# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=100&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 101 --- ## [How actors that have been typecast deal with it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-actors-that-have-been-typecast-deal-with-it/1029321)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2026, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-actors-that-have-been-typecast-deal-with-it/1029321 "2026-04-30T19:14:49Z")
Mention of Bob Denver on another thread has got me thinking about how he dealt with being typecast as ‘the lovable goof’. From all accounts (I just watched a 1982 interview with Letterman) Denver didn’t seem to be at all… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - April 2026 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-april-2026-edition/1028876)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-april-2026-edition/1028876 "2026-04-30T18:46:33Z")
The rest of this month is appointments, appointments, appointments, so I’m getting this up now before I forget. We made it to April unnuked! HOORAY! Some days, listening to the news, I wonder if I’ll be starring in my o… --- ## [Franchisers, the lowest of the low. (Long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/franchisers-the-lowest-of-the-low-long/959839)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 340\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2026, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/franchisers-the-lowest-of-the-low-long/959839 "2026-04-30T15:05:39Z")
Definition of Terms: Franchise - A business model which you purchase for an initial lump sum and then a split of your revenues. Franchisor/Franchiser - The company selling this business model. Franchisee - The person … --- ## [Why do my glasses get so dirty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-my-glasses-get-so-dirty/1028047)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-my-glasses-get-so-dirty/1028047 "2026-04-30T13:48:41Z")
I suspect many here wear glasses and have experienced this. You clean them in the morning, put them on your face and some hours later they are gunked up. Maybe not badly, but noticeably (I am particularly sensitive to … --- ## [Bad bad bad Belly of the Beast! (Medical scans)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-belly-of-the-beast-medical-scans/1029650)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2026, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-belly-of-the-beast-medical-scans/1029650 "2026-04-30T05:54:02Z")
Ol’ Beck is slid into a tube. Untold powers zapped into her broken, scrawny body again. I swear when I die..if you exhume me 10years in the future, I’ll be glowing in the dark. Really how much of this crap can a body t… --- ## [How would I address my niece in Japanese?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-i-address-my-niece-in-japanese/1029483)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2026, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-i-address-my-niece-in-japanese/1029483 "2026-04-30T05:17:55Z")
The Japanese word for “niece” is mei. So let’s say my niece is Suta. Would I address her as Suta-chan (leaving out the mei)? Or Suta-mei? Or Suta-mei-chan? --- ## [Looking for a Biblical guide approved by religious leaders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-biblical-guide-approved-by-religious-leaders/1029606)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2026, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-biblical-guide-approved-by-religious-leaders/1029606 "2026-04-30T03:42:25Z")
Are there any Biblical guides out there approved by religious leaders that tell us which Biblical claims and/or stories are factual and which are parables/lessons? --- ## [AI deletes company's entire database](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-deletes-companys-entire-database/1029636)
**Author:** [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2026, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-deletes-companys-entire-database/1029636 "2026-04-30T01:56:50Z")
What a shame. :slightly\_smiling\_face: PocketOS, which provides software for car rental businesses, suffered a massive outage over the weekend after the autonomous artificial intelligence tool wiped the database and all… --- ## [Oh Jeez...another Ramen thread!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-jeez-another-ramen-thread/1029628)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2026, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-jeez-another-ramen-thread/1029628 "2026-04-30T00:41:58Z")
This is new. Or I only thought about today. How do you eat your Ramen? Not how you flavor it, add to or dress it up. Physically, how do you eat it? I like a blob method..I roll a hunk of ramen, catching any goodies on… --- ## [I'm gonna be in an anthology with Jim Butcher!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-in-an-anthology-with-jim-butcher/1029230)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2026, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-in-an-anthology-with-jim-butcher/1029230 "2026-04-30T00:27:37Z")
