# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1832 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1833 --- ## [Are you wearing eyeglasses and/or contact lenses as you're reading this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-wearing-eyeglasses-and-or-contact-lenses-as-youre-reading-this/855425)
**Author:** [@scarface54345](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scarface54345)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-wearing-eyeglasses-and-or-contact-lenses-as-youre-reading-this/855425 "2020-06-15T01:48:42Z")
Just wondering how much of the population wears some kind of vision correction. --- ## [Critter Cam out back.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critter-cam-out-back/734059)
**Author:** [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Replies:** 1092\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critter-cam-out-back/734059 "2020-06-15T01:01:31Z")
14 pictures: Safe for work & kids. https://picasaweb.google.com/116298515843829538956/Oct9CC?authkey=Gv1sRgCLzzwtjK8qrJ-QE# --- ## [Mrs. Trump got a better prenup in 2017](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-trump-got-a-better-prenup-in-2017/855537)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-trump-got-a-better-prenup-in-2017/855537 "2020-06-15T00:55:45Z")
According to a new book. I forgot she stayed in NYC until school was out. Seems a smart move on her part. --- ## [Need to install grab rail in shower. Difficulty; ceramic tile.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-install-grab-rail-in-shower-difficulty-ceramic-tile/854414)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-install-grab-rail-in-shower-difficulty-ceramic-tile/854414 "2020-06-15T00:43:48Z")
I have a wonky hip and knee, opposite sides. I need to install a grab rail in my shower which is lined with ceramic tile. Will an electronic stud finder work through tile? Can’t very well drill exploratory holes looking … --- ## [A bad case of palimpsest - words that mean the wrong thing.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bad-case-of-palimpsest-words-that-mean-the-wrong-thing/854312)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bad-case-of-palimpsest-words-that-mean-the-wrong-thing/854312 "2020-06-15T00:18:41Z")
You know what I mean? There are certain words that just have no business meaning what they actually mean. OK, let me explain. For some reason I was musing on the word pulchritudinous. Now, whoever came up with that word… --- ## [Recurring patterns of injustice and the lack of understanding thereof](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-patterns-of-injustice-and-the-lack-of-understanding-thereof/855631)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-patterns-of-injustice-and-the-lack-of-understanding-thereof/855631 "2020-06-15T00:03:18Z")
Something I’ve been thinking about that I thought might be useful to talk through (and refine, with input from y’all). I know I touch upon a lot of related topics and this might be a bit to spread out, but I hope my main… --- ## [Once promising actors who went off the rails later in their careers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-promising-actors-who-went-off-the-rails-later-in-their-careers/854237)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-promising-actors-who-went-off-the-rails-later-in-their-careers/854237 "2020-06-14T23:58:17Z")
Inspired by the “Great Movies Marred By One Bad Performance” thread in which I mentioned Nicholas Cage. I think Nick Cage is a pretty good example of this, but his acting always had an eccentric quality to it, so when h… --- ## [What to do with too much EVOO?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-too-much-evoo/855581)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-too-much-evoo/855581 "2020-06-14T23:37:11Z")
For reasons I can’t explain, I have a gallon-size bottle of Kirkland extra-virgin olive oil, along with another “normal” bottle of EVOO. That’s … a lot of oil. I use olive oil constantly, but for sautéing and roasting, … --- ## [Any experience with cortisol reducers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experience-with-cortisol-reducers/855663)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experience-with-cortisol-reducers/855663 "2020-06-14T23:15:49Z")
So in the aftermath of my surgery my body is apparently in 24/7 stress mode due to healing, and I am coming to believe that I have for some time prior been suffering from increasingly worse chronic stress. I have depress… --- ## [Bragg? Benning? Hood? What 14 military posts are named after Confederate leaders?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bragg-benning-hood-what-14-military-posts-are-named-after-confederate-leaders/855613)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bragg-benning-hood-what-14-military-posts-are-named-after-confederate-leaders/855613 "2020-06-14T22:43:16Z")
