# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=285&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 286 --- ## [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 … --- ## [How are movies delivered to movie theaters in the digital age?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-movies-delivered-to-movie-theaters-in-the-digital-age/1020417)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-movies-delivered-to-movie-theaters-in-the-digital-age/1020417 "2025-07-04T14:34:19Z")
That’s really the question. Do theaters download the movie from a website? Are the movies delivered on some sort of physical device, like a flash drive? Since the movie is simply a computer file, how do studios preven… --- ## [A small warning about Newser](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-warning-about-newser/1020479)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-small-warning-about-newser/1020479 "2025-07-04T12:12:06Z")
Newser is a news aggregation site. Lots of condensed stories. It has the Disqus social media app for comments. I’ve been posting there for years. I was replying to a post, with the other side gloating about deporting… --- ## [Stupid Star Wars question - are the "humans" homo sapiens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-star-wars-question-are-the-humans-homo-sapiens/1019592)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-star-wars-question-are-the-humans-homo-sapiens/1019592 "2025-07-04T11:43:49Z")
We are currently watching Andor, and for whatever reason it struck me, if this all takes place a long time ago in a galaxy far far away, how did the humans get there? Most SF I’ve encountered takes place in “the future.… --- ## [Witnessing a gentle coexistence of faiths right there on the steps of my church. Or not so gentle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-a-gentle-coexistence-of-faiths-right-there-on-the-steps-of-my-church-or-not-so-gentle/1020442)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-a-gentle-coexistence-of-faiths-right-there-on-the-steps-of-my-church-or-not-so-gentle/1020442 "2025-07-04T11:24:54Z")
We attend St. Bart’s Episcopal Church in the City of New York. It’s a place filled with radical welcome, questioning, faith, joy and community. Because it is Pride Month, the two large flags over the front doors ( cast i… --- ## [Lovelorn guys on the phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovelorn-guys-on-the-phone/1020307)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovelorn-guys-on-the-phone/1020307 "2025-07-04T09:41:34Z")
I wake up with what I call WTF song lyrics stuck in my head for no reason. They are almost always oldies and come out of nowhere. Sometimes they are songs I forgot I even knew. Yesterday’s morning’s lyrics: I’ve overcom… --- ## [Technical question: I can't get on Discord with Firefox anymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-question-i-cant-get-on-discord-with-firefox-anymore/1009078)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2024, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-question-i-cant-get-on-discord-with-firefox-anymore/1009078 "2024-11-19T01:08:06Z")
I was on the site, and refreshed because it looked too slow. Next thing I know I’m getting a weird error message: Secure Connection Failed An error occurred during a connection to discord.com. PR\_END\_OF\_FILE\_ERROR Erro… --- ## [Meet the new face, and braincase to boot, of Asia’s mysterious Stone Age denizens, the Denisovans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-new-face-and-braincase-to-boot-of-asia-s-mysterious-stone-age-denizens-the-denisovans/1019823)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-new-face-and-braincase-to-boot-of-asia-s-mysterious-stone-age-denizens-the-denisovans/1019823 "2025-07-04T07:37:22Z")
I didn’t see this posted anywhere, and maybe it’s not new but… --- ## [When did nonsensical corporate jargon become a thing? How is it still a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-nonsensical-corporate-jargon-become-a-thing-how-is-it-still-a-thing/1019958)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-nonsensical-corporate-jargon-become-a-thing-how-is-it-still-a-thing/1019958 "2025-07-04T06:54:15Z")
When did this business (heh) of corporations using nonsensical jargon like “paradigm-shifting” and “transactional frameworks” become a thing? Surely Milton Hershey never prattled on to his investors and/or partners about… --- ## [Tell Me About Naragansett Bay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-naragansett-bay/1020381)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-naragansett-bay/1020381 "2025-07-04T04:51:40Z")
New England Dopers - input needed! My wife and I only have about a day to tour an area. While we considered Mystic, CT area, ideally I am imaging a circuit car tour around Naragansett Bay, RI. On Apple’s Map App, it look… --- ## [Trump Burned in Effigy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-burned-in-effigy/1020465)
