# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=731 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 732 --- ## [Good News, Everyone...Futurama is Returning!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-is-returning/959194)
**Author:** [@RobotDevilDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobotDevilDog)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-is-returning/959194 "2023-09-27T03:24:15Z")
Finally, 10 years after its last episode, Hulu will be producing 20 new episodes of Futurama. I’ve been hoping this would happen for quite some time. Unfortunately, John DiMaggio (Bender) may not return. It seems as t… --- ## [Toon Deathmatch : MOUSEY MAYHEM! Gadget Vs The Brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toon-deathmatch-mousey-mayhem-gadget-vs-the-brain/990735)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toon-deathmatch-mousey-mayhem-gadget-vs-the-brain/990735 "2023-09-27T03:23:46Z")
In this corner – The Brain (of Pinky And The Brain) . rodent World Conquest is his thing, Scientific Genius ands Financial Manipulation are his two principle tools. And in the OTHER corner – Gadget Hackwrech (of Chip & … --- ## [Has Microsoft Paint become very strange for anyone else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-microsoft-paint-become-very-strange-for-anyone-else/990679)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-microsoft-paint-become-very-strange-for-anyone-else/990679 "2023-09-26T23:43:54Z")
Windows rolled out an upgrade for Microsoft Paint about a month ago (despite Paint being decades old, it’s still my main go-to app for editing photos and images), and ever since then it has become very difficult to use o… --- ## [Court Rules TSA Enjoy Sovereign Immunity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/court-rules-tsa-enjoy-sovereign-immunity/819064)
**Author:** [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/court-rules-tsa-enjoy-sovereign-immunity/819064 "2023-09-26T23:41:43Z")
TSA agents cannot be sued over allegations of abuse, federal court rules Here is theopinion from the 3rd circuit court of appeals. The federal government enjoys sovereign immunity in that it is immune from civil suit o… --- ## [Suggestions for software to create city maps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-software-to-create-city-maps/990744)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-software-to-create-city-maps/990744 "2023-09-26T22:08:20Z")
For roleplaying purposes, I’d like to create a city map of a made-up city, and am looking for recommendations for software to do this - ideally open source, but I’m also willing to pay if it’s reasonably affordable for a… --- ## [Wikipedia states that the Turkish language only uses I in loanwords. Is this true?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-states-that-the-turkish-language-only-uses-i-in-loanwords-is-this-true/990707)
**Author:** [@Jagraze1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jagraze1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-states-that-the-turkish-language-only-uses-i-in-loanwords-is-this-true/990707 "2023-09-26T21:48:27Z")
Here is a quote from wikipedia? The letters I, Q, W, and X of the ISO basic Latin alphabet do not occur in native Turkish words and nativised loanwords and are normally not considered to be letters of the Turkish alphab… --- ## [Why isn't Turkish the official language of the EU like Greek is?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-turkish-the-official-language-of-the-eu-like-greek-is/990701)
**Author:** [@Jagraze1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jagraze1)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-turkish-the-official-language-of-the-eu-like-greek-is/990701 "2023-09-26T21:43:17Z")
I honestly don’t understand why Turkish isn’t listed as an EU lanuage like Greek. I mean Greek is widely spoken in countries like Italy, Turkey and even Greece (obviously) while Turkish is spoken as a minority in Germany… --- ## [Is the phrase "not unlike" stylistically acceptable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-phrase-not-unlike-stylistically-acceptable/76709)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-phrase-not-unlike-stylistically-acceptable/76709 "2023-09-26T20:37:26Z")
I do remember one book on style that considered the phrase pretentious. I also remember trying to describe a certain pain in my hand to a doctor using the phrase and watched him pause for a moment as he decoded the mean… --- ## [Supreme Court upholds the Voting Rights Act in Alabama?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-upholds-the-voting-rights-act-in-alabama/985204)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-upholds-the-voting-rights-act-in-alabama/985204 "2023-09-26T20:32:09Z")
I am astonished. Could there be hope that Roberts is chastened, and will at least occasionally back away from his apocalyptic radicalism? --- ## [Japan: Cheating culture with prostitutes (is this real...Reddit post)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-cheating-culture-with-prostitutes-is-this-real-reddit-post/990273)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-cheating-culture-with-prostitutes-is-this-real-reddit-post/990273 "2023-09-26T20:01:40Z")
