# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=526&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 527 --- ## [I think my SO (of the past few months) is a terrible driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-so-of-the-past-few-months-is-a-terrible-driver/1003837)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-so-of-the-past-few-months-is-a-terrible-driver/1003837 "2024-07-08T21:45:44Z")
inattentive, changes lanes without looking at cars in that lane, sits on green lights for 5-10 seconds or until prompted “It’s green,” confuses left with right, drives 15 MPH in a 35 or 45 MPH zone, gets pissed off when … --- ## [Is there any scientific support for the idea that you can program the mind while sleeping?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-scientific-support-for-the-idea-that-you-can-program-the-mind-while-sleeping/1003836)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-scientific-support-for-the-idea-that-you-can-program-the-mind-while-sleeping/1003836 "2024-07-08T20:56:59Z")
From what I can glean online, listening to positive affirmations while sleeping may have an influence on the subconscious mind, theoretically helping a person become more disciplined, self assured, or optimistic. But th… --- ## [I'm hatching salamander eggs!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hatching-salamander-eggs/990171)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hatching-salamander-eggs/990171 "2024-07-08T20:23:59Z")
I have no idea which species this is. We have salamanders and newts here. I was doing yard work and got rid of the small, plastic pool that I originally got for my dog for hot days but she hates it. It had a small bit of… --- ## [This doesn't look like self defense to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-doesnt-look-like-self-defense-to-me/1003201)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-doesnt-look-like-self-defense-to-me/1003201 "2024-07-08T19:46:07Z")
So this guy has become a bit of local Twitter celebrity in the DC area for defending himself against a burglar with a frying pan: The thing is, that doesn’t look like self defense to me. Once the guy has left his hous… --- ## [Simon In The Land Of Chalk Drawings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simon-in-the-land-of-chalk-drawings/1003534)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simon-in-the-land-of-chalk-drawings/1003534 "2024-07-08T19:10:07Z")
Watching England struggle against Slovakia reminded me of an old cartoon where a soccer team played a group of numbers, and lost because they didn’t realize the ball was a zero. Hadn’t thought of this in decades. Does … --- ## [Personal Stuff I Must Share: 50 years today!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-stuff-i-must-share-50-years-today/1003538)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-stuff-i-must-share-50-years-today/1003538 "2024-07-08T18:37:37Z")
On this date (June 30), fifty years ago (1974), Mr VOW and I were married. Like, WooHOO, people! We planned no party, cruise, spa day, or any biggie deal. That fits in with how we go through life. We had tentative plan… --- ## [Fallout Episode 8: The Beginning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-episode-8-the-beginning/1000143)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-episode-8-the-beginning/1000143 "2024-07-08T18:29:57Z")
Spoiler policy: Anything in this episode and any previous episodes are open spoilers. Please do not discuss what happens in later episodes in this thread. Rather, go to the thread for that episode and discuss it there. A… --- ## [Neuromancer Was Published Thirty Years Ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neuromancer-was-published-thirty-years-ago/687698)
**Author:** [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neuromancer-was-published-thirty-years-ago/687698 "2024-07-08T18:14:28Z")
William Gibson’s Neuromancer was published in 1984, 30 years ago. That means that we stand at almost exactly the same historical distance from it as it did to Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, which was published in 1953. --- ## [Mt Etna eruption \[July 2024\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-etna-eruption-july-2024/1003770)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-etna-eruption-july-2024/1003770 "2024-07-08T18:05:38Z")
Lots of video out there, I just picked this one: Brian --- ## [Is there a baseline we can agree on to keep DJT out of the white house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-baseline-we-can-agree-on-to-keep-djt-out-of-the-white-house/1003548)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-baseline-we-can-agree-on-to-keep-djt-out-of-the-white-house/1003548 "2024-07-08T17:52:57Z")
Floated this in a different thread, and believe it deserves it’s own thread. Let’s establish a baseline please. I think we’re all on the same side. I am deliberately looking to find basics we all agree on, and avoiding … --- ## [Is There a Term for this Quirk of Speech?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-this-quirk-of-speech/1003846)
