# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=254 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 255 --- ## [How did salty replace bitter as an adjective for personality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-salty-replace-bitter-as-an-adjective-for-personality/1022228)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-salty-replace-bitter-as-an-adjective-for-personality/1022228 "2025-08-24T01:48:51Z")
Not just how, but the overall circumstances. ISTM that a few to several years ago, people started using “salty” as an adjective to describe someone who would have previously been described as bitter. What were the circ… --- ## [Biblical trash talking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biblical-trash-talking/1022404)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biblical-trash-talking/1022404 "2025-08-24T01:06:30Z")
In the Biblical story of Lot and his daughters, they end up out in the wilderness alone. The daughters want to have kids, but the only man around is daddy. So they get their father drunk and lay with him. The offspring a… --- ## [How will this meeting with lawyer go? (wills and car titles)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-this-meeting-with-lawyer-go-wills-and-car-titles/1021468)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-this-meeting-with-lawyer-go-wills-and-car-titles/1021468 "2025-08-24T00:57:51Z")
Please help me anticipate how a meeting with our lawyer is going to go. My spouse and I are both having wills drawn up. She is especially worried because her brother in law recently died without a will, leaving big messe… --- ## [Cover songs. (Again)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-again/1022418)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-songs-again/1022418 "2025-08-24T00:27:11Z")
I’m close to 100% sure that this forum has a cover song thread, but… my search skills, honed on google, yahoo & bing are defeated by Discord. Anyway. Here is a lovely version of the Beatles, covered by a great dub/regga… --- ## [Super Simple Math Problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-simple-math-problem/1022377)
**Author:** [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-simple-math-problem/1022377 "2025-08-23T23:26:20Z")
I play an online game and after each battle a chest is awarded. There are 4 different “levels” of chest you can win. The frequency that each level is awarded is out of whack to their worth but I want someone to double … --- ## [Cell-phone time: which way makes more sense?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-time-which-way-makes-more-sense/1022342)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-time-which-way-makes-more-sense/1022342 "2025-08-23T21:42:27Z")
Offhand guess: most? all? cell phones are supposed to change their displayed time from 11:59 to 12:00 at 12:00:00. Think it makes more sense to show the rounded-to-the-nearest-minute time, changing to 12:00 at 11:59:30? … --- ## [Thoughts on the Global Erosion of Democracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-the-global-erosion-of-democracy/1022361)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-the-global-erosion-of-democracy/1022361 "2025-08-23T21:16:46Z")
Let’s not turn this into a Trump thread, except to the extent it backs an assertion or other on-topic use. We have plenty of threads about Trump and what he’s doing. What do you think is the reason for the decline in de… --- ## [Did people in the Confederacy/South look down on slave owners who were particularly barbaric?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-in-the-confederacy-south-look-down-on-slave-owners-who-were-particularly-barbaric/1022339)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-in-the-confederacy-south-look-down-on-slave-owners-who-were-particularly-barbaric/1022339 "2025-08-23T18:22:39Z")
Cruelty was the norm, of course, but were there levels or tiers of what was considered acceptable in the South? Like, “Whipping your slaves, breeding them as lifestock and splitting up families is fine since they’re subh… --- ## [So was the James Webb Space Telescope a top secret project or what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-the-james-webb-space-telescope-a-top-secret-project-or-what/1022166)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-the-james-webb-space-telescope-a-top-secret-project-or-what/1022166 "2025-08-23T17:16:22Z")
Ok I’m being sarcastic. I’ve been binging space documentaries lately. And it just got me to thinking. I’ve been a fan of these types of documentaries since I was a kid. Usually these shows are pretty good about telling… --- ## [National Guard as a long-term armed adjunct to law enforcement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-guard-as-a-long-term-armed-adjunct-to-law-enforcement/1022159)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-guard-as-a-long-term-armed-adjunct-to-law-enforcement/1022159 "2025-08-23T16:40:55Z")
