# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=311&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 312 --- ## [Do PCs last longer than they used to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-pcs-last-longer-than-they-used-to/1018816)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2025, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-pcs-last-longer-than-they-used-to/1018816 "2025-05-27T17:16:30Z")
I am presently typing this on a laptop I bought almost five years ago. This computer is used daily, and it remains a fast, reliable computer for my job, gaming, and general needs. The battery doesn’t last like it used … --- ## [The VW Volkswagon Emissions Scandal - longer and deeper than first thought](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vw-volkswagon-emissions-scandal-longer-and-deeper-than-first-thought/740063)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vw-volkswagon-emissions-scandal-longer-and-deeper-than-first-thought/740063 "2025-05-27T13:42:50Z")
Previous thread on the VW scandal: The next big automotive scandal? - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board Starting a new thread to get the VW name in the title and to provide thi… --- ## [One great thing about the Trump presidency](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-great-thing-about-the-trump-presidency/1017766)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2025, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-great-thing-about-the-trump-presidency/1017766 "2025-05-27T13:05:58Z")
President Harris will be able to rebuild the Executive Branch effectively from scratch. We all know that after 30-40 years, sometimes you need to clean house by throwing away everything. Here’s our chance after 250 yea… --- ## [TMJ food recommendations (need answer kinda fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmj-food-recommendations-need-answer-kinda-fast/1018628)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2025, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmj-food-recommendations-need-answer-kinda-fast/1018628 "2025-05-27T12:59:47Z")
So Mrs. Cardigan couldn’t open her jaw this morning. She went to a dentist who told her she’s got severe episode of TMJ and recommends she ‘eat’ with a straw. Apart from a Wendy’s Frosty, what other food suggestions mig… --- ## [Do you know anyone who doesn't use cell phones, laptops, or any devices (in 2025)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-who-doesnt-use-cell-phones-laptops-or-any-devices-in-2025/1018123)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2025, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-who-doesnt-use-cell-phones-laptops-or-any-devices-in-2025/1018123 "2025-05-27T11:14:08Z")
Even though technology has its pros and cons, I’ve only met one person around my age (27) who doesn’t own a cell phone. I met him at my current job, since he used to work once or twice a week (as a dishwasher) in between… --- ## [Celebrities you don't, or can't, recognize](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-dont-or-cant-recognize/1018755)
**Author:** [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2025, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-dont-or-cant-recognize/1018755 "2025-05-27T10:18:52Z")
There’s a thread about recognizing actors across multiple roles, so this is for the opposite; celebrities you don’t recognize, even once you know who they are. In the other thread, I mentioned Eli Wallach. He was great… --- ## [David Attenborough turns 99](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-attenborough-turns-99/1017822)
**Author:** [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2025, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-attenborough-turns-99/1017822 "2025-05-27T09:53:52Z")
My hero and what a life. :birthday\_cake: Slowly collecting all the BBC Blu Ray 4k discs. I always learn so much. The whole family is remarkable. His brother Richard made his mark on the world . --- ## [Do you think Keanu Reeves is a good actor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-keanu-reeves-is-a-good-actor/1018240)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2025, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-keanu-reeves-is-a-good-actor/1018240 "2025-05-27T09:44:18Z")
From what I’ve read, he’s a great person but as an actor, he really seems one dimensional. Do you agree or have I just not seen him in the right role? --- ## [We got'sch PUPPIES!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotsch-puppies/959574)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2025, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotsch-puppies/959574 "2025-05-27T08:51:02Z")
How about five Samoyed puppies (four girls and one boy), less than a week old, for your viewing delight? Their mother is Noel, Daystar’s Christmas Surprise, so named because she was born on something like December 22, t… --- ## [What could happen to CBS' FBI in the trump era](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-happen-to-cbs-fbi-in-the-trump-era/1013818)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2025, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-happen-to-cbs-fbi-in-the-trump-era/1013818 "2025-05-27T05:40:35Z")
