# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1764 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1765 --- ## [Do you remember high school fondly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-high-school-fondly/916431)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-high-school-fondly/916431 "2020-08-06T00:52:48Z")
A friend of a friend of mine from my hometown in Virginia on Facebook said : I miss my high school friends and teachers and cheerleading. It is tough getting older." Fuck yeah it is tough getting older. But this is par… --- ## [My cousin has a new pancreas!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cousin-has-a-new-pancreas/916163)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cousin-has-a-new-pancreas/916163 "2020-08-06T00:27:00Z")
Well, a second-hand pancreas, strictly speaking, but gently-used is better than no pancreas, which is what he’s had for the past several years (along with no spleen, no gallbladder, neither original kidney, and a partial… --- ## [Do women "virgin hunters" really exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-virgin-hunters-really-exist/916780)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-virgin-hunters-really-exist/916780 "2020-08-06T00:26:59Z")
This is something I’ve heard ALL of my life, and even recently I saw supposedly smart people on Reddit claiming this was also true, that there are women out there there who deliberately like to have sex with virgins to n… --- ## [50/50 meat and plant-based meat hybrids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-50-meat-and-plant-based-meat-hybrids/916271)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-50-meat-and-plant-based-meat-hybrids/916271 "2020-08-06T00:09:58Z")
These are being marketed in Canada - reduced meat burgers and sausages. I’m wondering who their target market is. The environmentally conscious? Failed vegetarians? Folks with high cholesterol? --- ## [Giving surplus food away, am I doing this wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-surplus-food-away-am-i-doing-this-wrong/917207)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-surplus-food-away-am-i-doing-this-wrong/917207 "2020-08-06T00:01:22Z")
We live out in the sticks and once a week, surplus produce and dairy shows up for anyone who wants it, no income or age limits, just “Please come and take this stuff before it gets bad!” sort of thing. I like free produ… --- ## [NASA to have first splashdown with crew since 1975](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-to-have-first-splashdown-with-crew-since-1975/915608)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-to-have-first-splashdown-with-crew-since-1975/915608 "2020-08-05T23:13:34Z")
It’s planned for around Aug 2nd with the Spacex Dragon Capsule and 2 astronauts. The last NASA splashdown was the Apollo-Soyuz project in 1975 --- ## [Dear Scientists, After you create the COVID vaccine, would you please invent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-scientists-after-you-create-the-covid-vaccine-would-you-please-invent/915878)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-scientists-after-you-create-the-covid-vaccine-would-you-please-invent/915878 "2020-08-05T22:03:23Z")
I love grapefruit. Unfortunately, at least one of my medications says, “No grapefruit for you!” Please invent grapefruit that plays well with others! ~VOW --- ## [Not Answering a Post or Question In the Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-answering-a-post-or-question-in-the-pit/916704)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-answering-a-post-or-question-in-the-pit/916704 "2020-08-05T21:50:14Z")
This is something that actually has concerned me for some time. Do you have to respond to something in the Pit? Especially if it is directed at you specifically in some way? I never post in the Pit and probably never w… --- ## [Anybody know anything about drum circles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-anything-about-drum-circles/917173)
**Author:** [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-anything-about-drum-circles/917173 "2020-08-05T19:41:29Z")
I’m so freaking bored – really need something to do – and at this point it actually kinda sounds like it might be fun. I was a hippy in Haight Ashbury with flowers in my hair – but I was only ever interested in smoking … --- ## [Would the NFL be better off with a World Cup style season?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-nfl-be-better-off-with-a-world-cup-style-season/917355)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-nfl-be-better-off-with-a-world-cup-style-season/917355 "2020-08-05T19:37:40Z")
I had an idea for what the NFL could do to cut down on travel and make the season more interesting. They could schedule the games World Cup style. Every division would be a group, and they would play each other team on… --- ## [How much comparative power does an ARM 32 bit processor have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-comparative-power-does-an-arm-32-bit-processor-have/917359)
