# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=268&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 269 --- ## [Bedroom painting question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bedroom-painting-question/1020958)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2025, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bedroom-painting-question/1020958 "2025-07-29T18:26:24Z")
We are repainting a bedroom. Ceiling and closet high-white, same with the door and window trim. I am thinking of semi-gloss; I just don’t like the look of glossy trim and doors. The walls will probably be a light peac… --- ## [Flying across the US - ignore Great Circle route?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-across-the-us-ignore-great-circle-route/832170)
**Author:** [@MrFloppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFloppy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2025, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-across-the-us-ignore-great-circle-route/832170 "2025-07-29T18:04:06Z")
Probably for pilot dopers. I have been traveling a lot recently between Baltimore Washington (BWI) and various south-western destinations - LAX mostly. I’m a bit nerdy so I tend to track the flight path using Flightrad… --- ## [Post-death casseroles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-death-casseroles/1020947)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-death-casseroles/1020947 "2025-07-29T17:43:11Z")
Something I’ve seen portraying in movies or television shows is people (friends, fellow church members, neighbors) delivering multiple casseroles to a grieving family or perhaps one that just brought a new baby home. Fir… --- ## [Fuck Kyle Langford, fascist running for CA Governor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-kyle-langford-fascist-running-for-ca-governor/1021394)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-kyle-langford-fascist-running-for-ca-governor/1021394 "2025-07-29T17:37:49Z")
Republican Kyle Langford recently sparked, um… controversy with a tweet that just has to be seen to be believed. Fuck this fucking piece of shit. I sincerely hope even Republicans won’t nominate him. --- ## [Change in software, re: person on Ignore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-in-software-re-person-on-ignore/1021304)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-in-software-re-person-on-ignore/1021304 "2025-07-29T16:43:21Z")
Up to now, when someone quoted a person I have on Ignore, the quote box was always blank to me, and it did not show any of the quoted post. It showed the quoted poster’s screen name, and then blank space. Except that a … --- ## [Male Fertility](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-fertility/1021463)
**Author:** [@Sedna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sedna)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-fertility/1021463 "2025-07-29T15:01:56Z")
re: Are male fertility rates shrinking? - The Straight Dope It’s been over 20 years since this column was written. Have there been any updates? Are male fertility rates continuing to decline? Does anyone have any ide… --- ## [Future of the Wanamaker Organ in doubt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-of-the-wanamaker-organ-in-doubt/1012817)
**Author:** [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-of-the-wanamaker-organ-in-doubt/1012817 "2025-07-29T14:08:08Z")
The future of the world’s largest functioning pipe organ is uncertain now that Macy’s is closing its Center City Philadelphia store: The Wanamaker Organ has been part of the Center City cultural scene forever, with two… --- ## [Glenn Kirschner for Attorney General?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-kirschner-for-attorney-general/1021413)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-kirschner-for-attorney-general/1021413 "2025-07-29T13:44:56Z")
Who here follows Glenn Kirschner on U-tube or wherever? Well, Bryan Tyler Cohen went there: He asks Kirschner if he would like to be Attorney General in a future Dem Admin. They are discussing the possibility that DOJ… --- ## [Onion headlines related to trump and his enablers that sound real](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onion-headlines-related-to-trump-and-his-enablers-that-sound-real/1021256)
**Author:** [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onion-headlines-related-to-trump-and-his-enablers-that-sound-real/1021256 "2025-07-29T12:41:54Z")
Continuing the discussion from Real headlines related to trump and his enablers that sound like made-up 'The Onion'-style joke headlines: OK, when this one came across my facebook feed, I thought for a moment it was rea… --- ## [Is your bed made?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-bed-made/1019828)
**Author:** [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2025, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-bed-made/1019828 "2025-07-29T06:59:42Z")
Right this minute, is your bed made? Is it normally made? Do you make it or does someone else? --- ## [What is the WORST immediate sequel to a great film?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-immediate-sequel-to-a-great-film/1018246)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2025, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-immediate-sequel-to-a-great-film/1018246 "2025-07-29T01:51:05Z")
