# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=980 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 981 --- ## [Dealing with aging parents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-aging-parents/749015)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-aging-parents/749015 "2022-10-06T23:54:56Z")
I found this article in the Atlantic “What Aging Parents want From their Kids”. Anyone who has or is dealing with this issue understands the complexity of how the role of parent-child suddenly become reversed. Alot of … --- ## [A couple of weird stories from The New York Times](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-weird-stories-from-the-new-york-times/972581)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-weird-stories-from-the-new-york-times/972581 "2022-10-06T23:48:54Z")
The NYT ran a couple of stories about what I thought were some weird trends lately. Here are gift links to each. Perhaps you don’t think this shit is as weird as I do. Story about people, mostly apparently young women, … --- ## [Escape to the Country](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escape-to-the-country/966274)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escape-to-the-country/966274 "2022-10-06T22:26:49Z")
We are enjoying this show, but Dabl is showing 2014, so we may be out of date. Question 1- Reception room, sitting room, living room, snug? Now I get that last is a small “cozy” living room, but is there a difference be… --- ## [Online writing forums and self-publishing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-writing-forums-and-self-publishing/972707)
**Author:** [@Celtic\_Kitsune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celtic_Kitsune)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-writing-forums-and-self-publishing/972707 "2022-10-06T21:16:41Z")
I do a little writing, nothing fancy, just short-stories. Does anyone have any recommended online writing forums? Just to get some feedback really. I did join one such forum and even paid for membership but it had a stra… --- ## [Should the West open its borders to Russians fleeing the draft?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-west-open-its-borders-to-russians-fleeing-the-draft/972205)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-west-open-its-borders-to-russians-fleeing-the-draft/972205 "2022-10-06T19:48:40Z")
\[Originally posted in the thread “Russia invades Ukraine”\] A debate is shaping up within the EU over whether EU member states are right to be tightening border restrictions against Russian citizens fleeing the draft. T… --- ## [Trevor Noah leaving the Daily Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trevor-noah-leaving-the-daily-show/972486)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 266\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trevor-noah-leaving-the-daily-show/972486 "2022-10-06T19:38:38Z")
He’s done a great job. I liked Jon Stewart the most, but Trevor Noah has done very well. Who can they get to replace him? --- ## [Setting up videoconferencing with my TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-up-videoconferencing-with-my-tv/972623)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-up-videoconferencing-with-my-tv/972623 "2022-10-06T19:36:02Z")
Hi all, this is very much in the “idle speculation” phase. We have a typical living room setup in our house; TV at one end of the room, sofa at the other. We do regular video calls with family. These are done on an iPad … --- ## [ID theft - do I need to worry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-theft-do-i-need-to-worry/972652)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-theft-do-i-need-to-worry/972652 "2022-10-06T19:28:28Z")
An “Amazon” rep fooled me into confirming my name, zip code and cell number today. (They already had all three; I didn’t volunteer anything.) I hung up as soon as I figured out it was a scam. (They claimed there were pen… --- ## [Goldbergs Season 10](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goldbergs-season-10/972829)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goldbergs-season-10/972829 "2022-10-06T19:16:25Z")
I didn’t even know it restarted until I saw it was on last night (though I watched Stargirl). The first two episodes are available on abc.com. Murry died, I guess that is one way to remove Jeff Garlin. There is now a “… --- ## [How many products use the "razor blade" business model?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-products-use-the-razor-blade-business-model/968160)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-products-use-the-razor-blade-business-model/968160 "2022-10-06T18:59:52Z")
For those who don’t know, the “razor blade model” refers to the business model of selling the main product cheaply, usually for less than it costs to make, but making up the difference by repeatedly selling replacements … --- ## [Funniest scene ever , movie or TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scene-ever-movie-or-tv/972422 "2022-10-06T17:30:06Z")
For me it’s the Borat scene (first Borat) where he and his sidekick run naked through a hotel including a convention Don’t care if it was real or staged. --- ## [Wilco fans, guide my exploration!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wilco-fans-guide-my-exploration/972561)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wilco-fans-guide-my-exploration/972561 "2022-10-06T15:26:38Z")
To you Wilco fans, I think I am in an enviable position: exploring the band totally fresh in 2022. I managed to miss all of their stuff until now, though I had known the name. It didn’t seem like a band I would particula… --- ## [Google Stadia.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-stadia/831797)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-stadia/831797 "2022-10-06T10:34:41Z")
Will you get one? --- ## [What are your go-to hiccups cures?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-go-to-hiccups-cures/972709)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-go-to-hiccups-cures/972709 "2022-10-06T09:20:30Z")
The Curious Case of Charles Osborne, Who Hiccupped for 68 Years Straight | History| Smithsonian Magazine While not lasting 68 years, my father-in-law has been known on multiple occasions to get hiccups for several days.… --- ## [Horrible movies with really great original soundtracks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-with-really-great-original-soundtracks/972718)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-movies-with-really-great-original-soundtracks/972718 "2022-10-06T08:01:40Z")
Let’s name horrible movies but had really great soundtracks. Xanadu always comes top of mind when I think of this list. It had a budget of $20 million and only $23 million box office receipts. I believe it was one of … --- ## [Got rheumatoid arthritis? No pills for you! You might use them for an abortion!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-rheumatoid-arthritis-no-pills-for-you-you-might-use-them-for-an-abortion/972767)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-rheumatoid-arthritis-no-pills-for-you-you-might-use-them-for-an-abortion/972767 "2022-10-06T07:31:37Z")
