# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1402 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1403 --- ## [My A1C is Up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-a1c-is-up/917046)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2021, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-a1c-is-up/917046 "2021-07-10T21:09:15Z")
From 7.9 to 8.3. And AFAIK I am doing everything right. I cut all sugary pop from my diet. I eat sweets only sparingly. What am I doing wrong? BTW, a little more background. My doctor recently put me on Januvia. And h… --- ## [Your first live show post-pandemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-live-show-post-pandemic/946116)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-live-show-post-pandemic/946116 "2021-07-10T21:07:58Z")
With increasing vaccination rates in California, theaters are now open for live shows once again. As such, I just bought tickets to see Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at the Crest Theater in Sacramento next month. That will be m… --- ## [Was the early Christian Church against abortion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-early-christian-church-against-abortion/937482)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-early-christian-church-against-abortion/937482 "2021-07-10T20:23:32Z")
So I heard this from a Christian source recently (nothing particularly out there or extreme) , various fairly uncontroversial statements about the early (i.e. pre-Constantine) Christian Church, that they had large number… --- ## [CDC School Guidance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cdc-school-guidance/946121)
**Author:** [@ishamael69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ishamael69)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2021, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cdc-school-guidance/946121 "2021-07-10T20:14:00Z")
Can someone explain the CDC’s guidance today that says fully vaccinated teachers and students don’t need to mask? Half or more of school-aged kids can’t get the vaccine. More importantly, the delta variant (the one mos… --- ## [Naomi Osaka will bless us with her presence at the Olympics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naomi-osaka-will-bless-us-with-her-presence-at-the-olympics/946003)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2021, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naomi-osaka-will-bless-us-with-her-presence-at-the-olympics/946003 "2021-07-10T19:57:36Z")
Our ‘mental health hero’ Naomi Osaka will play in the Olympics. I deplored her French Open temper tantrum. She elected not to play Wimbledon as well, perhaps that’s still being in a snit or perhaps it was picking the hom… --- ## [I just got back from Abkhazia. Ask me anything!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-back-from-abkhazia-ask-me-anything/946073)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2021, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-back-from-abkhazia-ask-me-anything/946073 "2021-07-10T19:08:00Z")
I just got back from a trip to Abkhazia, a de facto independent but largely unrecognized country in the Caucasus. It’s still technically at war with Georgia, and there have been extended flare-ups of violence every twel… --- ## [How many want burgers...how many hot dogs...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-want-burgers-how-many-hot-dogs/945832)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2021, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-want-burgers-how-many-hot-dogs/945832 "2021-07-10T19:01:25Z")
An age-old conundrum for anyone hosting a BBQ. You’ve invited 20 people, and hot dogs and hamburgers are on the menu. How many do you buy? How many buns? (This assumes that you don’t force everyone to order in advanc… --- ## [How Many Living Americans Are Suspected Of Being POWs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-living-americans-are-suspected-of-being-pows/852742)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-living-americans-are-suspected-of-being-pows/852742 "2021-07-10T18:49:28Z")
I see the POW/MIA flag hanging… well, just about everywhere there’s an American flag. And while I appreciate the sentiment, from where I sit the number of actual, living Americans who are still held by the enemy as Priso… --- ## [Posts linked to Pit Threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-linked-to-pit-threads/915314)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-linked-to-pit-threads/915314 "2021-07-10T18:48:27Z")
Is it possible to turn off the note when another thread links to a particular post? For example, if I were to post in Great Debates about some brilliant and scintillating topic (say, circumcision), and I had a pit threa… --- ## [A little ceiling fan help please. Capacitor issues, I think](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-ceiling-fan-help-please-capacitor-issues-i-think/946164)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2021, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-ceiling-fan-help-please-capacitor-issues-i-think/946164 "2021-07-10T17:53:19Z")
My ceiling fan turns very slowly. Googling tells me to replace the capacitor. So I’ve taken down the electrical guts of the fan. The capacitor is 4 wire and says C61 E185116. Gray —6uF +/-5% — Green Gray —6uF +/-5% — … --- ## [What is the most authoritative study of artificial sweeteners?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-authoritative-study-of-artificial-sweeteners/944277)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-authoritative-study-of-artificial-sweeteners/944277 "2021-07-10T17:06:35Z")
