# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=39 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 40 --- ## [Prompt your chatbot to build a profile of your SDMB user account](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prompt-your-chatbot-to-build-a-profile-of-your-sdmb-user-account/1033358)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2026, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prompt-your-chatbot-to-build-a-profile-of-your-sdmb-user-account/1033358 "2026-09-25T00:28:55Z")
Take note of how much you agree with what it has to say about you. Then have it build a profile of someone else. Maybe someone you’re highly critical of. Make a prediction. Does the profile match your prediction? How d… --- ## [VIking misinformation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viking-misinformation/1033225)
**Author:** [@aruvqan\_myers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan_myers)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2026, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viking-misinformation/1033225 "2026-09-25T00:08:19Z")
Sweet jumping Jebus Burned Earth tuber dude, I love you wanting to bring information about interesting archeological finds. For the grace of Ghu, the pit burial dated to the 750s … “The mystery is …” dun-dun-dunnnnnnn -… --- ## [Fact check from 'Hannibal': who was Edgar Bolger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fact-check-from-hannibal-who-was-edgar-bolger/171317)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fact-check-from-hannibal-who-was-edgar-bolger/171317 "2026-09-24T21:54:00Z")
On page 220, Harris writes that the video of the murder of Rinaldo Pazzi (the Italian police detective) ‘took its place among the classic horrific spectacles – Zapruder, the assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald, and the su… --- ## [Does this math riddle work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-math-riddle-work/1033316)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-math-riddle-work/1033316 "2026-09-24T21:34:57Z")
My brother asked me for some help with a novel he’s writing, he wants a character in his book to solve a math riddle. I know what I want the answer to be, I just don’t know if the riddle I came up with is too abstruse an… --- ## [I pit Enes Kanter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-enes-kanter/1032820)
**Author:** [@Airbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbeck)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-enes-kanter/1032820 "2026-09-24T19:11:39Z")
Enes Kanter is an attention starved prick who is making a mockery of women’s sports while claiming to be standing up for women. There has never been a trans woman in the WNBA. It is not an actual issue. He didn’t make it… --- ## [Is it unconstitutional for Trump to ban some reporters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-unconstitutional-for-trump-to-ban-some-reporters/818710)
**Author:** [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-unconstitutional-for-trump-to-ban-some-reporters/818710 "2026-09-24T18:17:03Z")
The constitution prohibits Congress making a law abridging the freedom of the press. Does that mean the prez can bar select members of the press who annoy him? --- ## [Best electric razor/shaver for under $100?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-electric-razor-shaver-for-under-100/1033230)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-electric-razor-shaver-for-under-100/1033230 "2026-09-24T17:25:35Z")
Once again, I am not looking for (probably sponsored) online lists. I am asking for your own personal opinions about the best and/or closest electric shavers for under $100. You can also talk about the ones to avoid at … --- ## [The Great SDMB Movie Poll - Round 1 Comments Thread:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-1-comments-thread/1033341)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-1-comments-thread/1033341 "2026-09-24T14:26:05Z")
Here is where we comment on these votes: This was a temporary thread to aid in putting up 128 polls. --- ## [They are trying it again- Ten Commandments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-are-trying-it-again-ten-commandments/1003134)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-are-trying-it-again-ten-commandments/1003134 "2026-09-24T02:52:56Z")
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4730255-louisiana-require-ten-commandments-classrooms/ Louisiana became the first state in the nation to require the Ten Commandments be displayed in public school classrooms. Gov… --- ## [Watching east coast stations on the west coast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-east-coast-stations-on-the-west-coast/1033332)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-east-coast-stations-on-the-west-coast/1033332 "2026-09-24T02:35:54Z")
Last year we watched Survivor on an east cost station from the west coast. I’m trying to remember how we did it with no success. We would watch it at 6:00 our time. I googled it, but still no luck. The only thing I can … --- ## [Your hooptie of necessity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-hooptie-of-necessity/1033229)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-hooptie-of-necessity/1033229 "2026-09-24T02:03:43Z")
