# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=16&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 17 --- ## [What's our longest-lived technology?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-our-longest-lived-technology/1033377)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2026, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-our-longest-lived-technology/1033377 "2026-09-28T18:42:41Z")
Triggered by another thread, where I learned that apparently fax machines have existed since only 10 years after the telegraph, I wondered, are fax machines our longest-lived, still functional technology? If not, what i… --- ## [There are more than 15,000 unidentified-decedent cases in the US today. Does that surprise you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-more-than-15-000-unidentified-decedent-cases-in-the-us-today-does-that-surprise-you/1033027)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-more-than-15-000-unidentified-decedent-cases-in-the-us-today-does-that-surprise-you/1033027 "2026-09-28T16:32:12Z")
I learned today that… as of June 1, 2026, the federal NamUs (National Missing and Unidentified Persons System) had more than 15,000 active unidentified-decedent cases. These are people whose remains have been found but … --- ## [Strange New Worlds season 4 July 2026 {Please avoid spoilers for at least 8 days}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-4-july-2026-please-avoid-spoilers-for-at-least-8-days/1031887)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 184\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-4-july-2026-please-avoid-spoilers-for-at-least-8-days/1031887 "2026-09-28T15:55:15Z")
Season will conclude around the 60th anniversary of Star Trek. Please be careful about spoilers for a few weeks. I’m watching episode 1 now, off to a good start. --- ## [A Good Digital Wallet for Political Donations? (Incl. Ukraine’s United24)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-digital-wallet-for-political-donations-incl-ukraine-s-united24/1033449)
**Author:** [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-digital-wallet-for-political-donations-incl-ukraine-s-united24/1033449 "2026-09-28T15:32:44Z")
I want to make some donations prior to the 2026 midterms. Long ago I used PayPal as a digital wallet, but at some point became concerned about Elon Musk’s involvement and mostly stopped. I used ApplePay for a while, but … --- ## [What do you get in an auto parts store?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-get-in-an-auto-parts-store/1032643)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-get-in-an-auto-parts-store/1032643 "2026-09-28T15:16:09Z")
Around here, where growth is infinitesimal, the only new storefronts are for medical offices and huge auto parts stores. I thought nobody worked on their cars anymore because you can’t do much in a computerized engine. … --- ## [John Fetterman really needs to resign](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-fetterman-really-needs-to-resign/1017875)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 467\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-fetterman-really-needs-to-resign/1017875 "2026-09-28T14:56:21Z")
By all accounts, he’s not doing well health-wise and in fact seems to be deteriorating in many ways, physically and mentally. This is where I first saw this story. They also mentioned a Colorado congresswoman who had… --- ## [Commercial bone broth: is any of it real, or is it all made of LIES?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercial-bone-broth-is-any-of-it-real-or-is-it-all-made-of-lies/1016866)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2026, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercial-bone-broth-is-any-of-it-real-or-is-it-all-made-of-lies/1016866 "2026-09-28T14:39:38Z")
I often make my own chicken bone broth from scratch, but I go through a lot of broth when I make stuff, so I freeze and save the ‘good stuff’ for meals where it will best be used, and supplement with commercial stocks an… --- ## [Interesting news (general)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-news-general/1033446)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-news-general/1033446 "2026-09-28T13:02:58Z")
We don’t seem to have a thread like this, but my search may have failed me. For a while I’ve been reading interesting news stories that don’t necessarily have a home, but I don’t want to start a whole new thread for them… --- ## [The Great SDMB Movie Poll - Round 1 The Great 128 \[voting in this round closed\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-1-the-great-128-voting-in-this-round-closed/1033339)
**Author:** [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2026, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-1-the-great-128-voting-in-this-round-closed/1033339 "2026-09-28T12:52:54Z")
Round 1 consists of 128 head-to-head matchups between the 256 randomly seeded movies nominated as Top 10 Favorites. Since there are 128 matchups it’s going to take me a while to post all of them so please refrain from c… --- ## [Cornell frat suspended for game in which men compete to have sex with overweight women](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornell-frat-suspended-for-game-in-which-men-compete-to-have-sex-with-overweight-women/808385)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2026, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornell-frat-suspended-for-game-in-which-men-compete-to-have-sex-with-overweight-women/808385 "2026-09-28T12:37:28Z")
