# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=523&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 524 --- ## [Are there any US States which have an alcohol cut off time in bars before 2 AM?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-us-states-which-have-an-alcohol-cut-off-time-in-bars-before-2-am/1003790)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2024, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-us-states-which-have-an-alcohol-cut-off-time-in-bars-before-2-am/1003790 "2024-07-13T04:12:37Z")
Title basically says it all. Also, statewide, not some local ordinance but for the entire state. Arizona was 1 AM for a long time but eventually moved it as the state attracted more large events. --- ## [How does the human body know which substances are toxic (and need excreting) and which are not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-human-body-know-which-substances-are-toxic-and-need-excreting-and-which-are-not/1003844)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2024, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-human-body-know-which-substances-are-toxic-and-need-excreting-and-which-are-not/1003844 "2024-07-13T03:38:09Z")
We live in an era where our bodies can encounter far more toxins - of various types - that it could have back in the ancient days. When encountering some new toxin that the body’s never seen before - let’s say, the firs… --- ## [Changes Within the Quote Box](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changes-within-the-quote-box/1004116)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2024, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changes-within-the-quote-box/1004116 "2024-07-13T03:04:11Z")
Continuing the discussion from DC Court of Appeals rules against Trump Immunity, SCOTUS Makes a Different Decision: I am not disputing this modnote. I would like some advice to avoid future rules violations. Here is t… --- ## [Osteoporosis, anybody?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osteoporosis-anybody/1004054)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2024, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osteoporosis-anybody/1004054 "2024-07-13T02:23:48Z")
I was just diagnosed with osteoporosis - if you have it too (or perhaps are at the osteopenia stage), I wouldn’t mind swapping stories/experiences here. Naturally, I’d rather not have it, but I can’t say I’m surprised. … --- ## [Who's the most famous {living} writer of science fiction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-famous-living-writer-of-science-fiction/1003796)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2024, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-famous-living-writer-of-science-fiction/1003796 "2024-07-13T00:34:35Z")
Neil Gaiman’s name up in another thread. (Don’t know how to link on my phone. We’re having an outage.) To the readers of f&sf, he’s a big name. Yet a number of posters said they had no idea who he was. I said he might b… --- ## [Does poison ivy play any useful role in the ecosystem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-poison-ivy-play-any-useful-role-in-the-ecosystem/1003908)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-poison-ivy-play-any-useful-role-in-the-ecosystem/1003908 "2024-07-12T23:33:06Z")
Or can we get rid of it? --- ## [Is there a place for superheroes in our world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-for-superheroes-in-our-world/1003922)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-for-superheroes-in-our-world/1003922 "2024-07-12T22:20:45Z")
Never mind if the powers could actually happen- Could someone with superhuman abilities actually use those abilities to fight crime…or would such a person be locked up and/or killed? --- ## [Hair bleach and water shutoffs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-bleach-and-water-shutoffs/1004111)
**Author:** [@ArtBeforeScience](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArtBeforeScience)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-bleach-and-water-shutoffs/1004111 "2024-07-12T22:02:43Z")
Today I was mid-bleach on my hair when the water went out un-announced. Frantic calls to building super. In the middle of all this my dad fell and I thought I’d have to go over there with bleach in my hair to take him to… --- ## [Physical limits on heat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-limits-on-heat/1002882)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-limits-on-heat/1002882 "2024-07-12T21:41:45Z")
Is there a Physical limit to how hot something could be if we didn’t care what happened to it? Thinking of before the big bang. --- ## [Things that make you shorter, as a teen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-shorter-as-a-teen/545207)
