# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1000&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1001 --- ## [Identify a Caterpillar (Millipede?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-caterpillar-millipede/972866)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-caterpillar-millipede/972866 "2022-10-07T04:30:37Z")
Very small - maybe an inch long and a millimeter or so wide - hanging out on a yarrow flower in Southern California. https://ibb.co/0XMrLpF Brown with yellow stripes (or vice versa), with a very consistent diameter thr… --- ## [Chicago Sun-Times (Straight Dope's Owner) Has Dropped Its Paywall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-sun-times-straight-dopes-owner-has-dropped-its-paywall/972832)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-sun-times-straight-dopes-owner-has-dropped-its-paywall/972832 "2022-10-07T04:28:27Z")
The paper is at: Any comments as to whether this newspaper would be of any interest to those outside the Chicago metropolitan area? PS. I’m a bit surprised no one has mentioned this. --- ## [Are there any good prequels that actually stand alone and don't need the original to make sense?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-good-prequels-that-actually-stand-alone-and-dont-need-the-original-to-make-sense/972657)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-good-prequels-that-actually-stand-alone-and-dont-need-the-original-to-make-sense/972657 "2022-10-07T04:23:26Z")
Usually a prequel no matter how good can never be standalone because it relies too much on people understanding the original work to help it make sense or at the very least streamline details. I love Star Wars: Rogue On… --- ## [Hurricane Ian: A Major Threat To Florida and Elsewhere {2022-09-25}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ian-a-major-threat-to-florida-and-elsewhere-2022-09-25/972213)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ian-a-major-threat-to-florida-and-elsewhere-2022-09-25/972213 "2022-10-07T03:53:28Z")
Any Florida Dopers doing anything to prepare? --- ## [Suppose the best player in college football were from a military academy (and had to do 4 years of service.) How high would he be drafted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-the-best-player-in-college-football-were-from-a-military-academy-and-had-to-do-4-years-of-service-how-high-would-he-be-drafted/971751)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-the-best-player-in-college-football-were-from-a-military-academy-and-had-to-do-4-years-of-service-how-high-would-he-be-drafted/971751 "2022-10-07T02:58:37Z")
Roger Staubach, one of the NFL greats, was drafted low because he was an Annapolis cadet and had to serve in Vietnam for years after he graduated. Suppose you had a Patrick Mahomes-like player who were at West Point, US… --- ## [Have you heard of the (UK) Daily Mail, what's your opinion about it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-the-uk-daily-mail-whats-your-opinion-about-it/600527)
**Author:** [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-the-uk-daily-mail-whats-your-opinion-about-it/600527 "2022-10-07T02:39:00Z")
The Daily Mail seems to have quite the reputation on some boards, so I’m curious if the non-British here read or know-of it. --- ## [MLB: September/October Regular Season 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 400\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738 "2022-10-07T02:12:42Z")
Welcome to September. Angel Hernandez has an ongoing lawsuit against Major League Baseball, wanting to know why he was pulled from the 2018 World Series and why he hasn’t umpired in it since 2005. Hernandez is saying i… --- ## [Where does Steam download game files to PC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-steam-download-game-files-to-pc/972852)
**Author:** [@Celtic\_Kitsune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celtic_Kitsune)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-steam-download-game-files-to-pc/972852 "2022-10-07T02:12:40Z")
Apologies, I wouldn’t ask this here but I know very little about games, I did try googling the answer and the also checked the application forums but its just left me more confused. I downloaded the game ‘Endling: Extin… --- ## [What are the odds that Lindsey Graham isn't being blackmailed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-lindsey-graham-isnt-being-blackmailed/970675)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-lindsey-graham-isnt-being-blackmailed/970675 "2022-10-07T01:00:41Z")
Call me crazy, but I can’t think of a reasonable explanation for Graham’s blind defense of Trump other than that Trump has something on him that he’s terrified of getting out. I can’t believe an experienced JAG officer … --- ## [Anyone else here NOT a book wonk? (literal printed books, not "books" in a informational sense)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-not-a-book-wonk-literal-printed-books-not-books-in-a-informational-sense/972037)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-not-a-book-wonk-literal-printed-books-not-books-in-a-informational-sense/972037 "2022-10-07T00:07:41Z")
