# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=249 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 250 --- ## [Composers and recordists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/composers-and-recordists/1021718)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/composers-and-recordists/1021718 "2025-08-31T18:30:30Z")
Thought I would spin off a new thread, rather than hijacking the musicians roster one. How many of us here compose and record original music? Do you have a home studio, and if so, what gear do you use? In my case I’ve… --- ## [Multi-use venues that have a nickname related to a sports team](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-use-venues-that-have-a-nickname-related-to-a-sports-team/1022624)
**Author:** [@RollOutTheBarrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RollOutTheBarrel)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-use-venues-that-have-a-nickname-related-to-a-sports-team/1022624 "2025-08-31T18:30:11Z")
The SAP Center in San Jose, CA is sometimes called the “Shark Tank” because the San Jose Sharks play there. The Chase Center in Oakland, CA is sometimes called “Ballhalla” because the Golden State Valkyries play there. W… --- ## [Opinions about my neighbor building a fence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-about-my-neighbor-building-a-fence/1022518)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-about-my-neighbor-building-a-fence/1022518 "2025-08-31T18:18:24Z")
I’ve lived in this house almost 30 years. There is no fence between my property and my neighbor’s. A couple of years ago a young family moved in next door. I’ve had just a few minor interactions with them and they seem p… --- ## [Another woman at my dialysis center died: how was this allowed to happen this way?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-woman-at-my-dialysis-center-died-how-was-this-allowed-to-happen-this-way/1022594)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-woman-at-my-dialysis-center-died-how-was-this-allowed-to-happen-this-way/1022594 "2025-08-31T18:11:53Z")
Monday morning at dialysis one of the inmates was carted off in an ambulance. The thing about dialysis patients, you see the same people 3+ times a week. You hear them chatter about their lives. You meet some of their p… --- ## [What heat-humidity combination will eventually kill you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-heat-humidity-combination-will-eventually-kill-you/1022617)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-heat-humidity-combination-will-eventually-kill-you/1022617 "2025-08-31T18:03:40Z")
It seems just being out in X temperature, Y percent humidity is enough to kill you, sooner or later. Your body can’t cool itself, even if you’re just sitting around, and eventually your body temperature gets too high. W… --- ## [American Progress (John Gast, 1872) Was the Artist Being Ironic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-progress-john-gast-1872-was-the-artist-being-ironic/1021778)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-progress-john-gast-1872-was-the-artist-being-ironic/1021778 "2025-08-31T17:58:25Z")
My question concerns this painting. Looked at with an eye not pre-loaded with a notion that the default race for human status is “white,” it looks kinda horrendous, especially the section that depicts Native Americans f… --- ## [How do you hold hands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-hold-hands/1022603)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-hold-hands/1022603 "2025-08-31T17:57:46Z")
I’m right handed. If I were to fold my hands together, like praying, the left thumb goes on top. But when I hold hands with my wife using my right hand, my thumb goes on too. We agree that it feels weird if her thumb is … --- ## [Why would the stadium lights be on in the daytime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-the-stadium-lights-be-on-in-the-daytime/1022614)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-the-stadium-lights-be-on-in-the-daytime/1022614 "2025-08-31T17:56:25Z")
I just finished watching today’s Texas Longhorns @ Ohio State Buckeyes football game. I noticed that the stadium lights were on even though the game was being played in full sunlight. That must have some expense associ… --- ## [I messed up my monitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-messed-up-my-monitor/1021915)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-messed-up-my-monitor/1021915 "2025-08-31T17:42:58Z")
I’m using Windows 11 on an HP laptop with an NVidia graphics card. Nothing fancy, the one that came preinstalled. I have a large (3440x) LG external monitor. I tried to run Civ 3 today and let Windows run the compatibili… --- ## [On Mandatory School Busing here in Boston:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-mandatory-school-busing-here-in-boston/518724)
**Author:** [@independentminded](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/independentminded)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-mandatory-school-busing-here-in-boston/518724 "2025-08-31T17:13:20Z")
Unlike many, if not most of the Southern areas, Boston’s busing program was confined to the city limits, which also helped contribute to why Boston became so explosive during the mid to late 1970’s when busing was impl… --- ## [Help me identify a solitaire game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-solitaire-game/998971)