**Author:** [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-shorter-as-a-teen/545207 "2024-07-12T21:13:49Z")
I am really not sure how to phrase this, but my question is, assuming otherwise good nutrition, are there things teenagers who are still growing can do that can result in shorter adult stature? (Anecdotal information: I… --- ## [I think I found my new Slay the Spire: Forward: Escape the Fold](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-found-my-new-slay-the-spire-forward-escape-the-fold/1004068)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-found-my-new-slay-the-spire-forward-escape-the-fold/1004068 "2024-07-12T20:56:28Z")
I have been looking for a game that was as quick and playable as StS. There have been a couple (Monster Train being the best I had found) but I think I finally found another: Forward: Escape the Fold. It’s card driven, … --- ## [What is this friggin' "tape" I keep hearing about that tRump is scrambling to suppress?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-friggin-tape-i-keep-hearing-about-that-trump-is-scrambling-to-suppress/1003792)
**Author:** [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-friggin-tape-i-keep-hearing-about-that-trump-is-scrambling-to-suppress/1003792 "2024-07-12T20:09:20Z")
I keep “breaking news” on TikTok (don’t judge, they have a lot of funny content) about a previously unreleased tape of a conversation wherein tRump says some damning things. Yeah, I know, we’ve seen this movie before. … --- ## [Redbox shutting down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redbox-shutting-down/1004067)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redbox-shutting-down/1004067 "2024-07-12T19:30:40Z")
Another victim of technology moving on from physical media to streaming as its parent company, Chicken Soup For the Soul (!) is entering Chapter 7 liquidation. --- ## [Superman II question. 1980 Film](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-ii-question-1980-film/1004066)
**Author:** [@SpicyDuckBillyHunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpicyDuckBillyHunt)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-ii-question-1980-film/1004066 "2024-07-12T18:58:12Z")
When he is talking to Lara Lor-Van, is she AI? The Film seems to imply that Superman is actually talking to the real Lara Lor-Van ( his mother). --- ## [How will the governments of the arab world abandoning the palestinians in the 2024 war in Gaza affect political stability in the middle east](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-governments-of-the-arab-world-abandoning-the-palestinians-in-the-2024-war-in-gaza-affect-political-stability-in-the-middle-east/1004013)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-governments-of-the-arab-world-abandoning-the-palestinians-in-the-2024-war-in-gaza-affect-political-stability-in-the-middle-east/1004013 "2024-07-12T18:50:36Z")
So I’ve seen a lot of tik tok videos about the current war in Gaza and a theme that comes up a lot among Palestinians in gaza being interviewed is ‘where is the arab world’. They keep asking why aren’t the arab countries… --- ## [Why aren't Native American historical indicators everywhere?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-native-american-historical-indicators-everywhere/1003049)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-native-american-historical-indicators-everywhere/1003049 "2024-07-12T18:10:57Z")
I love history, but unfortunately I live in Wisconsin so the only historical sites of note are a few mounds we can look at. There are historical markers all over but they are for a 150 year old Saw Mill or perhaps a gra… --- ## [Is there a word for the entitlement that people on the far right (and maybe the far left) seem to feel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-for-the-entitlement-that-people-on-the-far-right-and-maybe-the-far-left-seem-to-feel/1004020)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-for-the-entitlement-that-people-on-the-far-right-and-maybe-the-far-left-seem-to-feel/1004020 "2024-07-12T17:34:04Z")
This isn’t meant to bash conservatives, I’m just wondering if there is a political science term for what I have seen. It seems there is a lot of entitlement among the far right. They felt they should be free to violentl… --- ## [Anyone been to the Sphere yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-to-the-sphere-yet/991630)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-to-the-sphere-yet/991630 "2024-07-12T16:09:45Z")
I’m planning a trip to Las Vegas in a few weeks, mainly to see some shows (Love, Ka, and Blue Man Group). I’m wondering if it’s worth seeing The Sphere Experience at the newly opened Sphere. The actual content of the sho… --- ## [How do you think US politics will realign themselves under a 7th party system](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-us-politics-will-realign-themselves-under-a-7th-party-system/1004109)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-us-politics-will-realign-themselves-under-a-7th-party-system/1004109 "2024-07-12T15:47:48Z")
American has so far had six party systems since the countries inception. Each party inception saw the policies of the parties change, their voters change, and the balance of power change. The sixth party system starte… --- ## [Iceland travel recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iceland-travel-recommendations/990933)
