# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1855 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1856 --- ## [Has the SAT gotten easier?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-sat-gotten-easier/854415)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-sat-gotten-easier/854415 "2020-05-29T17:06:29Z")
A classmate keeps lamenting that the SAT has become much easier today than it was 50 years ago, but I haven’t been able to come up with any reliable statistics. In particular, he says that an 800 score on either the ver… --- ## [How are fossils formed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-fossils-formed/854612)
**Author:** [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-fossils-formed/854612 "2020-05-29T16:27:43Z")
I get the general idea: a critter or plant dies and sinks to the bottom of a body of water where it is covered by sediment (or is buried in volcanic ash) and over time the organic remains – bones for a critter – are con… --- ## [What would a war between 2 US militaries look like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-war-between-2-us-militaries-look-like/853998)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-war-between-2-us-militaries-look-like/853998 "2020-05-29T16:23:52Z")
Let’s say we find a portal to an alternate dimension which is exactly like ours and the US military of that dimension invades the US so that they are on about equal footing with the US military of this dimension, includi… --- ## [Gross-Out art styles a-la Garbage Pail Kids and Ren & Stimpy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-out-art-styles-a-la-garbage-pail-kids-and-ren-stimpy/854650)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-out-art-styles-a-la-garbage-pail-kids-and-ren-stimpy/854650 "2020-05-29T16:07:44Z")
I don’t know why, but I love gross out art. Does anyone know of where I can find more examples, besides the two examples in the tittle? Rick and Morty sort of dabble in it too. Any earlier examples? --- ## [Video doorbells / monitoring - does it reduce home related crimes ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-doorbells-monitoring-does-it-reduce-home-related-crimes/854523)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-doorbells-monitoring-does-it-reduce-home-related-crimes/854523 "2020-05-29T16:04:48Z")
So there is a plethora of products on the market today, which does home video surveillance. Like the ring doorbell or Arlo etc etc. Intuitively it makes sense that they would reduce crimes like home invasion, burglaries… --- ## ["I became a police officer to help people"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-became-a-police-officer-to-help-people/854640)
**Author:** [@Yankees\_1996\_Champs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankees_1996_Champs)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-became-a-police-officer-to-help-people/854640 "2020-05-29T15:33:24Z")
What do you think of this notion. “I did this job to help people who need me, I am a peacemaker, etc.” I will not categorize all police officers as bad, because they are not. But there is a policing problem in America. … --- ## [Should a white person be ashamed for being white?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-white-person-be-ashamed-for-being-white/854634)
**Author:** [@Yankees\_1996\_Champs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankees_1996_Champs)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-white-person-be-ashamed-for-being-white/854634 "2020-05-29T15:31:25Z")
The resurgence of police chokeholds and racism under Trump has made some people feel that white people should be ashamed of being white. What do you think? --- ## [Corona forum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corona-forum/854633)
**Author:** [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corona-forum/854633 "2020-05-29T14:54:55Z")
“Ma-ma-my Corona” - insensitive, not funny. Mods, please change this. People are dying, others are terrified. --- ## [Do you ask your supermarket butcher for custom cuts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ask-your-supermarket-butcher-for-custom-cuts/854594)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ask-your-supermarket-butcher-for-custom-cuts/854594 "2020-05-29T14:30:46Z")
As the only meat eater in my family I prefer buying smaller cuts of meat than what is often offered. Sometimes I’ll buy the larger cut and freeze half, but more often I’ll ask the butcher to cut me the size I want. Examp… --- ## [Is there a way to make free phone calls from the US to Canada?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-free-phone-calls-from-the-us-to-canada/666932)