**Author:** [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-this-quirk-of-speech/1003846 "2024-07-08T17:28:36Z")
I wasn’t sure what else to call it, but you’ll know it when I describe it because everyone does it. You’ll be speaking to someone, get an obvious fact wrong, and then mutter the incorrect fact to yourself before continui… --- ## [Are Monoliths Real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-monoliths-real/1003744)
**Author:** [@john\_b\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/john_b_2)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-monoliths-real/1003744 "2024-07-08T15:46:56Z")
This topic has been bouncing around various on-line news sites and such, and I still don’t know whether it’s a hoax or a real phenomenon. To wit: monoliths, these seemingly transparent things that have been spotted, inde… --- ## [Do you care if Chevron is upheld?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-care-if-chevron-is-upheld/983525)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-care-if-chevron-is-upheld/983525 "2024-07-08T15:11:33Z")
I posted earlier on the significance of the Texas abortion pill case with respect to federal regulatory authority. The Supremes have chosen to accept another case with potentially wider implications. Chevron is well es… --- ## [South Africa election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-africa-election/1002351)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-africa-election/1002351 "2024-07-08T14:39:18Z")
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/south-africa-heads-coalition-anc-set-big-fall-2024-05-31/ The ANC has, as was predicted, done poorly, and apparently will need some coalition to stay in power. Any predictions? I’ve… --- ## [Help me find this cartoon/comic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-cartoon-comic/1003855)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-cartoon-comic/1003855 "2024-07-08T14:07:46Z")
A guy I used to work with had a full page, single panel cartoon taped up on the inside of his locker door. It was a birdseye view of a mens restroom. A man was in a booth, sitting on the toilet reading a newspaper and s… --- ## [(Old) Oh, Eh? Can You See? - A Holiday MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-oh-eh-can-you-see-a-holiday-mmp/1003555)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 329\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-oh-eh-can-you-see-a-holiday-mmp/1003555 "2024-07-08T12:36:52Z")
So today is Canada Day, and also NHL Free Agency Day(aka, more regret and lost money than a celebrity divorce day), and Thursday is (U.S.)Independence Day. Any Mumpers who aren’t RDOSes getting time off this week? I ge… --- ## [Three actors and a movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-actors-and-a-movie/1001717)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-actors-and-a-movie/1001717 "2024-07-08T12:18:36Z")
Name the movie from three actors in it, then pose your own challenge with your answer. I’ll start us off nice and easy: Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda. --- ## [Let's play a Feud! {It's complete}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-a-feud-its-complete/1003370)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-a-feud-its-complete/1003370 "2024-07-08T06:49:59Z")
Object of the game: Give the most popular answer for each category. You want to match the other people in the game. Rules: DO NOT READ THIS THREAD BEFORE YOU POST YOUR ANSWERS , lest you see the other answers. Scroll … --- ## [House of the Dragon 2.03 "The Burning Mill" 6/30/24 OPEN SPOILERS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-the-dragon-2-03-the-burning-mill-6-30-24-open-spoilers/1003603)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-the-dragon-2-03-the-burning-mill-6-30-24-open-spoilers/1003603 "2024-07-08T02:52:08Z")
Sorry for the late thread, slipped my mind. Everything shown on screen is valid for discussion without spoiler boxes. If you’re going to reveal future events based on any other material please spoiler box it. 2.01: A S… --- ## [Stick free peanuts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-free-peanuts/1003706)
**Author:** [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-free-peanuts/1003706 "2024-07-08T01:43:07Z")
A really weird question here, but is there any reason why scotch tape won’t stick to a peanut. I was trying to set a mouse trap and one recommendation was peanut butter. I didn’t have any of that, but thought a peanut … --- ## [For a Bad, bad, bad time call... 867-5309. You got my number!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-bad-bad-bad-time-call-867-5309-you-got-my-number/1003793)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-bad-bad-bad-time-call-867-5309-you-got-my-number/1003793 "2024-07-08T00:14:34Z")
