# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1352 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1353 --- ## [Looking for a book not by GRR Martin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-book-not-by-grr-martin/949705)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-book-not-by-grr-martin/949705 "2021-09-01T23:03:50Z")
I want to find a book with a title similar to Game of Thrones, but not the one by Martin, I know there is a way to search on google with a glyph signifying not to include a term, like “game of thrones” %martin, with the … --- ## [Spooky (But Great) Songs of the 1970s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spooky-but-great-songs-of-the-1970s/949447)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spooky-but-great-songs-of-the-1970s/949447 "2021-09-01T21:05:42Z")
Spooky, dark, scary, evil… I’ll post them, especially because the live version of “No Quarter” is spooky. The jam from around the 9 minute mark is killer. It’s all together, but there’s some cool communication with Page… --- ## [Cruella was well done \[spoilers after first post\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruella-was-well-done-spoilers-after-first-post/944175)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruella-was-well-done-spoilers-after-first-post/944175 "2021-09-01T20:22:04Z")
We watched it streaming on Disney+ last night. I was impressed with it. The soundtrack is great, loads of hits from the 60s and a few from the 70s. The music is used well. The Emmas did a great job with their roles. Em… --- ## [Men's necktie prices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-necktie-prices/949571)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-necktie-prices/949571 "2021-09-01T19:07:23Z")
After swearing off ties 20 years ago I find myself needing one for my granddaughter’s wedding. Got a nice shirt and pants, shoes are OK so I’ll toss 20 bucks in my pocket and get a tie. In my dreams. Walmart, Target, JC… --- ## [What is the purpose of these Facebook posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-these-facebook-posts/949653)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-these-facebook-posts/949653 "2021-09-01T18:06:55Z")
If you have a Facebook account, no doubt you’ve seen the type of posts like “One gotta go”, “You can live here but you have to give up \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ for a year”, or some sort of misleading picture math problem. These posts g… --- ## [August Can't Take It Anymore: August Mini-Rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-cant-take-it-anymore-august-mini-rants/947770)
**Author:** [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Replies:** 298\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-cant-take-it-anymore-august-mini-rants/947770 "2021-09-01T16:51:01Z")
We have a two-story house, and rent the bottom floor. We have had superlative tenants, in a good way, for many years. But yesterday, it blew up completely, due to actions I had taken. The sad thing is my actions have bee… --- ## [Have You Experienced Serious Swelling By Your Eye A WEEK After a Bee Sting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-experienced-serious-swelling-by-your-eye-a-week-after-a-bee-sting/949449)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-experienced-serious-swelling-by-your-eye-a-week-after-a-bee-sting/949449 "2021-09-01T16:48:51Z")
There were a ton of bees on the side of my house, and they were entering my kitchen, so I couldn’t wait and had to try and get rid of them, and took my extension cord and shop-vac and tried to get as many as I could… I d… --- ## [Tokyo Paralympics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tokyo-paralympics/949700)
**Author:** [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tokyo-paralympics/949700 "2021-09-01T15:39:27Z")
I don’t usually read the sports pages but came to see whether there was any discussion about watching this year’s Paralympics here and found zero. I know they \[and disability sports in general\] have far less public reco… --- ## [Why does a (sufficiently) hydrophobic surface lead to many separate water beads instead of one big bead?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-a-sufficiently-hydrophobic-surface-lead-to-many-separate-water-beads-instead-of-one-big-bead/949787)
**Author:** [@All\_About\_M3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/All_About_M3)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-a-sufficiently-hydrophobic-surface-lead-to-many-separate-water-beads-instead-of-one-big-bead/949787 "2021-09-01T15:23:13Z")
Assume we have a very hydrophobic surface. My current understanding is that water on this surface will form distinct “beads”, as in this picture My understanding (from googling) is that this occurs because the water is … --- ## [How did 'Fridge' pick up the "D"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-fridge-pick-up-the-d/949461)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-fridge-pick-up-the-d/949461 "2021-09-01T15:13:12Z")
