# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=480&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 481 --- ## [Does this pattern for Jeu de Tarot (french tarot) exist in print?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-pattern-for-jeu-de-tarot-french-tarot-exist-in-print/1006481)
**Author:** [@Iori\_Yagami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iori_Yagami)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-pattern-for-jeu-de-tarot-french-tarot-exist-in-print/1006481 "2024-09-13T01:17:06Z")
So, I just found some online French Tarot - The game of Tarot (yup, it has muck all to do with “dIvInAtIoN” or any of that BS, wiki it, or go to pagat site for full rules), simulator in this place, of all places. (Well, … --- ## [I’m having brain surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-having-brain-surgery/1005849)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-having-brain-surgery/1005849 "2024-09-12T22:27:11Z")
So I had a minor seizure and fell on my face a couple weeks ago. Here’s what I looked like just after: And thanks for the blood thinners I was on, here’s what I look like … --- ## [Is Dr. Steven Gundry a quack?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dr-steven-gundry-a-quack/1006909)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dr-steven-gundry-a-quack/1006909 "2024-09-12T22:01:42Z")
A conman, a shill, a clickbait master? Or what he says he is, a highly skilled medical practitioner who has discovered some miracle cures for obesity? I’ve been seeing the popup ads on FB and other places for years, and… --- ## [Any research on spiders avoiding wasp stingers in their web](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-research-on-spiders-avoiding-wasp-stingers-in-their-web/1007123)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-research-on-spiders-avoiding-wasp-stingers-in-their-web/1007123 "2024-09-12T21:10:08Z")
I currently am cultivating a relationship with a European garden spider. I notice that when she captures a wasp in her web, she seems to wrap the head end of the wasp and actively avoids the pointy end. Other critters … --- ## ["Hempler's Center Cut Butcher Cut Shoulder Bacon" -how is this not ham?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hemplers-center-cut-butcher-cut-shoulder-bacon-how-is-this-not-ham/1007127)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hemplers-center-cut-butcher-cut-shoulder-bacon-how-is-this-not-ham/1007127 "2024-09-12T21:03:32Z")
When the Underwood’s Ham Spread was gone from H-E-B this morning, my eye caught this product, which I had never seen before: I’m thrown by this being called “bacon.” As y’all know American bacon is usually thin, fatty… --- ## [Wolverine hypotheticals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wolverine-hypotheticals/1007023)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wolverine-hypotheticals/1007023 "2024-09-12T20:38:46Z")
Can Wolverine be indefinitely immobilized by being frozen solid? Or does that count as an “injury” that his healing factor would try to regenerate with liquid water? For that matter, aren’t there any number of situations… --- ## [The Typo Thread!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-typo-thread/1006385)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-typo-thread/1006385 "2024-09-12T18:20:26Z")
Given the recent turn away from hijacks, it may be a bit distracting to call them out in the thread in question for the obligatory gentle teasing, be it a casual brainfart or an autocorrect disaster, so here we are. So … --- ## [Why I hate insurance sales people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-insurance-sales-people/1007164)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-insurance-sales-people/1007164 "2024-09-12T17:25:50Z")
I want a very specific life insurance product. It is a policy that covers me for life but without any savings or investment part to it. I don’t need a cash value component. My goal is that when I die, my granddaughter… --- ## [Bon Jovi saves woman on bridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-jovi-saves-woman-on-bridge/1007156)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-jovi-saves-woman-on-bridge/1007156 "2024-09-12T17:17:06Z")
It’s just good to see humans acting human. I don’t know much about him, but he seems compassionate. I know the story doesn’t really have anything to do with music except the reason they happened to be there. --- ## [Looking for 2 player ps4 games to play with my 18yo daughter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-2-player-ps4-games-to-play-with-my-18yo-daughter/1007017)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-2-player-ps4-games-to-play-with-my-18yo-daughter/1007017 "2024-09-12T16:53:44Z")
I’m not much of a gamer, I stopped playing a lot years ago, but I recently got a PS4 to play games with my daughter. We’re having a hard time trying to find games we can play that aren’t too hard and not a lot of fightin… --- ## [The Dark Web has my SS number, dammit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-web-has-my-ss-number-dammit/1006589)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-web-has-my-ss-number-dammit/1006589 "2024-09-12T14:55:50Z")
