# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=271&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 272 --- ## [Tipping = Good Service?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-good-service/455424)
**Author:** [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-good-service/455424 "2025-07-25T13:29:10Z")
So over in this Pit Thread Chowder had trouble getting a knife and fork at a chinese restaurant, and subsequently didn’t leave a tip. While it wasn’t the thrust of the pitting, several people jumped in and said it is nev… --- ## [25 years on the SDMB, and I still don't know the secret handshake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/25-years-on-the-sdmb-and-i-still-dont-know-the-secret-handshake/1021088)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/25-years-on-the-sdmb-and-i-still-dont-know-the-secret-handshake/1021088 "2025-07-25T13:07:09Z")
If you were the young gentleman at Terminal ‘C’ in Las Vegas waiting for the Albuquerque flight, while surfing the SDMB on your tablet as i walked by, I would have offered my hand to see if you knew the secret handshake.… --- ## [Validity of Constitutional Amendments - Political Implications](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/validity-of-constitutional-amendments-political-implications/1021303)
**Author:** [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/validity-of-constitutional-amendments-political-implications/1021303 "2025-07-25T12:31:06Z")
This thread is in reply to the factual questions thread “American Civil War/ Reconstruction amendments,” expanding to political implications of later amendments and laws. The original Factual Question: Similarly to th… --- ## [Origin of this sound bite: “when I flip that switch the noise will become excruciating “](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-this-sound-bite-when-i-flip-that-switch-the-noise-will-become-excruciating/1021291)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-this-sound-bite-when-i-flip-that-switch-the-noise-will-become-excruciating/1021291 "2025-07-25T10:40:59Z")
So the local hard rock radio station I listen to plays these sound bites from time to time, just banal and maybe once-funny clips from pop culture. Like, one is Hermie from Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer saying “who care… --- ## [Amplified Wellness -- Regenerative Medicine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amplified-wellness-regenerative-medicine/1001710)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amplified-wellness-regenerative-medicine/1001710 "2025-07-25T10:12:16Z")
I just received an ad offering a free buffet dinner if I attend a seminar for the Amplified Wellness company about Regenerative Medicine. The ad has all the hallmarks of a timeshare scam. The only info I can find about… --- ## [How to get rid of a channel that comes in on my YouTube feed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-a-channel-that-comes-in-on-my-youtube-feed/1021255)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-a-channel-that-comes-in-on-my-youtube-feed/1021255 "2025-07-25T06:55:47Z")
There is a channel that keeps showing up on my YouTube feed and I want to get rid of it. It’s so disgusting. I have tried twice replying with really ugly comments against it but that hasn;t helped yet. I am afraid t… --- ## [Quote full post icon Is hidden](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-full-post-icon-is-hidden/1021283)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-full-post-icon-is-hidden/1021283 "2025-07-25T04:47:50Z")
I can find it, but it’s an extra keystroke. Is there a way for me to customize my … I’m gonna call it a “toolbar,” so that it shows without further intervention by me? --- ## [I suspect my co-worker has dementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-suspect-my-co-worker-has-dementia/1021225)
**Author:** [@Happytree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happytree)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-suspect-my-co-worker-has-dementia/1021225 "2025-07-25T04:35:09Z")
Like the title says, i’ve long suspected that an old dude at my work is losing his mind. I watched my mother succumb to alzheimer’s a few years ago. A lot of the signs are there with this guy. My problem: I’m not sure … --- ## [I'm not drinking and emailing. Nope, not doing that. But I want to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-drinking-and-emailing-nope-not-doing-that-but-i-want-to/1021265)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-drinking-and-emailing-nope-not-doing-that-but-i-want-to/1021265 "2025-07-25T04:31:39Z")
Some stressful stuff happened to me today in a meeting, involving a bunch of people I care about but who have different points of view. Long story, it would bore y’all to tears, just assume normal life stuff, because tha… --- ## [Foreign Entertainers canceling US Tours](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-entertainers-canceling-us-tours/1020945)
