# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=252 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 253 --- ## [Statins for all men of a certain age?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statins-for-all-men-of-a-certain-age/968921)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statins-for-all-men-of-a-certain-age/968921 "2025-08-27T02:08:05Z")
Yes, I know you are not my doctors, and apologies for yet another thread about statins/cholesterol. But I just got back from my annual checkup, and am casting a wide net for information/opinions. First the stats: Age … --- ## [Poll answers being canceled if you scroll up the thread then back down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-answers-being-canceled-if-you-scroll-up-the-thread-then-back-down/1022490)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-answers-being-canceled-if-you-scroll-up-the-thread-then-back-down/1022490 "2025-08-27T01:03:30Z")
Polls only: No Discussion, to Hatchie’s multiple choice poll. Three times now I’ve scrolled up, then back down, only to see that my single choice has been wiped out and I had to choose it again. It seems to only cancel… --- ## [DoorDash driver stole my dinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doordash-driver-stole-my-dinner/1009211)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doordash-driver-stole-my-dinner/1009211 "2025-08-27T00:59:01Z")
I was going to post this in the monthly mini-rants thread in the Pit, but it’s kind of a long story, so here we are in MPSIMS. I ordered a pizza from Pizza Hut the other night. They aren’t my favorite, but it’s either t… --- ## [Civvies gifted with real (not honorary) military ranks? WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civvies-gifted-with-real-not-honorary-military-ranks-wtf/1020119)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civvies-gifted-with-real-not-honorary-military-ranks-wtf/1020119 "2025-08-27T00:49:50Z")
Why US army swore in tech executives as lieutenant colonels | Snopes.com Apparently four tech execs got sworn in as lieutenant colonels and jumped 16 ranks despite zero military training, just so they could serve part-t… --- ## [Haboob/Aircraft Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haboob-aircraft-question/1022513)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haboob-aircraft-question/1022513 "2025-08-26T23:55:07Z")
As evidenced by the recent activity in and around Phoenix, it’s Haboob season. Unless I am mistaken, I thought I saw a video of an aircraft taking off during during such an event. I also saw numerous aircraft sitting on … --- ## [Should it be more common to cut diplomatic ties with rogue regimes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-it-be-more-common-to-cut-diplomatic-ties-with-rogue-regimes/1022491)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-it-be-more-common-to-cut-diplomatic-ties-with-rogue-regimes/1022491 "2025-08-26T23:31:59Z")
Australia found that Iran had masterminded arson attacks against the Jewish community in Sydney and Melbourne. In response, Australia has cut diplomatic ties with Iran and expelled all Iranian diplomats. In internationa… --- ## [Solon = councilman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solon-councilman/1021517)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solon-councilman/1021517 "2025-08-26T21:58:33Z")
I was reading some newspaper articles from the 1950s and they always referred to the local council men as “solons”. I see that “lawmaker” is indeed a definition for solon but I don’t think I have ever seen it before. Gu… --- ## [Numbered streets outside of North America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numbered-streets-outside-of-north-america/1020356)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numbered-streets-outside-of-north-america/1020356 "2025-08-26T21:00:20Z")
Are numbered streets (i.e. 5th Ave., 2nd St., etc.) strictly a Canada/USA thing? I don’t recall seeing them in Europe, Asia, or Australia. It could be to do with the general lack of a grid street layout in most older cit… --- ## [Talk to me about General Anesthesia and the Elderly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-general-anesthesia-and-the-elderly/1022469)
**Author:** [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-general-anesthesia-and-the-elderly/1022469 "2025-08-26T18:12:45Z")
That’s it. That’s what I want to know. Is anesthesia generally safe? Or generally risky? Is it generally true that the older/less healthy you are going in the more likely you are to have a poor outcome? If someone … --- ## [Is Chicago "out of control" and is it a sanctuary city](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chicago-out-of-control-and-is-it-a-sanctuary-city/1022334)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chicago-out-of-control-and-is-it-a-sanctuary-city/1022334 "2025-08-26T17:54:45Z")
