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**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2021, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-naming-your-company-mc-something-a-thing-now/938570 "2021-03-26T05:14:51Z")
In the German-speaking world, there seems to be a trend in the last few decades to invent business names by prepending “Mc” to some word (usually one with some association to the business type). Famous examples of natio… --- ## [Whats the origin of the name Sarail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-origin-of-the-name-sarail/938738)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2021, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-origin-of-the-name-sarail/938738 "2021-03-26T05:00:08Z")
Came across the woman’s name Sarail in a distant bit of our family tree from early 17th Century England: Pretty much uniquely for any name I’ve googled there is absolutely noth… --- ## [Please help me test my computer sound](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-test-my-computer-sound/938734)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2021, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-test-my-computer-sound/938734 "2021-03-26T04:46:48Z")
There is something wrong with my speakers, or there is something wrong with my sound card. To get equal volume balance out of the left/right channels I have to set the right channel much higher. I’m not sure if it’s the… --- ## [Do you remember frozen boil in the bag meals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-frozen-boil-in-the-bag-meals/932565)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2021, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-frozen-boil-in-the-bag-meals/932565 "2021-03-26T04:40:40Z")
For some reason, I was just thinking about those tonight. They’d often be turkey in gravy, beef and gravy and I think there was a Mac and cheese one. Haven’t seen them since the 80s, I’m sure ubiquitous microwaves made … --- ## [Amazon LOTR synopsis leaked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-lotr-synopsis-leaked/931215)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2021, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-lotr-synopsis-leaked/931215 "2021-03-26T04:11:14Z")
I followed theonering.net (TORN) before and during the movies. TORN definitely had some scoops. I haven’t looked recently. They found a synopsis of the new Amazon series, and has been apparently confirmed. TLDR: Secon… --- ## [How is an asset linked to a token to create an NFT?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-an-asset-linked-to-a-token-to-create-an-nft/938639)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2021, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-an-asset-linked-to-a-token-to-create-an-nft/938639 "2021-03-26T03:19:07Z")
There has been a lot of buzz around NFTs of late. I’ve read a few technical breakdowns if them (including the actual Ethereum EFC). The process seems to be: Generate a hash from a digital asset (very easy CS101 stuff,… --- ## [Got vaccine but no card](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-vaccine-but-no-card/934043)
**Author:** [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2021, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-vaccine-but-no-card/934043 "2021-03-26T02:56:30Z")
As I mentioned in the other thread, my wife got her first vaccine shot on Saturday. I asked her to show me the card, and she said “What card? I didn’t get any card.” Is this going to cause her problems in the future? … --- ## [What is the practicality of Individual Facial Recognition Devices?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-practicality-of-individual-facial-recognition-devices/938687)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2021, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-practicality-of-individual-facial-recognition-devices/938687 "2021-03-26T00:48:15Z")
Is it possible we will soon have some version of police-style facial recognition in our pockets? I mean a pocket device you can point at someone and identify them. Can a civilian subscribe to the fancy databases that t… --- ## [Medical diagnosis inflation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-diagnosis-inflation/938533)
**Author:** [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-diagnosis-inflation/938533 "2021-03-26T00:08:41Z")
Is anyone concerned that the constant inflation in medical diagnosis due to the demands of the insurance industry will effect medical care? In my experience in the US, and I believe this is generally recognized, doctors… --- ## [Why do we round cash to two decimal points?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-round-cash-to-two-decimal-points/938328)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-round-cash-to-two-decimal-points/938328 "2021-03-26T00:08:27Z")
Why do we round cash to two decimal points (i.e. “your total today is $14.32”) instead of three decimal points ($14.325) or one ($14.3) or zero ($14)? Who came up with the idea of nickels and pennies? Why don’t we have… --- ## [Happy OK Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-ok-day/938704)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-ok-day/938704 "2021-03-25T22:47:11Z")
Saw this on Japanese TV this morning, so maybe it’s actually tomorrow. It commemorates the day when the term “OK” first appeared in print, in a newspaper in Boston, 182 years ago, as an abbreviation for “Oll Korrect.” I… --- ## [Musings from Somewhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musings-from-somewhere/932928)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musings-from-somewhere/932928 "2021-03-25T22:26:52Z")
I was going through a old Blogspot page I had/have and found this to share. (don’t know where I stole it from). Seeing as we have gone through various lockdowns, quarantines, etc, I thought this may ring a bell for some… --- ## [AI, Ai, ai... Frustrating, Serifs Please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-ai-ai-frustrating-serifs-please/938643)
**Author:** [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-ai-ai-frustrating-serifs-please/938643 "2021-03-25T19:49:00Z")
Can some entity please standardize A-i, artificial intelligence ? I still can’t stop reading, prefacing, AI as Al, as in the name. Is the internet default font non-serif? I know further reading one would deduce AI as … --- ## [Why not vaccinate in the butt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-vaccinate-in-the-butt/933899)
**Author:** [@HughGoply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HughGoply)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-vaccinate-in-the-butt/933899 "2021-03-25T19:07:25Z")
Is there any reason the vaccine is given in the arm vs the buttock other than ease of administration? --- ## [Hey quitters - would you start again if terminally ill?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-quitters-would-you-start-again-if-terminally-ill/938440)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-quitters-would-you-start-again-if-terminally-ill/938440 "2021-03-25T17:58:40Z")