Over the years, I’ve seen a lot of threads about the decline of bookstores, etc… and about used bookstores in particular. And I’ve had a lot of friends and relatives lament the same thing and/or spend colossal amounts o… --- ## [Dealing with aging parents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-aging-parents/749015)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-aging-parents/749015 "2022-10-06T23:54:56Z")
I found this article in the Atlantic “What Aging Parents want From their Kids”. Anyone who has or is dealing with this issue understands the complexity of how the role of parent-child suddenly become reversed. Alot of … --- ## [A couple of weird stories from The New York Times](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-weird-stories-from-the-new-york-times/972581)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-weird-stories-from-the-new-york-times/972581 "2022-10-06T23:48:54Z")
The NYT ran a couple of stories about what I thought were some weird trends lately. Here are gift links to each. Perhaps you don’t think this shit is as weird as I do. Story about people, mostly apparently young women, … --- ## [Escape to the Country](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escape-to-the-country/966274)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escape-to-the-country/966274 "2022-10-06T22:26:49Z")
We are enjoying this show, but Dabl is showing 2014, so we may be out of date. Question 1- Reception room, sitting room, living room, snug? Now I get that last is a small “cozy” living room, but is there a difference be… --- ## [Online writing forums and self-publishing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-writing-forums-and-self-publishing/972707)
**Author:** [@Celtic\_Kitsune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celtic_Kitsune)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-writing-forums-and-self-publishing/972707 "2022-10-06T21:16:41Z")
I do a little writing, nothing fancy, just short-stories. Does anyone have any recommended online writing forums? Just to get some feedback really. I did join one such forum and even paid for membership but it had a stra… --- ## [Should the West open its borders to Russians fleeing the draft?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-west-open-its-borders-to-russians-fleeing-the-draft/972205)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-west-open-its-borders-to-russians-fleeing-the-draft/972205 "2022-10-06T19:48:40Z")
\[Originally posted in the thread “Russia invades Ukraine”\] A debate is shaping up within the EU over whether EU member states are right to be tightening border restrictions against Russian citizens fleeing the draft. T… --- ## [Trevor Noah leaving the Daily Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trevor-noah-leaving-the-daily-show/972486)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 266\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trevor-noah-leaving-the-daily-show/972486 "2022-10-06T19:38:38Z")
He’s done a great job. I liked Jon Stewart the most, but Trevor Noah has done very well. Who can they get to replace him? --- ## [Setting up videoconferencing with my TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-up-videoconferencing-with-my-tv/972623)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-up-videoconferencing-with-my-tv/972623 "2022-10-06T19:36:02Z")
Hi all, this is very much in the “idle speculation” phase. We have a typical living room setup in our house; TV at one end of the room, sofa at the other. We do regular video calls with family. These are done on an iPad … --- ## [ID theft - do I need to worry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-theft-do-i-need-to-worry/972652)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-theft-do-i-need-to-worry/972652 "2022-10-06T19:28:28Z")
An “Amazon” rep fooled me into confirming my name, zip code and cell number today. (They already had all three; I didn’t volunteer anything.) I hung up as soon as I figured out it was a scam. (They claimed there were pen… --- ## [Goldbergs Season 10](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goldbergs-season-10/972829)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goldbergs-season-10/972829 "2022-10-06T19:16:25Z")
I didn’t even know it restarted until I saw it was on last night (though I watched Stargirl). The first two episodes are available on abc.com. Murry died, I guess that is one way to remove Jeff Garlin. There is now a “… --- ## [How many products use the "razor blade" business model?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-products-use-the-razor-blade-business-model/968160)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-products-use-the-razor-blade-business-model/968160 "2022-10-06T18:59:52Z")
