# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=999&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1000 --- ## [Loretta Lynn has died at age 90](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loretta-lynn-has-died-at-age-90/972708)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loretta-lynn-has-died-at-age-90/972708 "2022-10-07T19:07:01Z")
Gutsy lady, loved by millions. Rest in peace, Loretta. Another one of those people that I couldn’t believe was 90… --- ## [The Neutron Bomb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-neutron-bomb/972831)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-neutron-bomb/972831 "2022-10-07T18:12:45Z")
This post was inspired by Machine\_Elf’s thread on radiation levels. When I was in high school studying U.S. history, I remember a blurb on “The Neutron Bomb” and how a former president, Jimmy Carter, banned its producti… --- ## [Sketches that became series?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sketches-that-became-series/972738)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sketches-that-became-series/972738 "2022-10-07T18:02:05Z")
The Honeymooners started out as sketches on Jackie Gleason’s various variety shows. The Simpsons were short bits of animated filler for The Tracey Ullman Show. The Carol Burnett Show begat Mama’s Family. And after that, … --- ## [Korean drawing genius Kim Jung Gi dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/korean-drawing-genius-kim-jung-gi-dies/972892)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/korean-drawing-genius-kim-jung-gi-dies/972892 "2022-10-07T17:06:50Z")
Just read about it, this is so sad. There are many videos of him painting, I am going to watch some now. He was amazing, rest in peace. And no, discourse, this topic is not similar to the one from 19 years ago about … --- ## [Seeding my lawn this weekend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeding-my-lawn-this-weekend/971630)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeding-my-lawn-this-weekend/971630 "2022-10-07T15:06:51Z")
I’ve been in a 3 year fight with my front yard. I have been digging out bindweed for that long along with properly grading it (by hand) and digging out giant stones buried therein. So needless to say it has been bare d… --- ## [Can't google song name??? (SNL Wes Anderson parody)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-google-song-name-snl-wes-anderson-parody/767879)
**Author:** [@The\_Piranha\_Brothers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Piranha_Brothers)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-google-song-name-snl-wes-anderson-parody/767879 "2022-10-07T14:36:22Z")
Couple of years ago SNL did a parody trailer for a film supposedly by Wes Anderson, “The midnight coterie of sinister intruders”. At the time I was able to find the song at the end on youtube. Now, a few years later, I … --- ## [YouTube Help (Can't Get Any Help On YouTube Forums)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-help-cant-get-any-help-on-youtube-forums/972900)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-help-cant-get-any-help-on-youtube-forums/972900 "2022-10-07T14:35:46Z")
Prior to last night (October 6 2022), whenever I accessed YouTube on my ONN Smart TV, my options were Home, Search, Subscriptions, Library, This, That, Some Other Thing, Settings, Log Out. Now Subscriptions, Library, Thi… --- ## [Why are crush deaths at sporting events almost exclusively at soccer games?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-crush-deaths-at-sporting-events-almost-exclusively-at-soccer-games/972610)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-crush-deaths-at-sporting-events-almost-exclusively-at-soccer-games/972610 "2022-10-07T13:42:36Z")
After hearing about this weekend’s tragedy, I looked up the Wikipedia page on human stampedes/crushes and it confirmed my hunch: the overwhelming vast majority of sports events leading to deaths have happened at soccer g… --- ## [Is There A Book (Film, etc.) You Wish You Read (etc.) Ten Years Earlier?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-book-film-etc-you-wish-you-read-etc-ten-years-earlier/972724)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-book-film-etc-you-wish-you-read-etc-ten-years-earlier/972724 "2022-10-07T12:51:47Z")
Have you ever read (etc.) something enlightening or transformative - and wish you had come across it much earlier? --- ## [What was the first book to take place in the past?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-book-to-take-place-in-the-past/972672)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-book-to-take-place-in-the-past/972672 "2022-10-07T12:17:28Z")
How long ago did our authors of books describe the past? Who was the first one? Or lets say the future? Id suspect it would be about the 1800th century with Jules Verne etc. Anyone know of earlier? --- ## [Are Some People Above The Law?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-people-above-the-law/969574)
**Author:** [@Clu-Me-In](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clu-Me-In)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-people-above-the-law/969574 "2022-10-07T10:29:17Z")
If all men in American society are equal, and “no one is above the law,” why does it appear that Donald J. Trump continues to get away with breaking the laws, something most folks would easily go to prison or at the mini… --- ## [So, I'm being investigated by Homeland Security](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-being-investigated-by-homeland-security/403293)
**Author:** [@tashabot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tashabot)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-being-investigated-by-homeland-security/403293 "2022-10-07T10:07:44Z")
Seriously. They think that a 22-year-old wannabe journalist who doesn’t even have the motivation to get a better-paying job is a threat, because she made some off-color comments about Hillary Clinton in her blog. But th… --- ## [My New-ish Job is Bad, How Do I Explain at Interviews?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-ish-job-is-bad-how-do-i-explain-at-interviews/972598)
**Author:** [@SparkleLilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SparkleLilly)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-ish-job-is-bad-how-do-i-explain-at-interviews/972598 "2022-10-07T09:26:31Z")
I undertook a significant relocation across the country in early 2022 for a management position at Acme Corp (not a real name). The day I arrived, I found out the director had quit abruptly less than 2 weeks prior. Since… --- ## [Down the rabbit hole of Korean Street Food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-the-rabbit-hole-of-korean-street-food/972862)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-the-rabbit-hole-of-korean-street-food/972862 "2022-10-07T06:07:10Z")
