# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=773 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 774 --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - August 2023 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-august-2023-edition/987877)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-august-2023-edition/987877 "2023-07-31T15:32:47Z")
I’m starting this a day early because I don’t want to add to the thread, only to have it ignored in a day. Double or Nothing by Kim Sherwood – the latest authorized Bond novel actually has very little James Bond in it. … --- ## [A tiny tiny tiny happenstance (film on microwave control panel)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tiny-tiny-tiny-happenstance-film-on-microwave-control-panel/987410)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tiny-tiny-tiny-happenstance-film-on-microwave-control-panel/987410 "2023-07-31T15:24:31Z")
Set up: Last year mid-dau sorta blew up the microwave. It was a nice one. Though, several years old. Stains inside that would never budge. So I was ok about it. Chapter 2: I sent Son-of-a-wrek with my debit card. Admo… --- ## [Cute Anime Girls and World War Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-anime-girls-and-world-war-two/987837)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-anime-girls-and-world-war-two/987837 "2023-07-31T15:21:13Z")
Tthere is a WW2 historical Youtube site that has brief clips of what appears to be an Anime series, which portrays WW2 Warships as anime girls the version of USS Enterprse, seen in a few frames here, is fetching … --- ## [Would you beg for your life if you were held at gunpoint?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-beg-for-your-life-if-you-were-held-at-gunpoint/944088)
**Author:** [@Flamedame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamedame)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-beg-for-your-life-if-you-were-held-at-gunpoint/944088 "2023-07-31T13:32:15Z")
Scenario: It’s late at night . You are accosted by a random thug that kidnaps you and takes you to his basement/dungeon/whatever . There he holds a gun/knife to your head/throat. Would you beg for him to spare your lif… --- ## [(Old) Whatcha want on your MMP...izza?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-whatcha-want-on-your-mmp-izza/987446)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 379\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-whatcha-want-on-your-mmp-izza/987446 "2023-07-31T13:10:49Z")
Do you add veggies, or go all meats? How do you feel about anchovies? And of course, the biggie, the kahuna question … where do you fall on the Great Pineapple Debate? Me? I make weird pizzas for my personal snacks an… --- ## [Ruin a period piece](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruin-a-period-piece/978521)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruin-a-period-piece/978521 "2023-07-31T12:08:26Z")
There have been plenty of complaints lately about various films and series having technological and cultural anachronisms, glaringly color and gender-blind casting, and in general enough inconsistencies and logical falla… --- ## [Have you stayed in Downtown Las Vegas recently? What’s your opinion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-stayed-in-downtown-las-vegas-recently-what-s-your-opinion/987842)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-stayed-in-downtown-las-vegas-recently-what-s-your-opinion/987842 "2023-07-31T11:46:41Z")
I went to Las Vegas recently over the 4th of July and do want to come back. However, I think I need a break from the Strip where I was mostly on that trip. I spent one of my days Downtown and quite liked it. I’m conside… --- ## [Blowing a whistle at Scammers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowing-a-whistle-at-scammers/987637)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowing-a-whistle-at-scammers/987637 "2023-07-31T11:02:41Z")
I was just listening to a radio discussion about dealing with scam phone calls. A lady phoned in and said that she blows a loud whistle when she gets one and the presenter got her to demonstrate. What we heard was a loud… --- ## [Renewing Passport Questions.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewing-passport-questions/855906)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewing-passport-questions/855906 "2023-07-31T10:19:26Z")
My US passport will expire January 2021. There is a possibility I’ll need it then, so I would like to renew it. I’ve renewed it before, but never during troubled times, so I’m being extra cautious. What happens if I d… --- ## [Share Your Favorite Geek-related Songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favorite-geek-related-songs/987388)
**Author:** [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-favorite-geek-related-songs/987388 "2023-07-31T08:08:40Z")
I was posting in the Quick, what’s your current earworm thread and started wondering who else had a love of geek-related songs. I listen to a lot of nerd-core rappers - The Stupendium, Dan Bull, HalaCG, and FrivolousSha… --- ## [Retro Remedies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-remedies/987277)
**Author:** [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-remedies/987277 "2023-07-31T03:05:04Z")
A discussion of headache powders in the Tylenol thread lead me to think of old fashioned remedies which I think are more effective for me than modern counterparts: BC Powder, Alka Seltzer for stomach problems, Alka Selt… --- ## ["Writing" with the Bing AI chatbot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-with-the-bing-ai-chatbot/986164)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-with-the-bing-ai-chatbot/986164 "2023-07-31T02:37:51Z")
“Write me a love story between Data and Tasha Yar.” Data and Tasha Yar met on board the USS Enterprise-D, where they served as the second officer and the chief of security, respectively. They were both dedicated to the… --- ## [WNBA Power Couple](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wnba-power-couple/987841)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2023, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wnba-power-couple/987841 "2023-07-30T23:40:45Z")
Nearly two weeks ago, DeWanna Bonner and Alyssa Thomas of the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun announced their engagement. Today, they became the second pair of WNBA teammates ever with a 30-pt game and a triple-double in the sam… --- ## [With friends like these... (Liberal corporations, their support of LGBT, and "cancel culture")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-friends-like-these-liberal-corporations-their-support-of-lgbt-and-cancel-culture/987362)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-friends-like-these-liberal-corporations-their-support-of-lgbt-and-cancel-culture/987362 "2023-07-30T22:57:24Z")
I didn’t realize this until I read it just now, but you know how Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Disney are having it out over the Don’t Say Gay Bill? Disney didn’t object to it until after the bill had passed. Bud L… --- ## [Have you ever reported a Facebook page for fraud?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-reported-a-facebook-page-for-fraud/987799)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2023, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-reported-a-facebook-page-for-fraud/987799 "2023-07-30T21:59:22Z")