I have a friend on the east coast who is a Paul McCartney fanatic. I noticed he has playing near her and so I forwarded her a link. She wrote back: “Yes, I saw the news about the Get Back Tour. Macca will be in Chicago … --- ## [I need help making an ARG](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-making-an-arg/1018914)
**Author:** [@IMadeLem0nade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMadeLem0nade)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-making-an-arg/1018914 "2025-08-26T17:39:21Z")
I need help making an ARG, because i’m all fresh out of ideas. Who would like to collaborate with me? --- ## [Your life - luck or good management](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-life-luck-or-good-management/1022103)
**Author:** [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-life-luck-or-good-management/1022103 "2025-08-26T17:22:13Z")
For my part I do believe luck has played a strong role for me as opposed to good management. Very much a grasshopper as opposed to an industrious ant. There is some good management …I founded and ran a small Mac compute… --- ## [Flickers of Kindness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flickers-of-kindness/1022497)
**Author:** [@Wallet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallet)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flickers-of-kindness/1022497 "2025-08-26T17:10:52Z")
Things in my life have been kind of bleak lately. I don’t leave the house, I mostly just sit and cry. But yesterday a friend forced me to go out with her and get lunch. She talked about anything and everything, and had … --- ## [GOP and women's right to vote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-and-womens-right-to-vote/1022016)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-and-womens-right-to-vote/1022016 "2025-08-26T16:59:39Z")
Looks like we’re on the way to “The Handmaids Tale”. First the GOP/Supreme Court took away right to abortion. Then some Reps–men and women–wanted women to be housewives rather than workers, now from 8/12 YouTube Defense… --- ## [ID this cheerleader movie, 1990-2010](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-cheerleader-movie-1990-2010/1022493)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-cheerleader-movie-1990-2010/1022493 "2025-08-26T15:14:49Z")
I’m trying to track down a dimly-remembered movie from the 1990s-2000s. A squad of cheerleaders uses their cheerleader abilities to pull some kind of heist. I think one of them might be pregnant or something. Another of … --- ## [My niece is a Fulbright Scholar!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-niece-is-a-fulbright-scholar/1018689)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-niece-is-a-fulbright-scholar/1018689 "2025-08-26T12:49:19Z")
For those of you who follow me, more or less, yes, this is the same niece who has gone to Indonesia twice, as part of two different exchange programs. She will be teaching English in Slovakia during the next academic ye… --- ## [What do they call a footlong in France?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-they-call-a-footlong-in-france/1022421)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-they-call-a-footlong-in-france/1022421 "2025-08-26T11:08:03Z")
The BMT is still the BMT but it’s “Le BMT”. --- ## [USB-A to USB-C Mysteries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usb-a-to-usb-c-mysteries/1022453)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usb-a-to-usb-c-mysteries/1022453 "2025-08-26T08:34:38Z")
I have an external accessory for my PC tablet. It connects to the PC via USB for both power & data. It happens to be an RFID reader/writer, which means very low power draw. But the device type in and of itself probably i… --- ## [The I Hate Rap thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-hate-rap-thread/209358)
**Author:** [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cornelius_Tuggerson)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-hate-rap-thread/209358 "2025-08-26T00:44:22Z")
I’ve taken about as much as a human being physically can. Every party I am at they play that god awful good for nothing rap. Every time I am hanging out at somebody’s place they click on win amp and here comes even more … --- ## [I just wrote the saddest song ever, totally by accident.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-wrote-the-saddest-song-ever-totally-by-accident/306497)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-wrote-the-saddest-song-ever-totally-by-accident/306497 "2025-08-26T00:43:33Z")
