# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=74&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 75 --- ## [American Maj Jongg - Anyone play?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-maj-jongg-anyone-play/1030492)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2026, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-maj-jongg-anyone-play/1030492 "2026-06-14T17:24:05Z")
This is not the silly tile matching game that’s played on phones nor is it one of the many Asian variants. This is the variant played with the annually issued card from the National Mah Jongg League in New York City ster… --- ## [Token Women on TV shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/token-women-on-tv-shows/1030395)
**Author:** [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/token-women-on-tv-shows/1030395 "2026-06-14T17:07:43Z")
I hope this is the right forum, but I’ve always wondered why on tv shows there is often only one woman. The Daily Show. M.A.S.H (Margaret Houlihan). Seinfeld (Elaine). Star Trek TOS (Uhura, yeah, I know, there’s Yeom… --- ## [Should I re-download Google Earth Pro?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-re-download-google-earth-pro/1030894)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-re-download-google-earth-pro/1030894 "2026-06-14T16:18:48Z")
I rarely use Google Earth Pro. I downloaded it a decade or so ago, as I needed it for a class. Still, it’s useful if I want to get a quick straight-line distance between points. ISTR that it also has historical photos… --- ## [Ethical Concerns Regarding Posting a Video to Social Media](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethical-concerns-regarding-posting-a-video-to-social-media/1030871)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethical-concerns-regarding-posting-a-video-to-social-media/1030871 "2026-06-14T16:05:26Z")
I took a video of a flight archer accidentally shooting an arrow through his hand. The arrow exploded on release, and the remaining part went through his hand. His response was surprisingly calm. This was about 15 years… --- ## [Can't find the "in title only" filter in the Search tool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-find-the-in-title-only-filter-in-the-search-tool/1030895)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2026, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-find-the-in-title-only-filter-in-the-search-tool/1030895 "2026-06-14T15:28:53Z")
Where did it go? --- ## [How does Google Maps calculate time in travel on a bicycle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-google-maps-calculate-time-in-travel-on-a-bicycle/1030764)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-google-maps-calculate-time-in-travel-on-a-bicycle/1030764 "2026-06-14T15:16:01Z")
When Google Maps estimates how long it will take me to get some place, it’s pretty accurate-- it’s correct within about a minute for trips under 20 minutes, and within about 3 minutes for trips about 20 - 90 minutes. It… --- ## [Wikimedia Foundation has fired its proto-union organisers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikimedia-foundation-has-fired-its-proto-union-organisers/1030891)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikimedia-foundation-has-fired-its-proto-union-organisers/1030891 "2026-06-14T14:51:18Z")
A few workers at Wikimedia Foundation had started to form Wiki Workers United. This was not yet a union in the legal sense. The foundation let 90 days elapse so that it wouldn’t be called retaliation, and in May 2026 it … --- ## [Are we still doing the SDMB Shot Glass Exchange?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-still-doing-the-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/1030663)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2026, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-still-doing-the-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/1030663 "2026-06-14T14:48:46Z")
When does it usually happen, and does anyone know if it is happening this year? --- ## [The Great Ongoing Aviation Thread (GA, Commercial, Military, and other) (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-ga-commercial-military-and-other-part-2/1030893)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-ga-commercial-military-and-other-part-2/1030893 "2026-06-14T14:42:19Z")
Apparently, I’ve just triggered the closure of The Great Ongoing Aviation Thread (general and other) (Part 1). Since I got it closed, I’ll start the new one. --- ## [The Great Ongoing Aviation Thread (general and other) (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 9999\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499 "2026-06-14T14:37:33Z")
This is it. Your new home for discussion of General Aviation. Anything and everything about GA. Questions! Answers! Experiences! Bring it all to the table! There have been a number of threads recently centering on GA tha… --- ## [The hypothesis that our universe is a giant black hole](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hypothesis-that-our-universe-is-a-giant-black-hole/1030869)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2026, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hypothesis-that-our-universe-is-a-giant-black-hole/1030869 "2026-06-14T07:12:10Z")