If you had to have one (or if you actually drive one) exclusively for errands to your local strip mall where it’s most likely to get dinged by a shopping cart or the jackass parked next to you. Mine would be a Mercury M… --- ## [Need advice on how to appeal denied surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-on-how-to-appeal-denied-surgery/1033314)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-on-how-to-appeal-denied-surgery/1033314 "2026-09-24T00:34:56Z")
I was scheduled for a third spinal surgery, which got cancelled one day before because the insurance company denied it. My surgeon is making an appeal, which is dragging on. I received paperwork from both my insurer (Ex… --- ## ["ig" as shorthand for "I guess" -- you seen this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ig-as-shorthand-for-i-guess-you-seen-this/1033292)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ig-as-shorthand-for-i-guess-you-seen-this/1033292 "2026-09-24T00:24:04Z")
I encountered this post in another context: I couldn’t figure out what the igs were all about so (after issuing some advice so I wouldn’t come across as too abrasive) I asked, and the OP said it’s short for “I guess”. … --- ## [New Darkwing Duck series ordered for Disney Plus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-darkwing-duck-series-ordered-for-disney-plus/1033294)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-darkwing-duck-series-ordered-for-disney-plus/1033294 "2026-09-23T21:21:37Z")
From Variety: BREAKING – DARKWING DUCK is returning to Disney Plus in an all-new series, and the voice cast is insane! Mark Hamill (“Batman: The Animated Series,” “Batman: Arkham Asylum”) as Drake Mallard aka Darkwing… --- ## [3 in 1 oil question, and moral support;)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-in-1-oil-question-and-moral-support/1033313)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-in-1-oil-question-and-moral-support/1033313 "2026-09-23T20:56:55Z")
My curved shower door feels gritty when you slide it. I’ve clean and cleaned. Bought a particular thin brush for cleaning a crevice like the little gliders glide on. Laying in bed it came to me. Lubricant. That’s the t… --- ## [Movie actor with over 100 credits in serious films, who is most famous for two of the all time great comedy movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-actor-with-over-100-credits-in-serious-films-who-is-most-famous-for-two-of-the-all-time-great-comedy-movies/1033277)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-actor-with-over-100-credits-in-serious-films-who-is-most-famous-for-two-of-the-all-time-great-comedy-movies/1033277 "2026-09-23T20:02:30Z")
Take a guess, let us know how many of the hints you needed. Please put your answer in a spoiler if the hints unspoiled. Feel free to talk about him if you can avoid his name for the first 10 posts. After 10, no issue. … --- ## [Did British soldiers in WWII drink tea or coffee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-british-soldiers-in-wwii-drink-tea-or-coffee/1033018)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-british-soldiers-in-wwii-drink-tea-or-coffee/1033018 "2026-09-23T18:35:27Z")
I know the US soldiers had vats of coffee available when possible. Did the British still make cups of tea with tea bags? --- ## [Have we reached the point when it is kooky to not believe in massive amounts of intelligent life having evolved throughout the universe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-reached-the-point-when-it-is-kooky-to-not-believe-in-massive-amounts-of-intelligent-life-having-evolved-throughout-the-universe/969972)
**Author:** [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\ **Replies:** 760\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-reached-the-point-when-it-is-kooky-to-not-believe-in-massive-amounts-of-intelligent-life-having-evolved-throughout-the-universe/969972 "2026-09-23T17:35:57Z")
Pre-Webb, We estimated there were hundreds of billions of visible galaxies out there, with each galaxy being made of hundreds of billions of stars and possibly trillions of wet rocks like our little planet earth here. To… --- ## [Songs they made you sing in elementary school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-they-made-you-sing-in-elementary-school/1032514)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-they-made-you-sing-in-elementary-school/1032514 "2026-09-23T17:34:02Z")
Watching The Three Godfathers yesterday, and hearing Harry Carey, Jr. sing The Streets of Laredo, made me remember that we sang that song in elementary school - in 7th grade, I believe. Then I remembered other songs we … --- ## [Harvey Weinstein faces yet more accusations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harvey-weinstein-faces-yet-more-accusations/1003969)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harvey-weinstein-faces-yet-more-accusations/1003969 "2026-09-23T17:01:51Z")
