# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=315 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 316 --- ## [1931 Dracula- Is He wearing a Star of David around his neck or WHAT?? Eve, c'mere !](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1931-dracula-is-he-wearing-a-star-of-david-around-his-neck-or-what-eve-cmere/104851)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2025, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1931-dracula-is-he-wearing-a-star-of-david-around-his-neck-or-what-eve-cmere/104851 "2025-05-16T22:49:07Z")
We rented the restored DVD of the 1931 Dracula. Man, it’s great. I’ve got a question here. It appears that our dear Count Dracula is wearing a large pendant in the shape of a Star of David. Is that indeed what he was we… --- ## [Are we (in the US) going to end up with empty shelves and much higher prices in May? What should we do to prepare](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-in-the-us-going-to-end-up-with-empty-shelves-and-much-higher-prices-in-may-what-should-we-do-to-prepare/1017518)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2025, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-in-the-us-going-to-end-up-with-empty-shelves-and-much-higher-prices-in-may-what-should-we-do-to-prepare/1017518 "2025-05-16T22:18:04Z")
I don’t understand all the economics of it, but my understanding is there is a lag time of something like 6 weeks between when the tariffs started and when products hit the shelves. Trump’s tariffs on China became absur… --- ## [The WHO is going on tour. Should I go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-who-is-going-on-tour-should-i-go/1018430)
**Author:** [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-who-is-going-on-tour-should-i-go/1018430 "2025-05-16T21:43:30Z")
I just saw that The Who is going on tour, and they’ll be in my area. I liked them a lot when I was younger, so I’m tempted. However: Two of the four members won’t be there because they’re dead. The other two are 79 an… --- ## [Puff Daddy Arrested for Sex Trafficking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puff-daddy-arrested-for-sex-trafficking/1007416)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2025, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puff-daddy-arrested-for-sex-trafficking/1007416 "2025-05-16T20:53:03Z")
I’m surprised that I can’t find a thread on this already. Sean Combs, aka Puff Daddy aka P Diddy aka Diddy aka PD aka Love (as he is referenced in court papers) is currently sitting in jail, without bond, after being in… --- ## [Help me ID this Abbott and Costello movie/TV scene I saw as a kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-abbott-and-costello-movie-tv-scene-i-saw-as-a-kid/1018315)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-abbott-and-costello-movie-tv-scene-i-saw-as-a-kid/1018315 "2025-05-16T20:30:58Z")
It’s based on the O. Henry short story “The Anthem and the Cop”, in which a guy is trying to get thrown in jail. To that end, Bud orders Lou to “insult that lady”. Lou tries gamely, addressing her as “Toots”. But the l… --- ## [Invincible Season 3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invincible-season-3/1014020)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invincible-season-3/1014020 "2025-05-16T18:34:30Z")
The entire season (or maybe just the first half of it, I’m not sure) just dropped. I’m only a few episodes in and the show is still killing it. It’s diverging from the comics (which I loved) in interesting ways. I have … --- ## [A high speed video of the universe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-high-speed-video-of-the-universe/1018297)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-high-speed-video-of-the-universe/1018297 "2025-05-16T16:44:56Z")
If this post goes where I hope it goes it will roughly tie into the god thing. I always enjoy listening to concepts non scientific people have of the universe, this would include myself. I imagine the universe as being p… --- ## [Does 80 proof alcohol kept in the freezer have the same coolant properties as the equivalent of ice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-80-proof-alcohol-kept-in-the-freezer-have-the-same-coolant-properties-as-the-equivalent-of-ice/1018448)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-80-proof-alcohol-kept-in-the-freezer-have-the-same-coolant-properties-as-the-equivalent-of-ice/1018448 "2025-05-16T16:44:29Z")
Just curious. I’m going camping this weekend. I’m doing a low-carb thing, so no beer-- I bought a handle of liquor (I think it’s called a ‘handle’-- it’s like the size of 2 fifths. Not that I plan to drink it all myself … --- ## [Skyrim: modded? Which mods?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skyrim-modded-which-mods/1018311)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skyrim-modded-which-mods/1018311 "2025-05-16T16:01:28Z")
