# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=742 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 743 --- ## [Some questions about mosquitoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-questions-about-mosquitoes/989545)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-questions-about-mosquitoes/989545 "2023-09-13T08:14:08Z")
This morning I squashed a mosquito in the kitchen and it released a rather dramatic splotch of blood. Clearly it had eaten recently. But the odd thing was that neither I nor any of my family members had been bitten, and … --- ## [Size of Aliens and Space Travel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-of-aliens-and-space-travel/989542)
**Author:** [@Guapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guapo)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-of-aliens-and-space-travel/989542 "2023-09-13T02:57:11Z")
Are there lower and upper bounds for the size of creatures able to construct spaceships? It’s hard for me to imagine creatures the size of ants being able to do so, but perhaps on a planet with lower gravity a smaller sp… --- ## [Where to buy at-home covid tests now (Sept 2023 - )](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-buy-at-home-covid-tests-now-sept-2023/989590)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-buy-at-home-covid-tests-now-sept-2023/989590 "2023-09-13T01:03:07Z")
I’m down to three covid tests left from my stockpile of last year. One of them had its expiration date extended (magically?) by a year, so it’s still good. And showed positive this morning. :frowning\_face: I’ve been posi… --- ## [How Many People did Kwai Chang Caine kill in Kung Fu?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-did-kwai-chang-caine-kill-in-kung-fu/989905)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-did-kwai-chang-caine-kill-in-kung-fu/989905 "2023-09-13T00:13:56Z")
In the 1972 to 1975 television series Kung Fu, how many people did Kwai Chang Caine kill? Of course there was the emperor’s nephew. Were there any others? --- ## [Side dish for Korean-style short ribs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/side-dish-for-korean-style-short-ribs/989959)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/side-dish-for-korean-style-short-ribs/989959 "2023-09-13T00:11:31Z")
No rice! If I eat rice, I gain two pounds overnight. Really. So I have some Korean-style short ribs. What should we have with them? I have an idea of something with bok choy, but I don’t know what. I’m thinking a n… --- ## [Bubonic Plague? Again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubonic-plague-again/989860)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubonic-plague-again/989860 "2023-09-13T00:08:32Z")
Ivy has a sore butt. She sez “It’s not my butt, it’s the top of my thigh, in the back!” Sorry girl, that’s yer butt. I knew something was amiss. She’s been sitting kinda gingerly for a few days. A lump appeared in he… --- ## [Make Up Real Sounding Statistics About Your Country (or other Demographic)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-real-sounding-statistics-about-your-country-or-other-demographic/979411)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-real-sounding-statistics-about-your-country-or-other-demographic/979411 "2023-09-12T23:52:31Z")
As a Canadian, I am pleased to help others learn more about our great country. :wink: the average Canadian weighs 0.7 Americans 56% of Manitobans think they have “travelled to the future” when they visit other pro… --- ## [How resistant is Resistant Starch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-resistant-is-resistant-starch/989791)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-resistant-is-resistant-starch/989791 "2023-09-12T21:51:54Z")
Other than this thread from 2011, I haven’t been able to find more recent info here on resistant starch. I ask because I still find controversy about whether it even exists. I think it’s safe to say Resistant Starch exi… --- ## [I pit trailers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-trailers/989944)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-trailers/989944 "2023-09-12T19:52:45Z")
OK I’m sure I am not the first or the last old git to pit trailers nowadays But seriously WTF is wrong with people (or the film industry) that they need every last plot twist laid out in the fucking trailer. Case in po… --- ## [If Harris becomes the 2024 Dem nominee, who's her VP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-harris-becomes-the-2024-dem-nominee-whos-her-vp/989896)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-harris-becomes-the-2024-dem-nominee-whos-her-vp/989896 "2023-09-12T19:31:33Z")
I will be horrified if it happens, but … say Biden dies or is incapacitated after securing the nomination – so, anytime from spring '24 onward. The party agrees that Harris should be the nominee. She instantly polls well… --- ## [Why don't MAGAs / Republicans address accusations of authoritarianism / fascism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-magas-republicans-address-accusations-of-authoritarianism-fascism/989535)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-magas-republicans-address-accusations-of-authoritarianism-fascism/989535 "2023-09-12T18:54:29Z")
