# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=338 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 339 --- ## [Musk calls Navarro a moron](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musk-calls-navarro-a-moron/1016801)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musk-calls-navarro-a-moron/1016801 "2025-04-09T17:56:10Z")
Is he not calling the Man who hired, employs and listens to him a moron by default? Gift link --- ## [Who's the worst professional athlete to grace the cover of a video game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-worst-professional-athlete-to-grace-the-cover-of-a-video-game/1016809)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2025, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-worst-professional-athlete-to-grace-the-cover-of-a-video-game/1016809 "2025-04-09T17:28:14Z")
We all heard of the Madden Curse, but I’m curious who is the worst athlete to grace the cover of a video game, either stats-wise or morally? (Note, I’m speaking of sports games with a professional athlete as the cover a… --- ## [Disgusting factual question about a sex act, you have been warned (NSFW, brain bleach required, etc.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-factual-question-about-a-sex-act-you-have-been-warned-nsfw-brain-bleach-required-etc/1014873)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2025, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-factual-question-about-a-sex-act-you-have-been-warned-nsfw-brain-bleach-required-etc/1014873 "2025-04-09T06:24:01Z")
I learned about a new type of sex act last night. I think it only exists as a joke/meme, as I’m not quite sure it’s even humanly possible. Hence the question. And do note that at this point I’m merely adding in some fill… --- ## [Do the signs of puberty (facial hair, pubic hair, voice changing, etc.) happen in a specific sequence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-signs-of-puberty-facial-hair-pubic-hair-voice-changing-etc-happen-in-a-specific-sequence/1016667)
**Author:** [@ChiefinTheKind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefinTheKind)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2025, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-signs-of-puberty-facial-hair-pubic-hair-voice-changing-etc-happen-in-a-specific-sequence/1016667 "2025-04-09T05:51:26Z")
Long time lurker, first time poster here, greetings. The LittleChief is 12 and is showing absolutely zero signs of puberty – no underarm hair, voice not cracking, likely no pubic hair although I’m not going to look or a… --- ## [Is anyone here over 60, living alone, and good with that?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-here-over-60-living-alone-and-good-with-that/1016704)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2025, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-here-over-60-living-alone-and-good-with-that/1016704 "2025-04-09T02:28:11Z")
I’m 70 years old and live in a small town in Montana. I’ve become friends with neighbors around me, who you might guess are mostly married. I have been married twice. The first time, I was too young and inexperienced and… --- ## [Are they raising Goth Chickens? Or "what do you do with an old hearse?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-they-raising-goth-chickens-or-what-do-you-do-with-an-old-hearse/1016797)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2025, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-they-raising-goth-chickens-or-what-do-you-do-with-an-old-hearse/1016797 "2025-04-09T01:42:56Z")
This is creative. And creepy. Old Hearse becomes a chicken brooder. --- ## [ID this vampire movie please: Big cross-shadow from church wakes vamp in ground](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-vampire-movie-please-big-cross-shadow-from-church-wakes-vamp-in-ground/157010)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-vampire-movie-please-big-cross-shadow-from-church-wakes-vamp-in-ground/157010 "2025-04-08T23:26:36Z")
I think I might have seen it on TV in the early 80’s, but it might have been the 70’s. I suppose it could have been made in the 60’s. Yeah, doesn’t narrow it down much. It takes places in modern times. The scene I re… --- ## [The Mission Impossible Franchise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mission-impossible-franchise/1016763)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mission-impossible-franchise/1016763 "2025-04-08T22:08:50Z")
Here is the trailer: Mission: Impossible—The Final Reckoning hits theaters on May 23, 2025. It’s one of the most expensive films ever made, with an estimated budget of about $400 million, so Paramount needs a big b… --- ## [Why wasn't Vermont considered as one of the original colonies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wasnt-vermont-considered-as-one-of-the-original-colonies/1016662)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wasnt-vermont-considered-as-one-of-the-original-colonies/1016662 "2025-04-08T21:58:09Z")
