# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=757&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 758 --- ## [Spore for my 10 year old?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spore-for-my-10-year-old/989007)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spore-for-my-10-year-old/989007 "2023-08-23T23:41:26Z")
I have a savvy 10 year old and like most he enjoys games. Usually Totally Accurate Battle Simulator on Steam or Minecraft, Rocket League or Steep on PS4. He recently developed an interest in evolution after we tried th… --- ## [Which new tech has impressed you the most over the last 5 years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-new-tech-has-impressed-you-the-most-over-the-last-5-years/984884)
**Author:** [@Lantern2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern2)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-new-tech-has-impressed-you-the-most-over-the-last-5-years/984884 "2023-08-23T22:52:51Z")
For me number 1 has undoubtedly been generative AI. I am still blown away by what GPT-4 is capable of and in recent days I have enjoyed creating images on Bing Image Creator (which uses Dall-E) and have been impressed. T… --- ## [So I got the Freedom of the City of London](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-the-freedom-of-the-city-of-london/989004)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-the-freedom-of-the-city-of-london/989004 "2023-08-23T22:44:04Z")
The Freedom of the City of London is one of those historical quirks that the Brits love. In the Middle Ages, it was the urban citizenship of the autonomous and self-administering City of London (which, to this day, cover… --- ## [Celebrity Airport Names? (Snoop Dogg?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-airport-names-snoop-dogg/988802)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-airport-names-snoop-dogg/988802 "2023-08-23T21:53:52Z")
Was listening to comedian Dwight Slade on comedy radio. Noting the airport in New Orleans was named after Louis Armstrong, he joked about future airports being named after current celebrities. (He didn’t mention Liverp… --- ## [Why do some peoples eye lids flutter when they talk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-peoples-eye-lids-flutter-when-they-talk/330666)
**Author:** [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-peoples-eye-lids-flutter-when-they-talk/330666 "2023-08-23T21:23:18Z")
Why do the eye-lids of some people flutter when they are talking to you? Are you one of the people that does this? I don’t mean ‘flirt’ flutter, but a sort of indecision as to whether the eye should stay open or if it s… --- ## [Report your facts here concerning Yevgeny Prigozhin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-your-facts-here-concerning-yevgeny-prigozhin/989001)
**Author:** [@cincinnatus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cincinnatus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-your-facts-here-concerning-yevgeny-prigozhin/989001 "2023-08-23T21:02:41Z")
What do you actually know, or what is your studied opinion on the crash that purportedly killed Yevgeny Prigozhin? Can you report on this using information from extremely reliable sources? Reports say Mr. Prigozhin’s pl… --- ## [Question regarding Chinese Construction Industry loans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-chinese-construction-industry-loans/988868)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-chinese-construction-industry-loans/988868 "2023-08-23T20:53:25Z")
Other than Chinese government credit what foreign creditors lend money to the Chinese construction industry. To which international creditors (if any) are the payments on dollar-denominated bonds that I have read about a… --- ## [My dissolving porch (how should I repair my rotting deck?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dissolving-porch-how-should-i-repair-my-rotting-deck/985134)
**Author:** [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dissolving-porch-how-should-i-repair-my-rotting-deck/985134 "2023-08-23T18:39:08Z")
Howdy all. My wrap-around porch is in need of repair. A small point of rot has been shown to be a much bigger issue… All the decking is laying on the ground, which is mud basically up until the foundation of the house. … --- ## [Prigozhin Dies in Plane Wreck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prigozhin-dies-in-plane-wreck/988992)
**Author:** [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prigozhin-dies-in-plane-wreck/988992 "2023-08-23T18:32:44Z")
What, they couldn’t wait until he was standing in front of a window? “A post by Grey Zone, a Wagner-connected social media channel, claimed that Russian anti-aircraft defences had shot down the plane in the Tver region… --- ## [Your favorite Ray Bradbury story?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-ray-bradbury-story/988048)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-ray-bradbury-story/988048 "2023-08-23T15:51:49Z")
