# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1439 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1440 --- ## [Ink colors on packaging](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ink-colors-on-packaging/943545)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ink-colors-on-packaging/943545 "2021-06-03T19:14:53Z")
I’m eating a bag of Planters peanuts and count 22 dots of color on the back of the bag. I’ve seen similar on other packaging and assume that these are samples of the colors used on the packaging. What is the purpose of d… --- ## [Your favorite movie/TV henchmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie-tv-henchmen/942506)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-movie-tv-henchmen/942506 "2021-06-03T17:13:18Z")
T’was watching SPECTRE with my far better half last night, and I got to thinking to myself, “Self, I once considered a top-five list of favorite henchmen, but I totally forgot it. . .” I know I’ve got two on my list, in… --- ## [Support, fentanyl, bad, bad, bad Grannies gone wild!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-fentanyl-bad-bad-bad-grannies-gone-wild/943380)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-fentanyl-bad-bad-bad-grannies-gone-wild/943380 "2021-06-03T16:57:12Z")
I was at dialysis yesterday. About an hour into the vampire machine working I got the familiar crampy belly. I’m not even kidding. It hurt so bad I was thinking of ways to off myself in that little cubicle without cau… --- ## [So are we seeing the results of network effects w.r.t. vaccinations & infections and dropping case counts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-are-we-seeing-the-results-of-network-effects-w-r-t-vaccinations-infections-and-dropping-case-counts/943506)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-are-we-seeing-the-results-of-network-effects-w-r-t-vaccinations-infections-and-dropping-case-counts/943506 "2021-06-03T16:42:09Z")
So as you all know, the case counts in the US have been steadily dropping for a while now. Vaccinations have been being administered, but seems to have more or less stalled- in my area it’s about 40% vaccinated so far. … --- ## [Overly aggressive marketing departments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overly-aggressive-marketing-departments/943183)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overly-aggressive-marketing-departments/943183 "2021-06-03T14:45:15Z")
A few years ago I bought one item from an online store. Since then I’ve received countless promotional emails, plus snail mails and even phone calls from them. I politely asked them to stop, repeatedly. I finally succeed… --- ## [What should governments do, if anything, for small businesses going forward?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-governments-do-if-anything-for-small-businesses-going-forward/849415)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-governments-do-if-anything-for-small-businesses-going-forward/849415 "2021-06-03T14:31:26Z")
Small businesses have already closed, and are likely to suffer more as time goes on. With their importance to the economy (and this being an election year), government at all levels will be sorely tempted to do SOMETHING… --- ## [Do the COVID-19 vaccines work differently than earlier vaccines? (mRNA)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-covid-19-vaccines-work-differently-than-earlier-vaccines-mrna/940494)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2021, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-covid-19-vaccines-work-differently-than-earlier-vaccines-mrna/940494 "2021-06-03T13:23:45Z")
My biology education was many years ago in high school so I have forgotten most of it. I have been reading though and I think I have the basics of how vaccines like Pfizer and Moderna work (mRNA). My question is, it se… --- ## [Hand cramp --\> Purple hand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-cramp-purple-hand/943352)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2021, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-cramp-purple-hand/943352 "2021-06-03T08:39:14Z")
I get muscle cramps from time to time involving my legs/feet while sleeping and my hand(s) while using them strenuously. Dehydration predisposes their occurrence. Yesterday I was driving home from my BIL’s, about a 90 … --- ## [Social Security Scenario question: When one spouse will get a much higher benefit than the other](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-scenario-question-when-one-spouse-will-get-a-much-higher-benefit-than-the-other/942169)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2021, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-scenario-question-when-one-spouse-will-get-a-much-higher-benefit-than-the-other/942169 "2021-06-03T05:44:56Z")
The scenario in brief: A married couple, both age 63. One spouse no longer works, and was never a high earner. The other spouse is working, and has been earning at or over the max SS rate for 35+ years, so that spouse… --- ## [Second least responsible VP pick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-least-responsible-vp-pick/942737)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2021, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-least-responsible-vp-pick/942737 "2021-06-03T05:38:43Z")