From Wikipedia: The majority of National Guard soldiers and airmen hold a civilian job full-time while serving part-time as a National Guard member.\[4\]\[5\] These part-time guardsmen are augmented by a full-time cadre of… --- ## [I've been thinking it over for a week now, but there's no way around it: justice simply demands that I sue the Klondike bar company](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-thinking-it-over-for-a-week-now-but-theres-no-way-around-it-justice-simply-demands-that-i-sue-the-klondike-bar-company/1020946)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-thinking-it-over-for-a-week-now-but-theres-no-way-around-it-justice-simply-demands-that-i-sue-the-klondike-bar-company/1020946 "2025-08-23T16:07:38Z")
The weather here in New England has been awful, just like in so many other parts of the USA. As in, day after day of humidity in the 90 percent ranges and temperatures to match. I finally caved and bought a package of … --- ## [Emmett Till's accuser dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmett-tills-accuser-dies/983282)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmett-tills-accuser-dies/983282 "2025-08-23T13:06:09Z")
Carolyn Bryant has died at age 88. In recent years, there were renewed calls for law enforcement officials to question her about her shifting and dubious accusations that led to the brutal murder of Emmett Till in Missi… --- ## [Match Game 1980, what would you have put here? "IS IT \_\_\_\_\_\_ YET?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-1980-what-would-you-have-put-here-is-it-yet/1022119)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-1980-what-would-you-have-put-here-is-it-yet/1022119 "2025-08-23T07:33:15Z")
This was one of those TOP THREE MATCHES blanks, where they polled the audience and got the three most popular, written replies. Reply first, to this topic, if you didn’t mind. Reply with your answer and see if you can f… --- ## [Anyone got strong opinions on slim wallets/leathergoods?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-got-strong-opinions-on-slim-wallets-leathergoods/1022227)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-got-strong-opinions-on-slim-wallets-leathergoods/1022227 "2025-08-23T05:55:48Z")
I’m thinking of replacing my quite old Coach wallet. I think my last 2-3 wallets were all Coach bifolds, which each lasted a good decade. Over the past decade I’ve greatly cut down on the contents of my wallet, and am … --- ## [The series you've been waiting for. Dexter: Original Sin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-series-youve-been-waiting-for-dexter-original-sin/1007193)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-series-youve-been-waiting-for-dexter-original-sin/1007193 "2025-08-23T03:29:21Z")
Dexter, the early years and the origin story of your favorite serial killer. IMDB Premiers Dec 14. Only one episode publicly scheduled at this time, so make what you will of that. Personally I thought New Blood provi… --- ## [NY AG Letitia James drops the (civil) hammer {On Trump & Family} \[9/21/2022\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-ag-letitia-james-drops-the-civil-hammer-on-trump-family-9-21-2022/971991)
**Author:** [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Replies:** 3536\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-ag-letitia-james-drops-the-civil-hammer-on-trump-family-9-21-2022/971991 "2025-08-22T22:32:56Z")
New York AG Letitia James announces lawsuit of Donald Trump, his company and family members over fraud claims $250,000,000. For starters. --- ## [Oh that's who that was?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-who-that-was/1017935)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-who-that-was/1017935 "2025-08-22T21:06:22Z")
It was only just today that I realized Pedro Pascal played Oberyn Martell on Game of Thrones. He was so great in that part but I just never connected them. Has that ever happened to you where you realize someone played … --- ## [DND OGL - Is anyone following this? Thoughts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnd-ogl-is-anyone-following-this-thoughts/977886)
**Author:** [@vislor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vislor)\ **Replies:** 713\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnd-ogl-is-anyone-following-this-thoughts/977886 "2025-08-22T19:33:30Z")
I didn’t see anywhere this was being discussed and am curious about Dopers take on it. Admins, merge if needed. Back in Nov/Dec, I don’t remember when, there was a board meeting with WotC. Transcripts/audio from that … --- ## [My son just had hip replacement surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-just-had-hip-replacement-surgery/1022324)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-just-had-hip-replacement-surgery/1022324 "2025-08-22T16:39:38Z")
My son had hip replacement surgery yesterday, which naturally had me in fits of worry, both about the surgery and the recovery process. It’s pretty much the most major surgery anyone in the immediate family has had in r… --- ## [Paul Reubens (posthumously) comes out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-reubens-posthumously-comes-out/1013419)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-reubens-posthumously-comes-out/1013419 "2025-08-22T16:03:13Z")
