# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=293&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 294 --- ## [Marion Ravenwood killed almost as many people as Indiana Jones did](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marion-ravenwood-killed-almost-as-many-people-as-indiana-jones-did/830651)
**Author:** [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marion-ravenwood-killed-almost-as-many-people-as-indiana-jones-did/830651 "2025-06-24T11:36:54Z")
Got to thinking about this the other day. Marion killed a number of people in Raiders of the Lost Ark. I’m used to thinking of the female lead;'s primary purpose to be saved in adventure flicks, but not in this movie. … --- ## ["Mystery" products which don't explicitly identify what kind they are](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-products-which-dont-explicitly-identify-what-kind-they-are/1019627)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2025, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-products-which-dont-explicitly-identify-what-kind-they-are/1019627 "2025-06-24T06:14:22Z")
Considered this for Cafe Society since my two examples are food items, but could apply to anything, tho you usually see it in the grocery store… I had been buying Country Crock spread, certain that it was butter, but a … --- ## [Why are ICE agents masked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-ice-agents-masked/1019575)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2025, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-ice-agents-masked/1019575 "2025-06-24T03:32:32Z")
Why are ICE agents masked, and why is it allowed? Why don’t they appear to wear proper uniforms? Is this how they appeared before Trump or is this a new thing? From my outside perspective, I’m quite shocked that they don… --- ## [2024/2025 NBA Regular Season Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 277\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-2025-nba-regular-season-thread/1009099 "2025-06-24T00:48:45Z")
I don’t find a thread for this, so here we go. The Timberwolves lost their season opener against the Lakers, trailing by nearly 20 points at one juncture. They’re probably having difficulty adjusting to the absence of K… --- ## [Another 'Fes up' - I actually like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fes-up-i-actually-like/1019777)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fes-up-i-actually-like/1019777 "2025-06-23T23:07:48Z")
Admit your tastes that many will find disgusting. I’ll go first (this is not meant to be a debate, we all have different tastes). American Cheese. I like ALL cheese, but American is just right sometimes. Same for Velv… --- ## [I'm going on an adventure!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-on-an-adventure/1019704)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-on-an-adventure/1019704 "2025-06-23T23:05:16Z")
Feeling pretty anxious today! I am going with a group of five other ladies to hike the Nootka Island trail. We’re taking a float plane from Gold River over to the island and then will take five days hiking the trail whe… --- ## [Lack of radioactive spike after bunker busting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lack-of-radioactive-spike-after-bunker-busting/1020008)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lack-of-radioactive-spike-after-bunker-busting/1020008 "2025-06-23T22:22:14Z")
I see reports about the Iranian bombings saying that there’s been no detection of an increased amount of atmospheric radiation in the area (according to the IAEA). I also see one report which claims that all the nuclear… --- ## [Logan's Run: The Day After \[spoilers in the OP\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logans-run-the-day-after-spoilers-in-the-op/1020049)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logans-run-the-day-after-spoilers-in-the-op/1020049 "2025-06-23T21:16:31Z")
At the end of Logan’s Run, Logan, Jessica, and the Old Man return the domed city. Logan and Jessica enter, and try to convince people that Carousel is a lie and that people can ‘Live! Live! And grow old!’ The computer… --- ## [Fatal crowd surge at Houston concert \[Incident From NOV2021\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fatal-crowd-surge-at-houston-concert-incident-from-nov2021/953887)
**Author:** [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fatal-crowd-surge-at-houston-concert-incident-from-nov2021/953887 "2025-06-23T19:46:00Z")
The crowd surged towards the stage for a Travis Scott performance at the Astroworld festival. Article. It seems like trouble started hours earlier when some of the crowd rushed the entry gates. Article. My first instin… --- ## [From Russia With Love question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-russia-with-love-question/1019981)
**Author:** [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-russia-with-love-question/1019981 "2025-06-23T18:17:03Z")
The plot of From Russia With Love gets set in motion when Soviet corporal Tatiana thinks she’s being tasked with an important assignment by a Soviet colonel: she’s told the whole thing is classified far above the level o… --- ## [Natureboy is Permanently Banned for Antisemitism and Arguing Moderation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/natureboy-is-permanently-banned-for-antisemitism-and-arguing-moderation/1020035)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/natureboy-is-permanently-banned-for-antisemitism-and-arguing-moderation/1020035 "2025-06-23T16:50:08Z")
