# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=735&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 736 --- ## [Why all the genres?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-genres/990368)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2023, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-genres/990368 "2023-09-22T11:03:29Z")
Went to see a band that I would call a Reggae Band. I like reggae and was eager to see this lineup, having seen the bass player and hand drum guy in different bands over the years. As the band set up, the bass player rec… --- ## [German spelling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-spelling/989736)
**Author:** [@Jagraze1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jagraze1)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2023, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-spelling/989736 "2023-09-22T10:13:15Z")
Honestly, why is German spelling so unphonetic? Like H can be silent or /h/, the tricky Ch can make 3 different sounds, S randomly changes to either Sh sound, Or Z sound and even makes an S sound. There is like 50 differ… --- ## [When a team is promoted to the EPL, how much of the roster stays in place?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-a-team-is-promoted-to-the-epl-how-much-of-the-roster-stays-in-place/985563)
**Author:** [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2023, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-a-team-is-promoted-to-the-epl-how-much-of-the-roster-stays-in-place/985563 "2023-09-22T08:22:03Z")
So Luton Town got promoted to the EPL this season. Great story! 10 years ago they were in the fifth tier, so it’s like a team from a Northern American local beer league working its way up to the majors. When a team is… --- ## [How long can a spiderweb stay inhabited and maintained?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-can-a-spiderweb-stay-inhabited-and-maintained/990287)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2023, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-can-a-spiderweb-stay-inhabited-and-maintained/990287 "2023-09-22T06:36:54Z")
I ask because there’s a spider who’s been in residence in my kitchen for nearly two months now. Every so often, I see a captured bug on it, and multiple times I’ve seen the web enlarged and upgraded. Today, I thought a… --- ## [Amazon package in my mail box; not USPS — illegal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-package-in-my-mail-box-not-usps-illegal/971343)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2023, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-package-in-my-mail-box-not-usps-illegal/971343 "2023-09-22T03:16:47Z")
I just found a package from Amazon in my mailbox. I don’t see any USPS postage paid on it. Isn’t that illegal? It’s a large envelope and here is a picture of it, front and back. Yellow marks hide parts of barcodes and Q… --- ## [I'm shopping for a new TV, and a wall mount, any advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shopping-for-a-new-tv-and-a-wall-mount-any-advice/978336)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shopping-for-a-new-tv-and-a-wall-mount-any-advice/978336 "2023-09-22T01:18:46Z")
I’m about to get a TV for newly finished space in my basement. This will be my first large TV (I have one that’s maybe 30" in the den) I have about 4’ of space above a 3’ bookcase, where I want to mount the new TV. I use… --- ## [Will Xi Jingping get a 3rd term?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-xi-jingping-get-a-3rd-term/953987)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-xi-jingping-get-a-3rd-term/953987 "2023-09-22T00:44:41Z")
It’s been a hotly contested race, with a lot of good challengers and the voters seem to be overwhelmingly in favor of giving President Xi a 3rd term. Was wondering what 'dopers thoughts were. Is an upset in order? Or … --- ## [What have you eaten today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-eaten-today/974263)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-eaten-today/974263 "2023-09-21T23:44:56Z")
Breakfast: Trader Joe’s eggwich w/Sriracha sauce. Lunch: Blackened snapper, and leftover veg w/cheese sauce. Dinner: Cabbage soup. --- ## [Help further diagnosing/fixing stuck door?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-further-diagnosing-fixing-stuck-door/990377)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-further-diagnosing-fixing-stuck-door/990377 "2023-09-21T23:21:24Z")
A door inside my condo has been sticking very badly, which I’ve only discovered recently. Here are the relevant facts, as I understand them from searches: When I first moved in during the winter, I opened and closed th… --- ## [Have you seen Yes (the band) recently?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-yes-the-band-recently/990269)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-yes-the-band-recently/990269 "2023-09-21T22:32:33Z")
