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**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… --- ## [The 2008 Pepsi logo change](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2008-pepsi-logo-change/1022455)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2008-pepsi-logo-change/1022455 "2025-08-25T17:56:17Z")
There wasn’t all that much of a change. You can look for yourself should you choose. However. . . The consulting group who designed it had a 27-page pdf describing the change in which they reference such stuff as the … --- ## [How many women have won the NBA championship?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-women-have-won-the-nba-championship/1019991)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-women-have-won-the-nba-championship/1019991 "2025-08-25T17:39:50Z")
Indiana Pacers assistant coach Jenny Boucek is attempting to win the NBA championship tonight. How many women have won the NBA championship as coaches? How about as owners? --- ## [Is indexing working OK?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-indexing-working-ok/1022442)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-indexing-working-ok/1022442 "2025-08-25T17:19:23Z")
I see very few latest posts. In particular I was going to look at the latest Starship thread. When I search for it from Firefox history I find a post from Dr.Strangelove a half hour ago–but I don’t see that in the list o… --- ## [Sedans don't have rear window wipers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sedans-dont-have-rear-window-wipers/731515)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sedans-dont-have-rear-window-wipers/731515 "2025-08-25T17:05:26Z")
I brought in my Mazda for some routine service and ran into the guy who sold it to me. I told him the only thing I wasn’t crazy about was that it doesn’t have a rear window wiper. He looked a bit puzzled and said, “Sed… --- ## [Comedy sketch identification - heard on the Dr. Demento show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-sketch-identification-heard-on-the-dr-demento-show/1022436)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-sketch-identification-heard-on-the-dr-demento-show/1022436 "2025-08-25T16:58:58Z")
I heard this one in the 1980s and was thinking of it today. Probably from the 1960s or late 1950s. It’s a parody of a pop radio broadcast, with bits of “the latest hit song” that all sound the same: “Oh, Edna, oh, Edna, … --- ## [Does anyone else say "wol-ef" instead of "wolf"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-say-wol-ef-instead-of-wolf/1022445)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-say-wol-ef-instead-of-wolf/1022445 "2025-08-25T16:38:50Z")
But only when I talk to my dog. He likes the way it sounds and he cocks his head intently. The thing is, I have heard other dog owners say it the same way! --- ## [Well I almost died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-almost-died/1020704)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-almost-died/1020704 "2025-08-25T13:32:48Z")
A friend and I went for a planned camp/hike/summit three days ago. The hike in was great. Warm, sunny and clear. I had obsessively checked the forecast for the area on weather.com which was mistake number one. I’ve since… --- ## [(Old) Imagine a world with no MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-imagine-a-world-with-no-mmp/1022207)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 304\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-imagine-a-world-with-no-mmp/1022207 "2025-08-25T12:17:37Z")
The horror! The horror!! What would we do?? Happy Moanday anyway! --- ## [Scariest movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-movie/1020831)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-movie/1020831 "2025-08-25T01:43:36Z")
We’re watching Fail Safe (1964). It just ended. I’ve often thought that Johnny Got His Gun (1971) was the most depressing film I’ve seen. But I’ve always thought Fail Safe was the scariest’… and most bleak. --- ## [Greatest living American elimination game (game thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-living-american-elimination-game-game-thread/1019715)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 508\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-living-american-elimination-game-game-thread/1019715 "2025-08-25T01:06:44Z")
Background: Greatest living American elimination game (setup thread) Vote for one person each round whom you think is least worthy to be called the greatest living American, and thus should be eliminated from the game. … --- ## [Who am I, when was I born? Apple ID amnesia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-am-i-when-was-i-born-apple-id-amnesia/1022402)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-am-i-when-was-i-born-apple-id-amnesia/1022402 "2025-08-25T00:01:46Z")
I have a work iphone that they manage; install all software & push updates, etc. I now need two (free) apps for work that they don’t handle, this means I need to create an apple ID to have access to the play store to do… --- ## [RIP Hulk Hogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-hulk-hogan/1021276)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-hulk-hogan/1021276 "2025-08-24T23:40:09Z")
Pro wrestler Hulk Hogan has died at age 71 following a reported cardiac arrest at his Clearwater, Florida home. --- ## [Looking for FACTUAL answer regarding radical Islam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-factual-answer-regarding-radical-islam/1022160)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-factual-answer-regarding-radical-islam/1022160 "2025-08-24T21:50:59Z")
In the strictest, most undebatable terms possible, can anyone explain what the world would look like if radical islamic terrorists had what they want? Would Islam be in all countries everywhere is that what they believe … --- ## [Question about dealing with professionals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dealing-with-professionals/1022403)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dealing-with-professionals/1022403 "2025-08-24T21:37:46Z")