**Author:** [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-burned-in-effigy/1020465 "2025-07-04T03:55:25Z")
Has Trump ever been burned in effigy here in the United States? I’ve seen many other forms of protest, but not this. --- ## [Are you ready for the show investigations/trials?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ready-for-the-show-investigations-trials/1020467)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ready-for-the-show-investigations-trials/1020467 "2025-07-04T02:34:00Z")
Now that Congress, in one fell swoop, has passed all the bills Trump told them to pass, they are done with that part of the job. He can move on now to his favorite part of being King - REVENGE! We can look forward to i… --- ## [Would you press this magic button?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-press-this-magic-button/1020093)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-press-this-magic-button/1020093 "2025-07-04T02:09:51Z")
You get a magic button that when pressed makes every single person in the world have the same morals and ideological beliefs as you. No one will know if you press it and their new beliefs will be with them until they die… --- ## [Acetyl Keto Boswellic Acid (AKBA) for osteoarthritis -- looking for studies and other information about effectiveness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acetyl-keto-boswellic-acid-akba-for-osteoarthritis-looking-for-studies-and-other-information-about-effectiveness/1020322)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acetyl-keto-boswellic-acid-akba-for-osteoarthritis-looking-for-studies-and-other-information-about-effectiveness/1020322 "2025-07-03T23:16:32Z")
I have looked at a couple of papers on PubMed (from the NIH), and the conclusions are inconclusive, i.e. it may be effective in reducing inflammation and its resulting pain, stiffness, and lack of function. They don’t se… --- ## [Should there be age restrictions on electric bikes/scooters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-there-be-age-restrictions-on-electric-bikes-scooters/988421)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-there-be-age-restrictions-on-electric-bikes-scooters/988421 "2025-07-03T22:57:08Z")
Just saw a kid - under 10 - zipping down a residential sidewalk on an electric scooter. (No helmet, of course.) In my city (a Chicago suburb) I often see children - clearly under driving age - using e-bikes and scooter… --- ## [How did longstanding American alcohol makers survive prohibition?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-longstanding-american-alcohol-makers-survive-prohibition/1020263)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-longstanding-american-alcohol-makers-survive-prohibition/1020263 "2025-07-03T21:06:13Z")
Jack Daniels has been making whiskey since the 1860s. Anheuser- Busch introduced Budweiser in 1876. Pabst won a blue ribbon for its beer at the 1893 world’s fair. Coors first opened a Colorado brewery in 1873. All th… --- ## [Dry Eyes can suck it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-eyes-can-suck-it/1020358)
**Author:** [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-eyes-can-suck-it/1020358 "2025-07-03T20:23:24Z")
A couple of months ago I noticed that my eyes were occasionally weeping, particularly in the morning. I figured it was just allergies or the incredibly dry winter we had here, or both. One day when I was driving, I reali… --- ## [Oysters: Are you meant to chew them or swallow them without chewing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oysters-are-you-meant-to-chew-them-or-swallow-them-without-chewing/1020268)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oysters-are-you-meant-to-chew-them-or-swallow-them-without-chewing/1020268 "2025-07-03T19:54:01Z")
Title kinda says it all. I have heard various opinions on this. Usually give 1-2 chews (ideally) then swallow the whole thing. 1-2 chews seems to barely be worth it but (I guess) it enhances some flavor or something? … --- ## [Your idea for a music video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-idea-for-a-music-video/1020366)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-idea-for-a-music-video/1020366 "2025-07-03T18:45:47Z")
I’ve been thinking about a music video of The Beach Boys’ Sloop John B, illustrated with scenes from Rick & Morty. It seems such a perfect fit, I’m surprised no one has done this already. But I haven’t been able to find … --- ## [My 1st Doc - Mort Sahl: America's Conscience | Official Trailer (2025)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-1st-doc-mort-sahl-americas-conscience-official-trailer-2025/1020092)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-1st-doc-mort-sahl-americas-conscience-official-trailer-2025/1020092 "2025-07-03T18:43:49Z")
Mort Sahl my hero. I “discovered” him when I was 18, and have been saving and purchasing archives since then, as well as studying America to understand the references. “The Rebel Without a Pause” deserves better than to … --- ## [Mafia - Do we have people who would be interested in playing the game mafia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-do-we-have-people-who-would-be-interested-in-playing-the-game-mafia/1002599)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-do-we-have-people-who-would-be-interested-in-playing-the-game-mafia/1002599 "2025-07-03T18:41:07Z")
