# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=318&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 319 --- ## [R.I.P. John Edwards of The Spinners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-john-edwards-of-the-spinners/1018276)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2025, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-john-edwards-of-the-spinners/1018276 "2025-05-12T00:30:07Z")
He was 80. A good, long life. Thanks. --- ## [Serving Biscuits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serving-biscuits/1017749)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2025, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serving-biscuits/1017749 "2025-05-11T23:54:44Z")
Are all biscuits pretty much created equal? Can you tell the difference in a blind taste test between Jiffy drop biscuits and homemade drop biscuits? There are pretty much three occasions we will serve biscuits: biscuit… --- ## [Justice Souter (retired) has died, age 85 (Breaking News thread, not for political discussion)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-souter-retired-has-died-age-85-breaking-news-thread-not-for-political-discussion/1018155)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-souter-retired-has-died-age-85-breaking-news-thread-not-for-political-discussion/1018155 "2025-05-11T16:55:41Z")
NYTimes article. I was able to read it when it came up in Google feed, but probably paywalled. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/us/david-souter-dead.html --- ## [I Need Printer Advice!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-printer-advice/1018037)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-printer-advice/1018037 "2025-05-11T16:03:50Z")
My deluxe laser printer was great. One day the toner started to ignite in the printer. It was very frightening. I might be able to repair the problem myself. A techy friend might be able to repair it, A friend who worked… --- ## [E-Readers, 2025 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-readers-2025-edition/1018239)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-readers-2025-edition/1018239 "2025-05-11T14:34:33Z")
Continuing the discussion from Are we (in the US) going to end up with empty shelves and much higher prices in May? What should we do to prepare: Ooh, what do you like? I recently bought a Kobo color e-reader, because… --- ## [What's the evolutionary benefit of shyness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-evolutionary-benefit-of-shyness/1018169)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-evolutionary-benefit-of-shyness/1018169 "2025-05-11T13:13:44Z")
I’ve been wondering… why have shyness, social anxiety, etc. remained as persistent traits in human (and for that matter, many animal) populations? What evolutionary advantage does that give the organism? Of course I’m a… --- ## [How Do I Talk About Estranged Parents With My Kid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-talk-about-estranged-parents-with-my-kid/1017988)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2025, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-talk-about-estranged-parents-with-my-kid/1017988 "2025-05-11T13:07:57Z")
I have a five year old, autistic, intellectually gifted son. He is highly verbal and highly relational (zero social skills, but man he tries), really wants to be a parent and learn about parenting, and he’s been interest… --- ## [Another "doggy" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-doggy-thread/1018159)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2025, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-doggy-thread/1018159 "2025-05-11T09:19:00Z")
Opened up a game I play on my tablet. I don’t pay for this. It’s a freebie. On the game you can get rewards and bonuses for watching a couple 30 sec. ads. I usually am ok with it. Recently I was watching one, sound o… --- ## [The Most Annoying Playlist Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-annoying-playlist-ever/992427)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2025, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-annoying-playlist-ever/992427 "2025-05-11T03:35:02Z")
An actual playlist I am making on Spotify because reasons. I understand individual preferences; for example I love bagpipe music but almost everyone else finds it annoying. And there will be a few songs on there I real… --- ## [Does the SDMB now delete whole threads? (No but we do cornfield sock and troll threads)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-sdmb-now-delete-whole-threads-no-but-we-do-cornfield-sock-and-troll-threads/1018242)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2025, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-sdmb-now-delete-whole-threads-no-but-we-do-cornfield-sock-and-troll-threads/1018242 "2025-05-11T02:59:45Z")
I thought a golden rule at the SDMB was threads do not get deleted except for special circumstances (like someone making an account to advertise something). Today, there was an ATMB thread by @songsoflovetrouble regardi… --- ## [Premiers Sat, May 10: The Judd Family: Truth Be Told](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiers-sat-may-10-the-judd-family-truth-be-told/1018101)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2025, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiers-sat-may-10-the-judd-family-truth-be-told/1018101 "2025-05-11T01:59:01Z")
