# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=285&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 286 --- ## [Once my headlight has been restored, it's supposed to stay restored isn't it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-my-headlight-has-been-restored-its-supposed-to-stay-restored-isnt-it/1020559)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-my-headlight-has-been-restored-its-supposed-to-stay-restored-isnt-it/1020559 "2025-07-07T01:16:21Z")
About a year ago I got my headlight replaced. My other headlight by comparison looked dingy. So I went to a detail shop and had the older one restored. A year later it looks dingy again while the other one still looks… --- ## [Stump the AI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-ai/1020548)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-ai/1020548 "2025-07-07T00:43:44Z")
In this thread it was noted how an AI badly got an answer wrong (and I was the one who posted its wrong answer). That wrong answer was a while ago and I tried it again and the answer was spot on. Some claim AI is unrel… --- ## [iPhone battery replacements?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-battery-replacements/1018837)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-battery-replacements/1018837 "2025-07-07T00:00:58Z")
Anyone know anything about replacement iPhone batteries? My phone is an iPhone 12 Pro that I’ve been using for about 4 1/2 years. The maximum capacity on the Battery Health & Charging screen says it’s at 82%. I had some… --- ## [Wikipedia editors: An ethics question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-editors-an-ethics-question/1020562)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-editors-an-ethics-question/1020562 "2025-07-06T22:09:34Z")
I am an occasional, but far from expert, editor on Wikipedia. I understand that one is not supposed to post original research there, and that content should be properly cited with neutral sources, etc. In a certain cont… --- ## [Intersectionality and the Oppression Pyramid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intersectionality-and-the-oppression-pyramid/1018016)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 308\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intersectionality-and-the-oppression-pyramid/1018016 "2025-07-06T21:19:48Z")
Continuing the discussion from I Pit Babale: this is an interesting topic that deserves more light and less heat. For discussion, what is intersectionality and what is the oppression pyramid? Some useful comments that’… --- ## [What happened to "Sir Yes Sir" in Boot Camps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-sir-yes-sir-in-boot-camps/1020239)
**Author:** [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-sir-yes-sir-in-boot-camps/1020239 "2025-07-06T20:24:48Z")
I’ve seen some videos on You Tube about USMC and USAF Basic Training and the troops, when responding to their DI’s now say “Yes Sir” or “No Sir” instead of “Sir Yes Sir” or “Sir No Sir”. When did that change? --- ## [Imaginary Time? Help me process this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginary-time-help-me-process-this/1020551)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginary-time-help-me-process-this/1020551 "2025-07-06T17:39:41Z")
I just read this fascinating article on Yahoo!, but originally on Popular Mechanics. My questions: What exactly is imaginary time? How does one measure it? What affects does imaginary time have on the universe? Why s… --- ## [Should restaurants get rid of the kids' menu?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-restaurants-get-rid-of-the-kids-menu/1020279)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-restaurants-get-rid-of-the-kids-menu/1020279 "2025-07-06T17:19:39Z")
Well, not literally kids’ menus. Meals served in smaller portions to children is fine. I’m talking about extremely bland food that is geared towards American children. I think it’s crazy when I go to a fancy, trendy, or… --- ## [Soccer: on getting a second card (either color) after a yellow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-on-getting-a-second-card-either-color-after-a-yellow/1020536)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-on-getting-a-second-card-either-color-after-a-yellow/1020536 "2025-07-06T17:12:17Z")
Let’s say Messi gets a yellow card in the 49th minute. Then in the 69th, he’s given a second card and automatically sent off. Ok, so if his second offense would have been worthy of a yellow card were it not for the firs… --- ## [Sriracha, Tajin or good ol' Tabasco?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sriracha-tajin-or-good-ol-tabasco/1020314)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sriracha-tajin-or-good-ol-tabasco/1020314 "2025-07-06T17:02:07Z")
