# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=967&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 968 --- ## [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… --- ## [2022 Computer Game Awards Nominations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-computer-game-awards-nominations/974934)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-computer-game-awards-nominations/974934 "2022-11-16T05:30:28Z")
Here is a list of the nominees for 2022 computer gaming awards. Opinions? Sorry it is a video, only source I found (I did not look very hard). --- ## [Number of responses is listed, but what about the number of views?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-responses-is-listed-but-what-about-the-number-of-views/968748)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-responses-is-listed-but-what-about-the-number-of-views/968748 "2022-11-16T04:27:35Z")
How can I see the number of views a thread has? It used to be there under the old board software, but I’ve no idea how to get that info now. --- ## [Why does overindulging in pizza make your testicles ache? (Potential for TMI)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-overindulging-in-pizza-make-your-testicles-ache-potential-for-tmi/197821)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-overindulging-in-pizza-make-your-testicles-ache-potential-for-tmi/197821 "2022-11-16T03:01:40Z")
Okay, in my years of bachelorhood, I have often rhetorically asked “Why? Dear God, why?” when afflicted with the condition that I have come to think of as “Pizza balls” – the dull ache in your soft parts that lasts long… --- ## [Seat Belt Use and Vaccine Hesitancy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seat-belt-use-and-vaccine-hesitancy/974470)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seat-belt-use-and-vaccine-hesitancy/974470 "2022-11-16T01:58:52Z")
I’m looking at an old almanac from 2007, which gives seat belt use data by state. At that time, lowest use was in Mississippi (60.8%), Massachusetts, Kentucky, Arkansas, South Dakota, Kansas and South Carolina (around 6… --- ## [The infamous chainsaw story - UL or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-infamous-chainsaw-story-ul-or-not/42975)
**Author:** [@adamsc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adamsc)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-infamous-chainsaw-story-ul-or-not/42975 "2022-11-16T01:43:50Z")
I’m sure most people reading this have seen the story below or some variant. Has anyone ever found out whether it really happened? I’ve done a bit of searching and have found many, many nearly identical joke pages but no… --- ## [Science fiction idea I had](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-fiction-idea-i-had/974921)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2022, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-fiction-idea-i-had/974921 "2022-11-15T23:22:29Z")
So, I had an amusing idea for a science fiction short story. At long last, we discover that we are not alone in the Universe: There’s a sentient species on a planet orbiting Vega. And it turns out they’re a lot like u… --- ## [Wikirandompedia - Sports Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikirandompedia-sports-edition/974953)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikirandompedia-sports-edition/974953 "2022-11-15T20:39:22Z")
I’ve noticed that when I click on “random article” on the Wikipedia home page, it often brings up an athlete. To play this game: From the home page, click on “random article” repeatedly until you arrive at a page for an… --- ## [NFL 2022 Week Ten Commandments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-ten-commandments/974711)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-ten-commandments/974711 "2022-11-15T20:26:06Z")
It’s week 10, and the Eagles are likely to continue their undefeated season for at least another week, the Packers are rare underdogs at home, and the Colts look to turn around their season with a new coach. Oops, I mean… --- ## [How to sound like a native](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-sound-like-a-native/974340)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2022, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-sound-like-a-native/974340 "2022-11-15T20:00:53Z")
How hard is it for an adult non-native English speaker with a very heavy accent to learn how to sound like a native. Let’s say you are working with a language coach over several years, could you achieve it, or is it bas… --- ## [Snapple "Real Fact", about brain waves and electric trains](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapple-real-fact-about-brain-waves-and-electric-trains/301402)
**Author:** [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapple-real-fact-about-brain-waves-and-electric-trains/301402 "2022-11-15T19:20:38Z")
According to Snapple (the beverage), “Brain waves can be used to run an electric train”. It is fact #59 in their bottle cap series of “Real Facts”.Go to Snapple.com , click on the Real Facts icon on the top of the page … --- ## [Cacatum non est pictum - a Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cacatum-non-est-pictum-a-question/30494)
**Author:** [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cacatum-non-est-pictum-a-question/30494 "2022-11-15T18:26:26Z")
This from an email from a guy on the quizbowl circuit: “While working on a piece of Unheard Beethoven just scavenged from the British Library, we ran across a canon by Beethoven on the phrase “Cacatum non est pictum.” I… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=966&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=968&state=muted)