# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=93&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 94 --- ## [What's the most convoluted/improbable murder mystery plot in fiction you've seen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-convoluted-improbable-murder-mystery-plot-in-fiction-youve-seen/1029685)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2026, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-convoluted-improbable-murder-mystery-plot-in-fiction-youve-seen/1029685 "2026-05-11T19:09:50Z")
TV shows, books, films, though I should say it has to be a part of a fictional work that’s trying to be “realistic” so stuff that’s parody or purposely meant to be over-the-top doesn’t count, and also has to be a human c… --- ## [Re-watching Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-watching-friends/712251)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-watching-friends/712251 "2026-05-11T18:56:21Z")
I have gone through the first four seasons of Friends on Netflix the last couple of weeks for the first time since the DVDs came out which was probably around ten years ago. A few observations: It is generally well pre… --- ## [SDMB where Google fails: Valdosta GA ca. 1969, kids TV show Circus Parade?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-where-google-fails-valdosta-ga-ca-1969-kids-tv-show-circus-parade/460196)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-where-google-fails-valdosta-ga-ca-1969-kids-tv-show-circus-parade/460196 "2026-05-11T18:11:59Z")
When I was a kid (3rd, 4th grader) in south Georgia there was a kid’s TV show, one of those with a live studio audience of kids (akin to the ‘peanut gallery’ of the Howdy Doody show of a decade earlier), named “Circus Pa… --- ## [How were things different when you were a kid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-were-things-different-when-you-were-a-kid/1029032)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 308\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2026, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-were-things-different-when-you-were-a-kid/1029032 "2026-05-11T17:52:03Z")
I know it’s legion, but let’s start making a list. I’ll go first. When I was a kid (I’m 48 years old) There were red delicious apples and green apples at the grocery store. That was it. Everybody was being doxxed by… --- ## [Regarding Iran War Prediction thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-iran-war-prediction-thread/1029977)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2026, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-iran-war-prediction-thread/1029977 "2026-05-11T16:36:26Z")
Continuing the discussion from Predictions and forecasts about the ongoing Iran War: OP here. We have threads on Iran War motivations. That’s about the past. This is a thread about predicting the future. The path of oi… --- ## [Visiting Montreal early July](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-montreal-early-july/1029914)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-montreal-early-july/1029914 "2026-05-11T15:00:15Z")
I’m going to a square dance convention in Montreal around July 4th. Mostly I’ll be busy at the convention, but I’d like to go to a good restaurant with a friend while I’m there. Actually, I’d like to do two meals: deli… --- ## [What was the weirdest belief you ever personally held?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-weirdest-belief-you-ever-personally-held/1029398)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-weirdest-belief-you-ever-personally-held/1029398 "2026-05-11T14:37:42Z")
This thread reminded me: As a kid, I was always skeptical of airplanes. Not as in having a fear of flying (which I actually loved), but as in wondering if they were actually, well, flying… I imagined a scenario where … --- ## [Live Tribute by a Group Larger than a Quartet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-tribute-by-a-group-larger-than-a-quartet/1029982)
**Author:** [@stopnonstop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stopnonstop)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-tribute-by-a-group-larger-than-a-quartet/1029982 "2026-05-11T14:27:20Z")
Do you have any tribute songs done live for an artist, that is a song written by the artist, that makes you want to sing along, even if you are on public transportation? The tribute must be from a diverse or variety amo… --- ## [(Old) Things I (we?) should buy in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-things-i-we-should-buy-in-the-mmp/1029777)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 279\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2026, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-things-i-we-should-buy-in-the-mmp/1029777 "2026-05-11T10:39:55Z")
So, what do YOU want to purchase (other than food/gas/Rx/pet supplies/toilet paper) do you have anything unexpected on your “yeah, I should get one of those” lists? BACKSTORY! I got home almost an hour after we clocked … --- ## [Long term net effect of the war on GHG emissions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-term-net-effect-of-the-war-on-ghg-emissions/1029953)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2026, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-term-net-effect-of-the-war-on-ghg-emissions/1029953 "2026-05-11T03:03:55Z")
I found a number of articles about the ecological effects of the war from the first few weeks. There was a massive release as this article shows: OK, but what about the longer term effects? I read recently that about 9… --- ## [State Department to Revoke Passports of Parents Owing Child Support](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-department-to-revoke-passports-of-parents-owing-child-support/1029909)
