# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1251 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1252 --- ## [Let's reinvent the mammogram so it isn't effing torture!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-reinvent-the-mammogram-so-it-isnt-effing-torture/944901)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 207\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2021, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-reinvent-the-mammogram-so-it-isnt-effing-torture/944901 "2021-12-22T15:41:51Z")
I was diagnosed with breast cancer in March 2015 (IDC \< 1cm, lumpectomy, 3 wks radiation, no chemo, 5 years of Arimidex, 2 biopsies since, no more cancer found), and I’ve had LOTS of mammograms. Yesterday I had my annual… --- ## [Does anyone know if this anti 5G usb stick works?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-this-anti-5g-usb-stick-works/855011)
**Author:** [@Garak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garak)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-this-anti-5g-usb-stick-works/855011 "2021-12-22T14:55:14Z")
https://5gbioshield.com/ Looks cool but the prices are a bit high but i guess there is no price on health --- ## [Calling Canadian Dopers- Cigars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-canadian-dopers-cigars/956149)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-canadian-dopers-cigars/956149 "2021-12-22T14:29:52Z")
I’m hoping my Canadian friends can help me. And if this belongs in IMHO or something, apologies in advance. I have a customer in Canada that I normally send a nice box of cigars every Christmas. It’s his thing. I’m in t… --- ## [Please identify this movie (Christmas tree with a hundred candles on it burns down)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-movie-christmas-tree-with-a-hundred-candles-on-it-burns-down/956440)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2021, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-movie-christmas-tree-with-a-hundred-candles-on-it-burns-down/956440 "2021-12-22T14:19:39Z")
I remember seeing a movie in which there was a Christmas tree with a hundred or so candles on it, and one of them tipped over and set the entire tree, and the rest of the room, on fire before they were able to put it out… --- ## [Tiger Karen on a plane aka Idiots on a plane don't realize the check \[fine\] is painful](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-karen-on-a-plane-aka-idiots-on-a-plane-dont-realize-the-check-fine-is-painful/956086)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-karen-on-a-plane-aka-idiots-on-a-plane-dont-realize-the-check-fine-is-painful/956086 "2021-12-22T14:11:11Z")
We all see the headlines of folks going mental on a plane about masks and stuff. Well, high school buddy is married to a someone from a Chinese speaking part of the world. They have documented mental issues, and documen… --- ## [A new Matrix movie? Didn't everything get wrapped-up in Revolutions? The Matrix Resurrections (trailer)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-matrix-movie-didnt-everything-get-wrapped-up-in-revolutions-the-matrix-resurrections-trailer/950377)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2021, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-matrix-movie-didnt-everything-get-wrapped-up-in-revolutions-the-matrix-resurrections-trailer/950377 "2021-12-22T11:15:45Z")
For some reason I had NO idea they were making a new Matrix movie. What’s more, it is releasing over Christmas. Complete whoosh on me…totally missed this was coming. I am curious though. I thought at the very end of R… --- ## [Help with a new kitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-new-kitten/952236)
**Author:** [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2021, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-new-kitten/952236 "2021-12-22T10:44:19Z")
My wife and I have been talking about getting a cat for a couple of years to help with a mouse problem around the house plus I grew up with cats and wanted one for my girls. About a month ago we decided to get a Maine Co… --- ## [Can you remember lyrics of songs in foreign languages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-remember-lyrics-of-songs-in-foreign-languages/956252)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2021, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-remember-lyrics-of-songs-in-foreign-languages/956252 "2021-12-22T08:25:44Z")
I can’t figure out whether I have some sort of a medical issue or if it’s normal, but I can’t remember even lyrics in my own language, I can hear a song a million times, I can remember the melody, at what exact part the … --- ## [Sock it to me? "Laugh-In" on Tubi TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-it-to-me-laugh-in-on-tubi-tv/956379)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2021, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-it-to-me-laugh-in-on-tubi-tv/956379 "2021-12-22T07:29:46Z")
I was looking in my Tubi TV app when what should appear in my feed but Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In? The entire run of episodes, six seasons, 140 episodes. These aren’t shortened “best of” shows, but full-length episodes … --- ## [Bad, bad, bad Grandson reminds me of Bad, bad ,bad Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-grandson-reminds-me-of-bad-bad-bad-son/956397)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2021, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-grandson-reminds-me-of-bad-bad-bad-son/956397 "2021-12-22T05:25:54Z")