We on the left are now in a state of continuously calling out and condemning the authoritarian / fascist policies and goals of Trump, MAGAs, QAnon freaks, and the Republican party in general. Biden gave a major speech on… --- ## [International air travel \[excessive travel time from USA to Bangladesh?\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-air-travel-excessive-travel-time-from-usa-to-bangladesh/989792)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-air-travel-excessive-travel-time-from-usa-to-bangladesh/989792 "2023-09-12T18:34:52Z")
An associate is traveling from the USA to Bangladesh and says that given air plane changes and layovers, it will require a week each way. I find that difficult to believe in the 21st century. Is he exaggerating? --- ## [Taking a cop's word in law enforcement incidents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-cops-word-in-law-enforcement-incidents/695717)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-cops-word-in-law-enforcement-incidents/695717 "2023-09-12T17:41:12Z")
So it seems that many (not necessarily here) are arguing that if Michael Brown did indeed steal from that store and assault that clerk, then that makes it much more likely, if not probable, that he did try to kill the po… --- ## [If you had to pick a small country to live in {Small for this thread is less than 3 million people}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pick-a-small-country-to-live-in-small-for-this-thread-is-less-than-3-million-people/986170)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pick-a-small-country-to-live-in-small-for-this-thread-is-less-than-3-million-people/986170 "2023-09-12T16:11:03Z")
I’ve been reading the thread on famous people from small countries, and was idly thinking that it might be quite nice to live in a (stable, democratic, socially liberal) small country, unfettered by a history of colonial… --- ## [What if we went back to early 20th century immigration policy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-we-went-back-to-early-20th-century-immigration-policy/989076)
**Author:** [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-we-went-back-to-early-20th-century-immigration-policy/989076 "2023-09-12T15:18:11Z")
What bad things would happen? Let me tweak the question slightly: Of course, I don’t want to let everyone in the door except for Chinese, etc. Basically a “if you want in, and can meet certain very basic standards, in… --- ## [Confederate Battle Streamers for US Army units](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confederate-battle-streamers-for-us-army-units/969880)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confederate-battle-streamers-for-us-army-units/969880 "2023-09-12T14:45:48Z")
WTF? I just checked my E-mail and got this report from Military.com. Honestly, I’d never heard of this. Here’s the meat of the matter: The chair of the national panel, retired Navy Admiral Michelle J. Howard, has notif… --- ## [New thing - TV commercial "hiccups"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thing-tv-commercial-hiccups/962275)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thing-tv-commercial-hiccups/962275 "2023-09-12T14:23:53Z")
I’ve noticed lately that commercials I’ve noticed lately that commercials on some channels play for a few seconds, then restart. It looks like a programming glitch, a technical error, but it seems to happen far too ofte… --- ## ["How does the mirror know the ball is there?" Oh my God](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-mirror-know-the-ball-is-there-oh-my-god/989224)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-mirror-know-the-ball-is-there-oh-my-god/989224 "2023-09-12T13:49:50Z")
Recently a video has appeared in my Facebook feed in which someone expresses amazement at how mirrors work. Here is an equivalent video: I say “Equivalent” because the one I keep seeing involves a tennis … --- ## [Could Shawn Fanning have made Napster successful long term with different decisions? Or was it just too early?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-shawn-fanning-have-made-napster-successful-long-term-with-different-decisions-or-was-it-just-too-early/989898)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-shawn-fanning-have-made-napster-successful-long-term-with-different-decisions-or-was-it-just-too-early/989898 "2023-09-12T13:53:58Z")
Earlier today I pulled my HD from my year 2000’ish computer and was happy to find I was able to retrieve all sorts of nostalgic data. Most notably, loads and loads of MP3’s from Napster at it’s height. It’s apparent… --- ## [A stolen Van Gogh has been recovered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stolen-van-gogh-has-been-recovered/989979)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stolen-van-gogh-has-been-recovered/989979 "2023-09-12T12:42:53Z")
