# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=505&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 506 --- ## [How do you pronounce coitus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-coitus/359237)
**Author:** [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-coitus/359237 "2024-08-08T16:30:12Z")
How do you pronounce coitus? Strictly out of curiosity. It’s not an incredibly uncommon word, but it’s not one used in day to day life, either. I’ve always heard it pronounced /'koj t@s/ - that is, two syllables, first … --- ## [What one band is the epitome of classic rock for you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-band-is-the-epitome-of-classic-rock-for-you/1005151)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-band-is-the-epitome-of-classic-rock-for-you/1005151 "2024-08-08T15:54:26Z")
The title I think says it all. I’ll put my choice up in a bit. --- ## [Robot dentist does first surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-dentist-does-first-surgery/1005331)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-dentist-does-first-surgery/1005331 "2024-08-08T14:38:19Z")
I don’t know that I would volunteer to be the test subject here. On the other hand, it would stop that uncomfortable feeling from being that close to a person’s face who you don’t know. “Beep boop, I really wanted to be … --- ## [Senate races](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-races/1005420)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-races/1005420 "2024-08-08T13:07:02Z")
Continuing the discussion from How can Donald Trump win at this point?: Trying out the suggested linked topic trick! Probably a thread to keep track of key Senate races will be useful. I could use some education here! … --- ## [King Charles II of Spain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-charles-ii-of-spain/1005362)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-charles-ii-of-spain/1005362 "2024-08-08T10:33:30Z")
\[image\] Rey\_Carlos\_II.jpg (1852×1413) (factinate.com)/\[image\] The monarch whose severe inbreeding caused deathly illness throughout his life. A modern take of his likeness: \[IMG\] add29c5a46d82b14d0bce9820171982fc319f5… --- ## [Has a 'vote against' system ever been attempted or studied? And would it be any good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-vote-against-system-ever-been-attempted-or-studied-and-would-it-be-any-good/1005344)
**Author:** [@Mnemnosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mnemnosyne)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-vote-against-system-ever-been-attempted-or-studied-and-would-it-be-any-good/1005344 "2024-08-08T07:57:42Z")
It has been occurring to me for some time that, at least in the current US election system, what we have is functionally a system where at least a significant number of people are not voting for a candidate, but against … --- ## [Agricultural cooperatives that share marijuna](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agricultural-cooperatives-that-share-marijuna/1005260)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agricultural-cooperatives-that-share-marijuna/1005260 "2024-08-08T04:05:50Z")
Possession of up to an ounce of weed has been legal here in Virginia for about 3 years. We were supposed to have retail stores by now but the legistaure put it on indefinite hold. Shortly after these stores starting a… --- ## [Ever heard of anyone on opiates doing this and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-heard-of-anyone-on-opiates-doing-this-and-why/601826)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-heard-of-anyone-on-opiates-doing-this-and-why/601826 "2024-08-08T03:28:13Z")
I know about the nodding off thing people do. The person in question is taking oxycontin. They’ll go to the refridgerator or stand before a cabinet for example. Then you notice eyes are closed and they start doing this … --- ## [You know those 100-calorie bags of microwave popcorn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-those-100-calorie-bags-of-microwave-popcorn/989856)
**Author:** [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-those-100-calorie-bags-of-microwave-popcorn/989856 "2024-08-08T01:29:33Z")
Is it 100 calories per bag only if every last kernel gets popped? Cause I just ate a bag and there were maybe 20 unpopped kernels left. I’m thinking that means I can have a few potato chips :slight\_smile: --- ## [Poll: What's your initial feeling about Harris versus Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-whats-your-initial-feeling-about-harris-versus-trump/1004661)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-whats-your-initial-feeling-about-harris-versus-trump/1004661 "2024-08-08T01:10:01Z")
