# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=255&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 256 --- ## [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… --- ## [Fish tacos: Battered & fried, or grilled?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-tacos-battered-fried-or-grilled/853180)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-tacos-battered-fried-or-grilled/853180 "2025-08-21T18:56:50Z")
Do you prefer the fish in your fish tacos to be battered and fried, or grilled? For the purposes of this poll, I include ‘breaded’ in ‘battered and fried’. By ‘grilled’, I mean flat-iron grill or equivalent (e.g., cast… --- ## [Which to get first](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-to-get-first/1021913)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-to-get-first/1021913 "2025-08-21T18:37:02Z")
I get a flu shot every year. I got it a few months ago. What to get next, covid booster ( only had 2 modernas 4 years ago) Pneumonia, or rsv ( had it in Dec. dog sick.) How many days between shots? --- ## [seemerot.com? Is this coffin webcam REAL?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seemerot-com-is-this-coffin-webcam-real/230600)
**Author:** [@chefIL11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chefIL11)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seemerot-com-is-this-coffin-webcam-real/230600 "2025-08-21T18:32:44Z")
I recently visited www.seemerot.com which is a live webcam inside a coffin that is taping a woman in her 40’s who passed away from “natural causes” something isn’t right here… they claim its real but there is very loo… --- ## [Are there any cases where the holotype of an extent animal turns out to have been very unusual?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-cases-where-the-holotype-of-an-extent-animal-turns-out-to-have-been-very-unusual/1022311)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-cases-where-the-holotype-of-an-extent-animal-turns-out-to-have-been-very-unusual/1022311 "2025-08-21T18:19:19Z")
In biology, the first (usually) example of a given species that is scientifically described is the holotype, and all other examples of the species are determined to be members of that species based on their similarities … --- ## [So, getting back to the free will vs determinism discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-getting-back-to-the-free-will-vs-determinism-discussion/1022184)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-getting-back-to-the-free-will-vs-determinism-discussion/1022184 "2025-08-21T16:19:03Z")
I claim to be volitional, to have free will. If I am in charge of what happens, where it’s all up to my approval and my choice, then I am alone and there is no other with whom to interact, to affect or be affected by. … --- ## [Pernicious notion: not having an elected official of your particular stripe means you're unrepresented](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pernicious-notion-not-having-an-elected-official-of-your-particular-stripe-means-youre-unrepresented/1022362)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pernicious-notion-not-having-an-elected-official-of-your-particular-stripe-means-youre-unrepresented/1022362 "2025-08-21T15:07:22Z")
I’d like to discuss something I’ve noticed becoming more prominent over the past decade or so. That is the idea that if the elected representative for your particular district (whatever- city, county, state, Federal) is… --- ## [Water Fountains](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-fountains/1022287)
**Author:** [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-fountains/1022287 "2025-08-21T14:42:30Z")
WTF are many public water fountains still turned off? Most were turned off during the initial COVID epidemic. But the initial scare is mostly over. Plus: why turn them off in the first place? Were people putting thei… --- ## [Is there a way to see what someone is saying on Truth Social without having to join Truth Social?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-see-what-someone-is-saying-on-truth-social-without-having-to-join-truth-social/1022220)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-see-what-someone-is-saying-on-truth-social-without-having-to-join-truth-social/1022220 "2025-08-21T13:17:07Z")
I want to keep up with whatever a certain someone is posting on that site, but I don’t want to give them another subscriber. Is there a proxy or some other system that allows me to see what’s being said there without hav… --- ## [What are your experiences with ketogenic diets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-experiences-with-ketogenic-diets/1022300)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2025, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-experiences-with-ketogenic-diets/1022300 "2025-08-21T11:13:15Z")
Not seeking medical advice per se, more like perspective. I’m wondering how typical or atypical my own experiences with low-carb diets have been. Especially, does anyone here have experience with trying to lose substanti… --- ## [What was this carnival ride?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-carnival-ride/1022352)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2025, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-carnival-ride/1022352 "2025-08-21T11:00:04Z")
I only saw this once, at a carnival in the parking lot of a Shopko in the mid-70’s. It was a series of cages that swung, back and forth. One or more occupants standing would use their arms and legs to pump the cage and … --- ## [Rewatching seasons/film in preparation for new season/film](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewatching-seasons-film-in-preparation-for-new-season-film/1020472)
**Author:** [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2025, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewatching-seasons-film-in-preparation-for-new-season-film/1020472 "2025-08-21T10:59:48Z")
Do you do this? There have been a fair number of new seasons/instalments of movie series coming out recently, and more are coming. In the age of streaming it is easy to rewatch earlier seasons or movies. I find I’m rewa… --- ## [Anyone been to Meow Wolf? What is it like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-to-meow-wolf-what-is-it-like/986579)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2025, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-to-meow-wolf-what-is-it-like/986579 "2025-08-21T03:17:20Z")
A Meow Wolf location is opening in Grapevine (between D and FW) in Texas. Being in Central Texas, we’re about four hours away. It seems like it might be a fun weekend trip with the wife, but I just can’t get a handle o… --- ## [Were you an "essential worker" in 2020?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-an-essential-worker-in-2020/996257)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-an-essential-worker-in-2020/996257 "2025-08-21T03:04:06Z")
