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**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-sign-in-to-gmail/1015368 "2025-07-22T17:08:07Z")
I have a gmail account I set up for my late-stepfather. I’m trying to log in, and I get this page: \[Album\] imgur.com … --- ## [Chocolate, Cinnamon and Marzipan Dreams (How Do We Like It?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cinnamon-and-marzipan-dreams-how-do-we-like-it/1021094)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cinnamon-and-marzipan-dreams-how-do-we-like-it/1021094 "2025-07-22T17:07:01Z")
Continuing the discussion from Trolls R Us Resurrections: Ok, kidz, let’s move. :slight\_smile: --- ## [Ten years on, they're dead. (Women aviators)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-on-theyre-dead-women-aviators/491121)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-on-theyre-dead-women-aviators/491121 "2025-07-22T17:06:22Z")
A decade ago I bought a book called Women And Flight, a book profiling 36 contemporary female pilots. I read several chapters but never got around to finishing it. You know how it is; you get involved in something else… --- ## [How do you cook fennel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-cook-fennel/1021164)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-cook-fennel/1021164 "2025-07-22T16:49:12Z")
A friend gave me some raw fennel. Not the frilly top part you use as garnish, it’s the actual fennel plant including some of the root. I like the flavor of fennel, because I like anise and licorice, although I read that … --- ## [Hunter Biden interview](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-biden-interview/1021170)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-biden-interview/1021170 "2025-07-22T16:42:44Z")
I think its the first time hes spoken in a while. There are so many f bombs you start wanting to count them. Anyone view it? --- ## [Time or date in movies or songs where your perception of that time/date has changed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-or-date-in-movies-or-songs-where-your-perception-of-that-time-date-has-changed/1020607)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-or-date-in-movies-or-songs-where-your-perception-of-that-time-date-has-changed/1020607 "2025-07-22T16:30:30Z")
I had a hard time thinking of a good way to state my OP, but yesterday I heard Tom T Hall’s ‘Old Dogs, Children And Watermelon Wine’. The first few evocative lines are: “How old do you think I am?” he said I said, “Wel… --- ## [What is the hardest choice you've had to make in a video game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-hardest-choice-youve-had-to-make-in-a-video-game/1021014)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-hardest-choice-youve-had-to-make-in-a-video-game/1021014 "2025-07-22T15:37:01Z")
Look, it’s a game. It’s not real. It’s like a movie or show or book. You know it’s fiction, so you know choices don’t matter a whole lot… ..but sometimes… …sometimes you get really into a good game and it’s well-writte… --- ## [What percentage of people would work in this hypothetical society?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-people-would-work-in-this-hypothetical-society/1020712)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-people-would-work-in-this-hypothetical-society/1020712 "2025-07-22T11:54:47Z")
I get that this is not a plausible hypothetical. So no need to point that out. In this society you do not have to work to live. You don’t even have to have a reason to not work. If all you want to do all day is drink be… --- ## [Bought an RV, dinette table won't lock in place](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-an-rv-dinette-table-wont-lock-in-place/1021165)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-an-rv-dinette-table-wont-lock-in-place/1021165 "2025-07-22T11:50:52Z")
First of all, I realize that I would be better off asking about this in a dedicated RV forum. I’ve been trying to register at one, and it requires me to respond to an email notification to complete my registration. I kee… --- ## [AI Art Project: I re-imagined all 30 MLB teams as if they were 100-year-old British football clubs, with shields generated by AI (redux)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-art-project-i-re-imagined-all-30-mlb-teams-as-if-they-were-100-year-old-british-football-clubs-with-shields-generated-by-ai-redux/1020996)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-art-project-i-re-imagined-all-30-mlb-teams-as-if-they-were-100-year-old-british-football-clubs-with-shields-generated-by-ai-redux/1020996 "2025-07-22T10:16:00Z")
\[This is my second attempt at this thread. Due to image-embedding-related fuckups and missing the edit window, I decided to ask a mod to close the first thread, and I’m starting this one.\] OK, you know how British/Europ… --- ## [Handling an Amazon refund issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handling-an-amazon-refund-issue/1020749)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handling-an-amazon-refund-issue/1020749 "2025-07-22T09:10:16Z")
