# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=25&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 26 --- ## [Trump's renaming of gulfs & lakes? Now he's trying states . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-renaming-of-gulfs-lakes-now-hes-trying-states/1032878)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-renaming-of-gulfs-lakes-now-hes-trying-states/1032878 "2026-09-12T20:40:06Z")
Too lame and pathetic for a full-fledged pitting, but too noticeable (for me & a few other Dopers) for MPSIMS. (I just heard this on the mid-day radio news) . . . Seems the High Orange One’s floating his case to rename… --- ## ["A Defunct Message Board"?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-defunct-message-board/1022128)
**Author:** [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-defunct-message-board/1022128 "2026-09-12T20:37:01Z")
Hi, all. It’s been about ten months since I last posted - I’ve been taking a break - but I had to come back to let you all know that we’ve been traduced, slandered, yes, even denigrated on YouTube. Unacceptable! I’ve be… --- ## [Zanussi washer dryer - possible to dry cycle only](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zanussi-washer-dryer-possible-to-dry-cycle-only/1032966)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zanussi-washer-dryer-possible-to-dry-cycle-only/1032966 "2026-09-12T19:36:24Z")
Help! I’m in the UK. There are only washer dryer combos in our rooms. I’m trying to dry only. Otherwise I have to pack wet clothes. I am so frustrated. I googled it, the directions seem straight forward but every time … --- ## [Anyone remember meeting family at the arrival gate at airports?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-meeting-family-at-the-arrival-gate-at-airports/1032960)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-meeting-family-at-the-arrival-gate-at-airports/1032960 "2026-09-12T18:17:42Z")
TSA is bringing it back to select locations. --- ## [Can you, or can you not, buy Premium, Luxury Box, Hospitality, etc. sports tix on the secondary market?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-or-can-you-not-buy-premium-luxury-box-hospitality-etc-sports-tix-on-the-secondary-market/1020657)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-or-can-you-not-buy-premium-luxury-box-hospitality-etc-sports-tix-on-the-secondary-market/1020657 "2026-09-12T17:40:25Z")
I’d like to go support my favorite soccer :soccer\_ball: team, St. Louis City SC, at a home game. But for reasons that I shan’t get into here, I want to shell out the extra money and buy a primo seat - like the kind where… --- ## [Why am I now seeing the term "unalived" all over the place instead of the much shorter "killed" or "died"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-now-seeing-the-term-unalived-all-over-the-place-instead-of-the-much-shorter-killed-or-died/1028092)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-now-seeing-the-term-unalived-all-over-the-place-instead-of-the-much-shorter-killed-or-died/1028092 "2026-09-12T17:35:33Z")
Where did this term come from, and why do we bother to use it? --- ## [Test thread for fixing CBC.ca article previews](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-for-fixing-cbc-ca-article-previews/1033007)
**Author:** [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-for-fixing-cbc-ca-article-previews/1033007 "2026-09-12T16:02:29Z")
This screenshot will be sent to CBC.ca to help diagnose why articles won’t preview on Discourse. CBC.ca article: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ukraine-canada-drones-defence-russia-9.7339040 Yahoo News article: E… --- ## [What would Russia be like today if the Tsar remained in power?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-russia-be-like-today-if-the-tsar-remained-in-power/1032937)
**Author:** [@spacecadet86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spacecadet86)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-russia-be-like-today-if-the-tsar-remained-in-power/1032937 "2026-09-12T15:19:06Z")
Do you see them being better, or worse off? I imagine they would not be anywhere near as bad as they are now. --- ## [A question about Otto, the auto pilot, in Airplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-otto-the-auto-pilot-in-airplane/1033006)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-otto-the-auto-pilot-in-airplane/1033006 "2026-09-12T14:23:39Z")
Do you think Otto deliberately deflated himself? --- ## [Slate: a new no-frills electric pickup truck for $20,000](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slate-a-new-no-frills-electric-pickup-truck-for-20-000/1017563)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 285\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slate-a-new-no-frills-electric-pickup-truck-for-20-000/1017563 "2026-09-12T13:22:08Z")
You can read about it here. And here. And straight from the company. The basics: Comes in one color: grey Body is made of plastic panels No integrated screen or infotainment system, no radio, no speakers, no power w… --- ## [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… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=24&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=26&state=watching)