My eldest grandwrex/son came downstairs this morning with nice clothes on and fresh wettened hair combed in an alarming shape. And, thank god, clean socks. Son-of-a-wrek went through these things before puberty. I’m not… --- ## [Population Growth after Noah's Flood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/population-growth-after-noahs-flood/956053)
**Author:** [@SoccerDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoccerDad)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2021, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/population-growth-after-noahs-flood/956053 "2021-12-22T03:08:36Z")
How do young-Earth Creationists account for the growth in human population after the flood? Starting with a population of 8 people in 4000BC, population grew to 170-200M in early-AD (In China alone the Han Dynasty kept … --- ## [I went into a record store](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-into-a-record-store/956429)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2021, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-into-a-record-store/956429 "2021-12-22T02:55:59Z")
…for the first time in decades. My son (mid-30s) said that he owns a turntable now and is looking to build a classic rock vinyl collection, so I found a record store – in Berkeley, CA, where I went to college, so doubly… --- ## [Is Kevin McCarthy really that stupid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kevin-mccarthy-really-that-stupid/956256)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2021, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kevin-mccarthy-really-that-stupid/956256 "2021-12-22T01:07:25Z")
Recently he said “I took President Biden at his word; I took him at his word when he said he was going to get Covid under control. Unfortunately, more Americans have died this year than last year under Covid.” Does he … --- ## [How long do "vet smells" last on a pet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-vet-smells-last-on-a-pet/956334)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-vet-smells-last-on-a-pet/956334 "2021-12-22T00:59:53Z")
So we just had to take a kitty to the emergency vet since he wasn’t eating or drinking and his butt looked swollen. Turned out he was extremely backed up and they helped him out (but poor kitty has to eat canned pumpkin … --- ## [Craziest thing you've heard lately](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-thing-youve-heard-lately/948333)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2021, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-thing-youve-heard-lately/948333 "2021-12-22T00:35:07Z")
So what’s the craziest thing you’ve heard or read lately? Mine’s that some more extreme Christian pastors and sects view empathy as a sin. WTF? It explains a lot, but as far as I recall, misses the boat entirely w.r.t… --- ## [Infectious genocide in Japan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infectious-genocide-in-japan/956418)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2021, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infectious-genocide-in-japan/956418 "2021-12-22T00:04:09Z")
When early European settlers came to the US, they brought a lot of diseases with them, and it didn’t turn out well for the people who were already here: The arrival and settlement of Europeans in the Americas resulted … --- ## [Jimmy Pesto fired for being too "on brand" in real life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-pesto-fired-for-being-too-on-brand-in-real-life/956385)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2021, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-pesto-fired-for-being-too-on-brand-in-real-life/956385 "2021-12-21T23:56:01Z")
Jay Johnston fired from Bob’s Burgers for joining in on The Insurrection. A friend of mine said they should have kept him and done a whole story arc about Pesto joining in on the riot. Do you think they’ll just replace … --- ## [Anybody using Nextdoor, info please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-using-nextdoor-info-please/955742)
**Author:** [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2021, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-using-nextdoor-info-please/955742 "2021-12-21T23:10:27Z")
I think this goes in this forum; I’m interested in opinion as well as in facts. I’d pretty much ignored Nextdoor, in part because I thought there probably wasn’t an active group in this area. But today I got a letter in… --- ## [Were bananas and oranges uncommon back in the fifties?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-bananas-and-oranges-uncommon-back-in-the-fifties/956368)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2021, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-bananas-and-oranges-uncommon-back-in-the-fifties/956368 "2021-12-21T22:37:18Z")
This is a cuisine question, I guess. I was just reading a little factoid article titled “Eating in the Fifties”. Most of the items on the list seemed pretty reasonable. But one item was “Bananas and oranges only appear… --- ## [One Punch Man: Live Action Saitama Vs Genos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-punch-man-live-action-saitama-vs-genos/918803)