For those who don’t know, the “razor blade model” refers to the business model of selling the main product cheaply, usually for less than it costs to make, but making up the difference by repeatedly selling replacements … --- ## [Funniest scene ever , movie or TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422 "2022-10-06T17:30:06Z")
For me it’s the Borat scene (first Borat) where he and his sidekick run naked through a hotel including a convention Don’t care if it was real or staged. --- ## [Wilco fans, guide my exploration!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wilco-fans-guide-my-exploration/972561)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wilco-fans-guide-my-exploration/972561 "2022-10-06T15:26:38Z")
To you Wilco fans, I think I am in an enviable position: exploring the band totally fresh in 2022. I managed to miss all of their stuff until now, though I had known the name. It didn’t seem like a band I would particula… --- ## [Google Stadia.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-stadia/831797)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-stadia/831797 "2022-10-06T10:34:41Z")
Will you get one? --- ## [What are your go-to hiccups cures?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-go-to-hiccups-cures/972709)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-go-to-hiccups-cures/972709 "2022-10-06T09:20:30Z")
The Curious Case of Charles Osborne, Who Hiccupped for 68 Years Straight | History| Smithsonian Magazine While not lasting 68 years, my father-in-law has been known on multiple occasions to get hiccups for several days.… --- ## [Horrible movies with really great original soundtracks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-with-really-great-original-soundtracks/972718)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-with-really-great-original-soundtracks/972718 "2022-10-06T08:01:40Z")
Let’s name horrible movies but had really great soundtracks. Xanadu always comes top of mind when I think of this list. It had a budget of $20 million and only $23 million box office receipts. I believe it was one of … --- ## [Got rheumatoid arthritis? No pills for you! You might use them for an abortion!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-rheumatoid-arthritis-no-pills-for-you-you-might-use-them-for-an-abortion/972767)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-rheumatoid-arthritis-no-pills-for-you-you-might-use-them-for-an-abortion/972767 "2022-10-06T07:31:37Z")
A teenager in Arizona was denied a refill on her prescription for her rheumatoid arthritis. Might use it for an abortion, doncha know. Eventually got it from another pharmacy. --- ## [The best tea in the world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-tea-in-the-world/525971)
**Author:** [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-tea-in-the-world/525971 "2010-04-10T16:04:07Z")
In your humble opinion, what are the best, coolest, most interesting teas in the world – and where can I get them? I’m setting up a tea section in my bookstore (packaged, not prepared & served), and I’d like to carry a … --- ## [Transportation Help - West Lafayette IN to Downer's Grove IL](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transportation-help-west-lafayette-in-to-downers-grove-il/972686)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transportation-help-west-lafayette-in-to-downers-grove-il/972686 "2022-10-06T04:51:30Z")
Hey y’all I need to get a young adult (too young to rent a car but \>18) from West Lafayette IN to Downer’s Grove IL. 2.5h each way, down in the morning and back in the afternoon. Bus will work, but would require an over… --- ## [Were the Colonials in the "Battlestar Galactica" reboot originally going to be far more barbaric?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-colonials-in-the-battlestar-galactica-reboot-originally-going-to-be-far-more-barbaric/972794)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-colonials-in-the-battlestar-galactica-reboot-originally-going-to-be-far-more-barbaric/972794 "2022-10-06T04:48:08Z")
On another forum I frequent someone is claiming (without cites) that in the original concept for the Battlestar Galactica reboot, the Twelve Colonies were originally going to be portrayed as shockingly barbaric. The phra… --- ## [What's the average age of a straight doper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612)
**Author:** [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612 "2022-10-06T04:28:57Z")
I got bored, so post your age and sometime soon I’ll average them. 16 here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=999&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1001&state=watching)