# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1705 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1706 --- ## [Cooked beans good to eat? Need answer fast .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooked-beans-good-to-eat-need-answer-fast/921461)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooked-beans-good-to-eat-need-answer-fast/921461 "2020-09-25T22:28:49Z")
I understand that dried beans, or at least some kinds of beans, MUST be soaked and drained or else they’re bad for you. They are toxic, and the soaking leaches out the bad stuff. My neighbor just cooked up a whole pot … --- ## [579 characters for a Facebook link?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/579-characters-for-a-facebook-link/921517)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/579-characters-for-a-facebook-link/921517 "2020-09-25T22:18:05Z")
Remember when a short URL was worth a battle and millions of dollars? My wife sent me a Facebook link that contained 579 characters, more than 500 of them nothing but hex garbage. What is their purpose? I assume they’r… --- ## [Serious infection after surgery: what should we do? (Need answer fast.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-infection-after-surgery-what-should-we-do-need-answer-fast/921117)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-infection-after-surgery-what-should-we-do-need-answer-fast/921117 "2020-09-25T22:16:18Z")
Three weeks ago, my wife had an outpatient surgical procedure. It all seemed to go fine, but on Saturday (two days ago) she was feeling badly and, long story short, she was admitted to the hospital with a massive infecti… --- ## [Wesley Clark, what the fuck was that?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wesley-clark-what-the-fuck-was-that/302304)
**Author:** [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wesley-clark-what-the-fuck-was-that/302304 "2020-09-25T20:33:06Z")
What in the world was the point of this little nugget? Does it irritate you so much that someone might be grateful for the military contribution of another country? Yes, American forces were essential to the liberati… --- ## [345,000 Used Condoms Cleaned and Resold as New](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/345-000-used-condoms-cleaned-and-resold-as-new/921528)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/345-000-used-condoms-cleaned-and-resold-as-new/921528 "2020-09-25T19:26:03Z")
Today in Ewwwwwwwwwww! News: I’m surprised that latex can be boiled and retain its qualities. Or maybe it can’t, but it looks as if it can. In any event, Ewwwwww! https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/24/asia/vietnam-condom-s… --- ## ["Josh Gates Tonight": Anybody else liking this twist on "Expedition Unknown"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/josh-gates-tonight-anybody-else-liking-this-twist-on-expedition-unknown/921380)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/josh-gates-tonight-anybody-else-liking-this-twist-on-expedition-unknown/921380 "2020-09-25T20:04:20Z")
Josh Gates is perhaps best known as the host and explorer of “Expedition Unknown,” where he goes to look for lost treasure, the truth behind legends, and so on. He most often fails to find what he’s looking for, but he … --- ## [About Facebook Backgrounds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-facebook-backgrounds/921526)
**Author:** [@Ptolomy57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ptolomy57)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-facebook-backgrounds/921526 "2020-09-25T18:43:15Z")
Does anyone know if I can add backgrounds to the limited selection of backgrounds provided in FaceBook? Most annoying is the fact that certain backgrounds I like have disappeared. I would like them back. Seems to me the … --- ## [Bill Murray Faces Legal Threat From Doobie Brothers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-murray-faces-legal-threat-from-doobie-brothers/921510)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-murray-faces-legal-threat-from-doobie-brothers/921510 "2020-09-25T18:41:19Z")
This is pretty mundane and pointless, but I found the article amusing. Choice quote: “We’d almost be OK with it if the shirts weren’t so damn ugly,” the lawyer, Peter T. Paterno, wrote in a letter sent to Mr. Murray on… --- ## [Super Glue for Hot Conditions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-glue-for-hot-conditions/921430)
**Author:** [@Ptolomy57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ptolomy57)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-glue-for-hot-conditions/921430 "2020-09-25T17:51:58Z")
Our dishwasher has small, plastic clips to adjust spacing between rows of tines to accommodate different size dishes. But, these plastic clips break off. I just want to glue them in one place (and forget the adjustment f… --- ## [16 Candles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16-candles/678620)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16-candles/678620 "2020-09-25T16:57:29Z")