Just a quick poll to take the board’s political temperature in the immediate aftermath of the Big News. You can choose one option. Note that there are sub-sections, grouped by political leaning, to allow more representa… --- ## [Money footprint](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-footprint/1005395)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-footprint/1005395 "2024-08-07T23:43:46Z")
You have heard of the carbon footprint associated to an activity or product. But how about tracking my money footprint? To illustrate: suppose I go to the convenience store, purchase a pack of beef jerky and a bottle of… --- ## [Silly songs that are (probably) not joke songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-songs-that-are-probably-not-joke-songs/1003341)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-songs-that-are-probably-not-joke-songs/1003341 "2024-08-07T23:18:39Z")
There are plenty of songs that are definitely joke songs. Nearly everything by Weird Al Yankovic, Ray Stevens and Jim Stafford, for instance. But while Kung Fu Fighting is silly, I don’t think it was meant to be a joke… --- ## [Why don't we have a new thread for Harris's VP pick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-have-a-new-thread-for-harriss-vp-pick/1005348)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-have-a-new-thread-for-harriss-vp-pick/1005348 "2024-08-07T21:46:35Z")
Now that we know who Harris picked for her running mate, it would be great to have a thread to discuss it. So I went looking for a thread and found this, “Harris VP choice for 2024 is Governor Tim Walz Minnesota.” The n… --- ## [Spiced Rum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiced-rum/1005353)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiced-rum/1005353 "2024-08-07T21:41:16Z")
It’s been since July 2001 that there was a thread about Captain Morgan’s Spiced Rum. Pretty much the only other Rum I knew of besides Bacardi (I learned only last week that the “Ron” in Bacardi means Rum). I’ve had Cuba… --- ## [The annoyance of two-prong outlets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-annoyance-of-two-prong-outlets/1003812)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-annoyance-of-two-prong-outlets/1003812 "2024-08-07T21:39:36Z")
Poky house was built in 1959, and doesn’t have grounded outlets. I am planning on replacing them with GFCI outlets, which takes care of the safety issue, but I realized that some of my equipment should be grounded for st… --- ## [Can the Republicans force businesses to advertise on right-wing media?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-republicans-force-businesses-to-advertise-on-right-wing-media/1005330)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-republicans-force-businesses-to-advertise-on-right-wing-media/1005330 "2024-08-07T21:08:57Z")
Here is a collection of letters sent by Rep. Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, to a bunch of American companies, demanding that they explain why have apparently chosen to reduce their advertising on … --- ## [What if all firearms vanished?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-all-firearms-vanished/1004948)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-all-firearms-vanished/1004948 "2024-08-07T20:50:03Z")
Today all firearms in the world smaller than 20mm in caliber magically vanish (pistols, shotguns, rifles etc.). It only happens once so firearms are able to be built and used afterwards as normal. What happens next and … --- ## [Pretty but deadly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pretty-but-deadly/1005121)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pretty-but-deadly/1005121 "2024-08-07T20:03:27Z")
OK, deadly might be an exaggeration. There is a beautiful thistle that I took a photo of awhile ago: I stopped by today to harvest some seeds, so I could plant them in my… --- ## [Dating and Music Preferences/Discussions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-and-music-preferences-discussions/1005041)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-and-music-preferences-discussions/1005041 "2024-08-07T19:57:53Z")
Women who are into country, folk, death metal, or too much pop. Not my cup of tea. Women who are into 90’s and early 2000’s alternative and old school hip hop. I’m apparently not their cup of tea. I strike out with so m… --- ## [Search engine optimization - specific to eBay selling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine-optimization-specific-to-ebay-selling/1005332)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engine-optimization-specific-to-ebay-selling/1005332 "2024-08-07T18:41:12Z")
I am selling a bunch of stuff on eBay, and I am a bit disappointed at how many views my items get despite my moderate efforts to choose my keywords effectively. I’m open to all input, but I’d specifically like to know t… --- ## [Stephen King's "You Like It Darker" (mild spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-you-like-it-darker-mild-spoilers/1002242)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-you-like-it-darker-mild-spoilers/1002242 "2024-08-07T18:03:00Z")
