# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=490&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 491 --- ## [Is there a name for the style of these fake vintage tourist posters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-the-style-of-these-fake-vintage-tourist-posters/1006370)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-the-style-of-these-fake-vintage-tourist-posters/1006370 "2024-08-29T17:02:49Z")
You’ve probably all seen posters for fictitious tourist destinations made in the style of vintage (say, ~1930s) advertising posters. Examples include this (link is to Etsy) poster for Star Wars’ Mos Eisley. NASA’s JPL ha… --- ## [Is Harari right about AI being mostly negative?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-harari-right-about-ai-being-mostly-negative/1006155)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-harari-right-about-ai-being-mostly-negative/1006155 "2024-08-29T15:31:41Z")
A long opinion piece by Yuval Noah Hurari in this morning’s Grauniad. A Malthusian view of artificial intelligence but an interesting read. Would be interested in your thoughts. --- ## [Does multi grain bread have any advantages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-multi-grain-bread-have-any-advantages/1006204)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2024, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-multi-grain-bread-have-any-advantages/1006204 "2024-08-29T14:40:35Z")
They taste good and have a crunchy texture but is there any nutritional gain over whole wheat or cracked wheat bread? I have Pepperidge Farm 15 grain version on hand. Does eating a few amaranth, splet and flaxseed grains… --- ## [Flying Spaghetti Monster Filmed!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-spaghetti-monster-filmed/1006381)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-spaghetti-monster-filmed/1006381 "2024-08-29T14:27:08Z")
I was so excited when I saw that headline on CNN: Here I thought CNN might be reporting on transcendental philosophical event. But it turns out that oceanographers – who clearly have too much time on their hands – ha… --- ## [Did my daughter get scammed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-my-daughter-get-scammed/1005461)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-my-daughter-get-scammed/1005461 "2024-08-29T14:05:29Z")
My daughter and her friend bought a print of a painting on Esty. Price seemed reasonable for the size and it had free shipping. ETA is August 13-23rd. When they checked the tracking on it today they realized it’s bein… --- ## [Knitters: I Really Want This Hat...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knitters-i-really-want-this-hat/351206)
**Author:** [@sj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sj2)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2024, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knitters-i-really-want-this-hat/351206 "2024-08-29T10:47:05Z")
Hey guys, I am dying to get my hands on this cute, cute knit hat for my son who is due in July. Is there anyplace / anyone that would knit this for me like some sort of commissioned work? I am in love with this hat! ht… --- ## [Has anyone been to Turkey lately? What is the ticket price for Topkapi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-been-to-turkey-lately-what-is-the-ticket-price-for-topkapi/1006215)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2024, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-been-to-turkey-lately-what-is-the-ticket-price-for-topkapi/1006215 "2024-08-29T09:16:25Z")
I’m planning a trip to Turkey in the fall. The June 2021 Lonely Planet guidebook to Istanbul shows a price for the Topkapi palace of 40 Turkish Lira, or about $5 at that time. What I can find online now from what seem t… --- ## [Just using a picture as a reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-using-a-picture-as-a-reply/1006348)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2024, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-using-a-picture-as-a-reply/1006348 "2024-08-29T05:40:53Z")
I have been seeing people using pictures- with no comment, and many times the pictures dont really mean much- such as this one- (Is Trump confused? - #1823 by DrDeth) Which caused a couple of Huhs? Can we puts a stop … --- ## [How do I determine correct time and recalibrate when my devices show a difference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-determine-correct-time-and-recalibrate-when-my-devices-show-a-difference/1006268)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2024, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-determine-correct-time-and-recalibrate-when-my-devices-show-a-difference/1006268 "2024-08-29T03:26:28Z")
That’s it. My phone and my car are off, and both are off from my PC. --- ## [When did you first hear the term “yuppie”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-first-hear-the-term-yuppie/1005045)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-first-hear-the-term-yuppie/1005045 "2024-08-29T01:06:43Z")
