# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=2 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 3 --- ## [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… --- ## [(Old) Your first furniture in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-your-first-furniture-in-the-mmp/1031453)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 359\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2026, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-your-first-furniture-in-the-mmp/1031453 "2026-07-13T07:30:06Z")
What was the first piece if furniture you bought for yourself? When and what were the circumstances? My answer will follow in a bit. Carry on, and Happy Moanday! --- ## ['The Tiffany Effect': False anachronisms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tiffany-effect-false-anachronisms/1032267)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tiffany-effect-false-anachronisms/1032267 "2026-08-31T19:26:38Z")
I saw an interesting short video in my YouTube feed a week or so ago about ‘The Tiffany Effect’: facts that historians actually feel that they need to leave out when they are documenting history, because they seem so ana… --- ## [AI and the "end of humanity". Explain please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-and-the-end-of-humanity-explain-please/1033021)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2026, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-and-the-end-of-humanity-explain-please/1033021 "2026-10-19T10:03:48Z")
There has been a lot of news about the notion that AI will somehow engineer the end of humanity at some point in the next couple of decades. I admit that I have no idea how that could happen. What would be the process? H… --- ## [(Old) Up, Up and Away in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-up-up-and-away-in-the-mmp/1032266)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 334\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-up-up-and-away-in-the-mmp/1032266 "2026-08-17T05:20:45Z")
Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 16c/60f with a predicted high of 23c/73f and mostly cloudy. Weather app says “Some people are like fucking clouds. Once they bugger off, it becomes a fucking beautiful day.” Weather a… --- ## [Is there any SONG that we ALL would agree is good (if not great)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-song-that-we-all-would-agree-is-good-if-not-great/1026427)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 334\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-song-that-we-all-would-agree-is-good-if-not-great/1026427 "2026-01-18T22:08:52Z")
Continuing the discussion from Is there any movie we ALL would agree is good (if not great)?: As we can’t agree on a movie, perhaps we can agree on a song? Not a singer, a group, an album, but a simple single song? I’l… --- ## [How can we take this latest Trump nastiness \["Quiet, Piggy" remark, and responses to said remark\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-take-this-latest-trump-nastiness-quiet-piggy-remark-and-responses-to-said-remark/1024971)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 201\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2025, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-take-this-latest-trump-nastiness-quiet-piggy-remark-and-responses-to-said-remark/1024971 "2025-11-30T04:01:01Z")
He called a female reporter “Piggie” on Airforce 1. He pointed his finger and said “Quiet, piggie” after she asked an Epstein files question. Come on. This is not right. --- ## [(Old) Prepping for a visit in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-prepping-for-a-visit-in-the-mmp/1032376)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 290\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2026, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-prepping-for-a-visit-in-the-mmp/1032376 "2026-08-24T08:47:58Z")
Someone is going to drop in and you don’t have a whole lot of warning. Do you straighten the magazines on the coffee table and smile, or it is all out OMGTHISPLACEISAMESSWHATAMIGONNADO??? My mom is coming for lunch tomo… --- ## [Most tone-deaf/out of touch commercials?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-tone-deaf-out-of-touch-commercials/1032017)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 229\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2026, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-tone-deaf-out-of-touch-commercials/1032017 "2026-08-06T00:57:48Z")
I think of this every time I see a commercial of John Walsh for OmegaXL. He talks about how the green-lipped mussel goo gives him the energy that he needs to exercise his polo ponies on his ranch. I always think of how f… --- ## [Movies that cop-out in the end](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-cop-out-in-the-end/1027099)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2026, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-cop-out-in-the-end/1027099 "2026-02-04T21:09:37Z")
TV movies count also, btw. Anyone remember the 1977 two part ABC tv movie titled The Trial Of Lee Harvey Oswald? It is the one where LHO is saved from the assassin’s bullet and goes on a long, drawn out trial, and on th… --- ## [Poster iiandyiiii is pitted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 266\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360 "2026-10-07T17:46:02Z")
You’re against the war. We get it. As a US Navy veteran currently working in the DoD, this must be very personal for you. I have not doubt you have the utmost concern for the troops. But here’s the thing… when I ment… --- ## [What happens politically if gas prices go through the roof?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-politically-if-gas-prices-go-through-the-roof/1028133)
**Author:** [@hideousidiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hideousidiot)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2026, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-politically-if-gas-prices-go-through-the-roof/1028133 "2026-04-06T19:58:55Z")
I mean, Trump ran on keeping prices in general low, and I think MAGA is particularly sensitive to gas prices. Will gas at 5 bucks a gallon, or even higher, cause many of even them to abandon support for him? Is there any… --- ## [Roundabout hysteria](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roundabout-hysteria/1028186)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 230\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2026, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roundabout-hysteria/1028186 "2026-06-15T18:01:48Z")
