# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=328&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 329 --- ## [What now for Ukraine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-now-for-ukraine/1014302)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 270\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-now-for-ukraine/1014302 "2025-04-27T05:58:32Z")
At time of writing, trump has spoken with Putin, and basically capitulated everything. Trump, and his defence secretary Pete hegseth have said that Ukraine will not be permitted to join NATO, will not go back to 2014 bo… --- ## [David Thomas, Pere Ubu, dies at 71. Damn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-thomas-pere-ubu-dies-at-71-damn/1017445)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-thomas-pere-ubu-dies-at-71-damn/1017445 "2025-04-27T05:25:12Z")
https://www.stereogum.com/2305484/pere-ubus-david-thomas-dead-at-71/news/ On Wednesday, April 23 2025, he died in his home town of Brighton & Hove, with his wife and youngest step-daughter by his side. MC5 were playing… --- ## [Made up words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-words/1017450)
**Author:** [@doc481](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doc481)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-words/1017450 "2025-04-27T03:43:15Z")
I’m not saying I made all these up but I don’t hear many others people use them. What are some of your made up/new words? Aggravate = angervate Drudgery = trudgery Pissed off to pisstivity…. and beyond… Some days th… --- ## [Must see items at the US Air Force Museum ( Dayton Ohio)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-see-items-at-the-us-air-force-museum-dayton-ohio/1016769)
**Author:** [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-see-items-at-the-us-air-force-museum-dayton-ohio/1016769 "2025-04-27T02:43:53Z")
We’ll be in Dayton Ohio this week (for a drumline competition), and I see they have a highly regarded museum run by the US Air Force. Has anyone been there lately? (There was a thread from back in 2003, mostly a Dopefest… --- ## [Question about the old Kung Fu TV show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-old-kung-fu-tv-show/1017489)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-old-kung-fu-tv-show/1017489 "2025-04-27T00:31:47Z")
For anyone out there with either great research skills or an encyclopedic knowledge of the show, a question: Of all the various adversaries Caine faced, was there ever a man-mountain: a guy just so huge that his sheer ma… --- ## [Do you think they should bring back Woodstock in 2029?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-they-should-bring-back-woodstock-in-2029/1017465)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-they-should-bring-back-woodstock-in-2029/1017465 "2025-04-26T23:59:33Z")
Even though the 1969 and 1999 festivals had similarities and differences, I’m not sure if Woodstock would consider bringing back their festival 30 years later, considering what happened in 1999. However, if they improve… --- ## [Virginia Giuffre (of Jeffery Epstein fame) dies by suicide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-giuffre-of-jeffery-epstein-fame-dies-by-suicide/1017525)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-giuffre-of-jeffery-epstein-fame-dies-by-suicide/1017525 "2025-04-26T21:19:36Z")
Virginia Giuffre who reached an out of court settlement with Prince Andrew after accusations of statutory rape has died in Australia, age 41. She had been in the local news recently, after being allegedly badly injured … --- ## [Is there a title for any kind of sports official ending in "-lator?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-title-for-any-kind-of-sports-official-ending-in-lator/1017472)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-title-for-any-kind-of-sports-official-ending-in-lator/1017472 "2025-04-26T19:04:28Z")
This is a memory from my early childhood. I was four years old and in junior kindergarten. There was an outdoor activity day at my public school, and there would have been team games. The one thing I remember of that da… --- ## [Dilbert- no, not that one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dilbert-no-not-that-one/779957)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dilbert-no-not-that-one/779957 "2025-04-26T17:27:12Z")
I’m referring to Dilbert Groundloop, a WW2 character who was the epitome of everything a pilot shouldn’t do. Here’s a training film based on the character: --- ## [Alternatives to "Untuckit" shirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-untuckit-shirts/1017147)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-untuckit-shirts/1017147 "2025-04-26T17:03:39Z")
I like the idea of dress shirts designed to not be tucked in, but have a dislike for Untuckit. I don’t like the commercials (not a big deal) or the “signature sail” (dealbreaker). Any other brands that create nicely-fi… --- ## [How is the SDMB different from/superior to/inferior to Reddit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-sdmb-different-from-superior-to-inferior-to-reddit/1016573)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-sdmb-different-from-superior-to-inferior-to-reddit/1016573 "2025-04-26T17:02:19Z")
