# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=999&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1000 --- ## [Cooking something non-German for German hosts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-something-non-german-for-german-hosts/970332)
**Author:** [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-something-non-german-for-german-hosts/970332 "2022-10-08T19:22:06Z")
I’ll be in and around Cologne later this year and would like to cook for our hosts while there. Ideally something they’re less likely to experience at home but that I can either get ingredients for in the local grocery o… --- ## [2 people dead, 6 wounded in stabbing attacks on Las Vegas Strip, police say](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-people-dead-6-wounded-in-stabbing-attacks-on-las-vegas-strip-police-say/972856)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2022, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-people-dead-6-wounded-in-stabbing-attacks-on-las-vegas-strip-police-say/972856 "2022-10-08T19:07:48Z")
wow this just happened --- ## [Explain a Fourteen Foot Storm Surge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-a-fourteen-foot-storm-surge/972316)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-a-fourteen-foot-storm-surge/972316 "2022-10-08T17:11:50Z")
Florida expect as 14’ storm surge. I am in Pennsylvania, and my house is 12’ above sea level. I am (say) five miles from a tidal river. I am at least twenty miles from salty water. If the nearby coast were to experience… --- ## [The Stars are Still Alive, Let's Make a Sequel!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stars-are-still-alive-lets-make-a-sequel/839975)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stars-are-still-alive-lets-make-a-sequel/839975 "2022-10-08T15:58:08Z")
Pepper Mill was watching A Very Brady Renovation last night on HGTV, featuring a bunch of the actors who played the Brady kids, now grown up. Earlier in the evening, I had been watching John Huston’s The Man Who Would be… --- ## [Domestic pornographic magazines and films in the USSR/Warsaw Pact countries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domestic-pornographic-magazines-and-films-in-the-ussr-warsaw-pact-countries/972826)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2022, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domestic-pornographic-magazines-and-films-in-the-ussr-warsaw-pact-countries/972826 "2022-10-08T13:04:20Z")
Was there any sort of a domestic pornographic industry in the old USSR? How about other Warsaw Pact counties such as Czechoslovakia or Hungary? Or, was most of the material imported from the West? Obviously a potential… --- ## [Any Advent Calendars that are actually worth it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-advent-calendars-that-are-actually-worth-it/972513)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2022, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-advent-calendars-that-are-actually-worth-it/972513 "2022-10-08T10:03:09Z")
For whatever reason, I like the extremely modest thrill of getting a little surprise on each day in December. There are really really cheap Advent Calendars that have basically the same piece of garbage chocolate behind… --- ## [Does my 2018 Honda Accord have an emergency brake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-2018-honda-accord-have-an-emergency-brake/972772)
**Author:** [@Yelnick\_McWawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yelnick_McWawa)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2022, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-2018-honda-accord-have-an-emergency-brake/972772 "2022-10-08T03:23:07Z")
My grandson wants to take his driving test. My state requires that the test administrator have access to an emergency brake should the applicant screw up. My Dodge Caravan can’t be used because the emergency brake is o… --- ## [Is "The Bonfire of the Vanities" the most miscast movie ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bonfire-of-the-vanities-the-most-miscast-movie-ever/972333)
**Author:** [@Mislav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mislav)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2022, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bonfire-of-the-vanities-the-most-miscast-movie-ever/972333 "2022-10-08T02:35:51Z")
If not the most, it has got to be up there. Tom Hanks as a womanizing bond trader? Come on. --- ## [Goodbye to another good dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-to-another-good-dog/972592)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-to-another-good-dog/972592 "2022-10-08T01:37:09Z")
I said goodbye to my 12 year old doberman Drago this morning. He was fine last night, this morning he was lethargic and wouldn’t eat breakfast. A trip to the emergency vet showed a ruptured splenic tumor bleeding inte… --- ## [Five Simple Tricks to Stop Depression....Um, No Not Simple](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-simple-tricks-to-stop-depression-um-no-not-simple/970758)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-simple-tricks-to-stop-depression-um-no-not-simple/970758 "2022-10-08T00:02:36Z")
I saw an article in my newsfeed (? not sure if that’s the word?) that was headlined “Five Simple Tricks to Stop Depression”. I would love to link it but I lost the url. Great, right? Five Simple Tricks? After a wall … --- ## [Downloading StraightDope forum pages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloading-straightdope-forum-pages/972485)
**Author:** [@Celtic\_Kitsune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celtic_Kitsune)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloading-straightdope-forum-pages/972485 "2022-10-07T23:54:11Z")
I like to download and save webpages to read later or as a reference. I’ve noticed that when I download a straightdope thread it only saves part of it? Am I doing something wrong or is this just how the website functions… --- ## [Was my kid struck by lightning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-my-kid-struck-by-lightning/972835)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-my-kid-struck-by-lightning/972835 "2022-10-07T22:22:31Z")
Last month we got the first rainstorm in a long time, and it turned out to be a big electrical storm. My girls were in bed and I was sitting on the terrace eagerly watching the first raindrops fall. Suddenly there was an… --- ## [Commemoration of an important day in pop culture: October 5, 1962](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commemoration-of-an-important-day-in-pop-culture-october-5-1962/972751)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commemoration-of-an-important-day-in-pop-culture-october-5-1962/972751 "2022-10-07T21:05:45Z")
Sixty years ago today, the first Beatles single, Love Me Do, was released. On the same day, the first James Bond film, Dr No, opened in cinemas. Two coinciding events that shaped modern Britishness and helped define the … --- ## [On The Beach (1959) is available on Youtube](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-beach-1959-is-available-on-youtube/972860)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-beach-1959-is-available-on-youtube/972860 "2022-10-07T20:58:52Z")
When I was a kid, I saw that a Frankie Avalon type film was going to be on TV called On the Beach Needless to say, I was a bit shocked, doubly so when you see it falls into the category of films like Miracle Mile and Th… --- ## [Re: material released into the air during cremation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-material-released-into-the-air-during-cremation/972760)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-material-released-into-the-air-during-cremation/972760 "2022-10-07T20:06:08Z")
Some time ago I read/heard that when a person is cremated and the results of the combustion are released into the air, it eventually mixes and disperses into the atmosphere to the degree that if one were to take a breath… --- ## [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… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=998&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1000&state=watching)