They’re playing nearby in a few days, and I was toying with the idea of going. I haven’t been to a rock concert in ages and thought it might be a fun change. Only guitarist Steve Howe and drummer Alan White remain from t… --- ## [Songs, whose sonic "aura" are integral to them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-sonic-aura-are-integral-to-them/990363)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-sonic-aura-are-integral-to-them/990363 "2023-09-21T21:51:55Z")
kinda hard to explain - but there are quite some songs, where the whole “sonic package” adds to the listening pleasure … by that I mean that they would sound off if they were recorded in “hi-res dolby THX 24 bits” … but… --- ## ["That's what SHE said!" -- OK, but since when?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-what-she-said-ok-but-since-when/990367)
**Author:** [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-what-she-said-ok-but-since-when/990367 "2023-09-21T21:50:35Z")
So, I made one of those TWSS wisecracks earlier today (if you must know, a friend of mine boasted about leveling up at Wordle by saying “these days I find myself finishing faster and faster!”, which walked right into the… --- ## [Rupert Murdoch to step down as chairman of Fox Corp & News Corp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rupert-murdoch-to-step-down-as-chairman-of-fox-corp-news-corp/990490)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rupert-murdoch-to-step-down-as-chairman-of-fox-corp-news-corp/990490 "2023-09-21T21:13:46Z")
His son Lachlan Murdoch will take over as chairman. This may lead to changes on what they cover and how they push back against competitors like Newsmax, One America News Network and The Daily Wire. Rupert won’t be totall… --- ## [Angus Cloud (drug dealer from "Euphoria") dead at 25 {July 31, 2023}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angus-cloud-drug-dealer-from-euphoria-dead-at-25-july-31-2023/987917)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angus-cloud-drug-dealer-from-euphoria-dead-at-25-july-31-2023/987917 "2023-09-21T20:51:32Z")
There were already major problems with making season 3, which already was supposed to not come out until 2025 and involve a 5 year time jump. Looks like a major rewrite of that will probably be called for. --- ## [NFL WEEK TWO birds with one stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-two-birds-with-one-stone/990107)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-two-birds-with-one-stone/990107 "2023-09-21T20:21:12Z")
My title for Week 1? Money can’t buy happiness. Joe Burrow, Daniel Jones, Aaron Rodgers, Jalen Hurts. A lot of teams invested a lot of money in players this offseason, and Week 1 was a wake up call for some of them. I ha… --- ## [An Australian Journalist tested the baby naming system with an unfortunate result](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-australian-journalist-tested-the-baby-naming-system-with-an-unfortunate-result/990422)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-australian-journalist-tested-the-baby-naming-system-with-an-unfortunate-result/990422 "2023-09-21T19:38:28Z")
“Methamphetamine Rules” will have her name changed, but it will be part of her permanent record. It slipped through the cracks. --- ## [North West New Jersey in September, what else to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-west-new-jersey-in-september-what-else-to-do/987175)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-west-new-jersey-in-september-what-else-to-do/987175 "2023-09-21T19:03:58Z")
We’re going to spend a few days in Sussex & Morris Counties; staying at a nice but reasonable B&B. I’ve got a fairly lengthy list of places but I’m wondering what I’m missing. We’ll being doing the Morris County stuff e… --- ## [What is The Howard Stern show like these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-howard-stern-show-like-these-days/990440)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-howard-stern-show-like-these-days/990440 "2023-09-21T18:48:03Z")
I have not listened to Howard even a little since his E! show and roughly the late 90’s or so on the radio. It was good interviews mixed with stupid, kind of really terrible vulgarity. Just low-brow stuff all around. I… --- ## [Monday Happies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-happies/990429)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-happies/990429 "2023-09-21T18:41:21Z")
I have decided that since everyone needs help with getting through Monday, I will start texting an uplifting story to my family Monday mornings. This last Monday was the first one and featured Doodlebug the Kangaroo. D… --- ## [Weight of the atmosphere?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-of-the-atmosphere/990237)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-of-the-atmosphere/990237 "2023-09-21T18:14:30Z")