I have the itch to play Skyrim again, probably because of everyone talking about the Oblivion remaster. While I beat both games, and had multiple playthroughs over the years I never really engaged with the DLC content; a… --- ## [Is the claim that nuclear arsenals are justified because they prevent wars sensible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-claim-that-nuclear-arsenals-are-justified-because-they-prevent-wars-sensible/1018329)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2025, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-claim-that-nuclear-arsenals-are-justified-because-they-prevent-wars-sensible/1018329 "2025-05-16T07:36:54Z")
It’s often said that nuclear weapons for all their danger have prevented and prevent major wars that otherwise would have happened resulting in millions of deaths so it’s good that they exist. My question is considering… --- ## [Liquor-infused ice cream shop in Portland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-infused-ice-cream-shop-in-portland/1017798)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2025, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-infused-ice-cream-shop-in-portland/1017798 "2025-05-16T04:03:00Z")
We got a first look, and taste, of Portland’s new boozy ice cream shop - oregonlive.com This is going to make drinking and driving a lot more complicated, isn’t it? :grin: --- ## [Question for those who text a lot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-those-who-text-a-lot/1018351)
**Author:** [@LynnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LynnM)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-those-who-text-a-lot/1018351 "2025-05-16T01:29:41Z")
When you text, do you use a large on-screen keyboard, like one that fills the entire \[typically\] 6.5x3-inch smartphone screen, oriented horizontally like a physical keyboard? Or do you use small on-screen keybd, like the… --- ## [Help Me With What I Assume is a Physics Joke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-what-i-assume-is-a-physics-joke/1018368)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2025, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-what-i-assume-is-a-physics-joke/1018368 "2025-05-16T01:19:53Z")
The joke appears in the SMBC comic dated May 14, 2025, here. The strip is hilarious (I do understand enough about quantum mechanics to get it), but the caption, which invokes Einstein-Landauer culinary units is just a b… --- ## [20 years locked in room](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-years-locked-in-room/1015636)
**Author:** [@justdoit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justdoit)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-years-locked-in-room/1015636 "2025-05-16T01:16:36Z")
Awful story from Waterbury, Connecticut. 32 year old man says he was locked in storage room by his stepmom for 20 years. Weighed only 68 pounds when firemen found and rescued him. I hope he survives but he will have a… --- ## [Organizing books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organizing-books/1018359)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organizing-books/1018359 "2025-05-16T00:00:21Z")
I am organizing my e-books. I want a smallish number of broad categories. Some are easy, like “children’s fantasy”. I have a lot of those, and it’s a fairly cohesive group, even if it ranges from “Harold and and the purp… --- ## [Crazed hot rod driver cartoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazed-hot-rod-driver-cartoon/1018327)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazed-hot-rod-driver-cartoon/1018327 "2025-05-15T23:18:59Z")
See the fiendish, crazed driver of the hot rod depicted on the shirt? I can recall as a child in the early 70s seeing stickers or perhaps some other ephemera where this kin… --- ## [Does EVERYONE know 'Country Roads'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-know-country-roads/1018317)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-know-country-roads/1018317 "2025-05-15T22:46:42Z")
I think it was Anthony Bourdain who found himself in a car with a bunch of intoxicated Asians, when everyone started singing John Denver’s Country Roads. The song featured in Kingsman : The Golden Circle. I can sing it… --- ## [Was the internet better 30 years ago?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-internet-better-30-years-ago/1018260)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-internet-better-30-years-ago/1018260 "2025-05-15T22:10:12Z")
Imagine it’s 1995. You look for your rose-colored readers while waiting for the dialup handshake… bee-dee-bee-dee-boop…de-doop-de-doop…psssst-bweeee-oooop-psssst. You give Netscape half a minute to start, look for someth… --- ## [Substitute for paver base?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substitute-for-paver-base/1018350)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substitute-for-paver-base/1018350 "2025-05-15T21:41:51Z")
Need answers before Saturday. I am building a paver walkway on the side of the house. Soil is Colorado clay. Paver base needs to be at least 4" and so quite expensive for a path that will get little use. But wait! I… --- ## [1960s-70s cooks--What is/was "Complement"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1960s-70s-cooks-what-is-was-complement/523541)
