# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=761&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 762 --- ## [The Last Performance of a Dying Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-performance-of-a-dying-man/988625)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2023, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-performance-of-a-dying-man/988625 "2023-08-18T00:41:06Z")
Klaus Nomi was an Avant Garde performance artist of the late 70-early 80s. Could perform anything from Opera to Techno. Tragically, died from AIDS in the early days of the epidemic. Klaus Nomi - Wikipedia Managed to b… --- ## [Would You Tip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-tip/988316)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2023, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-tip/988316 "2023-08-17T23:42:09Z")
Here’s another question about tipping. I tip waitstaff and hairdressers. Once in a while I’ll leave something in a tip jar that’s on a counter at a place where I order and pickup at the counter. I have been taking my th… --- ## [Working with/editing threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-editing-threads/988684)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2023, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-editing-threads/988684 "2023-08-17T23:37:17Z")
So, I started a thread in Cafe Society. Got it posted, then logged out, then decided that the title wasn’t a very good one. Logged back in and whilst dithering over flagging the post for Mod attention or directly messa… --- ## [Stanley Kubrick: Autistic...or Sociopath?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stanley-kubrick-autistic-or-sociopath/776295)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stanley-kubrick-autistic-or-sociopath/776295 "2023-08-17T21:47:13Z")
During the filming of The Shining, Kubrick basically terrorized Shelly Duvall into acting scared. On some other film, when an actor asked “What’s my motivation”, Stanley just walked away without answering. IIRC, both a… --- ## [Any experience with car sharing or month-long car rental?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experience-with-car-sharing-or-month-long-car-rental/982413)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experience-with-car-sharing-or-month-long-car-rental/982413 "2023-08-17T21:32:19Z")
Now Covid is less of a problem, it’s time to take my kids to visit their grandmother in Atlanta. Our last visit was three years ago. The plan is to go for four weeks in late July to late August. My mother no longer has… --- ## [In the US military when you're medal gets "upgraded" do you still keep the old medal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-us-military-when-youre-medal-gets-upgraded-do-you-still-keep-the-old-medal/988637)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-us-military-when-youre-medal-gets-upgraded-do-you-still-keep-the-old-medal/988637 "2023-08-17T20:47:00Z")
I just read a snippet from an article that said Only 178 Distinguished Service Crosses out of more than 13,000 issued since 1917 have been upgraded to Medals of Honor. So, when upgraded to the Medal of Honor, does th… --- ## [When does Apple stop supporting security patches for iphone models?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-apple-stop-supporting-security-patches-for-iphone-models/988714)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2023, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-apple-stop-supporting-security-patches-for-iphone-models/988714 "2023-08-17T20:40:35Z")
My elderly mother has an iphone 8, which, it was recently announced, will not be compatible with the next OS update. That part’s fine: she doesn’t need any new whiz-bang features. However, she does need security patches… --- ## [Will rejuvenation actually be available if invented?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-rejuvenation-actually-be-available-if-invented/980805)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-rejuvenation-actually-be-available-if-invented/980805 "2023-08-17T18:56:26Z")
So let’s say that as I type this, some researchers in a lab somewhere are having an oh-my-God moment: “This rat is young again!!” Okay, so it takes awhile to show that the results can be replicated, rather longer to demo… --- ## [Can you eat the grape after the plasma-in-the-microwave experiment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-eat-the-grape-after-the-plasma-in-the-microwave-experiment/988683)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-eat-the-grape-after-the-plasma-in-the-microwave-experiment/988683 "2023-08-17T18:16:47Z")
If you don’t know about the experiment, here is a good video. While I was looking for a video to send to a friend (who amazingly remained unaware of the grape plasma phenomenon), I came across one that advised, “don’t e… --- ## [The ten greatest-ever basketball players](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ten-greatest-ever-basketball-players/968687)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ten-greatest-ever-basketball-players/968687 "2023-08-17T16:50:20Z")
Who are your (up to) ten greatest-ever basketball players? No qualifications, other than greatest-ever, and I know the game was different in the different eras. Just go with it, can you do that? Simply put, who are you… --- ## [Pogo Sticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pogo-sticks/577859)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pogo-sticks/577859 "2023-08-17T15:55:34Z")