Why is there still so much hostility to new roundabouts in the US? Is there similar hostilty in countries where there are more roundabouts? As an example of what I’m talking about, see the comments in this Facebook post… --- ## [Were the German codes broken by the Enigma machine coherent German?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-german-codes-broken-by-the-enigma-machine-coherent-german/1025367)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2026, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-german-codes-broken-by-the-enigma-machine-coherent-german/1025367 "2026-04-28T04:11:52Z")
Once the Allies started breaking the codes sent by the Germans, did they find that the communications made perfect sense (to a German speaker)? Or were the words themselves further coded, the way the Navajo words and phr… --- ## [Natalie Harp - uh, what is going on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/natalie-harp-uh-what-is-going-on/1032473)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 184\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2026, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/natalie-harp-uh-what-is-going-on/1032473 "2026-10-03T18:48:37Z")
So this lady is some kind of general assistant to Donald Trump. Rumors are wild, including saying she carries diapers, etc. around for him. None of that is really proven. The thing is, it does appear that some of her le… --- ## [2026 \[THEMED\] Celebrity Death Pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430)
**Author:** [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430 "2026-11-02T19:53:23Z")
NOTE: As we started in 2019, Themed Death Pool Lists will be posted and tracked in a separate thread. If you are looking for the 2025 Celebrity Death Pool thread, click here phungi (aka: the Death Shroom) checking in as… --- ## [(Old) Dark Skies in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-dark-skies-in-the-mmp/1032523)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 321\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-dark-skies-in-the-mmp/1032523 "2026-08-31T05:52:32Z")
Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 16c/61f with a predicted high of 22c/71f and sunny. Weather app says “The fucking sun is shining like diamonds in a goat’s ass. Which is fucking fun to google.” Following on from last… --- ## [Trump-haters: What things do you \*agree\* with Trump on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-haters-what-things-do-you-agree-with-trump-on/1030489)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-haters-what-things-do-you-agree-with-trump-on/1030489 "2026-11-04T17:15:38Z")
I hate Donald Trump as much as anybody, but there are still a few things we share in common. For example, we both like the Rush Hour movie franchise, to the point where Trump has actually leaned on New Line and director… --- ## [NYT List of the 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-list-of-the-30-greatest-living-american-songwriters/1029619)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2026, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-list-of-the-30-greatest-living-american-songwriters/1029619 "2026-05-01T10:50:27Z")
Gift link: I would say that I have some disagreements with the list. For example, Madonna wrote a lot of her own stuff and I’d put her ahead of Mariah Carey. Norah Jones isn’t on the list and neither is Alicia Keys,… --- ## [(Old) Tell A Stoopid Joke MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tell-a-stoopid-joke-mmp/1031637)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 348\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2026, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tell-a-stoopid-joke-mmp/1031637 "2026-07-20T06:33:08Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 73 Amurrkin and partly cloudy with a predicted high of 87, becomin’ cloudy and with rain predicted around two p.m. We shall see. I need to call the pharmacy and re-fill … --- ## [(Old) Trying To Reason with Hurricane Season - A Hockey MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-trying-to-reason-with-hurricane-season-a-hockey-mmp/1030522)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 310\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-trying-to-reason-with-hurricane-season-a-hockey-mmp/1030522 "2026-08-28T16:47:33Z")
It’s (Meteorological)hurricane season today, and for the first time in 20 years it’s (hockey) Hurricane season, which I dread a lot less. Most of the experts are picking Vegas, but like I noted on a Cane FB group, this a… --- ## [Baker’s Dozen IV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iv/1033177)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 536\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2026, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iv/1033177 "2026-11-08T07:46:55Z")
Continuing the discussion from Baker’s Dozen III - #10000 by Intergalactic\_Gladiator. Previous discussions: Baker's Dozen II (Part 1) Baker’s Dozen III --- ## [(Old) Things ya gotta 'splain in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-things-ya-gotta-splain-in-the-mmp/1029588)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 285\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-things-ya-gotta-splain-in-the-mmp/1029588 "2026-05-04T17:27:04Z")
Well, you don’t hafta explain to US cuz we’re all smart ‘n’ stuff. But then there’s the rest of the world. “There’s no such thing as a stupid question.” Narrator: Ummm … I spent more than a few minutes at work earli… --- ## [Worst movie titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 220\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2026, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889 "2026-03-06T13:09:43Z")
For the purpose of this thread, I am retiring “Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?” and sticking it in the WTF Movie Title Hall Of Fame. :grin: Movie titles only (tv movies included). I was flicking through the free movi… --- ## [(Old) It's a matter of taste in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-its-a-matter-of-taste-in-the-mmp/1031097)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 354\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2026, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-its-a-matter-of-taste-in-the-mmp/1031097 "2026-06-29T07:35:49Z")
