# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=740 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 741 --- ## [Frasier Reboot; Threat or Menace?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frasier-reboot-threat-or-menace/933722)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frasier-reboot-threat-or-menace/933722 "2023-09-15T13:18:32Z")
News reports say there will be a Frazer reboot on something called Paramount+. Seriously, are screenwriters just out of ideas? --- ## [Why is Starlink so critical to the Ukrainian army?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-starlink-so-critical-to-the-ukrainian-army/990043)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2023, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-starlink-so-critical-to-the-ukrainian-army/990043 "2023-09-15T13:01:25Z")
There’s lots of sources here, either about Elon controlling the fate of Ukrainian advances or about Starlink outages affecting regular battlefield operations. I understand the general benefits of Starlink over tradition… --- ## [Another secret thread!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-secret-thread/989899)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2023, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-secret-thread/989899 "2023-09-15T11:42:21Z")
We’ve done this before and I think it’s been a lot of fun. Here’s how it works: if you have a secret you want to share anonymously, send me an email (my username @yahoo.com – remember 2 i’s, then andy, then 4 i’s) and I… --- ## [Too Much Television is Corrupting our Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-much-television-is-corrupting-our-cats/989930)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2023, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-much-television-is-corrupting-our-cats/989930 "2023-09-15T07:38:04Z")
Our daughter, MilliCal, has taken to running YouTube videos of birds, squirrels, and mice for our cats. The cats have become addicted to the videos, watching them for hours, and crying when they want the laptop to be po… --- ## [Are Aliens Visiting Earth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-aliens-visiting-earth/912949)
**Author:** [@AlienBabble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlienBabble)\ **Replies:** 423\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2023, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-aliens-visiting-earth/912949 "2023-09-15T05:15:35Z")
With the recent news that The Pentagon and The US Navy are conducting studies on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs), do you think it is more likely that these objects are of an extraterrestrial origin rather than some … --- ## [My new Facebook fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-facebook-fan/989731)
**Author:** [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2023, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-facebook-fan/989731 "2023-09-15T01:59:44Z")
It seems I have a new Facebook fan. I logged in and found that she has ‘liked’ 11 of my posts. Oh by the way, I went to her page and she is young, blonde, and beautiful and has a name like a stripper. What does it all m… --- ## [Glasses with lotus effect coating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glasses-with-lotus-effect-coating/987587)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glasses-with-lotus-effect-coating/987587 "2023-09-15T00:50:15Z")
I am buying new reading glasses and the optician highly recommends buying lenses with so called lotus effect coating. This makes them much easier to clean, or so he claims, though it is not for free: around additional 10… --- ## [Does anyone else resent movie music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-resent-movie-music/989968)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2023, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-resent-movie-music/989968 "2023-09-15T00:17:59Z")
I was watching Hitchcock’s Vertigo this evening, and I realized the score did nothing for me. It was just a gross cue, like big red superimposed letters saying “TENSE MOMENT HERE!!!” or “BRIEF LULL IN THE ACTION” or "LEI… --- ## [Weird flavor interactions - what happened to my tea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-flavor-interactions-what-happened-to-my-tea/990110)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-flavor-interactions-what-happened-to-my-tea/990110 "2023-09-14T23:57:24Z")
So, I had a bunch of teas I had purchased to try. Mostly flavored black teas, but high end loose leaf, with actual bits of dried fruit in them. The ones I liked were gone and I was left with a group that didn’t really … --- ## [YouTube history and mouseover on home page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-history-and-mouseover-on-home-page/989954)