Even rightwing nutbags concede that Palin was the least responsible pick from a variety of viewpoints: extremely limited track record, totally unknown outside her home state, almost no education, many embarrassing relati… --- ## [There are hidden costs to owning a superyacht. Who knew?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-hidden-costs-to-owning-a-superyacht-who-knew/943363)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2021, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-hidden-costs-to-owning-a-superyacht-who-knew/943363 "2021-06-03T04:45:51Z")
Article below. I always assumed after dropping a few 100 million bucks on one of those boats I’d never have to lay out another cent to maintain it. Now I find out I’ll have to keep dishing out money to keep it. Well I ca… --- ## [Could a will give an underage heir any control over inherited property?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-will-give-an-underage-heir-any-control-over-inherited-property/943321)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2021, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-will-give-an-underage-heir-any-control-over-inherited-property/943321 "2021-06-03T03:21:12Z")
This is a very specific legal question which is probably a matter of practice/interepretation, and could theoretically have a different answer depending on the jurisdiction, but let’s say, “generally speaking”: If a min… --- ## [In BBQ, why mod a hint at a racist joke but not an actual racial slur?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bbq-why-mod-a-hint-at-a-racist-joke-but-not-an-actual-racial-slur/942970)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 269\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2021, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bbq-why-mod-a-hint-at-a-racist-joke-but-not-an-actual-racial-slur/942970 "2021-06-03T02:22:47Z")
@Miller. And @What\_Exit , since they responded to my initial report. I’ve let this go while waiting for a reply for a while now, but crickets so far, so I’m opening this thread. Why does dancing around a racist joke ge… --- ## [Laser Pointer Makes My Cats Go Wild](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laser-pointer-makes-my-cats-go-wild/943230)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2021, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laser-pointer-makes-my-cats-go-wild/943230 "2021-06-03T02:04:46Z")
Yeah, whose doesn’t? Actually it does bring up a dilemma though. I have two rescue sister kitties. One is a relatively svelte gray tiger cat. The other is a very obese white cat. Anyway, the white one clearly needs exe… --- ## [The Muppet's, Name that tune help?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-muppets-name-that-tune-help/943488)
**Author:** [@Qwakkeddup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwakkeddup)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-muppets-name-that-tune-help/943488 "2021-06-03T01:14:01Z")
The Muppet’s, Name that tune help? The background is dark, with only two dancing tubes in the foreground dancing to music. The ending has the tubes straightening out and firing a cannon like shot at each other. For so… --- ## [What happens if you get too much of a vaccine at once?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-get-too-much-of-a-vaccine-at-once/943466)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2021, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-get-too-much-of-a-vaccine-at-once/943466 "2021-06-03T00:07:41Z")
I’ve read about several instances in in which health care workers diluted COVID vaccine improperly, sometimes even giving it in undiluted form. What happens in these cases? Is this just a waste of vaccine, or can a lar… --- ## [Can You Challenge People to Watch a TV Show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-challenge-people-to-watch-a-tv-show/943373)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2021, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-challenge-people-to-watch-a-tv-show/943373 "2021-06-03T00:04:32Z")
This one relates to the SDMB rules. Can you challenge other board members, in a thread, to watch a TV show (cable or satellite in this case)? I guess I might as well tell you. I was going to challenge people to watch gh… --- ## [Potato growing/cooking question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-growing-cooking-question/943308)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-growing-cooking-question/943308 "2021-06-02T23:54:13Z")
So my kids’ school has this garden that they basically piddle around with and use for occasional educational purposes. It’s open for people in the community to come harvest stuff as they like, although few actually do.… --- ## [If your are scammed fished, or compromised](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-are-scammed-fished-or-compromised/943135)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-are-scammed-fished-or-compromised/943135 "2021-06-02T22:38:40Z")
In terms of apple ID, SS#, bank acct., CCs. I did let a scammer into my computer. I’m worried now about what I don’t know yet. I deleted the appr of entry but I dont’ know what to expect. It was an amazon scam. Do you… --- ## [I don't think that song means what you think it means: sneaky subtext](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-that-song-means-what-you-think-it-means-sneaky-subtext/943128)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-that-song-means-what-you-think-it-means-sneaky-subtext/943128 "2021-06-02T22:26:04Z")
