# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=265 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 266 --- ## [Any cooking method or food type you have always struggled with? Maybe we could start an advice column here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-cooking-method-or-food-type-you-have-always-struggled-with-maybe-we-could-start-an-advice-column-here/1021425)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-cooking-method-or-food-type-you-have-always-struggled-with-maybe-we-could-start-an-advice-column-here/1021425 "2025-08-04T14:09:28Z")
I flatter myself that I’m a pretty good cook and certainly enjoy it. But DAMN I just cannot make mayonnaise. It splits and disintegrates to liquid every single time. I’ve tried whisking by hand, pestle and mortar, blende… --- ## [Question About CPU Design](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-cpu-design/1021477)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-cpu-design/1021477 "2025-08-04T12:43:33Z")
How hard would it be for a chip designer to build in some kind of backdoor when designing a modern CPU that would enable someone who knew how it worked to gain secret remote access to the machine? If it can be done, how … --- ## [(Old) Getting back into your groove in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-getting-back-into-your-groove-in-the-mmp/1021422)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 348\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-getting-back-into-your-groove-in-the-mmp/1021422 "2025-08-04T05:45:19Z")
I’m home, unpacked, and most stuff is put away. Laundry is done (on Sunday? But laundry day is Firday!!!) And today’s main plan is restocking the fridge and pantry, with maybe some freezer stuff for good measure. But aft… --- ## [Famous people with animal names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 297\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-with-animal-names/1018555 "2025-08-04T01:15:17Z")
I recently got interested in people whose names are also the common names of animals. So, of course, I made a list and did some contemplating. Thus I came up with these rules about this list. (It seems whenever I do one … --- ## [To The Hydrofoil,Robin!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-hydrofoil-robin/760510)
**Author:** [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-hydrofoil-robin/760510 "2025-08-04T00:08:39Z")
Before I fell asleep last night my mind was idle and thinking about the Bras D’Or, another of those curious Canadian innovations that seem to constantly fall to the wayside due to politics.It got me thinking about all th… --- ## [Original Spanish(?) short film ID about a blind man whose life is changed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-spanish-short-film-id-about-a-blind-man-whose-life-is-changed/1021663)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-spanish-short-film-id-about-a-blind-man-whose-life-is-changed/1021663 "2025-08-03T21:09:54Z")
I think this film was from 2010, and I think it is Spanish. Here is an English version. SPOILER: Whoever gave it an English title gives away the ending in the title. If you know the film I’m talking about, can you tel… --- ## [Epstein's prison](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epsteins-prison/1021653)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epsteins-prison/1021653 "2025-08-03T19:18:49Z")
I’m no architect so I’m asking: Why would they build a prison with weird angles and hiding places? Is it impossible to make straight hallways that all meet at a guard station, and the guard has but to raise his eyes to s… --- ## [Do people froth at the mouth from poison?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-froth-at-the-mouth-from-poison/1021622)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-froth-at-the-mouth-from-poison/1021622 "2025-08-03T19:04:43Z")
Ive seen it countless times in british crime mysteries. Not sure about american frothing. So, does this happen when you are poisoned? Cyanid for example? And if so, why? Or is it movie licence? --- ## [Left Of Liberal Dopers: How could America have done civil rights right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-of-liberal-dopers-how-could-america-have-done-civil-rights-right/1021662)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2025, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-of-liberal-dopers-how-could-america-have-done-civil-rights-right/1021662 "2025-08-03T17:26:36Z")
In a Pit thread, @MrDibble talked about how racism cannot be overcome through the “Magic of Liberalism”, and said this about America’s civil rights era: Now, I agree with MrDibble that, clearly, America’s civil rights … --- ## [Wearing green on Thurs; does anybody still take that seriously?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-green-on-thurs-does-anybody-still-take-that-seriously/834797)
**Author:** [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-green-on-thurs-does-anybody-still-take-that-seriously/834797 "2025-08-03T16:06:08Z")
Supposedly, years ago, gay men would identify themselves to each other by wearing green on Thursdays. I first heard about it in high school in the mid 1960s, in joking references. Back then, nearly all gay people were cl… --- ## [Heroes and Cowards of the Trump Era](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-and-cowards-of-the-trump-era/1021444)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-and-cowards-of-the-trump-era/1021444 "2025-08-03T15:53:22Z")