**Author:** [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-history-and-mouseover-on-home-page/989954 "2023-09-14T23:36:37Z")
I do a lot of browsing on the You Tube home page looking for something interesting to watch. I recently wanted to go back to a channel that I had been watching the prior day but wasn’t getting any recommendations for, s… --- ## [Trump Compared to Jesus Christ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-compared-to-jesus-christ/989502)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-compared-to-jesus-christ/989502 "2023-09-14T23:05:09Z")
This is a text (grammatical errors included) that a Trumper I know posted in a Trump-friendly group (social, not political) that I’m in: “Its unbelievable the hatred towards a man that sold his wealth for his Country a… --- ## [How are weevils kept out of my food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-weevils-kept-out-of-my-food/989501)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-weevils-kept-out-of-my-food/989501 "2023-09-14T22:40:35Z")
I often buy some trail mix from a well-known Canadian bulk food store. We usually bring our own containers. A few weeks ago, after having eaten most of my latest stash, I noticed that there were weevils in there. So I gu… --- ## [Do you think H.R. 1321 (More Homes on the Market bill) will pass?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-h-r-1321-more-homes-on-the-market-bill-will-pass/988003)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-h-r-1321-more-homes-on-the-market-bill-will-pass/988003 "2023-09-14T22:06:54Z")
This seems like a no-brainer of a bill. It essentially raises the amount of realized profit on a house sale you can exclude from capital gains tax from $500,000 for joint filers to $1,000,000. The amount hasn’t been ch… --- ## [Saw Mark Zuckerberg today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-mark-zuckerberg-today/989901)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-mark-zuckerberg-today/989901 "2023-09-14T22:04:51Z")
We went to the Ikea in East Palo Alto, and afterwards went to Palo Alto for lunch. Mr. brown remembered that the Zuckerbergs lived in an area near the freeway, so we turned off into that neighborhood, saying, hey, maybe… --- ## [Regional Differences in Laptop Specs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-differences-in-laptop-specs/990081)
**Author:** [@InnerCircle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InnerCircle)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-differences-in-laptop-specs/990081 "2023-09-14T22:02:10Z")
Why do some laptop specifications, even within the same model, vary between different regions? For example, MSI sells its CreatorPro Z16P series with an i7 processor and 32 GB of memory in Canada, but with an i9 process… --- ## [Were the 1990’s a “golden age” of hope and optimism? Or only for a certain demographic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-1990-s-a-golden-age-of-hope-and-optimism-or-only-for-a-certain-demographic/989902)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-1990-s-a-golden-age-of-hope-and-optimism-or-only-for-a-certain-demographic/989902 "2023-09-14T21:46:03Z")
This is something that I read all the time on Reddit: memories of the 1990’s being full of wonder and hope and the sense of things getting better. Common examples include the early days of the internet, the recent fall o… --- ## [Puzzle game: “There is only one solution” claim](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-game-there-is-only-one-solution-claim/990073)
**Author:** [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-game-there-is-only-one-solution-claim/990073 "2023-09-14T20:55:11Z")
I recently picked up this entertaining puzzle game - fitting 12 pieces into a 11x5 grid. The clearest picture is lower down the page, at Step 3 on the ‘How to play’ tab. My first question relates to the claim, “There is… --- ## [Why build downsloping driveways to below grade garages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-build-downsloping-driveways-to-below-grade-garages/978608)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-build-downsloping-driveways-to-below-grade-garages/978608 "2023-09-14T20:54:28Z")
When not necessitated by topography. Our neighborhood is all split-levels, ranches, and 2-stories built in the late 50s and early 60s. Ours is a split, with a level drive to a garage at grade level. (Actually, slightl… --- ## [Suddenly Seymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-seymore/990009)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-seymore/990009 "2023-09-14T19:49:35Z")
This song makes me think of the Dope. It could easily be Suddenly Cecil You are my friend. You do condescend, occasionally but it’s usually good natured. I feel safe here. Don’t need no makeup, no need to pretend… Y… --- ## [Are Your Cats Named for Famous People?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-cats-named-for-famous-people/989857)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-cats-named-for-famous-people/989857 "2023-09-14T19:22:06Z")
