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**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-old/989279 "2023-09-15T20:07:03Z")
When I went in for my annual physical at my doctor’s office I was treated to a battery of questions I’d never heard before. Can you get out of bed by yourself? What day is today? Can you convey yourself from place to … --- ## [Korean Fan Death - Maybe Not So Silly Any More](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/korean-fan-death-maybe-not-so-silly-any-more/990004)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2023, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/korean-fan-death-maybe-not-so-silly-any-more/990004 "2023-09-15T19:35:52Z")
Hi folks - Most of us by now have heard of the odd & silly superstition called Fan Death or Korean Fan Death\* If wiki is to be believed, the Korean government is having some success putting this stupidity to well-dese… --- ## [Sequential thread titles that make you pause for a moment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-thread-titles-that-make-you-pause-for-a-moment/987846)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-thread-titles-that-make-you-pause-for-a-moment/987846 "2023-09-15T19:19:04Z")
--- ## [Heading to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Any tips on what to see there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heading-to-sault-ste-marie-ontario-any-tips-on-what-to-see-there/990054)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2023, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heading-to-sault-ste-marie-ontario-any-tips-on-what-to-see-there/990054 "2023-09-15T19:01:45Z")
The Mrs. and I have gotten rather jaded about Lake Michigan, especially with me having lived on its shoreline for nearly 66 years now. As a result, we’re taking a trip to Lake Superior for a change of pace. We’ll visit… --- ## [I have the weirdest "summer cold"; is anyone else experiencing anything like this, or know someone who is?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-the-weirdest-summer-cold-is-anyone-else-experiencing-anything-like-this-or-know-someone-who-is/989859)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-the-weirdest-summer-cold-is-anyone-else-experiencing-anything-like-this-or-know-someone-who-is/989859 "2023-09-15T18:48:18Z")
I’ve had a mild case of sniffles for almost the past week, along with reduced appetite, vague lower abdominal pain, and probably some fluid in my middle ear. This has happened to me many times, but what’s got me really … --- ## [I tuned in to Wrexham](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tuned-in-to-wrexham/990076)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tuned-in-to-wrexham/990076 "2023-09-15T17:23:18Z")
Imagine my surprise when it wasn’t about ME! Soccer is brutal. --- ## [Poll: Deli Ticket Numbers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-deli-ticket-numbers/989289)
**Author:** [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-deli-ticket-numbers/989289 "2023-09-15T16:00:01Z")
When you pull a number at the supermarket deli counter, how do things work from there? poll Inspired by something that happened at the supermarket this weekend, I wanted to confirm I’m not crazy - I live by option 2 - y… --- ## [Star Trek: Shouldn't Vulcans' First Contact have been in 1986?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-shouldnt-vulcans-first-contact-have-been-in-1986/989036)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-shouldnt-vulcans-first-contact-have-been-in-1986/989036 "2023-09-15T15:14:17Z")
So, SIGO and I are watching all on the Original Series’ motion pictures in order, recently wrapping up ST4: The One with The Whales not my favorite, but what the hey . . When I noticed a possible disjoint in some timel… --- ## [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 … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=739&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=741&state=tracking)