Back in February I bought a Dell laptop from an Amazon third-party seller. In May I was having some trouble with the trackpad so I contacted Dell for a repair. Much to my surprise Dell said that they had no record of a w… --- ## [Is measuring and mixing “science”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-measuring-and-mixing-science/1020932)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-measuring-and-mixing-science/1020932 "2025-07-22T06:21:35Z")
Continuing the discussion from Just curious how drowning a bunch of kids can be considered God's will: Despite the thread this comes from this seems to me a potentially interesting question. Is “measuring, weighing, mix… --- ## [In European soccer, do adjectives like “Real” or “Inter” or “United” mean anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-european-soccer-do-adjectives-like-real-or-inter-or-united-mean-anything/1021085)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-european-soccer-do-adjectives-like-real-or-inter-or-united-mean-anything/1021085 "2025-07-22T01:18:47Z")
I know that professional soccer originated in clubs, so Arsenal FC is the Football Club that originated near an arsenal (or whatever, doesn’t really matter). But I see clubs with names that leave me a bit baffled. Like R… --- ## [Musk’s Neuralink falsified federal forms, claims to qualify for racial diversity program](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musk-s-neuralink-falsified-federal-forms-claims-to-qualify-for-racial-diversity-program/1021130)
**Author:** [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musk-s-neuralink-falsified-federal-forms-claims-to-qualify-for-racial-diversity-program/1021130 "2025-07-22T00:28:16Z")
Also, Despite the overt sexual nature of Grok’s companions, they are available to users as young as 12 years old and come with a “Kid Mode” that can be activated. They also have an NSFW mode. XAI is offering up to… --- ## [Acrylic vs. enameled stainless steel bathtubs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acrylic-vs-enameled-stainless-steel-bathtubs/1021096)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acrylic-vs-enameled-stainless-steel-bathtubs/1021096 "2025-07-22T00:18:19Z")
To make a long story short, we are going to replace our bathtub because it’s discolored. (It works fine, but we are contemplating a major relocation, and whether we sell the house or rent it out, we will need to have the… --- ## [Who was this early female aviator?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-this-early-female-aviator/427125)
**Author:** [@Genital\_Warthog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genital_Warthog)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-this-early-female-aviator/427125 "2025-07-21T23:59:44Z")
I remember reading about her in one of those Whatever Happened to… books from the 1970s, so she was still alive then. I can’t remember a single thing about her accomplishments except that she was a pioneering female avi… --- ## [Help needed for PC malware extension](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-needed-for-pc-malware-extension/1020950)
**Author:** [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-needed-for-pc-malware-extension/1020950 "2025-07-21T23:33:47Z")
A malicious extension called NebulaTachyonen appeared in Microsoft Edge on my ThinkPad. It says it’s been added by my “organization” though I don’t belong to any. There’s no option to remove it manually. I’ve read every… --- ## [Weird question I thought of about space trajectories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-question-i-thought-of-about-space-trajectories/946949)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-question-i-thought-of-about-space-trajectories/946949 "2025-07-21T22:47:43Z")
I wondered if space trajectories are straight. At first blush it would seem to be the most economical fuel-wise. But then I remembered that most deep flights slingshot around other planets. So I googled it only to find … --- ## [Connie Francis has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connie-francis-has-died/1020972)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connie-francis-has-died/1020972 "2025-07-21T20:47:17Z")
Another powerful voice of the ballad genre has died at 87. We’re all sorry now. --- ## [The Alamo acquires Pee-Wee's bike for its new museum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alamo-acquires-pee-wees-bike-for-its-new-museum/1021101)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alamo-acquires-pee-wees-bike-for-its-new-museum/1021101 "2025-07-21T20:11:45Z")
The Alamo announced today that they have acquired the original stunt bike used in Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure for their new visitor center and museum opening in 2027, where it will go on permanent display. Obviously, give… --- ## [Do Boston restaurants feature baked beans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-boston-restaurants-feature-baked-beans/1021065)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-boston-restaurants-feature-baked-beans/1021065 "2025-07-21T18:46:03Z")
