# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=484&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 485 --- ## [Bacon sucks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-sucks/832099)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2024, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-sucks/832099 "2024-09-07T09:26:29Z")
Trump administration to slash USDA pork inspections, including tests for salmonella, E. coli I used to like bacon and “the other white meat” in general. But minus food safety measures? No thanks. I have to agree with… --- ## [Where are all the new bands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-new-bands/1006823)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2024, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-new-bands/1006823 "2024-09-07T02:47:58Z")
Driving in to the office this morning I was behind a metro bus with an advertisement on the rear promoting the 2024 HFSstival. It looked exactly like this: For those who a… --- ## [Is this television FUBAR?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-television-fubar/1006785)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-television-fubar/1006785 "2024-09-07T02:15:00Z")
Have an LG 55 inch TV in our living room. Don’t watch it all that much. Have a bigger, better set in our rec room in the lower level. Bought living room set circa 2015. It’s never been turned off. You can see the scree… --- ## [Carrying firearms for defense against an aggressive bear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrying-firearms-for-defense-against-an-aggressive-bear/1000420)
**Author:** [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2024, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrying-firearms-for-defense-against-an-aggressive-bear/1000420 "2024-09-07T01:01:19Z")
In this post over in this thread, @Broomstick said the following: I have guns, too, but would not use them in self-defense against a bear. The vast majority of firearms are simply not that effective against an attackin… --- ## [The newest Dollar coin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-dollar-coin/1001374)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 244\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-dollar-coin/1001374 "2024-09-07T00:00:16Z")
The George Washington dollar coin may be one of the most confusing coins ever issued. I literally had to stack it on top of a quarter to tell the difference. I’m starting to thing there’s some vested interest that doesn’… --- ## [Peak R 'n R moments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peak-r-n-r-moments/1006771)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peak-r-n-r-moments/1006771 "2024-09-06T23:31:44Z")
. what’s your personal fav. peak RnR moment? --- ## [DVDs, Blu Rays, 4k, 8k etc. What is your experience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvds-blu-rays-4k-8k-etc-what-is-your-experience/1006526)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvds-blu-rays-4k-8k-etc-what-is-your-experience/1006526 "2024-09-06T23:21:16Z")
My TV is 4k. It has 4096 × 2160 pixels and I use a mix of blu rays, DVDs and streaming services. I have a roku, but I don’t know if it can handle 4k or not. I’ve had it for a few years so it may be out of date. In my e… --- ## [What happened to my thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-thread/1006878)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2024, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-thread/1006878 "2024-09-06T22:56:25Z")
I was going to start a thread, "perfection is the enemy of good’, but noticed there was another similar thread a few years ago. So I abandoned it. Then I meant to respond to the Gacy Killer Clown thread but inadvertentl… --- ## [Joey Chestnut not competing at 2024 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-chestnut-not-competing-at-2024-nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest/1002753)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2024, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-chestnut-not-competing-at-2024-nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest/1002753 "2024-09-06T21:31:02Z")
Major League Eating has ruled the 16-time champion ineligible to compete due to his endorsement of plant-based Impossible Foods hot dogs. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/joey-chestnut-unable-to-compete-in-nathans… --- ## [I just found out that Barack Obama was the lead singer of Looking Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-that-barack-obama-was-the-lead-singer-of-looking-glass/1006715)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-that-barack-obama-was-the-lead-singer-of-looking-glass/1006715 "2024-09-06T20:52:42Z")
There’s nothing you can tell me I’m wrong! --- ## ["Nude Barn Cat" on a sign](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-barn-cat-on-a-sign/1006833)
**Author:** [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-barn-cat-on-a-sign/1006833 "2024-09-06T17:49:05Z")
A hand-lettered sign by the side of the road, here in Elkhart, Indiana said “NUDE BARN CAT.” That’s just odd. I guess “well-dressed barn cat” might have been stranger. Why would somebody put up a sign to say that? --- ## [Botticelli - August 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 343\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2024, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070 "2024-09-06T13:18:51Z")
Last month’s thread: Botticelli - July 2024 Updated: Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - #124 by Elendil\_s\_Heir Our new letter is S --- ## [How much credence do you put in Allan Lichtman and his "Keys To The White House"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-credence-do-you-put-in-allan-lichtman-and-his-keys-to-the-white-house/1004434)
**Author:** [@Hermione1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione1)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2024, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-credence-do-you-put-in-allan-lichtman-and-his-keys-to-the-white-house/1004434 "2024-09-06T04:54:49Z")
I haven’t posted here more than once since the debate, having been in Tevye mode since it happened. (“On the other hand…on the other hand…on the other hand…”) I’m still mostly on the fence, although I lean more towards w… --- ## [Republican voter suppression](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-voter-suppression/922002)
**Author:** [@Turki-lurki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turki-lurki)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2024, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-voter-suppression/922002 "2024-09-06T04:00:43Z")
Texas Gov Abbot changed the rules on 1day’s notice so that each county can only have one Early Vote drop box. Republicans have robocalled black voters In multiple states trying to scare them away from mail-in voting with… --- ## [Benadryl effective time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benadryl-effective-time/1006747)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2024, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benadryl-effective-time/1006747 "2024-09-06T03:06:41Z")