It was turned over to Dutch art detective Arthur Brand (who sounds fictional) in a bloodstained pillowcase, by someone acting under a confidentiality agreement apparently because it was too much of a pain to keep. The pa… --- ## [Big Money and US College Football](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-money-and-us-college-football/988149)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-money-and-us-college-football/988149 "2023-09-12T12:18:03Z")
Of course this has been talked about, with teams wanting to join more lucrative conferences with bigger TV deals. I’m not a huge college football fan, just enjoying occasional casual games, so would appreciate your opin… --- ## [Early use of the phrase 'World War I' (and equivalents)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-use-of-the-phrase-world-war-i-and-equivalents/688654)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-use-of-the-phrase-world-war-i-and-equivalents/688654 "2023-09-12T10:09:51Z")
We’ve had a number of threads about the first use of the phrase ‘World War II’ but fewer, I think, on the origin of the term ‘World War I’. I was wasting time playing on Google Ngram and came up with this very interesti… --- ## [Hurray for suffocation!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurray-for-suffocation/474953)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurray-for-suffocation/474953 "2023-09-12T07:30:38Z")
Did anyone else sing this little ditty (to the tune of Alouette) when they were a kid? Suffocation! Hurray for suffocation! Suffocation! It’s so fun to play First you take a garden hose Then you stick it up your no… --- ## [Do San Francisco, Los Angeles, et alii prove the failure of progressivism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-san-francisco-los-angeles-et-alii-prove-the-failure-of-progressivism/988101)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-san-francisco-los-angeles-et-alii-prove-the-failure-of-progressivism/988101 "2023-09-12T04:50:13Z")
And maybe California as a whole and apparently my hometown of Seattle is going into the crapper. Of course I’m talking the modern day progressivism not Bull Moose politics. And this is not meant to be an indictment of … --- ## [What Ways, Besides Grooves Pressed Into A Medium And Magnetic Tape, Exist (Even Theoretically) To Analogue-ly Record Sound?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ways-besides-grooves-pressed-into-a-medium-and-magnetic-tape-exist-even-theoretically-to-analogue-ly-record-sound/984484)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ways-besides-grooves-pressed-into-a-medium-and-magnetic-tape-exist-even-theoretically-to-analogue-ly-record-sound/984484 "2023-09-12T04:43:38Z")
That’s the question in the OP: are there ways, theoretical though they may be (since there’s no need, what with digital recording and all that), to record sound in an analogue format besides what we have now (viz, groove… --- ## [Hypnotic (2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypnotic-2023/984808)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypnotic-2023/984808 "2023-09-12T04:40:06Z")
Anyone else see this piece of dung? Back story: My friend needs to take his dad to dialysis. I went along as he needs help getting him out of the car. After dad is all set up we realize we have over 3 hours to burn. At … --- ## [I'm going to start the X-Files (a show I've never seen before). Ongoing thread about my opinions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-start-the-x-files-a-show-ive-never-seen-before-ongoing-thread-about-my-opinions/681740)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-start-the-x-files-a-show-ive-never-seen-before-ongoing-thread-about-my-opinions/681740 "2023-09-12T03:32:05Z")
So I know the X-Files is an extremely popular show. I’ve never actually seen it before (not one episode, not even a bit of any episodes) and figured it’s time to give it a try. I know almost nothing about the show, othe… --- ## [Cheap long-term getaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-long-term-getaway/989795)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-long-term-getaway/989795 "2023-09-12T03:07:38Z")
I’m thinking of leaving the US for a month or so just to decompress and collect my wits. I need a place that’s fairly cheap to live. Prefer somewhere stable (not a security hazard or a conflict zone), and either a rur… --- ## [Medical question about "The Good Doctor"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-question-about-the-good-doctor/989849)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-question-about-the-good-doctor/989849 "2023-09-12T02:55:02Z")
I thought about asking this in GQ, but I’m not sure the actual procedure is accurate since it was on a TV show. I’m doing a rewatch of all seven seasons of “The Good Doctor.” In episode 2 of the first season, a woman ha… --- ## [I keep eating alot, why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-eating-alot-why/989897)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-eating-alot-why/989897 "2023-09-12T02:34:08Z")
I have been eating way too much but I feel like I cannot stop? I have had a stressful few months, work new two jobs I got recently7 days a week I’m also active, cycle 10 miles a day and supporting a household plus worryi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=741) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=743)