# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=517&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 518 --- ## [Tell me about living in the Raleigh-Durham area](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-living-in-the-raleigh-durham-area/987354)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2024, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-living-in-the-raleigh-durham-area/987354 "2024-07-22T17:07:03Z")
…or the Carolinas in general. Last thread I could find is 17 years old, so I have to assume things have changed. We’ve sold our home, and are deciding where we want to live. For the remainder of the year we’ve got some … --- ## [Most iconic food from each state](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-food-from-each-state/1001151)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 282\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-food-from-each-state/1001151 "2024-07-22T15:46:27Z")
Food Network posted a list of the most iconic food of each state. How do you feel about what they picked for your state? Remember the criteria is “iconic” not best. For New Jersey they didn’t pick bad but it’s not what … --- ## [Would society have been as successful without religion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-society-have-been-as-successful-without-religion/1004393)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-society-have-been-as-successful-without-religion/1004393 "2024-07-22T15:23:52Z")
In another thread this popped up: I was wondering how true that was. Are there examples of societies in the past falling apart once religion was cast aside or even deemphasized, or is it a case of organized religion c… --- ## [Scam... or idiot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-or-idiot/1004432)
**Author:** [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-or-idiot/1004432 "2024-07-22T14:51:13Z")
So, my MIL receives a package. Package is delivered via USPS, with signature required. FIL signs for it, MIL opens the package, there’s nothing in it, no product, card or packing slip, just an empty padded envelope. Th… --- ## [Ad Blocker Not Working](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-blocker-not-working/1004599)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-blocker-not-working/1004599 "2024-07-22T14:00:48Z")
Hi Everyone All of a sudden, over the last few days, I am getting ads everywhere. I am using chrome and adblock plus. It is turned on. I tried searching for a thread on this here, and found nothing. I also tried search… --- ## [House of the Dragon 2.05 "Regent" 7/14/24 OPEN SPOILERS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-the-dragon-2-05-regent-7-14-24-open-spoilers/1004316)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2024, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-the-dragon-2-05-regent-7-14-24-open-spoilers/1004316 "2024-07-22T13:41:04Z")
Anything that was on the show requires no spoiler boxes. Any material from outside of the show (books, leaks, etc) requires spoiler boxes. Sorry I’m late. I need to set a weekly reminder for myself. My enthusiasm/attent… --- ## [Does Sesame Street have a liquor store?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-sesame-street-have-a-liquor-store/1001764)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2024, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-sesame-street-have-a-liquor-store/1001764 "2024-07-22T13:02:25Z")
At around 2:47 in this video Big Bird mentions a package store (near the Count’s mansion). Around here, “package store” is a euphemism for liquor store (and is identified by a big red dot). So is that what Big Bird is ta… --- ## [How to say "I'm fucking stupid" creatively](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-say-im-fucking-stupid-creatively/1004431)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2024, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-say-im-fucking-stupid-creatively/1004431 "2024-07-22T11:07:52Z")
I just saw a Facebook page titled “How to defeat the chemtrails on a hot sunny day”, in which this woman was upset at all the “chemtrails” so she soaked a tea towel in cheap vinegar and hung it on a line, and a couple ho… --- ## [Restaurant chains that serve only one meat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-chains-that-serve-only-one-meat/1004221)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2024, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-chains-that-serve-only-one-meat/1004221 "2024-07-22T08:57:47Z")
Are there many left? Shake Shack sells chicken sandwiches. 5 Guys has hot dogs. Even Chick-Fil-A has bacon and sausage breakfast sandwiches now. Culver’s sells meats that trot, fly and swim. The only around here that com… --- ## [(Old) About your favorite pet in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-about-your-favorite-pet-in-the-mmp/1004259)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 323\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2024, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-about-your-favorite-pet-in-the-mmp/1004259 "2024-07-22T06:04:18Z")
OK, like kids, I suppose you shouldn’t have a favorite critter, or maybe pets are in a category of their own. But we all know we do, so share your tales of the tails (and the rest) of the one who you love the most or mis… --- ## [Words/phrases used as shorthand for regional accents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-phrases-used-as-shorthand-for-regional-accents/1004471)
