# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=25&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 26 --- ## [Kris Cutler, Larry Fine's granddaughter passed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kris-cutler-larry-fines-granddaughter-passed/1027073)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kris-cutler-larry-fines-granddaughter-passed/1027073 "2026-09-12T11:49:38Z")
Granddaughter of Larry Fine, Kris Cutler passed away peacefully with family by her side. Krissy is survived by her husband, Ben Cutler. --- ## [What are you doing with your $5k?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-with-your-5k/1032962)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-with-your-5k/1032962 "2026-09-12T04:17:28Z")
Trump promised every adult $5,000 if the Republicans hold onto the House and Senate. The bond market didn’t react, so either they think he’s lying or that the Dems will win, I guess. But, I’m bought in! Let’s spend th… --- ## [Who names electors for presidential write-ins?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-names-electors-for-presidential-write-ins/1032975)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-names-electors-for-presidential-write-ins/1032975 "2026-09-12T04:17:01Z")
I got asked a hypothetical question today that I couldn’t answer. I know, right? (It was from my wife, of course.) Technically, voters do not vote for a person for President; they vote for a slate of electors. Normally,… --- ## [The Unholy Atrocity That Is “Banana Ball”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unholy-atrocity-that-is-banana-ball/1031958)
**Author:** [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unholy-atrocity-that-is-banana-ball/1031958 "2026-09-12T02:58:09Z")
OK, I saw this event on Friday night and I was going to start a thread called “The Unholy Atrocity That Is “Banana Ball””, but I guess I’ll put it here. There is no debating that this is genius level marketing; as I tol… --- ## [Uninstalling drivers when replacing video card](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uninstalling-drivers-when-replacing-video-card/1032764)
**Author:** [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uninstalling-drivers-when-replacing-video-card/1032764 "2026-09-12T02:35:54Z")
I’m replacing my Nvidia GTX-1650 with an Intel Arc B-580, the 1650 is getting a little long in the tooth and locking me out of some more recent games. chatGPT recommends I use WagnardSoft DDU to delete all the 1650 displ… --- ## [Misguided Motivational Posters and the like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misguided-motivational-posters-and-the-like/1032816)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misguided-motivational-posters-and-the-like/1032816 "2026-09-12T01:44:01Z")
I’m pretty sure we’ve done this in the pas, but I came across n example, so I’m reviving it. We’ve all seen “motivational” posters, meant to inspire us. Sometimes they hang these in break rooms and the like. One place… --- ## [What will happen if GOP steals the 2026 election? What should happen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-if-gop-steals-the-2026-election-what-should-happen/1032891)
**Author:** [@Gordon\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_G)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-if-gop-steals-the-2026-election-what-should-happen/1032891 "2026-09-11T23:49:05Z")
(Perhaps this belongs in P&E. But it’s a topic likely to provoke anger. I know I’m very unhappy about it.) Some pundits say it will take decades for America to recover from Trump even if Ds sweep the 2026 and 2028 ele… --- ## [How Can Truth Social be worth $6 Billion? {Trump Media & Technology (DJT)}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-truth-social-be-worth-6-billion-trump-media-technology-djt/999202)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 1106\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-truth-social-be-worth-6-billion-trump-media-technology-djt/999202 "2026-09-11T23:13:55Z")
I don’t know if this is factual thread, an opinion thread, or a political thread. Trump owns 60% of Truth Social and will make out like a bandit. How it the world is it worth so much? I saw that in the third quarter o… --- ## [Basketball has the Globetrotters. Baseball has the Savannah Bananas. Do any other sports have "joke" teams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basketball-has-the-globetrotters-baseball-has-the-savannah-bananas-do-any-other-sports-have-joke-teams/1029996)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basketball-has-the-globetrotters-baseball-has-the-savannah-bananas-do-any-other-sports-have-joke-teams/1029996 "2026-09-11T21:42:08Z")
So I was watching a YouTube video of a charity football match in England, where the players were … well, I don’t really know, but they’re not professional footballers. One player on one side (Max Fosh) was a YouTuber kno… --- ## ["Christianophobia" - is there a double standard in the way Christianity is treated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christianophobia-is-there-a-double-standard-in-the-way-christianity-is-treated/1032877)