Here in NE Ohio it is mostly barbeque places that have baked beans. If you go to a nice steak house in Boston do they each have their own celebrated baked beans? --- ## [Is the "AI" tag automatic? Can we limit it to discussions actually \*about\* AI?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-ai-tag-automatic-can-we-limit-it-to-discussions-actually-about-ai/1016533)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-ai-tag-automatic-can-we-limit-it-to-discussions-actually-about-ai/1016533 "2025-07-21T18:29:39Z")
I’ve noticed that the AI tag here is getting applied to some topics that are not really about AI, but just happen to offhandedly mention it (in the same manner that someone might say “I googled for…” without the topic it… --- ## [Columbus Junction, Iowa: 88 children taken from "church camp" (reported 6/16/2025)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-junction-iowa-88-children-taken-from-church-camp-reported-6-16-2025/1019730)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-junction-iowa-88-children-taken-from-church-camp-reported-6-16-2025/1019730 "2025-07-21T18:05:44Z")
Information is sketchy, but this is what we have now: Last week, a camper called 911 to say they “didn’t want to be there” and authorities descended upon this facility on June 12 and 13. A nearby church did house the k… --- ## [Can anyone provide context for the viral video (undercover FBI agent on plane puts cop in his place)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-provide-context-for-the-viral-video-undercover-fbi-agent-on-plane-puts-cop-in-his-place/1019381)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-provide-context-for-the-viral-video-undercover-fbi-agent-on-plane-puts-cop-in-his-place/1019381 "2025-07-21T16:43:33Z")
This video has been going around for a few weeks/months. An undercover FBI agent is questioned intensively by a flight attendant and cop demanding ID, and he keeps insisting that he doesn’t have to give ID and keeps aski… --- ## [Sudden "sweet" rotten smell in room](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-sweet-rotten-smell-in-room/1020590)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-sweet-rotten-smell-in-room/1020590 "2025-07-21T16:31:12Z")
Ive not changed anything, and ive got rid of my garbage that might smell. But 4-5 days ago there suddenly came a sweet rotten smell in my mini livingroom and my bedroom (connected). The rest of the apartment has no smel… --- ## [(Old) Get To the Chopper! A Bastille Day MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-get-to-the-chopper-a-bastille-day-mmp/1020844)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 273\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-get-to-the-chopper-a-bastille-day-mmp/1020844 "2025-07-21T14:54:33Z")
It’s Moanday, and back to work for us non-RDOSes, but let’s not lose our heads. You’re hotter than me, it’s only 73 degrees Ferret Height(22 Centipedes) here. But the Heat Index is 82. --- ## [The Great Dalek Race of 1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dalek-race-of-1979/1020864)
**Author:** [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dalek-race-of-1979/1020864 "2025-07-21T14:16:57Z")
TBH the exact year is a bit iffy, but here’s the story! The Australian National Science Fiction convention was to be in Melbourne, and as one of the fun events they put on a Dalek race. The BBC had published plans on ho… --- ## [Anyone remember this cat video?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-this-cat-video/1021078)
**Author:** [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-this-cat-video/1021078 "2025-07-21T14:03:36Z")
It must have been in the early-mid 2000’s. A beautiful really big longhaired cat in an expensive looking house was afraid or annoyed at something and made the oddest sounds. Possibly from Russia. ‘OWWwowowowowowow…’ … --- ## [Help me identify a Jeff Bridges movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-jeff-bridges-movie/1021111)
**Author:** [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-jeff-bridges-movie/1021111 "2025-07-21T13:00:33Z")
This is driving me crazy. I’m trying to remember a film that contains a line we use in my family to describe someone who isn’t all the way awake: “He/she’s still circling the airport.” Here’s what I know: It was a Jeff… --- ## [Lunch sack? Ok. Garbage sack? Cromulent. Sack waist pants? Nooooooo!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunch-sack-ok-garbage-sack-cromulent-sack-waist-pants-nooooooo/1021129)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunch-sack-ok-garbage-sack-cromulent-sack-waist-pants-nooooooo/1021129 "2025-07-21T09:04:39Z")
So I found these these linen slacks(turns out they’re very much slacker, alright). Description says: lightweight, easy fit slacks WITH 2 pockets, for women. Sack waist. Huh? So I consult the Lil’wrekker (my fashion g… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=274&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=276&state=muted)