# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=382 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 383 --- ## [How do all-capitalized (not ALL CAPS) posts happen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-all-capitalized-not-all-caps-posts-happen/1002921)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-all-capitalized-not-all-caps-posts-happen/1002921 "2025-01-30T15:57:16Z")
I sometimes see comments on various places where every word in the post is capitalized. I don’t mean ALL CAPS, I Mean Posts Written Like This, Long Strings Of Capitalized Words. I can understand all-caps posts made with … --- ## [Did Trump cause the cost on insulin to raise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-cause-the-cost-on-insulin-to-raise/1013545)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-cause-the-cost-on-insulin-to-raise/1013545 "2025-01-30T12:22:08Z")
The best I’ve been able to google is: " Trump rescinded Biden’s 2022 order, “Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Americans,” including it in a list of dozens of former executive actions he described as "\[deeply unpopula… --- ## [R.I.P. Jules Feiffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-jules-feiffer/1013221)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-jules-feiffer/1013221 "2025-01-30T11:02:15Z")
… In October 1956, Mr. Feiffer strolled into the office of The Village Voice, which had been founded the previous year, and offered to draw a regular strip for nothing. First titled “Sick, Sick, Sick,” it eventually … --- ## [What does a Vampire look like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-vampire-look-like/1013532)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-vampire-look-like/1013532 "2025-01-30T10:42:57Z")
One thing I find interesting is the way pop media has a particular “look” for characters or things. The prime example of this is Frankenstein’s monster, which is practically defined by Jack Peirce’s flat-topped makeup jo… --- ## [Can you pass out from a single drink?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-out-from-a-single-drink/1013560)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-out-from-a-single-drink/1013560 "2025-01-30T07:32:33Z")
There’s a memorable scene in Back to the Future: Part III where a sober Emmett “Doc” Brown downs a single shot of whiskey and promptly falls unconscious. The bartender, having seen this happen once before, observes that… --- ## [Happy Cake Day to me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-cake-day-to-me/1013189)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-cake-day-to-me/1013189 "2025-01-30T04:17:04Z")
I was just posting in GQ (or FQ I guess) and I noticed today is my SDMB cake day! I joined the board 25 years ago today after lurking for several years both on the web and on AOL. A quarter century as a member, almost … --- ## [New Dark Tower book coming? Maybe? re: Stephen King tweets as such](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dark-tower-book-coming-maybe-re-stephen-king-tweets-as-such/1009287)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dark-tower-book-coming-maybe-re-stephen-king-tweets-as-such/1009287 "2025-01-30T03:01:24Z")
--- ## [Gurgling from furnace condensate drain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gurgling-from-furnace-condensate-drain/1012671)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gurgling-from-furnace-condensate-drain/1012671 "2025-01-30T00:38:05Z")
The condensate pipe from my home’s gas furnace leads to a floor drain right next the furnace. This morning something’s making gurgling noises down there, and I’m pretty sure either it’s the floor drain or the condensate… --- ## [Struggling with my internet addiction - anyone else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/struggling-with-my-internet-addiction-anyone-else/996193)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/struggling-with-my-internet-addiction-anyone-else/996193 "2025-01-30T00:27:34Z")
Like the thread title says - I have an addiction to the internet, mostly in the form of social media sites but also including game sites and film sites like YouTube. It is made more difficult because a computer is the m… --- ## ["Just a bit outside", Bob Uecker has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-bit-outside-bob-uecker-has-died/1013055)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-bit-outside-bob-uecker-has-died/1013055 "2025-01-30T00:13:00Z")
I debated if it should go here or in CS, but I figured he was more a sports guy. Bob Uecker has died at the age of 90. --- ## [What makes a CEO talented?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-ceo-talented/1013489)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-ceo-talented/1013489 "2025-01-30T00:12:01Z")