…And had them agree with you and pull the page? If Facebook has any standards other than “As long as we get our cut, it’s all good!”, I have yet to see them. --- ## [How do female sex workers handle all that penetration?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-female-sex-workers-handle-all-that-penetration/684922)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2023, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-female-sex-workers-handle-all-that-penetration/684922 "2023-07-30T21:58:43Z")
In reading about prostitutes unless you are some world class beauty it seems that a woman making a living as a hooker has to entertain a fair number of men to earn decent money. Not be overly blunt about it, but wouldn’t… --- ## [Want to downsize my electronics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-downsize-my-electronics/987763)
**Author:** [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-downsize-my-electronics/987763 "2023-07-30T21:21:59Z")
I currently have an Macbook Pro, iPad and a Chromebook. I Macbook is my main computer, the Chromebook is for traveling because if it gets lost or stolen, it’s not a huge deal and my iPad has been for reading, videos, gam… --- ## [When do you fuel up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-you-fuel-up/987577)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-you-fuel-up/987577 "2023-07-30T20:07:26Z")
That’s all - when do you fill your vehicle? poll --- ## [What Scam Is This? (involves PayPal, but probably a fake PayPal)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scam-is-this-involves-paypal-but-probably-a-fake-paypal/987834)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2023, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scam-is-this-involves-paypal-but-probably-a-fake-paypal/987834 "2023-07-30T19:02:11Z")
I’m sure this is a scam, so I’ve never called the number, because that seems to be what they want me to do, and so I don’t know what the exchange is like, but I assume it’s phishing for personal information, especially b… --- ## [Local elections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-elections/987832)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-elections/987832 "2023-07-30T18:23:12Z")
My wife and I decided to fill out our ballots. There are only three positions to vote for: County Executive, County Council, and Blaine School Board. We voted for our State House Representative (D), whose term expires … --- ## [What is "equity" law under the Constitution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-equity-law-under-the-constitution/987395)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-equity-law-under-the-constitution/987395 "2023-07-30T16:57:29Z")
Specifically Article 3 Section 2 The judicial power shall extend to all cases, in law and equity, arising under this Constitution, Looking it up, I am not clear if “equity” refers to civil law (as opposed to criminal… --- ## [Fish on the barbie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-on-the-barbie/987765)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-on-the-barbie/987765 "2023-07-30T15:29:58Z")
This is my go-to fish recipe: Oil the skin-side of two salmon filets. Sprinkle with kosher salt. Add a couple of sprigs of freshly-cut rosemary. Top with lemon slices. I say salmon, but I make this with white fish too… --- ## [Does Duolingo work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-duolingo-work/987658)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-duolingo-work/987658 "2023-07-30T14:23:53Z")
There have been previous threads on trying Duolingo. I played around with it briefly. But it doesn’t match my learning style and while painless I can’t see learning a language that way. Maybe a quick review or supplem… --- ## [Tell me about “exopolitics”. The truth is out there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-exopolitics-the-truth-is-out-there/987802)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-exopolitics-the-truth-is-out-there/987802 "2023-07-30T14:11:17Z")
I’m a big fan of Coyne, a moderate Canadian journalist. And I enjoyed this piece on the likelihood of extraterrestrial life, the low chance it would care about us despite our innate self-importance, the Drake equation a… --- ## [What's the deal with this old Star Wars set photo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-this-old-star-wars-set-photo/987775)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-this-old-star-wars-set-photo/987775 "2023-07-30T13:44:53Z")
Saw it posted on Facebook. It looks like C-3PO’s lower legs are completely mangled in a way I don’t remember seeing, even when he was disassembled in ESB. Is this some level of damage that was filmed but not used? … --- ## [An Uber self-driving car killed a pedestrian in Tempe, AZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-uber-self-driving-car-killed-a-pedestrian-in-tempe-az/810836)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 260\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2023, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-uber-self-driving-car-killed-a-pedestrian-in-tempe-az/810836 "2023-07-30T12:39:34Z")
Story here: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/19/technology/uber-driverless-fatality.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news Had to happe… --- ## [Please share your favorite rice recipes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-favorite-rice-recipes/986563)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2023, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-share-your-favorite-rice-recipes/986563 "2023-07-30T05:56:31Z")
I’m craving a rice dish. In particular, a rice I used to get at a nursing home I worked at back in Louisiana. That was more than 45 years ago and I have no idea what it was. I just remember it was creamy and white and it… --- ## [Seattle and Eugene Dopefests (yep, short notice)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-eugene-dopefests-yep-short-notice/987671)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2023, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-eugene-dopefests-yep-short-notice/987671 "2023-07-30T04:11:02Z")
OK dopers, and apologies for lack of notice but as part of the grand tour I will be in Seattle on Thu 27th-Jul and Fri 28th Jul. Departure on Sat morning for Eugene where Plan A was to meet Lancia but Plan B might adjus… --- ## [Do I have to cook these packaged fresh gingko nuts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-cook-these-packaged-fresh-gingko-nuts/987801)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2023, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-cook-these-packaged-fresh-gingko-nuts/987801 "2023-07-30T01:11:51Z")
Picked these up kind of randomly at the Chinese supermarket, in a vacuum-sealed refrigerated bag like those shown below. I know nothing about gingko nuts, but just read that they’re pretty toxic raw, and not entirely non… --- ## [I had a very vivid dream about Cecil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-very-vivid-dream-about-cecil/987795)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-very-vivid-dream-about-cecil/987795 "2023-07-29T22:54:18Z")
(get yer mind outta the gutter, it ain’t THAT kinda dream) Ok, I woke up in this apocalyptic, alien invaded world. I looked at the lil’wrekker and said we gotta get out of here. I grab my igloo cooler (in dystopia if … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=772) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=774)