# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1483 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1484 --- ## [Anyone Else Ever Used LensFactory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-ever-used-lensfactory/940420)
**Author:** [@LordHarry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordHarry)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2021, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-ever-used-lensfactory/940420 "2021-04-21T02:49:44Z")
I have a pair of frames I love. I decided to get replacement lenses from LensFactory. They took longer to arrive than expected, but that was ok. The problem is the left lens is jacked up. I’m not sure if the rx wasn’t co… --- ## [Evaluating when you feel comfortable travelling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evaluating-when-you-feel-comfortable-travelling/940346)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2021, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evaluating-when-you-feel-comfortable-travelling/940346 "2021-04-21T02:01:26Z")
I’ve got my 2nd dose of Pfizer scheduled for 4/28. There’s an important family event 1500 miles away on 5/1. I won’t be fully vaccinated according to the standards; that takes a full two weeks after the 2nd dose. CDC rec… --- ## [Swedish Fish Salad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-fish-salad/940325)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2021, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-fish-salad/940325 "2021-04-21T01:43:10Z")
You can salad most fish, why not Swedish Fish? I bought the ingredients this weekend and just tried my first batch. As Dom Perignon said “Come quickly! I am tasting stars!” My initial recipe (which I will spend the rest… --- ## ["Most Prison Rape is Actually Prison Guard on Male Prisoner"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prison-rape-is-actually-prison-guard-on-male-prisoner/940419)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prison-rape-is-actually-prison-guard-on-male-prisoner/940419 "2021-04-21T01:42:04Z")
I’ve heard this a few times, including from former prisoners but google just gives me individual examples. But the idea being that despite the popular perception of how prison Rape is entirely prisoner on prisoner, the … --- ## [Keeping a Japanese red maple tree indoors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-a-japanese-red-maple-tree-indoors/940353)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-a-japanese-red-maple-tree-indoors/940353 "2021-04-21T01:21:13Z")
For sentimental reasons I will not go into, would like to have one about 5 ft tall in my apt. Now I know from reading on several websites that it would not last forever (at least not without a whole lot of care and even … --- ## [Texas nurse on her viral video of McDonald's sign reading 'no one wants to work anymore'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-nurse-on-her-viral-video-of-mcdonalds-sign-reading-no-one-wants-to-work-anymore/940280)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-nurse-on-her-viral-video-of-mcdonalds-sign-reading-no-one-wants-to-work-anymore/940280 "2021-04-21T00:51:39Z")
It’s a faux news video but yeah … i posted this in the dumb m’fers in the news n the pit also I think the employees are trying to tell the place something … My brother worked at 2 different McD’s and said atmospher… --- ## [Can llamas help fight covid-19?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-llamas-help-fight-covid-19/854330)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2021, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-llamas-help-fight-covid-19/854330 "2021-04-21T00:29:55Z")
I don’t understand how this could work. It seems like it would require regular infusions of these antibodies (as opposed to one or several shots of a vaccine). Doing this for an entire population, or even just health… --- ## [Trial of Derek Chauvin (killer of George Floyd) outcome poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trial-of-derek-chauvin-killer-of-george-floyd-outcome-poll/940327)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trial-of-derek-chauvin-killer-of-george-floyd-outcome-poll/940327 "2021-04-20T23:12:22Z")
The closing arguments in the trial of Derek Chauvin are currently being made by the defense. What do you believe will be the outcome of the trial? poll Minnesota second and third degree murder definitions can be found h… --- ## [What kind of cross training sneaker goes least terribly with relaxed-fit pleated khakis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-cross-training-sneaker-goes-least-terribly-with-relaxed-fit-pleated-khakis/939506)
**Author:** [@blabbermeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blabbermeister)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-cross-training-sneaker-goes-least-terribly-with-relaxed-fit-pleated-khakis/939506 "2021-04-20T23:02:50Z")
The only pants I find comfortable are relaxed-fit, pleated khakis from Dockers. Not trying to win any fashion medals here, I’m just trying to avoid the most egregious faux pas. Jeans are too warm; shorts it’s usually to… --- ## [Walter Mondale- Dead at 93](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walter-mondale-dead-at-93/940344)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walter-mondale-dead-at-93/940344 "2021-04-20T22:24:11Z")