ITT: songs with a yawning chasm between what they’re pretending to be about vs. what everybody knows they’re really about. With the substitution of one anatomical noun for another, for example, an ostensibly innocent tr… --- ## [Great Movies w/ Toxic Couples?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movies-w-toxic-couples/942974)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movies-w-toxic-couples/942974 "2021-06-02T21:06:47Z")
They could be in love, too. But besides just being great, if we can try to list the lesser known gems, since most of us have probably seen “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” for example, but that movie is kinda beating a … --- ## [MLB: May 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2021/941222)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2021/941222 "2021-05-31T02:21:42Z")
Here’s a fresh thread for May, let’s hope for fewer Covid and weather postponements this month. Surprises so far are the Yankees struggling as well as the Giants in first place? I assume the end of May will look differe… --- ## [Stargate SG-1 - my wife demands I stop poking holes and, instead justify](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stargate-sg-1-my-wife-demands-i-stop-poking-holes-and-instead-justify/943205)
**Author:** [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stargate-sg-1-my-wife-demands-i-stop-poking-holes-and-instead-justify/943205 "2021-06-02T20:23:06Z")
I am the only person on the planet my age that has not watched Stargate SG-1. I have started and am more than halfway through season 1. I have been enjoying it but…hooboyyy…the plot holes…like a woman held in stasis fo… --- ## [Eating healthy/losing weight: Good strategy to eat healthy items even if not hungry for them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-healthy-losing-weight-good-strategy-to-eat-healthy-items-even-if-not-hungry-for-them/943370)
**Author:** [@Mesquite-oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mesquite-oh)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-healthy-losing-weight-good-strategy-to-eat-healthy-items-even-if-not-hungry-for-them/943370 "2021-06-02T19:27:11Z")
When eating a meal, is it better to add a nutritious item to the meal even if you are not hungry for it, or simply not eat the nutritious item and wait until you are hungry for it. Consider that I have the goals of eati… --- ## [MAY we have a new Mini-Rant thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-we-have-a-new-mini-rant-thread/941217)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 363\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-we-have-a-new-mini-rant-thread/941217 "2021-06-02T19:20:31Z")
I don’t have a rant right now, but it’s time to start the new thread. --- ## [The term "India variant" -- unobjectionable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-term-india-variant-unobjectionable/942565)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-term-india-variant-unobjectionable/942565 "2021-06-02T19:03:32Z")
I accepted the argument that tacking geographical names onto viruses (“China virus”) was unhelpful and, in some contexts, even xenophobic. Yet now I’m reading every day about the “India variant.” What happened? --- ## [Does US History honour Silas Deane or Arthur Lee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-us-history-honour-silas-deane-or-arthur-lee/943355)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-us-history-honour-silas-deane-or-arthur-lee/943355 "2021-06-02T18:52:16Z")
Reading about how Deane and Lee secured the French loans that led to the confidence needed to issue the Declaration of Independence (and in part, the French Revolution)… Every Canadian knows of Benjamin Franklin, but fe… --- ## [Hanging cabinets with 3/8" particle board backs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hanging-cabinets-with-3-8-particle-board-backs/855919)
**Author:** [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hanging-cabinets-with-3-8-particle-board-backs/855919 "2020-06-22T07:55:43Z")
I picked up some salvage cabinets off of craigslist that I want to hang in our laundry room above the washing machine and dryer. The cabinets were originally in a kitchen at the floor level and I’m concerned that they m… --- ## [iPods (Shuffles and Classic) not working with iTunes (Win 10)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipods-shuffles-and-classic-not-working-with-itunes-win-10/941671)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipods-shuffles-and-classic-not-working-with-itunes-win-10/941671 "2021-06-02T17:32:18Z")
I’m at wit’s end, which is saying something. I have an iPod, and two iPod Shuffles that used to connect to iTunes on my desktop, under Windows 10. About a year ago, or so, iTunes just quit recognizing them when I plugg… --- ## [We're Talking About Statehood For DC and PR, Why Not Guam, USVI, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-talking-about-statehood-for-dc-and-pr-why-not-guam-usvi-northern-mariana-islands-american-samoa/943237)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-talking-about-statehood-for-dc-and-pr-why-not-guam-usvi-northern-mariana-islands-american-samoa/943237 "2021-06-02T16:54:55Z")
That’s it, really. Since Biden got elected, I’ve heard talk of statehood for Washington, DC and Puerto Rico. Why not the rest of the USA’s populated territories? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1438) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1440)