Heroes: those willing to take a risk and stand up to Trump. Gov Gavin Newsom (D-CA) Gov Janet (“See You in Court”) Mills (D-ME) Harvard? (for now?) Justice Katanji Brown Jackson and her 2 liberal associates The lib… --- ## [Monthly Photo Competition #32 – July, 2025 – “Patriotism” \[Poll Added 28JUL2025\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-32-july-2025-patriotism-poll-added-28jul2025/1020377)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2025, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-32-july-2025-patriotism-poll-added-28jul2025/1020377 "2025-08-03T11:41:50Z")
This is the monthly thread for July, 2025. The topic this month is “Patriotism , chosen by @Bullitt. Please post only your photo and, if you want, a title in this thread. Any other text belongs in the rolling discussion… --- ## [El Salvador abolishes presidential term limits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-salvador-abolishes-presidential-term-limits/1021611)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2025, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-salvador-abolishes-presidential-term-limits/1021611 "2025-08-03T11:04:52Z")
Hey, you know President Bukele of El Salvador, the guy who’s hosting Trump’s deportees to the hellish CECOT camp? Well, El Salvador has just abolished presidential term limits, allowing him to run an indefinite number o… --- ## [I'm 55 and I've never bought a pair of fingernail clippers in my life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-55-and-ive-never-bought-a-pair-of-fingernail-clippers-in-my-life/1021288)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2025, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-55-and-ive-never-bought-a-pair-of-fingernail-clippers-in-my-life/1021288 "2025-08-03T10:45:54Z")
Yet I always have a pair in my house. I’m posting this because I’m curious if anyone has had a similar experience. --- ## [Mushroom Coffee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushroom-coffee/1021643)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2025, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushroom-coffee/1021643 "2025-08-03T09:40:02Z")
Oh, lawdy. We see more and more commercials for mushroom coffee. Anyone tasted this? WHY does it exist? How does one prepare it? And nooooo……this is not about “mushrooms, dooood”. This is about non-psychotropic mushro… --- ## [Quoting a post has changed. How do I quote posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-a-post-has-changed-how-do-i-quote-posts/1021642)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2025, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-a-post-has-changed-how-do-i-quote-posts/1021642 "2025-08-03T05:37:10Z")
Until a few days ago, I could reply to someone’s post and then hit the Quotation marks on the toolbar. They’re above what I am typing right now. NOW, a blank bar of black with a blue vertical sidebar is inserted. No mor… --- ## [Educate me on the subject of laundries, dry cleaners and sending out clothes to be cleaned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educate-me-on-the-subject-of-laundries-dry-cleaners-and-sending-out-clothes-to-be-cleaned/1021224)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2025, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educate-me-on-the-subject-of-laundries-dry-cleaners-and-sending-out-clothes-to-be-cleaned/1021224 "2025-08-02T23:55:00Z")
Even when I worked I never used laundries or dry cleaners much. And since I’ve been retired, it’s been ages since I sent anything out. But I want to talk about dry cleaners and places that wash and iron shirts and give … --- ## [To Those who Make Facebook Posts Extolling Home Schooling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-who-make-facebook-posts-extolling-home-schooling/1021607)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2025, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-who-make-facebook-posts-extolling-home-schooling/1021607 "2025-08-02T22:25:40Z")
Whenever I scroll through Facebook, I always come across these video posts promoting how great home schooling is. They always show a couple of kids wading in creeks or chasing butterflies or running around gardens. Sta… --- ## [An Argument that Hits Home with MAGA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-argument-that-hits-home-with-maga/1021581)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-argument-that-hits-home-with-maga/1021581 "2025-08-02T20:31:16Z")
Maybe should be IMHO? I don’t know. Over on a RWNJ board, someone made the argument that Trump has managed to turn the Republican party into the socialist party, all the while calling the Democrats Marxists. We now ha… --- ## [Shakespeare Mafia -- Act III](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-act-iii/1021358)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-act-iii/1021358 "2025-08-02T17:45:19Z")
Enter Laertes ANGELOFTHENORTH Come, for the third, Laertes. You do but dally. I pray you pass with your best violence. I am afeard you make a wanton of me. LAERTES Say you so? Come on.Play. OSRIC Nothing neither … --- ## [When the Golden Gate Bridge (ALMOST) Got A Roller Coaster. {LINK}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-golden-gate-bridge-almost-got-a-roller-coaster-link/1021583)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-golden-gate-bridge-almost-got-a-roller-coaster-link/1021583 "2025-08-02T13:52:59Z")