Did you ever have a pogo stick? They had a brief resurgence of popularity in the 70s and all my friends were pogoing and I got one. I couldn’t even do one pogo. To make matters worse, I tried and tired and failed and fa… --- ## [MLB Bunts and Types Thereof](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-bunts-and-types-thereof/988066)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-bunts-and-types-thereof/988066 "2023-08-17T15:01:54Z")
Are all bunts called sacrifice bunts regardless of the outcome, and has this been the case for quite some time? --- ## [Could a person hide the existence of a will?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-hide-the-existence-of-a-will/988554)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2023, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-hide-the-existence-of-a-will/988554 "2023-08-17T11:11:22Z")
No, I don’t need answer fast - this is curiosity based on mental meanderings. My FIL died in January, my husband is the executor, and there was never any “reading of the will” or really anything beyond him helping his mo… --- ## [Prepaid SIM for America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepaid-sim-for-america/987369)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2023, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepaid-sim-for-america/987369 "2023-08-17T07:11:09Z")
I’m taking my children to America for three weeks and am looking at prepaid SIM cards. Does anyone have any experience with this and any recommendations? I’ll be doing a road trip, so I’ll need GPS, which seems to requ… --- ## [Straight Dope (as opposed to SDMB) home page: link "Newsletter" is dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-as-opposed-to-sdmb-home-page-link-newsletter-is-dead/988674)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2023, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-as-opposed-to-sdmb-home-page-link-newsletter-is-dead/988674 "2023-08-17T06:39:28Z")
On the page https://www.straightdope.com/ there is a link “Newsletter”. That link is dead and apparently has been dead since at least 18 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230315200659/https://www.getrevue.co/p… --- ## [If you are convicted of a state crime and a federal crime (different crimes) whose sentence do you serve first?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-are-convicted-of-a-state-crime-and-a-federal-crime-different-crimes-whose-sentence-do-you-serve-first/988661)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2023, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-are-convicted-of-a-state-crime-and-a-federal-crime-different-crimes-whose-sentence-do-you-serve-first/988661 "2023-08-17T06:26:13Z")
Title kinda says it all. Assume I was convicted of a crime in (say) Illinois and also convicted of a different crime in federal court. Whose prison do I go to first? Is it simply whichever side gets sentencing done fir… --- ## [Weird things are happening with my car - what might be wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-things-are-happening-with-my-car-what-might-be-wrong/987431)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2023, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-things-are-happening-with-my-car-what-might-be-wrong/987431 "2023-08-17T03:54:25Z")
Twice in the past two days (yesterday and today) I’ve needed a jump for my 2019 Nissan Sentra. I’m thinking that my headlights are switching on more easily than they should, by me bumping the turn signal. Both of these… --- ## [We can pump our own gas in Oregon (soon)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-pump-our-own-gas-in-oregon-soon/985951)
**Author:** [@Redcanoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redcanoe)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2023, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-pump-our-own-gas-in-oregon-soon/985951 "2023-08-17T03:18:00Z")
A bill has passed the legislature and is waiting for the governor to sign it. Oregon’s self-serve gas ban voted out by lawmakers after decades - oregonlive.com There will still be full service available, but the transi… --- ## [The Trump-in-jail Prediction Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-in-jail-prediction-thread/988668)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2023, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-in-jail-prediction-thread/988668 "2023-08-17T02:01:15Z")
This article in Forbes magazine sums up the charges Trump is facing and lists the maximum penalties–totaling 717 years in prison. So the purpose of this thread is to have some fun. Let’s predict how long Trump will be … --- ## [Maui Fire Debris](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maui-fire-debris/988519)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2023, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maui-fire-debris/988519 "2023-08-17T01:22:51Z")
While I’ve been to Maui a few times, I don’t pretend to know the island all that well. I’m curious to know where will all the fire-related debris be taken and will the volume be so great that it will have to be taken off… --- ## [Why do Germanic languages use "have" to indicate perfect aspect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-germanic-languages-use-have-to-indicate-perfect-aspect/988487)