**Author:** [@LivingGhost371](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LivingGhost371)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-comparative-power-does-an-arm-32-bit-processor-have/917359 "2020-08-05T18:36:08Z")
More specifically a Holtek HT32F. There’s one in my AMD Wraith Prism CPU cooler that does nothing but control the pretty RGB LEDs. Was wondering how this compared to my old 486 DX-2 50. Or my family’s 286 or Apple IIC. O… --- ## [Things Could Have Turned Out Worse 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-could-have-turned-out-worse-2/917338)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-could-have-turned-out-worse-2/917338 "2020-08-05T18:10:28Z")
This morning I fried a green chile stuffed with cheese along with my bacon. Some of the melted cheese escaped from the chile and got onto the bacon. I had to eat bacon with melted cheese on it! --- ## [A couple of wiring questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-wiring-questions/917335)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-wiring-questions/917335 "2020-08-05T17:52:46Z")
One more theoretical, one more practical. Theoretical first. The way a 3 way switch setup works is that you have a couple of wires which run from one 3 way switch to the other; they connect to the 2 “traveler” terminals… --- ## [Ostriches escape quarantine in Metro Manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ostriches-escape-quarantine-in-metro-manila/917292)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ostriches-escape-quarantine-in-metro-manila/917292 "2020-08-05T16:30:27Z")
Stricter quarantine measures were reimposed the other day in Metro Manila and adjacent provinces, after health care professionals sounded the alarm about the imminent collapse of the health care system. It didn’t take l… --- ## [Air Fryers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-fryers/916613)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-fryers/916613 "2020-08-05T16:10:18Z")
I know there have been many discussions on air fryers here. I just want to put my 2 cents in (maybe this should be in IMHO). I had been pining for an air fryer since I first witnessed one being used on QVC. I told my hu… --- ## [Do you send your steak back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-send-your-steak-back/916999)
**Author:** [@Bacon\_Cheeseburger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bacon_Cheeseburger)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-send-your-steak-back/916999 "2020-08-05T16:06:57Z")
I like my steaks in medium rare to medium range. If i order it medium and comes out medium rare i don’t care. But i don’t have high expectations when i go to Chili’s/Sizzler/TGIfridays type places that they are gonna c… --- ## [I had a weird, but positive July](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-weird-but-positive-july/917331)
**Author:** [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-weird-but-positive-july/917331 "2020-08-05T14:29:41Z")
For the last several years, my wife and I have been separated, but living together. A sort of (pardon the expression) “cheaper to keep her” kind of thing, and we’ve been mostly amicable. With interests rate so low, we … --- ## [Kodak to make pharmaceuticals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kodak-to-make-pharmaceuticals/916680)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kodak-to-make-pharmaceuticals/916680 "2020-08-05T13:44:18Z")
With help from a $765 million loan from the federal government, Kodak is planning on transforming itself from a photography company into a pharmaceutical company. --- ## [Does taking AMPK (activated protein kinase) do anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-taking-ampk-activated-protein-kinase-do-anything/916715)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-taking-ampk-activated-protein-kinase-do-anything/916715 "2020-08-05T13:24:12Z")
Recently I’ve seen a ton of ads and other things about taking AMPK supplements. They range from ‘deep fat’ reduction to life extension. I figure it’s probably the standard snake oil, but was curious what 'dopers though… --- ## [Apart from decibels, are there any other metric units that are only ever used with a single prefix?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apart-from-decibels-are-there-any-other-metric-units-that-are-only-ever-used-with-a-single-prefix/855604)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apart-from-decibels-are-there-any-other-metric-units-that-are-only-ever-used-with-a-single-prefix/855604 "2020-08-05T13:10:27Z")