My understanding is that anything inside an event horizon is swiftly collapsing inwards towards a central singularity (or at least that’s as much as the math can tell us). Since this does not match the observed behavior … --- ## [Jeep™ Easter eggs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeep-easter-eggs/1030777)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2026, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeep-easter-eggs/1030777 "2026-06-14T05:06:29Z")
Any one have any? Would you show us? Please. --- ## [What car would you want to drive for one year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-car-would-you-want-to-drive-for-one-year/1030496)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2026, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-car-would-you-want-to-drive-for-one-year/1030496 "2026-06-14T04:36:30Z")
That includes the price of gas and insurance. You get to drive this as your main vehicle for one year. For me, it would be a Maserati Grecale Trofeo. I rode in one once ant fell in love. What is your choice? --- ## [Preparing young adults for an uncertain future: education](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preparing-young-adults-for-an-uncertain-future-education/1030412)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2026, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preparing-young-adults-for-an-uncertain-future-education/1030412 "2026-06-14T03:20:02Z")
Continuing the discussion from The Male Inequality Problem: Thinking of it today because Rahm Emanuel in his quixotic attempt to get the Dem presidential nomination is highlighted education. NYT gift link: https://www… --- ## [Help Suggest Realistic/Mature Love Songs for my Playlist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-suggest-realistic-mature-love-songs-for-my-playlist/541084)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2026, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-suggest-realistic-mature-love-songs-for-my-playlist/541084 "2026-06-14T02:03:14Z")
I’m making a collection of different songs by different artists, for Sr. Olives for our four year wedding anniversary (in two weeks.) This was referred to in olden days as a ‘‘mix tape.’’ Same basic idea, I’m just usin… --- ## [Help me identify this short fragment about a zombified Bob Ross](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-short-fragment-about-a-zombified-bob-ross/1030883)
**Author:** [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2026, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-short-fragment-about-a-zombified-bob-ross/1030883 "2026-06-13T23:55:31Z")
I have found on my hard drive an old text document, rather short. When I saw it, I remembered it, but I don’t remember where it came from, or even if I might have written it. It is similar to other silly fragments I’ve … --- ## ["Nothing matters but the weekend..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-matters-but-the-weekend/1030655)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2026, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-matters-but-the-weekend/1030655 "2026-06-13T23:23:38Z")
When I was in college, one of the rock stations in Kansas City used to play this song every Friday at 5 to kick off the weekend. What are some other good songs for kicking off a weekend? --- ## [What happened to the post office attempting to deliver mail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-post-office-attempting-to-deliver-mail/846140)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2026, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-post-office-attempting-to-deliver-mail/846140 "2026-06-13T21:49:35Z")
I remember as a kid that people would send mail to my house in pretty creative ways and it got there. I was told that the post office prided themselves on the ability to deliver mail to misdelivered addresses. I guess … --- ## [Bringing back Why is there no good music anymore like in the 70s and 80s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-back-why-is-there-no-good-music-anymore-like-in-the-70s-and-80s/1026736)
**Author:** [@jrmellem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrmellem)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2026, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-back-why-is-there-no-good-music-anymore-like-in-the-70s-and-80s/1026736 "2026-06-13T18:40:24Z")
My only thought is this. Somehow God came down and mass blessed many of the musicians in the late 60s through the 80s. And he hasn’t been back to do that so the artists tried to make it on their own but every one of them… --- ## [Opinions on this top 10 books list?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-this-top-10-books-list/1029839)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-this-top-10-books-list/1029839 "2026-06-13T18:31:20Z")
I tend to read the same books over and over and over. Mainly all of Tolkiens works. I decided I should read some other things and looked up various lists of “top 10 books”. Right now I’m working through this: I’d nev… --- ## [Remodeling shows and bookcases](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remodeling-shows-and-bookcases/1030658)