So many to choose from, but I just reread “The Fog Horn” and that one’s haunted me ever since I first read it, decades ago. Here’s a link to the text. --- ## [How many of the current Republican contenders are actually running for VICE-President?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-current-republican-contenders-are-actually-running-for-vice-president/988027)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-current-republican-contenders-are-actually-running-for-vice-president/988027 "2023-08-23T15:02:29Z")
Trump is the acknowledged Republican front-runner, the supposed man to beat, and yet most of his supposed competition won’t say word one against him, which leads me to believe that the position they are jockeying for is … --- ## [So I made some curry with only a vague idea of what I was doing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-made-some-curry-with-only-a-vague-idea-of-what-i-was-doing/988899)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-made-some-curry-with-only-a-vague-idea-of-what-i-was-doing/988899 "2023-08-23T14:22:29Z")
I started with a can of coconut milk, and a cup of plain yogurt. Spiced that up with 2-3 tablespoons of curry powder, half teaspoon each of cumin and chili powder (didn’t really measure) and some onion powder and some ga… --- ## [I have successfully delivered #1 kid to adulthood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-successfully-delivered-1-kid-to-adulthood/988849)
**Author:** [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-successfully-delivered-1-kid-to-adulthood/988849 "2023-08-23T12:20:02Z")
My oldest turned 18 less than two weeks ago. Yesterday the rest of us (wife and 15 year old daughter) drove the 500km from Toronto to Montreal to move her in to her dorm to start university. Today we had brunch and left … --- ## [What could Raffensberger have done to entrap Trump more securely?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-raffensberger-have-done-to-entrap-trump-more-securely/988865)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-raffensberger-have-done-to-entrap-trump-more-securely/988865 "2023-08-23T08:59:42Z")
I know, he wasn’t aiming to create a trap as much as to insure himself against Trump claiming “That conversation never happened,” but it seems to me that the ambiguities that Trump’s defense are probably going to cite co… --- ## [Bad Ju-July (monthly mini-rants) \[Old\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ju-july-monthly-mini-rants-old/986411)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 376\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ju-july-monthly-mini-rants-old/986411 "2023-08-23T08:58:04Z")
Continuing the discussion from June Bugs (monthly mini-rants): At my work, one of my customers came to me saying that her laptop won’t turn on. It didn’t die because the battery was dead, it was charged, it just decide… --- ## [Yep. That's a bad bad bad blond. There's a critic in the house](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-thats-a-bad-bad-bad-blond-theres-a-critic-in-the-house/988888)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-thats-a-bad-bad-bad-blond-theres-a-critic-in-the-house/988888 "2023-08-23T07:00:16Z")
Saturday I went to the salon. The lil’wrekker and stylist decided I needed to be VERY blond. I argued. You think anyone listens to me? Nah. The Lil’wrekker has spoken. Grey gotta go, Ma needs blond!! Ok. I lived thru … --- ## [A “Superfan” of the Kansas City Chiefs has been arrested](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-superfan-of-the-kansas-city-chiefs-has-been-arrested/988915)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-superfan-of-the-kansas-city-chiefs-has-been-arrested/988915 "2023-08-23T04:10:03Z")
I mean, I’d be able to pick him out of a lineup pretty easily. A semi-serious question: can he find a fair trial in Missouri? Or have years of living among fanatical football fans tainted my view? --- ## [Google Maps & Streetview dates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-streetview-dates/988883)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-streetview-dates/988883 "2023-08-23T02:56:22Z")
In Google Streetview there is a menu item that allows the user to select different dates, based on the various images captures over the years since its inception. Is there a similar function for the aerial/satellite imag… --- ## [Is this news story true? Kid named Hell banned from school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-news-story-true-kid-named-hell-banned-from-school/411087)
**Author:** [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-news-story-true-kid-named-hell-banned-from-school/411087 "2023-08-23T01:14:44Z")
This story is floating all over the internet right now: Max Hell, age 5, not admitted to a Catholic school because of his surname. School has now agreed to let him attend, but father is feeling “victimised” and is going… --- ## [What movies should I grab before Netflix stops sending DVDs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-should-i-grab-before-netflix-stops-sending-dvds/988679)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-should-i-grab-before-netflix-stops-sending-dvds/988679 "2023-08-23T01:12:16Z")