I have always enjoyed the Judd’s laid back, wholesome country. I kept my ticket stubbs from their 1989 concert. My wife and I had a wonderful time. They were marketed as squeaky clean Mother/daughter duo. But they were … --- ## [Movie where villian went to finishing scool?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-where-villian-went-to-finishing-scool/1018232)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-where-villian-went-to-finishing-scool/1018232 "2025-05-11T00:33:38Z")
I watched this a month or two ago. When the villain joins a conversation they mention he went to a finishing school. Some one replies with the name of the school and remarks, “The finishing school”. It might have been Ca… --- ## [Using AI to find students' math mistakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-ai-to-find-students-math-mistakes/1018126)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-ai-to-find-students-math-mistakes/1018126 "2025-05-10T20:31:02Z")
The other day, one of my students was asking me for help with a homework problem, because the automatic computer homework system was telling her that her answer was wrong, and so I found myself in the situation, very com… --- ## [Retired SCOTUS Justice David Souter Dead at 85](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retired-scotus-justice-david-souter-dead-at-85/1018154)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2025, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retired-scotus-justice-david-souter-dead-at-85/1018154 "2025-05-10T19:41:43Z")
Here’s a gift link: David Souter Dies at 85 From the article: David H. Souter, a New Hampshire Republican who was named to the Supreme Court by President George H.W. Bush and who over 19 years on that bench became a … --- ## [What were these on Leave it to Beaver? Washer/dryer, oven/dishwasher?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-these-on-leave-it-to-beaver-washer-dryer-oven-dishwasher/1018160)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-these-on-leave-it-to-beaver-washer-dryer-oven-dishwasher/1018160 "2025-05-10T18:20:38Z")
I put this in FQ as I believe there is a factual answer. I am aware I am one on the older Dopers here (65 this October) but perhaps someone can answer this. In the episode “Beaver Takes a Walk” @ approximately 21:57 i… --- ## [24 hours, 24 beers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-hours-24-beers/158857)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-hours-24-beers/158857 "2003-03-05T00:27:38Z")
Back in my care-free college days, when the most pressing concern was how fast my friends and I were going to be able to consume our beer, we tried thinking of all the novel ways of consuming alcohol and the many ways of… --- ## [Anyone remember this toy (early-mid 70's) "cubes and tubes" ball track](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-this-toy-early-mid-70s-cubes-and-tubes-ball-track/634247)
**Author:** [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-this-toy-early-mid-70s-cubes-and-tubes-ball-track/634247 "2025-05-10T17:00:25Z")
We had this toy–sort of like a marble track on a larger scale, with these hard plastic balls that you’d make a track for. It was kind of an exercise in physics, figuring out how much height you needed at the beginning t… --- ## [More outlawed marching cadences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062 "2025-05-10T16:29:05Z")
All day long I’va had this Army cadence running through my head. It makes me giggle spontaneously, but I will not explain myself–my friends would not understand. But I’ll share here. This is a cadence that works well … --- ## [Religion, Transphobia and Category Errors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-transphobia-and-category-errors/1013878)
**Author:** [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Replies:** 254\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-transphobia-and-category-errors/1013878 "2025-05-10T13:43:47Z")
This is inspired by one of the many sidetracks in DemonTree’s recent trainwreck of an ATMB thread. Some people attempted, for various purposes, to draw analogies between religious belief and gender identity, which I felt… --- ## [Insults against groups of people that include posters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insults-against-groups-of-people-that-include-posters/1018150)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2025, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insults-against-groups-of-people-that-include-posters/1018150 "2025-05-10T02:39:53Z")
Continuing the discussion from Intersectionality and the Oppression Pyramid: I thought this was a good opportunity for a discussion, because it’s actually a little very ironic that Der Trihs would be the one to raise th… --- ## [How Do I Love Her? I Just Found A New Way!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-love-her-i-just-found-a-new-way/1018129)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2025, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-love-her-i-just-found-a-new-way/1018129 "2025-05-10T01:17:19Z")