PARANORMAL PAYBACK, an anthology edited by Jim Butcher and Kerrie L. Hughes, is all about getting supernatural revenge. It features stories by Jim Butcher, Kevin Hearne, Holly Black, Faith Hunter, several other urban fan… --- ## [Sports fans: are there game replays/video recaps that you've watched many times?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-fans-are-there-game-replays-video-recaps-that-youve-watched-many-times/1029554)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2026, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-fans-are-there-game-replays-video-recaps-that-youve-watched-many-times/1029554 "2026-04-29T21:28:08Z")
I’ll let you decide on the definition of ‘many’. There are three recaps I’ve watched at least 10 times each: - Bayern’s 8-2 defeat of Barca - Germany’s 7-1 defeat of Brazil - New England’s comeback from 28-3 down in … --- ## [Pro-biotics, then pre-biotics, now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-biotics-then-pre-biotics-now/1029647)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2026, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-biotics-then-pre-biotics-now/1029647 "2026-04-29T21:20:13Z")
I saw something at the grocery store that was labeled post-biotics. What is the difference between all these things? Are any of them really helpful? --- ## [How do I connect a Nintendo GameCube to a Roku TV using these things?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-connect-a-nintendo-gamecube-to-a-roku-tv-using-these-things/1029578)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-connect-a-nintendo-gamecube-to-a-roku-tv-using-these-things/1029578 "2026-04-29T20:57:14Z")
I have an SNES RF switch that connects to the antenna in part of the Roku TV, and an adaptor that allows me to connect it to the back of the GameCube. I don’t have the red, yellow, and white cords that allowed me to plug… --- ## [The California OS-level Age Confirmation Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-california-os-level-age-confirmation-law/1029270)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-california-os-level-age-confirmation-law/1029270 "2026-04-29T19:43:02Z")
Plenty of warnings and hype about how this law, and its likely clones in other states, are going to impinge on our privacy and subject us to intrusive surveillance — here for one example: I wish the people… --- ## [Recommendations for paintings to go with,, "School of Athens,,"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-paintings-to-go-with-school-of-athens/1029642)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-paintings-to-go-with-school-of-athens/1029642 "2026-04-29T19:03:27Z")
Looking for some canvas prints to go along with my school athen’s. Something secular preferably. Thanks for any suggestions guys. --- ## [Anyone have stories of getting PRP injections they want to share?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-stories-of-getting-prp-injections-they-want-to-share/1029625)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-stories-of-getting-prp-injections-they-want-to-share/1029625 "2026-04-29T17:56:40Z")
As part of my ongoing march towards decrepitude I’m now having bad shoulder pain. MRI showed it’s a partial thickness rotator cuff tear. No specific injury that I remember. My doctor puts it in the it can happen as you g… --- ## [Comic book writer Gerry Conway has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-writer-gerry-conway-has-died/1029608)
**Author:** [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-writer-gerry-conway-has-died/1029608 "2026-04-29T17:27:24Z")
It’s being reported in multiple sources that comic book writer Gerry Conway has died at the age of 73. He wrote for both Marvel and DC, and is credited with creating or co-creating such characters as The Punisher, Power … --- ## [Things you have more than one of, just because you like them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-have-more-than-one-of-just-because-you-like-them/1029466)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-have-more-than-one-of-just-because-you-like-them/1029466 "2026-04-29T16:18:31Z")
… Even though you probably only need the one. For me it’s sunglasses. My wife would say I have an obsession. I have sunglasses out the wazoo but sometimes when I see a cool pair, I just have to have them. Pocket knives… --- ## [Development buckets; gender bias/differences; visuospatial and verbal skills](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/development-buckets-gender-bias-differences-visuospatial-and-verbal-skills/1029623)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/development-buckets-gender-bias-differences-visuospatial-and-verbal-skills/1029623 "2026-04-29T15:36:19Z")
Continuing the discussion from What stereotypes have you found to not be true?: I was honestly surprised that the basic premise was at all controversial, but it was! To me it is simply that the average child averages o… --- ## [Companion Thread to Shots Fired at White House Correspondents' Dinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/companion-thread-to-shots-fired-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner/1029559)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2026, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/companion-thread-to-shots-fired-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner/1029559 "2026-04-29T05:17:21Z")