It’s a good thing that we all like different things, right? Else we’d run short of one and have too much of another, right? Yeah, pretty deep and profound. I’ll say more on the topic in another post. Today is starting … --- ## [When celebrities' reputations jump the shark](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-celebrities-reputations-jump-the-shark/1028887)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 205\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2026, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-celebrities-reputations-jump-the-shark/1028887 "2026-05-04T17:28:26Z")
Dionne Warwick recorded decades worth of hit songs. Then one day in the 1990s she signed on to become the spokesperson for a 1-900 service called ‘the Psychic Friends Network’. Celebrities have, of course, been using the… --- ## [MLB Playoffs 2026 (incl. World Series)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs-2026-incl-world-series/1033429)
**Author:** [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Replies:** 306\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2026, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs-2026-incl-world-series/1033429 "2026-11-05T03:29:56Z")
From my post in the September thread: So the field is set. American League On to the Divisional Round Tampa Bay Rays (Best Record) Cleveland Guardians Wild Card Round Chicago White Sox at Houston Astros (Division Wi… --- ## [Mini-Month Mini-Rants (Feb 2026)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-month-mini-rants-feb-2026/1027273)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 298\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-month-mini-rants-feb-2026/1027273 "2026-03-02T14:56:47Z")
Winter finally hit SoFL. We awoke to temps just above freezing, ~35F ~2C. But at least the wind was howling. Hw cold was it? There were frozen iguanas littering parking lots. At breakfast about 1/3rd of the spaces were… --- ## [1950s/1960s: What was it about coffee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1950s-1960s-what-was-it-about-coffee/1026088)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1950s-1960s-what-was-it-about-coffee/1026088 "2026-01-15T14:20:05Z")
I’m binge-watching “The Dick Van Dyke Show” from the 1960s, and one thing that is striking me is the characters seem to be always drinking coffee at what I would consider odd hours of the day. It’s late at night after a… --- ## [So - I've started my medical transition last week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-started-my-medical-transition-last-week/1033380)
**Author:** [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2026, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-started-my-medical-transition-last-week/1033380 "2026-11-08T08:07:27Z")
Quick note to the folks who know me IRL: This is not your news to share. I am no where near my social transition at this time. Last November, I had a life shattering revelation. The long and short of it, is that I re… --- ## [Back-in Parkers - You Bastards!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-in-parkers-you-bastards/1027858)
**Author:** [@irae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irae)\ **Replies:** 224\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-in-parkers-you-bastards/1027858 "2026-04-15T16:49:26Z")
So if you’ve been backing in to parking spaces prior to the 2015 U.S.reverse camera mandate read no further, as I assume you’re a competent person whose head swivels on their neck and who can accomplish this feat in unde… --- ## [Slightly unusual eating habits you (or someone you know) has](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-unusual-eating-habits-you-or-someone-you-know-has/1032370)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 259\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-unusual-eating-habits-you-or-someone-you-know-has/1032370 "2026-08-31T17:10:35Z")
I’m not talking about eating outre ingredients (necessarily) or anything illegal or dangerous. Just some habit that would probably strike most people as a little . . . strange. My immediate relations have a load of the… --- ## [(Old) GoGo on Vacation - A Holiday MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gogo-on-vacation-a-holiday-mmp/1032106)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 305\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gogo-on-vacation-a-holiday-mmp/1032106 "2026-08-10T07:01:30Z")
Vacation! A couple of beers and cocktails in. Happy vacation to me! Talk amongst your selves. --- ## [So what will our AI civilization of the future look like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-our-ai-civilization-of-the-future-look-like/1032973)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 249\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2026, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-our-ai-civilization-of-the-future-look-like/1032973 "2026-11-07T12:15:44Z")
I personally don’t hold much credence in predictions that AI will either destroy the world or create a utopia. I feel like this is a combination of sci fy BS and Silicon Valley marketing hype designed to encourage capit… --- ## [(Old) Time Is On My Side (?) - A Daylight Savings MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-time-is-on-my-side-a-daylight-savings-mmp/1028315)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 292\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2026, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-time-is-on-my-side-a-daylight-savings-mmp/1028315 "2026-03-17T03:47:35Z")
Everybody add an extra scoop in their coffee, it’s the post spring forward coping day. I’m up, caffeinated, and sheveled. It’s currently 60 degrees Ferret Height(15.556 Centipedes\] Off to heave, \[Linda Richman\]Talk amo… --- ## [Luxuries you don't enjoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-dont-enjoy/1032008)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 219\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-dont-enjoy/1032008 "2026-08-31T12:19:58Z")
This runs the risk of being a little Dad-like, or even Grandpappyish, but here goes. I don’t enjoy those big, soft, heavy, luxurious hotel-style towels. Give me something super thin and scratchy from the YMCA instead, or… --- ## [Some Passing Thoughts about Showing ID to Buy Alcohol](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-passing-thoughts-about-showing-id-to-buy-alcohol/1032588)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-passing-thoughts-about-showing-id-to-buy-alcohol/1032588 "2026-09-12T22:20:25Z")