Hadda change my phone number today. My number was similar to some chiropractic clinic and I’m tired of making appointments for folks, who don’t have appointments. At all…:wink:. Sorry persons. I was funnin’ you. Not my … --- ## [What's the most efficient way to use a heat pump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-efficient-way-to-use-a-heat-pump/978758)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-efficient-way-to-use-a-heat-pump/978758 "2024-07-08T00:05:03Z")
Last week I got my old gas furnace and central AC replaced with a brand new high efficiency variable speed heat pump. With the old furnace I would have the thermostat scheduled to turn the temperature down at night and … --- ## [Genius Innovations From Other Countries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genius-innovations-from-other-countries/995811)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2024, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genius-innovations-from-other-countries/995811 "2024-07-07T23:27:04Z")
This thread shows lots of creative solutions to problems you did not know you had. How many of you have seen any of these innovations in the wild? --- ## [What determines what kind of weapons/items can be carried by a warplane's pylons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-determines-what-kind-of-weapons-items-can-be-carried-by-a-warplanes-pylons/1003734)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2024, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-determines-what-kind-of-weapons-items-can-be-carried-by-a-warplanes-pylons/1003734 "2024-07-07T22:40:14Z")
According to Wikipedia (that always-reliable, never-error-prone website /s) and other sites, there is considerable lack of overlap between American warplane pylons (for instance, the F-18 Super Hornet can carry LRASM and… --- ## [Mike Flanagan takes on The Fall of the House of Usher](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-flanagan-takes-on-the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher/991416)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-flanagan-takes-on-the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher/991416 "2024-07-07T20:32:06Z")
You might know Flanagan from such works as The Haunting of Hill House, Dr. Sleep, Ouija: Origin of Evil, or half a dozen other things I’m not going to list out here because I’m on my iPad. Now on Netflix he’s taking on … --- ## [What do you do if you're a passenger on a plane and you see something wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-if-youre-a-passenger-on-a-plane-and-you-see-something-wrong/1003512)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-if-youre-a-passenger-on-a-plane-and-you-see-something-wrong/1003512 "2024-07-07T19:49:51Z")
I recently got home from Las Vegas. As is my habit, prior to the trip, I found myself watching Youtube videos about airline disasters. I don’t know why I do this to myself, but I do. I’ve become something of a coinnos… --- ## [House of the Dragon 2.01 "Son for a son" 6/16/24 OPEN SPOILERS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-the-dragon-2-01-son-for-a-son-6-16-24-open-spoilers/1002965)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-the-dragon-2-01-son-for-a-son-6-16-24-open-spoilers/1002965 "2024-07-07T19:39:55Z")
Open spoilers for anything that has been on the show. If you want to bring in information about (probable) future events based on written material please spoiler box it. Last year we had one big thread but I think we ha… --- ## [Soccer: About own goals (better explained in OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-about-own-goals-better-explained-in-op/1003841)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-about-own-goals-better-explained-in-op/1003841 "2024-07-07T17:45:59Z")
Let’s say Team A’s striker launches the ball towars the right-hand (as he’s facing it) side of the net. It’s a screamer and Team B’s goalkeeper makes a valiant lunch for it, gets a finger on it, alters its trajectory eve… --- ## [The US military ran an antivax propaganda campaign in the Philippines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-military-ran-an-antivax-propaganda-campaign-in-the-philippines/1003758)
**Author:** [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-military-ran-an-antivax-propaganda-campaign-in-the-philippines/1003758 "2024-07-07T17:28:01Z")
(I wasn’t sure where to put this. Politics? Great Debates? But I don’t really have anything to debate. The Quarantine Zone, since it’s Covid related? But it’s really not about the pandemic. So I thought that since I real… --- ## [Islamic Names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islamic-names/1003819)
**Author:** [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2024, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islamic-names/1003819 "2024-07-07T17:21:42Z")
Do people who convert to Islam always choose Arabic names when they convert? For example, Cassius Clay became Muhammad Ali. Does the convert choose the name or is the name chosen for them? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=525&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=527&state=tracking)