YouTube NFL Sunday ticket to watch all NFL games. I can’t figure out how to record games.. chat GTP can’t figure out how to help me either. I watch it via Apple TV. Can anybody help me out here? Thank you… --- ## [What are miles-per-gallon (MPG) displays in cars actually for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-miles-per-gallon-mpg-displays-in-cars-actually-for/1023027)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-miles-per-gallon-mpg-displays-in-cars-actually-for/1023027 "2025-09-14T16:55:30Z")
My new car has three different displays of the current gas mileage or MPG. But I don’t know what they’re used for. Obviously high gas mileage is good. Momentary MPG depends on lots of things, but whether you’re climbing… --- ## [BREAKING NEWS thread for Charlie Kirk murder and investigation (10SEP2025)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-thread-for-charlie-kirk-murder-and-investigation-10sep2025/1022964)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-thread-for-charlie-kirk-murder-and-investigation-10sep2025/1022964 "2025-09-14T16:45:20Z")
I’m creating this thread for updates into the investigation on Charlie Kirk’s murder, the identification or ongoing investigation into the shooter, and other direct reporting on such. I and several other posters I’m sur… --- ## [RIP Graham Greene](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-graham-greene/1022668)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-graham-greene/1022668 "2025-09-14T16:17:30Z")
Damn. I’ve liked him in everything I’ve seen him in. --- ## [Indiana Jones and the Dial Of Destiny](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny/975884)
**Author:** [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny/975884 "2025-09-14T13:39:14Z")
We knew it was coming, but now we know its title, and some of its content, because here is the trailer for the new Indiana Jones movie, out June 30th. --- ## [Trying to get a person to sign paperwork](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-get-a-person-to-sign-paperwork/1022981)
**Author:** [@a6ka97](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a6ka97)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-get-a-person-to-sign-paperwork/1022981 "2025-09-14T11:46:53Z")
…and they won’t. I have a couple of rental properties. Last month (August 1st) I told one of my tenants that I would be raising the rent by $30/month November 1st, giving them 2 months notice and is the first rent incre… --- ## [Yahoo Mail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-mail/1022917)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-mail/1022917 "2025-09-14T02:40:59Z")
Nevermind. I’m dumm :slightly\_smiling\_face: --- ## [Container ship has an oopsy in Long Beach](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/container-ship-has-an-oopsy-in-long-beach/1022895)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/container-ship-has-an-oopsy-in-long-beach/1022895 "2025-09-14T01:55:49Z")
Happened not long ago (BREAKING NEWS). I know that containers going for a swim isn’t an uncommon thing, but this looks like a lot of them. And as a free bonus, half of them fell on another boat. --- ## [Really disturbed by the breaking news headlines beginning "Trump Says ..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-disturbed-by-the-breaking-news-headlines-beginning-trump-says/1022980)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-disturbed-by-the-breaking-news-headlines-beginning-trump-says/1022980 "2025-09-14T00:45:11Z")
I’m referring to the headlines around Kirk’s shooting, not general political blatherings. The WaPo (and I think the NYT too) had the announcement of Kirk’s death and now the suspect in custody as “Trump Says Kirk has d… --- ## [Brazil’s supreme court finds Bolsonaro guilty of plotting military coup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazil-s-supreme-court-finds-bolsonaro-guilty-of-plotting-military-coup/1022966)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazil-s-supreme-court-finds-bolsonaro-guilty-of-plotting-military-coup/1022966 "2025-09-13T23:58:33Z")
In the runoff of the 2022 general election, Bolsonaro lost to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\[20\] On 8 January 2023, his supporters stormed federal government buildings, calling for a coup d’état. On 30 June, the Superior El… --- ## [James Taylor's "Shower the People" on 70's SNL](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-taylors-shower-the-people-on-70s-snl/225052)
**Author:** [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-taylors-shower-the-people-on-70s-snl/225052 "2025-09-13T22:26:12Z")
Recently, James Taylor’s “Shower the People” is being used for some commercial. Back in the 70’s, he performed this on SNL. Instead of having backup singers, a reel-to-reel tape player was sitting on the stage and would … --- ## [Trump owned moon-based data center!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-owned-moon-based-data-center/1023012)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-owned-moon-based-data-center/1023012 "2025-09-13T21:01:13Z")
I work with a guy who did some time overseas years ago working as security for an ambassador. He was also a Trump bodyguard/security person back in the days when Trump was bankrupting casinos. Very MAGA. He stays in touc… --- ## [Project Eggplant UK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-eggplant-uk/1008387)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-eggplant-uk/1008387 "2025-09-13T20:10:34Z")
A few years back, when we started frequenting the south of Spain, and Greece, and Turkey, I discovered eggplants. (For the record, Eggplant In The Oven at Taverna Saita in Athens is probably the most delicious thing I ha… --- ## [Please explain to me the funniest joke ever told by Johnny Carson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-to-me-the-funniest-joke-ever-told-by-johnny-carson/1021428)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-to-me-the-funniest-joke-ever-told-by-johnny-carson/1021428 "2025-09-13T18:48:56Z")
The line comes from Johnny Carson doing his Karnac character, who reads minds. (The routine shtick was that the Great Karnac sets up the joke by answering an unknown question, then he opens an envelope to read what the q… --- ## [Have you ever had experience(s) dealing with someone who had the same name as you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-experience-s-dealing-with-someone-who-had-the-same-name-as-you/1021406)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-experience-s-dealing-with-someone-who-had-the-same-name-as-you/1021406 "2025-09-13T18:12:16Z")
Back in the 90s, a woman knocked on my door one afternoon. She accused me of having an affair with her husband. I told her I was pretty sure I wasn’t. She handed me a matchbook with my name and phone number on it and s… --- ## [Why aren't elective mastectomies a 'thing'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-elective-mastectomies-a-thing/1022840)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-elective-mastectomies-a-thing/1022840 "2025-09-13T15:56:22Z")
I’m old now. My tits sag nearly down to my knees. I breast-fed four kids (which tits are made for) but I am long past feeding anything. Bras cost money. GOOD bras cost a fortune. And they’re always uncomfortable, regard… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=241&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=243&state=muted)