Link. More and more of my history is going away. I remember all the jokes. --- ## [Of all Latin American countries, why is Brazil so dominant in PBR bull riding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-all-latin-american-countries-why-is-brazil-so-dominant-in-pbr-bull-riding/940360)
**Author:** [@stuccosuperstar2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuccosuperstar2020)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-all-latin-american-countries-why-is-brazil-so-dominant-in-pbr-bull-riding/940360 "2021-04-20T21:37:31Z")
I’m not a big follower of the sport, but this year and as it turns out for decades, Brazilian riders are all but side by side with Americans in terms of championships and rankings. Good on them, and I am guessing part of… --- ## [Can you directly accuse someone of lying in the pit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-directly-accuse-someone-of-lying-in-the-pit/940216)
**Author:** [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-directly-accuse-someone-of-lying-in-the-pit/940216 "2021-04-20T21:13:00Z")
I don’t mean calling someone a lying piece of shit. I mean specifically saying that something they claim they have done is simply untrue. --- ## [Mogambo - (1953) Clark Gable](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mogambo-1953-clark-gable/604114)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mogambo-1953-clark-gable/604114 "2021-04-20T19:15:52Z")
I’m sure this question is completely out of left field, but the dope is the best place to get answers to these questions, so here goes. Thanksgiving morning, a movie called Mogambo was on television. I’d never heard of… --- ## [Songs where you like the harmony/background more than the melody/lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-you-like-the-harmony-background-more-than-the-melody-lyrics/940234)
**Author:** [@blabbermeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blabbermeister)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-you-like-the-harmony-background-more-than-the-melody-lyrics/940234 "2021-04-20T18:40:06Z")
I’m listening to “Bette Davis Eyes” by Kim Carnes now and I’ve always loved the harmony more than anything else about this song. Love how each phrase of the harmony ends “unresolved” except at a couple of points in the … --- ## [The sap must flow! 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sap-must-flow-2021/933946)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sap-must-flow-2021/933946 "2021-04-20T18:28:30Z")
The tree is the sap. The sap is the tree. The sap maple, of course. (and a few other tree varieties.) After the arctic blast, we had nice thaw with daily temperatures above freezing, and nights below. Which around h… --- ## [A Weekend at Bernies Christmas Murder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weekend-at-bernies-christmas-murder/939669)
**Author:** [@DeathPool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeathPool)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weekend-at-bernies-christmas-murder/939669 "2021-04-20T18:23:55Z")
Just randomly heard about this. Guy kills his wife the night before Christmas and then props her up on the couch for the kids on Christmas morning. I wonder why it took them so many years to prosecute the guy. “I rem… --- ## [House listings with no square footage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-listings-with-no-square-footage/940235)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-listings-with-no-square-footage/940235 "2021-04-20T18:18:13Z")
So I’m not quite sixty years old, and a pastime at my age is reading articles like this one: The Most Affordable Places to Retire. I mean, I wouldn’t want to live most of those places, but let’s check it out anyhoo. Then… --- ## [External drive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/external-drive/940212)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/external-drive/940212 "2021-04-20T17:35:12Z")
How can you tell if someone plugged an external drive to a PC on W10? --- ## [Octopus has a point](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-has-a-point/939062)
**Author:** [@FigNorton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FigNorton)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-has-a-point/939062 "2021-04-20T17:25:17Z")
It’s on the top of his head. --- ## [Help me identify another movie from one line](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-another-movie-from-one-line/940387)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-another-movie-from-one-line/940387 "2021-04-20T15:37:46Z")
This was one of the movies my mother dragged me along to see because she didn’t like going alone. I must have been around five years old, which would place it in 1960 or thereabouts. I remember it was a long Western th… --- ## [How many users per media server?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-users-per-media-server/940326)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-users-per-media-server/940326 "2021-04-20T15:12:08Z")