Article in Atlantic extolling the virtues of Reddit. I never went there. But I’ve relied on the SD for decades (!) for entertainment but also and mainly for information. And I’m wondering what the SD denizens have to … --- ## [Whats your earliest memory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-earliest-memory/96747)
**Author:** [@Lectricity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lectricity)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-earliest-memory/96747 "2025-04-26T15:52:58Z")
I think most folks earliest memorys envolve something scary. Am I right? Think back. What where you doing as a toddler? I remember at about two years old, I stuck a yellow twistie tie (the kind that holds bread bags clo… --- ## [Sin-wise what’s the difference between wrath/ anger? Greed/Covetousness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sin-wise-what-s-the-difference-between-wrath-anger-greed-covetousness/1017513)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sin-wise-what-s-the-difference-between-wrath-anger-greed-covetousness/1017513 "2025-04-26T15:52:40Z")
I recently picked up a set of shot glasses at an estate sale. Each one has the name of a Deadly Sin, except for one that just says “Sins” on it. I was slightly puzzled that “Wrath” , “Anger”, “Greed”, and “covetousness”… --- ## [Monkey Gland Transplants were Nifty. In the 1920s. Allegedly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkey-gland-transplants-were-nifty-in-the-1920s-allegedly/1017444)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkey-gland-transplants-were-nifty-in-the-1920s-allegedly/1017444 "2025-04-26T15:50:15Z")
Dammit, the Human ability to rationalize is weird. And can involve transplanting monkey glands into millionaires ballsacks. For fun & profit. The Surgeon was named Vornoff, & a fad was started. (LINK) And Arthur Conan … --- ## [How do you find new movies and TV shows (or music) to enjoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-find-new-movies-and-tv-shows-or-music-to-enjoy/1017417)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-find-new-movies-and-tv-shows-or-music-to-enjoy/1017417 "2025-04-26T14:42:17Z")
I’m mostly asking about movies and TV, but music is also an option. So one thing I do is I look for production companies that put out movies I like, the I go through their catalog. Companies like Blumhouse, A24 and Neon… --- ## [Whats the lead time on tariffs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-lead-time-on-tariffs/1016880)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-lead-time-on-tariffs/1016880 "2025-04-26T13:42:29Z")
So has all this on-again off-again flapping about by Trump actually changed any tariffs? Have there been millions of dollars of taxes actually charged in imports that have arrived at the ports in the time it takes Trump … --- ## [The Barton Organ at Chicago Stadium](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-barton-organ-at-chicago-stadium/542993)
**Author:** [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-barton-organ-at-chicago-stadium/542993 "2025-04-26T11:55:09Z")
So I periodically glance at the forums here (and post from time to time), and I just happened to glance at this “Chicago” sub-forum out of the corner of my eye. What luck! I’m a Canuck writing an M.A. Thesis on Hockey O… --- ## [What fictional franchise, universe, or characters have been reimagined most often?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-franchise-universe-or-characters-have-been-reimagined-most-often/1017304)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-franchise-universe-or-characters-have-been-reimagined-most-often/1017304 "2025-04-26T08:39:08Z")
This thread: In Defense of Irene Adler And this, among other posts in the " Series you’ve recently watched, are now watching or have given up on" thread: …got me thinking, Sherlock Holmes, along with his sidekick Wat… --- ## [Did aerial battle in World War II cause significant damage on the ground?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-aerial-battle-in-world-war-ii-cause-significant-damage-on-the-ground/1014370)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-aerial-battle-in-world-war-ii-cause-significant-damage-on-the-ground/1014370 "2025-04-26T08:06:14Z")
The TV series Master of the Air on AppleTV+ follows the missions of a squadron of B17 bombers in Europe during WWII. There are many scenes of our heroes flying through thick flak. There are other scenes when German fig… --- ## [Q about Bodies in Motion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-bodies-in-motion/1017254)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-bodies-in-motion/1017254 "2025-04-26T05:30:23Z")
When two identical (or at least really similar) objects collide, and one is moving and the other is stationary, which is at greater danger of breaking? Does physics have a preference, or are they pretty much equally at r… --- ## ["Man from U.N.C.L.E" episode where the bad guys ("THRUSH") fly a toy RC plane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-from-u-n-c-l-e-episode-where-the-bad-guys-thrush-fly-a-toy-rc-plane/1017514)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-from-u-n-c-l-e-episode-where-the-bad-guys-thrush-fly-a-toy-rc-plane/1017514 "2025-04-26T03:50:06Z")