I heard a recent news story that there are 14 such posts. What are they? And are there 14, or more, or fewer? Bragg, and Benning, and Hood are three of them. --- ## [China's 'secret' 2020 plan for Taiwan. Thoughts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinas-secret-2020-plan-for-taiwan-thoughts/854566)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinas-secret-2020-plan-for-taiwan-thoughts/854566 "2020-06-14T22:35:26Z")
So, for a while now, China has had an open secret that they plan to essentially bring Taiwan back into the fold by 2020 by whatever means possible. This includes military, but a lot of it has hinged on subversion of sev… --- ## [Does Melanin absorb Ultraviolet A?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-melanin-absorb-ultraviolet-a/855571)
**Author:** [@Contemplation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contemplation)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-melanin-absorb-ultraviolet-a/855571 "2020-06-14T22:15:40Z")
THe more melanin you have, the more UV your skin is protected from. From what Ive been reading, UVB causes skin cancer, while UVA penetrates deeper into the skin and breaks collagen. So UVA will make you age rapidly. W… --- ## [Carnacki Stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnacki-stories/855580)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnacki-stories/855580 "2020-06-14T22:05:45Z")
Hodgeson wrote a bunch of great purple prose thriller/ghost stories - admitedly a genre one either loves or hates it seems. We just started watching a film - The Judas Ghost, which has The Carnacki Institute as the ghos… --- ## [Personal alert products (Life Alert and the like)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-alert-products-life-alert-and-the-like/855575)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-alert-products-life-alert-and-the-like/855575 "2020-06-14T21:25:27Z")
Does anyone have experience with Life Alert or other personal alert products? If you’re not familiar, they’re pendants, often worn on a lanyard, that one carries around the house, and if you have a medical emergency or a… --- ## [Bon Bons - Chocolates or Hard Candies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-bons-chocolates-or-hard-candies/855357)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-bons-chocolates-or-hard-candies/855357 "2020-06-14T21:08:49Z")
Quick, if someone mentions bon bons, what do you picture? Chocolates or hard candies? I always thought bon bons were fancy chocolates. I only recently saw it on a tin of hard candies. --- ## [Conservatives - who will you vote for in the 2020 POTUS election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-who-will-you-vote-for-in-the-2020-potus-election/855055)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-who-will-you-vote-for-in-the-2020-potus-election/855055 "2020-06-14T20:35:45Z")
Conservatives only poll - Velocity suggested in ATMB thread recently that we should have the ability to limit responses to threads to certain groups of people. So here’s my attempt. Let’s see how it goes. Conservative… --- ## [Does anyone else think that the rest of the year won't go as badly as some fear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-think-that-the-rest-of-the-year-wont-go-as-badly-as-some-fear/854818)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-think-that-the-rest-of-the-year-wont-go-as-badly-as-some-fear/854818 "2020-06-14T20:24:35Z")
With the election coming up (and Trump’s stake in it) and everything that’s happened (and is still happening!) in 2020 up to now (including stuff you may have forgotten about, like the death of Kobe Bryant), I’ve seen a … --- ## [How practical is it to remove a firelace?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-practical-is-it-to-remove-a-firelace/855620)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-practical-is-it-to-remove-a-firelace/855620 "2020-06-14T20:05:10Z")
Situation: small San Francisco house with small living room; corner fireplace built when house was built in 1949; lived here 16 years and never used it; has dedicated chimney; hearth and floor of fireplace about 3" above… --- ## [Did You Read Andrew Sullivan Today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-read-andrew-sullivan-today/855584)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-read-andrew-sullivan-today/855584 "2020-06-14T18:28:22Z")
This week’s essay is entitled Is There Still Room for Debate? It is not overlong and well worth your time. I am always gobsmacked by the easy, smooth clarity of his writing and thought. In this column he questions the … --- ## [Which was the best year out since 2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-year-out-since-2000/855505)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-year-out-since-2000/855505 "2020-06-14T17:57:05Z")
I think most people can agree that 2020 sucks (at least so far). But my question is: which year, out of the last 20, has been overall the best? The one that comes to mind for me is 2014. Gay marriage legalized and the U… --- ## [Dopers over age 60. Is the current turbulence what the late 60s felt like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-over-age-60-is-the-current-turbulence-what-the-late-60s-felt-like/855480)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-over-age-60-is-the-current-turbulence-what-the-late-60s-felt-like/855480 "2020-06-14T17:51:10Z")
