# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1029 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1030 --- ## [What did I see in the sky yesterday night at 00:15 local time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-i-see-in-the-sky-yesterday-night-at-00-15-local-time/969500)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-i-see-in-the-sky-yesterday-night-at-00-15-local-time/969500 "2022-08-11T20:41:39Z")
I went out on our balcony shortly after midnight, 00:15 local time. I looked south, and that is what I saw: \[Album\] stars … --- ## [Is $15 now the standard minimum wage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-15-now-the-standard-minimum-wage/969207)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-15-now-the-standard-minimum-wage/969207 "2022-08-11T18:46:39Z")
I keep seeing signs at all the fast food places :“now hiring— $15” This is double the pre-covid wages. Obviously the companies didn’t decide just from the goodness of their hearts to raise the pay. They got desperate f… --- ## [Would this approach make a viable book or film?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-approach-make-a-viable-book-or-film/969473)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-approach-make-a-viable-book-or-film/969473 "2022-08-11T17:26:35Z")
Intro: I’m a keen roleplayer (AD+D) :nerd\_face:, but sadly have had no face-to-face games since the Pandemic. Fortunately I’ve kept up with one player from my long-running group using Skype. I’ve also started DMing a … --- ## [Need a flat outdoor surface 20 inch X 26 inch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-flat-outdoor-surface-20-inch-x-26-inch/969387)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-flat-outdoor-surface-20-inch-x-26-inch/969387 "2022-08-11T16:16:29Z")
I’m currently using a piece of plywood to cover a shallow trough and setting flower pots on it; like a small table top. The weather has taken a toll on this piece of wood so I’d like to replace it. Its 20 X 26inch recta… --- ## [Bottle refund?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottle-refund/969382)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottle-refund/969382 "2022-08-11T15:39:54Z")
I was looking at the back of my soda bottle, and saw the Recycle symbol, and underneath was CA CRV and then list of states that offer 5 or 10 cent refund. Since I’ve never seen Walmart, Aldi’s, Save a lot redeem bottles … --- ## [Immunity after getting COVID should fulfill vaccine requirements](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immunity-after-getting-covid-should-fulfill-vaccine-requirements/958258)
**Author:** [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Replies:** 494\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immunity-after-getting-covid-should-fulfill-vaccine-requirements/958258 "2022-08-11T15:07:23Z")
Topic says it all. This was derailing another thread so I started a new one. I don’t think natural immunity is better than vaccines. I am not promoting COVID parties I think people should get vaccinated I think it s… --- ## [Old TV advertisements for compilation albums](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-advertisements-for-compilation-albums/942126)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-advertisements-for-compilation-albums/942126 "2022-08-11T14:03:42Z")
Lately I’ve been hooked on watching old TV commercials advertising compilation albums with songs by various artists. There was one called Cool Rock that was advertised so extensively in the mid 1990s, I was eventually a… --- ## [Life Changing Decisions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-changing-decisions/969380)
**Author:** [@pinkypromise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkypromise)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-changing-decisions/969380 "2022-08-11T13:37:55Z")
:speech\_balloon:What is the one thing you would have done differently that would have changed your path in life? --- ## [Could Trump actually run and win in 2024?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-trump-actually-run-and-win-in-2024/940736)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 246\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-trump-actually-run-and-win-in-2024/940736 "2022-08-11T13:34:12Z")
My biggest fear is that despite everything Trump has done-- inciting the Capitol Riots is foremost on my mind, given that I was just re-reading the 1/6 thread-- he could still run and win in 2024. Someone quell my fears… --- ## [Cracker Barrel adds Impossible Sausage to their menu, conservatives lose their minds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrel-adds-impossible-sausage-to-their-menu-conservatives-lose-their-minds/969101)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 276\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrel-adds-impossible-sausage-to-their-menu-conservatives-lose-their-minds/969101 "2022-08-11T13:32:29Z")
Cracker Barrel has decided to add Impossible Sausage to their menu. Conservatives are not happy. How dare they provide options to people!!! :grin: “Don’t you ever try to push that crap in my direction. Stick to the ba… --- ## [Howzabout a Feud?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howzabout-a-feud/968649)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howzabout-a-feud/968649 "2022-08-11T11:50:35Z")
Object of the game: Give the most popular answer for each category. You want to match the other people in the game. Rules: DO NOT READ THIS THREAD BEFORE YOU POST YOUR ANSWERS , lest you see the other answers. Scroll … --- ## [Effect of a magical increase in Earth's mass on Moon's orbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effect-of-a-magical-increase-in-earths-mass-on-moons-orbit/969290)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effect-of-a-magical-increase-in-earths-mass-on-moons-orbit/969290 "2022-08-11T10:43:21Z")
Some technobabble handwavium process increases Earth’s mass by a significant amount - say 5% - by, I dunno, teleporting basalt here from the basalt dimension. The process doesn’t affect the Moon, other than by changing i… --- ## [Mrs. (H)arris Goes to Paris](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-h-arris-goes-to-paris/969416)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-h-arris-goes-to-paris/969416 "2022-08-11T09:49:47Z")
The novel has been continuously on my A-list since I first read it as a teenager, so I can’t help holding the recent movie to a pretty high standard. Oh, it was an all right movie in and of itself; certainly better than… --- ## [How dependent are we on surgical masks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dependent-are-we-on-surgical-masks/969367)
**Author:** [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dependent-are-we-on-surgical-masks/969367 "2022-08-11T06:02:56Z")
My cousin is anti-vax, and apparently anti-mask. He heard that surgical masks “don’t do anything”, meaning they don’t even filter the droplets in our breath—the droplets pass right through the filter element. I know this… --- ## [Multiple Investigations / Seized Materials?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-investigations-seized-materials/969397)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-investigations-seized-materials/969397 "2022-08-11T04:56:18Z")