Continuing the discussion from Shots fired at White House Correspondents Dinner: This thread is for political commentary that is outside Breaking News in MPSIMS. So long as your post pertains to this shooting, it’s fin… --- ## [What happened to "Translate Page"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-translate-page/1029629)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2026, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-translate-page/1029629 "2026-04-29T01:52:00Z")
On my android phone it used to have a selection that would at least try to translate a web page from one language into another. Has anyone else used this? It seems to be gone. I wonder why and whether it’s just not consi… --- ## [I hate my roommates!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-my-roommates/1029563)
**Author:** [@kaade199](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaade199)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2026, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-my-roommates/1029563 "2026-04-29T00:29:42Z")
all my roommates do is SIT on their ASSES and EAT and FLIRT WITH eachother i CANT STAND IT !!! and ONE OF THEM keeps putting RANDOM SHIT IN MY ROOM!!! MY ROOM! --- ## [My fellow Dopers, how do you keep your body 'in tone'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fellow-dopers-how-do-you-keep-your-body-in-tone/1019933)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2026, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fellow-dopers-how-do-you-keep-your-body-in-tone/1019933 "2026-04-28T23:42:33Z")
“We’re Hans und Frans, and we’re going to…(clap)…pump you up!” My annual physical was yesterday, and my doc continues to be pleased with my AIC and weight loss (70+ lbs and counting). She did however say I was losing mu… --- ## [What Navy Rank is on his uniform?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-navy-rank-is-on-his-uniform/1029396)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2026, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-navy-rank-is-on-his-uniform/1029396 "2026-04-28T21:38:17Z")
Clear image of his stripes. Circa 1944 What is his rank? Does the insignia indicate his Duty Assignment? He looks pretty young for 2 stripes. --- ## [Religious mode and scientific mode](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-mode-and-scientific-mode/1029345)
**Author:** [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2026, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-mode-and-scientific-mode/1029345 "2026-04-28T21:32:39Z")
I think it’s even more complicated than that: I think it’s even possible to have the trait, but still to think that any particular expression of it is, in the scientific mode, hogwash. Cite: the inside of my own head. … --- ## [2026 nfl draft](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-nfl-draft/1029464)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2026, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-nfl-draft/1029464 "2026-04-28T20:44:31Z")
There are so many reasons for me not to be interested in the NFL Draft this year. My beloved Packers don’t have a first round pick (they traded it, and their 2027 1st rounder and a very good player for Micah Parsons, who… --- ## [Rosasharn come home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosasharn-come-home/1029600)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosasharn-come-home/1029600 "2026-04-28T19:56:32Z")
Here’s the story.. A couple weeks or so we had a hobo dog show up on the place. Looking for a hand out. She certainly got one. Ate all the garage cats food. Ate and grazed around the burn pit, was working on whatever’… --- ## [Remind me: Webcomic/Meme about getting to experience a bit of pop culture for the first time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remind-me-webcomic-meme-about-getting-to-experience-a-bit-of-pop-culture-for-the-first-time/1029613)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2026, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remind-me-webcomic-meme-about-getting-to-experience-a-bit-of-pop-culture-for-the-first-time/1029613 "2026-04-28T18:07:23Z")
Hello, Old Friends It’s been a long time but I’m stuck with a query and all other corners of the internet have failed me. Surely the wise and benevolent and good looking contributors at the ol’ SDMB can help. Trying to… --- ## [POLL: To peel or not to peel -- kiwifruit, that is](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-to-peel-or-not-to-peel-kiwifruit-that-is/1029572)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2026, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-to-peel-or-not-to-peel-kiwifruit-that-is/1029572 "2026-04-28T17:51:39Z")
To just eat a kiwi out of hand, I don’t peel it. I slice it crosswise into about 1/4 inch slices so there’s just a thin strip of peel and I eat it. An unpeeled kiwi has 3.5 to 4 grams of fiber, which is a good thing. I w… --- ## [Searching for a word in English](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-a-word-in-english/1029620)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2026, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-a-word-in-english/1029620 "2026-04-28T13:54:41Z")
Is there a specific term for that red circular symbol with a line going through it at a 45 degree angle that indicates “no \[fill in blank\] allowed”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=99&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=101&state=watching)