Do you keep all or an even bigger variety? Why? Louisiana hot sauce is my favorite with catfish meals. But I like Takis on tacos. (Or Taco bell packets-hot) I can’t do the new thing of Takis on sweet things. Too too … --- ## [3 greatest achievements of trump's first term](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-greatest-achievements-of-trumps-first-term/1020142)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-greatest-achievements-of-trumps-first-term/1020142 "2025-07-06T14:24:08Z")
I mean the 3 according to the MAGAts. I watched a short clip the other day where he was, with little prompting, claiming widespread support for him being on Rushmore. Because of his uber-successful first term. I’m sure t… --- ## [Ugh, apparently my family may benefit from the new tax reductions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-apparently-my-family-may-benefit-from-the-new-tax-reductions/1020474)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-apparently-my-family-may-benefit-from-the-new-tax-reductions/1020474 "2025-07-06T13:03:28Z")
We are both retired and receiving regular Social Security benefits, although we are fortunate to have other income as well. We pay income taxes every year, although I don’t really know what amount we pay on the Social Se… --- ## [“Post Jokes From All Over The World” \[Not US & England\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-jokes-from-all-over-the-world-not-us-england/947472)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-jokes-from-all-over-the-world-not-us-england/947472 "2025-07-06T10:21:03Z")
Old jokes, new jokes… Not only for the laughs, but I think you can learn a lot from humor, especially with a date to correspond with the events of the time. I was just talking to a friend about jokes from all over, and … --- ## [Friday night, $2,000 at the casino](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-night-2-000-at-the-casino/1017555)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 322\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-night-2-000-at-the-casino/1017555 "2025-07-06T07:49:25Z")
I walked into my hotel room, and sat down. Lights still off, except for the nightlight in the bathroom. I poured a shot of whiskey, fidgeted with my gun, peeped into my empty wallet and weeped. Alright, that didn’t happ… --- ## [NY Times Readers' 100 Top Movies of the 21st Century](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-times-readers-100-top-movies-of-the-21st-century/1020441)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-times-readers-100-top-movies-of-the-21st-century/1020441 "2025-07-06T07:05:40Z")
What isn’t on here that should be? What is on here that should NOT be? What is way too high, way too low, or just right? Here is the list. Thoughts? --- ## [My mother (age 96) passed away. One of my brothers is a psychopath](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mother-age-96-passed-away-one-of-my-brothers-is-a-psychopath/1018313)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mother-age-96-passed-away-one-of-my-brothers-is-a-psychopath/1018313 "2025-07-06T04:41:00Z")
She was born in Limerick, Ireland, :ireland: and died today on Long Island, New York. She emigrated to NYC in the 1950s, married a self-employed machinist (from Norway), and raised three sons, all of whom she put through… --- ## [What silly fads have you enjoyed and/or participated in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-fads-have-you-enjoyed-and-or-participated-in/1020102)
**Author:** [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-fads-have-you-enjoyed-and-or-participated-in/1020102 "2025-07-06T03:08:03Z")
I commented to a friend the other day that I don’t understand the appeal of Labubus (these goofy-looking dolls that are currently popular with adults). I was similarly baffled about the Stanley cup craze. But it occurs t… --- ## [The Twilight Zone Marathon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-twilight-zone-marathon/1020486)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-twilight-zone-marathon/1020486 "2025-07-06T02:06:47Z")
Since the last The Twilight Zone Marathon thread was in 2019, I thought I’d just open a new one. It’s Fourth of July 2025, and I just can’t watch the news today. So I’ll return to my tradition of watching the annual TZ… --- ## [Anyone have any experience with an on-the-grid Wind Turbine for the home (in the last 10 years please)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-any-experience-with-an-on-the-grid-wind-turbine-for-the-home-in-the-last-10-years-please/1020545)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-any-experience-with-an-on-the-grid-wind-turbine-for-the-home-in-the-last-10-years-please/1020545 "2025-07-06T01:44:51Z")
I’m thinking about a Wind Turbine, my area is windy enough for it, I’m on the Jersey Bayshore. It appears the town allows it. But not sure how noisy, how expensive and how much maintenance. Solar Panels were very passi… --- ## [(Old) Drudgery In The MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-drudgery-in-the-mmp/1020019)
**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’… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=284&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=286&state=watching)