# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1624 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1625 --- ## [Does Trump Believe in The Secret?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-believe-in-the-secret/927234)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-believe-in-the-secret/927234 "2020-12-08T08:25:34Z")
Of course, Trump at this point just comes off as either delusional or the ultimate con man or perhaps both. But with his stubborn refusal to see reality has made me wonder. Does Trump secretly believe in that Oprah-end… --- ## [Blue light filter for eyeglasses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-light-filter-for-eyeglasses/927174)
**Author:** [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-light-filter-for-eyeglasses/927174 "2020-12-08T08:14:04Z")
Is this worthwhile or could there be a downside? I wear my glasses every waking minute. My circadian rhythms are already messed up. Thanks in advance. :slight\_smile: --- ## [What’s your go to snack from convenience store?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-go-to-snack-from-convenience-store/927154)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-go-to-snack-from-convenience-store/927154 "2020-12-08T06:11:56Z")
You’re on a long drive, you’re hungry, it’s the middle of the night and nothing is open except a 7-11. You stop to get gas. What do you buy to eat in the car? My go to snack in that situation is honey roasted peanuts an… --- ## [Is it possible induction burners are allergic to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-induction-burners-are-allergic-to-me/927516)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-induction-burners-are-allergic-to-me/927516 "2020-12-08T05:18:37Z")
I have two induction burners, made by two different manufacturers. I acquired both at the same time, brand new, from Amazon. Both make it appear that they are capable of achieving fantastic feats of temperature, one sta… --- ## [Resentment Politics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resentment-politics/925063)
**Author:** [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resentment-politics/925063 "2020-12-08T04:13:56Z")
I believe resentment is a deeply underestimated force in society. I do not pretend to understand it but I have noticed how much it drives so many otherwise unexplainable decisions. On a personal level, I have as exhibit… --- ## [Are Crotch Shots Really Funny?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-crotch-shots-really-funny/927118)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-crotch-shots-really-funny/927118 "2020-12-08T03:36:53Z")
Are crotch shots really funny? I mean you see them on America’s Funniest Videos all the time. Some awkward kid tries to hit a baseball. And instead he hits a nearby man in crotch. Yikes! As I understand it, since a man’… --- ## [What not-so-obvious movements do you think are cults?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-so-obvious-movements-do-you-think-are-cults/926030)
**Author:** [@stuccosuperstar2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuccosuperstar2020)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-so-obvious-movements-do-you-think-are-cults/926030 "2020-12-08T01:59:48Z")
First of all, many consider Scientology, the Moonies and other notorious organizations are cults. But what organizations are lying in the weeds? Based on the NXIVM trial, and now a current investigation into OneTaste: … --- ## [How do I post an avatar image?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-post-an-avatar-image/927401)
**Author:** [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-post-an-avatar-image/927401 "2020-12-08T00:46:04Z")
I’m still getting used to the new board software. When I came back after some absence, I was issued a plain grey A next to my name. Mrs. Nott made a pictograph I’d like to use, and I began to look for my profile. I don’t… --- ## [Your Favourite Rock/Pop/Jazz numbers with prominent brass section](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888 "2020-12-08T00:28:41Z")
Heh, wonder how many Chicago posts’d immediately spring to mind (considering, indeed, a good number of’em). Defining, exactly, how “prominent” said brass sections should be in a song might end up on the fluid side (if t… --- ## [A message to you, Rudy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-to-you-rudy/926001)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-to-you-rudy/926001 "2020-12-08T00:24:00Z")
Stop your messing around Better think of your future Time you straighten right out Creating problems in town… --- ## [Product Descriptions that Make you go Whaaaaaa?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-descriptions-that-make-you-go-whaaaaaa/927259)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-descriptions-that-make-you-go-whaaaaaa/927259 "2020-12-07T23:22:03Z")
So a friend shared this with me, and now, I must share this with you. As it is the season for shopping, you too may find wonderful, possibly thrice translated or otherwise amusingly inaccurate product descriptions you m… --- ## [Squiggy is no more](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squiggy-is-no-more/927333)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squiggy-is-no-more/927333 "2020-12-07T22:36:13Z")
David Lander has passed away at age 73. Complications from MS. --- ## [Deleting my posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-my-posts/927512)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-my-posts/927512 "2020-12-07T21:50:01Z")
I just tried to delete one of my posts, and got a message that I’ve done that too many times, and I will have to wait six hours before doing it again. I haven’t deleted a post in days. And the post I wanted to delete g… --- ## [Mist and Murk in the MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mist-and-murk-in-the-mmp/926785)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 333\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mist-and-murk-in-the-mmp/926785 "2020-12-07T19:54:14Z")
Morning all! It is indeed a misty and murky morning where I live, the weather app says 46F, it’s damp and dismal out there. Definitely a bonus to be working from home, I made the effort to get properly dressed and then d… --- ## [A few questions about "Corpus delicti"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-corpus-delicti/923076)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-corpus-delicti/923076 "2020-12-07T20:51:21Z")
Couple of things about “corpus delicti” that confuse me, and I would rather bunch them all into one thread than a separate one for each: Does corpus delicti only apply at a trial, or does it apply to an arrest or pre-a… --- ## [Editing NationBuilder tables](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-nationbuilder-tables/926988)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-nationbuilder-tables/926988 "2020-12-07T20:51:09Z")
There’s a popular political off-the-shelf data management / CRM/ etc package called NationBuilder. Under the hood, the database is apparently a PostGreSQL database. As such, it could be written to directly, using SQL c… --- ## [Why do paint cans pop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-paint-cans-pop/152717)