**Author:** [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-solitaire-game/998971 "2025-08-31T15:39:54Z")
I learned a solitaire game in the early-'70s. I think one of my grandparents taught it to me, so the game was known in either California or Minnesota. It goes like this (hope I get the terminolgy right): Shuffle toget… --- ## [What type of car is this in the BBC "Unforgotten" series?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-car-is-this-in-the-bbc-unforgotten-series/1022607)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-car-is-this-in-the-bbc-unforgotten-series/1022607 "2025-08-31T15:13:19Z")
In season 6 of the BBC “Unforgotten” series, there is a green (sports???) car driven by the character Melinda Ricci. I’ve never seen this type of car before. It’s very roundish similar to a VW beetle or an older Porsch… --- ## [Origins and evolution of Democracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origins-and-evolution-of-democracy/1022366)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origins-and-evolution-of-democracy/1022366 "2025-08-31T14:01:50Z")
Ruminating on a similar thread about erosion of democracy. That thread seems to tacitly assume that in the past there was a more ‘pure’ or ideal form of democracy (forgive me if I am misrepresenting or oversimplifying s… --- ## [Which lesser known songs do you think are better than the greatest hits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-lesser-known-songs-do-you-think-are-better-than-the-greatest-hits/1022494)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-lesser-known-songs-do-you-think-are-better-than-the-greatest-hits/1022494 "2025-08-31T09:55:32Z")
Which lesser known songs do you think are better than the well known greatest hits? Let’s consider all genres of pop music (I don’t want to get into classical music in this thread), and any solo artist or group you enjo… --- ## [(Maybe an Apple issue): how to trigger the board popup menu instead of the iOS one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-an-apple-issue-how-to-trigger-the-board-popup-menu-instead-of-the-ios-one/1022562)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-an-apple-issue-how-to-trigger-the-board-popup-menu-instead-of-the-ios-one/1022562 "2025-08-31T06:02:02Z")
I only use iOS devices. As a rule, selecting text on iOS triggers a popup menu with text actions. So does selecting text on this board. Sometimes it comes up instead of my iOS menu. But I have NO IDEA how to control wh… --- ## [Fighting for the American Democratic Experiment and Against Trump: Practical Steps and Best Practices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-for-the-american-democratic-experiment-and-against-trump-practical-steps-and-best-practices/1013687)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-for-the-american-democratic-experiment-and-against-trump-practical-steps-and-best-practices/1013687 "2025-08-31T03:40:42Z")
Trump is flooding the zone with various illegal practices, occasionally walking them back, other times not. What should friends of US democracy do? Set aside some time for constructive behavior, as opposed to doom-scrol… --- ## [Thoughts on golf's championship (FedEx Cup)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-golfs-championship-fedex-cup/1022466)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-golfs-championship-fedex-cup/1022466 "2025-08-31T00:02:58Z")
I know how hard it is to get a discussion about golf going around here, but here goes. The PGA Tour just ended its official season with what is called the FedEx Championship. It used to be that the player who won the m… --- ## [Bike question redux](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bike-question-redux/1019634)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bike-question-redux/1019634 "2025-08-30T23:58:34Z")
I’m doing a dry run on biking to work this weekend, and going to make it-- the first on will be done with time for a do-over if I get lost, or have badly planned (hit construction, et al). I really need to start riding t… --- ## [A pen is attached to the wheel. Assume the pen is a sphere](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pen-is-attached-to-the-wheel-assume-the-pen-is-a-sphere/1022457)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pen-is-attached-to-the-wheel-assume-the-pen-is-a-sphere/1022457 "2025-08-30T19:49:18Z")
OK. I don’t know how I’m going to explain this. Observing a bicycle with a reflector on the wheel drive by the other night, I was looking at the reflector go round and round. And I wondered: If that reflector had a pen … --- ## [Q for Linux gurus: recreating EFI boot partition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-linux-gurus-recreating-efi-boot-partition/1022558)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-linux-gurus-recreating-efi-boot-partition/1022558 "2025-08-30T18:33:36Z")
In a stunning display of stupidity, I managed to delete my boot partition. I wanted to reformat an old Kubuntu 22.04 live USB stick. When I ran the partition manager to remove the old partitions, I didn’t pay attention t… --- ## [Let's talk about memory function and age](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-memory-function-and-age/1002637)