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/02/cornell-fraternity-zeta-beta-tau-suspended-for-offensive-pig-roast-game.html OK, pig roast as a title is totally offensive and well out of order. These guys need to be punish… --- ## [(Old) GET READY TO RUM-BEAR! - A Fat Bear Week MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-get-ready-to-rum-bear-a-fat-bear-week-mmp/1033239)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 305\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2026, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-get-ready-to-rum-bear-a-fat-bear-week-mmp/1033239 "2026-09-28T11:30:14Z")
Grab some smoked salmon and get ready to vote for your favorite bulked up bruin. Know your bears. And if not, talk amongst yourselves. I’m up, caffeinated, and off to heave. It’s currently 71 degrees Ferret Height(21.… --- ## [Are all Indians multi-lingual?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-indians-multi-lingual/1033401)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2026, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-indians-multi-lingual/1033401 "2026-09-28T07:56:21Z")
I just saw a language map of India, which showed the thirty-five languages in that country which have more than a million speakers. Plus I checked and found that India has twenty-two official languages. How many languag… --- ## [Lie about yourself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965)
**Author:** [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Replies:** 979\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2026, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-yourself/987965 "2026-09-28T03:55:47Z")
You know that game “Royal Match” you play on your phone, where you have to save the King from all kinds of diabolical traps? Well, I’m the voice of the King. Here, I’ll prove it to you: “Help me!” I got paid a ton of … --- ## [Anyone happen to know the history of Jack's Giant elephant ears?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-happen-to-know-the-history-of-jacks-giant-elephant-ears/1031010)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2026, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-happen-to-know-the-history-of-jacks-giant-elephant-ears/1031010 "2026-09-28T03:20:27Z")
I recently bought some elephant ear (Colocasia esculenta) corms at my local grocery store. I haven’t grown them in years, but the first time I bought them was in the late 1990s at Walmart, and the corms were several time… --- ## [Saturday afternoon at the Palindrome Theatre](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-afternoon-at-the-palindrome-theatre/1032766)
**Author:** [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2026, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-afternoon-at-the-palindrome-theatre/1032766 "2026-09-28T03:03:41Z")
Since the Bijou raised its admission, we’re heading across town to the “artsy” cineplex where we’re watching: Lisa Bonet Ate No Basil \[Documentary about her time on The Cosby Show.\] --- ## [Reality TV season finale thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-tv-season-finale-thread/961001)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2026, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-tv-season-finale-thread/961001 "2026-09-28T03:02:23Z")
Let’s see, what’s there to talk about…out of control megalomaniac in Russia simultaneously creating tragedy for a nation and wrecking his own…gas prices hitting an all time high, which everyone swore it was fine to do ja… --- ## [MLB September 2026](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2026/1032786)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2026, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-2026/1032786 "2026-09-27T23:42:22Z")
The Brewers and Cubs have been playing a four-game series this week at Wrigley, which will go a long way towards determining the outcome of the NL Central race. The Cubs won in a rout on Monday (hitting nine home runs),… --- ## [Newer music that's not mostly one hook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newer-music-thats-not-mostly-one-hook/1031511)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2026, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newer-music-thats-not-mostly-one-hook/1031511 "2026-09-27T21:47:23Z")
Hi gang. Looking for some new music to listen to at work. I have trouble with music that’s too repetitive because my brain says “hey, something is happening here” and pushes it to the foreground of my attention. An awful… --- ## [The return of Law and Order Mothership](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-law-and-order-mothership/960091)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2026, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-law-and-order-mothership/960091 "2026-09-27T21:18:42Z")
Is anyone watching the continuation (season 21) of Classic L&O? What did you think? I think Cosgrove (the new detective) time traveled in from 1940s LAPD. He’s all wrong for the show. And I bet he voted for trump. He pr… --- ## [The far Right AfD may win a state government](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-far-right-afd-may-win-a-state-government/1032802)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2026, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-far-right-afd-may-win-a-state-government/1032802 "2026-09-27T19:48:35Z")
