# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=945 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 946 --- ## [Another "How Do You Pronounce This?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-how-do-you-pronounce-this/974897)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-how-do-you-pronounce-this/974897 "2022-11-17T15:18:48Z")
I’m listening to an audio book and the narrator pronounces the H in WH words like white, when, whisper, etc. I can’t explain how it’s pronounced but I can definitely hear the H sound. Is this a regional thing? Do most pe… --- ## ["It was a dark evening with only the feeble light of a waning crescent moon." How much basic astronomy is widely understood by those not specifically interested in the subject?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-a-dark-evening-with-only-the-feeble-light-of-a-waning-crescent-moon-how-much-basic-astronomy-is-widely-understood-by-those-not-specifically-interested-in-the-subject/974200)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-a-dark-evening-with-only-the-feeble-light-of-a-waning-crescent-moon-how-much-basic-astronomy-is-widely-understood-by-those-not-specifically-interested-in-the-subject/974200 "2022-11-17T14:37:56Z")
A few months ago I listened to the outstanding Passage trilogy by Justin Cronin, which, like James Howard Kunstler’s World Made By Hand series, turned out to be thoroughly enjoyable and has made me reconsider my supposed… --- ## [Need help removing hair color](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-removing-hair-color/975067)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-removing-hair-color/975067 "2022-11-17T14:36:35Z")
What was supposed to be a temporary teal hair coloring from Splat! has lasted many months, and I am looking to remove it (or at least lighten it up as much as possible. I have tried several suggested home remedies, such… --- ## [What is the meaning to this song lyric?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-meaning-to-this-song-lyric/971896)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2022, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-meaning-to-this-song-lyric/971896 "2022-11-17T12:06:27Z")
I was listening to one of my favorite albums from the 80’s today, Adam Ants "Friend or Foe". There is a song on the album called “Crackpot History and the Right to Lie”. The song generally is about his feelings about f… --- ## [How did the first responders know to call me? (wife was in an accident and unable to answer their Qs0](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-first-responders-know-to-call-me-wife-was-in-an-accident-and-unable-to-answer-their-qs0/974730)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2022, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-first-responders-know-to-call-me-wife-was-in-an-accident-and-unable-to-answer-their-qs0/974730 "2022-11-17T08:10:19Z")
Awhile back my wife got into a minor fender bender, because she was having a low blood sugar moment. She’s a T1D, type 1 diabetic, and she’d just started on a new insulin pump and it wasn’t calibrated correctly. The pol… --- ## [A new Civilization 6 DLC leader pass is on the way](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-civilization-6-dlc-leader-pass-is-on-the-way/975018)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2022, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-civilization-6-dlc-leader-pass-is-on-the-way/975018 "2022-11-17T07:57:35Z")
talk about a late money grab although I didn’t get the anthology maybe they’re using it to help fund making 7 and hopefully, it will be like 9.99.? --- ## [Dave Chappell, a very funny bigot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappell-a-very-funny-bigot/975060)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2022, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-chappell-a-very-funny-bigot/975060 "2022-11-17T07:33:04Z")
Ok, I searched and I couldn’t find a thread on this, really. I’m not sure I’ll make for the best person to start one off. I’m not Trans, or Black, or Jewish, and I’m not an expert in comedy or social commentary; but, Dav… --- ## [Is Jesus connected to Esau?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jesus-connected-to-esau/975051)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2022, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jesus-connected-to-esau/975051 "2022-11-17T00:33:39Z")
I just noticed that Jesus in Aramaic is something like “Yeshua” which in turn is something “Esau.” Is this just a coincidence or is there some sort of etymological connection? --- ## [Why do reading glasses get dirty so quickly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-reading-glasses-get-dirty-so-quickly/974876)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-reading-glasses-get-dirty-so-quickly/974876 "2022-11-16T23:49:40Z")
I was near sighted and wore glasses since age 12. Smudges on my glasses never bothered me. I cleaned them each morning after getting dressed. I never touch the lenses with my fingers. Had cataract surgery and I’m now fa… --- ## [Why Are Police So Hell-Bent On Getting Citizens' Information (When They're Not Entitled To It)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-police-so-hell-bent-on-getting-citizens-information-when-theyre-not-entitled-to-it/974857)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-police-so-hell-bent-on-getting-citizens-information-when-theyre-not-entitled-to-it/974857 "2022-11-16T23:33:09Z")