**Author:** [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-entertainers-canceling-us-tours/1020945 "2025-07-25T04:06:00Z")
I could put this in Cafe Society, but who are we kidding. I just got this message from the organizers of a music festival I am attending next month: At this uncertain time, it has been extra difficult for foreign artist… --- ## [Rotational energy inside somewhat modern jet engines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotational-energy-inside-somewhat-modern-jet-engines/1021282)
**Author:** [@Humbagger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Humbagger)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotational-energy-inside-somewhat-modern-jet-engines/1021282 "2025-07-25T03:09:42Z")
Inspired by the discussion about the Air India crash on this board, but seeking more general answers: Modern jet engines on commercial airlines have huge diameters, but the turbines inside probably rotate slower than ol… --- ## [DVRs for saving Colbert & Daily Show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvrs-for-saving-colbert-daily-show/1021069)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvrs-for-saving-colbert-daily-show/1021069 "2025-07-25T02:04:24Z")
CBS has announced it’s cancelling The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and The Daily Show is rumored to be next. I remember when a fan petition drive saved Star Trek TOS for a season. That won’t be enough now, IMO. The of… --- ## [Which of today's musical groups will still be around in 20 years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-todays-musical-groups-will-still-be-around-in-20-years/74504)
**Author:** [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-todays-musical-groups-will-still-be-around-in-20-years/74504 "2025-07-25T01:59:26Z")
It occurred to me the other day that one reason I think classic rock is better than current music is because I’m only hearing the stuff that was good enough to survive for the past 20 or 30 years. If I could hear everyth… --- ## [Dating and the sending of nude pictures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-and-the-sending-of-nude-pictures/1021228)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-and-the-sending-of-nude-pictures/1021228 "2025-07-25T01:29:21Z")
\[Disclaimer\] There was some recent unpleasantness regarding that midwestern gambler guy and his misogynistic posts, which were often sexual in nature. Also, the last time I discussed a personal relationship issue, I wa… --- ## [Don't call us "ladies"!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-call-us-ladies/1021223)
**Author:** [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-call-us-ladies/1021223 "2025-07-25T01:26:06Z")
--- ## [What song(s) did you think came out in a different decade than the one they actually came out in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-did-you-think-came-out-in-a-different-decade-than-the-one-they-actually-came-out-in/1021229)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-did-you-think-came-out-in-a-different-decade-than-the-one-they-actually-came-out-in/1021229 "2025-07-25T01:04:44Z")
I was recently surprised to learn that Van Morrison’s “Brown Eyed Girl” came out in 1967, I thought it was from the 70s. --- ## [British pub tipping etiquette Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-pub-tipping-etiquette-q/318892)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-pub-tipping-etiquette-q/318892 "2025-07-25T00:33:10Z")
According to Kate Fox’s Watching the English, a very readable piece of cultural anthropology, the approved way of tipping the publician/bar staff is buying him/her a drink with a round. The drink, will be consumed then … --- ## [RIP Chuck Mangione](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-chuck-mangione/1021297)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-chuck-mangione/1021297 "2025-07-25T00:31:57Z")
Gift link Another one leaves us. His song “Feels So Good” was the soundtrack of an ill-fated romance in 1978-ish that felt so good at the time. It’s been long enough that I can look back with nostalgia. Thanks for t… --- ## [It was 30 years ago today, Hale-Bopp came out to play](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-30-years-ago-today-hale-bopp-came-out-to-play/1021242)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-30-years-ago-today-hale-bopp-came-out-to-play/1021242 "2025-07-24T23:45:22Z")
Discovered on July 23 1995. --- ## [Lewy Body Dementia-- any experience with it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lewy-body-dementia-any-experience-with-it/1020368)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lewy-body-dementia-any-experience-with-it/1020368 "2025-07-24T23:43:01Z")
A close friend of mine-- high school friend, age 78-- has been experiencing strange visual hallucinations for the past few months. As in seeing people who (probably) aren’t there. In her back yard. On her front porch. T… --- ## [Food Network celebrity chef Anne Burrell dead at 55](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-network-celebrity-chef-anne-burrell-dead-at-55/1019781)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-network-celebrity-chef-anne-burrell-dead-at-55/1019781 "2025-07-24T22:10:04Z")