Was the territory just considered as part of New Hampshire? The state was admitted to the Union right after the last colony was accepted so it must have been looked upon as separate by some of the influential people. --- ## [Who is the second best ice hockey player of all time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-second-best-ice-hockey-player-of-all-time/1012351)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-second-best-ice-hockey-player-of-all-time/1012351 "2025-04-08T21:46:33Z")
Gretzky is unmatched at the top. No point discussing that. Who is second best? Mario Lemieux? Gordie Howe? Mario Lemieux has the second highest points per game of the top guys, he averaged 1.88. He’s probably my pick.… --- ## [RIP Clem Burke, drummer from Blondie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-clem-burke-drummer-from-blondie/1016746)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-clem-burke-drummer-from-blondie/1016746 "2025-04-08T21:16:07Z")
Clem Burke, drummer for Blondie, Iggy Pop, and (for a couple shows) the Ramones died after a long battle with cancer. Loved his work, from what I have heard he was a great guy. He (or the person who handles his social m… --- ## [Any way to search for \*mentions\* of your username distinguished from your own posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-search-for-mentions-of-your-username-distinguished-from-your-own-posts/1016777)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-search-for-mentions-of-your-username-distinguished-from-your-own-posts/1016777 "2025-04-08T20:58:46Z")
In the vBulletin days I could search for “AHunter3” and it would not return all of my own posts as matches or if I remember correctly) even replies to me. So the search results would consist of times people had mentione… --- ## [100 warrior game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-warrior-game/1016457)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-warrior-game/1016457 "2025-04-08T20:36:19Z")
I have been unable to Google this game, but I am sure it is well known. Two players get 100 warriors each. For three rounds you get to choose how many warriors to use in a fight. Those warriors cannot be used for subseq… --- ## [2025 College Basketball Tournament Pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-basketball-tournament-pool/1015713)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-basketball-tournament-pool/1015713 "2025-04-08T16:19:03Z")
Apologies for getting this posted a little later than normal. I usually have it up shortly after the brackets are announced on Sunday evening, but it was a busy weekend and then when I went to go find my files from last … --- ## [Please help identify the poem I read in college. Involves Kilimanjaro....I think](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-the-poem-i-read-in-college-involves-kilimanjaro-i-think/1016793)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-the-poem-i-read-in-college-involves-kilimanjaro-i-think/1016793 "2025-04-08T16:04:58Z")
I was in college 1996-2002, but this was likely 1999-2002 time range. A.I. showed me three poems about Kilimanjaro and having read them, they don’t appear to be it. “On Top of Africa” by B. Tejani “Kilimanjaro” by Han… --- ## [Should kids get paid for good grades?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-kids-get-paid-for-good-grades/1015124)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-kids-get-paid-for-good-grades/1015124 "2025-04-08T15:56:16Z")
There may already be a thread on this, but I couldn’t find it. My 11-year-old grandson attends a public middle school and currently gets paid $100 a semester if he gets all A’s. I want to encourage him to do good in sch… --- ## [Who do you think will make triple figures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-make-triple-figures/1016748)
**Author:** [@Tyronne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyronne)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-make-triple-figures/1016748 "2025-04-08T15:17:47Z")
Personally here is my predictions June Lockhart Dick Van Dyke Mel Brooks William Daniels Marion Ross Ann Blythe Fernando Montenegro Paul Dooley Robert Wagner Robert Duvall Michael Caine Jamie Farr --- ## [Yay, Susan Crawford won the state supreme court election in Wisconsin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-susan-crawford-won-the-state-supreme-court-election-in-wisconsin/1016490)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-susan-crawford-won-the-state-supreme-court-election-in-wisconsin/1016490 "2025-04-08T14:08:37Z")
She is currently at 55.5% of the vote with 70% of votes counted. The Wisconsin state supreme court will continue to have a democratic majority, which means no GOP gerrymandering. I didn’t know where else to brag. At lea… --- ## [Mobile phone question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mobile-phone-question/1016743)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mobile-phone-question/1016743 "2025-04-08T12:44:09Z")
I’ve recently bought a Nokia mobile phone. It’s simple to charge it up (e.g. the phone displays a message when the battery is full), but within a week or so the phone doesn’t receive calls and appears to need recharging… --- ## [Strange Android problem: Broswer windows load SLIGHTLY zoomed in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-android-problem-broswer-windows-load-slightly-zoomed-in/1016781)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-android-problem-broswer-windows-load-slightly-zoomed-in/1016781 "2025-04-08T11:57:26Z")