**Author:** [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2026, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-department-to-revoke-passports-of-parents-owing-child-support/1029909 "2026-05-10T23:36:30Z")
The State Department has announced they plan to revoke the passports of parents owing child support, per the BBC. Unsure exactly how I feel about this. Any measures to help support children are welcome. But I suspect pe… --- ## [Have heard of MrBeast - if so, how much](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-heard-of-mrbeast-if-so-how-much/1029900)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2026, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-heard-of-mrbeast-if-so-how-much/1029900 "2026-05-10T23:34:34Z")
On a recent episode of Survivor, a surprise guest was featured - MrBeast. Everyone OOO;d and AHHd but I’d never heard of him. Over in the Survivor 50 thread, it was mentioned. Some having heard of him some have not. … --- ## [Adopting a new pet after losing one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adopting-a-new-pet-after-losing-one/1029582)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2026, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adopting-a-new-pet-after-losing-one/1029582 "2026-05-10T18:42:42Z")
How soon to adopt a new best friend is such an individual choice, isn’t it? For me, the balm for having to say goodbye to a feline friend is to go get another rescue from my favorite shelter. But for others, I’m sure it’… --- ## [Russian Losses in Ukraine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-losses-in-ukraine/1029946)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2026, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-losses-in-ukraine/1029946 "2026-05-10T15:31:18Z")
I feel I must share these numbers; According to the New York Times this morning, Russia Has Lost More Than 350,000 Soldiers in Ukraine. The text of the story goes on to say that number is for just the number of Russians… --- ## [Why were the UFO files (which were released today) classified as secret?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-the-ufo-files-which-were-released-today-classified-as-secret/1029928)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-the-ufo-files-which-were-released-today-classified-as-secret/1029928 "2026-05-10T15:02:48Z")
So the government finally released some of the classified files on UFO’s. Yawn! This BBC article describes some of the content : There are astronauts who reported seeing strange flashes of light, described as possible… --- ## [Red button or blue button dilemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-button-or-blue-button-dilemma/1024041)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 339\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2026, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-button-or-blue-button-dilemma/1024041 "2026-05-10T04:09:23Z")
A content creator I listen to a lot popped up in my feed yesterday confused by the repeated outcome of a particular experiment. “The situation is this: You are presented with two buttons, one red, the other blue. Everyon… --- ## [Trump Administration pushes USPS to allow the mailing of handguns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-administration-pushes-usps-to-allow-the-mailing-of-handguns/1029910)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2026, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-administration-pushes-usps-to-allow-the-mailing-of-handguns/1029910 "2026-05-10T02:04:56Z")
Mail-a-handgun: Trump administration pushes to allow firearms to be delivered by USPS - Los Angeles Times Under the proposed change, revolvers and other handguns would be reclassified as mailable firearms and subject to… --- ## [Happy 100th Birthday, Sir David Attenborough!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-100th-birthday-sir-david-attenborough/1029917)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2026, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-100th-birthday-sir-david-attenborough/1029917 "2026-05-10T00:59:42Z")
Thank you, Sir, for all your very informative and amazing nature documentaries! One of my favorite bits, about the lyre bird, was so iconic that parodies were made, one that I missed was made for his 90th birthday by Aa… --- ## [Well, this did not go as planned (Pet Adoption)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-this-did-not-go-as-planned-pet-adoption/1029366)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2026, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-this-did-not-go-as-planned-pet-adoption/1029366 "2026-05-09T23:57:45Z")
How do I cope with saying goodbye to a loved pet? I adopt another one! I understand that for some folks, taking in a new pet right way just doesn’t feel right, they have to get through their grief in whatever time it tak… --- ## [Explain the legality of riverboat casinos to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-legality-of-riverboat-casinos-to-me/1029760)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2026, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-legality-of-riverboat-casinos-to-me/1029760 "2026-05-09T22:55:10Z")
The discussion of money laundering in Ozark made me think of this question: There are only two states in the US that allow actual casinos on land, Nevada and New Jersey, and in NJ they’re only allowed in Atlantic City a… --- ## [Any experience with SesameCare.com? (Costco-partnered online telemedicine for cheap prescription fills)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experience-with-sesamecare-com-costco-partnered-online-telemedicine-for-cheap-prescription-fills/1029948)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2026, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experience-with-sesamecare-com-costco-partnered-online-telemedicine-for-cheap-prescription-fills/1029948 "2026-05-09T22:22:45Z")