Does the weight of the atmosphere change as more gasses are released into it, regardless of the source of the gas? --- ## [Latest Mafia Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-mafia-game/821586)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-mafia-game/821586 "2023-09-21T17:43:55Z")
We haven’t had much mafia around here lately. I was first exposed to the forum game over a decade ago in Werewolf a game Part 2 (this time with MAFIA!). What aggravating fun it was! Is there any interest in starting it … --- ## [Republican debate and Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-debate-and-trump/988979)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-debate-and-trump/988979 "2023-09-21T15:11:21Z")
I haz no tv, so am hoping someone will take one for the team and make a thread informing us what was said in the Debate tonight and also the Trump/Carlson interview. --- ## [When/why/how did attitudes towards rape victims change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-why-how-did-attitudes-towards-rape-victims-change/989906)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-why-how-did-attitudes-towards-rape-victims-change/989906 "2023-09-21T14:57:53Z")
Okay, so I was talking to my sister tonight, and she just this week finished reading The Women’s Room. One thing she wanted to discuss was a disturbing sequence late in the story, when a college student is raped by a str… --- ## [Pushing c in Star Trek](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-c-in-star-trek/989956)
**Author:** [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-c-in-star-trek/989956 "2023-09-21T14:45:14Z")
In Star Trek canon, was there ever any reason presented why a warp-capable vessel couldn’t push their warp engines or impluse drive right up to just under warp 1, aka 1x the speed of light, aka c? A ship going at say war… --- ## [Shawn Fain, UAW President, is not associated with Sinn Fein](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shawn-fain-uaw-president-is-not-associated-with-sinn-fein/990424)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shawn-fain-uaw-president-is-not-associated-with-sinn-fein/990424 "2023-09-21T14:20:38Z")
I’ve been hearing his name a lot in regards to the auto worker’s strike, and I keep thinking we’ve veered into Irish politics. I’m surprised no one has mentioned the similarity on the networks or on Op-Ed pages, because… --- ## [Spot on the liver: looking for advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-on-the-liver-looking-for-advice/990280)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-on-the-liver-looking-for-advice/990280 "2023-09-21T13:07:26Z")
It’s not my liver, it’s my sister’s. But she’s asked me to go to her doctor’s appointment because “you are better at talking to doctors”. So I’ll mostly take notes, but I also want advice on what questions to ask. My si… --- ## [Xenophobia rising in South Africa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xenophobia-rising-in-south-africa/990387)
**Author:** [@Digger11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digger11)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xenophobia-rising-in-south-africa/990387 "2023-09-21T12:39:39Z")
We’ve heard a lot about European xenophobia )which is often directed against Muslim immigrants). Turns out that South Africa is having issues too. Operation Dudula was set-up in Soweto two years ago, the first group t… --- ## [Scantron and Modern MCQs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scantron-and-modern-mcqs/990365)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scantron-and-modern-mcqs/990365 "2023-09-21T10:56:42Z")
I spent thirteen years in university, and Scantron tests were a part of the woodwork. This Atlantic article says that with digital tests they are a thing of the past. And so are multiple choice questions. I doubt it. S… --- ## [Holding the door in a long hallway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holding-the-door-in-a-long-hallway/990380)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holding-the-door-in-a-long-hallway/990380 "2023-09-21T10:27:06Z")
Scenario: you’re walking down a long hallway, at the end of which is a door. When you open the door, you see somebody has been walking behind you and is maybe 30-50 feet away. Holding the door might create a sense of ob… --- ## [Former NM Gov Bill Richardson is dead - 9/2/2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nm-gov-bill-richardson-is-dead-9-2-2023/989515)
**Author:** [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nm-gov-bill-richardson-is-dead-9-2-2023/989515 "2023-09-21T09:27:52Z")
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/02/politics/bill-richardson-former-new-mexico-governor/index.html Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a longtime fixture of Democratic politics with turns as Energy Secretary and Uni… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=734&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=736&state=watching)