# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=746&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 747 --- ## [Pop culture that has never been adapted to another medium](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-that-has-never-been-adapted-to-another-medium/989659)
**Author:** [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2023, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-that-has-never-been-adapted-to-another-medium/989659 "2023-09-08T08:28:18Z")
Calvin & Hobbes only exists as a comic strip. (The books are only collections of the original strip reprinted.) There has never been, and probably never will be, a Calvin & Hobbes movie, or a Calvin & Hobbes TV show, or … --- ## [What's a good way to come up with a heist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-way-to-come-up-with-a-heist/989695)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2023, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-way-to-come-up-with-a-heist/989695 "2023-09-08T07:17:03Z")
So I’m trying to write a story about a heist. The (possible) idea is that everyone else has magic or superpowers or amazing future tech, and he just has “ordinary” resources and skills. Is there a good way to come up wit… --- ## [Trees growing together](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trees-growing-together/989757)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2023, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trees-growing-together/989757 "2023-09-08T06:59:19Z")
When trees are young if they’re close enough to touch they will fuse together as they grow and the resulting wood will be solid. But at some point they’re too old to do that any more and if they grow together the seam wh… --- ## [Where do/did you buy your books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-did-you-buy-your-books/989345)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2023, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-did-you-buy-your-books/989345 "2023-09-08T06:52:41Z")
Bookstores had their heyday from about 1970 until a couple of years ago. That’s about the timer span that chain bookstores were a “thing” in suburban malls (as well as urban areas, and a few standalones). Now the chains … --- ## [Advice on Dental And Vision Insurance for Retirees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-dental-and-vision-insurance-for-retirees/989102)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2023, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-dental-and-vision-insurance-for-retirees/989102 "2023-09-08T02:04:31Z")
Hi folks - I am on the verge of retirement after some 40 years in the workforce in one form or another. Yaay! I have always had dental and vision insurance available via my employer. Sometimes I was my employer. … --- ## [Explain Canadian politics to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-canadian-politics-to-me/955227)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2023, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-canadian-politics-to-me/955227 "2023-09-08T01:45:47Z")
Just as if I were an idiot, which I basically am. I’m a Canadian citizen, passport and certificat du citoyenete and everything, but I’ve spent my life living in the U.S. and only recently discovered that I’d been born a… --- ## [Do you have dreams where you are not there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-dreams-where-you-are-not-there/989694)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2023, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-dreams-where-you-are-not-there/989694 "2023-09-08T00:48:35Z")
Based on this post in the thread Common Held Beliefs or Ignorance About a Film That Drives You Crazy this question was asked. I don’t recall many of my dreams for more than a few seconds after awakening and don’t remem… --- ## [On the origin of the phrase "No scholar more saintly, no saint more scholarly"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-origin-of-the-phrase-no-scholar-more-saintly-no-saint-more-scholarly/989713)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2023, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-origin-of-the-phrase-no-scholar-more-saintly-no-saint-more-scholarly/989713 "2023-09-08T00:39:03Z")
I’m trying to figure out the origin of the phrase below. It may be from a 17th or 18th century eulogy, possibly for someone along the lines of Thomas More or Bishop Berkeley: “No scholar more saintly, no saint more sch… --- ## [Baldur's Gate 3 v. Starfield. Comparing the hardware needed to play](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldurs-gate-3-v-starfield-comparing-the-hardware-needed-to-play/989750)
**Author:** [@LoneRhino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoneRhino)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2023, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldurs-gate-3-v-starfield-comparing-the-hardware-needed-to-play/989750 "2023-09-08T00:22:03Z")
First, I’m not looking to compare the games. Both of them look interesting. Im going to be in the market for a new PC in the next few months and was wondering which of these two needed the better hardware. I haven’t boug… --- ## [Strange Planet: the series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-planet-the-series/987607)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-planet-the-series/987607 "2023-09-07T22:59:03Z")