We never talk about bels or centibels or millibels, everything is always expressed in decibels for some reason. a) Are there any other metric units that have this same strange quirk and b) Are there any other units whe… --- ## ["Body is too similar to what you recently posted" :mad:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-is-too-similar-to-what-you-recently-posted/917126)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-is-too-similar-to-what-you-recently-posted/917126 "2020-08-05T12:07:18Z")
I wrote and posted something in the wrong forum. Whoops! I hit “edit”, copied the whole post and changed it to “oops”. Went to the correct form, found the thread I wanted, and hit “reply”. Pasted the post in, hit “po… --- ## [Who needs terrorists when you can do this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-needs-terrorists-when-you-can-do-this/917285)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-needs-terrorists-when-you-can-do-this/917285 "2020-08-04T22:41:08Z")
fire plus sodium nitrate = kaboom And if the people of Beirut say it was a very big explosion, you know you are listening to experts. --- ## [Removing a gravesite from your private land](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-gravesite-from-your-private-land/916726)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-gravesite-from-your-private-land/916726 "2020-08-05T06:56:31Z")
Out here in the US’ Southwest, there’s potentially thousands of unmarked, frontier or settler graves. Then, there’s a handful of gravesites that are marked. I happen to drive by a prominent one on my way through Datil,… --- ## [In the film "Milk Money" what crimes is Melanie Griffith committing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-film-milk-money-what-crimes-is-melanie-griffith-committing/917021)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-film-milk-money-what-crimes-is-melanie-griffith-committing/917021 "2020-08-05T06:45:46Z")
Often labeled as one of the worst films of all time due to its premise alone, Milk Money is a 1994 family romantic comedy film where three 11 year old boys from Ohio decide to go to the big city of Pittsburgh where they … --- ## [Where did the term "album drop" originate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-term-album-drop-originate/514893)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-term-album-drop-originate/514893 "2020-08-05T05:42:16Z")
My educated guess has always been that the term originated from the term “drop shipment”. Items delivered directly from the vendor to the retailer. Most media (cds, dvds, video games) that have a street date are delive… --- ## [Grain Silos Can Fly \[SpaceX Starship Prototype Makes Successful Hop\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grain-silos-can-fly-spacex-starship-prototype-makes-successful-hop/917296)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grain-silos-can-fly-spacex-starship-prototype-makes-successful-hop/917296 "2020-08-05T04:58:37Z")
This was the first successful flight test of a Starship prototype. Starship is SpaceX’s next-gen rocket system, with the intent being full reusability (their current Falcon 9 rocket only reuses the first s… --- ## [How cost effective is the Soda Stream system over the long run?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cost-effective-is-the-soda-stream-system-over-the-long-run/914305)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cost-effective-is-the-soda-stream-system-over-the-long-run/914305 "2020-08-05T03:37:42Z")
My Beloved and I are thinking about getting a Soda Stream machine, but we would like to know how cost effective it really is over the long run, whether the use of it diminishes over time, how good it tastes etc. “You sh… --- ## [Societal Venn Diagram?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/societal-venn-diagram/917293)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/societal-venn-diagram/917293 "2020-08-05T02:15:22Z")
I was wondering if anyone had seen anything about overlap between antivaccers and antimaskers. I’ve briefly searched, not too hard yet, and all I seem to get is links to various articles on why vaccines or masks are goo… --- ## [In which Ayn Rand spins in her grave](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-ayn-rand-spins-in-her-grave/914618)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-ayn-rand-spins-in-her-grave/914618 "2020-08-05T00:59:47Z")
Ayn Rand Institute has been approved for the PPP. --- ## [Kids going door to door to "raise money for college"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-going-door-to-door-to-raise-money-for-college/917186)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-going-door-to-door-to-raise-money-for-college/917186 "2020-08-05T00:19:49Z")
Is this legit, or are these kids being used? I didn’t even get far enough to ask what he was selling. I have had this occasionally before, and it’s always a boy about 15 years old. I hate to turn kids away but I just do… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1763) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1765)