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**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2026, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-died-yesterday/1032501 "2026-08-30T07:48:36Z")
Yeah, I know people write about this all the time. I don’t have much to add, except there was something right about is being Dorothy Parker’s birthday. Yes, I know it is also the day Richard III died at Bosworth, and en… --- ## [Bronze Age Enigma Tablets--Unreadable Messages From Pre-History](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bronze-age-enigma-tablets-unreadable-messages-from-pre-history/1032673)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2026, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bronze-age-enigma-tablets-unreadable-messages-from-pre-history/1032673 "2026-08-30T04:23:34Z")
Looks like we have a new Roman Dodecahedron -level mystery. Mysterious clay or stone tablets, covered in dots, square & triangles, from before recorded history. https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/76785 The table… --- ## [I'm Blocking Gmail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-blocking-gmail/1032470)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2026, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-blocking-gmail/1032470 "2026-08-30T04:20:52Z")
I’ve been inundated with spam aimed at authors. Spammers pretending to be publishers, literary agents, publicists, book club organizers, radio station honchos, movie moguls, library system administrators, etc. They all… --- ## [Why the small geographic range of (new world) monkeys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-small-geographic-range-of-new-world-monkeys/1032458)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2026, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-small-geographic-range-of-new-world-monkeys/1032458 "2026-08-30T01:29:28Z")
Wondering why there is such a limited range of new world monkeys. The usual reasons given is because it’s too cold and their specialized diet. But when they first arrived in the new world the flora and fauna were quite d… --- ## [Name that Pratchett novel? {answered}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-pratchett-novel-answered/1032669)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2026, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-pratchett-novel-answered/1032669 "2026-08-30T01:05:12Z")
It’s the one where Death fecks off for a bit and goes to live in a little farmhouse. It’s been about 30 years since I read, but I want to say it’s the first one in which the Death of Mice appears as well. And a poor bu… --- ## [Postcard to the King of Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/postcard-to-the-king-of-canada/1032629)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2026, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/postcard-to-the-king-of-canada/1032629 "2026-08-30T01:00:55Z")
I am thinking about sending a postcard to the King of Canada. The message would be short and simple. Something like, “I am so sorry you have to put up with all this. Sincerely, an ordinary American.” I have several q… --- ## [Why Trump eats so much McDonald's (meme)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-trump-eats-so-much-mcdonalds-meme/1032680)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-trump-eats-so-much-mcdonalds-meme/1032680 "2026-08-29T23:19:49Z")
I put it here because Cafe Society isn’t really the place for it. I can’t believe I hadn’t thought of this myself sooner, but there’s a meme floating around that I saw yesterday, suggesting that Trump eats so much McDon… --- ## [Mandolin Tuning Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandolin-tuning-question/1032610)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandolin-tuning-question/1032610 "2026-08-29T19:44:13Z")
I am a guitar player who has an electric, an acoustic, and an acoustic bass. I’m contemplating getting a mandolin just to have something to noodle on if I’m travelling or whatever. If I got one I am thinking of reversin… --- ## [How do people with eating disorders (specifically not eating enough) manage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-with-eating-disorders-specifically-not-eating-enough-manage/1032465)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-with-eating-disorders-specifically-not-eating-enough-manage/1032465 "2026-08-29T19:23:53Z")
I am an average guy, slightly overweight (I’m 6’ 3" so my 20 lbs are evenly distributed so I don’t look overweight), I go cycling about 30 - 40 km every couple of days and I’m generally fairly active. And thirty years ag… --- ## [Rats are not cheap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-are-not-cheap/1032644)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-are-not-cheap/1032644 "2026-08-29T19:20:39Z")
About two years ago we got four new pet rats. (These bring my total of rats to 23 over the past 15 years.) I got them from a breeder for $70 each. Wow, rats are cheap! No. Last Christmas day I noticed a lump on the sid… --- ## [Looking for a compromise computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-compromise-computer/1013763)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-compromise-computer/1013763 "2026-08-29T16:31:45Z")
Looking for a new computer to replace what I used to have before the world’s worst fire sale. I had a decent desktop, but now I am considering an 18 or 19 inch laptop for under $2000. Later version I7 or better, RTX 407… --- ## [Dark Matter (2024, not 2015)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-matter-2024-not-2015/1032653)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-matter-2024-not-2015/1032653 "2026-08-29T15:54:40Z")
This series got a few mentions in the big “series you sre watching” thread, but never had a thread of its own. Season 2 has just started, I thought the first new episode was well enough done and I’m drawn back in. --- ## [Universal makes deal to make 10 Atari 2600 movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-makes-deal-to-make-10-atari-2600-movies/1031885)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-makes-deal-to-make-10-atari-2600-movies/1031885 "2026-08-29T15:18:07Z")
We can possibly look forward to Asteroids Adventure Berzerk Breakout Centipede Crystal Castle Millipede Missile Command Pong Yars’ Revenge --- ## [Thinking...can't decide. New dachshund puppy or a big green egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-cant-decide-new-dachshund-puppy-or-a-big-green-egg/1032613)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-cant-decide-new-dachshund-puppy-or-a-big-green-egg/1032613 "2026-08-29T15:15:07Z")
Well the thing is on the table. Son-of-a-wrek found his hearts desire. A big green egg. This is a schmancy fancy grill. That I don’t see the point of. At. All. I have been offered pick of the litter of a dachshund. 6we… --- ## [The deserted cinema](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deserted-cinema/1032586)