Since there’s talk of winding this forum down, I thought this would be a good time to reflect on what’s certainly been the biggest historical event to happen in my lifetime (which includes 9/11 and the fall of the Soviet… --- ## [What percentage of people survive a heart attack, I am having trouble finding info](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-people-survive-a-heart-attack-i-am-having-trouble-finding-info/1022338)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2025, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-people-survive-a-heart-attack-i-am-having-trouble-finding-info/1022338 "2025-08-21T01:37:33Z")
A quick google search turns up results like ‘90% of people survive a heart attack’. But then I read that that is only for the people who get to the hospital. Among people who never go to the hospital, or never make it t… --- ## [What Does "Turn" Mean on My Microwave Display?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-turn-mean-on-my-microwave-display/1022115)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-turn-mean-on-my-microwave-display/1022115 "2025-08-20T23:17:48Z")
My breakfast is usually a frozen breakfast sandwich (on a biscuit) with sausage, egg and cheese. The package instructions tell me to defrost it for 90 seconds (on DEFROST), then evert the paper towel-wrapped sandwich and… --- ## [It is not possible to subscribe to MSNBC without supporting Fox News. Genius](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-not-possible-to-subscribe-to-msnbc-without-supporting-fox-news-genius/1022171)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-not-possible-to-subscribe-to-msnbc-without-supporting-fox-news-genius/1022171 "2025-08-20T22:08:50Z")
Most of Fox News’ revenue comes from people who don’t watch it regularly. If you subscribe to cable you pay Fox News approximately $2 per month. So cut the cable if you don’t want to subsidize an anti-American foreign co… --- ## [Texas State Representative Nicole Collier is now a political prisoner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-state-representative-nicole-collier-is-now-a-political-prisoner/1022249)
**Author:** [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-state-representative-nicole-collier-is-now-a-political-prisoner/1022249 "2025-08-20T22:03:44Z")
I just saw on Rachael Maddow on MSNBC that Texas State Representative Nicole Collier is being held as a political prisoner in the Texas State House, because she won’t sign a GOP “consent decree” to have Texas law enforce… --- ## [Games that school hasn't blocked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-school-hasnt-blocked/1015546)
**Author:** [@brex100determ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brex100determ)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2025, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-school-hasnt-blocked/1015546 "2025-08-20T21:37:57Z")
I need some games that schools don’t block --- ## [What is the hierarchy of people Trump is going to target](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-hierarchy-of-people-trump-is-going-to-target/1022254)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-hierarchy-of-people-trump-is-going-to-target/1022254 "2025-08-20T21:33:43Z")
My impression is the goal with Trump is to weaponize the government by incrementally going after more and more mainstream and powerful groups, hoping that we adjust to the treatment of previous groups. Its the frog in bo… --- ## [Roche Limit vs Death Star](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roche-limit-vs-death-star/1011141)
**Author:** [@ArslanWilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArslanWilson)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roche-limit-vs-death-star/1011141 "2025-08-20T18:49:07Z")
Pretty much what it sounds like. When orbiting the Forest Moon of Endor, assuming no space magic at play, would the physics behind the Roche limit not have ripped the DS to sparkly shreds? Far denser objects, like that… --- ## [Is this available in the Official White House Gift Shop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-available-in-the-official-white-house-gift-shop/1022326)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-available-in-the-official-white-house-gift-shop/1022326 "2025-08-20T18:22:01Z")
I’ve seen pictures, but fakery of all sorts happens. Are there hats and/or shirts available at the Official White House Gift Store that read “Trump 2028” or “Trump In 2028”? --- ## [AI lyric generator for an existing tune?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-lyric-generator-for-an-existing-tune/1022033)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-lyric-generator-for-an-existing-tune/1022033 "2025-08-20T15:19:48Z")
Hi all, I have found several sites which can generate lyrics, and sites which can create whole songs, but I can’t find a site that will generate lyrics to fit an existing tune/melody (or the meter thereof). Does anyo… --- ## [Lie down vs. lay down, and why my head may explode](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-down-vs-lay-down-and-why-my-head-may-explode/1022025)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-down-vs-lay-down-and-why-my-head-may-explode/1022025 "2025-08-20T14:34:32Z")
It’s not just a matter of just a few people getting this wrong, or some people getting it wrong sometimes. Literally everyone where I work (except me) gets this wrong. There’s a women from Scotland who works there who st… --- ## [Big Joel take down of Bill Maher](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-joel-take-down-of-bill-maher/1021768)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-joel-take-down-of-bill-maher/1021768 "2025-08-20T14:08:54Z")
Disclaimers: I generally dislike information delivered in video format versus text, but well-written video essays have been an exception for me. And I’ve been a big fan of Big Joel for a few years now – he’s thoughtful … --- ## [How do raconteurs keep track of all of their references/quotations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-raconteurs-keep-track-of-all-of-their-references-quotations/1022296)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-raconteurs-keep-track-of-all-of-their-references-quotations/1022296 "2025-08-20T12:32:31Z")
I’m reading Christopher Hitchens’ autobiography, and on pretty much every page he has quotes from and references to books, essays, speeches, whatever - ranging from common to exremely obscure. I get that folk like he ar… --- ## [More people should know about and be playing FALLEN LONDON](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-people-should-know-about-and-be-playing-fallen-london/1022292)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2025, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-people-should-know-about-and-be-playing-fallen-london/1022292 "2025-08-20T02:56:06Z")
Hi. I’m Chris. You might remember me from popular and long game threads such as “I’ve found the most addicting game on the internet \[Cookie Clicker\]” and “I’ve found the second most addicting game on the internet \[Trimps… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=254&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=256&state=tracking)