# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=312 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 313 --- ## [Suggest a source for FUNCTIONAL fully fashioned stockings and garter belts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-source-for-functional-fully-fashioned-stockings-and-garter-belts/562990)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-source-for-functional-fully-fashioned-stockings-and-garter-belts/562990 "2025-05-22T07:33:32Z")
Okay, so are we agreed that nobody who isn’t one foot in the grave wears pantyhose anymore? Yet I’ve been dressing kind of Mad Men retro lately and I’d like the option to wear stockings sometimes, if I ever went out aft… --- ## [Romanian Presidential Election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romanian-presidential-election/1018515)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romanian-presidential-election/1018515 "2025-05-22T06:59:41Z")
The liberal candidate has won, but the nationalist candidate says he’s not going to accept the results. It’s the same old song. --- ## [What's a "Squibb"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-squibb/542260)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-squibb/542260 "2025-05-22T05:08:10Z")
I re-read “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” recently. At one point, he tried to remember what his nagging wife wanted him to buy at the store; one of the possible items was “Squibb’s.” Was that a brand name, or a missp… --- ## [Sous vide chicken thighs -- Need answer soon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sous-vide-chicken-thighs-need-answer-soon/1018626)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sous-vide-chicken-thighs-need-answer-soon/1018626 "2025-05-22T03:35:39Z")
I have some Trader Joe’s sous vide chicken thighs in the fridge that I want to use, but I need quick and easy recipes. I thought I’d make stir-fry (no rice for me), but then I remembered that bell peppers upset my wife’… --- ## [George Wendt dead at 76 {Norm!}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-wendt-dead-at-76-norm/1018597)
**Author:** [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-wendt-dead-at-76-norm/1018597 "2025-05-22T03:03:11Z")
--- ## [Where would an authoritarian world government send dissidents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-an-authoritarian-world-government-send-dissidents/1018011)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-an-authoritarian-world-government-send-dissidents/1018011 "2025-05-22T02:56:20Z")
In the book Brave New World the World State sends dissidents to any number of islands for them to live the rest of their lives in peace and stop them from causing issues for the rest of society. Assuming a single author… --- ## [Tornado in St. Louis (2025 edition)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tornado-in-st-louis-2025-edition/1018461)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tornado-in-st-louis-2025-edition/1018461 "2025-05-22T02:18:16Z")
What was supposed to be a severe but relatively normal line of thunderstorms suddenly dropped a tornado right in the heart of the metropolitan area. The twister went through so fast there was little warning time, and it … --- ## [Questions about boy's soccer - college route](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-boys-soccer-college-route/1018593)
**Author:** [@mjmartin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmartin)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-boys-soccer-college-route/1018593 "2025-05-22T00:31:16Z")
My son is going into 9th grade, and is quite skilled at soccer. Coaches at two different programs are both trying to convince us to sign up with them, and both seem to think he has the skills necessary for college soccer… --- ## [Q about "warp" drives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-warp-drives/634206)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-warp-drives/634206 "2025-05-22T00:14:21Z")
It’s been hypothesized that you could travel faster than light by creating a bubble of space that moved faster than light while the ship remained stationary inside it. But according to Special Relativity, for any referen… --- ## [The current iteration of the golden age syndrome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-iteration-of-the-golden-age-syndrome/1017460)
**Author:** [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-iteration-of-the-golden-age-syndrome/1017460 "2025-05-21T22:54:14Z")
Continuing the discussion from "The past was much more glorious" in fiction. What is this called?: MMEGA (Make Middle Earth Great Again) Out of deference to our respected mod, I will reply as a linked topic. MMAGA … --- ## [How I would push an idea that was a radical overthrow of current notions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-would-push-an-idea-that-was-a-radical-overthrow-of-current-notions/1018421)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-would-push-an-idea-that-was-a-radical-overthrow-of-current-notions/1018421 "2025-05-21T21:46:39Z")