For about a month now, almost every time I load a new page, it opens just slightly zoomed in to where I have to zoom out to get the full window on my screen. For the SDMB, for example, it loads so that my avatar in the u… --- ## [Probablily calculation question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probablily-calculation-question/1016259)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probablily-calculation-question/1016259 "2025-04-08T03:08:32Z")
I have a population x and I want to select y items and The items in population x are reusable, similar to the “Birthday Paradox,” how do I calculate the expected number of unique items? --- ## [Still another question re: Capricorn One](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-another-question-re-capricorn-one/1016348)
**Author:** [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-another-question-re-capricorn-one/1016348 "2025-04-08T03:04:36Z")
I recently watched Capricorn One for about the fortieth time and something occurred to me that I hadn’t thought of before: I had believed the astronauts were going to be somehow sneaked onto the capsule after splashdown … --- ## [Do you think all emo people are depressed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-all-emo-people-are-depressed/1016750)
**Author:** [@melaniethewitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melaniethewitch)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-all-emo-people-are-depressed/1016750 "2025-04-08T02:07:42Z")
Most people think emos are depressed do you think they are why or why not? --- ## [Has anyone tried those alcohol-removed wines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-those-alcohol-removed-wines/1016424)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-those-alcohol-removed-wines/1016424 "2025-04-08T02:00:38Z")
I like to cook with wine, but don’t like to keep alcohol in the house. How about those alcohol-removed wines like I’ve been seeing lately at the market? Do they taste like wine, or are they just grape juice? Additiona… --- ## [The Wisconsin audit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wisconsin-audit/952516)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wisconsin-audit/952516 "2025-04-08T00:28:52Z")
The Republican Speaker of the Wisconsin House of Representatives has appointed a former state Supreme Court justice to run the new election audit they’ve decided needs to be done almost a year after the election. The gu… --- ## [Is Mike White’s budget for luxury vacations 100% tax deductible for the rest of his life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mike-white-s-budget-for-luxury-vacations-100-tax-deductible-for-the-rest-of-his-life/1016309)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mike-white-s-budget-for-luxury-vacations-100-tax-deductible-for-the-rest-of-his-life/1016309 "2025-04-07T23:04:20Z")
The creator and showrunner of THE WHITE LOTUS, a TV series now in its third season, set in exotic hotels all over the world, Hawai’i, Italy, and now Thailand, is sent to various potential locations, presumably funded by … --- ## [How many arms on your asterisk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-arms-on-your-asterisk/1016722)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-arms-on-your-asterisk/1016722 "2025-04-07T22:44:25Z")
I saw an AI image of an ampersand made of meat, and wanting to play with the concept tried for an asterisk made of meat. I discovered that Bing/Dall-E 3 seems to exclusively imagine an asterisk as having five points, whi… --- ## [How do people get badges to show on their profile?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-get-badges-to-show-on-their-profile/1016633)
**Author:** [@melaniethewitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melaniethewitch)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-get-badges-to-show-on-their-profile/1016633 "2025-04-07T22:41:56Z")
I already got a badge but it doesn’t show on my profile why is that? --- ## [What the Hell, Jack in the Box?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-jack-in-the-box/1016459)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-jack-in-the-box/1016459 "2025-04-07T21:59:15Z")
I just saw an ad for Jack in the Box on the page I use to cheat on Wordle. It’s touting a $5 Combo meal with the rubric “Entree, 2 Sides & Drink For $5”. One might find this inoffensive, but I am extremely offended by th… --- ## [Heard & McDonald Islands -- why a top level domain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heard-mcdonald-islands-why-a-top-level-domain/1016687)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heard-mcdonald-islands-why-a-top-level-domain/1016687 "2025-04-07T21:53:29Z")
Trump set tariffs on pretty much all countries (except Russia, N Korea and Cuba) but also on some non-countries. One of those non-countries was the Heard & McDonald Islands, which are inhabited by penguins but not humans… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=337) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=339)