**Author:** [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deserted-cinema/1032586 "2026-08-29T12:36:32Z")
My apologies if this doesn’t belong in Cafe Society, but it was the closest category I could think of. My son and I went to see The Odyssey today. I had bought tickets on line and had a QR code ready for the theater, pa… --- ## [What the ever loving eff?!?! \[Ads for electric woo\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-ever-loving-eff-ads-for-electric-woo/1032596)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-ever-loving-eff-ads-for-electric-woo/1032596 "2026-08-29T12:28:03Z")
While watching a YouTube video two days ago, I was subjected to an advertisment for something called a grounding sheet, aka earthing sheet. I listened to it becasue I had nothing better to do at the moment. Each sentence… --- ## [Is there a keyboard shortcut for "In This Topic"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-keyboard-shortcut-for-in-this-topic/1032603)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-keyboard-shortcut-for-in-this-topic/1032603 "2026-08-29T11:41:55Z")
Sometimes I do a search on the site on my PC. Then I sometimes want to search again, with the same parameters, but only in the thread itself. If I start a new search, it gives me the option to search “In This Topic” and… --- ## [Is it risky to buy/use second hand phones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-risky-to-buy-use-second-hand-phones/1032626)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-risky-to-buy-use-second-hand-phones/1032626 "2026-08-29T07:03:06Z")
Like most people nowadays, I have sensitive software on my phone. Banking apps, 2FA authenticators, password managers that sync to a server, access software to a cloud storage space; this sort of thing. For such use case… --- ## [Harald V of Norway dies at 89](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harald-v-of-norway-dies-at-89/1032657)
**Author:** [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harald-v-of-norway-dies-at-89/1032657 "2026-08-29T04:47:40Z")
On Friday 28 Aug the Norwegian people learned that their beloved King, Harald V, had passed away the same morning. The King had been hospitalized the previous week, and on Thursday his condition changed for the worse. He… --- ## [How to tell if an online seller is legit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-if-an-online-seller-is-legit/1032611)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-if-an-online-seller-is-legit/1032611 "2026-08-29T02:41:00Z")
I belong to a car forum. Periodically new people will join to sell something. Either they were a long time owner looking to sell their car &/or extra parts/original marketing material, or someone handling an estate & t… --- ## [Star Citizen is the Future of PC Gaming, and it \[was\] Free to Play this week (Edit: No Longer Free)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-citizen-is-the-future-of-pc-gaming-and-it-was-free-to-play-this-week-edit-no-longer-free/734528)
**Author:** [@defenderofjustice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/defenderofjustice)\ **Replies:** 1155\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-citizen-is-the-future-of-pc-gaming-and-it-was-free-to-play-this-week-edit-no-longer-free/734528 "2026-08-29T02:35:40Z")
If you are a gamer and haven’t heard of Star Citizen, then you might be interested to hear about it… or even play it. With over 1 million people playing it currently, and with it raising almost $94 million for its develo… --- ## [Good Bad Books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bad-books/1032607)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bad-books/1032607 "2026-08-29T02:21:09Z")
Since I have been reading Uncle Tom’s Cabin on audio (for the first time ever), I had a look at criticism about it, and stumbled upon George Orwell’s evaluation of it, in a 1945 essay entitled “Good Bad Books”. Here’s wh… --- ## [Bugs in my eyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-in-my-eyes/1032575)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-in-my-eyes/1032575 "2026-08-29T02:12:43Z")
I was at the ophthalmologist today. My vision is ok, but it seems I have Demodex blepharitis. In slightly less scary words, overgrowth of eyelash mites. I knew that everyone has mites, but evidently these are more than … --- ## [Silly but innocent things you did as a kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-but-innocent-things-you-did-as-a-kid/1032218)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-but-innocent-things-you-did-as-a-kid/1032218 "2026-08-29T00:41:20Z")
What are some crazy-ass, but ultimately harmless ideas you had as a kid? At the age of, I don’t know, ten? I actually raised pet mealworms! Now, why would I do a thing like that? Well, as a kid I loved the notion of ke… --- ## [First fictional crush](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342 "2026-08-29T00:40:42Z")
Do you remember what your first crush on a fictional character was? I was obsessed with Dot from Animaniacs. Don’t laugh, I was like 4 years old. --- ## [I should be in the hospital right now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-be-in-the-hospital-right-now/1032574)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2026, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-be-in-the-hospital-right-now/1032574 "2026-08-28T23:14:25Z")
Some of you may have read about my long saga with a spine that’s like a splintered tree branch half hanging on compounded with a crushed vertebra that remains extremely painful despite a kyphoplasty that didn’t work. So… --- ## [How old is that film?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-that-film/1030789)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-that-film/1030789 "2026-08-28T19:56:47Z")
Not about a movie. But film from cameras that required it. I know we have some camera buffs here. Not talking to you, exactly. But do you have undeveloped film floating around? Or some that never took pictures at all? … --- ## [Looking for parody movies of a deadly nature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-parody-movies-of-a-deadly-nature/1032581)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2026, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-parody-movies-of-a-deadly-nature/1032581 "2026-08-28T18:28:06Z")
Are there any movies out there that parody the “Final Destination” film series? --- ## [ZZ Top has lost its Beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zz-top-has-lost-its-beard/1032405)
**Author:** [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zz-top-has-lost-its-beard/1032405 "2026-08-28T18:05:31Z")
ZZ Top’s Frank Beard, ironically the one without a beard, has died. --- ## [(Old) Trying To Reason with Hurricane Season - A Hockey MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-trying-to-reason-with-hurricane-season-a-hockey-mmp/1030522)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 310\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-trying-to-reason-with-hurricane-season-a-hockey-mmp/1030522 "2026-08-28T16:47:33Z")
It’s (Meteorological)hurricane season today, and for the first time in 20 years it’s (hockey) Hurricane season, which I dread a lot less. Most of the experts are picking Vegas, but like I noted on a Cane FB group, this a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=32&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=34&state=muted)