Grabbed Stephen King’s new collection of short stories (and some longer ones), and I’ve already finished it. King has been hit or miss with me lately (I didn’t finish “Fairy Tale,” for instance, because I got bored as so… --- ## [Washington Post: “With voting under attack, Arizona schools don’t want to be polling locations”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-post-with-voting-under-attack-arizona-schools-don-t-want-to-be-polling-locations/1005288)
**Author:** [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-post-with-voting-under-attack-arizona-schools-don-t-want-to-be-polling-locations/1005288 "2024-08-07T17:29:50Z")
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/05/arizona-maricopa-county-schools-elections/ In the eight years since Donald Trump was first on the ballot, hundreds of schools throughout this fiercely contested battle… --- ## [What is the point of this gibberish spam to my web site?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-point-of-this-gibberish-spam-to-my-web-site/1005228)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-point-of-this-gibberish-spam-to-my-web-site/1005228 "2024-08-07T15:52:38Z")
What possible purpose is there to web spam that is just nonsense content? I have a web site for my jazz trio with a Contact Us page. It takes the user’s message and emails it to me. I manage to filter out most of the sp… --- ## ["Gay as a \" similes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-as-a-blank-similes/596297)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-as-a-blank-similes/596297 "2024-08-07T15:03:38Z")
Anyone else find these similes friggin’ hilarious? My favorite ones that I’ve heard from the SDMB: Gay as a box of birds Gay as a tap dancing hyena (my current favorite) I’ve also heard Gay as a goose (the first one… --- ## [Weird car issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-car-issue/1005174)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-car-issue/1005174 "2024-08-07T14:18:57Z")
I’ll probably be getting it towed to the mechanic tomorrow, but I’m still curious. This evening, I got in my car and tried to start it… and nothing. It doesn’t even sound like it’s trying to start. Now, normally, tha… --- ## [Do the stripes on these flags have a specific meaning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-stripes-on-these-flags-have-a-specific-meaning/1005221)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-stripes-on-these-flags-have-a-specific-meaning/1005221 "2024-08-07T13:25:40Z")
The American flag has thirteen alternating red and white vertical stripes. I have heard these represent the original thirteen states. There are several other flags which resemble the American flag in a general way. The … --- ## [Is it almost impossible for a band to sound good with a bad drummer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-almost-impossible-for-a-band-to-sound-good-with-a-bad-drummer/1004491)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-almost-impossible-for-a-band-to-sound-good-with-a-bad-drummer/1004491 "2024-08-07T12:34:16Z")
Amidst my (hopefully) mild hijack of the Live Aid/philly thread to bring up Phil Collins’ showboating Concorde flight during Live Aid so he could appear at both Wembley and Vets Stadium, I mentioned what I reckon is a we… --- ## [Yet Another Mystery Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-mystery-song/1005307)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-mystery-song/1005307 "2024-08-07T03:08:03Z")
I have recently discovered the show The Other Two on Max. It’s a funny comedy that has a lot of good music. At the end of Season Two Episode 10 (the finale of that season) a really good song plays during the end credits.… --- ## [Can someone explain this politics inspired joke?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-politics-inspired-joke/1005361)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-politics-inspired-joke/1005361 "2024-08-07T02:22:38Z")
I didn’t get a chance to ask on this post before the thread closed. I recognize the people involved, but I don’t think I get what phrase or title or whatever it’s riffing off of. Explanation would be appreciated! --- ## [RIP Patti Yasutake (Nurse Ogawa, ST:TNG)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-patti-yasutake-nurse-ogawa-st-tng/1005356)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-patti-yasutake-nurse-ogawa-st-tng/1005356 "2024-08-07T00:24:59Z")
Patti Yasutake, who played lower decker Nurse Alyssa Ogawa on Star Trek: The Next Generation, has died of cancer at the age of 70. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=504&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=506&state=tracking)