# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=244&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 245 --- ## [Are porn actors really this stupid or is this just a bit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-porn-actors-really-this-stupid-or-is-this-just-a-bit/542054)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-porn-actors-really-this-stupid-or-is-this-just-a-bit/542054 "2025-09-11T16:45:00Z")
I guess the theme would be “casting couch porn.” The scenario is usually something to the effvect of : They are interveiwing a girl, asking her all the basic questions and then basically they get her naked and have a g… --- ## [Yet another case of "We may have found evidence of past life on Mars, maybe"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-case-of-we-may-have-found-evidence-of-past-life-on-mars-maybe/1022940)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-case-of-we-may-have-found-evidence-of-past-life-on-mars-maybe/1022940 "2025-09-11T16:33:23Z")
A bit surprised to not see this discussed here (after scouring all fora here). The tl;dr that I’ve gathered is that they think the process that would have created the rock in question (“Sapphire Canyon”) wa… --- ## [RIP Rick Davies, Supertramp co-founder dies at 81](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rick-davies-supertramp-co-founder-dies-at-81/1022842)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rick-davies-supertramp-co-founder-dies-at-81/1022842 "2025-09-11T15:26:57Z")
This was mentioned in the celebrity death pool thread, but deserves its own thread here. One of my all time favorite bands back in the 70s. Time to go and listen to Crime of the Century and Crisis, what Crisis ? aga… --- ## [World Suicide Prevention Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-suicide-prevention-day/1022909)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-suicide-prevention-day/1022909 "2025-09-11T14:02:30Z")
Every September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day, sponsored by the International Association for Suicide Prevention and others. The World Health Organisation (WHO) esti… --- ## [Prime Video Loading Problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prime-video-loading-problem/1022855)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prime-video-loading-problem/1022855 "2025-09-11T11:37:20Z")
Suddenly, about Thursday off last week, my Amazon Prime Video stopped working. I successfully sign into Prime. I can scroll the menu of movies and series. However, when I click choose something, it spins for 10 or 14 … --- ## [What is the approximate cost for the name change from "Department Of Defense" to "Department Of War"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-approximate-cost-for-the-name-change-from-department-of-defense-to-department-of-war/1022834)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-approximate-cost-for-the-name-change-from-department-of-defense-to-department-of-war/1022834 "2025-09-11T09:45:33Z")
Buildings, signs, letterheads, business cards, websites etc.? --- ## [I weep for our future (not political)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weep-for-our-future-not-political/1022889)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weep-for-our-future-not-political/1022889 "2025-09-11T01:16:05Z")
So, finally got a new bed delivered. The 20 something guys from a well established company had no tools to put it together. I don’t mind loaning tools at all. As long as I get them back, but if this company want’s me t… --- ## [Spectators' thread for Shakespeare Mafia (no active players, please)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectators-thread-for-shakespeare-mafia-no-active-players-please/1020790)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectators-thread-for-shakespeare-mafia-no-active-players-please/1020790 "2025-09-11T00:54:40Z")
Here’s the thread for anyone who wants to watch along with the Shakespeare Mafia game and kibbitz. The signup thread: Act I: --- ## [What do you do with loose change/coins?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-loose-change-coins/1022709)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-loose-change-coins/1022709 "2025-09-10T23:12:31Z")
Inspired by the “How much cash do you carry” and “What can you buy for a quarter” threads. In years past, I always had SOME amount of loose change in my pockets. As I was pocketing my wallet, keys, etc., I’d scoop up m… --- ## [Anyone wanna do a Minecraft PVP game similar to Minecraft Monday w/ me and a few friends?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-wanna-do-a-minecraft-pvp-game-similar-to-minecraft-monday-w-me-and-a-few-friends/1022922)
**Author:** [@IMadeLem0nade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMadeLem0nade)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-wanna-do-a-minecraft-pvp-game-similar-to-minecraft-monday-w-me-and-a-few-friends/1022922 "2025-09-10T23:12:20Z")
So me and a few friends are getting together to do a Minecraft PVP series like Minecraft Monday, and we’re ten people short. I need five people to respond, and bring one friend along each. --- ## [I pit chewing on people's faces](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-chewing-on-peoples-faces/623367)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-chewing-on-peoples-faces/623367 "2025-09-10T21:24:16Z")