For those not familiar with it, Strange Planet is a (typically) 4–panel comic reframing normal day-to-day activities by showing them experienced by aliens that narrate the activities using stilted language. Some of them … --- ## [Why did tea become so popular](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-tea-become-so-popular/989427)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-tea-become-so-popular/989427 "2023-09-07T21:37:42Z")
Why did tea become so popular? I enjoy the occasional drink myself but its not like I’d kill people for it. I just heard a bit about the India Trading Company. At one point, this mega corporation commanded a private arm… --- ## [Why did the Irish language increase or revive while Hawaiian didn't?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-irish-language-increase-or-revive-while-hawaiian-didnt/989075)
**Author:** [@Jagraze1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jagraze1)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-irish-language-increase-or-revive-while-hawaiian-didnt/989075 "2023-09-07T20:21:11Z")
So I researched that both languages faced an extent of decline both by English. However it turned out that Irish is in better position than Hawaiian right now. Irish isn’t safe either but according to unesco, Irish is a … --- ## [Facebook group chats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-group-chats/989738)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-group-chats/989738 "2023-09-07T20:17:54Z")
I’ve been made a moderator in a facebook group. There is of course a chat group for mods and admins. But i cannot figure out where it is. There’s a note that it’s not available in all areas etc., but I’m the same zip cod… --- ## [Speak to me only in Science Fiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 6340\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621 "2023-09-07T20:07:34Z")
--- ## [Can anyone help me navigate Facebook's new 2-/evel security](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-help-me-navigate-facebooks-new-2-evel-security/987223)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-help-me-navigate-facebooks-new-2-evel-security/987223 "2023-09-07T19:50:13Z")
I’ve been working on it for like 5 days, and every time it sends me down the same spirals and winds up at a blank white screen with a “loading” icon. And never proceeds beyond. Please help me :sob::pray: --- ## [Unmarried cohabitation in NYC, early 20th century](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unmarried-cohabitation-in-nyc-early-20th-century/989653)
**Author:** [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unmarried-cohabitation-in-nyc-early-20th-century/989653 "2023-09-07T18:43:02Z")
Anyone know what the legality of unmarried men and women living together in New York City in the early 20th century? Not just whether it was socially frowned upon, but whether or not there legal barriers to such an arran… --- ## [Tell me about Burning Man!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-burning-man/690204)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-burning-man/690204 "2023-09-07T17:12:58Z")
No…I don’t want to go. I’ve heard enough to know that. I’m far too attached to my creature comforts to ever contemplate camping out in a hot flat area in Nevada in the middle of summer. So instead, I plan to inflict it … --- ## [Bad, bad, bad padding the deck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-padding-the-deck/989704)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-padding-the-deck/989704 "2023-09-07T16:59:46Z")
No. I’m not running an illicit gambling joint. I could win at poker. Don’t need extras aces. Unless you mean construction aces. (I swear I’m hiring me some hunky shirtless, tanned, sweaty…stop me please!) My deck was … --- ## [iPhone USB-C charger converter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-usb-c-charger-converter/989693)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-usb-c-charger-converter/989693 "2023-09-07T16:00:03Z")
I’ve gone to several webpages and still don’t know what I need. I want to be able to charge my Uber passenger’s phones but there are so many different chargers. I know Apple is going to go to USB-C, but what convertor wo… --- ## [Construction workers dig shortcut through the Great Wall of China](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-workers-dig-shortcut-through-the-great-wall-of-china/989699)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-workers-dig-shortcut-through-the-great-wall-of-china/989699 "2023-09-07T15:12:58Z")
Gee, they dug out a road so they could drive through. They do appear to be Chinese so at least foreigners won’t be blamed. It’s already dubbed “The Great Short Cut”. https://www.foxnews.com/world/vandals-busted-great-wa… --- ## [Typography: Are there words for the different parts of a footnote?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typography-are-there-words-for-the-different-parts-of-a-footnote/989737)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typography-are-there-words-for-the-different-parts-of-a-footnote/989737 "2023-09-07T15:11:35Z")