A few months ago I started having problems with itching. It always starts with the top of my right ear, then my eyes, then it will start jumping all over my body where everything itches. The Benadryl gives my fast effect… --- ## [Engine braking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engine-braking/1006788)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2024, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engine-braking/1006788 "2024-09-06T03:06:35Z")
Inspired by a discussion on engine braking in this thread: While heat transfer is an inevitable part of engine braking, it’s possible to envision a hypothetical engine with no heat transfer at all that still provides… --- ## [Potassium hydroxide?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potassium-hydroxide/1006699)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2024, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potassium-hydroxide/1006699 "2024-09-06T03:02:34Z")
So I came across this polyethylene bottle half-full of what I guess may be KOH. What is a good way to confirm what is in there, as opposed to sodium hydroxide, or who knows what? --- ## [God Dammit, Google, Answer the question I ASKED, NOT the closest one you can find in your memory banks!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-dammit-google-answer-the-question-i-asked-not-the-closest-one-you-can-find-in-your-memory-banks/1003227)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2024, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-dammit-google-answer-the-question-i-asked-not-the-closest-one-you-can-find-in-your-memory-banks/1003227 "2024-09-06T01:03:53Z")
I’m perfectly okay with you saying “I don’t have an answer for that question.” I ask, “Why can’t I install instagram on my Macbook from the App Store?”, I’m totally NOT okay with you answering the entirely different que… --- ## [RIP James Darren](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-james-darren/1006660)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-james-darren/1006660 "2024-09-06T00:47:35Z")
He’s another one I didn’t know was still alive. Still, 88 isn’t that terribly old nowadays. Of course, he played ‘Vic Fontaine’ on ST:DS9, so I should have realised. (Incidentally, I just found out today that Danger… --- ## [Best android calendar apps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-android-calendar-apps/1006701)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2024, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-android-calendar-apps/1006701 "2024-09-05T23:47:26Z")
Another “i have a new phone” question, although this one is really due to my calendar app “business calendar 2” deciding to go to a subscription model. And serving really obnoxious ads at the free level. (Ads for tik tok… --- ## [Paul Harrell has Died. RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-harrell-has-died-rip/1006761)
**Author:** [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2024, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-harrell-has-died-rip/1006761 "2024-09-05T20:35:52Z")
Paul Harrell has died. Film short of his intended last video intended for fans. --- ## [Did the Fertile Crescent used to be more fertile?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-fertile-crescent-used-to-be-more-fertile/989488)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-fertile-crescent-used-to-be-more-fertile/989488 "2024-09-05T19:49:06Z")
We learnt in school about how the Fertile Crescent was the cradle of western civilisation, etc. But nowadays countries like Israel, Iran, Iraq look pretty arid. Did it used to be more, well, fertile? Higher rainfall, ma… --- ## [Is the ADHD practice of "tossing" a real thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-adhd-practice-of-tossing-a-real-thing/1006713)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-adhd-practice-of-tossing-a-real-thing/1006713 "2024-09-05T19:14:42Z")
It was discussed in the Huff Post, so I guess its real. Just wasn’t aware of such. “Tossing” is grabbing a DOOM pile and yeeting it in the garbage. People often keep their doom piles in drawers, crates, pillow cases, an… --- ## [Excel formula question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-formula-question/1006770)
**Author:** [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-formula-question/1006770 "2024-09-05T18:47:59Z")
I’ve got a pivot table pulling in data based on date. So the headers are “Sum of 1/31/2024” “Sum of 2/29/2024” etc. Is there a formula I can put in another row that just pulls the date from those cells? I tried the “Righ… --- ## [Hillary & Kamala vs. Biden & Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-kamala-vs-biden-trump/1006327)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2024, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-kamala-vs-biden-trump/1006327 "2024-09-05T17:16:28Z")
Now that I got you with the clickbait title: Why do you think that with female candidates we tend to use their first name more than we do with male candidates? --- ## [What exactly is mental illness, and how do we avoid having this term misused](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-mental-illness-and-how-do-we-avoid-having-this-term-misused/1006695)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-mental-illness-and-how-do-we-avoid-having-this-term-misused/1006695 "2024-09-05T16:53:18Z")
I’m sure people way smarter than me have already researched this, but is there a field of study that studies the concept of mental illness that takes the biological, sociological, environmental, etc aspects of mental ill… --- ## [Dark on Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-on-netflix/999289)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-on-netflix/999289 "2024-09-05T16:20:44Z")
Just finished watching the first of three seasons. I like it a lot even though it’s dubbed, and I usually hate anything dubbed. I found it difficult to keep track of all the characters. Part of the conceit of the show i… --- ## [My Little Sister](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-sister/1006315)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-sister/1006315 "2024-09-05T14:27:47Z")
On Sunday, August 18th my youngest sister died of suicide by gun. She was 50 years old, she had two amazing young adult kids, she had been divorced for around 10 years but had met an amazing guy about 7 years ago. He wou… --- ## [If you want calming, feel good political reading, try the politics subreddit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-calming-feel-good-political-reading-try-the-politics-subreddit/1006806)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-calming-feel-good-political-reading-try-the-politics-subreddit/1006806 "2024-09-05T14:26:00Z")
As in r/politics. Its users are pretty consistently upvoting all the good news for Harris and bad news for Trump that they can find. Yes, you shouldn’t get complacent. Yes, it’s a bubble that tells only part of the whol… --- ## [Interesting hiking experience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-hiking-experience/1006520)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2024, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-hiking-experience/1006520 "2024-09-05T14:03:55Z")
I do a lot of back country hiking. I enjoy doing overnight trips and hiking up mountain peaks and feel fairly experienced with the ambient sounds of the forest. Identifying birds by their calls is also something I’m good… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=483&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=485&state=muted)