The latest in a series of videos of people getting unjustly arrested for refusing to show ID, answer questions about name and DOB, etc. I’m not interested in getting into parsing the legalities here, it’s obviously going… --- ## [Democratic House Math](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-house-math/974806)
**Author:** [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-house-math/974806 "2022-11-16T23:32:55Z")
Democratic control of the House is not out of the question, although it is a bit of a long shot. With the help of Dave Wasserman (Cook Political Report, @redistrict on Twitter), I have collected the House races that hav… --- ## [Explain the logistics of enormous soccer banners to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-logistics-of-enormous-soccer-banners-to-me/967835)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-logistics-of-enormous-soccer-banners-to-me/967835 "2022-11-16T20:52:01Z")
One of the cool things you see in European soccer that you would (generally) not see in any American sport is enormous banners that are hung up or passed around by fans. (Examples here and here.) How do they make them?… --- ## [Almost done with "New Tricks" - what next?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-done-with-new-tricks-what-next/973299)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-done-with-new-tricks-what-next/973299 "2022-11-16T20:39:11Z")
My father in law is 92 and has cancer. My wife and I go over to his house every Sunday (or sometimes she brings him over here) and we have dinner together and watch some TV. For the last year or so it’s been one or two e… --- ## [Senate leadership contests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-leadership-contests/975006)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-leadership-contests/975006 "2022-11-16T20:22:39Z")
Things are apparently getting ugly in the Republican Senate conference, according to The Hill: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3737223-gop-acrimony-spills-over-at-heated-senate-lunch/ There’s more in the article, … --- ## [Biggest disparity between amount of a food eaten as is vs amount of recipes including it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-disparity-between-amount-of-a-food-eaten-as-is-vs-amount-of-recipes-including-it/974933)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-disparity-between-amount-of-a-food-eaten-as-is-vs-amount-of-recipes-including-it/974933 "2022-11-16T19:41:00Z")
Had this thought about bananas today. It’s the world’s most popular fruit, according to statistics, the average American eats 27 lbs of bananas every year. And yet, there really aren’t that many iconic recipes that featu… --- ## [Am I more likely to win the lottery by picking the numbers myself or going with easy pick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-more-likely-to-win-the-lottery-by-picking-the-numbers-myself-or-going-with-easy-pick/973627)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-more-likely-to-win-the-lottery-by-picking-the-numbers-myself-or-going-with-easy-pick/973627 "2022-11-16T19:29:46Z")
Yeah, yeah, I know, statistically it’s more likely to get hit by a meteor or whatever than hit the winning numbers. Better to just take the money you were going to spend on tickets and invest it. Playing the lottery is t… --- ## [Web sites that blow your mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-sites-that-blow-your-mind/974436)
**Author:** [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-sites-that-blow-your-mind/974436 "2022-11-16T19:15:30Z")
I was looking for online virtual keyboards and I stumbled across dotpiano.com, which uses your computer keyboard instead of a regular keyboard. It sounds like a piano and shows colors on your screen. So on that topic, … --- ## [Misophonia, and how to cope with it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misophonia-and-how-to-cope-with-it/974229)
**Author:** [@deltogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltogre)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misophonia-and-how-to-cope-with-it/974229 "2022-11-16T19:14:49Z")
I suffer from misophonia. If you are unfamiliar, it has only really recently been given much attention in public academic circles. It means “hatred of sound,” and when I say I suffer from it, that is the only correct ter… --- ## [How did the word discursive end up with two contradictory meanings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-word-discursive-end-up-with-two-contradictory-meanings/975012)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-word-discursive-end-up-with-two-contradictory-meanings/975012 "2022-11-16T18:17:25Z")
How did the word ‘discursive’ end up having two contradictory meanings ‘rambling’ in common usage and ‘coherent ‘ in a philosophical sense ? --- ## [Mormon church backs same-sex marriage bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mormon-church-backs-same-sex-marriage-bill/975005)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mormon-church-backs-same-sex-marriage-bill/975005 "2022-11-16T18:07:40Z")