**Author:** [@Ashkicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashkicker)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-paint-cans-pop/152717 "2020-12-07T20:42:41Z")
I have paint cans in the house. I noticed a popping sound coming from one that has been used and resealed. Why are they doing that? And is it dangerous, safe, normal? --- ## [Are screenplays written as verbatim film scripts or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-screenplays-written-as-verbatim-film-scripts-or-not/927343)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-screenplays-written-as-verbatim-film-scripts-or-not/927343 "2020-12-07T20:09:58Z")
Awhile back, I was looking for the script of the Ingmar Bergman movie “Fanny and Alexander” in order to find some quotes for updating the relevant article on tvtropes.org. After some googling, I found a link to an archiv… --- ## [Pet theory explaining why car brake rotors warp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-theory-explaining-why-car-brake-rotors-warp/927417)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-theory-explaining-why-car-brake-rotors-warp/927417 "2020-12-07T20:06:48Z")
Ever wonder why car brake rotors warp? The ones I’ve seen are heavy castings, and maybe a half inch thick with cooling passages cast into them. They look hard to bend, and their use seems to challenge them evenly all the… --- ## [San Francisco to ban tobacco smoking in apartments – but not cannabis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-francisco-to-ban-tobacco-smoking-in-apartments-but-not-cannabis/927189)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-francisco-to-ban-tobacco-smoking-in-apartments-but-not-cannabis/927189 "2020-12-07T19:46:22Z")
“San Francisco will ban tobacco smoking inside apartments in an effort to curb the negative health impacts of secondhand smoke. Cannabis smoking, however, will still be permitted.” This is going too far. If smoking is… --- ## [...clarification about a warning \[Rescinded, Mod mistake\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-about-a-warning-rescinded-mod-mistake/927263)
**Author:** [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-about-a-warning-rescinded-mod-mistake/927263 "2020-12-07T19:31:58Z")
I’ve conceded that Page may (or may not) identify as a trans man. I’ve stated that Page hasn’t identified as a trans man and its presumptuous to make that assumption. You can be non-binary and prefer “he” or “she” or “t… --- ## [Canadians! Do Not Let Moose Lick Your Car!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-do-not-let-moose-lick-your-car/926215)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-do-not-let-moose-lick-your-car/926215 "2020-12-07T19:14:32Z")
Finally! Someone is calling attention to the persistent problem of salty cars and the meese who love them. --- ## [Digital remastering](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-remastering/927136)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-remastering/927136 "2020-12-07T18:42:10Z")
What exactly do they do when they remaster a recording that was originally an analog recording? Is it possible to remaster a recording that was recorded digitally to begin with? How do they ‘clean up,’ say, recordings of… --- ## [Under EA, is BioWare now broken beyond repair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-ea-is-bioware-now-broken-beyond-repair/927384)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-ea-is-bioware-now-broken-beyond-repair/927384 "2020-12-07T17:52:25Z")
Once upon a time, BioWare was one of the darlings of the game development world. The Mass Effect trilogy is my all-time favorite game series. Depending on what aspects you enjoy most as a player, you can debate which in… --- ## [The Adventures of Santa Claus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-adventures-of-santa-claus/927471)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-adventures-of-santa-claus/927471 "2020-12-07T17:49:07Z")
Santa Claus has Conquered the Martians. He’s been killed and come back as Tim Allen. He’s fought Jesus. In the Harlan Ellison story Santa Claus vs. S.P.I.D.E.R. he’s a secret agent fighting an evil organization. He appea… --- ## [Colonoscopy how often?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colonoscopy-how-often/915885)
**Author:** [@smokey78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smokey78)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colonoscopy-how-often/915885 "2020-12-07T17:29:14Z")
I had a colonoscopy done in 2011,and dr found polyps he removed. One was malignant. In 2012 did a repeat and dr said didn’t find anything. He said I could come back to do in ten years. But I read that with polyps I’m sup… --- ## [Things you see in TV commercials that never happen in the real world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-see-in-tv-commercials-that-never-happen-in-the-real-world/848112)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 255\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-see-in-tv-commercials-that-never-happen-in-the-real-world/848112 "2020-12-07T16:30:37Z")
For example: Doctors who present slide shows on their tablets, facing the screen out and away from them. A perfectly multiethnic group of conventionally attractive BFFs. - white, black (light skin with type 3A or 3… --- ## [Successful early stage research on reversing glaucoma & age related eye damage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/successful-early-stage-research-on-reversing-glaucoma-age-related-eye-damage/927478)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/successful-early-stage-research-on-reversing-glaucoma-age-related-eye-damage/927478 "2020-12-07T15:06:11Z")
Harvard Medical School scientists have successfully restored vision in mice by turning back the clock on aged eye cells in the retina to recapture youthful gene function. They had success in reversing vision loss from… --- ## [Scott O'Grady, former war hero and now conspiracy theory proponent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-ogrady-former-war-hero-and-now-conspiracy-theory-proponent/927270)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-ogrady-former-war-hero-and-now-conspiracy-theory-proponent/927270 "2020-12-07T15:04:14Z")
Yeah. That Scott O’Grady, who was shot down over Bosnia in the mid 1990s and survived by eating insects and drinking from puddles, is now a full-fledged conspiracy theorist in the Trump Administration, and it doesn’t he… --- ## [Use "the good one" every day, or save it for special occasions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-the-good-one-every-day-or-save-it-for-special-occasions/927215)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-the-good-one-every-day-or-save-it-for-special-occasions/927215 "2020-12-07T14:40:15Z")
Do you have multiple versions of anything, where one is “better” - maybe more expensive/older/more fragile/whatever, such that you use it only on “special occasions”, and use a “lower quality” version more frequently. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1623) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1625)