**Author:** [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2024, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-phrases-used-as-shorthand-for-regional-accents/1004471 "2024-07-22T03:09:49Z")
Some regional American accents are strongly associated with a single word or phrase - because people almost always use it when demonstrating how that accent sounds: Long Island: “Lawn Guyland” Boston: “pahk the cah in … --- ## [The farthest city on a highway exit sign that you have seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-farthest-city-on-a-highway-exit-sign-that-you-have-seen/980912)
**Author:** [@Mesquite-oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mesquite-oh)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2024, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-farthest-city-on-a-highway-exit-sign-that-you-have-seen/980912 "2024-07-22T03:04:01Z")
If you are driving in downtown San Antonio, there is an intersection where the big green highway signs tell you you can go this way down I-35 to get to Austin (80 miles), this way down I-37 to get to Corpus Christi (144 … --- ## [Do you remember learning to read?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-learning-to-read/1004206)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-learning-to-read/1004206 "2024-07-22T00:54:04Z")
Do you remember when you learned to read? I do. It was in the John Greenleaf Whittier four-room elementary school, built in 1884 – first grade, I think – and our teacher had gathered us on our little chairs in a semicir… --- ## [When did AIDS become a manageable disease?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-aids-become-a-manageable-disease/1004070)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2024, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-aids-become-a-manageable-disease/1004070 "2024-07-22T00:28:37Z")
I started wondering because I was watching a clip of Brian May discussing the last days of Freddie Mercury. I looked up that Freddie died in November 1991 and also Magic Johnson announced that he was HIV positive in Nov… --- ## [How would you capture somebody in this scenario?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-capture-somebody-in-this-scenario/1004503)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2024, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-capture-somebody-in-this-scenario/1004503 "2024-07-22T00:15:37Z")
A different take on this thread. You have just been informed that you are one of twenty-five adults randomly chosen to be a chaser in a game. Another person who is currently within five miles of you has been chosen to b… --- ## [Curious whether Kamala Harris is being pre-emptively kneecapped (Alpha Phi Alpha bans trans-men)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-whether-kamala-harris-is-being-pre-emptively-kneecapped-alpha-phi-alpha-bans-trans-men/1004494)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2024, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-whether-kamala-harris-is-being-pre-emptively-kneecapped-alpha-phi-alpha-bans-trans-men/1004494 "2024-07-22T00:15:37Z")
Going to try to make this a quick OP. National Black Justice Coalition director David Johns was interviewed on CNN this morning (I believe Victor Blackwell was hosting). Johns’ organization this week called out one of t… --- ## [Color Blindness in One Eye](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-blindness-in-one-eye/1003849)
**Author:** [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2024, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-blindness-in-one-eye/1003849 "2024-07-21T23:33:45Z")
Is it possible? I was watching an episode of Ink Masters and one of the artists claimed to be “partially colorblind.” That sounds like a cop out - I think is just straight up color blind - but made me wonder if it’s pos… --- ## [That little red thing children pull](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-little-red-thing-children-pull/1004457)
**Author:** [@Jemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jemma)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2024, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-little-red-thing-children-pull/1004457 "2024-07-21T22:47:02Z")
I can’t remember the name of that thing with the handle that children pull behind them. Like, one child can sit in the red thing and be pulled by another child. Or when a girl scout is selling cookies and they pile all t… --- ## [UEFA Euro 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 531\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2024, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885 "2024-07-21T22:18:40Z")
Looking forward to this tournament. Germany are the hosts and are weirdly dark horses for their own tournament. I think they have a great team and will be hard to stop. France have the pedigree and an array of incredib… --- ## [A I and the rights to an actors image](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-i-and-the-rights-to-an-actors-image/1004504)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2024, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-i-and-the-rights-to-an-actors-image/1004504 "2024-07-21T20:39:29Z")
It occurred to me that books about famous TV series have been around for decades and usually feature photos or paintings of the actors in the show. Is this part of the actors contract or is this basically a silent unders… --- ## [Looking for an old ad with Barry Sanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-old-ad-with-barry-sanders/627629)