The sun is not my friend. I burn very easily. So, I bought a Foreign Legion style cap that covered my ears and the back of my neck. Then, I inherited anothe one. I had to throw them both out when I left my first apartmen… --- ## [India / Pakistan Conflict Escalation \[ 6MAY2025 breaking news \]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/india-pakistan-conflict-escalation-6may2025-breaking-news/1017980)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2025, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/india-pakistan-conflict-escalation-6may2025-breaking-news/1017980 "2025-05-10T00:15:25Z")
After the recent shooting of Indian tourists, blamed on elements in Pakistan there had been a great deal of talk about retaliation. Today, Indian jets struck targets inside Pakistan, with Pakistan confirming and stati… --- ## [Customizeable games like Baldurs Gate or free DND turn based games?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customizeable-games-like-baldurs-gate-or-free-dnd-turn-based-games/1018111)
**Author:** [@Old\_Sport17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Sport17)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2025, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customizeable-games-like-baldurs-gate-or-free-dnd-turn-based-games/1018111 "2025-05-10T00:09:30Z")
I’ve been trying to find new games to play, and I’m getting into Baldurs Gate. I like turn based games, and I wanted to find one like it that I could customize my full team and not just stats. I also wanted to know if th… --- ## [Tesla threatens to sue Government of Canada over EV rebates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-threatens-to-sue-government-of-canada-over-ev-rebates/1018162)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-threatens-to-sue-government-of-canada-over-ev-rebates/1018162 "2025-05-09T23:26:39Z")
This one is a bit complicated; ongoing news story. Back in January, the federal government announced it was ending rebates for EVs sold in Canada. Tesla apparently relies on government rebates as a major part of its i… --- ## [Predict the country or ethnicity of the next Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-country-or-ethnicity-of-the-next-pope/1018005)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2025, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-country-or-ethnicity-of-the-next-pope/1018005 "2025-05-09T22:19:54Z")
I am thinking this will be the year we elect a Pope of color. My prediction is our first black Pope. I don’t believe our next pope will be white. --- ## [Midsomer Murders S01 E01 question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midsomer-murders-s01-e01-question/1018174)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midsomer-murders-s01-e01-question/1018174 "2025-05-09T22:17:54Z")
I’ve started watching MM from its beginning in 1997. (Has it really been that long?!?) I finished the first episode, “The Killings at Badger’s Drift,” this afternoon. I’m sure I missed some minor details, but one thin… --- ## [US student loan changes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-student-loan-changes/1018173)
**Author:** [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-student-loan-changes/1018173 "2025-05-09T20:58:19Z")
I’d like the FQ answer before any debate. I’ve done searches, the official sources (studentaid, Mohela) have not updated anything from what I’ve seen and I’ve not had any notice on my own loans while I’m trying to get th… --- ## [Can you have a game installed on more than one PS5?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-a-game-installed-on-more-than-one-ps5/1018164)
**Author:** [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-a-game-installed-on-more-than-one-ps5/1018164 "2025-05-09T19:14:26Z")
I’m sure the typical answer is no. However, my step-son has a PS5 at his dad’s house, and we’re thinking of getting him one for our house. If he logs in with the same credentials he uses at his dad’s house, will that a… --- ## [Berlitz Guide To Parent-Teacher Conferences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/berlitz-guide-to-parent-teacher-conferences/1018105)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2025, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/berlitz-guide-to-parent-teacher-conferences/1018105 "2025-05-09T18:48:07Z")
I’m reading this New Yorker cartoon where they offer translations for teachers to parents, such as; “Marches to a different drummer”…. Nuts “Needs to brush up on people skills”… Sociopath “Creative”… None too bright. … --- ## [TRUMP think big expo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-think-big-expo/359747)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-think-big-expo/359747 "2025-05-09T18:08:35Z")
I meant to rant on this a couple years ago but it’s rearing it’s ugly head again. I thought the days were gone when the traveling salesman rolled into town with bells and sirens blaring, sold everyone a bottle of snake-… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=317&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=319&state=tracking)