I work for a global company. We have this gentleman at work. If he’s in his thirties at all He’s a young 30. And this guy has gone in 5 years from being an intern, to being facilities manager. Just two more rungs of th… --- ## [Worst Movies of 2024?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movies-of-2024/1013259)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movies-of-2024/1013259 "2025-01-29T23:29:01Z")
I will pick one “worst” and the rest are unranked. Worst: Megalopolis - No. Nope. This isn’t a brilliant, hard to crack, work that will go up in esteem later. It’s horrible, comically bad. We need to face it. Francis F… --- ## [90s infomercial for bowl holder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90s-infomercial-for-bowl-holder/1013588)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90s-infomercial-for-bowl-holder/1013588 "2025-01-29T23:10:52Z")
I remember an infomercial from the 1990s where the seller was offering something to hold down bowls while you stir them - maybe a kind of suction attachment to the counter. To show why it was important, he stirred withou… --- ## [The Price Of American Groceries: Ongoing Updates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-american-groceries-ongoing-updates/1013535)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-american-groceries-ongoing-updates/1013535 "2025-01-29T23:06:02Z")
Trump promised to bring the price of American groceries down to earth. And he believes strongly that he is going to do it. So it only makes sense to have a thread monitoring his unbelievable progress. Please list the … --- ## [So. What do you do for a living?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-do-for-a-living/1012774)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 213\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-do-for-a-living/1012774 "2025-01-29T22:45:52Z")
I’m sure this has been done before, but I certainly haven’t seen it recently. What’s your occupation? Feel free to say as much or as little. I manage the US operations of a small pharma company. I’m always coy about the… --- ## [What is a Gleason Cow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-gleason-cow/1013541)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-gleason-cow/1013541 "2025-01-29T19:06:11Z")
Whilst re-reading Kipling’s Puck Of Pook’s Hill the Girl is using a slingshot, and hits someone in a bush. She says she thought it was a “Gleason Cow”? Google has failed me. What is a Gleason Cow? --- ## [Would going through a car wash without a car be fatal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-going-through-a-car-wash-without-a-car-be-fatal/1013493)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-going-through-a-car-wash-without-a-car-be-fatal/1013493 "2025-01-29T18:11:40Z")
If a person went through a car wash on foot at the speed of the usual conveyor belt, getting hit with all the hot water, wax, brushes, and treatment, would it be fatal to them? --- ## [Presence (2025) Seen It (no real spoilers in OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presence-2025-seen-it-no-real-spoilers-in-op/1013485)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presence-2025-seen-it-no-real-spoilers-in-op/1013485 "2025-01-29T17:45:38Z")
I had an AMC Credit about to expire so I decided to give this movie a try after reading an article about it (it was filmed not far from where I live). It’s a ghost story told from the point of view of the Ghost (so if F… --- ## [Did Walt ever said, that someday he would like to sell Disney and invest in housing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-walt-ever-said-that-someday-he-would-like-to-sell-disney-and-invest-in-housing/1013491)
**Author:** [@Sizzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sizzler)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-walt-ever-said-that-someday-he-would-like-to-sell-disney-and-invest-in-housing/1013491 "2025-01-29T16:47:38Z")
maybe i heard it in interview with animator Milt Kahl, but i cannot find anything similar… --- ## [Any new info about actor Jay Johnston (Mr. Show, The Sarah Silverman Program) being in Jan 6 Capitol riot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-new-info-about-actor-jay-johnston-mr-show-the-sarah-silverman-program-being-in-jan-6-capitol-riot/954908)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-new-info-about-actor-jay-johnston-mr-show-the-sarah-silverman-program-being-in-jan-6-capitol-riot/954908 "2025-01-29T16:24:13Z")
Snopes has no news since 5 March: Did Actor Jay Johnston Participate in US Capitol Riot? | Snopes.com and nothing else I’ve found with Google seems to have any more info. Seems odd, I would have expected by now that ei… --- ## [Go watch this video now, you will love it. Off you go. (Bobby Fingers, special effects artist)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-watch-this-video-now-you-will-love-it-off-you-go-bobby-fingers-special-effects-artist/1013530)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-watch-this-video-now-you-will-love-it-off-you-go-bobby-fingers-special-effects-artist/1013530 "2025-01-29T14:56:02Z")