I’ve Googled around and as far as I can tell, fridge is just a shortened version of refrigerator. They both mean (essentially) the same thing. So why the D? --- ## [You Can't Discipline a Cat!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-discipline-a-cat/949291)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-discipline-a-cat/949291 "2021-09-01T15:10:48Z")
I’ve grown up with all kinds of cats. Big ones, small ones, cute ones, obnoxious ones. And I can safely tell you. You just can’t discipline a cat. Why do I tell you this now? Because believe it or not, I have encountere… --- ## [Everything Krofft...all at once!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-krofft-all-at-once/948067)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-krofft-all-at-once/948067 "2021-09-01T14:42:56Z")
Equal parts nausea and nostalgia! I am currently watching the B-Zone channel on Roku. They are currently showing “The World of Sid and Marty Krofft at the Hollywood Bowl - From 1973, featuring the Brady Bunch Kids!!” f… --- ## [Deepfake Nudes: Everybody's naked (if you're a woman)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepfake-nudes-everybodys-naked-if-youre-a-woman/948460)
**Author:** [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepfake-nudes-everybodys-naked-if-youre-a-woman/948460 "2021-09-01T14:21:53Z")
A new web site has made it easy to remove clothing on women from just a single digital photo. The results are supposedly amazingly realistic. No special knowledge, hardware, or software is needed, just a web browser and … --- ## [Multiple iPhone phone contacts after Big Sur upgrade](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-iphone-phone-contacts-after-big-sur-upgrade/949835)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-iphone-phone-contacts-after-big-sur-upgrade/949835 "2021-09-01T13:49:28Z")
After upgrading to Big Sur, I connected my phone to my MacBook Pro; mainly to keep it charged while I played a game of Freecell on it. This morning I went to call my wife and I discovered that my phone book has multiple… --- ## [Question about patio replacement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-patio-replacement/949748)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-patio-replacement/949748 "2021-09-01T12:15:12Z")
I have a very small, poured-concrete patio (10’ x 12’.) I am getting quotes to replace/enlarge it and one company told me they could install a paver patio over (without removing) the existing concrete. They certainly sou… --- ## [Help me find this commercial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-commercial/949873)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-commercial/949873 "2021-09-01T03:11:00Z")
A meteor is coming down out of the sky. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t time to have chicken for dinner thanks to So-and-So’s quick’n’easy dinner mix. I can’t think of any more specific search terms, which all turn up … --- ## [Part of the ceiling in my spare room collapsed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-of-the-ceiling-in-my-spare-room-collapsed/949803)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-of-the-ceiling-in-my-spare-room-collapsed/949803 "2021-09-01T05:38:24Z")
I have a spare room I keep closed off. During the pandemic, I’ve basically used it for storage when I order bulk stuff online. I went in today to get something and about a 2X2 foot part of the ceiling had collapsed. I… --- ## [The new Survivor cast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-survivor-cast/949860)
**Author:** [@asingular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asingular1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-survivor-cast/949860 "2021-09-01T02:37:50Z")
I know better. Goddammit, I know better. But I saw an article titled “41st Season of Survivor Cast”. And I still read it. And I still hated them all why don’t “intelligent’ people know you can’t fill out a biology withou… --- ## [Anti Maskers are fucking cowards herded like fucking sheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-maskers-are-fucking-cowards-herded-like-fucking-sheep/949728)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-maskers-are-fucking-cowards-herded-like-fucking-sheep/949728 "2021-09-01T02:08:46Z")
Many Anti- Covid Vaxers are also in this category too, but I will cut them a bit more leeway and at least hear their reasoning. And no this is not an all in all, like people without a mouth or nose don’t really need a m… --- ## [Tell me about your experience with early access games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-early-access-games/949626)
**Author:** [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-early-access-games/949626 "2021-09-01T01:50:20Z")
I’m looking at Last Epoch. It’s $35 on Steam, but in early access. I’ve seen some good reviews, but still not sure I like the idea of paying to be in a beta. I know there is an argument that many times AAA releases sti… --- ## [What's the temp of a static charge spark?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-temp-of-a-static-charge-spark/149198)
