# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=25 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 26 --- ## [What vegetables would you put in a beef stew?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-vegetables-would-you-put-in-a-beef-stew/1033904)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2026, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-vegetables-would-you-put-in-a-beef-stew/1033904 "2026-10-19T22:07:06Z")
I made Paula Dean’s stew yesterday and it contained onions, celery, potatoes, and carrots. That didn’t seem like very many to me. It’s good but I eventually added corn and black eyed peas. I think it’s better now. It’s a… --- ## [Noah Adams of NPR has died at age 84](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noah-adams-of-npr-has-died-at-age-84/1033958)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2026, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noah-adams-of-npr-has-died-at-age-84/1033958 "2026-10-19T21:31:32Z")
Noah Adams, longtime host of NPR’s All Things Considered, has died Noah Adams, longtime host of NPR’s All Things Considered, has died : NPR I don’t drive much any more, but years ago when I had a long commute I listen… --- ## [Were you able to find Hershey's TasteTations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-able-to-find-hersheys-tastetations/1033978)
**Author:** [@HneyGrlKc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HneyGrlKc)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-able-to-find-hersheys-tastetations/1033978 "2026-10-19T20:54:47Z")
Continuing the discussion from What became of Hershey’s Tastetations™?: --- ## [Should I get a countertop Reverse Osmosis (RO) system?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-a-countertop-reverse-osmosis-ro-system/1033047)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-a-countertop-reverse-osmosis-ro-system/1033047 "2026-10-19T20:17:29Z")
Santa Barbara City water tastes awful (not on a well). I have a Brita pitcher with a replaceable charcoal filter that makes the water taste good. Mostly it removes the chlorine but not particulates or any other bad thing… --- ## [Digital art creator algorithm website](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-art-creator-algorithm-website/962081)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 2387\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2026, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-art-creator-algorithm-website/962081 "2026-10-19T19:52:40Z")
Someone put together a website with an algorithm that creates art from text prompts. It’s tons of fun to play with. Anyone else tried it? --- ## [2026 Canadoper Café is now open!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-canadoper-cafe-is-now-open/1026212)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2026, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-canadoper-cafe-is-now-open/1026212 "2026-10-19T19:46:44Z")
Hi, everybody! You’ve arrived at the thread where all the cool Canadians hang out, along with lots of other Dopers who are Cana-philes, or Cana-curious. This is also the place to drop by if you’ve got a beef about Cana… --- ## [Toy Story 5: Rise of the LLMs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toy-story-5-rise-of-the-llms/1024790)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2026, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toy-story-5-rise-of-the-llms/1024790 "2026-10-19T18:07:17Z")
Toy Story is on tap for summer, 2026, and it looks like the main cast will all be back! Logline: Bonnie is going to get a new toy called Lily Pad, a touchpad ‘friend’ who will try to separate her from her other toys. #Me… --- ## [Fallin' for the Rants: October minirants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallin-for-the-rants-october-minirants/1008325)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 337\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2026, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallin-for-the-rants-october-minirants/1008325 "2026-10-19T17:55:42Z")
My SC town got hammered by Helene. Nothing remotely like poor NC, but it’s put a wrench in everything. And I’m beyond pissed at people who apparently are stopping to hurl abused at lineworkers because they don’t have pow… --- ## [WTF dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-dreams/1010755)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-dreams/1010755 "2026-10-19T17:37:20Z")
I don’t generally remember my dreams, I rarely have nightmares, and I’m not under any unusual stress (beyond the normal holiday season + retail job + political shitshow). So last night’s brief -thankgod- dream was a tota… --- ## [Today (October 18th) is National Opossum Day. How will you celebrate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-october-18th-is-national-opossum-day-how-will-you-celebrate/1033946)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-october-18th-is-national-opossum-day-how-will-you-celebrate/1033946 "2026-10-19T17:27:33Z")