Joe Rogan and The Black Keys Diorama (don’t let the fact that it is Rogan-related turn you away) Bobby Fingers is a special effects artists who makes dioramas. Besides this one, he has videos of a drunk Mel Gibson bein… --- ## [The Core Set of Global Cuisine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-core-set-of-global-cuisine/1013426)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-core-set-of-global-cuisine/1013426 "2025-01-29T13:29:28Z")
poll From this thread. Bolding mine. It think it’s an interesting remark ,and I wonder what that core set looks like. I guess it depends on the size the city and its immigrant population to a certain extent. Still, I… --- ## [Do sports leagues benefit more from having refs favor the high-profile teams and players, or less?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-sports-leagues-benefit-more-from-having-refs-favor-the-high-profile-teams-and-players-or-less/1013463)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-sports-leagues-benefit-more-from-having-refs-favor-the-high-profile-teams-and-players-or-less/1013463 "2025-01-29T12:41:37Z")
Note: This thread is not specifically about the Kansas City Chiefs. However, they are the team that seems to be getting the most accusations of being favored by the refs these days. In many sports leagues, there are con… --- ## [Gaydar? Does it exist? Has it changed over the years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaydar-does-it-exist-has-it-changed-over-the-years/1013433)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaydar-does-it-exist-has-it-changed-over-the-years/1013433 "2025-01-29T11:34:50Z")
I am reacting to a comment in a CS thread about Paul Reuben’s having been gay: “Something” is a low bar. Obviously any degree that it exists is subject to many false positives and negatives, but is there anything to it… --- ## [Using Identogo for fingerprinting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-identogo-for-fingerprinting/1013576)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-identogo-for-fingerprinting/1013576 "2025-01-29T10:58:45Z")
I’m required to get them checked every 5 years, so I set up the appointment and had them done. Then I got an email back saying my check was complete, but it didn’t accept my password and locked me out. I believe they sen… --- ## [Are modern Communist Parties still divided into Bolsheviks and Mensheviks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-modern-communist-parties-still-divided-into-bolsheviks-and-mensheviks/1013398)
**Author:** [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-modern-communist-parties-still-divided-into-bolsheviks-and-mensheviks/1013398 "2025-01-29T09:20:31Z")
Is Bolshevik and Menshevik still a thing in modern Communist Parties or are they obsolete terms nowadays? --- ## [I like bread butts and I cannot lie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bread-butts-and-i-cannot-lie/1013406)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-bread-butts-and-i-cannot-lie/1013406 "2025-01-29T03:56:01Z")
Is there a bakery somewhere that makes a loaf of only bread butt-ends? The thick part that many people despise or discard, but I happen to love? It’s my favorite part of a loaf and I always wish there were more than two … --- ## [Trump and Retribution - Legal Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-retribution-legal-question/1013410)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-retribution-legal-question/1013410 "2025-01-29T02:49:05Z")
Obviously Canadian and American laws differ, Presidents and other leaders have enormous amounts of power, and politicians have the right and obligation to make decisions for the public good. However, in Canada, my under… --- ## [Who Writes Executive Orders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-writes-executive-orders/1013212)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-writes-executive-orders/1013212 "2025-01-29T02:41:36Z")
So Trump signed like 50 executive orders on his first day as President. But who actually writes the text of these things and who decides what the content should be? Are there committees to plan them? Does anyone other th… --- ## [Canadians - are you (newly) boycotting US products?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-are-you-newly-boycotting-us-products/816467)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-are-you-newly-boycotting-us-products/816467 "2025-01-29T02:19:46Z")
That’s it - after the kerfuffle over trade with the US, I’ve seen a few news stories about people/business boycotting products from the US. Are you doing anything like this? For my answer, I’m avoiding US produce, but … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=381) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=383)