# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=384&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 385 --- ## [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 … --- ## [Air Busan Plane Burns at Gimhae International Airport](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-busan-plane-burns-at-gimhae-international-airport/1013556)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-busan-plane-burns-at-gimhae-international-airport/1013556 "2025-01-29T00:42:05Z")
From Yeonhap News Agency: 4 injured evacuating airplane on fire at Busan airport BUSAN, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) – A passenger aircraft caught fire at an international airport in the southeastern city of Busan on Tuesday, wit… --- ## [A bit surprising but not a paradox](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bit-surprising-but-not-a-paradox/1013505)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bit-surprising-but-not-a-paradox/1013505 "2025-01-29T00:03:44Z")
I was watching a curling match night before last. At some point they put up a graphic showing that team A was ahead of team B on both draws and hits but they were tied on overall percentage. This seemed paradoxical at f… --- ## [This is just sick \[fossilized vomit discovered in Denmark\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-sick-fossilized-vomit-discovered-in-denmark/1013524)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-sick-fossilized-vomit-discovered-in-denmark/1013524 "2025-01-28T23:28:03Z")
66 million year old fish vomit found in Denmark … Sounds more like it will help them discover what animals shouldn’t have been eating. --- ## [Wheel running in the wild](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheel-running-in-the-wild/1013500)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheel-running-in-the-wild/1013500 "2025-01-28T23:23:38Z")
I just saw this 2014 experiment. Dutch scientists set up a hamster/mouse wheel in the wild, and then observed what happened. (for part of the experiment, there was food nearby to attract them). The answer: The observa… --- ## [Potholes and salt: freeze-thaw cycle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potholes-and-salt-freeze-thaw-cycle/1013409)
**Author:** [@ZurBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZurBob)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potholes-and-salt-freeze-thaw-cycle/1013409 "2025-01-28T21:38:29Z")
I have no problem understanding how the freeze-thaw cycle causes potholes, nor is it a mystery how salt reduces the freeze point of ice on roads resulting in safer travel. What is a mystery to me is how the addition of … --- ## [Earthquake in Maine today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-maine-today/1013487)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-maine-today/1013487 "2025-01-28T21:41:12Z")
Did anyone feel it? Any damage or disruptions? Apparently they’re rare in the area, so it has to be a little disorienting. --- ## [J-pop, K-pop: what other \*-pops are there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-pop-k-pop-what-other-pops-are-there/1013475)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-pop-k-pop-what-other-pops-are-there/1013475 "2025-01-28T21:40:24Z")
Korea and Japan, respectively, have brought us the K-pop and J-pop music genres. I see now from Wikipedia that there are also these other \*-pops: Are there other nation-named \*-pop music genres that rise to com… --- ## [Auto leasing (newbie questions): how to lower the overall cost of the lease](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-leasing-newbie-questions-how-to-lower-the-overall-cost-of-the-lease/1013533)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-leasing-newbie-questions-how-to-lower-the-overall-cost-of-the-lease/1013533 "2025-01-28T20:50:43Z")
I currently own an EV, but I’m going to get rid of it for … reasons. I’m going to get another EV, but the technology and models are changing very fast these days. So rather than buy another EV, I’m considering leasing f… --- ## [Where the wind (farms) blow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-wind-farms-blow/1013548)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-wind-farms-blow/1013548 "2025-01-28T20:20:39Z")
I used to work with another engineer who was involved with an initiative to build a wind farm offshore in Lake Erie east of Cleveland. The plan never happened. There are a few wind turbines in the area today and it is in… --- ## [A way around the 22nd Amendment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-way-around-the-22nd-amendment/1013538)
**Author:** [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-way-around-the-22nd-amendment/1013538 "2025-01-28T18:20:57Z")
Perhaps covered in another thread already. The 22nd Amendment says “No person shall be elected to the office of President more than twice…” \[emphasis mine\] What if someone else ran for President and won, and a 2-termer… --- ## [Do commercial LLMs own the data you input?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-commercial-llms-own-the-data-you-input/1013385)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-commercial-llms-own-the-data-you-input/1013385 "2025-01-28T18:01:49Z")
A strangely hard thing to google / chatGPT-verb, because so many people want to know about whether the output of LLMs is copyrightable. That’s a good question, but right now I’m concerned with the input, and just what h… --- ## [Team Fortress 2 Classic, a Team Fortress 2 mod that reimagines its 2008/2009 era](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-fortress-2-classic-a-team-fortress-2-mod-that-reimagines-its-2008-2009-era/1010134)
**Author:** [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/team-fortress-2-classic-a-team-fortress-2-mod-that-reimagines-its-2008-2009-era/1010134 "2025-01-28T17:57:01Z")
I’m sure there are some oldheads here that would be interested in this. As I’m sure some of you know by now, Team Fortress 2 nowadays is a shell of its former self. Hats, loot crates, over 100 maps…it’s basically become… --- ## [United Health & Pharmacy Benefits Manager scandal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-health-pharmacy-benefits-manager-scandal/1013064)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-health-pharmacy-benefits-manager-scandal/1013064 "2025-01-28T16:31:24Z")
I saw a post about a new United Health scandal and didn’t understand it so I found a few articles about it and I’m still confused. The title of one was “UnitedHealth, employer of slain exec Brian Thompson, found to have… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=383&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=385&state=tracking)