# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=775&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 776 --- ## [Bloater paste - anyone ever eaten it? \](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloater-paste-anyone-ever-eaten-it-shudder/987768)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloater-paste-anyone-ever-eaten-it-shudder/987768 "2023-07-29T13:50:14Z")
Watching Endeavour from the beginning with my phone handy for translation, and Mrs. Thursday told Fred his lunch was bloater paste sandwiches. I looked it up. --- ## [\*\*\* Forum rules and FAQ: Read this first! UPDATED October 3rd, 2014 \*\*\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-rules-and-faq-read-this-first-updated-october-3rd-2014/438452)
**Author:** [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2021, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-rules-and-faq-read-this-first-updated-october-3rd-2014/438452 "2021-02-10T17:53:53Z")
What kinds of threads should go in this forum? Any threads which are about sports belong in this forum, as well as about games of any kind. Any games being held on the boards, such as Mafia games, should instead be in … --- ## [If you have no parent or guardian?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-no-parent-or-guardian/987748)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-no-parent-or-guardian/987748 "2023-07-29T12:02:39Z")
With some of the things I try to do in Office 365, I am faced with a screen that says that my parent or guardian must approve. My parents died 32 and 54 years ago and I don’t (yet) have a guardian. How do I get past th… --- ## [Quote from Becoming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-from-becoming/987771)
**Author:** [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-from-becoming/987771 "2023-07-29T06:50:40Z")
Can I ask the collective brilliance of the Dope for help… I’m wanting to quote a passage from Becoming in an assignment, but am having trouble finding the exact passage, In it Michelle talks about the importance of mea… --- ## [Is there a objective way to decide if someone's a good actor? Or is it all subjective?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-objective-way-to-decide-if-someones-a-good-actor-or-is-it-all-subjective/986750)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-objective-way-to-decide-if-someones-a-good-actor-or-is-it-all-subjective/986750 "2023-07-29T07:05:00Z")
I was having this debate elsewhere and I wanted the Dope’s thoughts. We were discussing an actor and another person said that “l don’t think him being a good actor is in question beyond that of a personal opinion.” Aren’… --- ## [What does this username mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-username-mean/986996)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-username-mean/986996 "2023-07-29T06:52:01Z")
What does this username (Crowbar of Irony +3) mean? From this thread. Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes says, “I like your new name, even if it took me a few seconds to get it.” I don’t get it. :frowning: --- ## [Is all Nepalese food as spicy as this stuff I can't stop eating right now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-all-nepalese-food-as-spicy-as-this-stuff-i-cant-stop-eating-right-now/987715)
**Author:** [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-all-nepalese-food-as-spicy-as-this-stuff-i-cant-stop-eating-right-now/987715 "2023-07-29T04:08:25Z")
So dumplings of all types are one of my favorite foods. Yummy, savory and all types of dipping sauces. I also have a great love for spicy foods. I always have fresh jalapeños, habaneros and other peppers in my kitchen.… --- ## [Anyone got a good crabcake recipe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-got-a-good-crabcake-recipe/987678)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-got-a-good-crabcake-recipe/987678 "2023-07-29T02:36:06Z")
I haven’t had a crabcake of any description since I was a kid, but it popped into my head at work today that I’d really like a nice big crabcake with remoulade for dinner one night soon. Alas, the store I work at doesn’t… --- ## ["Loosely patterned after a Greek myth," Joe Haldeman wrote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loosely-patterned-after-a-greek-myth-joe-haldeman-wrote/987364)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loosely-patterned-after-a-greek-myth-joe-haldeman-wrote/987364 "2023-07-29T00:41:07Z")
Haldeman’s “Counterpoint” appeared in his short story collection Infinite Dreams in 1978. He wrote, in the introduction, that it was “loosely patterned after a Greek myth.” In the story, two babies are born at the exac… --- ## [New posts rolling back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-posts-rolling-back/987492)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-posts-rolling-back/987492 "2023-07-29T00:33:41Z")