You know, the footnote in the sense of the little superscript number that appears inside the main text of the page, as opposed to the text of the footnote that appears at the bottom of the page to which the aforementione… --- ## [It's A Wonderful Life - what happened to Martini??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-wonderful-life-what-happened-to-martini/644557)
**Author:** [@ScatteredFrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScatteredFrog)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2023, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-wonderful-life-what-happened-to-martini/644557 "2023-09-07T14:05:56Z")
That is…when Clarence arranges for George to have never existed…all we know is that instead of Martini, Nick owns the bar and never heard of a guy named Martini. We know from earlier in the movie that Martini moved into… --- ## [Tory MP wants a "Minister for Men"-is it a good idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-mp-wants-a-minister-for-men-is-it-a-good-idea/989689)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2023, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-mp-wants-a-minister-for-men-is-it-a-good-idea/989689 "2023-09-07T13:21:19Z")
A Tory minister wants the government to create a “minister for men” similar to the Minister for Women and Equalities to help combat people like Andrew Tate. “Asked on Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour why the position was necessary… --- ## [Have stores closed on the west coast because of rampant shoplifting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-stores-closed-on-the-west-coast-because-of-rampant-shoplifting/949241)
**Author:** [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2023, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-stores-closed-on-the-west-coast-because-of-rampant-shoplifting/949241 "2023-09-07T07:18:33Z")
I have heard several people in public talking about a problem I haven’t heard about and can’t find much about. The story goes that stores on the West Coast, including but not limited to San Francisco, have had to close b… --- ## [Best sequel movies of the 21st century so far?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sequel-movies-of-the-21st-century-so-far/989633)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2023, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sequel-movies-of-the-21st-century-so-far/989633 "2023-09-07T06:23:35Z")
The Two Towers The Dark Knight Mad Max: Fury Road Bladerunner 2049 Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol What sequels released this century deserve to be included? --- ## [(Old) Strange Places and Milestones in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-strange-places-and-milestones-in-the-mmp/989222)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 303\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2023, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-strange-places-and-milestones-in-the-mmp/989222 "2023-09-07T01:34:24Z")
Hi folks - Looks like I’m first. Happy Monday to all. Up, sheveled, and riding to irk as the sun climbs out of the flat jungle on another lazy tropical day in Guyana. From yesterday: Overall the layover was nice. Go… --- ## [Remember making 'suicide' drinks at the drink fountain as a youth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-making-suicide-drinks-at-the-drink-fountain-as-a-youth/978339)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2023, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-making-suicide-drinks-at-the-drink-fountain-as-a-youth/978339 "2023-09-07T01:01:27Z")
I never could do it. But I watched my sibs and friends do it. Seemed daring and fun. I always wanted to try it. Today, after dialysis, me and Ivy went to the China buffet. Ivy drinks tea and lemonade mixed together. Re… --- ## [How did you pick an executor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-pick-an-executor/988616)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2023, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-pick-an-executor/988616 "2023-09-06T23:56:01Z")
There have been several threads on wills lately and I didn’t want to hijack them. My wife and I are putting together our will. Shouldn’t be terribly complicated. She has no children. I have 2 adult children, one with sp… --- ## [Washrooms In Schools](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washrooms-in-schools/989555)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washrooms-in-schools/989555 "2023-09-06T23:46:14Z")
I was reading New York Times magazine. There had been a recent article on student distractions and their affect on teachers. A letter to the editor about that described a teacher who had taught in a variety of schools.… --- ## [NFL 2023 Preseason Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-preseason-thread/987698)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-preseason-thread/987698 "2023-09-06T22:38:28Z")
With training camps underway, I thought I’d open a new omnibus thread for the preseason, as a successor to the off-season thread. The selection committees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame have announced the results of … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=745&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=747&state=tracking)