It’s sad that he never felt comfortable revealing who he really was when he was alive, but better late than never. --- ## [How did Mt Shasta become the Woo Capital of the World?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-mt-shasta-become-the-woo-capital-of-the-world/1021906)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-mt-shasta-become-the-woo-capital-of-the-world/1021906 "2025-08-22T14:47:05Z")
I just got back from a lovely few days near Mt Shasta, CA. Forests, mountains (one dramatic mountain in particular), lakes, rivers, waterfalls…gorgeous. The tiny town of Mt Shasta, CA raises my question. Every other s… --- ## [Misheard Song Lyrics (aka eggcorns or Mondegreens)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misheard-song-lyrics-aka-eggcorns-or-mondegreens/816977)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misheard-song-lyrics-aka-eggcorns-or-mondegreens/816977 "2025-08-22T12:14:47Z")
Per Google, there have been a number of threads about this on the SDMB over the years, but I can’t find any more recent than 2015 and people always seem to get cranky and make jokes about zombies when I try to be parsimo… --- ## [Need a new word](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-word/1022048)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-word/1022048 "2025-08-22T10:10:14Z")
I need suggestions for what to call this feeling: when you are unable to perform a task or get a device or function to work properly, and you ask someone for help. But as they attempt to perform the task/operate the de… --- ## ["Unconditional Surrender"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unconditional-surrender/1022118)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unconditional-surrender/1022118 "2025-08-22T02:39:29Z")
A spinoff from the justified-A-Bomb discussion: Think it was January 1943 that FDR said the Allies expected “Unconditional Surrender” from the Axis. Later, he said it wasn’t a considered statement – that Grant’s famous… --- ## [Voicing limited and qualified agreement with a bigoted stereotype](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voicing-limited-and-qualified-agreement-with-a-bigoted-stereotype/1021561)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 375\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voicing-limited-and-qualified-agreement-with-a-bigoted-stereotype/1021561 "2025-08-22T00:44:50Z")
How does one point out the one tiny nugget of truth in an otherwise noxious stereotype without being immediately shut down as a wholehearted supporter and propagandist of such a stereotype? Apparently some topics are con… --- ## [Second year anniversary of moving to The Home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-year-anniversary-of-moving-to-the-home/1021890)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-year-anniversary-of-moving-to-the-home/1021890 "2025-08-21T21:46:29Z")
I have two previous threads on my saga of displacement and resettling, if anyone cares to look back. I certainly don’t plan to – it was a difficult time. I reread some journal entries from the time of the move, Aug 4 to … --- ## [How Often do you find errors in delivery menus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-find-errors-in-delivery-menus/1021408)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-find-errors-in-delivery-menus/1021408 "2025-08-21T21:40:37Z")
I ordered a dinner from a local restaurant. It comes with two sides and a bread. I made my choices. The bill was higher than expected. I let it slide. The restaurant texted me asking for my 2 side choices. I had been c… --- ## [Our health insurance has been paused](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-health-insurance-has-been-paused/1022365)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-health-insurance-has-been-paused/1022365 "2025-08-21T21:25:17Z")
I retired in June, and got my last paycheck on July 28. My pension hasn’t kicked in yet, so we’re without insurance (I elected to keep our plan, since it would be a lot less expensive than ACA. Because DC retirement bo… --- ## [Bruce Lehrmann and his sado-masochistic tendencies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bruce-lehrmann-and-his-sado-masochistic-tendencies/1022353)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bruce-lehrmann-and-his-sado-masochistic-tendencies/1022353 "2025-08-21T21:15:11Z")
It’s been a famous case here in Australia. A parliament staffer accused of raping an underling yada yada. He was initially acquitted of the crime of rape, but decided to appeal the verdict in a civil court. Big fuck-up. … --- ## [RIP Judge Caprio of "Caught in Providence" fame](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-judge-caprio-of-caught-in-providence-fame/1022347)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-judge-caprio-of-caught-in-providence-fame/1022347 "2025-08-21T20:24:12Z")
Judge Frank Caprio was featured on the Youtube channel “Caught In Providence”. He was something of an internet sensation and was well known for his compassion and humor while dealing with defendants in his traffic court… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=253) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=255)