# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=731&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 732 --- ## [Can you identify this Giant Animal book?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-giant-animal-book/990743)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-giant-animal-book/990743 "2023-09-27T15:49:43Z")
I had it when I was younger and enjoyed looking at the pictures. They looked to be watercolors on a white background but probably weren’t really. Each page had a pair of humans running or swimming alongside the critters,… --- ## [What did it cost to feed and supply Napoleon Bonaparte's Grande Armée per day and how far would the sale of the Louisiana Territory have gone in terms of sustaining the Armée?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-it-cost-to-feed-and-supply-napoleon-bonapartes-grande-armee-per-day-and-how-far-would-the-sale-of-the-louisiana-territory-have-gone-in-terms-of-sustaining-the-armee/990677)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-it-cost-to-feed-and-supply-napoleon-bonapartes-grande-armee-per-day-and-how-far-would-the-sale-of-the-louisiana-territory-have-gone-in-terms-of-sustaining-the-armee/990677 "2023-09-27T15:44:00Z")
I had heard years ago but never found any evidence to support the claim that the sale of the Louisiana Territory didn’t go far at all in sustaining the Grande Armée. I have not found any information. on the daily costs o… --- ## [Another Time Traveler Question - Sex with "the Locals"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-time-traveler-question-sex-with-the-locals/970441)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-time-traveler-question-sex-with-the-locals/970441 "2023-09-27T14:58:09Z")
Inspired by this thread. Let’s imagine that our time traveler goes back to, say, the Middle Ages and soon enough attracts the attention of some random medieval Joe/Jane. Yes, that kind of attention. They find a place wh… --- ## [Does it bug you? The incessant pressure to bend your will?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-bug-you-the-incessant-pressure-to-bend-your-will/990388)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-bug-you-the-incessant-pressure-to-bend-your-will/990388 "2023-09-27T14:34:35Z")
Seems like kind of a strong way of putting it, “Bend your will”. But when I think about it, it’s not less than that. TV Commercials, stalkery internet ads, ‘news’ headlines intended primarily to divide the population–B… --- ## [Can you melt an egg?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-melt-an-egg/990739)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-melt-an-egg/990739 "2023-09-27T14:08:19Z")
For clarification I’m asking about unfertilized chicken eggs. This in reference to a recent Ars Technica where AI is copying a (conventionally incorrect) YES Obviously when you first apply heat, the egg will solidify, … --- ## [Rise of opioids decreasing profitability of opium poppy farming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-opioids-decreasing-profitability-of-opium-poppy-farming/990595)
**Author:** [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-opioids-decreasing-profitability-of-opium-poppy-farming/990595 "2023-09-27T14:07:16Z")
I was wondering how the increased availability of opioids like fentanyl was affecting the illicit opiate market. I understand heroine has been completely replaced in some areas. Which suggests less demand for the raw ing… --- ## [A bunch of jerkoffs ruin women's volleyball game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bunch-of-jerkoffs-ruin-womens-volleyball-game/990425)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bunch-of-jerkoffs-ruin-womens-volleyball-game/990425 "2023-09-27T13:30:22Z")
So at a game at a university in Brazil, several male medical students (!) decide to celebrate the end by running out on the court and masturbating. All of them have been expelled, presumedly ending their hopes at a caree… --- ## [Has anyone here had hair transplant surgery? In Turkey?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-had-hair-transplant-surgery-in-turkey/990522)
**Author:** [@nate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nate)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-had-hair-transplant-surgery-in-turkey/990522 "2023-09-27T13:13:10Z")
Looking for any reports of dopers that have had this done. From what chatgtp has told me, Turkey is the place to go for this if you’re not filthy rich. I’ve never had “good hair”, but I’d take any hair over being bald. … --- ## [Could not be more mundane! RV personality question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-not-be-more-mundane-rv-personality-question/990761)
**Author:** [@TXRebel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TXRebel)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-not-be-more-mundane-rv-personality-question/990761 "2023-09-27T12:08:54Z")
Hi all! We RV and we watch YouTube. Fun combo! Any way we watch a couple of YouTubers named Victoria and Craig and they do Wild RV Life. We’ve watched all their vids, they’re cute. However when I try to Google and find o… --- ## [Plane travel (9/2023): masking vs. CPAP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-travel-9-2023-masking-vs-cpap/990727)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-travel-9-2023-masking-vs-cpap/990727 "2023-09-27T12:00:47Z")
I’m about to get on a plane (4 hour trip) for the first time since the pandemic hit, and I plan to wear a mask in the airports, but am wondering about the plane itself. I could keep the mask on, or not. I also am traveli… --- ## [Trump sues Simon and Schuster, Bob Woodward, et al., for publishing interview tapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sues-simon-and-schuster-bob-woodward-et-al-for-publishing-interview-tapes/979108)
**Author:** [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-sues-simon-and-schuster-bob-woodward-et-al-for-publishing-interview-tapes/979108 "2023-09-27T11:32:14Z")
Trump is suing over the interview tapes where Trump admitted having classified Kim Jong Un letters. Infuriatingly, CNN does not link to the filing. This should be amusing. IANAL, and have only skimmed the filing, but … --- ## [What have I missed? (regarding charging EV at home)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-missed-regarding-charging-ev-at-home/990565)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-missed-regarding-charging-ev-at-home/990565 "2023-09-27T10:56:44Z")
I am the proud new owner of a CR recommended, fully electric, Nissan Leaf. It is a pleasure to drive, and has the exact amount of “stuff” I’m comfortable with. I live in an apartment building, but it rents out garages f… --- ## [“Streets ahead” from Community in the wild used for real!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-ahead-from-community-in-the-wild-used-for-real/990566)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-ahead-from-community-in-the-wild-used-for-real/990566 "2023-09-27T04:36:09Z")
I was listening to a science and technology podcast called Babbage produced by The Economist and the guest used “streets ahead” as a serious way to discuss certain approaches to using AI! Here at time mark 29:24. Anyone… --- ## [I have no cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-cake/990687)
**Author:** [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-cake/990687 "2023-09-27T04:02:36Z")
So, I will play myself a song. Years ago, I answered my home phone (guess what day it was?) to a guy singing this song. He sang the whole song. --- ## [Illegal search and seizure - ie this scenario correct?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illegal-search-and-seizure-ie-this-scenario-correct/990616)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illegal-search-and-seizure-ie-this-scenario-correct/990616 "2023-09-27T03:40:50Z")
I know that law in books is going to be modified to suit the plot… Here’s the scenario: Cop is looking for his missing almost certainly kidnapped girlfriend. He enters the house where he thinks she might be, and fin… --- ## [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… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=730&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=732&state=watching)