Starting today, when I return to the board and click new posts, it doesn’t take me to the new post, it rolls up about 20 posts. Is it my phone? --- ## [What would an invasion of Poland/Lithuania/Latvia by Belarus/Wagner look like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-an-invasion-of-poland-lithuania-latvia-by-belarus-wagner-look-like/987477)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-an-invasion-of-poland-lithuania-latvia-by-belarus-wagner-look-like/987477 "2023-07-29T00:16:09Z")
I doubt that Putin or Lukashenko would give the green light for such an attack, but let’s say they’re crazier than they seem, and the Wagner forces launch an attack on a NATO country. What do you all think would happen?… --- ## [Snow--And Hogan's Heroes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-and-hogans-heroes/987706)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-and-hogans-heroes/987706 "2023-07-29T00:15:00Z")
Every single episode—every single episode–in every episode of Hogan’s Heroes, it was Winter. With snow on the ground. What gives? :snowflake: :snowflake: :snowflake: :snowflake: :tv: --- ## [Don't pick up the Phone - or 'Stupidity in Action'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-pick-up-the-phone-or-stupidity-in-action/976602)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-pick-up-the-phone-or-stupidity-in-action/976602 "2023-07-28T23:41:25Z")
We streamed all episodes of Don’t Pick up the Phone last night It is about a man who called Fast Food joints, pretending to be a local policeman, and was able to convince the manager to strip search a young employee H… --- ## [Monthly Photo Competition #8 - July 2023 - “Summer”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-8-july-2023-summer/986782)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-8-july-2023-summer/986782 "2023-07-28T21:40:10Z")
This is the monthly thread for July 2023. The topic this month is “Summer”, chosen by @Zyada. Please note: The general rules for the competition are here. Please don’t post anything in this thread that isn’t your ent… --- ## [High School Science competition winners that actually take their work to practics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-science-competition-winners-that-actually-take-their-work-to-practics/987732)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-science-competition-winners-that-actually-take-their-work-to-practics/987732 "2023-07-28T18:22:29Z")
We occasionally hear of big fancy well funded science competitions that announce some kid has invented a wonderful device or research that will make a big splash. Then…nothing…I can’t think of any high school winning ‘s… --- ## [OK, rebranded as X but how did Elon get x.com?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-rebranded-as-x-but-how-did-elon-get-x-com/987714)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-rebranded-as-x-but-how-did-elon-get-x-com/987714 "2023-07-28T17:25:09Z")
On a lark I entered x.com thinking that it, and all the other one-letter TLDs, had been snapped up decades ago. I was surprised that it redirects to Twitter.com. Did Elon just pay someone millions to register that domai… --- ## [Test post links](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-links/987735)
**Author:** [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-links/987735 "2023-07-28T16:07:47Z")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtQWZMY-8vo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYi7Kbdesp0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNw9Pnm8Ip8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds7v4jdFZ3s --- ## [Resolved; America would be less divisive today if we had executed Confederate leaders for treason](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-america-would-be-less-divisive-today-if-we-had-executed-confederate-leaders-for-treason/986789)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 319\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-america-would-be-less-divisive-today-if-we-had-executed-confederate-leaders-for-treason/986789 "2023-07-28T15:26:29Z")
If, following the end of the Civil War, the United States had identified the Confederate politicians and military officers as having committed treason (I’d imagine issuing a pardon to anybody who didn’t obtain a command … --- ## [A shadow can travel faster than light ... or …](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shadow-can-travel-faster-than-light-or/987378)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shadow-can-travel-faster-than-light-or/987378 "2023-07-28T13:53:48Z")
This seems problematic, so I will try an analogy. Take a powerful radial sprinkler and set it up so that it is spraying a line of water on the barn some disance away. Now grab a shovel and move it quickly in front of th… --- ## [Trump Georgia case and the "mustard-stained napkin"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-georgia-case-and-the-mustard-stained-napkin/987080)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-georgia-case-and-the-mustard-stained-napkin/987080 "2023-07-28T13:13:30Z")