I recently adopted a black cat who came from the rescue with the name Freddie Mercury. I liked the name enough to keep it, though I generally just call him Merc or The Merc. Do you have a cat or cats named for notable … --- ## [What kind of merchandise is kept locked up around the stores where you live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-merchandise-is-kept-locked-up-around-the-stores-where-you-live/989732)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-merchandise-is-kept-locked-up-around-the-stores-where-you-live/989732 "2023-09-14T19:04:05Z")
There’s several threads about shoplifting and how bad things are or aren’t getting in San Francisco / the west coast. I thought it would be interesting to have a thread about what kind of items the stores where you live… --- ## [Looking for a trauma literature review](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-trauma-literature-review/990100)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-trauma-literature-review/990100 "2023-09-14T16:39:50Z")
No idea if anyone can help me with this, but I’m looking for a comprehensive review of the literature on interventions for PTSD as well as research-based evaluations of core concepts in emerging trauma therapy. This is … --- ## [Have you ever lived in a loft? Did you like it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-lived-in-a-loft-did-you-like-it/990019)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-lived-in-a-loft-did-you-like-it/990019 "2023-09-14T16:35:24Z")
Loft apartments were quite common in television and film in the 1990s/2000s. I definitely wanted to live in one. At least I’ve been lucky enough to experience urban living in high rise apartments for the last 12 years. H… --- ## [When is it time to let your pet go](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-time-to-let-your-pet-go/979395)
**Author:** [@JoePockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoePockets)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-time-to-let-your-pet-go/979395 "2023-09-14T16:05:25Z")
My dog Cramer he is a 12.5 yr old German shorthaired pointer who has been diagnosed with a cobblestone type adenocarcinoma in his rectum, colon area. Because of his age it was decided not to go in and remove the tumor vi… --- ## [NFL 2023: WEEK ONE man leaves!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-week-one-man-leaves/989707)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-week-one-man-leaves/989707 "2023-09-14T16:01:32Z")
Welp it’s been another long offseason, and we’re finally here with some real life NFL football games. My favorite offseason stories: Aaron Rodgers moving on from the Packers is now with the J-E-T-S JETSJETSJETS, and … --- ## [Atlantic Hurricane Lee (Sep 2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlantic-hurricane-lee-sep-2023/990074)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlantic-hurricane-lee-sep-2023/990074 "2023-09-14T15:56:20Z")
Hi Folks - Right now Hurricane Lee is about 750 miles due east of my house, well out to sea. It’s a lovely day here and there’s no enhanced surf. Yet. Nor will ours get very exciting I don’t think. The current hurrican… --- ## [Climate Change Wars: Water - Egypt and Ethiopia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-wars-water-egypt-and-ethiopia/847685)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-wars-water-egypt-and-ethiopia/847685 "2023-09-14T15:20:01Z")
Egypt is concerned over a dam being built on the Nile by Ethiopia which may reduce their water supply. Negotiations are ongoing. So no matter if the dam came on line at all or not there will be water shortages and sign… --- ## [Anybody playing "Stray"? (Cat game)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-stray-cat-game/968353)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-stray-cat-game/968353 "2023-09-14T14:19:50Z")
I’m not a huge gamer but this game looks too interesting to pass up. Is anyone playing? --- ## [Do any of you use a clamp-on computer mouse platform?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-use-a-clamp-on-computer-mouse-platform/990058)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-use-a-clamp-on-computer-mouse-platform/990058 "2023-09-14T13:44:47Z")
I am having some issues with pain in my neck and I think part of it stems from my mouse setup. The mouse is high relative to the chair. I need to bring it down. I was looking at some mouse platforms like this and there’… --- ## [Meeting one of JFK's Secret Service agents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meeting-one-of-jfks-secret-service-agents/693745)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meeting-one-of-jfks-secret-service-agents/693745 "2023-09-14T13:35:33Z")
On June 23, I had the chance to meet retired U.S. Secret Service Special Agent Paul Landis. He spoke at a northeast Ohio courthouse and was introduced by a judge who knows him and is personally interested in President J… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=739) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=741)