FBI is a Dick Wolf franchise, so it, like it’s L&O brothers and sisters, has episodes “ripped from the headlines”. The show even was one of the few to show masking during Covid. In real life, Dear Leader has begun to pu… --- ## [Joseph Heller easy question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joseph-heller-easy-question/1018799)
**Author:** [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2025, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joseph-heller-easy-question/1018799 "2025-05-27T05:04:51Z")
I’d like some opinions, please: \*\*aside from Catch-22, what is Joseph Heller’s best book? Or your favorite of the bunch? --- ## [Cat Stevens is going on tour. I’m tempted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-stevens-is-going-on-tour-i-m-tempted/1018735)
**Author:** [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2025, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-stevens-is-going-on-tour-i-m-tempted/1018735 "2025-05-27T04:12:39Z")
Cat Stevens, now known as Yusuf / Cat Stevens, is going on a very rare tour of North America, and he’s playing near me in October. I love his music from the 70s, and I never imagined that he’d be in my area. I know he’… --- ## [Russian Orthodox churches are attracting guys in search of “manliness”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-orthodox-churches-are-attracting-guys-in-search-of-manliness/1018763)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-orthodox-churches-are-attracting-guys-in-search-of-manliness/1018763 "2025-05-27T01:32:04Z")
It seems that if you have such a yawning gulf of insecurity about being “manly” that you would devote yourself to a new religion, perhaps therapy would be a better fit? And of course a healthy dose of sympathy for Putin.… --- ## [Dr. Albert Schweitzer, hero or zero?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-albert-schweitzer-hero-or-zero/326476)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2025, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-albert-schweitzer-hero-or-zero/326476 "2025-05-27T01:15:03Z")
I had just perused the Stormfront web page and came across this blog quoting the famous and revered Dr. Albert Schweitzer from his 1961 book, From My African Notebook. He is quoted as follows; Somewhat skeptical, I sou… --- ## [Trying to find a record/song from the 60s (or maybe 50s but I'm pretty sure it's the 60s)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-record-song-from-the-60s-or-maybe-50s-but-im-pretty-sure-its-the-60s/1018766)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-record-song-from-the-60s-or-maybe-50s-but-im-pretty-sure-its-the-60s/1018766 "2025-05-26T23:49:36Z")
Years ago I heard this song, figured out the name of it, looked it up on YouTube, found that it was from a whole album of similar music, and have since forgotten about it. The album was called “Space Cadets” or “Space C… --- ## [Looking for ex-pat US citizens living long-term in Japan, for discussion of what it's like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-ex-pat-us-citizens-living-long-term-in-japan-for-discussion-of-what-its-like/1017994)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-ex-pat-us-citizens-living-long-term-in-japan-for-discussion-of-what-its-like/1017994 "2025-05-26T23:11:07Z")
I just found out from my Japanese husband that he wants to move back to Japan, where he has not lived in over 50 years. He is 77, I am 75. I am 6’ tall and obese. I speak and understand a very modest amount of Japanese, … --- ## [Would you drive the Weinermobile?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-the-weinermobile/995850)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-the-weinermobile/995850 "2025-05-26T22:09:30Z")
It doesn’t sound like a terrible deal for a summer or two, but it might be lonely. Maybe it would look weird on a resume, though. --- ## [Does the arc of the moral universe bend towards justice? CAN we all just get along?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-arc-of-the-moral-universe-bend-towards-justice-can-we-all-just-get-along/1018589)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2025, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-arc-of-the-moral-universe-bend-towards-justice-can-we-all-just-get-along/1018589 "2025-05-26T20:57:19Z")
Maybe I’ve let Trump get to me, but I’ve recently been spending a bit of thought into whether humans and human society are basically good or evil. Feel free to tell me if I’m being sophomoric or identify any excluded mi… --- ## [Help me solve a family mystery!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-solve-a-family-mystery/1018712)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-solve-a-family-mystery/1018712 "2025-05-26T20:20:51Z")
I’ve started to look into an old family mystery. Nearly a century ago my grandfather’s sister was murdered. The story is that she was “murdered by her boyfriend”. We have been able to find out that she was married at… --- ## [(Old) How would you start the MMP...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-how-would-you-start-the-mmp/1018536)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 306\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-how-would-you-start-the-mmp/1018536 "2025-05-26T19:53:34Z")
I’ve been sitting here for the last 20 minutes trying to come up with a clever topic, as if that matters. So I gave up and just started. Surely someone here has a better idea? Happy Moanday! ETA: Happy taters Day!!! --- ## [Okay, what the hell is wrong with Word now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-word-now/1018804)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-word-now/1018804 "2025-05-26T19:48:20Z")