Pretty far far right. The AfD’s manifesto in Saxony-Anhalt is extremely right-wing. Proposals such as ending the right to asylum and a moratorium on non-EU immigration could not be implemented. They are matters for t… --- ## [Resolved: The US Contribution to WWI was critical, even though late](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-the-us-contribution-to-wwi-was-critical-even-though-late/1033366)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-the-us-contribution-to-wwi-was-critical-even-though-late/1033366 "2026-09-27T17:38:21Z")
This thread Resolved: Germany was the aggressor against France in WWI was highly educational for me, in spite of it eventually being closed, so I’m inspired to start my own. It’ll start with a fairly strong claim, but … --- ## [Everest: Just Don't Do It](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everest-just-dont-do-it/755397)
**Author:** [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Replies:** 1243\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everest-just-dont-do-it/755397 "2026-09-27T15:43:11Z")
After back-to-back climbing season disasters two years in a row, Everest climbers are getting to the summit again and the mountain has claimed its first two fatalities for 2016. The dead Australian woman was the wife of… --- ## [Chittagong name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chittagong-name/1033421)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chittagong-name/1033421 "2026-09-27T14:55:02Z")
Has anybody been to Chittagong recently? My question is, what do the local residents call their own city? --- ## [Never have I ever (seen anyone put their groceries into the bed of their pickup truck)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-have-i-ever-seen-anyone-put-their-groceries-into-the-bed-of-their-pickup-truck/1033357)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2026, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-have-i-ever-seen-anyone-put-their-groceries-into-the-bed-of-their-pickup-truck/1033357 "2026-09-27T12:18:32Z")
…seen anyone put their groceries into the bed of of their pickup truck. That struck me as odd, last night at 3am. --- ## [It's my 25th anniversary. Kinda. Sorta. Maybe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-25th-anniversary-kinda-sorta-maybe/1033388)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2026, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-25th-anniversary-kinda-sorta-maybe/1033388 "2026-09-27T04:44:24Z")
I lurked at the Dope for a couple of years because I thought that joining would be too much of a time sink. One of the great predictions of the 21st century. But then someone posted a thread about lactose intolerance. T… --- ## [Sinema leaves the Democratic party; registers as Independent (she’s not seeking re-election.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinema-leaves-the-democratic-party-registers-as-independent-she-s-not-seeking-re-election/976258)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2026, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinema-leaves-the-democratic-party-registers-as-independent-she-s-not-seeking-re-election/976258 "2026-09-27T04:26:54Z")
I suppose this shouldn’t come as a huge surprise. Will Manchin be next? https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/09/politics/kyrsten-sinema-leaves-democratic-party/index.html --- ## [At what point is a person completely toxic to agree with about anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-is-a-person-completely-toxic-to-agree-with-about-anything/1033192)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2026, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-is-a-person-completely-toxic-to-agree-with-about-anything/1033192 "2026-09-27T04:01:06Z")
A more specific attempt to get to one of my questions from my now closed thread (RIP). Obviously, nobody is wrong all of the time. But if, for example, Hitler had an interesting opinion about chiaroscuro, you sure as he… --- ## [Tangled ropes and cables](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tangled-ropes-and-cables/1033346)
**Author:** [@dcbwhaley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dcbwhaley)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2026, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tangled-ropes-and-cables/1033346 "2026-09-27T02:48:59Z")
When you put two loosely coiled lengths of rope or cable in a cupboard they are invariably tangled when you come to retrieve them. Where does the energy for this entanglement come from and could it be harnessed in som… --- ## [How are sailors selected for leave at port calls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-sailors-selected-for-leave-at-port-calls/1033364)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2026, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-sailors-selected-for-leave-at-port-calls/1033364 "2026-09-27T00:51:40Z")
The USS Abraham Lincoln’s extended deployment has recently been in the news. The ship just left Guam. Their last port call was a five-day port call in Thailand from Sept. 2-6. How is Liberty managed for 5,000 sailors? … --- ## [German grammar--ge- prefix on past participle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-grammar-ge-prefix-on-past-participle/1033387)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-grammar-ge-prefix-on-past-participle/1033387 "2026-09-26T20:18:32Z")
Most German verbs add a ge- prefix to the past participle. Eg. machen, gemacht (make, made), but not all do, e.g. spazieren, spaziert (walk, walked). There are special rules for verbs that already have prefixes, but I wi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=15&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=17&state=watching)