I saw the post below on Reddit which suggests that Japanese women are ok with their men being with prostitutes. They would not be ok with them being with any woman but a prostitute seems ok with them. I get that these … --- ## [Jill Duggar Dillard Is speaking out about her life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jill-duggar-dillard-is-speaking-out-about-her-life/990106)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jill-duggar-dillard-is-speaking-out-about-her-life/990106 "2023-09-26T16:57:50Z")
I’m not sure who’s still watching or following them, but apparently (some of) the Duggars have a book coming out as mentioned in this interview about their lives and the abuse they suffered. about their lives. I pity the… --- ## [SCOTUS to hear case of praying ex-football coach (yet another "religious liberty" case)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-to-hear-case-of-praying-ex-football-coach-yet-another-religious-liberty-case/957891)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 377\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-to-hear-case-of-praying-ex-football-coach-yet-another-religious-liberty-case/957891 "2023-09-26T16:54:39Z")
AP story here: Mr. Kennedy’s side: The school district’s side: The SCOTUS side: --- ## [Countries without a TV industry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-without-a-tv-industry/990704)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-without-a-tv-industry/990704 "2023-09-26T16:45:13Z")
So I have watched fiction TV series produced by/for maybe around a dozen countries, definitely fewer than 20. I’m wondering how many countries produce fiction shows with local casts and local subjects for local consumpti… --- ## [Tell me about applying for an OCI (Overseas Citizen of India) card](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-applying-for-an-oci-overseas-citizen-of-india-card/971738)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2023, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-applying-for-an-oci-overseas-citizen-of-india-card/971738 "2023-02-07T01:35:03Z")
So it seems like Tom Scud might be eligible for an OCI card. His mother was born in India in 1940 (her parents were missionaries there) and didn’t live permanently in the U.S. until she moved to attend college. Nobody in… --- ## [Is there a name for this voice pattern?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-voice-pattern/990706)
**Author:** [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-voice-pattern/990706 "2023-09-26T16:10:36Z")
The narrator uses a vocal pattern at the end of almost every sentence that I find very annoying. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r85oEn0nAlY 0:15 “displacing large amounts of WAter. This displacement of water quickly ge… --- ## [Best stage entrance ever!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stage-entrance-ever/990619)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stage-entrance-ever/990619 "2023-09-26T15:43:27Z")
Give it up for psy! https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/16q7721/psy\_introduces\_himself/ --- ## [The Haitan Creole language had everything revitalized so why didn't it revive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-haitan-creole-language-had-everything-revitalized-so-why-didnt-it-revive/989051)
**Author:** [@Jagraze1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jagraze1)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-haitan-creole-language-had-everything-revitalized-so-why-didnt-it-revive/989051 "2023-09-26T15:27:43Z")
So I just read that the Haitan Creole language was in decline due to the colonization of French. It dominated Haitan Creole as a language, leading to its decline. Then I also read that there was a revival effort to incre… --- ## [What's the cheapest thing you can buy one million of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-cheapest-thing-you-can-buy-one-million-of/989316)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-cheapest-thing-you-can-buy-one-million-of/989316 "2023-09-26T14:42:45Z")
It must be something you would have to order an exact amount of. Sand or sugar would not count. --- ## [Origin: What am I, chopped liver?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-what-am-i-chopped-liver/599832)
**Author:** [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-what-am-i-chopped-liver/599832 "2023-09-26T14:13:58Z")
I was watching CBS’ Sunday Morning and someone used the phrase, “What do I look like, chopped liver?” to signify the annoyance of being overlooked. Googling the phrase showed no source. The earliest quote I found was a… --- ## [Help with yahoo email?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-yahoo-email/990721)
**Author:** [@LynnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LynnM)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-yahoo-email/990721 "2023-09-26T13:59:42Z")
When I try to log into my yahoo email acct, I get a prompt asking for another email acct for acct recovery. There used to be an option: “Remind me later”–but now that’s option is gone. So I gave my email address at tuta… --- ## [Help me understand an "inclusion" situation, please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-an-inclusion-situation-please/990262)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-an-inclusion-situation-please/990262 "2023-09-26T13:56:56Z")
