# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=748&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 749 --- ## [With the advances of modern medicine, how long could a victim be tortured, healed, and tortured again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-the-advances-of-modern-medicine-how-long-could-a-victim-be-tortured-healed-and-tortured-again/989614)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-the-advances-of-modern-medicine-how-long-could-a-victim-be-tortured-healed-and-tortured-again/989614 "2023-09-05T21:12:19Z")
Morbid question: I recall reading from Foxe’s Book of Martyrs that, hundreds of years ago, the Spanish Inquisition had doctors whose job it was to heal torture victims so they could be tortured again. This had me wonde… --- ## [So many books!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-books/989168)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-books/989168 "2023-09-05T20:14:02Z")
This is just an anecdote from yesterday that I know Dopers will appreciate. The wife and I went to an estate sale yesterday. At one point we found ourselves alone in the basement with nobody except one of the estate wor… --- ## [Straight Men Nipple Play](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-men-nipple-play/337839)
**Author:** [@homeskillet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/homeskillet)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2006, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-men-nipple-play/337839 "2006-01-07T23:32:03Z")
So this is a somewhat bizarre poll, but fitting since today seems to be sex survey day. A friend tonight (long story) was trying to tell me that it’s mostly gay guys that enjoy having their nipples played with. Which I… --- ## [Is telling a witness not to testify witness tampering?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-telling-a-witness-not-to-testify-witness-tampering/988568)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-telling-a-witness-not-to-testify-witness-tampering/988568 "2023-09-05T19:50:40Z")
Suppose I know a person (Mr. Bloggins) is about to testify before a grand jury about my many, many, crimes. I posts on social media “Mr. Bloggins is about to testify before the grand jury. He shouldn’t. I barely know Mr.… --- ## [The given name "Cotton".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-given-name-cotton/555929)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-given-name-cotton/555929 "2023-09-05T19:50:17Z")
Where did the name “Cotton”, as a first name, come from? Is it any reference to the fabric, maybe? Most of the people I know of are from the southern part of North America. There’s a character with the name in “King of t… --- ## [When does a "verbal contract" (or written contract...not sure in this case\*) actually become a contract?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-a-verbal-contract-or-written-contract-not-sure-in-this-case-actually-become-a-contract/989628)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-a-verbal-contract-or-written-contract-not-sure-in-this-case-actually-become-a-contract/989628 "2023-09-05T16:36:46Z")
Let’s say I text someone that I will take them to dinner and I will take them anywhere they want, my treat. They say great! They want to go to some restaurant in Tokyo (we are in Chicago). Have I committed to flying t… --- ## [Is Mexico ISIS farm league? Or maybe the other way around?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mexico-isis-farm-league-or-maybe-the-other-way-around/704055)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mexico-isis-farm-league-or-maybe-the-other-way-around/704055 "2023-09-05T16:05:23Z")
So wait, a Mexican Mayor ordered police to abduct and kill a bus full of 40+ teaching students at which point the cops handed them over to a local gang who killed them all, burned their bodies in a tire fire and dumped t… --- ## [Farm Bill, Hemp: interesting controversy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farm-bill-hemp-interesting-controversy/989652)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farm-bill-hemp-interesting-controversy/989652 "2023-09-05T15:45:12Z")
Long story incredibly shortened: A 2023 Farm Bill allows the growing of “hemp”, which the bill defines as cannabis with \<0.3% THC, so it doesn’t get you high. Sounds good? Hehe, yeah it does. Turns out there are many … --- ## [PC Building Advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-building-advice/989597)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-building-advice/989597 "2023-09-05T15:39:00Z")
Hey everyone! I’ve got a PC that’s about 7 or 8 years old. It came with the below processor and a crappy graphics card: Intel core i7 4790 cpu @3.6 GHz I upgraded it about a year later, adding a midrange graphics car… --- ## [Locating old Facebook pages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locating-old-facebook-pages/989651)
**Author:** [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locating-old-facebook-pages/989651 "2023-09-05T14:35:34Z")
I would like to see an old Facebook page from April-May of 2023. It isn’t my page and as far as I can tell Wayback doesn’t archive Facebook. Any ideas? thanks --- ## [Caffeine and its effects](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caffeine-and-its-effects/989538)
**Author:** [@Malkav23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malkav23)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caffeine-and-its-effects/989538 "2023-09-05T14:12:21Z")
Caffeine is supposed to keep one awake, yes? For me and my brother, caffeine (in any form) makes us sleepy. It does this to noone else in our family, nor to anyone else we know. Is it a medical condition, or are we just … --- ## [What kind of stuff is OK to leave in an unconditioned garage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-stuff-is-ok-to-leave-in-an-unconditioned-garage/989519)
**Author:** [@LivingGhost371](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LivingGhost371)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-stuff-is-ok-to-leave-in-an-unconditioned-garage/989519 "2023-09-05T13:41:21Z")
Been on a binge redoing all the storage areas, and am wondering what kind of stuff is or is not OK to leave in an unheated Midwestern garage long term, or what needs to be stored in the house, it can get well below zero … --- ## [Underestimated Badass movie recs like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underestimated-badass-movie-recs-like/989514)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underestimated-badass-movie-recs-like/989514 "2023-09-05T08:28:41Z")
The Equalizer Mr. Nobody Polar I have also seen at least one featuring a woman badass. Any others? --- ## [Is Star Wars the biggest franchise where nobody has ever said the title ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-star-wars-the-biggest-franchise-where-nobody-has-ever-said-the-title-ever/989571)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-star-wars-the-biggest-franchise-where-nobody-has-ever-said-the-title-ever/989571 "2023-09-05T06:17:17Z")
Or title drop as it’s sometimes called. Yes they have occasionally said the subtitle, but as far as I know nobody has ever actually said the words Star Wars together in Star Wars. Has anyone ever said “Fast and Furious”… --- ## [How far in the past would my vaccinations be effective](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-in-the-past-would-my-vaccinations-be-effective/989554)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-in-the-past-would-my-vaccinations-be-effective/989554 "2023-09-05T05:37:10Z")
Of course based on bacteria/virus mutations Let’s say I get a full battery of modern vaccinations including smallpox for my time travel adventure in the past. How far into the past could I go and still reasonably expec… --- ## [Gary Wright ("Dream Weaver", "Love Is Alive") dies at 80](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-wright-dream-weaver-love-is-alive-dies-at-80/989635)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-wright-dream-weaver-love-is-alive-dies-at-80/989635 "2023-09-05T04:22:13Z")
They say things happen in threes. First Jimmy Buffett, then Steve Harwell, and now Gary Wright, who had two big hits in the mid 1970s but never had, or probably wanted, the same level of commercial success again. He ap… --- ## [Snake vs Lil'Shit. (Snake bite, oh my!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-vs-lilshit-snake-bite-oh-my/989483)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-vs-lilshit-snake-bite-oh-my/989483 "2023-09-05T03:30:42Z")
My mid-Daughter has 2 male Chihuahuas. Her, her two boys and the Lil’Shits live here with us. They are named Teenee and Tinee(sooooo embarrassing) 7 or 8 years old. Together they might weigh 6 lbs. Worthless, yapping,… --- ## [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 … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=747&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=749&state=watching)