# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=286&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 287 --- ## [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 … --- ## [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… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=285&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=287&state=muted)