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/14/politics/donald-trump-fani-willis-georgia-grand-jury/index.html “It is one thing to indict a ham sandwich. To indict the mustard-stained napkin that it once sat on is quite another,” t… --- ## [What food/drink have you Noped out of due to rising costs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-food-drink-have-you-noped-out-of-due-to-rising-costs/987177)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-food-drink-have-you-noped-out-of-due-to-rising-costs/987177 "2023-07-28T12:18:34Z")
The title is pretty clear, but I’ll still include the details and exceptions. I do the majority of the basic shopping in my household, with my wife doing the more premium Trader Joe’s (for value of premium of course) ru… --- ## [Basic Question About Cyberpunk 2077 (The Video Game)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basic-question-about-cyberpunk-2077-the-video-game/987697)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basic-question-about-cyberpunk-2077-the-video-game/987697 "2023-07-28T11:16:09Z")
Just started playing this. I didn’t want to put this in the mega thread about the game but I was wondering, in RPGs I like to play a “good” character. Is that possible to do in this game? I know Cyberpunk tends to be dar… --- ## [Photos: The Ruins of Detroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-the-ruins-of-detroit/489855)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-the-ruins-of-detroit/489855 "2023-07-28T09:52:07Z")
A series of photos showing what appears to be a post-apocalypse Detroit but are in fact present-day shots. See them here and here. That first link also has links to East German industrial sites and America’s forgotten t… --- ## [Danger, Will Robinson (Discussing increased incidences of syphilis in Texas)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-will-robinson-discussing-increased-incidences-of-syphilis-in-texas/987050)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-will-robinson-discussing-increased-incidences-of-syphilis-in-texas/987050 "2023-07-28T08:24:26Z")
Houston health officials are warning residents of a syphilis outbreak that is responsible for a 128% increase in cases among women. Texas. We expect better of you. Why? Isn’t this easily treatable and not an issue anym… --- ## [Is marketing adult diapers to young adults based on unnecessary greed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marketing-adult-diapers-to-young-adults-based-on-unnecessary-greed/987036)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marketing-adult-diapers-to-young-adults-based-on-unnecessary-greed/987036 "2023-07-28T05:36:15Z")
There’s a ad on tv where a spokesperson says, you can’t Kegel yourself out of this, to a new mom. She is told Adult diapers is the answer. The spokesperson hands her a attractive and absorbent black panty/diaper. A 25 … --- ## [What Happened to H1N1 Swine Flu?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-h1n1-swine-flu/525641)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-h1n1-swine-flu/525641 "2023-07-28T03:10:47Z")
It was supposed to be as bad as the 1919 flu-but nobody seems to be getting it. Is it a rather benign strain? What will the Government do with all the serum they bought? --- ## [Stone Trek](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stone-trek/987707)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stone-trek/987707 "2023-07-28T02:42:58Z")
A youtube version–it crosses Flintstones & Star Trek.HILARIOUS! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1P3G7C-AjU&ab\_channel=JonathanLane --- ## [Any Japanese Dopers, I'd like to send you some yen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-japanese-dopers-id-like-to-send-you-some-yen/987480)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-japanese-dopers-id-like-to-send-you-some-yen/987480 "2023-07-28T02:40:41Z")
Long story short, I had an amazing opportunity to visit Japan. I had an absolutely wonderful time in your country. I have some yen bills leftover (not change) and I went to sell it back to the bank and the fees mean I ba… --- ## [A NASCAR Street Race through Chicago?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nascar-street-race-through-chicago/968234)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nascar-street-race-through-chicago/968234 "2023-07-28T02:17:00Z")
https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2022/07/19/chicago-to-host-first-ever-nascar-cup-series-street-race-in-2023/ I don’t know if this is a good idea or not, but I’m definitely intrigued. And, it won’t affect my neighborho… --- ## [Good Article on Benedict Arnold!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-article-on-benedict-arnold/734704)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-article-on-benedict-arnold/734704 "2023-07-28T01:15:45Z")
Enjoyed reading the article by Elendil’s Heir: What was the deal with Benedict Arnold? And by an odd coincidence, I’ve seen his Continental uniform coat. There are some descendants of Arnold here in Canada, and the co… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=774&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=776&state=muted)