Apropos of nothing at all, I was thinking about dos and don’ts if I ever am in the position of needing to convince people that humans come from Mars, that Europe was settled by immigrants from the Americas, or some other… --- ## [Facebook account blocked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-account-blocked/1018223)
**Author:** [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-account-blocked/1018223 "2025-05-21T19:50:38Z")
My wife opened her Facebook account yesterday and it had a screen telling her to provide a video identification to get into her account. After some false starts she finally did this (hampered by a crappy camera and the f… --- ## [What is the best way for me to support a local band?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-way-for-me-to-support-a-local-band/1018481)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-way-for-me-to-support-a-local-band/1018481 "2025-05-21T18:56:26Z")
There is a band in Austin that my wife and I enjoy. They have come out with a new album and we would like to purchase it. It is available in all the usual places – Spotify, iTunes, Amazon, etc. It is also available as… --- ## [Bullets fired in the air](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullets-fired-in-the-air/363162)
**Author:** [@LBarker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LBarker)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullets-fired-in-the-air/363162 "2025-05-21T17:54:54Z")
Think bullets fired into the air won’t kill you when they come down? Check out the following, from the Centers for Disease Control: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5350a2.htm The CDC folks were called on to … --- ## [Putting old board questions into ChatGPT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-old-board-questions-into-chatgpt/1018565)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-old-board-questions-into-chatgpt/1018565 "2025-05-21T17:48:08Z")
I went back to the archive of all my old posts (going back to 2000) - a lot of factual questions that couldn’t be answered with a simple Google search - and pasted them into ChatGPT. I’m getting some interesting answers,… --- ## [I have left all social media](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-left-all-social-media/1017523)
**Author:** [@Hal1776](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal1776)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-left-all-social-media/1017523 "2025-05-21T17:43:09Z")
I have officially deleted all social media as of today, 4/25/2025. No more facebook, no more instagram, no more discord, no more X/twitter/bluesky, and no more reddit. from this point onwards, it’s only forums like this,… --- ## [How to pronounce the new pope’s birth name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pronounce-the-new-pope-s-birth-name/1018254)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pronounce-the-new-pope-s-birth-name/1018254 "2025-05-21T16:04:41Z")
Robert Prevost. Is it PRE-vost (rhymes with most)? PRE-vost (rhymes with lost)? Accent on the second syllable? Larry? While we’re on the subject, how do we pronounce Karol Wojtyla (JPII)? In my head it’s Carol (like a C… --- ## [Can eyeglass prescriptions start "going the other direction"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-eyeglass-prescriptions-start-going-the-other-direction/1018348)
**Author:** [@LivingGhost371](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LivingGhost371)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-eyeglass-prescriptions-start-going-the-other-direction/1018348 "2025-05-21T15:53:09Z")
I’m nearsighted and presbyopic, and ever couple of years I need my glasses strengthened a couple of notches. However this time the results reversed and went the other direction New Prescription: DIstance Glasses: -3.75… --- ## [New Amazing Race spoilers okay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-amazing-race-spoilers-okay/1015323)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-amazing-race-spoilers-okay/1015323 "2025-05-21T14:51:36Z")
Good start. 14 teams. First to Hong Kong. Two sets of winners/losers- one team I was rooting for won #1, but another was eliminated. (no spoilers yet, but okay later) One team we hate- From Salt Lake city, with 8 chil… --- ## [How good are celebrity deep-fake voices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-are-celebrity-deep-fake-voices/1018586)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-are-celebrity-deep-fake-voices/1018586 "2025-05-21T14:11:12Z")
I know that AI voices are better than they were, but what if I want “Morgan Freeman” read my grocery list to me or “Sean Connery” read me a bedtime story. I guess this is two questions: Do these exist? How many celebr… --- ## [Has your spring this year been lousier than Chicago's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-your-spring-this-year-been-lousier-than-chicagos/1018578)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-your-spring-this-year-been-lousier-than-chicagos/1018578 "2025-05-21T12:03:11Z")