GAH. Got notice my Social Security number’s shown up on the dark web, along with name, address (old and current) and telephone number (old, new, and what the hell?). Already have my credit on lockdown with all three re… --- ## [Dual-citizenship Dopers, how patriotic do you feel about each nation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dual-citizenship-dopers-how-patriotic-do-you-feel-about-each-nation/1007076)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dual-citizenship-dopers-how-patriotic-do-you-feel-about-each-nation/1007076 "2024-09-12T13:55:36Z")
Spinoff of a recent thread about patriotism: I know we have a lot of Dopers where who have dual citizenship - possibly even some with 3 citizenships. Do you feel that your patriotism gets rather watered down for both -… --- ## [What is the first recorded use of the slang term "Funsuck?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-recorded-use-of-the-slang-term-funsuck/1007088)
**Author:** [@GoodZuckerbergs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodZuckerbergs)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-recorded-use-of-the-slang-term-funsuck/1007088 "2024-09-12T13:54:30Z")
I see some definitions of the term on Urban Dictionary that date back to 2006 or so; what is the oldest use of the term that you can source? --- ## [Across many species, why are the reproductive organs placed where they are?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-many-species-why-are-the-reproductive-organs-placed-where-they-are/1006910)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-many-species-why-are-the-reproductive-organs-placed-where-they-are/1006910 "2024-09-12T13:43:04Z")
Once we move away from microscopic organisms and move into the realm of complex-celled creatures of the deep, not to mention those who made it to the beachhead and onto dry land, it seems to me that almost all species ha… --- ## [Your ideas for custom debate bingo cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideas-for-custom-debate-bingo-cards/1007016)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ideas-for-custom-debate-bingo-cards/1007016 "2024-09-12T11:15:01Z")
Let’s make a list of things that Trump will say or do in tomorrow night’s debate. Those who are so inclined can use one of the many free online bingo card generators to make cards to play while watching. For a standard … --- ## [Women: Can Any of You Not Tell When Someone is Romantically Interested?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-can-any-of-you-not-tell-when-someone-is-romantically-interested/1006976)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-can-any-of-you-not-tell-when-someone-is-romantically-interested/1006976 "2024-09-12T10:51:47Z")
I know that it’s come up in previous that some of us men are totally clueless. I’m lucky that Ms. P directly told me she was interested. What about women? Are there many out there who don’t pick up signals? I realize… --- ## [If your flight is diverted ... to your final destination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-flight-is-diverted-to-your-final-destination/1006972)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-flight-is-diverted-to-your-final-destination/1006972 "2024-09-12T06:29:02Z")
Let’s say I’m flying from Wherever to Tucson, changing planes in Phoenix. But there’s some sort of calamity and the flight is diverted to Tucson. Yay me, right? Or can the airline compel me to complete the trip on pain o… --- ## [People who drive vehicles higher than a normal car (trucks, vans, SUVs) - quick, what is your vehicle's height?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-drive-vehicles-higher-than-a-normal-car-trucks-vans-suvs-quick-what-is-your-vehicles-height/1007015)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-drive-vehicles-higher-than-a-normal-car-trucks-vans-suvs-quick-what-is-your-vehicles-height/1007015 "2024-09-12T06:21:57Z")
Inspired by news report of yet another bus getting stuck under a bridge, and an article about an underpass under a bridge in my region that has been eating vans for the last three decades: … --- ## [The advantages of eliminating Presidential immunity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-advantages-of-eliminating-presidential-immunity/1006860)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-advantages-of-eliminating-presidential-immunity/1006860 "2024-09-12T04:31:46Z")
Unlike the USSC, I believe that presidential immunity was too great before their decision to expand it to practically anything a president does that might deemed “an official act.” (And certainly it’s too great after th… --- ## [Letters You Do Not Know Where To Send](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letters-you-do-not-know-where-to-send/961947)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letters-you-do-not-know-where-to-send/961947 "2024-09-12T02:10:30Z")