**Author:** [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-punch-man-live-action-saitama-vs-genos/918803 "2021-12-21T22:08:15Z")
I’m not usually a fan of live action versions of anime, but this was pretty well done. Plus, One Punch Man… Hard to go wrong :slight\_smile: --- ## [Movies, songs, etc. based on newspaper or magazine articles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-songs-etc-based-on-newspaper-or-magazine-articles/955974)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-songs-etc-based-on-newspaper-or-magazine-articles/955974 "2021-12-21T20:44:07Z")
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is a 2019 drama film based largely on the 1998 Esquire article “Can you say… hero?” by Tom Junod. “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” is a 1976 folk rock song by Gordon Lightfoot, ba… --- ## [West Coast Equivalent to Cadillac Mountain in Acadia NP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-coast-equivalent-to-cadillac-mountain-in-acadia-np/956069)
**Author:** [@Stana\_Claus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stana_Claus)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-coast-equivalent-to-cadillac-mountain-in-acadia-np/956069 "2021-12-21T20:40:51Z")
Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island in Maine is noted as the highest point on the eastern seaboard of the United States and as such is the 1st place in the U.S. to receive the sun’s rays at s… --- ## [Electric Breaker Dominos - Is my apartment about to burst in flames?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-breaker-dominos-is-my-apartment-about-to-burst-in-flames/955577)
**Author:** [@edwin\_klockars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwin_klockars)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-breaker-dominos-is-my-apartment-about-to-burst-in-flames/955577 "2021-12-21T20:00:22Z")
I recently moved into a 1bdrm apartment and I’ve been experiencing a strange cascade of electrical issues over the last 72 hours or so and I’m wondering to what extent they’re all related. I believe the first issue was … --- ## [What weapon is this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weapon-is-this/956366)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weapon-is-this/956366 "2021-12-21T19:53:57Z")
Doper gun and WWII folks, please identify this firearm, carried by a German soldier during the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: Stroop Report - Wikipedia Thanks. --- ## [Songs you used to adore that fell out of your brain for over 20 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-used-to-adore-that-fell-out-of-your-brain-for-over-20-years/679529)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-used-to-adore-that-fell-out-of-your-brain-for-over-20-years/679529 "2021-12-21T19:04:04Z")
So the Captain and Tennille divorcing had me looking at their discography and I saw: “Come in From the Rain” I link the Melissa Manchester version because I have a question attached to this thread. Which version am I m… --- ## [Distancing ourselves from the unvaccinated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distancing-ourselves-from-the-unvaccinated/956360)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distancing-ourselves-from-the-unvaccinated/956360 "2021-12-21T18:47:30Z")
Is it our job now to avoid unvaxed peeps whenever we can to, avoid other people getting sick in our lives? Do we know for sure the vaccine slows the spread? --- ## [Somebody stole a bridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-stole-a-bridge/956024)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-stole-a-bridge/956024 "2021-12-21T18:09:22Z")
Not even bridges are safe from sticky fingers --- ## [So, for the first time in my life I will try Major Grey's Chutney](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-for-the-first-time-in-my-life-i-will-try-major-greys-chutney/956391)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-for-the-first-time-in-my-life-i-will-try-major-greys-chutney/956391 "2021-12-21T17:49:16Z")
Walking through the store and for the 12356th time it caught my eye. But this time I decided to actually buy a bottle and see what it is like(Crosse and Blackwell). My mom used to make Chutney when I was a kid, not that… --- ## [Dick Pound (love this name btw) and the IOC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-pound-love-this-name-btw-and-the-ioc/956245)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-pound-love-this-name-btw-and-the-ioc/956245 "2021-12-21T17:10:23Z")
So, Mr. Dick here is a member of the IOC and recently gave an interview defending the IOCs decision to award the winter games to China. Here is the article I’ll be quoting from in a bit, for anyone wanting to read throu… --- ## [Keeping spam callers on the phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-spam-callers-on-the-phone/954249)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-spam-callers-on-the-phone/954249 "2021-12-21T16:20:18Z")
What are your favorite ways to keep spam callers on the phone? If I have nothing happening when they call, I figure if they’re talking to me, then they aren’t scamming some sucker. Plus, it makes me look forward to the… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1250) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1252)