**Author:** [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1960s-70s-cooks-what-is-was-complement/523541 "2025-05-15T20:05:39Z")
I have a vague recollection of an old cookbook (possibly BH&G '70s volume) that called for an ingredient called “Complement”. I’ve exhausted my Google-fu, and know my best chances for validating this memory are with the… --- ## [Question for people who weight train](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-people-who-weight-train/1017482)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-people-who-weight-train/1017482 "2025-05-15T19:57:47Z")
Background info. 76 yrs old and has not weight trained since my teens. If my memory serves me right directly after a workout and for a few hours afterward I would have a " pumped up" feeling in the muscle groups I worke… --- ## [What kind of animal could this bone have come from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-could-this-bone-have-come-from/1018381)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-could-this-bone-have-come-from/1018381 "2025-05-15T17:36:13Z")
I was doing some gardening work today and came across this bone: I believe it’s a vertebra but I can’t imagine what animal of that size could have been in my yard. We are… --- ## [Outkast "Way you Move" - Sampled, or entirely original?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outkast-way-you-move-sampled-or-entirely-original/222516)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outkast-way-you-move-sampled-or-entirely-original/222516 "2025-05-15T16:54:48Z")
I love that song. But it seems like I’ve heard the groove a long time ago. Is that sampled, or just an amazing re-creation of the 70’s sound? --- ## [Origin of Yol Bolsun:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-yol-bolsun/264505)
**Author:** [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-yol-bolsun/264505 "2025-05-15T10:38:17Z")
What is the origin and background of the phrase Yol Bolsun(sp). I knew of a website that explained that it came form the Turkish area (the Russian steppes?), from an ancient(?) dialect known as qip… something or other. I… --- ## [Had my first Impossible Burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-my-first-impossible-burger/838264)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-my-first-impossible-burger/838264 "2025-05-14T23:20:52Z")
It was… a lot like a regular burger. Indistinguishable, probably. If someone had given it to me unaware, I doubt I would have known the difference. A little on the expensive side, $7.33 at BK (sandwich only), but I’m gu… --- ## [Looking for tech advice for volunteer proposal I am writing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-tech-advice-for-volunteer-proposal-i-am-writing/1018364)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-tech-advice-for-volunteer-proposal-i-am-writing/1018364 "2025-05-14T23:20:42Z")
As some of you may know, I used to be a USAID funded aid worker. Now, because of DOGE, I’m just a guy. Anyway, I want to develop a proposal for a not for profit I volunteer at. I don’t, however, have the technical exp… --- ## [Should accusations of gaslighting be treated as accusations of lying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-accusations-of-gaslighting-be-treated-as-accusations-of-lying/1018149)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-accusations-of-gaslighting-be-treated-as-accusations-of-lying/1018149 "2025-05-14T21:19:03Z")
Here’s a recent example, but I want to talk about the word in general, not simply this example: Gaslighting isn’t just lying: it’s deliberate, intentional, and cruel deception for the purpose of making the victim doubt… --- ## [How, um. iron-clad is co-signing a mortgage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-um-iron-clad-is-co-signing-a-mortgage/1018226)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-um-iron-clad-is-co-signing-a-mortgage/1018226 "2025-05-14T21:10:34Z")
Just looking for info, and I have the feeling that SOMEONE here knows about EVERYTHING. Brief summary: a youngish couple, she’s mid 20s, he’s just about 30, married about two years, no children, though she says they pl… --- ## [My county board was wiped out by anti-science nutjobs in one election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-county-board-was-wiped-out-by-anti-science-nutjobs-in-one-election/969033)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-county-board-was-wiped-out-by-anti-science-nutjobs-in-one-election/969033 "2025-05-14T20:17:35Z")
I live in one of the most conservative counties in Michigan (Ottawa County, which includes Grand Haven and Holland). Steady, old-school Dutch Reformed Republicans have dominated politics here for generations. It’s also o… --- ## [How muscles work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-muscles-work/1017807)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-muscles-work/1017807 "2025-05-14T19:28:09Z")
I have tried my best to monitor this for several weeks, but it is one of those things that changes when I am conscious of it My question is, suppose I am doing exercises that use a number of various muscle groups, this w… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=314) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=316)