I hope that if there’s a new trial that it sticks. --- ## [What is Ben Crump doing in these cases?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-ben-crump-doing-in-these-cases/1031754)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-ben-crump-doing-in-these-cases/1031754 "2026-09-23T16:29:43Z")
I have seen Ben Crump in the news lately over three different incidents. He is representing the family of Nolan Wells, who drowned in Mississippi, Daniel Irving, who drowned in Texas, and Kadir Skinner, who was shot and … --- ## [Planning to cruise the Nile](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planning-to-cruise-the-nile/1033254)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planning-to-cruise-the-nile/1033254 "2026-09-23T15:17:45Z")
We have a Nile river cruise booked for early next year, and we have some flexibility on the date. Has anybody been to Egypt in January/February? How was the weather? And anything else about touring in Egypt, the Nile,… --- ## [The Poetry of Donald Trump: Special No Press Pool Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-trump-special-no-press-pool-edition/1033278)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-trump-special-no-press-pool-edition/1033278 "2026-09-23T15:01:57Z")
Our nation’s poet has offered us another glimpse of his special genius. This time he has chosen to discuss his banning of press coverage from the White House. … --- ## [Question about a birth certificate (adoption related/Utah)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-birth-certificate-adoption-related-utah/1029091)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-birth-certificate-adoption-related-utah/1029091 "2026-09-23T14:41:23Z")
Short question: Is there anything to identify an adoption birth certificate as such? Joseph Kearns was known to a generation of a certain age as the cranky “Mr. Wilson” in the old “Dennis the Mennace” TV series. He di… --- ## [Tales of tech support tomfoolery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-of-tech-support-tomfoolery/1033227)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-of-tech-support-tomfoolery/1033227 "2026-09-23T12:29:18Z")
Continuing the discussion from What were you THINKING?: I’ve been enjoying, and contributing to, the tech support fail stories in that thread, but I didn’t want to hijack it too much more, and I thought this would make … --- ## [The point of that "I've seen fire and I've seen rain" thread ? . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-point-of-that-ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-thread/795679)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-point-of-that-ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-thread/795679 "2026-09-23T10:28:44Z")
I can’t resist wondering what’s the point of that thread. But I’ll ask here in a separate thread lest it would be outright threadshitting to ask in that thread. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=8334… --- ## [A traitor we can all get behind (and kick)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-traitor-we-can-all-get-behind-and-kick/957505)
**Author:** [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-traitor-we-can-all-get-behind-and-kick/957505 "2026-09-23T05:06:29Z")
Greetings! On behalf of the Pit (not really such a bad place, as it turns out) I have decided that what we need here more than anything is our own January 6 Insurrectionist, a Special Someone we can adopt and nurture on… --- ## [Massive flooding in Texas; 20 children missing from a summer camp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massive-flooding-in-texas-20-children-missing-from-a-summer-camp/1020512)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 362\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massive-flooding-in-texas-20-children-missing-from-a-summer-camp/1020512 "2026-09-23T02:25:05Z")
Information, especially about the camp, which was for girls, is sketchy, mainly because of the difficulty in getting there and accessing information. At least 13 deaths in the flooded area have been confirmed, and helic… --- ## [Stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stars-of-the-golden-age-of-hollywood/1033289)
**Author:** [@f.coli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/f.coli)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stars-of-the-golden-age-of-hollywood/1033289 "2026-09-23T01:33:35Z")
During the Golden Age, it was common for actors and actresses to change their name, e.g. Norma Jean Baker to Marilyn Monroe and Marion Morrison to John Wayne. But I wonder, did any of the numerous men and women keep the… --- ## [General car talk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-car-talk/970611)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 520\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-car-talk/970611 "2026-09-23T00:20:03Z")
Continuing the discussion from What's the most interesting car you saw today?: (Splitting rather than continuing hijack.) I think that’s about right. People either want a small, efficient commuter or a large vehicle … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=38) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=40)