Mike Lindell claims that his new social media platform–which he describes as sort of like a combination of Youtube and Twitter–can handle a billion members. I’m wondering how many people can be handled by a streaming med… --- ## [Free console game and free weekend notification thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-console-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/940355)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-console-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/940355 "2021-04-20T04:56:40Z")
There is a free PC game notification thread but I did not see one for consoles so…here it is. NOTE: I am ONLY including games here that are genuinely free. Not the ones you get for “free” as long as you pay a monthly s… --- ## [Why so little melanin on palms and soles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-little-melanin-on-palms-and-soles/939622)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-little-melanin-on-palms-and-soles/939622 "2021-04-20T12:48:18Z")
Question in the title, but to be clear, the question is not about the physiology which produces little melanin in those areas. Rather it’s about why people would have evolved in such a manner. --- ## [Popcorn salad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popcorn-salad/939964)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popcorn-salad/939964 "2021-04-20T12:36:20Z")
So I check out the news this morning and apparently popcorn salad is “breaking the internet”. Have you guys ever heard of this stuff? Would you eat it? I’ll try anything once, but my expectations would be low… --- ## [Do you still have all of your orginial, factory-installed parts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-all-of-your-orginial-factory-installed-parts/819950)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-all-of-your-orginial-factory-installed-parts/819950 "2021-04-20T12:35:49Z")
A friend of mine has mentioned that she’s had both a hysterectomy and her uvula and tonsils removed. The former I know several other people who’ve had that, but no one else who has had the uvula out. As I understand it, a… --- ## [Helicopters bringing hot water for hot showers for U.S. troops, a real thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helicopters-bringing-hot-water-for-hot-showers-for-u-s-troops-a-real-thing/939775)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helicopters-bringing-hot-water-for-hot-showers-for-u-s-troops-a-real-thing/939775 "2021-04-20T11:52:40Z")
I recently read on Reddit (take it with a huge grain of salt; we all know how reliable that site is) that a North Vietnamese soldier was interviewed after the end of the Vietnam War and he said that he had once observed … --- ## [I have a problem with my cat, hoping for advice from a vet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-problem-with-my-cat-hoping-for-advice-from-a-vet/924963)
**Author:** [@EmbarrassingDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmbarrassingDad)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-problem-with-my-cat-hoping-for-advice-from-a-vet/924963 "2021-04-20T09:33:17Z")
My wife and daughter inexplicably shaved our cat’s belly when she was around a year old. 3 years later, the cat apparently thinks it’s supposed to stay shaved and she won’t let it grow back. Now her nipples are getting … --- ## [Life After College Situation (Question)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-after-college-situation-question/940348)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-after-college-situation-question/940348 "2021-04-20T07:03:59Z")
Even though I’ll be graduating from college in a few weeks, I still have a question, along with some concerns about my specific situation that I’m currently dealing with at the moment: Despite me working and volunteerin… --- ## [Why does Ingenuity have a black-and-white camera?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ingenuity-have-a-black-and-white-camera/940250)
**Author:** [@Dahu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahu)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ingenuity-have-a-black-and-white-camera/940250 "2021-04-20T05:27:16Z")
I saw an article on its first attempted flight tomorrow what says it has two cameras, one colour and one black-and-white downward facing navigation camera. What advantage is there with back and white that makes it more … --- ## [Oohhh no, Ferry Halim's Orisinal games are gone!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohhh-no-ferry-halims-orisinal-games-are-gone/940333)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohhh-no-ferry-halims-orisinal-games-are-gone/940333 "2021-04-20T04:16:33Z")
Yes, I know, I’m prob the last person on the planet to realize Flash is gone (feel free to mock me) but damnit for a non-gamer those were not only fun games but a thing of beauty. Le sigh… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1482) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1484)