The latest out of Miami: I can have some strong opinions sometimes, but in most cases I am pretty leery about taking them so far as to tell other people what they should and should not do. How do I know I am right? Ar… --- ## [Pharmacy Rant Re: Eliquis - But not Entirely About Eliquis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacy-rant-re-eliquis-but-not-entirely-about-eliquis/1022796)
**Author:** [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacy-rant-re-eliquis-but-not-entirely-about-eliquis/1022796 "2025-09-10T19:33:47Z")
I have been prescribed Eliquis as a blood thinner since early 2023 when I experienced pulmonary embolisms subsequent to a Covid infection. This medication is insanely expensive but my local Rite Aid store was fantastic a… --- ## [SCOTUS: skin color is reasonable suspicion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-skin-color-is-reasonable-suspicion/1022854)
**Author:** [@DeadTreasSecretaries](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadTreasSecretaries)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-skin-color-is-reasonable-suspicion/1022854 "2025-09-10T19:23:20Z")
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/us/politics/supreme-court-los-angeles-immigration.html The Supreme Court granted a stay of an injunction on ICE using profiling, including racial profiling, as reasonable suspicion to … --- ## [Why is Russia and Putin so satisfied by so little?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-russia-and-putin-so-satisfied-by-so-little/1022066)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-russia-and-putin-so-satisfied-by-so-little/1022066 "2025-09-10T19:03:50Z")
This could go into IMHO or MPSIMS or anywhere else: Imagine if the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq were still dragging on and nearing its 4-year anniversary. The United States had already suffered 2.5 million casualties (dea… --- ## [Comics/Graphic Novels that Should Be Taught in High School](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-graphic-novels-that-should-be-taught-in-high-school/1022813)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-graphic-novels-that-should-be-taught-in-high-school/1022813 "2025-09-10T18:46:21Z")
There’s another thread about “Books that should have been read in high school” elsewhere in Cafe Society. The thread went a little off the rails when someone suggested MAUS, and I’ve got mixed feelings about that one. (I… --- ## [Better alternatives to a jury of peers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-alternatives-to-a-jury-of-peers/1022765)
**Author:** [@Zoobi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoobi)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-alternatives-to-a-jury-of-peers/1022765 "2025-09-10T17:29:23Z")
I though this an interesting comment. Obviously some people disagree with the setup of the current justice system in the United States. I also don’t think it’s perfect, but I wouldn’t be comfortable abolishing the jury… --- ## [What is your fantasy football team's name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-fantasy-football-teams-name/1022861)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-fantasy-football-teams-name/1022861 "2025-09-10T17:28:31Z")
I love the clever wordplay oft used in the naming of fantasy football teams. For example, a friend of mine named his team Victourious Secret one year. Absent wordplay, I’ve been in leagues with various references that ar… --- ## [Nobody 2 movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-2-movie/1022839)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-2-movie/1022839 "2025-09-10T17:25:13Z")
About 3 weeks ago we were perusing the theater listings when we saw one for Nobody 2. We’d never even heard of the first Nobody movie. So instead of going out we watched it streaming. Not bad. it’s weird to see the guy… --- ## [Could MAGA get any scarier post-President Trump? Maybe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-maga-get-any-scarier-post-president-trump-maybe/1022893)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-maga-get-any-scarier-post-president-trump-maybe/1022893 "2025-09-10T17:23:53Z")
Let’s assume Trump does not run for an unconstitutional third term but we still get a MAGA President and Senate. At the first opportunity, I present to you Convince me it can’t happen. --- ## [POLL: Your perception of a word's definition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-your-perception-of-a-words-definition/1022823)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-your-perception-of-a-words-definition/1022823 "2025-09-10T16:29:19Z")
I am curious about this, because it never occurred to me that the definition I have believed to be true for this word all my life is not the correct one. I posed this question on my Facebook page, and the overwhelming ma… --- ## [Elections are about choosing the lesser evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elections-are-about-choosing-the-lesser-evil/1022731)