(Heh, this post is gonna sound like some sort of AI-generated ad, but I promise I’m a real person writing this.) At the Costco pharmacy recently, I saw an ad there for $29 virtual/online doctor visits through a company … --- ## [Man dies from "splenectomy" where they removed his LIVER instead!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-from-splenectomy-where-they-removed-his-liver-instead/1006842)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 201\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2026, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-from-splenectomy-where-they-removed-his-liver-instead/1006842 "2026-05-09T22:11:30Z")
This is insane! They were away from home, and he had abdominal pain and a doctor recommended that he have a semi-urgent splenectomy - and they removed his LIVER instead! How could that even happen, unless the man had a… --- ## [How well would a liberal tyranny/regime perform?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-would-a-liberal-tyranny-regime-perform/1029701)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2026, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-would-a-liberal-tyranny-regime-perform/1029701 "2026-05-09T22:04:33Z")
In nearly every discussion about what progressives want to achieve, the discussion always gets bogged down in the “Well, we don’t have the votes or power to achieve what we want” - be it climate-change action, LGBT, taxe… --- ## [Tired of this (being short)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tired-of-this-being-short/1029654)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2026, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tired-of-this-being-short/1029654 "2026-05-09T18:08:25Z")
I’m a guy and 5’2 1/4. I feel like I should be taller because my mom is 5’5, my dad is 5’8, and my grandfather was 5’11. I’m tired of being shorter than everyone when I’m in public. This wouldn’t even be a problem if I … --- ## [I pit "the shooting was staged" conspiracy theorists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-shooting-was-staged-conspiracy-theorists/1029570)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-shooting-was-staged-conspiracy-theorists/1029570 "2026-05-09T16:59:41Z")
There are an alarming number of people on my friends list on Facebook who believe that this latest shooting against the Trump administration at the dinner was staged/faked. What’s more, a lot of it is coming from my own … --- ## [How did the Flying Nun fly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-flying-nun-fly/1029913)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2026, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-flying-nun-fly/1029913 "2026-05-09T16:15:51Z")
Inspired by the FQ thread about how do planes really fly. I was just a little kid when The Flying Nun was on TV. I don’t remember much about it or if they ever gave a reasonable explanation of how she was able to fly. I … --- ## [Gerrymandering race to the bottom: how does it end?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gerrymandering-race-to-the-bottom-how-does-it-end/1029750)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2026, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gerrymandering-race-to-the-bottom-how-does-it-end/1029750 "2026-05-09T13:34:45Z")
So apparently mid-census re-districting is OK (if there’s a court case challenging this I’m unaware of it). And racial gerrymandering is now OK, according to the late ruling of the SCOTUS. So how does this end? Do we … --- ## [Chess players: Have you ever participated in one of those things where one player plays blindfolded against multiple others?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-players-have-you-ever-participated-in-one-of-those-things-where-one-player-plays-blindfolded-against-multiple-others/1029548)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2026, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-players-have-you-ever-participated-in-one-of-those-things-where-one-player-plays-blindfolded-against-multiple-others/1029548 "2026-05-09T12:40:09Z")
And for bonus points, was the player a child? I never have, and as far as I know that was never a thing that ever happened in Springfield, Illinois between 1982 (when I learned to play chess) and 2014 (when I moved away… --- ## [How do these mobile games that pay out real money make a profit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-these-mobile-games-that-pay-out-real-money-make-a-profit/1029738)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2026, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-these-mobile-games-that-pay-out-real-money-make-a-profit/1029738 "2026-05-09T03:16:33Z")
You may have seen them advertised; some of the ads specifically say that they don’t do things that other such apps do to make money (like in-app ads, requiring friend recommendations, cash-in limits, or “top ups,” whate… --- ## [Five Perfect Movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-perfect-movies/1006586)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 190\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2026, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-perfect-movies/1006586 "2026-05-09T00:27:52Z")
As mentioned in this thread as an aside: Movies you've seen recently (Part 2) - #47 by Czarcasm I want your personal Five Perfect Movies. Not the internet, not someone else’s, and definitely not “This one is pretty go… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=92&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=94&state=tracking)