# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=487&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 488 --- ## [Climate change: Sea level rising faster in the Pacific?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-sea-level-rising-faster-in-the-pacific/1006299)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2024, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-sea-level-rising-faster-in-the-pacific/1006299 "2024-09-03T03:14:11Z")
Reading this article this morning: I was struck by this line: Sea surface temperatures in the Southwest Pacific have risen three times faster than the global average since 1980, according to the World Meteorological… --- ## [(Old) Meticulously Monday the MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-meticulously-monday-the-mmp/1006243)
**Author:** [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Replies:** 284\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2024, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-meticulously-monday-the-mmp/1006243 "2024-09-03T03:05:48Z")
It’s Monday! There was no MMP. So…. Ta-da! What things are you meticulous about? Moi? Well, removing offensive vegetables from my plate. Onions? Gotta go! Um, what else? Blogging or most any type of writing. (Ok, … --- ## [Once-popular songs that are no longer socially acceptable](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-popular-songs-that-are-no-longer-socially-acceptable/1005956)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 275\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-popular-songs-that-are-no-longer-socially-acceptable/1005956 "2024-09-03T02:39:55Z")
Years ago, I had a question about the lyrics of Superman by The Brothers Four. It was sung in a stereotypical Mexican accent, is about a boy with a Spanish name, on the Mexican border, and who sold towels to \[people cro… --- ## [Nylon stockings and garter belts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nylon-stockings-and-garter-belts/1006069)
**Author:** [@Kitty32](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitty32)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2024, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nylon-stockings-and-garter-belts/1006069 "2024-09-03T02:29:19Z")
Do men get excited or aroused by seeing a woman’s nylon stockings and garter belt when she is sitting with her legs crossed and do women get excited or aroused when she notices a man is catching a glimpse of her nylon st… --- ## [So, at 50+ I am back to university classes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-at-50-i-am-back-to-university-classes/1006536)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2024, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-at-50-i-am-back-to-university-classes/1006536 "2024-09-03T01:44:31Z")
well, it’s not full blown university degree studies, but I got a 6 month course/diploma fully sponsored and jumped on that - while doing still my regular dayjob (course is work related). twice a week we have 2hr zoom-cl… --- ## [For the Dachshund Lovers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-dachshund-lovers/1006657)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2024, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-dachshund-lovers/1006657 "2024-09-03T00:10:24Z")
Continuing the discussion from Our poor dogs first acid trip: They can be such a mystery, can’t they? I once accidentally pulled out a toenail while on a walk with my late beloved Lewis. A dog barked from behind the … --- ## [My recipe experiment tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-recipe-experiment-tonight/1006116)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2024, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-recipe-experiment-tonight/1006116 "2024-09-02T23:34:15Z")
Banana Fosters Bread Pudding Inspired by this recipe, I thought how wonderful a bread pudding based on banana fosters would be IF it came out. So I modified the recipe to this 1 loaf challah bread that has been in my … --- ## [Most reasonable way to get sodium malate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-reasonable-way-to-get-sodium-malate/1006648)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2024, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-reasonable-way-to-get-sodium-malate/1006648 "2024-09-02T23:11:52Z")
There’s a variety of low sodium salt replacements but, apparently, no low-chloride options. (It looks like we generally get more of it than necessary in our diet, as well.) I was curious to try some mix that would decre… --- ## [Experts on Asian art: are these pictures valuable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experts-on-asian-art-are-these-pictures-valuable/1006624)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2024, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experts-on-asian-art-are-these-pictures-valuable/1006624 "2024-09-02T22:55:38Z")
My wife’s grandparents bought several of these Japanese pictures in Japan sometime in the 1960s. I suspect they’re just cheap stuff made for tourists with no significant value today, but I thought I’d ask here, just in c… --- ## [What if the terminators had won?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-terminators-had-won/1006598)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-terminators-had-won/1006598 "2024-09-02T20:52:20Z")
