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**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 347\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-drudgery-in-the-mmp/1020019 "2025-07-06T01:29:06Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! I am up and caffeinated so no YAWN. ‘Tis 72 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 93, sunny and hyooomid. Another beautiful day in da ‘hood. I shall accomplish mowage this mornin’. I don’t … --- ## [Dopers in cross-cultural relationships: Does your SO gatekeep their culture from you (or vice versa)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-cross-cultural-relationships-does-your-so-gatekeep-their-culture-from-you-or-vice-versa/1020375)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-cross-cultural-relationships-does-your-so-gatekeep-their-culture-from-you-or-vice-versa/1020375 "2025-07-06T00:45:35Z")
I’ve come to learn that, though Mrs. Homie and were both raised lower middle class, culturally Protestant, Midwestern Americans. Nevertheless, we have some cultural differences that have come to light in our marriage, me… --- ## [So what is AI, anyway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-ai-anyway/1020541)
**Author:** [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-ai-anyway/1020541 "2025-07-06T00:05:43Z")
I mean, physically. AI is a popular subject lately, and I’m just curious about what an AI actually is. I get that it’s software on a computer, but beyond that… is it just one computer, or a bunch of networked computers?… --- ## [Help with designing a device that can run off of a lithium cell while it is charging](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-designing-a-device-that-can-run-off-of-a-lithium-cell-while-it-is-charging/1020521)
**Author:** [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-designing-a-device-that-can-run-off-of-a-lithium-cell-while-it-is-charging/1020521 "2025-07-06T00:04:14Z")
I have a pretty spiffy darkroom timer that I have designed, running on an Arduino Nano with a 4 digit LED display and some big chonky buttons for controls. This works beautifully right now, using a USB-C “Decoy” PD gadg… --- ## [Can you ID the actress in the Steppin' Out video?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-the-actress-in-the-steppin-out-video/762185)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-the-actress-in-the-steppin-out-video/762185 "2025-07-05T22:01:11Z")
My Google-Fu is weak on this one. In the video for Joe Jackson’s Steppin’ Out, who is the actress that plays the maid who is fantasizing about the night on the town? She has always looked familiar, but I cannot put a n… --- ## [Things you've rewatched after years and have held up, things that have not](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-rewatched-after-years-and-have-held-up-things-that-have-not/1001064)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 442\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-rewatched-after-years-and-have-held-up-things-that-have-not/1001064 "2025-07-05T21:51:01Z")
So I’ve recently had opposing experiences having rewatched a film or TV show I used to love, having not seen it in decades: Abyss. The James Cameron underwater sci-fi. Just seen for the first time in decades (caveat:… --- ## [Intellectual Movement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intellectual-movement/1020274)
**Author:** [@mystrygst2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mystrygst2)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intellectual-movement/1020274 "2025-07-05T21:47:06Z")
I see that some problems are created in society with some people going around thinking it’s cool to be a “badass”. How about we try to generate some type of an “intellectual movement”? Trying to influence or encourage mo… --- ## [Any help with Google Play refund?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-help-with-google-play-refund/1020544)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-help-with-google-play-refund/1020544 "2025-07-05T21:22:03Z")
I signed up for Speechify on Google Play. I did the free trial, which would be billed at a hundred bucks when it expired. I canceled it the same minute I bought it so I wouldn’t accidentally get billed. I accidentally g… --- ## [RIP Julian McMahon July 27, 1968-July 2, 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-julian-mcmahon-july-27-1968-july-2-2025/1020516)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-julian-mcmahon-july-27-1968-july-2-2025/1020516 "2025-07-05T21:12:56Z")
I never watched Charmed or Nip/Tuck but he was good in the mediocre FF movies. --- ## [Ever experienced a swarm of "love bugs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-experienced-a-swarm-of-love-bugs/1020497)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-experienced-a-swarm-of-love-bugs/1020497 "2025-07-05T19:59:29Z")
