# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=314&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 315 --- ## [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… --- ## [Epstein's flight logs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epsteins-flight-logs/1018540)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epsteins-flight-logs/1018540 "2025-05-20T23:22:54Z")
The more I hear about these logs, the more I wonder: Why would anyone trust the truthfulness of the flight logs, given the amoral scofflaws involved? And why would anyone assume there to be only one set of books? --- ## [Lithium-Ion batteries: Are there fire extinguishers can can put out a lithium-ion fire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lithium-ion-batteries-are-there-fire-extinguishers-can-can-put-out-a-lithium-ion-fire/1018434)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lithium-ion-batteries-are-there-fire-extinguishers-can-can-put-out-a-lithium-ion-fire/1018434 "2025-05-20T22:09:32Z")
Title kinda says it all. I have heard Li-ion battery fires are near impossible to extinguish. They have all they need to burn on their own. Like most people these days I live with these batteries (including one fairly… --- ## [Whatever happened to semicolons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-semicolons/324327)
**Author:** [@galen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-semicolons/324327 "2025-05-20T18:41:42Z")
If you read stuff written more than a couple of decades ago, the writers made proper use of semicolons. Now you rarely see them. They have mostly been improperly replaced by commas. What is going on here? --- ## [Thousands of "fired" federal workers get their jobs back \[Rachel Maddow 5/1/25\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thousands-of-fired-federal-workers-get-their-jobs-back-rachel-maddow-5-1-25/1018506)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thousands-of-fired-federal-workers-get-their-jobs-back-rachel-maddow-5-1-25/1018506 "2025-05-20T18:40:30Z")
I couldn’t sleep last night and was browsing YouTube around 3 AM when I came across this video. According to it, Rachel Maddow states that a district judge in California, Judge William Alsup, an appointee of former Presi… --- ## [Car bomb explodes outside Palm Springs, CA fertility clinic, killing the car's occupant \[17-May-2025\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-bomb-explodes-outside-palm-springs-ca-fertility-clinic-killing-the-cars-occupant-17-may-2025/1018482)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-bomb-explodes-outside-palm-springs-ca-fertility-clinic-killing-the-cars-occupant-17-may-2025/1018482 "2025-05-20T17:37:19Z")
It also caused damage to nearby buildings, including a Denny’s across the street, but the cold-storage room at the clinic is intact. No other explosives were found in the area. I personally think the location was a coi… --- ## [End of the 20th Century world order? What next?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-the-20th-century-world-order-what-next/1017841)
**Author:** [@natureboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/natureboy)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-the-20th-century-world-order-what-next/1017841 "2025-05-20T16:31:28Z")
Not sure where to put this, but watching the MAGA machine roll on, going back to the summer of last year, I’ve been reading/following articles and information from various people (actually educated people) who seem famil… --- ## [The Wolf of Snow Hollow (no spoilers in the OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wolf-of-snow-hollow-no-spoilers-in-the-op/1018552)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wolf-of-snow-hollow-no-spoilers-in-the-op/1018552 "2025-05-20T15:28:40Z")
I saw this movie this weekend. It’s fantastic! Written, directed and stared in by Jim Cummings. In my opinion, the guy is very talented, I’d go so far as saying he’s brilliant. It’s a dark comedy and it ultimately is no… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=313&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=315&state=muted)