I swear I didn’t mean to. It’s even in a major key and full of fifths and major chords! But it’s sad. Maybe it’s all the violins. --- ## [Medical opinions desired; heart problems manifesting as gut issues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-opinions-desired-heart-problems-manifesting-as-gut-issues/1022441)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-opinions-desired-heart-problems-manifesting-as-gut-issues/1022441 "2025-08-26T00:29:53Z")
Right off the bat, let me say nobody’s opinions are gonna make the slightest bit of difference to the person who is actually ill. Nobody will be acting on anything. It is not me, it is my best friend, who is currently in… --- ## [Questions about the "Chicago out of control" FQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-chicago-out-of-control-fq/1022473)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-chicago-out-of-control-fq/1022473 "2025-08-26T00:21:55Z")
Chronos has been keeping a pretty tight rein on this thread, saying “stats and data” are on topic, but not personal anecdotes, and hid several posts deemed inappropriate. I have no strong feelings about the modding in… --- ## [Does the phrase "beans, greens, potatoes, tomatoes" mean anything to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-phrase-beans-greens-potatoes-tomatoes-mean-anything-to-you/1022475)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-phrase-beans-greens-potatoes-tomatoes-mean-anything-to-you/1022475 "2025-08-25T23:36:53Z")
I first heard this phrase in an SNL bit. The setting was a Democratic debate, and Corey Booker, portrayed by Chris Redd, was trying to demonstrate his Black cred and said, “Black church. Barbershop. Beans. Greens. Potato… --- ## [Was earth forming a sudden thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-earth-forming-a-sudden-thing/1021938)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-earth-forming-a-sudden-thing/1021938 "2025-08-25T23:29:54Z")
Or how do we determine when earth was “earth”? I realize that earth was formed through a process of swirling gas clouds being pulled together by gravity, it’s a fluid process. But is there a point towards the end where i… --- ## [Most annoying TV cartoon series sidekick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-tv-cartoon-series-sidekick/1022417)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-tv-cartoon-series-sidekick/1022417 "2025-08-25T23:10:04Z")
Slimer, Orko, Uni, Snarf, Scrappy Doo or some other annoying little critter? --- ## [Shortest distance from the U.S. mainland to Hawaii](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortest-distance-from-the-u-s-mainland-to-hawaii/803746)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortest-distance-from-the-u-s-mainland-to-hawaii/803746 "2025-08-25T22:53:41Z")
Assume someone wants to fly a General Aviation aircraft from North America to Hawaii. Which airport on the U.S. mainland (including Alaska and its peninsula) or Canada is closest to the nearest airport in the Hawaiian i… --- ## [Traffic signal question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-signal-question/1022463)
**Author:** [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-signal-question/1022463 "2025-08-25T20:41:59Z")
This is about U.S. traffic signals. We have an intersection of two streets: east-west 10th Street and north-south York Boulevard (not the actual street names), and a video camera pointed west on 10th Street. The video sh… --- ## [Acronyms in common use with multiple meanings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-in-common-use-with-multiple-meanings/490337)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acronyms-in-common-use-with-multiple-meanings/490337 "2025-08-25T20:30:41Z")
A current thread is dealing with AWB (Assault Weapons Ban) and I assumed (before the mouseover) that is was about Average White Band(showing my age, I’m sure). Thus this thread. AWB (second sense) may not qualify for the… --- ## ["Condescension" as understood by Jane Austen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/condescension-as-understood-by-jane-austen/666326)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/condescension-as-understood-by-jane-austen/666326 "2025-08-25T20:04:55Z")
In the novel Pride and Prejudice, the character of Mr. Collins is brilliantly drawn as a man of extraordinarily little wit. Whenever he speaks, particularly when he speaks of his patroness Lady Catherine de Bourgh, he in… --- ## [Help me ID a novel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-a-novel/963691)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-a-novel/963691 "2025-08-25T17:59:52Z")
I thought it was a Nick Hornby book, but I looked through the descriptions of his books and it’s not jumping out. The main thing I remember is this guy (who is seeing someone at the time, I think) has a crush on this fa… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=251) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=253)