# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=316&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 317 --- ## [Question for people who weight train](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-people-who-weight-train/1017482)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-people-who-weight-train/1017482 "2025-05-15T19:57:47Z")
Background info. 76 yrs old and has not weight trained since my teens. If my memory serves me right directly after a workout and for a few hours afterward I would have a " pumped up" feeling in the muscle groups I worke… --- ## [What kind of animal could this bone have come from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-could-this-bone-have-come-from/1018381)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-could-this-bone-have-come-from/1018381 "2025-05-15T17:36:13Z")
I was doing some gardening work today and came across this bone: I believe it’s a vertebra but I can’t imagine what animal of that size could have been in my yard. We are… --- ## [Outkast "Way you Move" - Sampled, or entirely original?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outkast-way-you-move-sampled-or-entirely-original/222516)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outkast-way-you-move-sampled-or-entirely-original/222516 "2025-05-15T16:54:48Z")
I love that song. But it seems like I’ve heard the groove a long time ago. Is that sampled, or just an amazing re-creation of the 70’s sound? --- ## [Origin of Yol Bolsun:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-yol-bolsun/264505)
**Author:** [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-yol-bolsun/264505 "2025-05-15T10:38:17Z")
What is the origin and background of the phrase Yol Bolsun(sp). I knew of a website that explained that it came form the Turkish area (the Russian steppes?), from an ancient(?) dialect known as qip… something or other. I… --- ## [Had my first Impossible Burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-my-first-impossible-burger/838264)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-my-first-impossible-burger/838264 "2025-05-14T23:20:52Z")
It was… a lot like a regular burger. Indistinguishable, probably. If someone had given it to me unaware, I doubt I would have known the difference. A little on the expensive side, $7.33 at BK (sandwich only), but I’m gu… --- ## [Looking for tech advice for volunteer proposal I am writing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-tech-advice-for-volunteer-proposal-i-am-writing/1018364)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-tech-advice-for-volunteer-proposal-i-am-writing/1018364 "2025-05-14T23:20:42Z")
As some of you may know, I used to be a USAID funded aid worker. Now, because of DOGE, I’m just a guy. Anyway, I want to develop a proposal for a not for profit I volunteer at. I don’t, however, have the technical exp… --- ## [Should accusations of gaslighting be treated as accusations of lying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-accusations-of-gaslighting-be-treated-as-accusations-of-lying/1018149)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-accusations-of-gaslighting-be-treated-as-accusations-of-lying/1018149 "2025-05-14T21:19:03Z")
Here’s a recent example, but I want to talk about the word in general, not simply this example: Gaslighting isn’t just lying: it’s deliberate, intentional, and cruel deception for the purpose of making the victim doubt… --- ## [How, um. iron-clad is co-signing a mortgage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-um-iron-clad-is-co-signing-a-mortgage/1018226)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-um-iron-clad-is-co-signing-a-mortgage/1018226 "2025-05-14T21:10:34Z")
Just looking for info, and I have the feeling that SOMEONE here knows about EVERYTHING. Brief summary: a youngish couple, she’s mid 20s, he’s just about 30, married about two years, no children, though she says they pl… --- ## [My county board was wiped out by anti-science nutjobs in one election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-county-board-was-wiped-out-by-anti-science-nutjobs-in-one-election/969033)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-county-board-was-wiped-out-by-anti-science-nutjobs-in-one-election/969033 "2025-05-14T20:17:35Z")
I live in one of the most conservative counties in Michigan (Ottawa County, which includes Grand Haven and Holland). Steady, old-school Dutch Reformed Republicans have dominated politics here for generations. It’s also o… --- ## [How muscles work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-muscles-work/1017807)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-muscles-work/1017807 "2025-05-14T19:28:09Z")
