# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=819&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 820 --- ## [Is this a new fashion thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-new-fashion-thing/984675)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-new-fashion-thing/984675 "2023-05-29T16:04:21Z")
I’m mean, the wearing of a t shirt where it’s all untucked except for the very front. I’m only ever seen it on the tube and online, never yet in the wild. The “Jan” from Toyota sports the look in a recent commercial wher… --- ## [“You may be eligible for significant compensation”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-may-be-eligible-for-significant-compensation/984713)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-may-be-eligible-for-significant-compensation/984713 "2023-05-29T15:45:56Z")
This phrase seems to appear in a lot of legal ads. I would guess because the word “significant” is weaselly enough to match whatever meaning one wishes to apply^. Where did this phrasing first appear? Why did it becom… --- ## [How does US military keep records if there is a name change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-us-military-keep-records-if-there-is-a-name-change/984689)
**Author:** [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-us-military-keep-records-if-there-is-a-name-change/984689 "2023-05-29T14:37:11Z")
Some background - I requested information about someone’s military service from the National Archives. The information I received back indicates he was on active duty for a little less than two months. This is inconsiste… --- ## [How do I stop from eating so much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-stop-from-eating-so-much/983592)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-stop-from-eating-so-much/983592 "2023-05-29T14:24:10Z")
It seems that every day, I have two portions of dinner and multiple sodas, and it feels good when I’m doing it, of course, but then I feel guilty afterward. I’m bipolar manic-depressive, and in treatment. I’m gaining we… --- ## [Sickle Cell Treatment for African Americans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sickle-cell-treatment-for-african-americans/984536)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2023, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sickle-cell-treatment-for-african-americans/984536 "2023-05-29T12:31:26Z")
There was a report yesterday on a new treatment for people with sickle cell disease - an affliction that occurs mostly in people of African descent. One of the first patients to access a ground-breaking treatment for s… --- ## [What do do when someone dies in Japan (need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-do-when-someone-dies-in-japan-need-answer-fast/984680)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2023, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-do-when-someone-dies-in-japan-need-answer-fast/984680 "2023-05-29T11:18:03Z")
When I google “what to do when someone dies in Japan” (and variations of it), I get guides about funeral etiquette/customs. That’s not what I need. I need to know what legal steps the child of a recently deceased Japan… --- ## [If humans hadn't invented item X first, which other animal would have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-humans-hadnt-invented-item-x-first-which-other-animal-would-have/984684)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2023, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-humans-hadnt-invented-item-x-first-which-other-animal-would-have/984684 "2023-05-29T10:19:52Z")
My contribution: if we hadn’t invented the sofa, cats would have. --- ## [Please recommend a good free online survey creation site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-good-free-online-survey-creation-site/984723)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2023, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-good-free-online-survey-creation-site/984723 "2023-05-29T06:54:05Z")
Background: I wish to let my high school students (12th graders) assess themselves on two things: class participation and homework. I had been using a nifty Chinese online learning platform site, but that site recently w… --- ## [(Old) A Head For The Hills MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-head-for-the-hills-mmp/984409)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 358\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2023, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-head-for-the-hills-mmp/984409 "2023-05-29T05:59:11Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 72 Amurrkin out and cloudy with a predicted high of 81 with rain/tstorms/apocalypse predicted for later this mornin’ through tomorrow. Hence the reason for the name of t… --- ## [Countries Making Social Progress?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-making-social-progress/984699)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2023, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-making-social-progress/984699 "2023-05-29T03:00:25Z")
