# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=250&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 251 --- ## [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%… --- ## [Are Trump and Putin going to Alaska on Friday?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-trump-and-putin-going-to-alaska-on-friday/1021946)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 218\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2025, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-trump-and-putin-going-to-alaska-on-friday/1021946 "2025-08-30T10:22:49Z")
I reckon by now we would have heard what city was planned. Alaska is big - yet city-wise, there is Anchorage and Nome more or less on the coast and Fairbanks in the interior. I assume each President will have a security … --- ## [How do you pronounce ‘paprika’?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-paprika/1022459)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2025, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-paprika/1022459 "2025-08-30T07:31:58Z")
Was watching a cooking show and heard the host pronounce it PAH-prih-kah. I’ve always pronounced it pah-PREE-kah. Which is more correct? Is it a regional thing? I think my pronunciation is the more correct one, but I was… --- ## [AI for online novelists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-for-online-novelists/1022369)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2025, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-for-online-novelists/1022369 "2025-08-30T02:38:26Z")
My wife wrote an online novel about a woman somehow transported to Wuxia era China, in the persona of a man. Last year I did a website that was kind of intro to the book, it’s premise and characters and a link to Wattpa… --- ## [Where are all these f'ing flies coming from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-these-fing-flies-coming-from/1022565)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2025, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-these-fing-flies-coming-from/1022565 "2025-08-30T02:23:04Z")
Yesterday we had an explosion of flies emerge, probably from the downstairs bathroom, which at one point had about 20 flies. They spread through the house, most of them rather slow and stupid and easy to kill. But we kil… --- ## [What would realistically / actually happen if Trump invaded Canada and / or Greenland, Mexico, Panama, etc?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-realistically-actually-happen-if-trump-invaded-canada-and-or-greenland-mexico-panama-etc/1012898)
**Author:** [@ZenithBlade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenithBlade)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-realistically-actually-happen-if-trump-invaded-canada-and-or-greenland-mexico-panama-etc/1012898 "2025-08-30T01:29:40Z")
So i’m guessing we’ve all heard that the Fanta Menace is going on a power trip, and wants to make Canada the 51st state, has talked multiple times about invading Greenland, etc… So my question is, what realistically wou… --- ## [How to calculate (handicapped) ramp effort to push?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-calculate-handicapped-ramp-effort-to-push/1022456)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-calculate-handicapped-ramp-effort-to-push/1022456 "2025-08-30T00:11:54Z")
I had the opportunity a while back to wheel someone in and out of a home via a ramp. The ramp (one solid piece of aluminum) was much steeper (~15º) than the ADA guidelines (~5º). What I’m curious about is there a way o… --- ## [Surprisingly, President Trump just violated the Constitution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprisingly-president-trump-just-violated-the-constitution/1022517)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprisingly-president-trump-just-violated-the-constitution/1022517 "2025-08-29T23:57:29Z")
In a shocking turn of events, President Trump signed an unconstitutional executive order making burning the American flag a crime. He said it incites rioting and as per Brandenburg v. Ohio that expression that leads to … --- ## [Bridge to Sicily - what are the (span) limits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bridge-to-sicily-what-are-the-span-limits/1021782)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bridge-to-sicily-what-are-the-span-limits/1021782 "2025-08-29T23:20:19Z")
I understand the often debated bridge between the boot and Sicily will be built (u$ 15bn, ETA 2033) … which brought me to the thought of what are the length maximums for bridges (7 miles bridge makes me think there is n… --- ## [If I broke my nose I would know it right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-broke-my-nose-i-would-know-it-right/1022581)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-broke-my-nose-i-would-know-it-right/1022581 "2025-08-29T23:09:09Z")
About a week and a half ago I did a face plant on a marble table. Lots of bleeding and gave my self two black eyes to boot. The black eyes are gone now. My nose doesn’t look with shapen. And no bleeding. Basically I ha… --- ## [Is anybody else having problems getting to cracked.com articles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-having-problems-getting-to-cracked-com-articles/1022261)
