# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=773&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 774 --- ## [Could the new treatments for hepatitis C drive the disease into extinction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-new-treatments-for-hepatitis-c-drive-the-disease-into-extinction/724986)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-new-treatments-for-hepatitis-c-drive-the-disease-into-extinction/724986 "2023-08-01T05:42:10Z")
I think solvaldi and harvoni have a success rate of almost 99% or so. Assuming when the drugs are off patent and affordable, is that a high enough success rate to eliminate Hep C as a disease, could it go the way of smal… --- ## [Religious Accommodation {Christian postal worker case}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-accommodation-christian-postal-worker-case/978267)
**Author:** [@Guapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guapo)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-accommodation-christian-postal-worker-case/978267 "2023-08-01T05:35:21Z")
The US Supreme Court is set to rule on a case where a Christian postal worker was fired for refusing to work on Sundays. I’m a non-believer, but generally support reasonable religious accomodations. This got me wonderin… --- ## [Random “Why don’t we have this in the US” thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-why-don-t-we-have-this-in-the-us-thread/987294)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 238\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-why-don-t-we-have-this-in-the-us-thread/987294 "2023-08-01T05:22:26Z")
I just got back from my first trip to Europe and one little thing they have are plastic water, soda, juice, etc bottles where the cap stays on the bottle. You just twist the cap and then it pops up and you don’t have to … --- ## [Put the date of death in a title](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-date-of-death-in-a-title/985646)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-date-of-death-in-a-title/985646 "2023-08-01T03:53:26Z")
Lots of famous people are dying this week. Many of them are getting threads. One of them turned up next to a thread titled The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King Dead at 89 in 2015. I didn’t open it to see if the OP added the … --- ## [What good "scores" have you made at thrift stores?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-scores-have-you-made-at-thrift-stores/987422)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-scores-have-you-made-at-thrift-stores/987422 "2023-08-01T03:16:26Z")
There are several thrift stores in town, but the one a lot of people like best is called God’s Storehouse. You can get almost anything there, and it seems like it’s always busy. Some years ago I bought a great winter j… --- ## [Question About Older Late Night TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-older-late-night-tv/987279)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-older-late-night-tv/987279 "2023-08-01T02:23:10Z")
When I was a bit older, my parents never much enforced a curfew and I sometimes watched the news, weekend movies or shows like SNL. Between midnight and two am or so, television programs would end. They would show the … --- ## [Silly Lord of the Rings Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-lord-of-the-rings-thoughts/986810)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-lord-of-the-rings-thoughts/986810 "2023-08-01T01:23:17Z")
So I am both watching Lord of the Rings, and playing Lord of the Rings Online, and a silly thought came to me - and it would actually be a cute cartoon - What does the Rider of the Nazgul do when he isn’t out threatenin… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - July 2023 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-july-2023-edition/986381)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-july-2023-edition/986381 "2023-08-01T01:17:52Z")
So a cat… Part two: There are a few strays in our area, but one in particular is a sweet faced old war vetran with a shredded ear and scar tissue around his neck, I call Tabby or Tabs. Tabby has been haunting my porch a… --- ## [When did it become a given that parents would pay for their child's (children's) college attendance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-it-become-a-given-that-parents-would-pay-for-their-childs-childrens-college-attendance/986049)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-it-become-a-given-that-parents-would-pay-for-their-childs-childrens-college-attendance/986049 "2023-08-01T00:56:17Z")
I’m guessing 3/4 of the way through the 20th century? I graduated from high school in 1966, and it was by no means a given that my parents would pay my college tuition. At that time, it wasn’t even assumed that college … --- ## [What is this musical instrument? (Some kind of percussion instrument, sounds metallic, very 70s sounding)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-musical-instrument-some-kind-of-percussion-instrument-sounds-metallic-very-70s-sounding/987087)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-musical-instrument-some-kind-of-percussion-instrument-sounds-metallic-very-70s-sounding/987087 "2023-07-31T22:44:01Z")