**Author:** [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2026, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remodeling-shows-and-bookcases/1030658 "2026-06-13T18:10:21Z")
Been laid up for a while and seeing a ton of home remodeling shows. Almost universally when there is a bookcase, all of the books are racked with the pages out instead of the bindings, as normal people do. Why? --- ## [What's new in Vegas these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-new-in-vegas-these-days/1030578)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2026, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-new-in-vegas-these-days/1030578 "2026-06-13T04:36:44Z")
I’m getting ready to book a three-night stay in Vegas this coming August. I’ve been quite a few times, but it’s been awhile - aside from a two-night stay in 2022 where I didn’t get to do much touristy stuff, my last stay… --- ## [How do I set up a birthday fundraiser on Facebook?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-set-up-a-birthday-fundraiser-on-facebook/1030325)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2026, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-set-up-a-birthday-fundraiser-on-facebook/1030325 "2026-06-13T04:35:15Z")
Here are the starting instructions I found when I searched for How do I set up a birthday fundraiser on Facebook? On your computer, login to Facebook. In the promotion in your Feed, either: Select one of the nonpr… --- ## [82-0 NBA simulation game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/82-0-nba-simulation-game/1030594)
**Author:** [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2026, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/82-0-nba-simulation-game/1030594 "2026-06-13T04:30:35Z")
I’m not an NBA guy, but I am a stats and optimization guy so this dumb little game is really tickling my brain. You try to build a team of 5 players given a randomized year and randomized decade. You can reroll one attri… --- ## [Thanks to the SDMB!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-to-the-sdmb/1030856)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2026, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-to-the-sdmb/1030856 "2026-06-13T02:35:36Z")
The other day, I was listening to a history podcast, which was discussing the Boer War, which reminded me of an ancient commercial I had vague memories of. When Googling for that commercial, what should pop up but this … --- ## [Should California Improve its Ballot System and How? (spun off from Election of a new Govenor of California, 2026)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-california-improve-its-ballot-system-and-how-spun-off-from-election-of-a-new-govenor-of-california-2026/1030809)
**Author:** [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2026, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-california-improve-its-ballot-system-and-how-spun-off-from-election-of-a-new-govenor-of-california-2026/1030809 "2026-06-13T02:11:47Z")
Somewhat tangentially, California really needs to improve its ballot counting system. Sure, it’s a big State, but so are Florida and Illinois, and we both get almost all the votes counted by the next morning. The UK and … --- ## [Spanish Lyrics in 'Suite: Judy Blue Eyes?'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-lyrics-in-suite-judy-blue-eyes/225940)
**Author:** [@Mariemarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mariemarie)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2026, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-lyrics-in-suite-judy-blue-eyes/225940 "2026-06-13T01:16:02Z")
At the end of the song Suite: Judy Blue Eyes by Crosby, Stills, and Nash, Crosby and Nash sing “doo-doo-doo, doo-doo…doo! doo! doo-doo doo-doo…\[repeat\]” while Stills sings a few lines in what sounds (to me) like Spanish.… --- ## [What's your favorite celebrity rumor (that does not involve Richard Gere or Rod Stewart)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-celebrity-rumor-that-does-not-involve-richard-gere-or-rod-stewart/1020100)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2026, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-celebrity-rumor-that-does-not-involve-richard-gere-or-rod-stewart/1020100 "2026-06-12T23:10:31Z")
I have a few, but I’ll start with this one: Back in the 1980s, there was a persistent rumor that Motley Crue performed the ritual sacrifice of a live baby at one of their shows. And they got away with it in front of, w… --- ## [BMalion has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bmalion-has-died/1030815)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2026, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bmalion-has-died/1030815 "2026-06-12T22:39:55Z")
I’m very sorry to report that my friend Brian, a longtime Doper, died at 10:10pm EST yesterday in a nursing home just west of Cleveland, Ohio. His MS hit him hard in recent years, and he had various health problems whic… --- ## [How to protect my 401k and 403b from the upcoming bear-market crash under Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-protect-my-401k-and-403b-from-the-upcoming-bear-market-crash-under-trump/1030793)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2026, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-protect-my-401k-and-403b-from-the-upcoming-bear-market-crash-under-trump/1030793 "2026-06-12T21:51:07Z")
I have about $120,000 in a Fidelity 401k and $3,000 in an Empower 403b (the 403b was begun only just a few months ago.) I fully expect that Trump is going to lead the nation into a big economic slump sooner or later. Is… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=73&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=75&state=tracking)