There’s a New Yorker article out now that says that the term was first in print in 1980. Though the author did claim to have heard before that, in Chicago, but it is presented as, that’s the general birth time of the ter… --- ## [Giving roadkill to food banks - how is this a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-roadkill-to-food-banks-how-is-this-a-thing/1005298)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-roadkill-to-food-banks-how-is-this-a-thing/1005298 "2024-08-29T00:54:28Z")
Continuing the discussion from RFK Jr Files to Run for President: Maybe this is the fact that I’ve always lived in cities talking, but the idea of giving roadkill meat to food banks just floors me. From a food safety … --- ## [Son wants us to move in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-wants-us-to-move-in/1006284)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2024, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-wants-us-to-move-in/1006284 "2024-08-29T00:05:10Z")
My younger son is aking Hubster and me to move in with them. They lost the childcare they had lined up. I’m sympathetic, but I don’t know if I could handle an infant for 8 - 12 hours a day anymore. It’s also an hour and… --- ## [Wow, I didn't realize how little some voters know about government!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-didnt-realize-how-little-some-voters-know-about-government/1006015)
**Author:** [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-didnt-realize-how-little-some-voters-know-about-government/1006015 "2024-08-28T22:58:00Z")
So I was discussing the citizenship test green card holders have to pass before becoming American citizens with my (admittedly young) Doctor and I asked him how many members of congress there were. He said 8. Stunned, … --- ## [What does a CEO actually do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-ceo-actually-do/1005948)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-ceo-actually-do/1005948 "2024-08-28T22:08:46Z")
My question is motivated by the recent naming of Brian Niccol as CEO at Starbucks. Niccol comes from Chipotle, where he oversaw improvement in their sales after problems with food safety. Starbucks has been suffering l… --- ## [Cultural impact of fifty years of pencil-and-paper roleplaying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cultural-impact-of-fifty-years-of-pencil-and-paper-roleplaying/1006371)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cultural-impact-of-fifty-years-of-pencil-and-paper-roleplaying/1006371 "2024-08-28T21:50:24Z")
It’s been fifty years since the release of Dungeons & Dragons. I listened to an interesting piece on NPR this morning talking about it’s cultural impact. It brought back a lot of memories. I was too young to play when D&… --- ## ["With my luck I'll get the half that talks."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-my-luck-ill-get-the-half-that-talks/1006170)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-my-luck-ill-get-the-half-that-talks/1006170 "2024-08-28T20:12:43Z")
Does anyone remember an old black and white movie (or maybe all I had at the time was a black and white television) where two men were pretending to be magicians and were about to do the saw the lady in half trick. One … --- ## [Are there ANY health benefits to a tanning bed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-health-benefits-to-a-tanning-bed/995079)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-health-benefits-to-a-tanning-bed/995079 "2024-08-28T20:07:37Z")
My gym membership includes an option to use their tanning beds. But, due to some quirk (they said it was a law; I didn’t bother to check), you can only use it for like 9 minutes at a time. I haven’t tried it, but was t… --- ## [Any realistic fiction books about white collar professionals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-realistic-fiction-books-about-white-collar-professionals/1006347)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-realistic-fiction-books-about-white-collar-professionals/1006347 "2024-08-28T19:44:08Z")
I was watching Industry on HBO, which is about a group of graduates working for an investment bank. It reminded me about the pressures of working as an attorney when I first started at my law firm. Every graduate in the … --- ## [Hulk Hogans Real American Beer review](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hulk-hogans-real-american-beer-review/1006311)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hulk-hogans-real-american-beer-review/1006311 "2024-08-28T19:34:02Z")
Here’s my rating from Ratebeer. It’s #1485 for me. Ratings are out of 5. \*Pours a slightly darker straw color. Aroma is very grassy, very grainy. Looks very effervescent with a zillion bubbles floating up from the … --- ## [Guest starring in your own TV show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-starring-in-your-own-tv-show/1006195)