I saw this news item today There is also something in the US called “love bugs”, and googling shiws that they are the same genus as the Asian ones. We don’t get them in deep inland South Carolina, but they are on th… --- ## [I'm missing something about AI training](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-missing-something-about-ai-training/1014781)
**Author:** [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Replies:** 330\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-missing-something-about-ai-training/1014781 "2025-07-05T17:57:43Z")
Okay, I would like someone to show me the “important” distinctions between AI learning by analyzing existing music, and a human who listens to the same music and gets inspired to sound like their heroes. Surely it can’… --- ## [On HBO/Max My Mom Jayne by Mariska Hargitay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-hbo-max-my-mom-jayne-by-mariska-hargitay/1020272)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-hbo-max-my-mom-jayne-by-mariska-hargitay/1020272 "2025-07-05T15:52:33Z")
Released June 27 Mariska Hargitay was only three when her mother Jayne Mansfield died in a car wreck. She has no personal memories of her mother. But the public persona was everywhere when Mariska Hargitay grew up. It’… --- ## [Annoying board glitch. Is there a fix?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-board-glitch-is-there-a-fix/949362)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-board-glitch-is-there-a-fix/949362 "2025-07-05T14:03:38Z")
When I’m in a forum and I click on a thread that I’ve previously visited, it takes me to the point in the thread where I last visited. Everything below that is new replies. This is great. Then I start reading the new … --- ## [AlphaGo and AI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphago-and-ai/1020466)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphago-and-ai/1020466 "2025-07-05T12:17:22Z")
I just gone done reading a book, The MANIAC by Benjamin Labatut. Its a fictionalized account of the life of polymath Jonn von Neumann. Much of it is based on fact. It ends with the true story (at least, the outcome) of … --- ## [Linguistics: emoji as language](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linguistics-emoji-as-language/1020440)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linguistics-emoji-as-language/1020440 "2025-07-05T11:53:54Z")
This article on Longreads entertained me. I have an interest in linguistics but I am no expert. It is on the growing influence of emojis as language, rather than just decoration. It is light hearted, and not backed by… --- ## [PayPal one-cent scam: what do I do with the penny?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paypal-one-cent-scam-what-do-i-do-with-the-penny/1020401)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paypal-one-cent-scam-what-do-i-do-with-the-penny/1020401 "2025-07-05T11:02:23Z")
I received a very scammy-sounding email informing me of a refund of overpayment in the amount of $0.01. The penny really is in my PayPal account. I have no other cash balance. Obviously I’m not clicking on any links fro… --- ## [I'm watching Xena Warrior Princess for the first time.This show is supposed to be funny right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-watching-xena-warrior-princess-for-the-first-time-this-show-is-supposed-to-be-funny-right/1020518)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-watching-xena-warrior-princess-for-the-first-time-this-show-is-supposed-to-be-funny-right/1020518 "2025-07-05T08:52:41Z")
I don’t know why I never watched this show when it was on. I love the genre. But I decided to give this show a try today. I had no idea how funny it was. But I can’t tell if the humor is intended or is it just me? Anyw… --- ## [Anyone in Indiana? Chances are good you had a rain of rocks near you today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-indiana-chances-are-good-you-had-a-rain-of-rocks-near-you-today/1011468)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-indiana-chances-are-good-you-had-a-rain-of-rocks-near-you-today/1011468 "2025-07-05T03:29:09Z")
Doppler radar is actually pretty useful for seeing falling meteorite debris as easily as it can see rain or hail. Looks like there are rocks on the ground. https://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/meteorite-falls/ (The last good rada… --- ## [Canned Jam or frozen? Looking for opinions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-jam-or-frozen-looking-for-opinions/1020462)
**Author:** [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-jam-or-frozen-looking-for-opinions/1020462 "2025-07-05T01:52:13Z")
anned Jam or fe --- ## [Frank Lloyd Wright Sesquicentennial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-lloyd-wright-sesquicentennial/788434)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-lloyd-wright-sesquicentennial/788434 "2025-07-05T01:07:35Z")