Is this big news, or just an example of the gradual shift of attitudes towards same-sex couples? Senate apparently votes on it tomorrow. --- ## ["Not since Hitler has a person embodied all the signs of the Antichrist like Donald Trump", any actual truth to this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-since-hitler-has-a-person-embodied-all-the-signs-of-the-antichrist-like-donald-trump-any-actual-truth-to-this/974501)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-since-hitler-has-a-person-embodied-all-the-signs-of-the-antichrist-like-donald-trump-any-actual-truth-to-this/974501 "2022-11-16T17:34:20Z")
I tried to see if this topic was made before and surprised I couldn’t find one (though I only searched topic titles). I’ve seen many MANY people opine that Trump fits “Almost all the classic signs of the Antichrist” how… --- ## [Artists/Bands who covered it each other](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-bands-who-covered-it-each-other/974766)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-bands-who-covered-it-each-other/974766 "2022-11-16T16:30:06Z")
Title tells it all. The Stones did Otis Redding’s “That’s How Strong My Love Is”, and Otis answered a short time later with his famous cover of “Satisfaction”. Bob Dylan, early in his career,… --- ## [Restless Leg Syndrome FUCKING SUCKS!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restless-leg-syndrome-fucking-sucks/426665)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restless-leg-syndrome-fucking-sucks/426665 "2022-11-16T15:51:16Z")
:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :ma… --- ## [Who to blame for the Republican failure in 2022?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-to-blame-for-the-republican-failure-in-2022/974851)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-to-blame-for-the-republican-failure-in-2022/974851 "2022-11-16T14:52:39Z")
Really two questions here: who will be blamed (scapegoated?) and who really is to blame. A few options to start: Donald Trump because he is of course the go to to blame for everything. I don’t think this election he h… --- ## [Is it me, or are the Texas Democrats producing particularly weak candidates lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-are-the-texas-democrats-producing-particularly-weak-candidates-lately/974898)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-are-the-texas-democrats-producing-particularly-weak-candidates-lately/974898 "2022-11-16T14:26:57Z")
Is it just me, or does it seem like the Texas Democratic party is lacking in good young talent that they can put up against the Republicans? And that a lot of the time they’re busy picking candidates who check boxes, ra… --- ## [Trump announced he is running in 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-announced-he-is-running-in-2024/975019)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-announced-he-is-running-in-2024/975019 "2022-11-16T14:00:33Z")
Should one of us tell him that this means he concedes that he lost in 2020? mmm --- ## [What are some of the greatest things you know now that you wished you knew back then?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-the-greatest-things-you-know-now-that-you-wished-you-knew-back-then/970041)
**Author:** [@thescrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thescrr)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-the-greatest-things-you-know-now-that-you-wished-you-knew-back-then/970041 "2022-11-16T13:03:15Z")
Whether you are 20, 40, or 60 years old right now, tell me some of the greatest things you know now that you wish you had known earlier in life. I’ll start with one of mine: “First you work for money, then you make mon… --- ## [Traffic Puzzles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-puzzles/974950)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-puzzles/974950 "2022-11-16T12:13:08Z")
People drive at different times of the day for a myriad of different reasons, but the large majority of people who travel weekdays between 6:00 and 9:00 AM are commuters, thus the term, “rush hour traffic”. So, why is i… --- ## [Pomegranate diseases anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pomegranate-diseases-anyone/974988)
**Author:** [@nofloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nofloyd)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pomegranate-diseases-anyone/974988 "2022-11-16T08:32:33Z")
I bought what looked like a perfect pomegranate, but found many black spikey … things … inside. Is this what early black rot looks like? Are the good looking arils safe? I ended up tossing them. What looked like good o… --- ## [You can bring one item from history to the present. What are you getting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-bring-one-item-from-history-to-the-present-what-are-you-getting/974244)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-bring-one-item-from-history-to-the-present-what-are-you-getting/974244 "2022-11-16T06:16:17Z")
The criteria: You must be able to carry it. It cannot be a living thing. It must benefit a substantial portion of society, not just you. IOW, this is not a get rich trip. You only get one trip so you can’t break som… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=944) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=946)