**Author:** [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elections-are-about-choosing-the-lesser-evil/1022731 "2025-09-10T16:20:19Z")
Continuing the discussion from Has Democratic voter turnout basically hit a ceiling and can’t go any higher?: Yes. I mean you just described my voting strategy every year since I was eligible across multiple decades. … --- ## [How much to charge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-to-charge/1022882)
**Author:** [@Tonyawilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tonyawilder)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-to-charge/1022882 "2025-09-10T14:14:40Z")
So I have a associate that is staying with me him his wife and their kid they have my room I’m on prepaid power my power was at 20% now it’s at 80% they have used my toilet paper my paper towels my trash bags and ate my … --- ## [Questions for those that think that the U.S.A. will collapse...and the sooner, the better](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-those-that-think-that-the-u-s-a-will-collapse-and-the-sooner-the-better/1022348)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-those-that-think-that-the-u-s-a-will-collapse-and-the-sooner-the-better/1022348 "2025-09-10T13:57:31Z")
I have heard from those, on this board and other places, that not only is the U.S. on a nonavoidable path to collapse, but the sooner it happens the better because what will replace it has to be better. What do you thin… --- ## [Bizarre superyachts proposed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-superyachts-proposed/504873)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-superyachts-proposed/504873 "2025-09-10T13:16:43Z")
What the…? I suppose if you’re gonna drop that much dough, you want to stand out from all the other superyachts crowding the wharf in Monaco, Nassau or Palm Beach. --- ## [Are there any hosted email services that allow custom, powerful spam filters (APIs, ML, LLM)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-hosted-email-services-that-allow-custom-powerful-spam-filters-apis-ml-llm/1022883)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-hosted-email-services-that-allow-custom-powerful-spam-filters-apis-ml-llm/1022883 "2025-09-10T13:00:20Z")
Spam is becoming an increasing problem for me in Gmail, with a few messages sneaking through every day despite the built-in spam filters and my manual ones. They are overwhelmingly political spam, which I started receiv… --- ## ["Complacency is complicity", or the limits of radicalism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complacency-is-complicity-or-the-limits-of-radicalism/1022749)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complacency-is-complicity-or-the-limits-of-radicalism/1022749 "2025-09-10T12:58:30Z")
At what point do people who didn’t answer the clarion call become enablers, who deserve to put up against the wall when the Revolution comes? Conversely, at what point do people have a legitimate right to refuse to subsc… --- ## [I’m losing my congressman (Gerry Connelly) - has died, May 21, 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-losing-my-congressman-gerry-connelly-has-died-may-21-2025/1017938)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-losing-my-congressman-gerry-connelly-has-died-may-21-2025/1017938 "2025-09-10T07:57:30Z")
I’m very upset to hear that his cancer is apparently not responding to treatment and he has decided to step down after this term. He may not be the most vocal or visible member but he’s one of the good guys. He supports… --- ## [Which society will be the first to enshrine "personhood" for AIs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-society-will-be-the-first-to-enshrine-personhood-for-ais/1022876)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-society-will-be-the-first-to-enshrine-personhood-for-ais/1022876 "2025-09-10T04:47:54Z")
“Dolphins are people too” — or so claim the advocates of dolphin personhood. Spanish apes almost got personhood back in 2007. There are many other such efforts for different animals, arbitrary divisions of humans, and of… --- ## [First object from another solar system](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-object-from-another-solar-system/800014)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-object-from-another-solar-system/800014 "2025-09-10T04:39:35Z")
This article. That would mean we may have spotted the first object from another solar system passing through ours. I didn’t realize such a thing had never been seen before. The article indicates it’s path around the sun … --- ## [Drones over New Jersey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drones-over-new-jersey/1011243)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 229\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drones-over-new-jersey/1011243 "2025-09-10T02:51:42Z")
The story around here has been the sighting of multiple large drones over the state. The FBI is involved. The FAA is involved. Probably the Secret Service because of Trump International. So far no explanations. Tonight m… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=243&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=245&state=muted)