I know today’s world is different than the one I was born into 60 yrs ago - which is generally a good thing. And I generally try to adjust my perception. So thanks in advance. A friend of me teaches at a HS, and poste… --- ## [Can one's outward appearance predict future disease?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-ones-outward-appearance-predict-future-disease/990680)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-ones-outward-appearance-predict-future-disease/990680 "2023-09-26T13:01:43Z")
Say for example that I look just like my father, does that mean that I am any more or less likely to develop genetic conditions that he had as opposed to my mother? --- ## [Baseball vs. Everything else](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 382\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467 "2023-09-26T12:51:28Z")
Supply the first name of a well-known MLB player and the first name of a famous person in some other field (arts, sciences, politics, etc.) both of whom have the same last name. Example: Q–Casey and Richard A–Stengel. … --- ## [The players tried to leave the field, the marching band refused to yield, what details have been concealed, the way they tased this guy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-players-tried-to-leave-the-field-the-marching-band-refused-to-yield-what-details-have-been-concealed-the-way-they-tased-this-guy/990216)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 431\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-players-tried-to-leave-the-field-the-marching-band-refused-to-yield-what-details-have-been-concealed-the-way-they-tased-this-guy/990216 "2023-09-26T10:33:35Z")
A very odd story of a band director who wouldn’t stop band directing. --- ## [How Do You Organize Your Kindle Books?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-organize-your-kindle-books/990510)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-organize-your-kindle-books/990510 "2023-09-26T09:23:22Z")
Do you organize your Kindle books? Yes, I did ask this six years ago, and I am asking again. I feel like I have such an enormous influx of books and samples I never manage to keep up with categorizing the stuff. Do you … --- ## [Nazis win World War 2 and put Swastikas in other countries flags, any historical precedence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nazis-win-world-war-2-and-put-swastikas-in-other-countries-flags-any-historical-precedence/990655)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nazis-win-world-war-2-and-put-swastikas-in-other-countries-flags-any-historical-precedence/990655 "2023-09-26T07:24:35Z")
You see this all the time in fiction, Man in the High Castle, Wolfenstein, Hearts of Iron, but basically the Nazis take over America (or other countries) and that countries flag suddenly just has a swastika in it. For Am… --- ## [Woman dies from power outage, listed as homicide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-dies-from-power-outage-listed-as-homicide/989397)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-dies-from-power-outage-listed-as-homicide/989397 "2023-09-26T04:08:38Z")
Here is a news article on it: Some one intentionally damaged a power station which caused the woman who was using a supplementary oxygen machine to die with her pre-existing condition. If someone is arrested and conv… --- ## [Longevity/durability of '70s/'80s composite aircraft](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longevity-durability-of-70s-80s-composite-aircraft/990177)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longevity-durability-of-70s-80s-composite-aircraft/990177 "2023-09-26T01:54:46Z")
NB: I am asking specifically about aircraft made with foam-fiberglass sandwich construction, not carbon, wood composite, or other. I first became aware of composite aircraft when I read an article in the July 1980 issue… --- ## [Has anyone ever personally apologized to you on Yom Kippur?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-personally-apologized-to-you-on-yom-kippur/990613)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-personally-apologized-to-you-on-yom-kippur/990613 "2023-09-26T00:43:22Z")
Or tried to make amends, like “Here’s a replacement for that thing of yours I ruined”? If so, how did you react? Did you ever get a call/email to that effect from someone you’d forgotten about, and forgotten whatever the… --- ## [Removing nails from a concrete floor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-nails-from-a-concrete-floor/990600)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-nails-from-a-concrete-floor/990600 "2023-09-26T00:05:19Z")
We have a finished bedroom in our basement, which I use for my home office. I recently tore out the old and nasty carpet in there and put down an area rug until I can get some laminate flooring put in. The tack strips ar… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=730) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=732)