# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=748 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 749 --- ## [A self-serving movie producer bemoans his inability to make money from immorality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-self-serving-movie-producer-bemoans-his-inability-to-make-money-from-immorality/989516)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-self-serving-movie-producer-bemoans-his-inability-to-make-money-from-immorality/989516 "2023-09-05T02:35:15Z")
I present to you Luca Barbareschi, the producer of Roman Polanski’s most recent film (which I shall not name here, you can find it in the link), who cannot get theater distribution for this film in the US, the UK or Fran… --- ## [Does anyone here make kool aid with sugar substitutes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-make-kool-aid-with-sugar-substitutes/250383)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-make-kool-aid-with-sugar-substitutes/250383 "2023-09-05T02:22:53Z")
I am in college so i’m damn cheap. Instead of spending 60 cents on a 2 liter of generic soda i think i will start buying those $0.10 generic kool aid packets and putting another ten cents worth of sugar substitutes & rea… --- ## [Why Does KY Start School Year So Early?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ky-start-school-year-so-early/989025)
**Author:** [@Guapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guapo)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ky-start-school-year-so-early/989025 "2023-09-05T01:59:10Z")
Just read https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kentucky-school-district-cancels-classes-covid-flu-strep-rcna101511 article. Kentucky started school August 9. Why start school in the middle of summer? In my area, we start… --- ## [Are there any foods that are good to eat raw but are worse after cooking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-foods-that-are-good-to-eat-raw-but-are-worse-after-cooking/989531)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-foods-that-are-good-to-eat-raw-but-are-worse-after-cooking/989531 "2023-09-05T01:43:10Z")
After cooking some might taste funny. There have to be some where the texture suffers from cooking to the point where you wouldn’t want it. Perhaps there is a rare food that is unhealthy to eat after cooking. --- ## [How much control over weather balloon type devices? ( or small blimps?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-control-over-weather-balloon-type-devices-or-small-blimps/989604)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-control-over-weather-balloon-type-devices-or-small-blimps/989604 "2023-09-05T00:19:01Z")
How high could a weather balloon ascend while under control. Can we control the ascent and decent speeds? Could we program it to respond to various climate inputs? How is the monitoring of the atmospheric conditions pres… --- ## [Battle of the Not-so Giant Apes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battle-of-the-not-so-giant-apes/989434)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battle-of-the-not-so-giant-apes/989434 "2023-09-04T23:58:28Z")
Who was bigger, Son of Kong (1933) or the original Mighty Joe Young (1949)? --- ## [Is Ukraine the first country in the world with a Jewish president and a Muslim defense minister?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ukraine-the-first-country-in-the-world-with-a-jewish-president-and-a-muslim-defense-minister/989570)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ukraine-the-first-country-in-the-world-with-a-jewish-president-and-a-muslim-defense-minister/989570 "2023-09-04T23:17:50Z")
As seen on Twitter: Zelinsky just appointed a defense minister who is a Muslim Crimean Tartar. Does that make Ukraine the only country in history to have a Jewish president and a Muslim defense minister? Seems like a… --- ## [ISO: Recommendation for Kitchen Chairs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iso-recommendation-for-kitchen-chairs/989358)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iso-recommendation-for-kitchen-chairs/989358 "2023-09-04T23:07:06Z")
Our kitchen chairs are perhaps a year old from a discount furniture store. Unfortunately, the construction is poor. I have done everything to bolster them, but alas nothing is lasting. I seek recommendations for any qual… --- ## [Pitting nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-nearwildheaven/961176)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-nearwildheaven/961176 "2023-09-04T23:06:37Z")
Well, it’s a good thing he didn’t get the job anyway and she didn’t suffer any humiliation from doing so! She sure showed him, didn’t she? Body language, huh? Maybe take this to the thread about “things I believe with n… --- ## [What is the history of breathing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-history-of-breathing/989598)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-history-of-breathing/989598 "2023-09-04T21:37:26Z")