**Author:** [@Daylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylon)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-temp-of-a-static-charge-spark/149198 "2021-09-01T01:49:34Z")
You know…the little blue arc that shocks the hell outta ya and causes people to pull an orange robe buddhist at the gas station? Why doesn’t it burn ya? Too short a timeframe? I’m thinking it’s gotta be a couple thous… --- ## [Where do the CARS 4 CA$H people get those super sticky full page size labels?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-the-cars-4-ca-h-people-get-those-super-sticky-full-page-size-labels/949589)
**Author:** [@blabbermeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blabbermeister)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-the-cars-4-ca-h-people-get-those-super-sticky-full-page-size-labels/949589 "2021-09-01T00:46:17Z")
In NYC and probably other big cities these are a real eyesore - 8 1/2 x 11-inch stickers stuck onto everything - lampposts, traffic lights, street signs, that say CARS 4 CASH and have a phone number on them. It’s physic… --- ## [It’s August 14th. Is Trump President again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-august-14th-is-trump-president-again/948653)
**Author:** [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-august-14th-is-trump-president-again/948653 "2021-09-01T00:24:32Z")
Are they just going to pick another date again? “Oh, we meant October 7th!” --- ## [In what ridiculous way are you spoiled?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ridiculous-way-are-you-spoiled/948303)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2021, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ridiculous-way-are-you-spoiled/948303 "2021-08-31T22:50:48Z")
I have a dimmer switch in my bathroom. Every time I take a shower, I turn the lights all the way down, and it makes my shower feel so soothing and luxurious. And every time I take a shower anywhere else (say, in a hote… --- ## [Childhood vaccination records](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-vaccination-records/949679)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-vaccination-records/949679 "2021-08-31T22:28:32Z")
As a child I received all of the required vaccinations: Smallpox, measles, mumps, and who-knows-what else. I know I got the shots, but I have no record of them. Are vaccination records from half a century ago available… --- ## [Santa Cruz (CA) area: Status of State Route 9?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-cruz-ca-area-status-of-state-route-9/949751)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2021, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-cruz-ca-area-status-of-state-route-9/949751 "2021-08-31T22:25:02Z")
Question for Dopers in Santa Cruz area: What is the current status of State Route 9 ? Last I recall being in that area was some years ago, and the road was closed somewhere between Felton and Santa Cruz. It seemed to … --- ## [Can a computer crawl inside your head and tell you what to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-computer-crawl-inside-your-head-and-tell-you-what-to-do/949839)
**Author:** [@mu34tant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mu34tant)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-computer-crawl-inside-your-head-and-tell-you-what-to-do/949839 "2021-08-31T19:53:32Z")
If millions of rna computers can be injected into your body with instructions to hamper virus growth, is it possible for a computer to give audible instructions from within the skull? --- ## [What if politicians were required to live like their constituents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-politicians-were-required-to-live-like-their-constituents/949781)
**Author:** [@Mnemnosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mnemnosyne)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-politicians-were-required-to-live-like-their-constituents/949781 "2021-08-31T18:51:33Z")
For a while, I’ve been pondering if a good way to fix politics would be to require those in charge of policy to live like those they create that policy for. Sadly I can’t imagine a way to get there from where we are, bu… --- ## [Installing Renewable Energy Generators 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/installing-renewable-energy-generators-2021/949848)
**Author:** [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/installing-renewable-energy-generators-2021/949848 "2021-08-31T18:47:41Z")
Posting in IMHO because I’m hoping this thread will be about suggestions and opinions, although I would like the info to be as fact-based as possible. I am an engineer / tinker and enjoy “systems” type hobbies, so this … --- ## [Why do you have to buy a whole new wiper blade when just an insert would do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-have-to-buy-a-whole-new-wiper-blade-when-just-an-insert-would-do/949586)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-have-to-buy-a-whole-new-wiper-blade-when-just-an-insert-would-do/949586 "2021-08-31T18:25:31Z")
It would seem so simple to replace the rubber part of a windshield wiper - slide out, slide in - but you have to buy a whole new wiper blade assembly just to get the rubber refill. Why do they do it like that? The simp… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1351) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1353)