Wondering what Dopers thought about this list of 170 countries showing most have made social progress over the last few decades? If it has any validity, maybe Hans Rosling was right. But the huge general increase shoul… --- ## [Turkey Election, Erdogan may lose.to Kemal Kilicdaroglu. Could be good for the West and bad for Putin {Erdogan won}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-election-erdogan-may-lose-to-kemal-kilicdaroglu-could-be-good-for-the-west-and-bad-for-putin-erdogan-won/984029)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2023, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-election-erdogan-may-lose-to-kemal-kilicdaroglu-could-be-good-for-the-west-and-bad-for-putin-erdogan-won/984029 "2023-05-29T02:44:32Z")
Kilicdaroglu does not appear to be pro-Putin. He is not the front man for a conservative Islamist party. So on the surface this seems good if he wins. Does anyone know more about who he is and what he wants to do? The se… --- ## [Long-running characters closely associated with a non-originating actor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-running-characters-closely-associated-with-a-non-originating-actor/970799)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-running-characters-closely-associated-with-a-non-originating-actor/970799 "2023-05-29T01:52:50Z")
The fictional police detective, Lieutenant Columbo, is inextricably linked with the actor Peter Falk, who played him for 35 years across 69 TV episodes. But Falk was not the first actor to play the character; that honou… --- ## [Suggestions on what to do with old 78 records?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-on-what-to-do-with-old-78-records/984591)
**Author:** [@drpepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drpepper)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2023, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-on-what-to-do-with-old-78-records/984591 "2023-05-29T01:34:15Z")
(Mods feel free to move) We have a collection of old 78 / Victrola style records. About 90 of them from the '20s / '30s, that we inherited. They are for the most part americana, classical, operatic. This site: 78rpm.c… --- ## [Research into inherited characteristics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/research-into-inherited-characteristics/983415)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2023, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/research-into-inherited-characteristics/983415 "2023-05-29T00:54:04Z")
Just spitballing here, but can someone more scientifically inclined than I am (i.e., everyone) please tell me about any controlled studies of inheritable characteristics in humans that would support Darwinian theories of… --- ## [Help me understand headphones for phone and music on a Mac?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-headphones-for-phone-and-music-on-a-mac/984700)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2023, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-headphones-for-phone-and-music-on-a-mac/984700 "2023-05-29T00:36:40Z")
I’m actually looking for the factual side here. I understand the simple old form of headphones which are passive little loudspeakers for the ears, having a simple three termination plug for left, right, and common curren… --- ## [Survivor 44](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-44/980592)
**Author:** [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2023, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-44/980592 "2023-05-28T21:22:36Z")
Doesn’t look like anyone started a topic for this one yet. If this premiere is any indication of the rest of the season, were heading for the sloppiest, most chaotic season in a LONG time, which I think is exactly what t… --- ## [The Smiths' bass player andy rourke has died :(](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smiths-bass-player-andy-rourke-has-died/984331)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smiths-bass-player-andy-rourke-has-died/984331 "2023-05-28T20:18:48Z")
Aged 59 :frowning: Pancreatic cancer. He founded the “Versus Cancer” gigs to raise money & awareness. Bastard cancer. --- ## [Documentary Now - IFC (no thread?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/documentary-now-ifc-no-thread/733629)
**Author:** [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2023, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/documentary-now-ifc-no-thread/733629 "2023-05-28T20:12:18Z")
Hope my search-Fu didn’t fail me, but it looks like we didn’t have a thread on this show. http://www.ifc.com/shows/documentary-now Bill Hader and Fred Armisen make fake documentaries for IFC. Each episode is a differe… --- ## [Hypothetical: World Leader Slaps the Sh\*t out of Vladimir Putin at G-20 Summit. What Happens Next?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-world-leader-slaps-the-sh-t-out-of-vladimir-putin-at-g-20-summit-what-happens-next/984648)
**Author:** [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-world-leader-slaps-the-sh-t-out-of-vladimir-putin-at-g-20-summit-what-happens-next/984648 "2023-05-28T20:06:17Z")
Media sources a few months ago said Vlad skipped a key G20 summit amid a swirl of rumors that another world leader was planning to humiliate him with a monstrous slap to the face in front of flashing cameras. Who knows i… --- ## [Burn it down! (Republicans defund MO libraries)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-it-down-republicans-defund-mo-libraries/982576)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Krupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Krupe)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-it-down-republicans-defund-mo-libraries/982576 "2023-05-28T17:28:17Z")