**Author:** [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-starring-in-your-own-tv-show/1006195 "2024-08-28T18:31:30Z")
Recently we were watching an episode of Dr. Kildare from 1965. In the opening, the usual credits roll with freeze frames at the regular points. Title, “Starring Richard Chamberlin”, "and Raymond Massey’. Then the next f… --- ## [In this thread we discuss dash lights and what they resemble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-thread-we-discuss-dash-lights-and-what-they-resemble/1006226)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-thread-we-discuss-dash-lights-and-what-they-resemble/1006226 "2024-08-28T17:54:18Z")
Tire pressure light - Lyre Check engine - Crack pipe. Or at least what I think a crack pipe looks like. I wouldn’t know. Im a Midwestern suburbanite. We get our kicks from Monster energy drinks and cold plunges. Low oi… --- ## [I never knew they were \*that\* good - artists with under reported skills](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-knew-they-were-that-good-artists-with-under-reported-skills/968663)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-knew-they-were-that-good-artists-with-under-reported-skills/968663 "2024-08-28T17:44:11Z")
I stumbled down a Youtube rabbit hole and started watching some Roy Clark videos. I knew he played guitar and banjo, both pretty well, but knew him mainly from his good ol’ boy Hee Haw persona. Clearly Roy Clark was an a… --- ## [Abandoning twitter good idea or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abandoning-twitter-good-idea-or-not/1005989)
**Author:** [@Iori\_Yagami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iori_Yagami)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abandoning-twitter-good-idea-or-not/1005989 "2024-08-28T15:51:26Z")
It is not a secret that twitter changed to muskitter some time ago. Now, a lot of garbage reichwinger crap is not being filtered out. Each time people are discussing the exodus, they bring up this: xitter is full of re… --- ## [Self-burning children's books--a labor-saver for angry mobs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-burning-childrens-books-a-labor-saver-for-angry-mobs/1006323)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-burning-childrens-books-a-labor-saver-for-angry-mobs/1006323 "2024-08-28T15:35:55Z")
A book with a button-cell battery apparently catches fire in a minivan. Be sure to treat your copy of JJ’s Potty Time with caution. --- ## [USB port stopped charging iPhone (but shows power)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usb-port-stopped-charging-iphone-but-shows-power/1006308)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usb-port-stopped-charging-iphone-but-shows-power/1006308 "2024-08-28T13:29:06Z")
This is a sofa with 4 USB ports - one on either end, near the armrests, and two in the center console. The two center ports no longer charge an iPhone, but I plugged a small USB light into them and this little light of … --- ## [UK Dopers - can you identify this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-can-you-identify-this/1006277)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-can-you-identify-this/1006277 "2024-08-28T11:13:11Z")
I found this “ticket” inside a 1939-vintage used UK book. Any ideas what it is? Train ticket? Where and/or when? Looks like it’s post-decimalization. … --- ## [Billy Joel's Piano Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-joels-piano-man/7084)
**Author:** [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-joels-piano-man/7084 "2024-08-28T09:10:29Z")
"- Now Paul is a real estate novelist, " -who never had time for a wife, ," What the hell did Paul do for a living, and why didn’t he have time for a wife? - MC --- ## [Need for locked luggage while travelling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-for-locked-luggage-while-travelling/1005741)
**Author:** [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-for-locked-luggage-while-travelling/1005741 "2024-08-28T08:52:04Z")
I’ve been reading travel tips, and many of them say to use some kind of luggage lock either on the flight and/or in the hotel. I’ve taken multiple unlocked trips with no theft issues. What do people think about locks? Yo… --- ## [What’s puzzling you is the nature of my game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-puzzling-you-is-the-nature-of-my-game/1006229)
**Author:** [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-puzzling-you-is-the-nature-of-my-game/1006229 "2024-08-28T02:31:27Z")
Andrew Hickey’s song #167 is “Sympathy for the Devil” and of course that worm has drilled deep into my aural orifice. What’s puzzling me is… Is the devil’s game about puzzling you? or Are you puzzled about the nature … --- ## [Will you pay any attention to the paralympics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pay-any-attention-to-the-paralympics/1005274)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pay-any-attention-to-the-paralympics/1005274 "2024-08-28T01:37:11Z")
In the Olympics thread, a poster commented: How do the rest of you feel? I’m not a big fan of watching much sport at all, but I have never had any interest in watching the paralympics. Just curious how broad the inte… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=489&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=491&state=tracking)