I have tried my best to monitor this for several weeks, but it is one of those things that changes when I am conscious of it My question is, suppose I am doing exercises that use a number of various muscle groups, this w… --- ## [How to Approach Concessions Required of Us as We Age](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-approach-concessions-required-of-us-as-we-age/1017878)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-approach-concessions-required-of-us-as-we-age/1017878 "2025-05-14T19:04:55Z")
Continuing the discussion from Serving Biscuits: I really admire how you’ve adapted to your new living situation. I’m getting to a point where I have to give serious consideration to what my next moves will be in the … --- ## [How to sell a motorhome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-sell-a-motorhome/1018331)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-sell-a-motorhome/1018331 "2025-05-14T18:53:44Z")
My wife and I bought our motorhome in 2020. It had nothing to do with Covid, we’d been planning it for a couple of years. Now we’ve decided we want to sell it and get a trailer. Somehow I have made it to the age of 54 ha… --- ## [Alexa + (also referred to as Alexa 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alexa-also-referred-to-as-alexa-2/1018363)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alexa-also-referred-to-as-alexa-2/1018363 "2025-05-14T14:59:50Z")
I’ve done some research on the new edition of Alexa, “Alexa +”, because I thought I might want to purchase it and found this: Alexa+ costs $19.99 per month, but all Amazon Prime members will get it for free. Alexa+ is t… --- ## [What's the most insane rumor you've heard about a candidate for public office, in the U.S. or elsewhere?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-insane-rumor-youve-heard-about-a-candidate-for-public-office-in-the-u-s-or-elsewhere/1018122)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-insane-rumor-youve-heard-about-a-candidate-for-public-office-in-the-u-s-or-elsewhere/1018122 "2025-05-14T14:52:31Z")
Last night, I was dinking around on YouTube, and found a video by an ex-porn star who had become a born-again Christian, and he said that the Harris/Walz campaign had advertised on PornHub in seven U.S. states. (I’d lik… --- ## [Help me understand this joke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-joke/441129)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-joke/441129 "2025-05-14T14:44:17Z")
My wife has cursed me with a “bad joke of the day” calendar; and boy are they bad! I don’t get today’s joke… Help me. Here it is: At the zoo \*\*Blanche: \*\* Mr. Zookepeer, is that hippopotamus a male or a female? Zook… --- ## [What's the best way to play through Baldur's Gate 3 for the story?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-play-through-baldurs-gate-3-for-the-story/1017350)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-play-through-baldurs-gate-3-for-the-story/1017350 "2025-05-14T13:55:40Z")
When BG3 first came out, I did a murdery physics-based playthrough in which I threw every character off a cliff without talking to them, including most of the companions. I had a ton of fun (see my review if you wanna kn… --- ## [Misinterpreted general news titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-general-news-titles/1018337)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-general-news-titles/1018337 "2025-05-14T13:52:29Z")
The Adobe Revival Is Here So, I knew that the suite of software tools for graphic artists and web designers / developers has been suffering from competition on all sides in recent years, as well as struggling to stay re… --- ## [Where is kayaker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-kayaker/1015488)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-kayaker/1015488 "2025-05-14T13:00:00Z")
He hasn’t been around since the end of January and I’m getting concerned. --- ## [The feeling of your life being watched over](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feeling-of-your-life-being-watched-over/1017833)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feeling-of-your-life-being-watched-over/1017833 "2025-05-14T11:44:34Z")
Even though I am an atheist, I realized that one thing that compounds the shame or embarrassment of the various f-ups in my life, is the feeling of this being seen by others; whether that’s deceased relatives, or just “a… --- ## [Retroactive copyright](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retroactive-copyright/1018334)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retroactive-copyright/1018334 "2025-05-14T11:23:00Z")
Not sure if copyright questions belong here or in cafe society? Anyway in the current season of Doctor Who there’s been speculation that various new characters (Mrs Flood, Belinda) could secretly be a classic character, … --- ## [A Clint Eastwood scene that's bugged me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-clint-eastwood-scene-thats-bugged-me/1017879)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-clint-eastwood-scene-thats-bugged-me/1017879 "2025-05-14T05:30:53Z")