By immediate sequel I mean it has to be within a reasonable time for a sequel (within 5-6 years at most), be a direct sequel (no in-name only, reboot or side movie) and the original has to be extremely good which makes t… --- ## [Are we now at the point where future archeologists/historians can't possibly misunderstand or not know what our current-day items, objects and events are?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-now-at-the-point-where-future-archeologists-historians-cant-possibly-misunderstand-or-not-know-what-our-current-day-items-objects-and-events-are/1021235)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2025, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-now-at-the-point-where-future-archeologists-historians-cant-possibly-misunderstand-or-not-know-what-our-current-day-items-objects-and-events-are/1021235 "2025-07-29T01:00:45Z")
There are plenty of times when modern archeologists look at ancient Sumeria, Babylon, Egypt and think “What’s this object” or “What exactly happened in 3000 BC?” but I think we are now, or long-past, the point where ever… --- ## [Explain this t-shirt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-t-shirt/1021384)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-t-shirt/1021384 "2025-07-29T00:55:40Z")
I just saw an online ad for a t-shirt. The slogan has me confused. It said the following: I NEVER DREAMD THAT DAY A GRUMPY’‘D AM BRUMP OLD MAN BUT HERE I AM HERE I’M AM KIILLIN’ IT Okay, I have the general sens… --- ## [Identify a children's story - 1970s era; hero uses "Beltane" as distress signal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-childrens-story-1970s-era-hero-uses-beltane-as-distress-signal/1021447)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2025, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-childrens-story-1970s-era-hero-uses-beltane-as-distress-signal/1021447 "2025-07-29T00:34:50Z")
I’m thinking of a story I read 50-some years ago - maybe in Boys’ Life or Children’s Digest. As the story opens someone tells the hero-kid about the holiday of Beltane which occurs on May 1st. Later, when the kid is held… --- ## [Passenger Jet Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passenger-jet-questions/637696)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passenger-jet-questions/637696 "2025-07-28T23:13:06Z")
Yer average domestic flight (over the US), in yer average “workhorse” aircraft (say, a Boeing 737) is flying a regular route (say, STL - MCO), at yer average domestic cruising altitude (which IIRC is 32K feet). Assume no… --- ## [American Civil War/ Reconstruction amendments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-civil-war-reconstruction-amendments/1021248)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-civil-war-reconstruction-amendments/1021248 "2025-07-28T21:27:30Z")
Has the validity of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments ever been formally challenged in court, on the grounds that the former rebel states weren’t free to not ratify them if they wanted to ever be repres… --- ## [Couple caught cheating at Coldplay concert and social media loses its mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-caught-cheating-at-coldplay-concert-and-social-media-loses-its-mind/1021060)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 281\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-caught-cheating-at-coldplay-concert-and-social-media-loses-its-mind/1021060 "2025-07-28T21:20:10Z")
The internet is such a weird place. If you’ve been on social media at all in the last few days, you’ve seen the couple whose affair was outed at a Coldplay concert. They were standing, with him behind her with his arms… --- ## [How Did They Measure Lat & Long?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-measure-lat-long/425530)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-measure-lat-long/425530 "2025-07-28T19:20:33Z")
Thinking back before GPS…we know latitude can be readily determined using Polaris, the pole star, for locations above the equator. But, below the equator? There is no obvious marker on the celestial hemisphere. Also, … --- ## [Alaska vacation wisdom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alaska-vacation-wisdom/1020214)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alaska-vacation-wisdom/1020214 "2025-07-28T18:59:59Z")
I asked this board in a previous thread for wisdom about a Grand Canyon trip introduced as this: The experiences shared were very helpful, and having just finished that trip (it was great!) I return to the well asking … --- ## [Another day, another "persecuted' Christian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-day-another-persecuted-christian/1021191)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-day-another-persecuted-christian/1021191 "2025-07-28T18:09:18Z")