**Author:** [@pauly1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pauly1)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-free-phone-calls-from-the-us-to-canada/666932 "2020-05-29T13:09:52Z")
I’m not a computer tech person at all. But i do use programs like skype to video chat and aim to chat. Can you make phone calls from the us to canada? I know you could with skype if you buy credits but even if you do … --- ## [Christian singer no longer believes in God](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-singer-no-longer-believes-in-god/854590)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-singer-no-longer-believes-in-god/854590 "2020-05-29T12:56:30Z")
“He used to be a preacher, but now he sings in a major key Amended his decision to the new religion” without googling, anyone know those lyrics? --- ## [Anyone grow Pandan (Pandanus amaryllifolius)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-grow-pandan-pandanus-amaryllifolius/854609)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-grow-pandan-pandanus-amaryllifolius/854609 "2020-05-29T12:26:54Z")
I was going to make sago gula melaka (a tapioca pudding). I got the small tapioca balls, the palm sugar, and the coconut milk. I could not find pandan leaves locally, though. I did find a seller on Etsy selling pandan… --- ## [New flight landing patterns after decrease in air traffic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-flight-landing-patterns-after-decrease-in-air-traffic/854573)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-flight-landing-patterns-after-decrease-in-air-traffic/854573 "2020-05-29T12:03:12Z")
Before the pandemic, airplanes coming in for landings at O’Hare would follow a predictable pattern on typical days when the wind is blowing from the west: there would be a solid line of airplanes flying from east (comin… --- ## [Yet another song ID (most likely from musical)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-song-id-most-likely-from-musical/854638)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-song-id-most-likely-from-musical/854638 "2020-05-29T12:02:35Z")
Tonight I watched the movie All For Nikki. In the very beginning, the song Delilah by Tom Jones was playing. There is something about the tune/rhythm of the first few verses of that song that made me think of another son… --- ## [How many unique images can my monitor display?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-unique-images-can-my-monitor-display/854551)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-unique-images-can-my-monitor-display/854551 "2020-05-29T11:49:25Z")
I have a 4K monitor, each pixel capable of 24-bit color. How many unique images can it display? Thinking of base-10 numbers, if I have two digits, each one capable of ten different values, then I can express 10\[sup\]2\[/… --- ## [Do Hairless Cats/Dogs Get Fleas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-hairless-cats-dogs-get-fleas/116354)
**Author:** [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-hairless-cats-dogs-get-fleas/116354 "2020-05-29T11:35:21Z")
I was watching this commercial for a pet product that eliminates fleas, and they show this (virtual) cat wearing a rubber suit + air tank while outside to prevent getting fleas. Do hairless animals even get fleas? Y… --- ## [Suggestion for the list threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-the-list-threads/854532)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-the-list-threads/854532 "2020-05-29T08:08:05Z")
In order to give everybody a fair chance at the following list thread games: – Movie Marathon – Topic Playlist – Baker’s Dozen II – TV Binge Watch … might I suggest the following rules: Any registered (guest … --- ## [Adult-ish kids, health insurance, and disability](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-ish-kids-health-insurance-and-disability/854639)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-ish-kids-health-insurance-and-disability/854639 "2020-05-29T07:04:25Z")
\*\*Dweezil \*\*turns 26 in about 2 months. Moon Unit turned 23 earlier this year. Both are still covered under our health insurance, though Dweezil is, obviously aging out in 2 months (well, December actually, as the empl… --- ## [Neutrinos emerge from Antarctica traveling the wrong direction and with wrong handedness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neutrinos-emerge-from-antarctica-traveling-the-wrong-direction-and-with-wrong-handedness/854483)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neutrinos-emerge-from-antarctica-traveling-the-wrong-direction-and-with-wrong-handedness/854483 "2020-05-29T06:28:31Z")
In 2018, using the balloon-borne Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA), physicist Peter Gorham discovered unexpected tau-neutrinos. They’re going from the Earth toward outer space, rather than vice versa; and a… --- ## [Amazon Music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-music/854644)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-music/854644 "2020-05-29T05:12:48Z")
Today I bought a mp3 album off of Amazon, and they sent it as a win-zip file. It’s been a while since I bought music from there so I ask: is that the new normal? AFAIK, I’d have to download software to open it. It used t… --- ## [Another Life - Netflix starring Katee Sackoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-life-netflix-starring-katee-sackoff/854493)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-life-netflix-starring-katee-sackoff/854493 "2020-05-29T04:19:08Z")