DW and I just started watching The Terminator again (Gotta love that 80’s hair). It occurred to me to wonder what the future would have been like if the terminators had succeeded in exterminating humanity. The mechanic… --- ## [Fantasy Football Printable Draft Sheet Recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-printable-draft-sheet-recommendations/1006596)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-printable-draft-sheet-recommendations/1006596 "2024-09-02T19:18:35Z")
Draft night is coming up and I’m having trouble finding (half PPR) printable draft sheets by position. Any suggestions? --- ## [Smash and grab robbery at a mall minutes after I left](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smash-and-grab-robbery-at-a-mall-minutes-after-i-left/1006581)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smash-and-grab-robbery-at-a-mall-minutes-after-i-left/1006581 "2024-09-02T19:06:15Z")
My son and I were at the Pentagon City Mall in Arlington VA this afternoon, and left an hour or two ago. It appears that minutes after we left, there was an organized armed robbery: Three guys in ski masks with hammer… --- ## [Anyone watching MotoGP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-motogp/1003506)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-motogp/1003506 "2024-09-02T16:10:47Z")
I used to watch a ton in the 125/250/500cc era before I moved from the UK to the US - big Mick Doohan fan. I missed most of the Rossi years, but I started watching again in 2021ish and I’ve been catching up on the races … --- ## [From a Christian perspective - what if Jesus DIDN’T get crucified?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-a-christian-perspective-what-if-jesus-didn-t-get-crucified/1001046)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-a-christian-perspective-what-if-jesus-didn-t-get-crucified/1001046 "2024-09-02T16:02:25Z")
Spinning this off from a thought I had in the SRIOTD thread where Marjorie Taylor Greene is being called out for the old “the Jews killed Jesus” canard. I never really understood why that was supposed to be a bad thing, … --- ## [Nuclear War scare: what would be your "get out of town" threshold?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-war-scare-what-would-be-your-get-out-of-town-threshold/1006162)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-war-scare-what-would-be-your-get-out-of-town-threshold/1006162 "2024-09-02T14:09:16Z")
By the time the Emergency Alert System started making that awful noise followed by an announcement that a missile launch had been detected, it would be far, far too late for anyone living in a metropolitan area to do any… --- ## [Changes in Trump since the DNC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changes-in-trump-since-the-dnc/1006314)
**Author:** [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changes-in-trump-since-the-dnc/1006314 "2024-09-02T13:27:32Z")
Some of these may have been mentioned in other threads, but I’d like to put them in one place to better identify them. He doesn’t play his tiny according as much when giving speeches. He doesn’t make as many insults. A… --- ## [Is Misuse (or Abuse) of Elected Office a Crime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-misuse-or-abuse-of-elected-office-a-crime/1006423)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-misuse-or-abuse-of-elected-office-a-crime/1006423 "2024-09-02T12:29:50Z")
Didn’t know which of the SCOTUS/Presidential immunity threads to put this in, so I made my own. In fact, it may be a Factual Question, with an objective yes or no answer, but just in case the answer is “yes,” my follow-u… --- ## [Ask ChatGPT how many r's are in the word strawberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-chatgpt-how-many-rs-are-in-the-word-strawberry/1006331)
**Author:** [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2024, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-chatgpt-how-many-rs-are-in-the-word-strawberry/1006331 "2024-09-02T11:12:28Z")
I haven’t seen a discussion with the latest fun with ChatGPT: ask it how many r’s are in the word strawberry. It insists that there are two. (Nope, there are three.) I didn’t save the conversation, but I had it create a… --- ## [Obsolete camping advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-camping-advice/758732)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 212\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2024, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-camping-advice/758732 "2024-09-02T10:31:18Z")
I have a lot of camping and bushcraft manuals that I’ve gotten a lot from, but lately they’re getting a bit dated: time marches on, new technology gets invented and things aren’t what they used to be. I offer the followi… --- ## [Why hasn't George W. Bush spoken out against Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-george-w-bush-spoken-out-against-trump/1006074)
**Author:** [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2024, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-george-w-bush-spoken-out-against-trump/1006074 "2024-09-02T03:43:25Z")
Does he support Trump? If not, does he lack the courage to speak out against him? Or, has he done so, and I missed it? --- ## [Caligula declaring war on the Sea. Did it happen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caligula-declaring-war-on-the-sea-did-it-happen/1006489)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2024, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caligula-declaring-war-on-the-sea-did-it-happen/1006489 "2024-09-02T02:22:18Z")