So I discovered the ASMR Korean Street Food youtube videos. Have some questions - there is a green that looks like wide bladed grass, probably a foot or so long? Any idea what it is? I saw over on SoraNews an article ab… --- ## [Does 'Fresh' grocery-store fish inherently taste better than frozen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fresh-grocery-store-fish-inherently-taste-better-than-frozen/959165)
**Author:** [@edwin\_klockars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwin_klockars)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fresh-grocery-store-fish-inherently-taste-better-than-frozen/959165 "2022-02-18T13:49:14Z")
Yesterday I had the opportunity to buy a few items from the top wholesale gourmet food supplier in LA. They had caviars, A5 wagyu, delicious smoked salmon etc. For dinner, I prepared some of their premium salmon filets… --- ## [Identify a Caterpillar (Millipede?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-caterpillar-millipede/972866)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-caterpillar-millipede/972866 "2022-10-07T04:30:37Z")
Very small - maybe an inch long and a millimeter or so wide - hanging out on a yarrow flower in Southern California. https://ibb.co/0XMrLpF Brown with yellow stripes (or vice versa), with a very consistent diameter thr… --- ## [Chicago Sun-Times (Straight Dope's Owner) Has Dropped Its Paywall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-sun-times-straight-dopes-owner-has-dropped-its-paywall/972832)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-sun-times-straight-dopes-owner-has-dropped-its-paywall/972832 "2022-10-07T04:28:27Z")
The paper is at: Any comments as to whether this newspaper would be of any interest to those outside the Chicago metropolitan area? PS. I’m a bit surprised no one has mentioned this. --- ## [Are there any good prequels that actually stand alone and don't need the original to make sense?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-good-prequels-that-actually-stand-alone-and-dont-need-the-original-to-make-sense/972657)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-good-prequels-that-actually-stand-alone-and-dont-need-the-original-to-make-sense/972657 "2022-10-07T04:23:26Z")
Usually a prequel no matter how good can never be standalone because it relies too much on people understanding the original work to help it make sense or at the very least streamline details. I love Star Wars: Rogue On… --- ## [Hurricane Ian: A Major Threat To Florida and Elsewhere {2022-09-25}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ian-a-major-threat-to-florida-and-elsewhere-2022-09-25/972213)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-ian-a-major-threat-to-florida-and-elsewhere-2022-09-25/972213 "2022-10-07T03:53:28Z")
Any Florida Dopers doing anything to prepare? --- ## [Suppose the best player in college football were from a military academy (and had to do 4 years of service.) How high would he be drafted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-the-best-player-in-college-football-were-from-a-military-academy-and-had-to-do-4-years-of-service-how-high-would-he-be-drafted/971751)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-the-best-player-in-college-football-were-from-a-military-academy-and-had-to-do-4-years-of-service-how-high-would-he-be-drafted/971751 "2022-10-07T02:58:37Z")
Roger Staubach, one of the NFL greats, was drafted low because he was an Annapolis cadet and had to serve in Vietnam for years after he graduated. Suppose you had a Patrick Mahomes-like player who were at West Point, US… --- ## [Have you heard of the (UK) Daily Mail, what's your opinion about it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-the-uk-daily-mail-whats-your-opinion-about-it/600527)
**Author:** [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-the-uk-daily-mail-whats-your-opinion-about-it/600527 "2022-10-07T02:39:00Z")
The Daily Mail seems to have quite the reputation on some boards, so I’m curious if the non-British here read or know-of it. --- ## [MLB: September/October Regular Season 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 400\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-september-october-regular-season-2022/970738 "2022-10-07T02:12:42Z")
Welcome to September. Angel Hernandez has an ongoing lawsuit against Major League Baseball, wanting to know why he was pulled from the 2018 World Series and why he hasn’t umpired in it since 2005. Hernandez is saying i… --- ## [Where does Steam download game files to PC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-steam-download-game-files-to-pc/972852)
**Author:** [@Celtic\_Kitsune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celtic_Kitsune)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-steam-download-game-files-to-pc/972852 "2022-10-07T02:12:40Z")
Apologies, I wouldn’t ask this here but I know very little about games, I did try googling the answer and the also checked the application forums but its just left me more confused. I downloaded the game ‘Endling: Extin… --- ## [What are the odds that Lindsey Graham isn't being blackmailed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-lindsey-graham-isnt-being-blackmailed/970675)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-lindsey-graham-isnt-being-blackmailed/970675 "2022-10-07T01:00:41Z")
Call me crazy, but I can’t think of a reasonable explanation for Graham’s blind defense of Trump other than that Trump has something on him that he’s terrified of getting out. I can’t believe an experienced JAG officer … --- ## [Anyone else here NOT a book wonk? (literal printed books, not "books" in a informational sense)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-not-a-book-wonk-literal-printed-books-not-books-in-a-informational-sense/972037)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-not-a-book-wonk-literal-printed-books-not-books-in-a-informational-sense/972037 "2022-10-07T00:07:41Z")
Over the years, I’ve seen a lot of threads about the decline of bookstores, etc… and about used bookstores in particular. And I’ve had a lot of friends and relatives lament the same thing and/or spend colossal amounts o… --- ## [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… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=998&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1000&state=tracking)