From one of his spaghetti westerns. Clint is taking a bubble bath, and somebody thinks that would be a good time to ambush him. He’s wrong, because Clint has his gun in the bath with him, and blows him away. In the movie… --- ## [List of topics pages have changed for me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-topics-pages-have-changed-for-me/1018340)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-topics-pages-have-changed-for-me/1018340 "2025-05-14T05:18:17Z")
I’m on a laptop using Chrome with Vincent as my theme. Last night the list of topics pages (New, Latest, Unread) changed. Before there were five contributing avatars on the right side - original poster first and most rec… --- ## [I have a refugee living in my home. I have several questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-refugee-living-in-my-home-i-have-several-questions/1018338)
**Author:** [@deltogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltogre)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-refugee-living-in-my-home-i-have-several-questions/1018338 "2025-05-14T04:43:37Z")
I considered Factual Questions, so if it needs to be moved, mods, please do. TL;DR - There is a 19-year-old trans kid who escaped a torture camp in Kenya living with me, and we need to get their stuff established before… --- ## [Hypothetical. We have superintelligent, bipedal nurse robots in the 2050s. What attributes would they have](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-we-have-superintelligent-bipedal-nurse-robots-in-the-2050s-what-attributes-would-they-have/1017512)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-we-have-superintelligent-bipedal-nurse-robots-in-the-2050s-what-attributes-would-they-have/1017512 "2025-05-14T04:41:40Z")
So assume by the 2040s or 2050s, we have bipedal nurse robots which have replaced humans. What attributes would be good for a nurse, or any other health care worker, to have? Obviously it would be super-intelligent, so … --- ## [The 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot - SDMB, Let's Vote! And Argue!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-baseball-hall-of-fame-ballot-sdmb-lets-vote-and-argue/1010415)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2025-baseball-hall-of-fame-ballot-sdmb-lets-vote-and-argue/1010415 "2025-05-13T23:01:44Z")
The 2025 Hall of Fame ballot has been set, with a few names already eliminated by the screeners. Here we go. NOTE: I’m going to do the 14 first times, then come back later and edit this post to add everyone else. Norm… --- ## [NHL trivial comments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-trivial-comments/1018293)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-trivial-comments/1018293 "2025-05-13T23:01:34Z")
On April 5, 1970, Chicago scored five empty-net goals against Montreal. How/why you ask? Montreal had to tie or win the game to make the playoffs. With 9:30 left in the 3rd period and behind 5-2, they pulled their goali… --- ## [Avatar shape—theme dependent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-shape-theme-dependent/1018172)
**Author:** [@Topologist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Topologist)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-shape-theme-dependent/1018172 "2025-05-13T20:45:59Z")
Something just changed in several themes, so that avatars in those themes are cropped to a circle rather than a square. I’m using Straight Dope Light, but I tried some others, and some are cropping to a circle and some t… --- ## [Beginner's report for sous vide cooking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beginners-report-for-sous-vide-cooking/995749)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beginners-report-for-sous-vide-cooking/995749 "2025-05-13T20:40:38Z")
I’m a decent amateur cook, but I’d read about sous vide and told my folks, and they got me a sous vide device for Xmas. So far I’ve used it for 4 meat dishes: Chuck steaks – these were seasoned with Zatarain’s creole … --- ## [What is Trump's endgame?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-endgame/1018296)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-endgame/1018296 "2025-05-13T20:25:48Z")
I don’t claim to know where Trump is going with this. I’m assuming he’s rational enough to know that pretty much everything he’s doing is illegal, so what is he hoping to accomplish this term. I think there are a few o… --- ## [Identify this cartoon movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-cartoon-movie/1018318)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-cartoon-movie/1018318 "2025-05-13T20:20:50Z")
All of the details here are fuzzy, so I will describe them as they are… When I was about 4 or 5 years old, my parents sent me and my sister to a matinee film show at a cinema in RAF Akrotiri (my dad was stationed there … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=315&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=317&state=tracking)