# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1314 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1315 --- ## [Maine ticks making moose anemic 😱](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-ticks-making-moose-anemic/952208)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2021, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-ticks-making-moose-anemic/952208 "2021-10-15T01:28:04Z")
I saw a piece on the news yesterday about how the tick problem in Maine (exacerbated by global warming) is getting so bad, the moose in Maine are actually getting anemic from losing on average an ‘astonishing’ 5 GALLONS … --- ## [Attack of the Oil Beetles!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-oil-beetles/952271)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2021, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-oil-beetles/952271 "2021-10-15T01:25:36Z")
Ha, not quite that dramatic, but in just the last few years I’ve been seeing this large black beetle (over an inch long in many cases) with a long segmented abdomen. Never saw anything like it a few years ago, which make… --- ## [Your definition of a sports dynasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-definition-of-a-sports-dynasty/951978)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2021, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-definition-of-a-sports-dynasty/951978 "2021-10-15T00:39:14Z")
As a Cowboys fan, one topic that some Dallas fans can get debative about is whether the 1990s squad really counted as a true “dynasty.” They appeared in four straight conference title games and won three Super Bowls, but… --- ## [How's your local health care?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-your-local-health-care/951885)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-your-local-health-care/951885 "2021-10-14T23:54:42Z")
I started this thread so I and others can vent about their local health care. I live in Quebec and in many ways the government funded health care is awful. One example is that they have abandoned preventative medicine.… --- ## [Fine, I'm back (possibly with some important info)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fine-im-back-possibly-with-some-important-info/952313)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fine-im-back-possibly-with-some-important-info/952313 "2021-10-14T23:19:01Z")
I did a non-flounce when the big changes were made to the boards, saying I really disliked the new format and probably wouldn’t stay. And for some months I did not read the Dope. Then, of course, Covid happened. With a … --- ## [Zombieland: Double Tap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombieland-double-tap/842026)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombieland-double-tap/842026 "2021-10-14T19:45:49Z")
Did you know there was a sequel to Zombieland? I didn’t until a few days ago and just saw it in a nearly empty theater which is a shame because it was good. I really liked the first one and this one is basically more of … --- ## [First horror story written by bots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-horror-story-written-by-bots/952498)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-horror-story-written-by-bots/952498 "2021-10-14T19:38:42Z")
I just stumbled upon this great short horror film. It was written by a bot after watching 400,000 hours of horror movies. If you know your horror movies there are some interesting shout outs to them. A lot of good one li… --- ## [Help me understand the math of "11x more likely to die if unvaccinated"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-the-math-of-11x-more-likely-to-die-if-unvaccinated/952392)
**Author:** [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-the-math-of-11x-more-likely-to-die-if-unvaccinated/952392 "2021-10-14T19:28:10Z")
This is an example of a recent article that quoted that factor between unvaccinated folks dying from the virus vs vaccinated. Unvaccinated People Are 11 Times More Likely To Die Of COVID-19 Than Vaccinated : NPR Now th… --- ## [Instal induction cooktop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instal-induction-cooktop/952479)
**Author:** [@dauerbach1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2021, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instal-induction-cooktop/952479 "2021-10-14T19:08:47Z")
We are replacing our current cooktop with Induction. We were told we have to upgrade wiring, and the electrician just left. We currently have a 40 amp fuse with #10 wire. To instal the cooktop we are thinking of we we… --- ## [Why does a 9 year old dog suddenly become scared of thunder and what can I do about it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-a-9-year-old-dog-suddenly-become-scared-of-thunder-and-what-can-i-do-about-it/631350)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-a-9-year-old-dog-suddenly-become-scared-of-thunder-and-what-can-i-do-about-it/631350 "2021-10-14T16:15:54Z")
My dog is 9 and has never been bothered by thunder and lightening before - now all of a sudden he’s petrified, climbs in bed with me and pants for the duration of the storm. I don’t have a basement I can send him to - an… --- ## [High altitude dispersements](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-altitude-dispersements/952274)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-altitude-dispersements/952274 "2021-10-14T15:22:14Z")