(International members can celebrate too, if they wish.) --- ## [I wanna go to Neptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanna-go-to-neptune/1033901)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2026, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanna-go-to-neptune/1033901 "2026-10-19T17:12:02Z")
I was reading an article about how impractical it is to get a resident probe to Neptune, when a thought occurred to me. What if you sent a pair of probes to Neptune, maybe using an ion thruster to get them up to ridicul… --- ## [A Predator question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-predator-question/1033684)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-predator-question/1033684 "2026-10-19T17:07:35Z")
Arnold is crossing a chasm via a log bridge. In a tense moment, he realizes the monster is right behind him on the log. In a blink, Arnold is clinging to the bottom side of the log using his big muscles to hold on. I don… --- ## [How to Suppress Photos on the Internet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-suppress-photos-on-the-internet/1033956)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-suppress-photos-on-the-internet/1033956 "2026-10-19T16:55:03Z")
The headquarters of Saudi Aramco (the national oil company) has been smote by an enemy cruise missile/drone. A few months ago the US Navy support activity in Bahrain was hit hard enough to put it out of business. I know… --- ## [Stupid gun tricks in the movies and on television](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-tricks-in-the-movies-and-on-television/1033459)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-tricks-in-the-movies-and-on-television/1033459 "2026-10-19T16:48:56Z")
And by gun, I mean anything that a character picks up that fires a solid projectile towards a target. No animation, please. I’ve got one in mind, from a single-worded movie, and it was actually tested on “Mythbusters”.… --- ## [The Great British Baking Show (Technicals)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-british-baking-show-technicals/1033911)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2026, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-british-baking-show-technicals/1033911 "2026-10-19T15:05:41Z")
After the judges are sent away and the challenge is presented, we cut to the judges discussing their expectations and sampling an example of the challenge. I’ve noticed that they comment on the execution of those example… --- ## [Movies based on games and toys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-based-on-games-and-toys/1028199)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2026, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-based-on-games-and-toys/1028199 "2026-10-19T12:36:19Z")
Going back to Clue(1985), toys have been a starting point for movies. With Hollywood running out of ideas and The Lego Movie, Barbie, the Transformers, Trolls, and Power Rangers being fairly successful, they’e been casti… --- ## [(Old) Gobble, eh? A Metric Thanksgiving MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gobble-eh-a-metric-thanksgiving-mmp/1033772)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 312\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2026, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gobble-eh-a-metric-thanksgiving-mmp/1033772 "2026-10-19T10:34:55Z")
It’s Canadian Thanksgiving! And Indigenous People’s Day in the U.S. And Monday in most of the rest of the world. So enjoy the day off if you have a holiday or are a RDOS, or join the rest of us in trudging back to work… --- ## [AI and the "end of humanity". Explain please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-and-the-end-of-humanity-explain-please/1033021)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2026, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-and-the-end-of-humanity-explain-please/1033021 "2026-10-19T10:03:48Z")
There has been a lot of news about the notion that AI will somehow engineer the end of humanity at some point in the next couple of decades. I admit that I have no idea how that could happen. What would be the process? H… --- ## [How does an EV battery charge, physically?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-an-ev-battery-charge-physically/1033909)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2026, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-an-ev-battery-charge-physically/1033909 "2026-10-19T08:57:05Z")
If I’m packing an empty box with smaller cubes, I’ll start on one side and methodically put the smaller cubes in. Halfway through, one side of the box is fully packed, the other side is empty. If I’m pumping air into a … --- ## [Are there strategies to avoid PTSD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-strategies-to-avoid-ptsd/1033940)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2026, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-strategies-to-avoid-ptsd/1033940 "2026-10-19T02:56:30Z")