I had heard of this film ages ago and saw it was on tonight. Was it controversial when it was released? To a modern viewer the crude racism and the flippant treatment of harassment and sexual assault is really, really, … --- ## [Date posted is easily confused with year posted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/date-posted-is-easily-confused-with-year-posted/921075)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/date-posted-is-easily-confused-with-year-posted/921075 "2020-09-25T16:55:17Z")
I was going to post this earlier but didn’t in case it was just me. But then someone just bumped a thread by mistake from 2014 because they read “April '14” as “April 14”. Would it be hard to change it to a format like “… --- ## [How does a Hispanic person answer the Race question on the 2020 US Census form?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-hispanic-person-answer-the-race-question-on-the-2020-us-census-form/921463)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-hispanic-person-answer-the-race-question-on-the-2020-us-census-form/921463 "2020-09-25T16:43:35Z")
The US Census form asks an ethnicity question: Hispanic OR Non-Hispanic. It then asks a race question: White OR Black/African American OR American Indian/Alaskan Native OR 7 Asian categories OR 4 Pacific Islander categ… --- ## [IT'S CHRISTMAS!! (No, really, first Christmas ad of the year spotted)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-christmas-no-really-first-christmas-ad-of-the-year-spotted/837561)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-christmas-no-really-first-christmas-ad-of-the-year-spotted/837561 "2020-09-25T16:26:56Z")
Yeah, it gets earlier every year. Tomorrow is forecast to be the hottest day of the year in the UK - maybe the hottest day on record. And yesterday my friend J pointed out, in a free local paper, the first Christmas ad … --- ## [What Could Superman Do to Fight Wildfires?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-superman-do-to-fight-wildfires/920801)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-superman-do-to-fight-wildfires/920801 "2020-09-25T16:06:00Z")
IMHO because there’s no factual answer; could have gone in Cafe Society, but I’m asking for plausible physical speculation based on established super powers. Anyway…best I can come up with it to get a really big steel p… --- ## [What are the best cooking temperatures for various cuts of beef?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-cooking-temperatures-for-various-cuts-of-beef/920733)
**Author:** [@DoctorPurple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorPurple)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-cooking-temperatures-for-various-cuts-of-beef/920733 "2020-09-25T15:50:20Z")
What are the best cooking temperatures for various cuts of beef? I remember once watching an episode of Hell’s Kitchen in which Gordon Ramsay told the chefs to prepare cuts of beef by temperature. But the only one I can… --- ## [Runaway element on stove](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/runaway-element-on-stove/921504)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/runaway-element-on-stove/921504 "2020-09-25T15:37:43Z")
The front-left element on our stove – the one that gets the most use – has a tendency to ‘run away’. That is, you’ll set it to, say, 4, and as soon as you leave the kitchen or are occupied doing something else, the elem… --- ## [Does inhaled pumice turn into concrete in the lungs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-inhaled-pumice-turn-into-concrete-in-the-lungs/921327)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-inhaled-pumice-turn-into-concrete-in-the-lungs/921327 "2020-09-25T15:08:49Z")
Does inhaled pumice turn into concrete in the lungs? I remember hearing the narrator of a film on the eruption of Tambora state that inhaled pumice/pumicite formed concrete in the lungs. I could not find any such statem… --- ## [Antibody test negative; Acute test result not available yet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antibody-test-negative-acute-test-result-not-available-yet/921497)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antibody-test-negative-acute-test-result-not-available-yet/921497 "2020-09-25T14:48:01Z")
Long story short, I was playing basketball with a guy who later tested positive, and contacted me through contact tracing. I went in for the test, and also took the antibody test, 8 days after the potential exposure. M… --- ## [Favorite Movies Of Rock Stars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movies-of-rock-stars/921424)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movies-of-rock-stars/921424 "2020-09-25T13:55:56Z")
I’ve read this multiple times, and just came across it again… Jim Morrison’s favorite movie was Anatahan (probably helped that his professor at UCLA directed the film - Joseph von Sternberg). John Lennon mentions “Citiz… --- ## [Are there "Black Karens"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-black-karens/919103)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-black-karens/919103 "2020-09-25T13:44:01Z")
No not Karen Black. I know originally Karen was used as a slur for exclusively “White middle aged women with too much time on their hands” but there’s been more and more videos lately of Karen’s of other races who act j… --- ## [Terrytoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrytoons/921246)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrytoons/921246 "2020-09-25T13:43:47Z")