Sueutonius tells us that~~ At last, as if resolved to wage war, he drew up his army on the shore of the ocean \[the English Channel – Northern France\], with his ballistas and other war machines. And while no one could i… --- ## [Anyone write in shorthand (e.g. taking notes at meetings)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-write-in-shorthand-e-g-taking-notes-at-meetings/1006267)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2024, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-write-in-shorthand-e-g-taking-notes-at-meetings/1006267 "2024-09-02T02:14:34Z")
Mods, I think this is more FQ than IMHO, but feel free to move as you see fit. At work, I go to meetings . . . Lots of meetings. Some of 'em are informative, with some of 'em are about as exciting as Ben Stein slowly r… --- ## [Non-political post about Trump’s ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-political-post-about-trump-s-ear/1006590)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2024, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-political-post-about-trump-s-ear/1006590 "2024-09-02T01:54:04Z")
What kind of bandage was that big square thing on his ear? I’ve never seen anything like it. Not that I’ve seen a lot of ear bandages. Please remember that this is FQ fellow dopers --- ## [Tell me why Showgirls is a great film](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-showgirls-is-a-great-film/1002940)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2024, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-showgirls-is-a-great-film/1002940 "2024-09-02T01:42:13Z")
This is more of a memory thing. A few years ago, I was watching Showgirls and in a flash, an interpretation came to me that, instead of being a cliche-ridden, poorly acted soft-core porno gigglefest, it was actually a b… --- ## [Does this apples and pork chops recipe work for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-apples-and-pork-chops-recipe-work-for-you/1006425)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2024, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-apples-and-pork-chops-recipe-work-for-you/1006425 "2024-09-02T01:33:48Z")
I told my son what I’m making for dinner tonight and he thinks I’m crazy. LOL Real simple. In a casserole dish. A layer of apple pie filling and then the pork chops on top and throw in the oven. Going to top it off wit… --- ## [Are you an organ/tissue donor? TIL of yet another thing they can use!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-an-organ-tissue-donor-til-of-yet-another-thing-they-can-use/1006544)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-an-organ-tissue-donor-til-of-yet-another-thing-they-can-use/1006544 "2024-09-01T23:53:34Z")
My friend’s ex-husband, the father of her 2 oldest kids, died a few weeks ago from a sudden heart attack, and they had his memorial service today. I went to the get-together afterwards, and while I knew from his obit th… --- ## [Luke Skywalker, badass?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-skywalker-badass/983576)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-skywalker-badass/983576 "2024-09-01T23:21:51Z")
Fitting for Star Wars Day, a pretty cool analysis of just how Badass Luke is in Return of the Jedi. Especially good timing since I just saw it again on the big screen last week. --- ## [Anyone leave The Dope & come back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-leave-the-dope-come-back/1006176)
**Author:** [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2024, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-leave-the-dope-come-back/1006176 "2024-09-01T23:13:47Z")
The title sort of says it all. Did you leave and come back? Why? I used to be religious about it. I don’t know. It was fun, there were so many great conversations going on. However, it was also harsh and wow, I got hamme… --- ## [Is it me or is Adam Driver's whole career based on "look at it from the asshole's point of view!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-is-adam-drivers-whole-career-based-on-look-at-it-from-the-assholes-point-of-view/1006150)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2024, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-is-adam-drivers-whole-career-based-on-look-at-it-from-the-assholes-point-of-view/1006150 "2024-09-01T22:44:00Z")
This is the stuff I’ve seen him in so far (off the top of my head)– Girls: Sure Hannah is the biggest asshole of the whole series, but Adam is the worst asshole boyfriend ever. This Is Where I Leave You: Had to look up… --- ## [Trump and IVF](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-ivf/1006583)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2024, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-ivf/1006583 "2024-09-01T21:23:37Z")
So Trump wants the government to pay for IVF but not to pay for basic health care… Riiiight… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=486&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=488&state=muted)