When dispersing things from high altitude such as seeds or chemicals whatever is there any mathematics involved in figuring out the type of pattern that can be expected? Or is it a matter of trial and error? Let’s just s… --- ## [How often does your streaming buffer? \[Poll\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-your-streaming-buffer-poll/951900)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-your-streaming-buffer-poll/951900 "2021-10-14T13:02:14Z")
If your TV watching is primarily provided by a streaming service (or multiple services), how often does it buffer? I’m trying to figure out if mine is typical. In an evening of watching TV, I would on average experienc… --- ## [Excel question - How do I get rid of these triangles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-question-how-do-i-get-rid-of-these-triangles/952178)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2021, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-question-how-do-i-get-rid-of-these-triangles/952178 "2021-10-14T12:14:35Z")
I was minding my own business in an Excel spreadsheet when it suddenly looked weird. Appearing at the top of each column there appeared a small triangle (see below). When clicking on it, the drop down menu seems to think… --- ## ["Shame" snacks you'd never admit to enjoying, outside of the anonymous intertoobz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-snacks-youd-never-admit-to-enjoying-outside-of-the-anonymous-intertoobz/952159)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2021, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-snacks-youd-never-admit-to-enjoying-outside-of-the-anonymous-intertoobz/952159 "2021-10-14T12:11:52Z")
We all have them. We all love them - well, our own, anyway. Yours are weird & gross, and have hilarious back stories. Mine are fun & delicious, and are a delightful use of random pantry ingredients. I’ll start, since I’… --- ## [Great vacation and worst vacation locations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-vacation-and-worst-vacation-locations/952205)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2021, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-vacation-and-worst-vacation-locations/952205 "2021-10-14T06:12:56Z")
For you, personally, what is your idea of a great vacation site, and what’s the worst? And before someone decides to be too clever, please limit your answers to traditionally recognized vacation locations rather than nam… --- ## [Simple, (I hope!), plumbing question!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-i-hope-plumbing-question/952416)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2021, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-i-hope-plumbing-question/952416 "2021-10-14T05:27:04Z")
So I’d like to purchase a new vanity, for a bathroom revamp I’m considering undertaking. And, of course, a new faucet. The vanity is easy, I’ve been looking around, there’s lots I can find that suit me and can be ordered… --- ## [Restoring public faith in the U.S. mainstream media again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restoring-public-faith-in-the-u-s-mainstream-media-again/938487)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2021, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restoring-public-faith-in-the-u-s-mainstream-media-again/938487 "2021-10-14T05:00:12Z")
IMHO, one of the biggest reasons Trump was able to win in 2016, and lose by a narrower margin than expected last year, was because U.S. public trust and faith in mainstream media has cratered to an all-time low. Lon… --- ## [Help me feel more secure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-feel-more-secure/952402)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2021, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-feel-more-secure/952402 "2021-10-14T03:43:45Z")
Here’s the deal: The Episcopal Church I am a leader of is having problems with window breakage on two sides of the building. There is an apartment complex across the street filled with children who play in the street a… --- ## [Satan Protected Ozzy Osbourne from Contracting Covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satan-protected-ozzy-osbourne-from-contracting-covid/952378)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2021, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satan-protected-ozzy-osbourne-from-contracting-covid/952378 "2021-10-14T03:11:29Z")
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/after-family-members-contracted-covid-19-ozzy-osbourne-says-worshiping-satan-protected-him-from-virus/ar-AAPqBDG …but Satan seems powerless to protect him from dementia. --- ## [Saved "Drafts" for posted comments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saved-drafts-for-posted-comments/949786)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2021, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saved-drafts-for-posted-comments/949786 "2021-10-14T02:29:33Z")
Every once in a while, I post a comment, and later when I come back to the thread, my comment is there - but also there’s a saved draft identical to the comment that was posted. Not a big deal, but if there’s something … --- ## [I was just awarded EU citizenship after having live exclusively in the USA for 30 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-just-awarded-eu-citizenship-after-having-live-exclusively-in-the-usa-for-30-years/951985)