I’ve just been told by my new g.p. to stop using artificial sweeteners, such as Equal. Just stop. Today. (My blood sugar has me down as “borderline diabetic,” which according to her means that I’ll be a diabetic within a… --- ## [Anyone remember a movie with a scene of frozen carp?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-a-movie-with-a-scene-of-frozen-carp/946162)
**Author:** [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-a-movie-with-a-scene-of-frozen-carp/946162 "2021-07-10T15:49:34Z")
My wife remembers seeing a movie back in the 90s that had a scene of carp frozen into a pond or lake. She recalls seeing it on Bravo back when they would show independent movies. She also thinks it may have been from an … --- ## [Republican Space Rangers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-space-rangers/946135)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-space-rangers/946135 "2021-07-10T12:07:47Z")
OK. I don’t play or know anything about video games, but in the latest (?) GTA there are imbedded cartoons called “Republican Space Rangers.” Google a few episodes on YouTube. The satire is hilarious! Obviously poking … --- ## [ID this character and actor from GLEE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-character-and-actor-from-glee/946139)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2021, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-character-and-actor-from-glee/946139 "2021-07-10T05:24:31Z")
There was a member of the cast who kind of disappeared very soon after his introduction. This was probably in the second or third season. The character was a boy from Ireland, either an exchange student or immigrant. The… --- ## [Privileged sociopath Elizabeth Holmes is pregnant, delaying her trial? WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/privileged-sociopath-elizabeth-holmes-is-pregnant-delaying-her-trial-wtf/937808)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2021, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/privileged-sociopath-elizabeth-holmes-is-pregnant-delaying-her-trial-wtf/937808 "2021-07-10T05:08:33Z")
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is pregnant, likely delaying her fraud trial. I’m putting this in the Pit because I really don’t know what to make of this, and if you want to excoriate me on feminist grounds of some s… --- ## [Did you get tinnitus after the second vax?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-tinnitus-after-the-second-vax/937210)
**Author:** [@LordHarry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordHarry)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2021, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-tinnitus-after-the-second-vax/937210 "2021-07-10T03:00:01Z")
Hello! I got corona last year, with first symptoms on 3/27/2020. I got my first pfizer vaccine on 2/21/2021. I felt unwell for 2-3 days. I had some muscle aches, was tired, things didn’t taste right, and I had a sore t… --- ## [Does the newest version of Windows come with a basic video editing tool?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-newest-version-of-windows-come-with-a-basic-video-editing-tool/946104)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2021, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-newest-version-of-windows-come-with-a-basic-video-editing-tool/946104 "2021-07-10T02:54:51Z")
I’ve been a Mac person since 2003. This morning I signed for an HP laptop. I had no choice. Now, during down time I’d been planning to do a very basic video editing project of my own. With iMovie, I knew what I could do. … --- ## [Gomer Pyle on Andy Griffith vs. on his own show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gomer-pyle-on-andy-griffith-vs-on-his-own-show/944593)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2021, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gomer-pyle-on-andy-griffith-vs-on-his-own-show/944593 "2021-07-10T02:26:29Z")
He was a rube on both shows, but he seemed to be a lot less of one on Gomer Pyle USMC. If he had acted like he did on Andy Griffith in the Marines, you’d think they would have sent him to the motor pool where he would b… --- ## [Your experiences with other message boards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-experiences-with-other-message-boards/938980)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2021, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-experiences-with-other-message-boards/938980 "2021-07-10T02:13:37Z")
Checked out the city-data (dot) com forum a while ago. Looks like it was originally designed for people planning to move. It has specific categories for individual states/cities and for real estate and investing and such… --- ## [What percentage of people who injure themselves with fireworks are male?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-people-who-injure-themselves-with-fireworks-are-male/946053)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2021, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-people-who-injure-themselves-with-fireworks-are-male/946053 "2021-07-10T01:47:22Z")