Bizarre behavior in Word today. I can open any .docx that originated on my computer; I can open any .docx that was emailed to me in 2021 or earlier. Emailed documents 2022 and after give the following error: Microsoft W… --- ## [Facebook Reels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-reels/1012576)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-reels/1012576 "2025-05-26T18:40:00Z")
For a long time, I never saw them. First I dutifully marked that I didn’t want to see those types of things, and Facebook briefly complied. Then the things started up again no matter what I marked, so I got the F.B. Puri… --- ## [Sometimes you don't need words to figure out what's going on](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-you-dont-need-words-to-figure-out-whats-going-on/1018824)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-you-dont-need-words-to-figure-out-whats-going-on/1018824 "2025-05-26T18:19:09Z")
This morning a moving van pulled into one of our neighbor’s driveway. This was surprising at first, because there’d been no talk about them moving (and there’s always talk), plus no “For Sale” sign or open house or peop… --- ## [Smashing on MASH](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smashing-on-mash/1016973)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2025, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smashing-on-mash/1016973 "2025-05-26T17:49:11Z")
We all know the show. We know the characters. Fairly well. Who do you identify with? I think for me its “Radar”. He’s an odd duck with skills. I like Col. Blake for his silliness, as well. I’d love to be Hoolihan. B… --- ## [Any thoughts on how we can protest better?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-thoughts-on-how-we-can-protest-better/1018525)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2025, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-thoughts-on-how-we-can-protest-better/1018525 "2025-05-26T14:05:27Z")
I have been to several political protests lately and want to get involved in figuring out how to make them more effective. Not that the “aged hippie” thing is bad, but perhaps we need a freshening of ideas for 2025 inste… --- ## [4 equations, 4 variables. Why can't I solve it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-equations-4-variables-why-cant-i-solve-it/1018582)
**Author:** [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2025, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-equations-4-variables-why-cant-i-solve-it/1018582 "2025-05-26T10:05:45Z")
I found a math/geometry/trig problem online. You’re given a triangle, and some corner angles, and asked to find “X”. \[Album\] Finding X … --- ## [By the time Trump leaves office, how much of American power/status/influence can still be recovered and repaired?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-the-time-trump-leaves-office-how-much-of-american-power-status-influence-can-still-be-recovered-and-repaired/1017764)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2025, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-the-time-trump-leaves-office-how-much-of-american-power-status-influence-can-still-be-recovered-and-repaired/1017764 "2025-05-26T05:17:34Z")
We’re only 100+ days in and Trump has been a wrecking ball to American alliances, power, economy, society, etc. I’ll leave out the democracy part for now; we’ve had countless threads talking about how Trump is a threat t… --- ## [How bout we fight a tiny bit of ignorance by correcting apostrophized decades?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bout-we-fight-a-tiny-bit-of-ignorance-by-correcting-apostrophized-decades/1018720)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2025, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bout-we-fight-a-tiny-bit-of-ignorance-by-correcting-apostrophized-decades/1018720 "2025-05-26T04:12:32Z")
Probably one of my pet - and petty - peeves, but it bugs me when I see people write decades with apostrophes - a la “the 50’s.” Just saw it in a FQ thread about the lost colony - and see it frequently. In a board suppo… --- ## [Alec Baldwin \[accidentally\] Kills Crew Member with Prop Gun {2021-10-21}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alec-baldwin-accidentally-kills-crew-member-with-prop-gun-2021-10-21/952960)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 3013\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2025, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alec-baldwin-accidentally-kills-crew-member-with-prop-gun-2021-10-21/952960 "2025-05-26T03:34:01Z")
More info to follow. --- ## [Any New Theories on the "Mary Celeste"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-new-theories-on-the-mary-celeste/663987)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2025, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-new-theories-on-the-mary-celeste/663987 "2025-05-26T00:40:27Z")
The ship was found abandoned, with everything in place-even the captain’s watch was found when the ship was boarded. The port that the ship was sailed to set up a board of inquiry, the board concluded that the crew aband… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=310&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=312&state=muted)