# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=273&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 274 --- ## [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… --- ## [Stupid question #277: TV measurements](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-question-277-tv-measurements/1021246)
**Author:** [@Bishop5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bishop5)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-question-277-tv-measurements/1021246 "2025-07-24T11:59:59Z")
Why is a television measured diagonally? --- ## [Road crews, mushroom shaped orange objects, maybe only in Oregon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-crews-mushroom-shaped-orange-objects-maybe-only-in-oregon/1021183)
**Author:** [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-crews-mushroom-shaped-orange-objects-maybe-only-in-oregon/1021183 "2025-07-24T10:04:15Z")
About 5 years ago I visited friends in Florence OR and we went for a drive up Hwy 101. It was summertime and there were a lot of road crews out making repairs. At almost every location, there were tall (maybe 7 feet?) or… --- ## [Do ovaries hurt like testicles do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-ovaries-hurt-like-testicles-do/368994)
**Author:** [@Dead\_Pete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Pete)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-ovaries-hurt-like-testicles-do/368994 "2025-07-24T10:01:22Z")
Any male human being will testify to the reality of mind-numbing testicle pain when they are hit, abused, or squeezed too hard. My question is, how about ovary pain? Is it comparable to testicular pain, or are ovaries … --- ## [How ought communities react to youth "takeovers"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-ought-communities-react-to-youth-takeovers/1020748)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-ought-communities-react-to-youth-takeovers/1020748 "2025-07-24T04:06:26Z")
For those who are unaware, apparently a takeover is when groups of (I think mostly young, often of color) people agree over social media to meet at a specific location and “take it over.” I believe Chicago had at least … --- ## [Bezos, Trump and the Washington Post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bezos-trump-and-the-washington-post/990759)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bezos-trump-and-the-washington-post/990759 "2025-07-24T03:43:53Z")
This Atlantic article probably takes a rosy view of WaPo, its interactions with Trump. and commenting on objectivity in modern journalism at a time when some are untrusting or see this as passé. I have no idea about if … --- ## [HOA horror story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoa-horror-story/999217)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 291\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoa-horror-story/999217 "2025-07-24T01:29:18Z")
This involves a local HOA that makes ridiculous demands, levies ridiculous fines and fixed the game so that it is near impossible to vote them out. There is a video with an accompanying article: Residents of Beaverton … --- ## [Tucker Carlson - How many people in Iran](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-how-many-people-in-iran/1019827)
**Author:** [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-how-many-people-in-iran/1019827 "2025-07-24T01:01:26Z")
I see that the thread in P&E was closed for being too cryptic. I believe the OP was referring to the recent Tucker Carlson interview with Ted Cruz. As much as it burns me to say anything good about Tucker Carlson, he c… --- ## [Is there an app, program, etc. that will simulate daylight conditions anywhere at any time (better explained in OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-app-program-etc-that-will-simulate-daylight-conditions-anywhere-at-any-time-better-explained-in-op/1021182)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-app-program-etc-that-will-simulate-daylight-conditions-anywhere-at-any-time-better-explained-in-op/1021182 "2025-07-24T01:05:58Z")
Long story short, I want to visualize just how dark it gets in Chicago on September 28 each year at 5:30 pm, ideally the view would be simulated from home plate at Wrigley Field. I want to know just how dark it was when G… --- ## [Power of Attorney (New York State)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-of-attorney-new-york-state/1020376)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-of-attorney-new-york-state/1020376 "2025-07-24T00:29:12Z")
As described elsewhere (MPSIMS I think) my mother passed away in May, and when it seemed like nothing was being done to sell the house which had been pre-bequethed to each of us, I decided and found the time to come to N… --- ## [ForeignDopers: What do your Foreign Ministries say about travel to the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreigndopers-what-do-your-foreign-ministries-say-about-travel-to-the-us/578258)
**Author:** [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreigndopers-what-do-your-foreign-ministries-say-about-travel-to-the-us/578258 "2025-07-23T23:54:44Z")
Inspired by even sven’s post in the Africa/New Guinea thread: And in fact, that information sheet is pretty amusing. You can read it here - Canadians, evidently, should also watch out for volcanos, hurricanes, whooping… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=272&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=274&state=muted)