**Author:** [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christianophobia-is-there-a-double-standard-in-the-way-christianity-is-treated/1032877 "2026-09-11T21:21:47Z")
Continuing the discussion from Trump-haters: What things do you agree with Trump on?: Duly following mod instructions to take a very off-topic discussion elsewhere (as it has nothing to do with Trump per se). We’ll see … --- ## [Is there a free, easy to use, pdf file editor floating around?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-free-easy-to-use-pdf-file-editor-floating-around/1032890)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-free-easy-to-use-pdf-file-editor-floating-around/1032890 "2026-09-11T20:08:28Z")
It’s been a while since someone asked this question, and I’m hoping there is something new out there. I just need to cut out some sections of a .pdf document I created and don’t want to buy anything to do it. The program… --- ## [Building a metaphor (travel related)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-metaphor-travel-related/1032967)
**Author:** [@oligArchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oligArchie)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-metaphor-travel-related/1032967 "2026-09-11T18:04:33Z")
Like many of us reading these boards, I’ve been a few places and done some things. I’ve been blessed to have the opportunity, resources, and freedom to move and shake. I think as a younger person I was learning alternate… --- ## [Wheel bearings, races, hubs, and brake refresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheel-bearings-races-hubs-and-brake-refresh/1032813)
**Author:** [@oligArchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oligArchie)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheel-bearings-races-hubs-and-brake-refresh/1032813 "2026-09-11T16:31:59Z")
Should I replace the bearing races is the question? But it’s complicated. I’m replacing the brake calipers, hoses, pads and rotors on the front of my heavy duty 1994 B350 Dodge van. The brake rotors are part of the hub,… --- ## [Is this annoying to wait staff or no?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-annoying-to-wait-staff-or-no/1032780)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-annoying-to-wait-staff-or-no/1032780 "2026-09-11T13:23:49Z")
My waitress asked me: “do you want your appetizer before the meal or with the meal?” (The question makes sense in this particular instance) I respond with “I don’t care whatever is easiest for you”. Is the indecision a… --- ## [You will now tell us where you have hidden zee documents!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-will-now-tell-us-where-you-have-hidden-zee-documents/785221)
**Author:** [@ThatNJGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThatNJGuy)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-will-now-tell-us-where-you-have-hidden-zee-documents/785221 "2026-09-11T13:15:59Z")
For as far back as I can remember I and others in my family circle have long said this line jokingly to each other, sometimes the whole thing, sometime just part of it, but for the life of me I cannot recall where I firs… --- ## [The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time-remake/1032910)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time-remake/1032910 "2026-09-11T11:54:45Z")
It’s coming November 5, 2026, and they just released a gameplay video that rocked my world. --- ## [For the first time in 40 years, my lips are healed up from severe chapping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-first-time-in-40-years-my-lips-are-healed-up-from-severe-chapping/1032879)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-first-time-in-40-years-my-lips-are-healed-up-from-severe-chapping/1032879 "2026-09-11T11:45:44Z")
Since I was young, I always had badly chapped lips. I used every kind of unguent out there to try to keep them moist, but the underlying problem was never cured. The underlying problem was that the skin on my lips just… --- ## [Luxuries you DO enjoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-do-enjoy/1032025)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 194\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-do-enjoy/1032025 "2026-09-11T11:42:42Z")
A companion thread. When and on what will you unashamedly spend extra money to pamper or reward yourself? --- ## [Who, if anyone, was Oscar Bensol (1960s DC animated cartoons)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-if-anyone-was-oscar-bensol-1960s-dc-animated-cartoons/1016056)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-if-anyone-was-oscar-bensol-1960s-dc-animated-cartoons/1016056 "2026-09-11T11:26:52Z")
His IMDB entry. Mystery person. I haven’t been able to find any trace of this name outside of the cartoons where this name is credited, so it’s possible that it was either misspelled or a pseudonym. Side note: As the… --- ## [What are UFOs if they're NOT alien spacecraft?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-ufos-if-theyre-not-alien-spacecraft/998108)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 543\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-ufos-if-theyre-not-alien-spacecraft/998108 "2026-09-11T08:41:51Z")
Really the only reason we have for supposing that UFOs are vessels for extraterrestrial beings is a number of accounts that seem dubious and contradictory. So what else could they be? I’d like to toss out a somewhat unh… --- ## [Is there any health benefit of eating a reduced sodium diet vs just taking a diuretic pill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-health-benefit-of-eating-a-reduced-sodium-diet-vs-just-taking-a-diuretic-pill/1015996)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-health-benefit-of-eating-a-reduced-sodium-diet-vs-just-taking-a-diuretic-pill/1015996 "2026-09-11T03:24:55Z")