Guy who just happened to be a newly ordained Baptist minister works for public library and purposefully misgenders people, and gets fired…and a very public “martyrdom” immediately ensues: Louisiana pastor fired from lib… --- ## [Why do new albums take so long these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-new-albums-take-so-long-these-days/1021326)
**Author:** [@SlipperyPete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlipperyPete)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-new-albums-take-so-long-these-days/1021326 "2025-07-28T17:50:55Z")
In the 60’s and 70’s, it seems like the popular bands were making a new album almost every year. Now, most big rock bands take 3-5 years between albums. What has changed? --- ## [Holding Hollandaise Sauce](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holding-hollandaise-sauce/1021411)
**Author:** [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holding-hollandaise-sauce/1021411 "2025-07-28T16:14:50Z")
I made eggs benedict earlier and it turned out fine, but it’s always a “scramble” (haha) to get the eggs poached AND keep the sauce warm and not separate or stiffen without a lot of attention. Does anyone know a reliabl… --- ## [Any suggestions on blocking a TV LED light while allowing remote to work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-suggestions-on-blocking-a-tv-led-light-while-allowing-remote-to-work/1020143)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-suggestions-on-blocking-a-tv-led-light-while-allowing-remote-to-work/1020143 "2025-07-28T15:26:18Z")
I got a new TV for my bedroom. The issue is there is a bright white LED light on the bottom that comes on when you power the TV off. This is horrible in a dark bedroom. If you place both of your thumbs together, th… --- ## [Who measures angles in "grads"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-measures-angles-in-grads/290217)
**Author:** [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-measures-angles-in-grads/290217 "2025-07-28T15:23:28Z")
If you’ve ever used, or seen, a scientific calculator, you’ve seen a key to switch angle units between degrees, radians, and grads. Degrees and radians are both pretty common, of course, but why does anyone want to divi… --- ## [(Old) Water spots be us, our new MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-water-spots-be-us-our-new-mmp/1021132)
**Author:** [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Replies:** 355\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-water-spots-be-us-our-new-mmp/1021132 "2025-07-28T14:33:36Z")
Last week you all said we should, so here it is. Carry on. --- ## [Non-sketch TV shows written by the cast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sketch-tv-shows-written-by-the-cast/1021388)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-sketch-tv-shows-written-by-the-cast/1021388 "2025-07-28T14:06:09Z")
It’s not uncommon for a TV series to be created as vehicle for a single person who both stars in and writes the show. An example of this is Seinfeld, whose star Jerry Seinfeld co-wrote most episodes of the first two sea… --- ## [Dealing with stress / anxiety / depression](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-stress-anxiety-depression/1017462)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-stress-anxiety-depression/1017462 "2025-07-28T13:50:19Z")
Over the past several years, I suppose I’ve been feeling a buildup of stress related to my job, raising two kids, the political climate, the economy, and recently some potential health issues. The way I would describe i… --- ## [Who wrote Weird Al Yankovic's song on North Korea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-weird-al-yankovics-song-on-north-korea/1021405)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-weird-al-yankovics-song-on-north-korea/1021405 "2025-07-28T13:33:43Z")
It’s at the end of a John Oliver show from about 2018 – if you search for John Oliver Charlottesville North Korea, that will find it. It seems North Koreans are accordion fans (!), so John Oliver recruited accordion-pla… --- ## [Now seeing discourse ads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-seeing-discourse-ads/1021270)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-seeing-discourse-ads/1021270 "2025-07-28T12:19:55Z")
I’m not sure if this goes here or in the “about this site” forum. I am seeing an ad for discourse mixed in the threads in imho. I’m not particularly upset at this point, at least, not with discourse. I am a little con… --- ## [What is the difference between smoking and vaping-- from the user's point of view?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-smoking-and-vaping-from-the-users-point-of-view/1021366)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-smoking-and-vaping-from-the-users-point-of-view/1021366 "2025-07-28T10:35:00Z")
What is the difference in the experience from the point of view of the smoker? Taste, relaxation, the buzz, addictiveness, cost, the coolness factor? (I grew up in an era when smoking was very cool.) Full disclosure: I … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=267&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=269&state=tracking)