After discussion in the mod loop: For repeatedly making inflammatory and antisemitic posts, together with defiance of moderator instructions, we have concluded natureboy is a “more trouble than they’re worth,” poster. … --- ## [In any state, are cops required to tell you the reason for pulling you over before demanding ID?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-any-state-are-cops-required-to-tell-you-the-reason-for-pulling-you-over-before-demanding-id/1019550)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-any-state-are-cops-required-to-tell-you-the-reason-for-pulling-you-over-before-demanding-id/1019550 "2025-06-23T16:31:50Z")
I’ve been pulled over a few times here in Missouri, and every time the cop has opened the interaction with “I’m Officer Soandso with the This Jurisdiction Police Department, the reason I pulled you over is \[whatever\]. Li… --- ## [We Got a Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-a-dog/1019921)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-a-dog/1019921 "2025-06-23T16:21:59Z")
The cats are ok with him, so he gets to stay. It’s amazing that a dog just under a year old can be so chill. Jack is supposedly a Lab/Shepherd mix, but there was a dog at the dog park that looked just like him. That d… --- ## [Free Will versus Determinism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-will-versus-determinism/1019278)
**Author:** [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Replies:** 259\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-will-versus-determinism/1019278 "2025-06-23T15:22:49Z")
The thread on Time Travel in fiction has gotten into a discussion on determinism. I don’t want to hijack that thread, but I felt the urge to make this comment: If you believe that we are just puppets dancing on the str… --- ## [1970s BankAmericard Christmas commercial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970s-bankamericard-christmas-commercial/1019999)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1970s-bankamericard-christmas-commercial/1019999 "2025-06-23T15:16:03Z")
In the '70s there was a BankAmericard commercial that used Jingle Bells as the theme music. I don’t remember the lyrics, so I’ll make some up: Shoes and socks Radio clocks BankAmericard! I always conflate this one w… --- ## [Jaws - 1975 Original Summer Blockbuster- 3D - Imax](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-1975-original-summer-blockbuster-3d-imax/968907)
**Author:** [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-1975-original-summer-blockbuster-3d-imax/968907 "2025-06-23T15:02:22Z")
Trailer! Eeeeeee! Best ever! !jaws labor day imax trailer - Google Search --- ## [ID a specific gun from the bullet. Possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-specific-gun-from-the-bullet-possible/1019982)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-specific-gun-from-the-bullet-possible/1019982 "2025-06-23T14:53:45Z")
So I am fond of long form journalism, one genre of which is “true crime” (hopefully no relationship to the 80s era tabloid mag!) How can identifying a specific gun from a bullet even be feasible? I mean, sure caliber c… --- ## [Do Bluebell Icecream radio commercials make anyone else homicidal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-bluebell-icecream-radio-commercials-make-anyone-else-homicidal/583782)
**Author:** [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-bluebell-icecream-radio-commercials-make-anyone-else-homicidal/583782 "2025-06-23T14:22:44Z")
If you haven’t been (ahem) \*lucky \* enough to encounter them, above are YouTube videos of the basic idea. I swear to god, the first time I heard one, I was waiting for the other… --- ## [RIP Frederick Forsyth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-frederick-forsyth/1019800)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-frederick-forsyth/1019800 "2025-06-23T14:11:47Z")
It might be because he died about the same time as Sly Stone, but there has been little notice (even on this Board) about the passing of Frederick Forsyth, author of many thrillers, starting with The Day of the Jackal I… --- ## [How can Inter Miami advance to the Knockout Stage (FIFA Club World Cup)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-inter-miami-advance-to-the-knockout-stage-fifa-club-world-cup/1019898)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-inter-miami-advance-to-the-knockout-stage-fifa-club-world-cup/1019898 "2025-06-23T13:42:45Z")
After all teams in Group A have played two matches, Inter Miami and Palmeiras have four points and occupy spots #1 and #2 in group standings. They play Palmeiras next, while the remaining two teams play each other. I ge… --- ## [Crime Capsules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crime-capsules/1019973)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crime-capsules/1019973 "2025-06-23T13:06:07Z")