You contact a business about having some work done. A representative shows up, asks questions, makes notes, takes pictures, whatever, then says he’ll get back to you in 2 or 3 days, next week, some specified time. The de… --- ## [Would Alex P. Keaton be a Trumpist today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-alex-p-keaton-be-a-trumpist-today/1022321)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-alex-p-keaton-be-a-trumpist-today/1022321 "2025-08-24T21:11:29Z")
My wife was watching Family Ties on one of those streaming rerun channels on Pluto or whatever. She commented that Alex would be a Trump supporter if the show were made today. That got me to thinking… Family Ties ran … --- ## [Only a bunker buster bomb can bust Iran's Fordo nuclear complex. Really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-a-bunker-buster-bomb-can-bust-irans-fordo-nuclear-complex-really/1019792)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-a-bunker-buster-bomb-can-bust-irans-fordo-nuclear-complex-really/1019792 "2025-08-24T20:18:29Z")
The US has a 30,000 pound bomb named the GBU-57 A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator, one or several of which are suppose to be able to destroy Iran’s Fordo nuclear enrichment facility, located under maybe 80 meters of rock a… --- ## [Favorite first contact story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-first-contact-story/989533)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-first-contact-story/989533 "2025-08-24T20:09:01Z")
In IMHO there is currently a thread wondering if aliens are visiting Earth. What I’d like this thread to be about is the fictional tales of first contact between humans and non-humans. Mine is a short story titled “Cus… --- ## [Does this hat exist, or do I have to invent it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-hat-exist-or-do-i-have-to-invent-it/1022299)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-hat-exist-or-do-i-have-to-invent-it/1022299 "2025-08-24T18:43:23Z")
The hat would be purple and would say “Make America Grape Again”. Where can I get one? --- ## [Greenhouse gas contributions due to AI adoption](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greenhouse-gas-contributions-due-to-ai-adoption/1022313)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greenhouse-gas-contributions-due-to-ai-adoption/1022313 "2025-08-24T17:32:03Z")
Are there any estimates for the impact of AI adoption at current and near term estimated adoption levels on greenhouse gas emissions targets achievement? I understand that the big techs are also funding development of a… --- ## [What was the first movie to use CGI?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-movie-to-use-cgi/1022354)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-movie-to-use-cgi/1022354 "2025-08-24T17:30:47Z")
The first movie i noticed it, was the 1985 film “Young Sherlock Holmes”, a great movie btw. Maybe there were movies before that, where i didnt notice the CGI? Star Wars? Others? --- ## [Parking garage collapse in Lower Manhattan \[2023-04-18\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parking-garage-collapse-in-lower-manhattan-2023-04-18/982874)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parking-garage-collapse-in-lower-manhattan-2023-04-18/982874 "2025-08-24T16:20:02Z")
A parking garage has collapsed. --- ## [Apparently I'm going to be kicked off the boards (Discourse upcoming incompatibility){New cheap PC posts moved out}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-im-going-to-be-kicked-off-the-boards-discourse-upcoming-incompatibility-new-cheap-pc-posts-moved-out/1016432)
**Author:** [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-im-going-to-be-kicked-off-the-boards-discourse-upcoming-incompatibility-new-cheap-pc-posts-moved-out/1016432 "2025-08-24T14:15:04Z")
Says the banner at the top of the page" Your browser will soon be incompatible with this community. To keep participating here, please upgrade your browser or learn more. Says (in part) the explanation when I click o… --- ## [How do I get Facebook to prove that I violated community standards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-facebook-to-prove-that-i-violated-community-standards/1022396)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-facebook-to-prove-that-i-violated-community-standards/1022396 "2025-08-24T14:08:41Z")
My account was disabled. The page says that it was because I violated community standards. I point out (note: not claim, not assert, not think, not feel; this is an objective fact, and not subject to debate), that they … --- ## [I asked Alexa a question, and she cited Straightdope.com!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-asked-alexa-a-question-and-she-cited-straightdope-com/1022428)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-asked-alexa-a-question-and-she-cited-straightdope-com/1022428 "2025-08-24T13:59:59Z")
For those who love to prove that we are still relevant in the modern age, I’m including a recent question I asked Alexa as I was cooking dinner, after driving home from the movies in the rain: “alexa are compact sedans… --- ## [I'm trying to search for full movies on dailymotion.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-to-search-for-full-movies-on-dailymotion-com/998372)
**Author:** [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-to-search-for-full-movies-on-dailymotion-com/998372 "2025-08-24T13:59:08Z")
I found dailymotion randomly, looking for a place to stream Finding Nemo for free. No commercials and I didn’t have to sign up for anything, what more do you want? but now I want to see more free movies there and I don’… --- ## [Awesome cover songs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-cover-songs/472994)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-cover-songs/472994 "2025-08-24T08:26:10Z")
What are some of your favorite cover versions of songs? I’ll start with a few. Most of these are rock/alt, but feel free to add whatever. My personal favorites are towards the top. \[ul\] \[li\]Mad World - Gary Jules co… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=252&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=254&state=tracking)