PTSD is, of course, post traumatic stress disorder. So, if one were to experience traumatic stress, is there a way to avoid a disorder? It seems to me that experiencing traumatic stress is damn near inevitable for most… --- ## [Stupid Gun news of the day (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 2072\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2026, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428 "2026-10-19T02:44:45Z")
Continuing the discussion from Stupid Gun news of the day (Part 1) - #10007 by Dandan. Previous discussions: Stupid Gun news of the day (Part 1) --- ## [Mark my words; if the US Senate after the election is controlled by the Dems 51:49, John Fetterman will switch parties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-my-words-if-the-us-senate-after-the-election-is-controlled-by-the-dems-51-49-john-fetterman-will-switch-parties/1033923)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2026, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-my-words-if-the-us-senate-after-the-election-is-controlled-by-the-dems-51-49-john-fetterman-will-switch-parties/1033923 "2026-10-19T01:34:23Z")
Just that. It’s obvious. Fetterman has been playing footsie with MAGA for some time. He is certainly not a classical Republican, but he is close enough to Trump that he will switch if it tips the Senate. I don’t know… --- ## [A question about the character of Jim in The Glass Menagerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-character-of-jim-in-the-glass-menagerie/1033955)
**Author:** [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2026, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-character-of-jim-in-the-glass-menagerie/1033955 "2026-10-18T23:36:11Z")
We attended a production of The Glass Menagerie this afternoon. The actors who portrayed Laura, Amanda and Tom were all excellent. But I have a question about the actor who played Jim (the “gentleman caller.”) In this c… --- ## [SI Sportsperson of the Year 2026](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/si-sportsperson-of-the-year-2026/1031968)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2026, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/si-sportsperson-of-the-year-2026/1031968 "2026-10-18T22:19:07Z")
Okay, it’s a little early for this, but as I just started a thread for Time’s Person of the Year, I thought I would start this one as well. Normally, the choice would be obvious - one or more persons representing the Ne… --- ## [Ukraine launches 1000 drones at Russia. What did that cost?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukraine-launches-1000-drones-at-russia-what-did-that-cost/1033944)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2026, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukraine-launches-1000-drones-at-russia-what-did-that-cost/1033944 "2026-10-18T22:04:35Z")
Question in the Subject. --- ## [Local car commercial messes up city name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-car-commercial-messes-up-city-name/1033704)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2026, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-car-commercial-messes-up-city-name/1033704 "2026-10-18T20:34:57Z")
I just saw a commercial for Ewald Chevrolet in Oconomowoc, WI. Sorry, couldn’t find a link. The voice over grossly mispronounced the word Oconomowoc. It is, in fact, the official state joke to ask out of staters to say… --- ## [Question regarding Shakespeare's co-authors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-shakespeares-co-authors/696156)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-shakespeares-co-authors/696156 "2026-10-18T20:28:32Z")
Hi, In the below extract I would like to know if the following people mentioned were Shakespeare’s collaborators or simply authors working independently on “Sir Thomas More”.It’s not very clear to me. Anthony Munday H… --- ## [May I reintroduce myself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-reintroduce-myself/1029962)
**Author:** [@BomTek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BomTek)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-i-reintroduce-myself/1029962 "2026-10-18T20:22:53Z")
I’m not sure if I’m even on my very first account here or one I made later, but I’ve been a Doper for maybe 20 years, I think? I even attended a Dopefest made up of two entire human beings in Afghanistan in 2011-ish. Ton… --- ## [Finding old unexploded WWII era bombs: preferred to defuse it in place or move it first?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-old-unexploded-wwii-era-bombs-preferred-to-defuse-it-in-place-or-move-it-first/681308)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-old-unexploded-wwii-era-bombs-preferred-to-defuse-it-in-place-or-move-it-first/681308 "2026-10-18T19:17:22Z")
Construction workers found a 500 pound WWII vintage American bomb in Taipei yesterday. Hardly uncommon in many parts of the world, I know, but what struck me as curious was that the Taiwan military loaded the bomb up int… --- ## [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:** 209\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-law-and-order-mothership/960091 "2026-10-18T18:53:32Z")
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… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=26)