**Author:** [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-old-ad-with-barry-sanders/627629 "2024-07-21T20:15:02Z")
Perhaps fifteen years ago, I saw an ad on ESPN–I think it might have been for ESPN, but Googling has found some people saying it was for Nike or Budweiser–that showed Barry Sanders running, but with these words onscreen … --- ## [Biden considering dropping out (Update: Biden drops out)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-considering-dropping-out-update-biden-drops-out/1003690)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 2119\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2024, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-considering-dropping-out-update-biden-drops-out/1003690 "2024-07-21T18:46:20Z")
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/03/us/politics/biden-withdraw-election-debate.html I love Joe Biden. He’s a better president than even Obama. My top priority is ensuring Donald Trump NEVER becomes president again. If d… --- ## [IF it is obvious that Biden should step aside, who should take his place?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-is-obvious-that-biden-should-step-aside-who-should-take-his-place/1003462)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 204\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2024, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-is-obvious-that-biden-should-step-aside-who-should-take-his-place/1003462 "2024-07-21T19:22:55Z")
I see that some here think that Biden should step aside, but who specifically do you think should step up to do the job of beating Trump this fall? If there is a consensus here on a particular candidate then perhaps my … --- ## [Name the 50 bands or solo artists in this image](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-50-bands-or-solo-artists-in-this-image/995064)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-50-bands-or-solo-artists-in-this-image/995064 "2024-07-21T19:20:27Z")
--- ## [Remember Female Rollar Derby? Was it scripted like Pro Wrestling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-female-rollar-derby-was-it-scripted-like-pro-wrestling/1004328)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-female-rollar-derby-was-it-scripted-like-pro-wrestling/1004328 "2024-07-21T17:46:25Z")
Do you remember those sweaty, 250lb women, wearing crop tops, and flying by on roller skates? They called it Roller Derby! Lots of pushing and shoving. Once in awhile one of the women would pop another with a fist to th… --- ## [What's the appeal of a Boston Whaler style boat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-a-boston-whaler-style-boat/1004516)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-a-boston-whaler-style-boat/1004516 "2024-07-21T17:20:49Z")
Or other center console walk around boats. I’m talking abut the fishing boats, I guess as they do make other styles. The captain has a great seat in the center but there is no shade for the passengers. I don’t think ther… --- ## [Choosing a metal detector for finding buried stuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choosing-a-metal-detector-for-finding-buried-stuff/1003902)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choosing-a-metal-detector-for-finding-buried-stuff/1003902 "2024-07-21T16:22:44Z")
I think I want to get a metal detector, the kind you walk around with to find buried treasure. Teach me about them please??? The first treasure would be the second hatch on my septic tank. I’ve never seen it opened, and… --- ## [Could Japan have invaded Australia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-japan-have-invaded-australia/1004375)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2024, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-japan-have-invaded-australia/1004375 "2024-07-21T12:27:24Z")
I’m not suggesting they could have successfully kept any territory, but was a landing and even a short-term occupation of some part of the country plausible, or was it logistically impossible? I seem to recall reading th… --- ## [Share Something of a Time and Place](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-something-of-a-time-and-place/1004490)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2024, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-something-of-a-time-and-place/1004490 "2024-07-21T10:49:39Z")
Sometimes I’m reminded of something that anyone who was of a certain time and place would know, but maybe most anyone else wouldn’t know. I’ll give my example and I think you’ll know what I mean: NO ASSING ROUGH If you… --- ## [Why can’t an echocardiogram detect narrowed/clogged arteries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-can-t-an-echocardiogram-detect-narrowed-clogged-arteries/1004486)
**Author:** [@WalterBishop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WalterBishop)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2024, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-can-t-an-echocardiogram-detect-narrowed-clogged-arteries/1004486 "2024-07-21T05:44:16Z")
I had an echo recently and was surprised when I read that an echocardiogram can’t detect narrowed/clogged arteries. Why not? If the echo can detect the arteries themselves, why can’t they detect if they’re stuffed full o… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=516&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=518&state=tracking)