With everything happening this year, from Covid-19 to the protests following the death of George Floyd to the behavior of the POTUS and talk of potential shenanigans in this fall’s election, it seems like this year has b… --- ## [Cities painting BLM on pubic streets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-painting-blm-on-pubic-streets/855416)
**Author:** [@split\_p\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/split_p_j)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-painting-blm-on-pubic-streets/855416 "2020-06-14T17:49:16Z")
So my nearest city, which I of course don’t live in, painted BLM across a major intersection. Fully spelled out in huge yellow letters, but without the hash tag, applied by city workers. This can’t be legal right? Is th… --- ## [Easiest way to custom print stickers for a customized Monopoly game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easiest-way-to-custom-print-stickers-for-a-customized-monopoly-game/855351)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easiest-way-to-custom-print-stickers-for-a-customized-monopoly-game/855351 "2020-06-14T16:13:19Z")
For my friends birthday I plan on buying a Monopoly board and customizing it by making the various properties the various TVshows and movies he liked over the years (since he likes such a wide variety of things I can’t j… --- ## ["Georgia in Uproar Over Voting Meltdown"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgia-in-uproar-over-voting-meltdown/855328)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgia-in-uproar-over-voting-meltdown/855328 "2020-06-14T16:04:01Z")
‘I Refuse Not to Be Heard’: Georgia in Uproar Over Voting Meltdown \*Long lines and malfunctioning voting machines marred statewide primary elections in Georgia, renewing attention on voting rights there. \* Get ready f… --- ## ["Typing aphasia"? -- Is that what this is called?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typing-aphasia-is-that-what-this-is-called/855437)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typing-aphasia-is-that-what-this-is-called/855437 "2020-06-14T15:06:16Z")
In addition to clumsy fat-fingering and ordinary misspellings, sometimes I type a homonym of the word intended. It doesn’t even have to be a close homonym: it was typing “vowels” when “values” was intended that first ma… --- ## ["Tonight, Tonight!" Smashing Pumpkins video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-tonight-smashing-pumpkins-video/855647)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-tonight-smashing-pumpkins-video/855647 "2020-06-14T14:51:00Z")
I was watching the “Tonight, Tonight!” video and noticed that the drummer in the video wasn’t Jimmy Chamberlain. He played on the song, per WIKI, and I remember the Rolling Stone article showed all four band members, inc… --- ## [Potted orchid is growing big aerial root. Do I need to do something?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potted-orchid-is-growing-big-aerial-root-do-i-need-to-do-something/855652)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potted-orchid-is-growing-big-aerial-root-do-i-need-to-do-something/855652 "2020-06-14T13:17:29Z")
I have a potted orchid which is blossoming beautifully, but is now growing an extended horizontal aerial root. Here is a jpg for illustration. I understand this is quite common for orchids, but I wonder if this root, wh… --- ## [MAGA-hatters brilliantly satirized](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maga-hatters-brilliantly-satirized/855624)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maga-hatters-brilliantly-satirized/855624 "2020-06-14T12:26:38Z")
Three videos from comedian Brett Terhune. I saw a story about a NASCAR driver who will quit because of the ban on Confederate flags. And then I happened to see a link about the first video, and Brett looks a lot like th… --- ## [Oxygen carriers in animal blood. Iron, Copper, Vanadium (?) ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxygen-carriers-in-animal-blood-iron-copper-vanadium/855611)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxygen-carriers-in-animal-blood-iron-copper-vanadium/855611 "2020-06-14T11:09:51Z")
Most animals use iron to transport oxygen through their blood system. Some mollusks use copper to do the same job. There’s an unproven theory that some other animals used Vanadium (Vanabin - Wikipedia) During evolution… --- ## [Tweets and long messages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tweets-and-long-messages/855642)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tweets-and-long-messages/855642 "2020-06-14T08:21:08Z")
Hey writers! I am seeing a lot of dozen to two dozen tweet long missives out there. Now, i am sure your message is important. But if it takes more than a couple tweets, Twitter is not the way to get your message out the… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1831) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1833)