And the Coaster was planned to exceed 200 MPH, and dip underwater! Could you even survive roller coaster turns & dips, at 200 mph? --- ## [Songs that you have an intense emotional reaction to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-have-an-intense-emotional-reaction-to/1021415)
**Author:** [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2025, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-have-an-intense-emotional-reaction-to/1021415 "2025-08-02T12:28:34Z")
Continuing the discussion from Do you know someone who dislikes all music?: Reading @XOldiesJock’s post got me thinking this would make an interesting discussion. (I’m sure it’s been done before, but I don’t remember se… --- ## [Why does Heathrow Airport have an old Concorde sitting out on the airfield?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-heathrow-airport-have-an-old-concorde-sitting-out-on-the-airfield/1010075)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2025, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-heathrow-airport-have-an-old-concorde-sitting-out-on-the-airfield/1010075 "2025-08-02T11:45:10Z")
I had a quick getaway in London this past weekend. During departure, I happened to be staring out the window of my taxiing jet, and I was stunned to see the unmistakable shape of a Concorde, with its pointed nose and bro… --- ## [My landlord passed away last night (need advice)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-landlord-passed-away-last-night-need-advice/1021600)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2025, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-landlord-passed-away-last-night-need-advice/1021600 "2025-08-02T08:21:34Z")
My landlord, who was diagnosed with bone cancer a few months ago, died in his sleep last night. He had lost a prodigious amount of weight since his diagnosis, and over the past few days, had spent most of his time in his… --- ## [Nuclear subs being deployed by Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-subs-being-deployed-by-trump/1021592)
**Author:** [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2025, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-subs-being-deployed-by-trump/1021592 "2025-08-02T05:53:07Z")
This doesn’t fill me with confidence. Is this more distraction from Epstein? --- ## [Question on Yankees' haircut rule](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-yankees-haircut-rule/1021531)
**Author:** [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2025, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-yankees-haircut-rule/1021531 "2025-08-02T03:05:12Z")
OK, so let’s say I’m a long-haired, bearded hippybilly outfielder who, against his desires, gets traded to the Yankees. Suppose I say, “screw you” to the powers that be who traded for me when they tell me to get a hairc… --- ## [Write bad movie blurbs for popular film (long intro) s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465 "2025-08-02T01:16:12Z")
Background: I’m looking up movies and see the description for one that reads: My first thought is “Why name-drop Christine?” She’s the only named character, which means she should be the focal character, right? But th… --- ## [Nintendo Switch finally changing price for the first time since release. UP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-switch-finally-changing-price-for-the-first-time-since-release-up/1021610)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2025, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nintendo-switch-finally-changing-price-for-the-first-time-since-release-up/1021610 "2025-08-02T01:05:58Z")
Wow. Nintendo is going to take the original Nintendo Switch and INCREASE the price in a few days. Crazy. --- ## [Linux experts: choosing a Mint Live flashdrive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linux-experts-choosing-a-mint-live-flashdrive/1021524)
**Author:** [@LynnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LynnM)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2025, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linux-experts-choosing-a-mint-live-flashdrive/1021524 "2025-08-02T00:12:54Z")
I need a Linux Mint Live flashdrive, ideally with persistence. Can’t create one myself, so will buy from amazon. Amazon offers a number of flashdrives containing a single distro; others contain multiple distros. Both si… --- ## [S Line (South Korean mini-series) ~ Let's keep any spoilers blurred, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-line-south-korean-mini-series-lets-keep-any-spoilers-blurred-please/1021578)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2025, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-line-south-korean-mini-series-lets-keep-any-spoilers-blurred-please/1021578 "2025-08-01T22:50:19Z")
Wavve (part of SKT) last month released a mini-series called S라인 (translated as Social. Sex. Secrets.: The S–Lines\*\*)\*\*. It has six episodes. The wife and I have watched all but the last one. Have you seen this? If so, … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=264) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=266)