**Author:** [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2023, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-germanic-languages-use-have-to-indicate-perfect-aspect/988487 "2023-08-17T01:05:07Z")
Consider these two sentences: “I have the ball.” and “I have thrown the ball.” In the first sentence, the word “have” is a content word, with its own meaning, synonymous with “own” or “possess”. In the second sentence, … --- ## [Not finishing a book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-finishing-a-book/988527)
**Author:** [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-finishing-a-book/988527 "2023-08-16T23:05:26Z")
What’s your personal style/philosophy? How often do you decide not to finish a book? Do you finish any book you start, no matter how little you’re enjoying it? Or, if you get a little way in and it’s not grabbing you, d… --- ## [The Blind Side (Movie)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blind-side-movie/519126)
**Author:** [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blind-side-movie/519126 "2023-08-16T21:34:28Z")
I have done several searches and to my surprise, I just can’t find a thread on this excellent movie. So I guess I’ll start one. Don’t think I’ve put in any spoilers, but be careful, because I didn’t hide anything below… --- ## [Can you make a gun that blows people back like what happens in movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-make-a-gun-that-blows-people-back-like-what-happens-in-movies/988291)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-make-a-gun-that-blows-people-back-like-what-happens-in-movies/988291 "2023-08-16T21:19:21Z")
We all seen bad action movies where somebody has a shotgun and shoots a guy and the person shot flies like 10 feet back in the air. Now obviously that isn’t realistic due to the whole “equal and opposite reaction” part o… --- ## [Does Venerable Bede's account of the 789 Viking raid on Portland in Dorset mention the name of the bailiff?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-venerable-bedes-account-of-the-789-viking-raid-on-portland-in-dorset-mention-the-name-of-the-bailiff/988618)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-venerable-bedes-account-of-the-789-viking-raid-on-portland-in-dorset-mention-the-name-of-the-bailiff/988618 "2023-08-16T21:13:13Z")
Does Venerable Bede’s account of the 789 Viking raid on Portland in Dorset mention the name of the bailiff ? I haven’t been able to track it down. --- ## [What's the Deal with the Falkland Islands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-falkland-islands/610629)
**Author:** [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Replies:** 411\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-falkland-islands/610629 "2023-08-16T20:54:38Z")
I have been chatting with an online friend from Argentina and he indicates that there is still a lot of sentiment that the Falkland Islands should be theirs. He seems to feel that the government is still asserting its cl… --- ## [Montana youths win unprecedented court case](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montana-youths-win-unprecedented-court-case/988570)
**Author:** [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montana-youths-win-unprecedented-court-case/988570 "2023-08-16T18:58:04Z")
Gift WaPo link: Post. As we’ve discussed, a group of Montanans sued the state because it rubber-stamps any and all fossil-fuel projects and in fact passed a law making it unlawful to do environmental reviews of said pr… --- ## [Reese, my 16-year-old puppy, just died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reese-my-16-year-old-puppy-just-died/988583)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reese-my-16-year-old-puppy-just-died/988583 "2023-08-16T18:57:15Z")
Yeah, I know. There’s already another pet thread. But I don’t really think swapping stories about deaths tends to help me with grief. I just get more sad thinking about everyone else. I didn’t immediately cry like I did… --- ## [Diplomacy/behavior problem re friend's dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-behavior-problem-re-friends-dog/988480)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-behavior-problem-re-friends-dog/988480 "2023-08-16T18:20:58Z")
I’m not sure if I’m asking for advice or just venting. TL;DR: How do I tell a friend (that I’ll soon be living very close to and seeing a lot of) that her sweet dog is totally obnoxious due to never having been trained?… --- ## [Resolved, that using "karen" as a pejorative is off limits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-that-using-karen-as-a-pejorative-is-off-limits/987430)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 292\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-that-using-karen-as-a-pejorative-is-off-limits/987430 "2023-08-16T17:15:16Z")
We have a new thread where the term “karen” used as a pejorative is the topic. Several posters, including myself have said that he term is hurtful, bigoted and sexist. More or less it is taking the place of “bitch” a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=760&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=762&state=tracking)