So I recently started a combo of drugs for my hypertension. One is a potassium sparing diuretic, the other is a thiazide diuretic. I had my electrolytes tested. My potassium is fine and didn’t drop too low, but my sodiu… --- ## [Should sports arenas be left to the private sector?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-sports-arenas-be-left-to-the-private-sector/764672)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 265\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-sports-arenas-be-left-to-the-private-sector/764672 "2026-09-11T03:03:10Z")
My town lost its AHL team at the end of last season. The arena had just recently been remodeled, at the county’s expense, for this teams benefit. Now taxpayers cover all the costs of the place. Even when the team was s… --- ## [Where did this melody come from? (Easy Listening/Elevator Music, now oft used as musical shorthand for waiting)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-melody-come-from-easy-listening-elevator-music-now-oft-used-as-musical-shorthand-for-waiting/1032965)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-melody-come-from-easy-listening-elevator-music-now-oft-used-as-musical-shorthand-for-waiting/1032965 "2026-09-11T02:16:41Z")
I can’t seem to link to YouTube shorts in such a way that the link starts the video at a specific time, so you’ll just have to do it the old fashioned way and scroll (or wait) till :31 in this video. It’s almost certain… --- ## [Is there any amount of immigration, legal illegal either both, that is too much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-amount-of-immigration-legal-illegal-either-both-that-is-too-much/1032515)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 224\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-amount-of-immigration-legal-illegal-either-both-that-is-too-much/1032515 "2026-09-11T01:47:00Z")
Continuing the discussion from Democratic Party Official Position is to Abolish ICE: I think the discussion there is going beyond the slogan of “Abolish ICE” to broad brushstrokes that The argument seems to have becom… --- ## [Taking a day trip to Canada. Problems?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-day-trip-to-canada-problems/1032675)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-day-trip-to-canada-problems/1032675 "2026-09-11T01:33:47Z")
I’m thinking of taking a day trip up to Montreal. Will I have any problems due to the recent “policies” of the Trump administration? I would be using a passport as ID to drive across the border. Have there been any issu… --- ## [Explain Girl Scout cookies to a European](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-girl-scout-cookies-to-a-european/1032063)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-girl-scout-cookies-to-a-european/1032063 "2026-09-11T00:21:07Z")
This is an occasional plot element in American films and TV shows, but it’s non-existent in Europe (at least where I live), so please pardon my ignorance and explain the whole thing to me. I know what Girl Scouts are, an… --- ## [How would you respond to the deferential wife scenario?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-the-deferential-wife-scenario/1031355)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-respond-to-the-deferential-wife-scenario/1031355 "2026-09-10T22:14:48Z")
The philosopher Thomas Hill Jr. made up a scenario decades ago about a woman who is extremely deferential and subservient to her husband. Below is a quote from him that sums up the scenario: “The deferential wife is utt… --- ## [Why are profanity bleeps so freakin' LOUD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-profanity-bleeps-so-freakin-loud/1032946)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-profanity-bleeps-so-freakin-loud/1032946 "2026-09-10T22:05:09Z")
Is there any specific reason, in this day and age of digital production, why profanity bleeps in TV shows are so much louder than the surrounding dialogue? It’s not as if it needs to physically drown out the profanity; t… --- ## [The Frozen Binomial game - Please read the rules in the OP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-frozen-binomial-game-please-read-the-rules-in-the-op/1030725)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 647\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-frozen-binomial-game-please-read-the-rules-in-the-op/1030725 "2026-09-10T20:20:37Z")
A frozen binomial is a pair of words used together in a fixed order as an expression. For example, we say “salt and pepper”, not “pepper and salt”. Rules: You may use just ONE frozen binomial per post You must use it … --- ## [Could drones make manual small arms obsolete?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-drones-make-manual-small-arms-obsolete/1031306)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-drones-make-manual-small-arms-obsolete/1031306 "2026-09-10T20:14:23Z")
Once upon a time firearms revolutionized the human condition. In particular in the context of war they eventually replaced almost all hand-to-hand fighting. Today bayonets and fighting knives are an afterthought or retai… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=24&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=26&state=muted)