I love old cartoons. I’ve located and watched almost every Loony Toon there is, so I was casting about for some other brand of 'toon. I came across the Terrytoons channel on youtube, and I’ve been bingeing on these. S… --- ## [The Problem With Being the Good Guys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-problem-with-being-the-good-guys/921128)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-problem-with-being-the-good-guys/921128 "2020-09-25T13:38:45Z")
THEY apparently wish to win at any cost and do not wish to play fair. WE are tired of being patsies etc etc and wish at this point to play hardball. Problem: if the game boils down to “screw the principles, the only t… --- ## [What's with all the dilapidated/abandonded buildings in Los Angeles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-dilapidated-abandonded-buildings-in-los-angeles/921281)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-dilapidated-abandonded-buildings-in-los-angeles/921281 "2020-09-25T13:34:44Z")
Driving through Los Angeles all the time (though I don’t live there, but I travel to it often enough for family/event) it’s shocking to see the amount of dilapidated commercial buildings or even commercial buildings that… --- ## [What android phones are people liking these days? (google fi compatible)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-android-phones-are-people-liking-these-days-google-fi-compatible/921429)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-android-phones-are-people-liking-these-days-google-fi-compatible/921429 "2020-09-25T12:35:43Z")
I currently have a Moto X4. It’s been pretty good. The battery is not holding a charge as long as it used to (it’s 2 years old) and I might replace the battery, but I might just buy a new phone. I bought this phone most… --- ## [Suppose the 2020 election is "stolen." What would you do about it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-the-2020-election-is-stolen-what-would-you-do-about-it/921155)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-the-2020-election-is-stolen-what-would-you-do-about-it/921155 "2020-09-25T10:24:25Z")
Let’s say that the 2020 presidential election is “stolen” by the candidate and party that you oppose (either Trump and the R’s, or Biden and the D’s.) They steal the election in a way that is brazenly unethical, obvious,… --- ## [Do we have a sense of how much activity the board has seen since the change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-sense-of-how-much-activity-the-board-has-seen-since-the-change/921311)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-sense-of-how-much-activity-the-board-has-seen-since-the-change/921311 "2020-09-25T09:33:13Z")
I was looking at alexa.com to see how many visitors the board had had, and it’s pretty far down. I think that site calculates unique visitors, but I’m not 100% sure. In any case, I’ve been way more engaged because I like… --- ## [Question about cigarette smoke and Covid 19. Maybe not what you're thinking, better explanation inside](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-cigarette-smoke-and-covid-19-maybe-not-what-youre-thinking-better-explanation-inside/912121)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-cigarette-smoke-and-covid-19-maybe-not-what-youre-thinking-better-explanation-inside/912121 "2020-09-25T05:57:10Z")
Lets say a person with the virus approaches a smallish store or enclosed building. Before they open the door they take a big drag on their cigarette and flick the cigarette away. They enter the building and exhale their … --- ## [A new scam preying on writers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-scam-preying-on-writers/921386)
**Author:** [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-scam-preying-on-writers/921386 "2020-09-25T05:53:47Z")
My wife has over a dozen books out, all traditionally published. Today she got this email - I’ve removed all identifying information. It has come to my attention book written and published by you used my picture without… --- ## [Are "Birthday Weeks" a thing now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-birthday-weeks-a-thing-now/921044)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-birthday-weeks-a-thing-now/921044 "2020-09-25T05:48:02Z")
Basically the idea is that now not only do you celebrate your birthday on your actual birthday, but now you celebrate it every day the surrounding week as well. So basically you’re suppose to be treated like it’s your bi… --- ## [Things to do before you call a pro - helpful hints](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-before-you-call-a-pro-helpful-hints/920752)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-before-you-call-a-pro-helpful-hints/920752 "2020-09-25T03:30:17Z")
I’d like to think we all do the obvious - like checking to make sure something is plugged in when it won’t turn on. But I’m sure there are equally simple troubleshooting tips that may not occur to some of us. This is as … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1704) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1706)