Okay, I’ve got a puzzler that I’m flying blind with. Can anyone tell me what instrument is being played in the first 17 seconds of this video? The source is 1977’s “The Mouse and his Child,” a very 70s-ish movie, and I… --- ## [ISC2 bylaws and board controversy, 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isc2-bylaws-and-board-controversy-2022/974176)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isc2-bylaws-and-board-controversy-2022/974176 "2023-07-31T22:30:58Z")
If you’re a member of ISC2, such as by having an ISC2 certification like CC, SSCP, CCSP, CAP, CSSLP, and HCISPP, please look at the proposed bylaw changes for this year. Since this is IMHO, I’ll say that I think the prop… --- ## [Indicator lights. Bad bad bad indication of what? So so much](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indicator-lights-bad-bad-bad-indication-of-what-so-so-much/987747)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indicator-lights-bad-bad-bad-indication-of-what-so-so-much/987747 "2023-07-31T21:43:53Z")
I was up very early. I wasn’t sleeping well, anyways. Things on my mind. I walked around the the house. There are so many indicator lights. Little tiny pindots in the dark: Indicating the dishwasher is done. The TVs a… --- ## [Sears Repair Direct? I'd rather take the next OceanGate ride](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sears-repair-direct-id-rather-take-the-next-oceangate-ride/987372)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sears-repair-direct-id-rather-take-the-next-oceangate-ride/987372 "2023-07-31T21:12:29Z")
At least that would be quick. We had our over repaired under warranty - or at least tried to. The technician missed the service call and came the next week. He couldn’t finish the repair because of supply shortage. N… --- ## [Have economic sanctions ever had a significant political effect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-economic-sanctions-ever-had-a-significant-political-effect/983761)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-economic-sanctions-ever-had-a-significant-political-effect/983761 "2023-07-31T20:31:48Z")
It has been a response for decades in many cases now: e.g. Rhodesia, North Korea, and now Russia. But has there ever been a case where it really made a difference? I can’t recall any. One suspects that it is a face-sa… --- ## [Miramax still a going concern](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miramax-still-a-going-concern/987829)
**Author:** [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miramax-still-a-going-concern/987829 "2023-07-31T20:03:29Z")
I was a bit taken aback watching a trailer in a theater for a new Alexander Payne film, The Holdovers, when I spotted the logo for Miramax Films at the end. Wait, the company founded by disgraced, convicted sex predator … --- ## ["Last visit" indicator in a forum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-visit-indicator-in-a-forum/963899)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-visit-indicator-in-a-forum/963899 "2023-07-31T20:00:18Z")
In each forum there’s a thin red line followed by “last visit”. This useful feature seems like a really simple thing to ascertain by Discourse. But apparently it’s not, as it can be wrong by several hours. Recently I was… --- ## [Speed camera question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speed-camera-question/987501)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speed-camera-question/987501 "2023-07-31T19:59:59Z")
I got a summons in the mail for an on camera speeding violation in Virginia. If the tech is to believed, I was doing 55 in a 35 work zone. I guess I probably was speeding but in the pictures there is not another car, per… --- ## [Intriguing family photo from the 1930s - attention Bekdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intriguing-family-photo-from-the-1930s-attention-bekdawrek/987878)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intriguing-family-photo-from-the-1930s-attention-bekdawrek/987878 "2023-07-31T18:22:15Z")
One enjoyable task for my family history was going through an envelope of negatives from my aunt Betsey. A couple of them feature cars so I believe they are from around 1930. Places and faces unknown but likely somewhere… --- ## [Great Poll Questions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-poll-questions/987881)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-poll-questions/987881 "2023-07-31T18:21:18Z")
For a general audience. Looking to take the best ones and conduct surveys. It would be great to compare them with another audience, too, but for now, a great question would do. Thanks! --- ## [Question for Spanish-speaking folks in NYC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-spanish-speaking-folks-in-nyc/987814)
**Author:** [@Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-spanish-speaking-folks-in-nyc/987814 "2023-07-31T17:01:31Z")
I frequently hear a sound while walking around NYC. I think it’s coming from Spanish radio stations. It sounds like someone saying, “Ah E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E” a drawn-out long “E” sound with a little bit of vibrato in it. C… --- ## [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… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=772&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=774&state=watching)