On Saturday a friend and I were talking about how neither of us can recall ever hearing about a woman or girl blowing off her own fingers or killing herself outright with fireworks. We wondered if it happens much at all. … --- ## [Is there a word or phrase meaning "to be dismissive of a skill that you do not possess"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-or-phrase-meaning-to-be-dismissive-of-a-skill-that-you-do-not-possess/945844)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2021, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-or-phrase-meaning-to-be-dismissive-of-a-skill-that-you-do-not-possess/945844 "2021-07-10T01:31:42Z")
As the title, really. I feel there should be something, but I can’t thing what. Example: I’m going to cook a risotto tonight. Why would anyone waste time cooking? Ready meals are delicious! Can you cook? No - but I… --- ## [Can you really be put on the sex offender list for public urination?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-be-put-on-the-sex-offender-list-for-public-urination/945201)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2021, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-be-put-on-the-sex-offender-list-for-public-urination/945201 "2021-07-09T23:49:48Z")
I’ve always heard of in the context of “Sex Offender Registries don’t work” that anyone can be put on them, including people caught urinating in a bush by an empy road. Is this true? Has anyone actually been put on a se… --- ## [Should protectees \[edited word\] be allowed to charge rent to their Secret Service protection?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-protectees-edited-word-be-allowed-to-charge-rent-to-their-secret-service-protection/946020)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-protectees-edited-word-be-allowed-to-charge-rent-to-their-secret-service-protection/946020 "2021-07-09T23:27:11Z")
It’s been reported that former president Donald Trump charged the Secret Service more than $10,000 for rooms in his New Jersey golf resort in the month of May alone. Why isn’t there a law or something preventing such ob… --- ## [What does saying "yes" to a stranger over the phone mean? And what do I have to do now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-saying-yes-to-a-stranger-over-the-phone-mean-and-what-do-i-have-to-do-now/946056)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-saying-yes-to-a-stranger-over-the-phone-mean-and-what-do-i-have-to-do-now/946056 "2021-07-09T23:09:22Z")
I got a phone call (purportedly from Amazon, warning me that my account got charged a lot of money, etc.) and I answered “Yes,” to one of “their” questions, at which point they hung up. Oh, shit, I realized as I remember… --- ## [Transferring individual files to an iMac](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transferring-individual-files-to-an-imac/945781)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transferring-individual-files-to-an-imac/945781 "2021-07-09T22:40:40Z")
I recently replaced my 9yo Mac Pro with a new iMac (LOVE it, with a few reservations). I went through the “migration” process to move files to the iMac. For the most part it worked, except some files didn’t make it, most… --- ## [So which fictional vigilante hero would be plausible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-which-fictional-vigilante-hero-would-be-plausible/945462)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-which-fictional-vigilante-hero-would-be-plausible/945462 "2021-07-09T20:40:21Z")
If Batman was implausible to begin with and since has become ridiculously plot-armored to the point where he bitch-slaps superpowered alien invaders, then which fictional heroes represent something close(r) to reality? G… --- ## [Why empty seats on "completely full" plane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-empty-seats-on-completely-full-plane/945598)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-empty-seats-on-completely-full-plane/945598 "2021-07-09T20:32:49Z")
I saw something interesting when I flew to Germany last week. The flight was packed, to the point that when I arrived at the check-in line a Lufthansa employee offered me a whopping $800 to fly the next day. They also we… --- ## [Question on the use of the word 'defray"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-the-use-of-the-word-defray/945983)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-the-use-of-the-word-defray/945983 "2021-07-09T20:29:03Z")
I have not seen any definition that fits the usage in the following: " While scholarly works suggest this may have potential to defray trust and undermine perceptions of reliability among potential supporters or partner… --- ## ["Six Feet Under" vs. "Weeds"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-feet-under-vs-weeds/923096)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-feet-under-vs-weeds/923096 "2021-07-09T19:58:55Z")
Looking for a new series to binge, considering either of these. I’ve seen zero episodes of each but have heard generally good things. For those who have seen both, do you have a clear preference? Response of “watch bot… --- ## [You're now a Miracle Worker. What would you do to prove this to the world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-now-a-miracle-worker-what-would-you-do-to-prove-this-to-the-world/945929)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-now-a-miracle-worker-what-would-you-do-to-prove-this-to-the-world/945929 "2021-07-09T17:33:32Z")
I thought this would be a fun spinoff the thread in Great Debates. Here’s. the scenario. You’ve been given the power to work miracles, but with the following limitations. A. You can’t do anything to directly affect t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1401) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1403)