It irritates me because they have a huge library of films that they likely will never put on the site. Why not keep sending them out? Was it really so unprofitable? I get that they want to funnel people to streaming, but… --- ## [Where is a safe place to order seeds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-a-safe-place-to-order-seeds/988681)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-a-safe-place-to-order-seeds/988681 "2023-08-22T23:23:50Z")
I want to order Piel de Sapo (aka Christmas or Santa Claus Melon) seeds. I usually buy seeds at a local nursery or order them from Burpee but I’ve not been able to find them. I’m concerned about ordering from Amazon, I’v… --- ## [When that ol' catfish stings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-that-ol-catfish-stings/988850)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-that-ol-catfish-stings/988850 "2023-08-22T22:13:15Z")
I’ve been around fishing many years. Knew to watch out for the barb. (They also have teeth, you know. And they will bite) The kids were fishing and one grandwrex got a nice catfish. He’s been taught to be careful unhoo… --- ## [(How) can I buy a used car and pick it up 1–2 months later?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-buy-a-used-car-and-pick-it-up-1-2-months-later/988754)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-buy-a-used-car-and-pick-it-up-1-2-months-later/988754 "2023-08-22T21:20:05Z")
I’ll be moving back to North America later this year and so need to go on a house-hunting trip a month or two in advance of the move. I’ll eventually need to buy a (used) car, but it would be nice if I had one already l… --- ## [Neighbor has a port-o-potty in their driveway for past year, why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-has-a-port-o-potty-in-their-driveway-for-past-year-why/988442)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-has-a-port-o-potty-in-their-driveway-for-past-year-why/988442 "2023-08-22T21:00:45Z")
Okay neighbor is being generous, it’s somebody three blocks away from me. But every time I drive past their house they have a port-o-potty (or whatever the generic name for those portable toilets you see at outdoor even… --- ## [What to do with tools that smell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-tools-that-smell/988842)
**Author:** [@leswax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leswax)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-tools-that-smell/988842 "2023-08-22T20:50:09Z")
My grandfather passed away recently, and he wanted to have his tool chest. He was a machinist until the early 1990’s, and this was the tool chest he wheeled around his work place. Since his retirement these tools have sa… --- ## [What will be in Trump’s “Large, Detailed, but Irrefutable REPORT?”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-in-trump-s-large-detailed-but-irrefutable-report/988663)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-in-trump-s-large-detailed-but-irrefutable-report/988663 "2023-08-22T20:26:47Z")
(His capitalization, not mine.) Trump announced on “Truth Social” that he will release a report on Monday August 21st about the 2020 election that will provide “complete exoneration.” Let’s speculate on what it could c… --- ## [What kind of acrylic paint is it that they use for Suncatcher crafts for kids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-acrylic-paint-is-it-that-they-use-for-suncatcher-crafts-for-kids/415554)
**Author:** [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-acrylic-paint-is-it-that-they-use-for-suncatcher-crafts-for-kids/415554 "2023-08-22T20:08:45Z")
Google is no help. It flows on like nail polish, clear and glossy, smells faintly of fruit (esters?), has water cleanup, and–here’s the important thing–it goes on clear and it dries clear. The little bottles of acrylic… --- ## [Words (and phrases) you wish were in more common use](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-you-wish-were-in-more-common-use/985265)
**Author:** [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-you-wish-were-in-more-common-use/985265 "2023-08-22T19:44:41Z")
Avoiding a hijack of a very serious thread. What other words and phrases do you wish were used more widely. ETA: To clarify it was “higgedly piggedly” that was being referred to here. --- ## [Trump Went Down to Georgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-went-down-to-georgia/988691)
**Author:** [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-went-down-to-georgia/988691 "2023-08-22T17:21:34Z")
How about we collaborate on a parody of the Charlie Daniels song The Devil Went Down to Georgia befitting of current events? I’ll start off and feel free to add in and even edit previous contributions if you really think… --- ## [Quantum superposition of colors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-superposition-of-colors/988803)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-superposition-of-colors/988803 "2023-08-22T17:07:24Z")
The 1968 animated Beatles movie Yellow Submarine is famed for its trippy visuals, but one detail is of particular interest. I look for this each of the umpteen times I’ve watched the movie. A square box is colored red in… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=756&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=758&state=tracking)