For those of you who have successfully quit alcohol, tobacco, drug habits. And maybe folk who have been curious but never started. If you were reliably informed that you had a terminal illness, and would not live longe… --- ## [Sterilizing Mayonnaise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sterilizing-mayonnaise/938568)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sterilizing-mayonnaise/938568 "2021-03-25T17:24:44Z")
As I posted in the past, I have this really nice, really old recipe for mayonnaise from my grandmother. I tried in vain to find the thread that I posted on this message board. No matter, I do still have the recipe in my … --- ## [RIP, Yaphet Kotto](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-yaphet-kotto/938020)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-yaphet-kotto/938020 "2021-03-25T17:07:29Z")
I remember first seeing him in Live and Let Die playing the villain. It was an awful, disappointing movie, but not because of him. Because I remembered his odd name, I noticed when he showed up elsewhere – in Alien six y… --- ## [The lil'wrekker grows up. Bad bad bad Beck laments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lilwrekker-grows-up-bad-bad-bad-beck-laments/938658)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lilwrekker-grows-up-bad-bad-bad-beck-laments/938658 "2021-03-25T17:07:07Z")
She graduates soon. How did this happen? It was only a day or two ago and I was crying about her starting kindergarten. She is going for her doctorate. So, I assume my bank account will be depleted more. She’s a good… --- ## [Yep. Imma be rich. Bad bad bad Beck explores entrepreneurism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-imma-be-rich-bad-bad-bad-beck-explores-entrepreneurism/938541)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-imma-be-rich-bad-bad-bad-beck-explores-entrepreneurism/938541 "2021-03-25T17:05:56Z")
While bored to death I discovered these. Who doesn’t need these? I know I want them. Here’s my plan: gonna order loads of them. Overprice them. Talk a couple teens in to wearing them. Maybe bribery would help. They go… --- ## [The size of vaccination cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-size-of-vaccination-cards/938552)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-size-of-vaccination-cards/938552 "2021-03-25T15:55:24Z")
Vaccination cards, or at least the one I got, are 4" x 3". Why aren’t they the size of credit cards (3-3/8" x 2-1/8"), so they can fit into a wallet? --- ## [Was this lady on the juice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-lady-on-the-juice/938240)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-lady-on-the-juice/938240 "2021-03-25T15:52:54Z")
Jarmila Kratochvilova holds the record for the women’s 800m, made in 1983, a record which still stands today. Here She passed all drug tests, but…the eye test is a tad… What do dopers think. I legit thou… --- ## [How should the West respond to "hostage diplomacy"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-the-west-respond-to-hostage-diplomacy/938441)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-the-west-respond-to-hostage-diplomacy/938441 "2021-03-25T15:48:56Z")
Countries like China, Russia, and Iran have arrested Westerners as bargaining chips to win the release of their own citizens. There’s a great long-form article on one such case here, involving a Canadian diplomat who’s … --- ## [Is it possible to be allergic suddenly to pulled pork?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-be-allergic-suddenly-to-pulled-pork/924353)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-be-allergic-suddenly-to-pulled-pork/924353 "2021-03-25T15:28:55Z")
Hello Everyone, Well, I’m not sure what’s going on, but I’ve been puking my guts out for over an hour. About the weeks ago we got pulled pork from a local restaurant know for their awards winning pork. Got it home ha… --- ## [My new favorite shoes of all time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-shoes-of-all-time/938613)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-shoes-of-all-time/938613 "2021-03-25T14:52:17Z")
I just received these shoes and I will be marrying them in a private ceremony as soon as I finish ordering all the available colors. --- ## [Early 70s TV Horror Movie ID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-70s-tv-horror-movie-id/841698)
**Author:** [@ZomZom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZomZom)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-70s-tv-horror-movie-id/841698 "2021-03-25T14:48:48Z")
This made-for-TV movie (or episode) involved a man who collected butterflies. He captured them live then displayed their beautiful dead selves under glass. One night the butterflies came to life and exacted their revenge… --- ## [Recommend me a dry lubricant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-dry-lubricant/938607)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-dry-lubricant/938607 "2021-03-25T14:18:55Z")
I have an internal frame backpack made up of coated waterproof fabric tightly stretched over a wire frame. When loaded, the frame flexes and the coated side of the fabric rubs on the frame and itself and squeaks. This be… --- ## [Can you post a GIF in a comment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-post-a-gif-in-a-comment/938614)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-post-a-gif-in-a-comment/938614 "2021-03-25T14:14:50Z")
Can you post a GIF in a comment? --- ## [Quality difference](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-difference/938694)
**Author:** [@Red59145](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red59145)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-difference/938694 "2021-03-25T13:59:20Z")
what is the difference between pure and innocent? --- ## [Reddit is imploding, justifiably](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reddit-is-imploding-justifiably/938620)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reddit-is-imploding-justifiably/938620 "2021-03-25T13:49:08Z")
Posting this here because drama: Reddit Shitstorm because they hired a pedo It falls into so many categories: Streisand Effect Why you should background check your employees before you hire them How to be a shitty h… --- ## [Thread for Falsifiable Predictions about the Effect of Holidays on COVID-19](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-for-falsifiable-predictions-about-the-effect-of-holidays-on-covid-19/932163)
**Author:** [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-for-falsifiable-predictions-about-the-effect-of-holidays-on-covid-19/932163 "2021-03-25T13:05:42Z")
So, this thread is pretty much what it says on the tin: predict the effect of future holidays and other events on the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic. Predictions must be specific enough for it to be clearly deter… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1506) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1508)