This has been going through my mind for months now and I might have even brought it up here before. In one of our many political or pit threads, the subject of ‘history/ current times being rewritten by donnie and frien… --- ## [My Older Daughter Is Going To Los Angeles Next Month - What Should She Know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-older-daughter-is-going-to-los-angeles-next-month-what-should-she-know/1018283)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-older-daughter-is-going-to-los-angeles-next-month-what-should-she-know/1018283 "2025-06-23T12:42:36Z")
She’s 18 and it’s her first solo trip. She’s always been rather shy and afraid to speak for herself, so I’m really glad to see her coming out of her shell. I’m also very nervous about the whole thing, though I keep this … --- ## [Weird Android Chrome ChatGPT problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-android-chrome-chatgpt-problem/1020016)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-android-chrome-chatgpt-problem/1020016 "2025-06-23T12:20:13Z")
Some time in the last 2 or 3 days, apparently something in Chrome changed that broke ChatGPT. The page now constantly reloads every half-second or so. First showing the normal URL, then a loading URL. … --- ## [Why do classic names have diminutives / nicknames that change the initial?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-classic-names-have-diminutives-nicknames-that-change-the-initial/1019916)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-classic-names-have-diminutives-nicknames-that-change-the-initial/1019916 "2025-06-23T10:46:15Z")
There is - or was - a tendency in English to take very common names and for a nickname to develop that changed out the initial. To wit: Richard —\> Rick—\>Dick. In the past (until it started to be common as slang for a ce… --- ## [Question about a failing electric stovetop burner element](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-failing-electric-stovetop-burner-element/1019813)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-failing-electric-stovetop-burner-element/1019813 "2025-06-23T09:07:22Z")
We have an electric stove that has two two-burner cartridge inserts (for a total of 4 burners). The left side cartridge insert has large and small traditional coil-style burners, like the kind Grandma used, where the pan… --- ## [(Old) Every Girl Crazy 'Bout A Sharp Dressed MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-every-girl-crazy-bout-a-sharp-dressed-mmp/1019688)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 296\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-every-girl-crazy-bout-a-sharp-dressed-mmp/1019688 "2025-06-23T08:51:22Z")
Today is my official Brown 5 Year Anniversary date, which means I get a vest. Or I’m 100% vested in the pension. I get those two confused. In any case, it means a few bucks, so in a non-Apocalypse scenario, I can affo… --- ## [What to make of a US E-4B doomsday plane going to D.C](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-make-of-a-us-e-4b-doomsday-plane-going-to-d-c/1019844)
**Author:** [@justdoit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justdoit)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-make-of-a-us-e-4b-doomsday-plane-going-to-d-c/1019844 "2025-06-23T05:36:19Z")
One of these doomsday plans made an unexpected stop in D.C. yesterday and I was wondering how alarming is this. Is Trump preparing for a big war with Iran? Would they be capable of attacking him with a bomb blast so he… --- ## [Hey night auditor, I can send as many elevators to the top floor I want!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-night-auditor-i-can-send-as-many-elevators-to-the-top-floor-i-want/1013974)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-night-auditor-i-can-send-as-many-elevators-to-the-top-floor-i-want/1013974 "2025-06-23T05:09:51Z")
Not really… I essentially live in hotels, so I know what is normal and what is not. When I first arrived I was told that the set of elevators closest to the front desk were not working, and to use the second set. I was … --- ## [How will U.S. Politics affect the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-u-s-politics-affect-the-2028-los-angeles-olympics/1019959)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-u-s-politics-affect-the-2028-los-angeles-olympics/1019959 "2025-06-23T03:39:24Z")
The Los Angeles Summer Olympics are supposed to run from July 14 to July 30 in 2028, and the Trump government will still be fully in power. Are there any safeguards in place to ensure that pretty much all countries will… --- ## [Jack Reacher is a serial killer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-reacher-is-a-serial-killer/1019886)
**Author:** [@New\_Labor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Labor)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-reacher-is-a-serial-killer/1019886 "2025-06-23T02:50:30Z")
I have enjoyed all the Reacher books, they are good pot boilers. Last month I was talking with my brother about Reacher. His opinion is that Reacher is a serial killer. That got me thinking. Vigilante? Yes, for sure. Se… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=292&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=294&state=muted)