When I first emigrated to New York, I arrived as a hitchhiker. I had a valid driver’s license issued by the state of New Mexico. It took me quite a while to get settled up here, but eventually I was indoors, enrolled a… --- ## [Anti retirement support](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-retirement-support/1024978)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 224\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-retirement-support/1024978 "2026-01-20T14:06:24Z")
We lean older here, and there is a fair amount of discussion about retirement. I’m 66 myself and I’ve shared widely here and in real life that my plans are to keep working unless some health crisis prevents it or I stop … --- ## [Super Bowl LX](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-lx/1027508)
**Author:** [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Replies:** 300\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-lx/1027508 "2026-02-16T09:58:33Z")
All right I don’t see a thread so here’s one. Green Day opens, after introducing a delegation of MVP old-timers. --- ## [Countdown to war with Venezuela](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-to-war-with-venezuela/1025201)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-to-war-with-venezuela/1025201 "2026-01-14T16:14:12Z")
Trump says US land action against alleged drug trafficking networks in Venezuela will start ‘very soon’ Well of course he desperately NEEDS a war to distract, and to rescue his plummeting approval ratings. He’s going t… --- ## [Dolly Parton has died at age 80](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-has-died-at-age-80/1032545)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 219\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-has-died-at-age-80/1032545 "2026-09-25T16:14:56Z")
Sad news. Great American. --- ## [Ook-tober Mini-rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ook-tober-mini-rants/1033511)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 335\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2026, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ook-tober-mini-rants/1033511 "2026-11-06T21:24:15Z")
You may have heard of the big storm that hit the Northeast US last week? Our house is about 100 feet from the ocean on the North Shore of Boston, and after four or five days of heavy winds and rain, the “main” storm hit… --- ## [Botticelli - Oct 2026](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517)
**Author:** [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Replies:** 461\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2026, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517 "2026-11-03T01:46:50Z")
Starting up a new round for the new month: I am J On we go! Rules are here. --- ## [Botticelli - Aug 2026](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035)
**Author:** [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Replies:** 388\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035 "2026-09-04T20:54:13Z")
I am P. --- ## [How and/or where do US citizens learn that the USA is the best country in the world etc?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-and-or-where-do-us-citizens-learn-that-the-usa-is-the-best-country-in-the-world-etc/1031943)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 220\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2026, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-and-or-where-do-us-citizens-learn-that-the-usa-is-the-best-country-in-the-world-etc/1031943 "2026-08-15T17:13:05Z")
I’m Canadian and I don’t think that Canada is “the best country in the world”, though I do believe that Canada is one of the best. I also believe that I’m bloody fortunate to be a Canadian. I am also fully capable of loo… --- ## [Consumer items you would really hate/be screwed if they discontinued?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-items-you-would-really-hate-be-screwed-if-they-discontinued/1026629)
**Author:** [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2026, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-items-you-would-really-hate-be-screwed-if-they-discontinued/1026629 "2026-03-19T14:24:49Z")
For the fun, let’s leave out the serious answers…don’t say insulin or antihistamines. For me…. if Duluth Trading Company ever dropped the ball-room jean… I would have to move to a tropical island where I can just wear s… --- ## [(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 … --- ## [AIs have passed the Turing Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ais-have-passed-the-turing-test/1032674)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ais-have-passed-the-turing-test/1032674 "2026-09-19T21:37:22Z")
The 5 craziest discoveries from OpenAI’s HuggingFace investigation Axois ran a detailed analysis of the AI Hugging Face hack. Jawdropping. The AIs acted - and sounded - exactly like people, created their own secret mess… --- ## [(Old) Wassup, doc, in the MMP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-wassup-doc-in-the-mmp/1030742)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 332\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2026, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-wassup-doc-in-the-mmp/1030742 "2026-06-15T08:28:11Z")
Semi-annual followup with my doc (OK, PA-C) this morning, My blood work last week was aces (Labcorp sent me a link the day after I was bled.) I’m not expecting any surprises, but I did put a list on my phone of things I … --- ## [What's missing/awry/disturbing about people's lives that MAGA/hard-right populism is so attractive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-missing-awry-disturbing-about-peoples-lives-that-maga-hard-right-populism-is-so-attractive/1027436)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-missing-awry-disturbing-about-peoples-lives-that-maga-hard-right-populism-is-so-attractive/1027436 "2026-02-26T14:19:36Z")
After innumerable threads around here, I’ve wondered why so many people seem to be so attracted to the whole right-wing populist agenda and ideology. Specifcally, what about the modern world isn’t working for these peop… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1&per_page=50) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=3&per_page=50)