A teenager in Arizona was denied a refill on her prescription for her rheumatoid arthritis. Might use it for an abortion, doncha know. Eventually got it from another pharmacy. --- ## [The best tea in the world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-tea-in-the-world/525971)
**Author:** [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-tea-in-the-world/525971 "2010-04-10T16:04:07Z")
In your humble opinion, what are the best, coolest, most interesting teas in the world – and where can I get them? I’m setting up a tea section in my bookstore (packaged, not prepared & served), and I’d like to carry a … --- ## [Transportation Help - West Lafayette IN to Downer's Grove IL](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transportation-help-west-lafayette-in-to-downers-grove-il/972686)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transportation-help-west-lafayette-in-to-downers-grove-il/972686 "2022-10-06T04:51:30Z")
Hey y’all I need to get a young adult (too young to rent a car but \>18) from West Lafayette IN to Downer’s Grove IL. 2.5h each way, down in the morning and back in the afternoon. Bus will work, but would require an over… --- ## [Were the Colonials in the "Battlestar Galactica" reboot originally going to be far more barbaric?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-colonials-in-the-battlestar-galactica-reboot-originally-going-to-be-far-more-barbaric/972794)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-colonials-in-the-battlestar-galactica-reboot-originally-going-to-be-far-more-barbaric/972794 "2022-10-06T04:48:08Z")
On another forum I frequent someone is claiming (without cites) that in the original concept for the Battlestar Galactica reboot, the Twelve Colonies were originally going to be portrayed as shockingly barbaric. The phra… --- ## [What's the average age of a straight doper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612)
**Author:** [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612 "2022-10-06T04:28:57Z")
I got bored, so post your age and sometime soon I’ll average them. 16 here. --- ## [China v Russia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-v-russia/971392)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-v-russia/971392 "2022-10-06T03:30:17Z")
Let’s assume that Russia faces an ignominious defeat in Ukraine, leading to the downfall of the current President, Vladimir Putin. At this moment, the military of the nation will be spent, the government will be between … --- ## [Do you remember this book from the 70's? "The Origin of Homosexuality"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-this-book-from-the-70s-the-origin-of-homosexuality/972742)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-this-book-from-the-70s-the-origin-of-homosexuality/972742 "2022-10-06T03:24:11Z")
I thought the title was “The Origin of Homosexuality” but I can’t find any reference to any book like that. I don’t remember the author’s name either, just that they just used initials for the first (and possibly second)… --- ## [Would you ride with an unlicensed driver?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-with-an-unlicensed-driver/972472)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-with-an-unlicensed-driver/972472 "2022-10-06T01:57:12Z")
One of our best friends lost her license a couple of decades ago after a traffic violation/conviction, and she never took steps to get it back. Yet she still drives. That kinda bothers me, but, my wife and I aren’t abo… --- ## [Looking to find a hippy-dippy officiant to renew my vows near the Muir Woods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-find-a-hippy-dippy-officiant-to-renew-my-vows-near-the-muir-woods/972735)
**Author:** [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-find-a-hippy-dippy-officiant-to-renew-my-vows-near-the-muir-woods/972735 "2022-10-06T01:37:11Z")
…Maybe better to be in IMHO… My wife and I are traveling West to “find ourselves” after postponing our honeymoon after my dad died and my mom became a full time ALZ live-in. Pretend we live in Texas and are going West … --- ## [Putin - the domestic politics side of the war](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putin-the-domestic-politics-side-of-the-war/962905)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putin-the-domestic-politics-side-of-the-war/962905 "2022-10-06T01:15:12Z")
We’ve had speculation in bits and pieces in some of the other threads about Putin and domestic Russian politics; I thought it might be good to have one that focuses just on that issue: how is the war going to affect P… --- ## [Why no widespread underground power utilities?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-widespread-underground-power-utilities/972557)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-widespread-underground-power-utilities/972557 "2022-10-06T01:02:34Z")
Regarding post 90 in the current Hurricane Ian thread: I don’t want to hijack that thread with my question so I’ll start this new thread: why aren’t power utilities laid underground? Regarding the above comment, it loo… --- ## [Amazon gift cards as sort-of legal tender?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-gift-cards-as-sort-of-legal-tender/972731)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-gift-cards-as-sort-of-legal-tender/972731 "2022-10-06T00:45:07Z")
Just rambling here: I recently participated in a medical study in which the reimbursement is via Amazon gift cards. I’ve done other things in the past where the reimbursement was, similarly, a gift card (usually just ele… --- ## ['India' flag (yellow background, black circle) meaning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/india-flag-yellow-background-black-circle-meaning/972741)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/india-flag-yellow-background-black-circle-meaning/972741 "2022-10-06T00:32:14Z")
I recall ‘India’ flags being used on Southern California beaches. I think they might have been used to warn against rip tides, but I don’t remember. What did the India flag mean in this context? --- ## [An asterisk for Aaron Judge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-asterisk-for-aaron-judge/972453)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-asterisk-for-aaron-judge/972453 "2022-10-06T00:05:28Z")
No, no, not because he hit 61 home runs in 162 games instead of 154. Besides, they removed Maris’ asterisk many years ago. The question is, should he get an asterisk in the MLB record book with the notation, “Most home… --- ## [Why third party?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-third-party/972759)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2022, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-third-party/972759 "2022-10-05T23:59:55Z")
There’s a company that uses another company to verify employment.This company isn’t associated in any other way with the first company. Why is this company called a third party rather than a second party? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=979) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=981)