**Author:** [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-having-problems-getting-to-cracked-com-articles/1022261 "2025-08-29T22:05:56Z")
Is anybody else having problems getting to cracked.com articles? I’ve had problems with this for a week or two. What’s going on? --- ## [Anybody here have a background in growing corn? Tell me about it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-have-a-background-in-growing-corn-tell-me-about-it/1022541)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-have-a-background-in-growing-corn-tell-me-about-it/1022541 "2025-08-29T22:03:46Z")
So, I’m a total suburban kid from Massachusetts, and know virtually nothing, so enlighten me, please. What I know: there are at least two types of corn. Sweet corn (the stuff we buy by the ear and eat off the cob) and … --- ## [Have any interesting fossil discoveries been made by someone driving down a highway and noticing a fossil sticking out of ground?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-interesting-fossil-discoveries-been-made-by-someone-driving-down-a-highway-and-noticing-a-fossil-sticking-out-of-ground/1022577)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-interesting-fossil-discoveries-been-made-by-someone-driving-down-a-highway-and-noticing-a-fossil-sticking-out-of-ground/1022577 "2025-08-29T21:50:32Z")
Roads go through a variety of disturbed landscapes that expose the ground below. For instance, some roads are cut through hills and you drive through a channel cut in the rock. Roadwork often plows up ground. There’s als… --- ## [Movie Scenes that Involve a Shocking Change in the Natural Landscape or Famous Landmarks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-that-involve-a-shocking-change-in-the-natural-landscape-or-famous-landmarks/1022549)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-that-involve-a-shocking-change-in-the-natural-landscape-or-famous-landmarks/1022549 "2025-08-29T17:35:39Z")
Sorry for the clunky title. I’m sure my explanation will be just as clear. What prompted me to start this is a film I’m currently watching called Bring Out the Fear . It’s about a couple walking through a forest and get… --- ## [Thunderbolts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderbolts/1010039)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderbolts/1010039 "2025-08-29T14:21:09Z")
So it looks like the MCU is going to have its own Suicide Squad. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? --- ## [MAHA Food Boxes for the Poor - Here We Go Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maha-food-boxes-for-the-poor-here-we-go-again/1022412)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maha-food-boxes-for-the-poor-here-we-go-again/1022412 "2025-08-29T14:14:13Z")
So… Trump (or his administration or RFK, Jr) want to replace current food aid to seniors with boxes of food. Most prior proposals have suggested shelf-stable food but this one wants to ship perishable food in boxes to s… --- ## [Do you know someone who dislikes all music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-someone-who-dislikes-all-music/1021314)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-someone-who-dislikes-all-music/1021314 "2025-08-29T12:12:22Z")
There’s an admin assistant at my department who is not into any form of music whatsoever. She’s about 58 and claims she’s never bought an album, doesn’t listen to music in the radio…ever, turns off any news feed that’s a… --- ## [Happy songs in a minor key?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-songs-in-a-minor-key/1022437)
**Author:** [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-songs-in-a-minor-key/1022437 "2025-08-29T06:31:49Z")
I took part in an interesting experiment today. We had a pickup band (bass, guitar, banjo, fiddle) doing nothing but minor-key songs for two hours. Playing at a farmers’ market, where no one pays attention anyway. Most … --- ## [What to respond when asked “where do you see yourself in x years” in an interview?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-respond-when-asked-where-do-you-see-yourself-in-x-years-in-an-interview/1022540)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-respond-when-asked-where-do-you-see-yourself-in-x-years-in-an-interview/1022540 "2025-08-29T05:19:39Z")
I’ve been asked this in just about every interview I’ve had in recent memory. I don’t know to answer that. Ideally I’d have won the lottery and I’d be living at my summer home on the Lake of the Ozarks. That’s my dream o… --- ## [How did your home living situation change as you got into your senior years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-home-living-situation-change-as-you-got-into-your-senior-years/1022398)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-home-living-situation-change-as-you-got-into-your-senior-years/1022398 "2025-08-29T03:15:24Z")
An older neighbor I grew up next to just sold their house to move into a condo since they couldn’t keep up with all the home maintenance. My dad talks about moving to assisted living or senior apartments if he can’t keep… --- ## [What Do Mohels Do With the Foreskins?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-mohels-do-with-the-foreskins/262992)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-mohels-do-with-the-foreskins/262992 "2025-08-29T01:17:06Z")
I’m assuming that a full-blown Jewish circumcision (as opposed to a run-of-the-mill Christian circumcision done in a hospital) complete with a Mohel and all that is done at the baby’s home. If so, what does the Mohel do … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=249&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=251&state=tracking)