Humans can breathe either through the nose or the mouth. Tradeoffs ensue. A clogged nose, say from a cold, doesn’t turn off life, but food can easily slip into the windpipe and choke a person. How did this develop? Do o… --- ## [Ideas for a "lift" from my deck down to the yard (kind of long, for the sake of thoroughness)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-a-lift-from-my-deck-down-to-the-yard-kind-of-long-for-the-sake-of-thoroughness/989573)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-a-lift-from-my-deck-down-to-the-yard-kind-of-long-for-the-sake-of-thoroughness/989573 "2023-09-04T19:44:46Z")
Our house is built on a slope, from the front of the house to the back. The main living floor is one story above the street in front; the street level is the 1-car garage plus more living space, and this level has the de… --- ## [Why did the Turkish culture and language not spread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-turkish-culture-and-language-not-spread/989505)
**Author:** [@Jagraze1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jagraze1)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-turkish-culture-and-language-not-spread/989505 "2023-09-04T19:25:27Z")
Due to the imperialistic powers languages like French, Spanish and English spread. Ottoman also spread Arabic. But why not Turkish? Why is Turkish language and culture so restricted to Turkey? --- ## [Help with a potential plot point?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-potential-plot-point/989565)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-potential-plot-point/989565 "2023-09-04T19:03:26Z")
I have no idea where to look for the answer, so here I am :slightly\_smiling\_face: Police are summoned to what appears to be a bloody crime scene, no body. How long would it take them to determine that the blood was, in … --- ## [Any store bought teriyaki sauce that is thick enough to using for as a dip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-store-bought-teriyaki-sauce-that-is-thick-enough-to-using-for-as-a-dip/989537)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-store-bought-teriyaki-sauce-that-is-thick-enough-to-using-for-as-a-dip/989537 "2023-09-04T18:55:08Z")
I got some teriyaki sauce recently at the store and it is pretty good tasting, but very watery. Are there any store bought teriyaki sauces with a consistency more like BBQ sauce or something like that? --- ## [Is Trump's well-known shtick "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody.." a conceit as I have heard commentators say in the media?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trumps-well-known-shtick-i-could-stand-in-the-middle-of-fifth-avenue-and-shoot-somebody-a-conceit-as-i-have-heard-commentators-say-in-the-media/970705)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trumps-well-known-shtick-i-could-stand-in-the-middle-of-fifth-avenue-and-shoot-somebody-a-conceit-as-i-have-heard-commentators-say-in-the-media/970705 "2023-09-04T17:56:11Z")
Is Trump’s well-known shtick “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody…” a conceit as I have heard commentators in the media describe it? The word ‘conceit’ has such a fluid meaning these days. I ce… --- ## [Most effective personal climate change moves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-effective-personal-climate-change-moves/989309)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-effective-personal-climate-change-moves/989309 "2023-09-04T17:54:41Z")
WaPo has an article on the personal climate change actions and how they’re perceived. (gift link) Synopsis: the most effective things are reducing flying and reducing the amount of red meat and dairy in your diet. Get… --- ## [Botticelli August 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 461\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985 "2023-09-04T17:44:33Z")
Previous month is here: Letters we have used so far as of last month here: So for the first letter of August, let’s use the first letter of August. --- ## [Interview with the Trump-bot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-with-the-trump-bot/989583)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-with-the-trump-bot/989583 "2023-09-04T16:20:33Z")
Right wing media interview with “Donald Trump” may have been talking to a chatbot. Here’s some clips. Judge for yourself. Clip 1 Clip 2 Clip 3 --- ## [Bad, bad, bad Dictionaries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-dictionaries/989314)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-dictionaries/989314 "2023-09-04T12:40:08Z")
Our local language fanatic has got me thinking about dictionaries. I suppose all languages have them. I knew a guy who wrote dictionaries. You know those cheapy pocket ones (I’m already tired of typing dictionaries) or… --- ## [If you frequently ask someone to give you a ride, what do/should you do in return?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-frequently-ask-someone-to-give-you-a-ride-what-do-should-you-do-in-return/989249)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-frequently-ask-someone-to-give-you-a-ride-what-do-should-you-do-in-return/989249 "2023-09-04T12:24:56Z")
If you were in a position where you had to ask someone to give you a ride to fairly frequently, like pretty much at least once a week, what would you feel like you should do in return? Like, offer gas money? Or help i… --- ## [It's the New Brew Revue, coming right at you!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-new-brew-revue-coming-right-at-you/984712)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-new-brew-revue-coming-right-at-you/984712 "2023-09-04T10:52:06Z")