**Author:** [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-memory-function-and-age/1002637 "2025-08-30T18:27:26Z")
I’m in my late 70’s. Generally good health. We travel a bit both with and without our camper. Frequent trips to a son whose settled some 650 miles away. When we travel, I can remember every turn and every exit. I ca… --- ## [Democrats need to bring gerrymandering back to California](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-need-to-bring-gerrymandering-back-to-california/1010067)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-need-to-bring-gerrymandering-back-to-california/1010067 "2025-08-30T16:51:18Z")
As long as red states gerrymander and California does not, we are going to keep losing the house. There are something like 40 democrats and 12 republicans representing California. I believe with gerrymandering it would … --- ## [Do any sports teams have living, real animals as team “pets” or “mascots” or “ambassadors” or what have you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-sports-teams-have-living-real-animals-as-team-pets-or-mascots-or-ambassadors-or-what-have-you/1022414)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-sports-teams-have-living-real-animals-as-team-pets-or-mascots-or-ambassadors-or-what-have-you/1022414 "2025-08-30T16:31:38Z")
I’m not talking about a team known as “The Eagles” with a guy in an eagle suit. I mean they also have a living, breathing eagle, too. Or maybe they have an unofficial/official team “pet” that has no bearing on or relatio… --- ## [How to recycle Amazon Al/Cardboard hybrid bags](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-recycle-amazon-al-cardboard-hybrid-bags/1022582)
**Author:** [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-recycle-amazon-al-cardboard-hybrid-bags/1022582 "2025-08-30T16:22:02Z")
I’ve started buying some stuff from Morrisons via Amazon, and anything that needs to be cold is stored in these cardboard bags with an aluminium lining. It says on the bag,fold flat for easy recycling, but where? I don’t… --- ## [Trump the Pricefixer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-pricefixer/1018275)
**Author:** [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-the-pricefixer/1018275 "2025-08-30T16:09:32Z")
Trump says he’ll sign order aimed at cutting drug prices by up to 80% I suppose price-fixing is still illegal and will be struck down again. But bashing drug companies is popular, so I expect this to help MAGA.. I tit… --- ## [Bus trip through 12+ states. Wanna meet up and just say hi?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-trip-through-12-states-wanna-meet-up-and-just-say-hi/1022584)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-trip-through-12-states-wanna-meet-up-and-just-say-hi/1022584 "2025-08-30T15:06:33Z")
Bus road trip time. From PHX, ARIZONA to BUFFALO, NEW YORK. I will be going through: New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Washington DC, Maryland, Del… --- ## [Does anyone else not feel sympathy for people who quit jobs for "moral" reasons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-not-feel-sympathy-for-people-who-quit-jobs-for-moral-reasons/1022585)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-not-feel-sympathy-for-people-who-quit-jobs-for-moral-reasons/1022585 "2025-08-30T14:41:30Z")
I should specify, quit jobs for moral reasons, and then are unable to find work and are now begging others for money. The first person I know worked for a well known big time weapons manufacturer but was basically an IT… --- ## [The most mission-critical human invention? (The mission being civilization)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mission-critical-human-invention-the-mission-being-civilization/1022521)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-mission-critical-human-invention-the-mission-being-civilization/1022521 "2025-08-30T14:35:31Z")
There’s a number of well-known candidates of course, starting with the proverbial wheel. There’s agriculture, animal domestication, weaponry, weaving…all kinds of stuff depending on how wide or narrow you wanna go. But t… --- ## [The Twister: Joplin Tornado documentary on Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-twister-joplin-tornado-documentary-on-netflix/1022464)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2025, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-twister-joplin-tornado-documentary-on-netflix/1022464 "2025-08-30T14:30:56Z")
If you haven’t seen this documentary, please give it a try. It’s (obviously) about the Joplin tornado of 2011, which killed 158 (or 161\*) people, injured hundreds more, destroyed thousands of buildings, and effectively l… --- ## [A&W Ice Cream Sundae Soda](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-w-ice-cream-sundae-soda/1022198)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2025, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-w-ice-cream-sundae-soda/1022198 "2025-08-30T10:28:34Z")
I only tried the zero sugar style. It’s quite good, and I will buy it again. But… It could be better. It’s not balanced. The chocolate flavor overpowers everything else. It could use 10-15% less chocolate and 10-15%… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=248) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=250)