**Author:** [@edwin\_klockars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwin_klockars)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2021, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-just-awarded-eu-citizenship-after-having-live-exclusively-in-the-usa-for-30-years/951985 "2021-10-14T01:35:29Z")
I was shocked when I received the call that my application for citizenship under the holocaust reparation program was accepted and they’re ready to give me aa full EU passport within a couple weeks. This has been a drea… --- ## [Chess is gendered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-is-gendered/951763)
**Author:** [@Turki-lurki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turki-lurki)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2021, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-is-gendered/951763 "2021-10-14T01:30:51Z")
I just read an article about international chess sponsorships in The Guardian. They report that some female grand masters are offended that women’ tournaments are sponsored by a breast augmentation company. Why are chess… --- ## [The cult of Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cult-of-trump/951274)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2021, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cult-of-trump/951274 "2021-10-14T01:03:02Z")
I was talking to my wife, and some friends of ours, and I casually mentioned that I thought that trump supporters were a cult. She looked at me and said “do you really think so?” I replied that I did - they have all the … --- ## [Recipes: Need SUPER easy, low-cal, high protein recipes...emphasis on SUPER easy to make](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-need-super-easy-low-cal-high-protein-recipes-emphasis-on-super-easy-to-make/951897)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2021, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-need-super-easy-low-cal-high-protein-recipes-emphasis-on-super-easy-to-make/951897 "2021-10-13T23:16:36Z")
My GF had an esophagectomy done a few months ago. She is ok now but eating is still a bit of a struggle. She really hates cooking but necessity makes her have to. So, any ideas on really simple recipes that are low ca… --- ## [(Pet) Anesthesia-Free Dental Cleaning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-anesthesia-free-dental-cleaning/952082)
**Author:** [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2021, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-anesthesia-free-dental-cleaning/952082 "2021-10-13T23:16:27Z")
\[Okay, Discourse. I guess “Freezing fish before cleaning?” is maybe tangentially related, but I think I’ll start a new topic if that’s okay with you :wink: \] We had Sam’s teeth cleaned the old-fashioned way – general a… --- ## [Paddy Moloney of the Chieftans - Dead at 83](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paddy-moloney-of-the-chieftans-dead-at-83/952434)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paddy-moloney-of-the-chieftans-dead-at-83/952434 "2021-10-13T22:58:49Z")
Link One of the greats of Irish music. --- ## [Police advise women: to stay safe, resist arrest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-advise-women-to-stay-safe-resist-arrest/951731)
**Author:** [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2021, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-advise-women-to-stay-safe-resist-arrest/951731 "2021-10-13T22:22:41Z")
About 6 months ago, a woman was murdered by a UK serving police officer. He approached Sara Everard as she was walking home, introduced himself as an off-duty officer, showed a warrant card, arrested her, hand-cuffed he… --- ## [NFL 2021: Week Five Easy Pieces](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-five-easy-pieces/952078)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-five-easy-pieces/952078 "2021-10-13T21:54:33Z")
There is only one undefeated team (who would’ve thought it would be the Arizona Cardinals?). And there are only two teams without a win (that one is much easier to guess: Lions and the Jags). The Super Bowl favorite KC C… --- ## [Elon Musk will save the world!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-will-save-the-world/947401)
**Author:** [@GeneralTang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GeneralTang)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-will-save-the-world/947401 "2021-10-13T21:42:09Z")
Okay, the title is a bit click-baity What I mean is that spaceX is building a space launching platform that is orders-of-magnitude more advanced then any other system (starship), and it looks like they will succeed. No… --- ## [Can the GOP avoid nominating Trump in 2024?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-gop-avoid-nominating-trump-in-2024/950828)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-gop-avoid-nominating-trump-in-2024/950828 "2021-10-13T21:22:09Z")
If there is anything like a saner head left in the GOP, it should be becoming clear to them that a Trump candidacy in 2024 would be not just a sure loser in the POTUS race but possibly disastrous downticket as well. (Yes… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1313) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1315)