**Author:** [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iceland-travel-recommendations/990933 "2024-07-12T15:19:11Z")
No Discourse, this is not a thread on Time Travel. Next year is our 25th anniversary and I’ve just booked flights to Iceland for the end of June. We’ve previously visited Iceland but just stayed in Reykjavik for 3 night… --- ## [Do children of the deceased have a right to see the will/trust?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-children-of-the-deceased-have-a-right-to-see-the-will-trust/1003132)
**Author:** [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-children-of-the-deceased-have-a-right-to-see-the-will-trust/1003132 "2024-07-12T14:18:06Z")
More specifically, if the will or trust disinherits one of the descendants, does the descendant have a right to see the will or trust? Need answer fast. --- ## [SciFi where multiple nations are in space? \[Spoilers for an old book series\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scifi-where-multiple-nations-are-in-space-spoilers-for-an-old-book-series/1004003)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scifi-where-multiple-nations-are-in-space-spoilers-for-an-old-book-series/1004003 "2024-07-12T14:11:57Z")
Often in SciFi, by the time humans are colonizing other worlds, Earth is united under a single government (often a United Nations that’s suspiciously US-like, but I digress). One novel series that bucked the trend (spoi… --- ## [Order any checks lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-any-checks-lately/996498)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-any-checks-lately/996498 "2024-07-12T14:04:33Z")
We don’t use very many checks, but do still write the occasional one. 40 over the last year. Used to write them for music lessons, and still do to include in birthday/holiday cards. And the occasional doctor/tradesper… --- ## [Half forgotten old songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 241\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840 "2024-07-12T13:58:22Z")
I don’t listen to Classic Rock very often anymore, but occasionally a song will pop-up somewhere and I’ll think “wow! I had forgotten about that one. What a great song.” For some reason, standard Classic Rock stations s… --- ## [Thread clutter about newspaper paywalls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-clutter-about-newspaper-paywalls/1003046)
**Author:** [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-clutter-about-newspaper-paywalls/1003046 "2024-07-12T11:33:54Z")
Latest example: A common sequence: Link posted “I can’t read that” (not true in this case) “Here’s a gift link” “It makes me log in” 2–4 are off-topic clutter that add nothing. Everyone who can muster a google searc… --- ## [In the British election, were there any silly parties?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-british-election-were-there-any-silly-parties/1003893)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-british-election-were-there-any-silly-parties/1003893 "2024-07-12T10:26:28Z")
I don’t pay much attention to British politics, but I like the way that they have (had?) a tradition of making fun of themselves. There used to be parties with names like “Crazy raving loonies”, and candidates with long… --- ## [Facebook is showing me someone unknown at the top of Messenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-is-showing-me-someone-unknown-at-the-top-of-messenger/1004072)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-is-showing-me-someone-unknown-at-the-top-of-messenger/1004072 "2024-07-12T07:48:16Z")
Someone whom I’ve never heard of or interacted with, named Susu Karmi, is now my first option when selecting people to send Facebook messages to. And of course she looks like a supermodel. Did I get hacked? I can’t find… --- ## [Wanna feel old? Martha Quinn turns 65 today! (5/11/2024)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-feel-old-martha-quinn-turns-65-today-5-11-2024/1001429)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-feel-old-martha-quinn-turns-65-today-5-11-2024/1001429 "2024-07-12T05:34:33Z")
And she’s the youngest of the original MTV deejays. Martha Quinn - Wikipedia. --- ## [RIP Brian Tanner from Alf](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-brian-tanner-from-alf/1004074)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-brian-tanner-from-alf/1004074 "2024-07-12T04:00:51Z")
--- ## [Meatloaf! Yep](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meatloaf-yep/1003975)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meatloaf-yep/1003975 "2024-07-12T03:47:23Z")
Not him. Someone a few minutes ago ask what I had for dinner. I said “Meatloaf”. They replied “Again??” And just thought it was so so funny. What do I Not know? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=522&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=524&state=tracking)