The visionary American architect was born 150 years ago today. http://flwright.org/aboutus/wright150 Please post a picture of a favorite Wright work - repeats of a particular structure are fine, but try to show a di… --- ## [Hey people... where is this (American) accent from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-people-where-is-this-american-accent-from/1020203)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-people-where-is-this-american-accent-from/1020203 "2025-07-04T23:36:26Z")
This guy has an unusual (to me) accent. (I think he says he’s in Baltimore.) --- ## [I liked older Star Trek for these reasons. Will I like newer Trek?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-liked-older-star-trek-for-these-reasons-will-i-like-newer-trek/998592)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-liked-older-star-trek-for-these-reasons-will-i-like-newer-trek/998592 "2025-07-04T22:20:44Z")
For those of you who have watched the newer Star Trek shows and movies, meaning everything since Enterprise, help predict if I am likely to enjoy the new stuff. Here are some of the reasons I enjoyed the older Trek. The… --- ## [Eagle Syndrome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eagle-syndrome/552439)
**Author:** [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eagle-syndrome/552439 "2025-07-04T21:52:03Z")
Do you have it,or know anyone that does? I have just been diagnosed with it,and while it’s not a terrible thing,it sure clears up a bunch of questions about my aches and pains. The doctor told me surgery is the only t… --- ## [Plot to kidnap (MI Gov) Gretchen Whitmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-to-kidnap-mi-gov-gretchen-whitmer/922506)
**Author:** [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Replies:** 233\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-to-kidnap-mi-gov-gretchen-whitmer/922506 "2025-07-04T18:35:07Z")
Very fine people … on both sides: --- ## [Those stealth bombers and Iran](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-stealth-bombers-and-iran/1020369)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-stealth-bombers-and-iran/1020369 "2025-07-04T18:29:00Z")
Trump and Kegbreath were so defensive in the presser after the bombing that it makes me think they were spinning as hard as they could. I couldn’t fly a stealth bomber, but what does a trained crew in one of those do whe… --- ## [I've issued an apology to Mike Lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-issued-an-apology-to-mike-lee/1020500)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-issued-an-apology-to-mike-lee/1020500 "2025-07-04T18:26:31Z")
I just hope he doesn’t try to sue me. I’m not exactly rolling in dough. --- ## [Trump bitches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bitches/1020494)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bitches/1020494 "2025-07-04T18:24:36Z")
I’ve decided that, should I have reason to mention a Republican elected official, it will no longer be like, “Republican Mike Lee from Utah”. It’ll be “Mike Lee, trump bitch from Utah”. Fuck Republican fuck MAGA. They’re… --- ## [Trump winning Time Magazine's "Man of the Year"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-winning-time-magazines-man-of-the-year/1020400)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-winning-time-magazines-man-of-the-year/1020400 "2025-07-04T17:18:49Z")
There’s a thread running right now about Trump and the Nobel peace prize , which made me think about the other huuuuge prize which Trump desperately covets—Time magazine’s Man Of The Year.. The big difference of course… --- ## [Scary toys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-toys/1020087)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-toys/1020087 "2025-07-04T16:31:00Z")
I was talking with a friend about a short story called “The Monkey”, by Stephen King, and he told me it reminded him of a spooky stuffed monkey he used to have, fortunately without the deadly cymbals. (We also agreed th… --- ## [What's going on with guys who sound like "Boomhauer" (character from King of the Hill show)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-guys-who-sound-like-boomhauer-character-from-king-of-the-hill-show/1020277)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-guys-who-sound-like-boomhauer-character-from-king-of-the-hill-show/1020277 "2025-07-04T16:26:15Z")
Art imitates life. Life imitates art. If anyone has spent some time in the south they’ll bump into a middle aged guy who rambles on and on. It’s not only his flow of thought that is disorganized. But the way words flow … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=283&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=285&state=tracking)