My plan would be to host over on GIraffe Boards, which has a dedicated mafia board and is free to join. We had a very active community there for over a decade, but the majority of us appear to have gotten played out and… --- ## [A bunch of questions about contacting representatives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bunch-of-questions-about-contacting-representatives/1020410)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bunch-of-questions-about-contacting-representatives/1020410 "2025-07-03T17:23:27Z")
I guess I have more than one question. I hope that’s okay. Let’s say there’s a specific bill up for votes. At what point in the legislative process is it too late for a constituent to contact their representative via t… --- ## [The impact of context switching on depression and anxiety](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-impact-of-context-switching-on-depression-and-anxiety/1020364)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-impact-of-context-switching-on-depression-and-anxiety/1020364 "2025-07-03T17:19:19Z")
Continuing the discussion from Demanding cites for things that would take you 2 second to look up is lazy: Please tell me more about this. It could be useful knowledge. --- ## [What drives the evolution of play behaviors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-drives-the-evolution-of-play-behaviors/1020385)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-drives-the-evolution-of-play-behaviors/1020385 "2025-07-03T16:37:10Z")
Came up in a thread about dinosaur and related monster movies. Play seems to have been a convergent evolutionary feature in several lines. But many other lines not. What drives its development? --- ## [Stockmarket musings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockmarket-musings/1018333)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockmarket-musings/1018333 "2025-07-03T15:22:05Z")
Although the markets have been turbulent in recent months, and most still languish below where they started this year, many analysts have been surprised by how relatively sanguine the market response to really, really cr… --- ## [Copyrights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copyrights/1020427)
**Author:** [@mglambo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mglambo)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copyrights/1020427 "2025-07-03T13:20:04Z")
How long do copyrights last? Specifically, if an author died in 1992, when would his executors rights expire and the works enter the public domain? --- ## [Do language learning apps presume that you’re starting from Square One?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-language-learning-apps-presume-that-you-re-starting-from-square-one/1020414)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-language-learning-apps-presume-that-you-re-starting-from-square-one/1020414 "2025-07-03T13:10:32Z")
I’d like to improve my Spanish. Yes, I’ve been out of daily Spanish lessons for 35 years,but I still retain enough vocabulary that I can get the gist of very simple sentences, and I can express myself, albeit simply and … --- ## [Is it just my palate, or what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-my-palate-or-what/1020336)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-my-palate-or-what/1020336 "2025-07-03T12:56:20Z")
I’ve occasionally encountered references to “skunked” beer, and “corked” wine. But only in written contexts. Are these actual phenomena that people deal with, such that I ought to revere those people and be grateful for… --- ## [Restaurants that don't serve essential dishes/items](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-that-dont-serve-essential-dishes-items/1014451)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 260\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-that-dont-serve-essential-dishes-items/1014451 "2025-07-03T02:40:57Z")
Have you ever been to a burger restaurant that didn’t serve fries? A Chinese food joint that didn’t serve egg rolls? A chicken place that didn’t serve biscuits (I’m looking at you Gus’s)? Apparently there are Mexican re… --- ## [Does the brain subconsciously process images in your peripheral vision?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-brain-subconsciously-process-images-in-your-peripheral-vision/1020270)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-brain-subconsciously-process-images-in-your-peripheral-vision/1020270 "2025-07-03T01:53:30Z")
Today I was minding my own business and for no particular reason suddenly turned my head to the left to see someone looking right at me. Not the first time something like that has happened. Did my brain know someone was… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=284&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=286&state=tracking)