So in my search to find new things to watch for entertainment, I came across Netflix’s Another Life. It’s a sci-fi series starring Katee Sackoff. It was released in 2019, and a second season has been ordered by Netflix… --- ## [What percentage of posts to this MB have been made by banned posters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-posts-to-this-mb-have-been-made-by-banned-posters/854548)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-posts-to-this-mb-have-been-made-by-banned-posters/854548 "2020-05-29T04:09:47Z")
It’s been claimed many times that the vast majority of posters have few/no warnings and the like. But in reading old threads it’s striking how many times the “banned” status shows up. So it’s possible that the way the ab… --- ## [US pulling out of Open Skies treaty. Thoughts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-pulling-out-of-open-skies-treaty-thoughts/854509)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-pulling-out-of-open-skies-treaty-thoughts/854509 "2020-05-29T04:09:21Z")
So, seems like Trump et al are poised to pull the US out of yet another international treaty, this time the Open Skies treaty. The reason given is…Russia has basically broken the treaty repeatedly almost since it was in… --- ## [Will the Carolyn Gombell murder be what takes Trump down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-carolyn-gombell-murder-be-what-takes-trump-down/854545)
**Author:** [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-carolyn-gombell-murder-be-what-takes-trump-down/854545 "2020-05-29T03:34:37Z")
Note: there was no Carolyn Gombell murder because there was no Carolyn Gombell. She is a Twitter creation formulated to protest Twitter’s refusal to remove the president’s baseless accusations against Joe Scarborough … --- ## [very simple riddle, let's make it complicated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-simple-riddle-lets-make-it-complicated/854352)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-simple-riddle-lets-make-it-complicated/854352 "2020-05-29T03:21:40Z")
This is going around on Facebook- In a square room, there is a cat in every corner. In front of every cat there are three cats. How many cats are there in all? (First one with the correct answer is supposed to repost th… --- ## [What might the eviction crisis actually look like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-the-eviction-crisis-actually-look-like/854544)
**Author:** [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-the-eviction-crisis-actually-look-like/854544 "2020-05-29T03:12:11Z")
There’s an article in today’s New York Times titled, An ‘Avalanche of Evictions’ Could Be Bearing Down on America’s Renters. The main argument of the piece is that, as stimulus checks and boosted unemployment payments d… --- ## ["Impossible Bottle." How is it made?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impossible-bottle-how-is-it-made/854385)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impossible-bottle-how-is-it-made/854385 "2020-05-29T03:02:50Z")
There’s a guy in the UK who sells (what he calls) “Impossible Bottles.” The bottle contains a deck of cards, or a padlock and a deck of cards. Here is a video of it. The mystery is how he inserts the objects into the bot… --- ## [Beck, you poor dumb thing. (Bad, bad, bad taste in my mouth)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-you-poor-dumb-thing-bad-bad-bad-taste-in-my-mouth/854275)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-you-poor-dumb-thing-bad-bad-bad-taste-in-my-mouth/854275 "2020-05-29T01:23:29Z")
I’ve been going out on the deck after dark. I’m outdoors part of everyday, gardening and walking. I’m suffering a little seasonal allergy symptoms. It’s not bad. This morning I woke up with sore throat. I gargled extra… --- ## [Intervention on A&E](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intervention-on-a-e/431953)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intervention-on-a-e/431953 "2020-05-29T00:40:36Z")
I must admit, I enjoy this show, in a trainwreck sort of way. A&E was showing a marathon on New Year’s Eve (Eve?) and there were several episodes I hadn’t seen before. I was surprised to see that not everyone accepts h… --- ## [Heated Clothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heated-clothing/827040)
**Author:** [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2019, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heated-clothing/827040 "2019-01-06T23:42:11Z")
Does anyone have any experience with heated clothing, specifically battery-powered? I’ve gotten into night photography and I’m going to be shooting the lunar eclipse in January. I have warm clothes, but I wanted to get … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1854) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1856)