Let’s say that multiple, independent Investigations have been opened against a single individual, Patrick. One of the teams running an investigation - far before any other group is liable to do - swoops in and grabs all… --- ## [Paul Sorvino RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-sorvino-rip/968550)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-sorvino-rip/968550 "2022-08-11T04:48:25Z")
Not long after Ray Liotta. He was 83 The Goodfellas scene where he slaps Ray Liotta was not in the script --- ## [Draining Lake Superior](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draining-lake-superior/969334)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draining-lake-superior/969334 "2022-08-11T02:20:11Z")
I have posted before about draining Lake Erie. It’s shallow, it slopes towards Niagara Falls, piece of cake. But what about draining Lake Superior? It would be a hell of a lot of work but just imagine walking up to the … --- ## [Film Title Sought: Maybe 1930s, US, Divorce and Meet Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-title-sought-maybe-1930s-us-divorce-and-meet-again/969460)
**Author:** [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-title-sought-maybe-1930s-us-divorce-and-meet-again/969460 "2022-08-11T02:09:34Z")
I thought I’d try here before heading to r/movies, since this is home and I don’t want to get up. I am seeking the title of a film. I last saw the film perhaps 8 years or so ago. As best I recall, which in this one inst… --- ## [The Orville: Moclans speaking to their children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-moclans-speaking-to-their-children/969458)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2022, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-moclans-speaking-to-their-children/969458 "2022-08-10T23:27:58Z")
“Eat the green vegetative substance on you plate. Remember if you do not eat, you will die.” “Quickly! Run, and bring me the scissors!” “You throw the baseball like a GIRL! Attempt to injure me with it.” --- ## [Rand Paul not really board certified MD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-not-really-board-certified-md/969110)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2022, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-not-really-board-certified-md/969110 "2022-08-10T23:31:21Z")
He basically certified himself https://twitter.com/TuanieDang/status/1555143602996756481 --- ## [Just little bits of enjoyment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-little-bits-of-enjoyment/969144)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2022, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-little-bits-of-enjoyment/969144 "2022-08-10T21:48:53Z")
In these troubled times, I hope posters will enjoy and share some minor pleasures - here are mine: I just got a new pair of slippers and they are jolly comfortable :wink: on my latest visit to the dentist, she pron… --- ## [Penn & Teller: Fool Us (season 8)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penn-teller-fool-us-season-8/952079)
**Author:** [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penn-teller-fool-us-season-8/952079 "2022-08-10T20:55:34Z")
Eighth season debuted on the CW network with its first episode on October 1, 2021 . I thought it got off to a good start, although the P&T trick at the end was pretty obvious. --- ## [Superheroes with two origins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superheroes-with-two-origins/968491)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superheroes-with-two-origins/968491 "2022-08-10T20:31:39Z")
Most superheros have straightforward single origins: The Fantastic Four got powers from space radiation, Green Lantern got a Ring, Superman was born that way, etc. But there are a few superheroes with iconic powers that… --- ## [Side hustle ideas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/side-hustle-ideas/969438)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/side-hustle-ideas/969438 "2022-08-10T20:27:07Z")
I have a job in corporate IT. I have been working from home since Covid hit, and will be for the foreseeable future. I find myself with a lot of free time during the day (shhh…) I’m trying to think of some ideas for how … --- ## [Calories Burned on Apps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calories-burned-on-apps/969376)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calories-burned-on-apps/969376 "2022-08-10T20:17:44Z")
How do they come up with the calories burned figure on exercise apps. Th elliptical machine at the gym says 400 in 30 minutes. One biking app says 1000+ for a 20 mile bike ride in 1 hour 20 minutes. A different app says … --- ## [NFL Offseason 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 495\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-2022/960634 "2022-08-10T20:15:41Z")
Here’s an omnibus thread for NFL off-season news. I assume we will have a separate thread for the draft. I guess we found out what Calvin Ridley’s personal issue was: betting on games. He gets an indefinite suspension a… --- ## [Cars you've owned as Art Objects](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-youve-owned-as-art-objects/969436)
**Author:** [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-youve-owned-as-art-objects/969436 "2022-08-10T20:08:03Z")
I had a youthful infatuation with classic cars. The long hood of a straight 8 engine, the huge head lamps, the chrome bumpers and sweeping clamshell fenders were to my eye, artistry. … --- ## [Clu Gulagers death inspired this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clu-gulagers-death-inspired-this-thread/969289)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clu-gulagers-death-inspired-this-thread/969289 "2022-08-10T20:12:27Z")
Have you all ever been watching an old show or movie and its standard fare, and everyone is doing what you expected acting wise, and then a character shows up and no one fucking told him or her?? Like someone just walke… --- ## [What is your favorite James Bond novel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-james-bond-novel/969440)
**Author:** [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-james-bond-novel/969440 "2022-08-10T19:40:39Z")
A lot of discussion about the movies so I am curious what people on the forum think about the books. Feel free to rank them if you want. I’ve read all of Fleming’s stories plus two adaptations by Anthony Horowitz that we… --- ## [Is Q Anon still doing “drops?”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-q-anon-still-doing-drops/967923)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-q-anon-still-doing-drops/967923 "2022-08-10T19:10:14Z")
Haven’t heard much about Q recently. Is Q still doing “drops”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1028) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1030)