Dear Weather, Not many years ago, you offered predictability and consistency. The results were not always great. You were too hot and humid in the summer and too cold and snowy in the winter. Recently, you have decid… --- ## [Have you ever bought cryptocurrencies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-bought-cryptocurrencies/1005023)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-bought-cryptocurrencies/1005023 "2024-09-12T01:33:07Z")
Inspired by this bit of news about tanTrump wholeheartedly endorsing crytocurrencies, and being myself extremely skeptical of the whole idea, I wondered how many of the readers in this board have ever bought any cryptoc… --- ## [Does President Biden get along with Vice President Harris?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-biden-get-along-with-vice-president-harris/1007137)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-biden-get-along-with-vice-president-harris/1007137 "2024-09-12T00:33:21Z")
Continuing the discussion from Trump and Harris agree to September 10th ABC debate - Watch Along Starts at Post 431: Does Biden get along well with Harris? Or, is it true that he hates her, as Donald Trump claimed in l… --- ## [Why is a musical but in a film called a musical "number"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-musical-but-in-a-film-called-a-musical-number/1006970)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-musical-but-in-a-film-called-a-musical-number/1006970 "2024-09-11T22:21:40Z")
In a (not a musical) movie I watched recently, the cast did a song & dance bit, and one of the characters broke the fourth wall and told the audience, “I love a musical number.” In fact, I’ve heard these bits referred t… --- ## [ID this movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-movie/1006879)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-movie/1006879 "2024-09-12T00:06:50Z")
I saw a brief recap video. It’s an animated movie. It appears to be Japanese. The recap talked about a young woman who had been living isolated in her apartment for three years, not seeing anyone in person. But she had… --- ## [Dick Cheney endorses Harris](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-cheney-endorses-harris/1006881)
**Author:** [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-cheney-endorses-harris/1006881 "2024-09-11T23:15:48Z")
Didn’t have that on my bingo card. I probably won’t be the first to suggest that Dick invite Donald to go on a hunting trip. Has anything like this ever happened before, where an actually former Pres/VP has endorsed the… --- ## [Oldest world champion in any sport](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-world-champion-in-any-sport/1006989)
**Author:** [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-world-champion-in-any-sport/1006989 "2024-09-11T22:56:15Z")
Who is the oldest person to have won a world championship in any sport? For this discussion, the sport must include some sort of specialized physical skill (so, for example, darts would qualify, but chess would not). I… --- ## [Suspension for 7 days for split\_p\_j for continued problematic posting and Conspiracy Theory posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspension-for-7-days-for-split-p-j-for-continued-problematic-posting-and-conspiracy-theory-posts/1007136)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspension-for-7-days-for-split-p-j-for-continued-problematic-posting-and-conspiracy-theory-posts/1007136 "2024-09-11T22:52:54Z")
split\_p\_j has garnered 4 warnings and far too many modnotes to continue posting as they have. When they returns they must not post Conspiracy Theory posts and especially 9/11 CT posts. Recent History of Warnings: … --- ## [Which TV property has the most spinoffs/in-universe franchise shows?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-property-has-the-most-spinoffs-in-universe-franchise-shows/1006652)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-property-has-the-most-spinoffs-in-universe-franchise-shows/1006652 "2024-09-11T22:29:21Z")
You know how like The Big Bang Theory was spunoff into Young Sheldon, which has now been spunoff into Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage (3 points!)? Which show has the most? For example, I’m pretty sure that All in the Fa… --- ## [Accusing a Group of Malice in GD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accusing-a-group-of-malice-in-gd/1006062)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 183\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accusing-a-group-of-malice-in-gd/1006062 "2024-09-11T20:14:18Z")
Continuing the discussion from If conservatives think being gay is a choice, what do they think are the benefits of being gay?: To demonize them. With conservatives it’s always about malice; “the cruelty is the po… --- ## [How the hell does Pandora work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-does-pandora-work/1004654)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-does-pandora-work/1004654 "2024-09-11T20:14:08Z")
I know how it is supposed to work. I pick around five artists/types of music, it throws me songs from those and others supposedly of the same genre, and I vote thumbs up or down. With basic Pandora you have only so man… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=479&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=481&state=muted)