Missouri republicans vote to defund all the public libraries in the state. Missouri House Republicans voted to defund all of the state’s public libraries, in a proposed $45.6 billion state budget that will soon move t… --- ## [Solencia for cats? One experience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solencia-for-cats-one-experience/984702)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solencia-for-cats-one-experience/984702 "2023-05-28T17:19:41Z")
Do you have an arthritic cat, and are you considering whether to put your cat on monthly Solencia shots for arthritis pain? Here’s what I’ve found after having my old girl Stelli on it for a few months: She’s moving be… --- ## [The role of a moon in promoting extraterrestrial life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-role-of-a-moon-in-promoting-extraterrestrial-life/984643)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2023, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-role-of-a-moon-in-promoting-extraterrestrial-life/984643 "2023-05-28T16:39:40Z")
With Earth’s moon around to absorb asteroid impacts and control the tides, is it safe to say life on Earth depends on it? And therefore any extrasolar planet, you’d stand to reason, must also have a moon if it’s to suppo… --- ## [All the horror stories about socialized medicine are true--in Quebec](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-horror-stories-about-socialized-medicine-are-true-in-quebec/984602)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-horror-stories-about-socialized-medicine-are-true-in-quebec/984602 "2023-05-28T15:38:30Z")
Maybe not all, but many. You cannot choose your doctor. Doctors cannot choose their patents. Waiting times in emergency rooms regularly exceed 24 hours (although, to be sure, not in real emergencies, like a heart atta… --- ## [What type of horror scares/interests you? What doesn't? What would you like to see?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-horror-scares-interests-you-what-doesnt-what-would-you-like-to-see/983755)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-horror-scares-interests-you-what-doesnt-what-would-you-like-to-see/983755 "2023-05-28T14:42:50Z")
For example, I don’t like “realistic” horror movies (think Silence of the Lambs). Too many horrible headlines out there to feel comfortable with a movie monster of that sort. But an escaped science experiment or weird cr… --- ## [1st Tornado Warning of the Year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1st-tornado-warning-of-the-year/984691)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1st-tornado-warning-of-the-year/984691 "2023-05-28T14:33:14Z")
Major thunderstorm, pouring rain with a bit of hail mixed in. Then the regional alert on our phones went off: Tornado warning. Only lasted 5 minutes and now is cancelled. Rain and thunder are over as well. --- ## [How soon before the DVD (incl. BluRay) becomes obsolete?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-soon-before-the-dvd-incl-bluray-becomes-obsolete/983770)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-soon-before-the-dvd-incl-bluray-becomes-obsolete/983770 "2023-05-28T14:32:04Z")
In another thread someone commented on waiting for the release of a tv series on DVD at their local library. I responded as follows: Now I don’t believe that the DVD is completely obsolete yet, it is pretty damn close… --- ## [Is there any sport in which taking steroids does not provide any competitive advantage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-sport-in-which-taking-steroids-does-not-provide-any-competitive-advantage/984270)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-sport-in-which-taking-steroids-does-not-provide-any-competitive-advantage/984270 "2023-05-28T14:16:57Z")
Is there any sport in which taking steroids does not provide any competitive advantage? Auto sports? Equestrian? Chess? “eSports”? Anything? --- ## [Test picture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-picture/971487)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-picture/971487 "2023-05-28T14:08:44Z")
\[Album\] Accurate --- ## [Always Something There to Remind Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/always-something-there-to-remind-me/984688)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2023, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/always-something-there-to-remind-me/984688 "2023-05-28T13:47:04Z")
Inspired by the Prime commercials featuring the original 60s version of the Burt Bacharach classic. (1) Lou Johnson “Always Something There To Remind Me” & “Kentucky Bluebird” - YouTube --- ## [Radiation: Why all the different units? What does each tell us?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radiation-why-all-the-different-units-what-does-each-tell-us/984550)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radiation-why-all-the-different-units-what-does-each-tell-us/984550 "2023-05-28T13:31:49Z")
I was watching something on the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and noted they were using Sieverts to measure exposure. But I have seen more units used to measure radiation. I am not sure this is a complete list but I can t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=818&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=820&state=muted)