Yeah, I know Chicago’s spring is always a crapshoot, usually with an emphasis on the crap. But it seems this year’s has been even crappier than usual. April and May have been extremely windy and pretty much bone dry. … --- ## [American attempts to take Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-attempts-to-take-canada/1018502)
**Author:** [@justdoit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justdoit)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-attempts-to-take-canada/1018502 "2025-05-21T11:58:03Z")
Maybe this has been discussed already here but Trump is not the first president who wanted Canda. USA tried to take it in War of 1812 when Canada was a province. Americans thought it would be easy but it wasn’t. Were … --- ## [Hugo awards 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugo-awards-2025/1018596)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugo-awards-2025/1018596 "2025-05-21T11:46:25Z")
I decided to attempt to vote for the Hugo’s this year. Mostly, because for $50, they give me an awful lot of “Hugo nominated” fiction. And I’m kinda looking for new authors to follow. Let’s see how much of the material i… --- ## [Betting on the Bear: SQQQ etc. "generally not intended to be held overnight"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betting-on-the-bear-sqqq-etc-generally-not-intended-to-be-held-overnight/1018508)
**Author:** [@Gordon\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_G)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betting-on-the-bear-sqqq-etc-generally-not-intended-to-be-held-overnight/1018508 "2025-05-21T11:44:32Z")
I sometimes bet on Do Not when I played Craps long ago, and am now inclined to make a small Bearish bet on the stock market just to “put my money where my mouth is.” I’m not optimistic about the Dollar either and would … --- ## [What Would Happen to Guernsey, Jersey, and Man if the U.K. Monarchy Were Abolished?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-to-guernsey-jersey-and-man-if-the-u-k-monarchy-were-abolished/1018560)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-to-guernsey-jersey-and-man-if-the-u-k-monarchy-were-abolished/1018560 "2025-05-21T07:29:23Z")
Guernsey, Jersey, and Man are technically not a part of the U.K. but are possessions of the U.K. Crown. Theoretically. they could become independent, sovereign monarchies. But maybe they would just be absorbed by whatev… --- ## [Jordan Klepper deserves awards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jordan-klepper-deserves-awards/952715)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jordan-klepper-deserves-awards/952715 "2025-05-21T07:12:20Z")
Here’s his latest: This guy is fucking brilliant. One-of-a-kind. Not even Jon Stewart could do this work as well as Klepper does it. I’d link to nearly every piece he’s done for the Daily Show for the pa… --- ## [Rock band on the moon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-on-the-moon/1018550)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-on-the-moon/1018550 "2025-05-21T04:44:56Z")
Thinking about the recent thread about a horse on the moon, how about a rock band? I would think that guitar, bass, keys and wind intruments probably wouldn’t be too much trouble. But drums? Kick drum might be not too… --- ## [Movies you most associate with "Cable Movie Channel Repeats"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-most-associate-with-cable-movie-channel-repeats/1018600)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-most-associate-with-cable-movie-channel-repeats/1018600 "2025-05-21T03:19:37Z")
Basically if you had TNT, TBS, Showtime, Spike, or some other cable channel that mostly played a lot of movies to fill time, if whenever you switched to one of those stations and a certain movie was seemingly ALWAYS on? … --- ## [Mean Girls, original vs. remake: Why was the limit problem changed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-girls-original-vs-remake-why-was-the-limit-problem-changed/1018603)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-girls-original-vs-remake-why-was-the-limit-problem-changed/1018603 "2025-05-21T02:38:54Z")
In both versions of the movie Mean Girls, there’s a climactic moment when the main character, Cady, is at a math competition, on the final question, where the contestants have to determine the value of the limit of an ex… --- ## [Video shows Sean Combs beating the shit out of Cassie Ventura](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-shows-sean-combs-beating-the-shit-out-of-cassie-ventura/1001723)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-shows-sean-combs-beating-the-shit-out-of-cassie-ventura/1001723 "2025-05-21T01:13:11Z")
Video has been released that shows Sean Combs beating Cassie Ventura quite badly when she tried to leave a hotel they were in. Man, I knew the guy was a jerk, but this is really bad. I hope he faces some fucking consequ… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=311) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=313)