I watched her for years. She was great hosting Worst Cooks in America. It’s shocking to me that she’s suddenly gone. I guess her cause of death is unknown at this point. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … EMS pe… --- ## [England being invaded through a tunnel by soldiers wearing blue helmets? (Prophecy)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/england-being-invaded-through-a-tunnel-by-soldiers-wearing-blue-helmets-prophecy/816404)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/england-being-invaded-through-a-tunnel-by-soldiers-wearing-blue-helmets-prophecy/816404 "2025-07-24T19:45:00Z")
I was thinking today about a something I read a long time ago, a prediction by an English prophet that in the future England would be invaded through a tunnel by soldiers wearing blue helmets. It was suggested that at th… --- ## [What happened to the quote text speech bubble?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-quote-text-speech-bubble/1014424)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-quote-text-speech-bubble/1014424 "2025-07-24T19:16:40Z")
Came back after a few days, and now there is no option to quote a post’s entire text. Glitch or change to interface? Thanks! --- ## [Arkansas man rapes and impregnates a child and gets a year of probation and a $700 fine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-man-rapes-and-impregnates-a-child-and-gets-a-year-of-probation-and-a-700-fine/1021135)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-man-rapes-and-impregnates-a-child-and-gets-a-year-of-probation-and-a-700-fine/1021135 "2025-07-24T18:52:02Z")
Jesus. Where is Samuel L. Jackson’s character in A Time to Kill? He was drunk. That’s an excuse? He has to attend a parenting class. Fuck, are they actually gonna give him joint custody? God, I hate this justice sys… --- ## [Immigrant workers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immigrant-workers/1017521)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immigrant-workers/1017521 "2025-07-24T17:30:38Z")
We had some roofing done, buy a Hispanic guy who replaced out entire roof a few years ago. This time, he replaced our ‘catio’ roof. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate people who come to the United States and build … --- ## [Misogynistic language and its defenders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogynistic-language-and-its-defenders/1020162)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 211\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogynistic-language-and-its-defenders/1020162 "2025-07-24T15:21:16Z")
In the warmongers thread the subject of misogynistic language has come up again. Skank is misogynistic and it amazes me how often people feel the need to use these terms, and defend them as not a big deal, not really mi… --- ## [Do you think Hegseth has had "the talk" with Vance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-hegseth-has-had-the-talk-with-vance/1020902)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-hegseth-has-had-the-talk-with-vance/1020902 "2025-07-24T14:49:45Z")
The new issue of the Atlantic is geared around the 80th anniversary of the Bomb. That included an article reminding us of the remarkable truth that the President has sole authority to call for a nuclear strike. In our c… --- ## [I've now visited all 49 continental US states. Plus DC, PR, and USVI. I'm looking at you next, Hawaii](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-now-visited-all-49-continental-us-states-plus-dc-pr-and-usvi-im-looking-at-you-next-hawaii/1021160)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-now-visited-all-49-continental-us-states-plus-dc-pr-and-usvi-im-looking-at-you-next-hawaii/1021160 "2025-07-24T14:12:52Z")
Red indicates the counties I’ve been in, blue the counties (city, in the case of Baltimore) I’ve lived in. I finally knocked off Wyoming, South Dakota, and Nebraska on a re… --- ## [Cat with giardiasis—who has experience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-with-giardiasis-who-has-experience/1017192)
**Author:** [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-with-giardiasis-who-has-experience/1017192 "2025-07-24T13:52:14Z")
We got a new cat—a quite kittenish orange tabby, whom we have dubbed Guillermo, nickname Gizmo. He is a rescue cat, and the people we adopted him from were upfront with us that he had had giardiasis—an infection by a pa… --- ## [Regional geo-political implications of fall of Al-Ashad regime in Syria to rebel forces](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-geo-political-implications-of-fall-of-al-ashad-regime-in-syria-to-rebel-forces/1011318)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-geo-political-implications-of-fall-of-al-ashad-regime-in-syria-to-rebel-forces/1011318 "2025-07-24T13:50:51Z")
What groups constitute the rebels? What kind of regime is it likely to be – extreme Islamist, moderate Islamist, chaotic, well-ordered? Assuming a coherent new regime, what is its attitude towards Israel likely to be? A… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=270&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=272&state=tracking)