Haven’t done a beer thread in a while. Well, what wet and wild weirdness has wandered your way? I am currently sipping a very good peanut butter stout from Central Coast Brewing, P-Nut Butter Breakdown, made with real S… --- ## [Sneering at people with less formal education is class-based prejudice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneering-at-people-with-less-formal-education-is-class-based-prejudice/988113)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneering-at-people-with-less-formal-education-is-class-based-prejudice/988113 "2023-09-04T10:07:08Z")
To establish my lib cred, I’m referencing a story I heard on NPR the other day: The headline is not correct. Kahlenberg explicitly and repeatedly said he wanted to look at race AND class, not class INSTEAD OF race. Ju… --- ## [Yet another No Country for Old Men question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-no-country-for-old-men-question/989540)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-no-country-for-old-men-question/989540 "2023-09-04T09:56:30Z")
I’ve looked through the other threads and didn’t find this question - Carson sees the case by the river. Then we cut to a scene at night as Carson walks back to his hotel room and Anton follows him. Carson says he knows … --- ## [Many hundreds of unmarked graves of Indigenous children discovered at Canadian residential schools](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-hundreds-of-unmarked-graves-of-indigenous-children-discovered-at-canadian-residential-schools/943674)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 308\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-hundreds-of-unmarked-graves-of-indigenous-children-discovered-at-canadian-residential-schools/943674 "2023-09-04T07:55:20Z")
Investigators used ground-reading radar to uncover over 200 unmarked graves of children at a former residential school run by a Roman Catholic order under the auspices of the federal government. Calls being made for f… --- ## [Recommend some seasoning mixes, hot sauces, and other savory condiments from around the world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-seasoning-mixes-hot-sauces-and-other-savory-condiments-from-around-the-world/989532)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-seasoning-mixes-hot-sauces-and-other-savory-condiments-from-around-the-world/989532 "2023-09-04T01:53:07Z")
Some I’ve tried that are great: Kewpie mayonnaise (Japan) Marie Sharp Hot Sauce (Belize) Chili Crisp (China) Zatarain’s Creole Seasoning (Louisiana) Furikake seasoning (Japan) Jerk seasoning (Jamaica) Ones I plan … --- ## [What the HELL did I just see in the night sky tonight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-did-i-just-see-in-the-night-sky-tonight/989486)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-did-i-just-see-in-the-night-sky-tonight/989486 "2023-09-04T01:52:07Z")
Sitting in the hot tub with my wife, circa 9 PM central time, I suddenly looked up at the sky, and saw the strangest thing: A whole long straight line of tiny pinpoint white lights, moving together from west to east, se… --- ## [Was the smear campaign against the Kulaks in any way deserved?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-smear-campaign-against-the-kulaks-in-any-way-deserved/989496)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-smear-campaign-against-the-kulaks-in-any-way-deserved/989496 "2023-09-04T01:01:51Z")
Were there any aspects of the Bolshevik smear campaign against the Kulaks that were deserved? Did they mistreat the peasants ? Did they engage in usury ? Was this all just Bolshevik propaganda ? --- ## [Songs with historical errors that bug you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-historical-errors-that-bug-you/989246)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2023, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-historical-errors-that-bug-you/989246 "2023-09-03T23:42:32Z")
So listening to Morrissey, as you do (and not even feeling particularly depressed or broken up with :slight\_smile:) and again reminded of this verse in Irish Heart, English Blood which as has always bugged me: I’ve bee… --- ## [I need to get some f\*\*\*in friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-get-some-f-in-friends/989187)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-get-some-f-in-friends/989187 "2023-09-03T22:41:30Z")
These days I’ve been feeling a bit like Paul Rudd’s character from the movie “I Love You Man” where on the eve of his wedding he realizing he doesn’t have any close male friends. Now it’s a bit of a different situation … --- ## [Our dog, Andy, died last night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-dog-andy-died-last-night/989410)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-dog-andy-died-last-night/989410 "2023-09-03T21:50:40Z")
We rescued him in 2007, and he wasn’t a puppy. He outlasted three other dogs. We thought he was on his last legs 3 years ago, but he soldiered on. When he was young, he was pretty athletic: … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=747) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=749)