IIRC it’s in the vicinity of NYC. A group of kids watch him launch it. One asks when it’s coming back, and he explains that it won’t be coming back. And I think when it lands, it turns out not to have a bomb, but contai… --- ## [What software programs have you paid for that you felt are worth it over freeware options](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-software-programs-have-you-paid-for-that-you-felt-are-worth-it-over-freeware-options/1017463)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-software-programs-have-you-paid-for-that-you-felt-are-worth-it-over-freeware-options/1017463 "2025-04-26T03:29:13Z")
I’m not really asking about movie streaming services (but you can include those) but I’m wondering about software purchases that you felt are vastly superior to the freeware versions to the point where you felt it was wo… --- ## [Why aren't anabolic steroids used for sarcopenia in the elderly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-anabolic-steroids-used-for-sarcopenia-in-the-elderly/1017497)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-anabolic-steroids-used-for-sarcopenia-in-the-elderly/1017497 "2025-04-26T00:39:00Z")
I don’t want to derail from this thread Question for people who weight train: But why aren’t anabolic steroids combined with resistance training and a high protein diet used in the elderly to combat sarcopenia? Is it be… --- ## ["The past was much more glorious" in fiction. What is this called?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-past-was-much-more-glorious-in-fiction-what-is-this-called/1017454)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-past-was-much-more-glorious-in-fiction-what-is-this-called/1017454 "2025-04-25T23:06:49Z")
We are listening to Lord of the Rings for my son (I refuse to read it aloud again), and there is a strong “degeneration” theme in it. The men of Westernesse were so much cooler, smarter, stronger, better skilled, and lo… --- ## [Cops leaving fingerprints as evidence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-leaving-fingerprints-as-evidence/1017490)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-leaving-fingerprints-as-evidence/1017490 "2025-04-25T21:59:37Z")
In this video (high speed car chase stop), starting at 4:00, the officer touches the tail light to “leave physical fingerprint evidence in case the encounter turns deadly”. Huh? I’ve never heard of this. Wouldn’t the vi… --- ## [The Great Big Beautiful Wall and other fictitious achievements](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-big-beautiful-wall-and-other-fictitious-achievements/1017484)
**Author:** [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-big-beautiful-wall-and-other-fictitious-achievements/1017484 "2025-04-25T19:51:16Z")
Apologies if this has been discussed before – I don’t regularly read this thread. As I expect you all know, the border wall mostly doesn’t exist, and the “Mexico will pay for it” comes out of Trump’s mistaken ideas abou… --- ## [Strategy of a numbers choosing game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strategy-of-a-numbers-choosing-game/1017448)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2025, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strategy-of-a-numbers-choosing-game/1017448 "2025-04-25T17:18:23Z")
I don’t know if this game has a more common name. When I encountered it, it was just called Numbers. A quick (yet complete) rundown of the rules. You get a group of players. They each get a sheet of paper and a writing… --- ## [Why do poker players constantly fiddle with their chips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-poker-players-constantly-fiddle-with-their-chips/1017276)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-poker-players-constantly-fiddle-with-their-chips/1017276 "2025-04-25T16:53:46Z")
You can see/hear it in this video (there are plenty more that you can see/hear it in too). It seems a very common thing. I, personally, find it annoying. Is that the point…to put someone off their game? In golf every… --- ## [A better way to determine NFL draft order?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-better-way-to-determine-nfl-draft-order/1017453)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-better-way-to-determine-nfl-draft-order/1017453 "2025-04-25T16:03:39Z")
I can’t handle another mock draft article (“Now he’s #3! Now he’s 2nd round! He’s offense! He’s defense!”), so as a distration, I was thinking about alternative ways to determine the draft order. The current order is det… --- ## [Meat/bean/veggie stew ideas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-bean-veggie-stew-ideas/1017402)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-bean-veggie-stew-ideas/1017402 "2025-04-25T15:47:49Z")
Every Sunday I cook up a big pot to be my office lunch for the coming week. It’s usually a stew that combines a protein (generally meat or fish), a bean/legume, and veggies like onions and carrots. So far, I’ve rotated t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=327&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=329&state=tracking)