# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=308&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 309 --- ## [Anyone else find eye exams mildly stressful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-find-eye-exams-mildly-stressful/996806)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-find-eye-exams-mildly-stressful/996806 "2025-06-01T13:44:19Z")
Going to the eye doctor today. I always find vision exams a tad stressful. Is THIS better than THAT? I DUNNO! THEY LOK THE SAME! I think a part of it is from when I was a student, and was always good at tests. A pa… --- ## [MAGA women and their hair extensions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maga-women-and-their-hair-extensions/1018909)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2025, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maga-women-and-their-hair-extensions/1018909 "2025-06-01T13:41:45Z")
How long has this been a thing, the extremely long (I assume) extensions. Prime examples: Kristi Gnome and MTG. And the older the woman with the hair, the sadder it looks. But if that’s what they want, cool! --- ## [What will evidence be like in the future?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-evidence-be-like-in-the-future/109344)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-evidence-be-like-in-the-future/109344 "2025-06-01T13:04:34Z")
I can see technology advancing to the point that traditional forms of evidence - photographs, voice recordings, videotapes, even fingerprints will be so easy to forge digitally that they will have no real value as eviden… --- ## [Was the danger of the Ford Pinto (heh) overblown?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-danger-of-the-ford-pinto-heh-overblown/1018761)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2025, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-danger-of-the-ford-pinto-heh-overblown/1018761 "2025-06-01T12:54:20Z")
Some dude on Reddit claimed, without citation, that the Ford Pinto wasn’t significantly more dangerous than other cars at the time, and that the backlash against it was basically Dateline-like sensationalism, self aggran… --- ## [Trying to remember an Old Sci-Fi Movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-an-old-sci-fi-movie/1019062)
**Author:** [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2025, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-an-old-sci-fi-movie/1019062 "2025-06-01T11:56:24Z")
Friends, I am trying to track down an old sf movie with just a tiny memory. Back in the early 70’s local TV stations would have old movies on Saturday afternoons. I remember a film that had the following scenes. Two men … --- ## [Is there an app I can use to take a batch of photos and automatically display the geotag on the photo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-app-i-can-use-to-take-a-batch-of-photos-and-automatically-display-the-geotag-on-the-photo/1019003)
**Author:** [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2025, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-app-i-can-use-to-take-a-batch-of-photos-and-automatically-display-the-geotag-on-the-photo/1019003 "2025-06-01T11:16:07Z")
I’ve got a bunch of photos I’d like to have the geotag added to (so that when someone looks at it, they’ll see the geotag info on the photo itself without having to right-click the properties, etc.). Google isn’t helpin… --- ## [Those ground beef tubes with crazy long expiration dates- do you trust the date?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-ground-beef-tubes-with-crazy-long-expiration-dates-do-you-trust-the-date/1018012)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2025, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-ground-beef-tubes-with-crazy-long-expiration-dates-do-you-trust-the-date/1018012 "2025-06-01T05:07:23Z")
So my rule of thumb when buying raw meat has always been to cook or freeze the meat no more than 4 days after purchase, or by the ‘sell by’ date, whichever comes first. But lately I’ve been buying ground beef in these 3… --- ## [Q for weight lifters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-weight-lifters/1019033)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2025, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-weight-lifters/1019033 "2025-06-01T03:12:17Z")
I’m just starting hormone depravation therapy for prostate cancer. There may be many side effects including weight gain, muscle loss and loss of bone density. The best way to prevent these things is through exercise in g… --- ## [New STEM Lab Complete!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stem-lab-complete/1019008)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stem-lab-complete/1019008 "2025-06-01T00:01:46Z")
On this, the last day of school, the constructors have completed our new state of the art STEM lab. My God, it is fabulous! I can’t believe that a K-8 school district has something this revved up, but we do! If they p… --- ## ["The low spark of high heeled boys"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-low-spark-of-high-heeled-boys/978225)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2025, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-low-spark-of-high-heeled-boys/978225 "2025-05-31T23:41:06Z")
One of the more memorable quotes from the early 1970s. I wasn’t much interested in Traffic so I paid it scant attention. But WTF does it mean to you? I was surprised to see that Micheal J. Pollard wrote the phrase and th… --- ## [Seattle Late May - Where to Stay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-late-may-where-to-stay/1014041)
**Author:** [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-late-may-where-to-stay/1014041 "2025-05-31T23:26:56Z")
Spouse and I are planning on staying in Seattle on a 1.5 day pre-cruise visit in late May. We will arrive mid-afternoon on a Wednesday and leave after breakfast Friday. Dear Wife definitely wants to go up the Space Need… --- ## [First EV road trip - please walk me through](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-ev-road-trip-please-walk-me-through/1018157)
**Author:** [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-ev-road-trip-please-walk-me-through/1018157 "2025-05-31T22:29:47Z")
I’m going to drive from Nashville to Knoxville next week. My car should be capable of doing the one-way trip. It has a range of 320 miles, and Knoxville is only about 180 miles away. I plan to use Eco mode and drive 7… --- ## [Will a bad car battery not take a jump and then work just fine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-bad-car-battery-not-take-a-jump-and-then-work-just-fine/1004290)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-bad-car-battery-not-take-a-jump-and-then-work-just-fine/1004290 "2025-05-31T20:01:29Z")
My car wouldn’t start on Friday and still would not after attempting to jump it for 10-15 minutes. The next day, I had a tow truck out there to tow it to a mechanic. He tried starting it and to my surprise, it started … --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - May 2025 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-may-2025-edition/1017631)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-may-2025-edition/1017631 "2025-05-31T17:29:33Z")
I’m early, but I’m here and there’s no guarantee I’ll remember to return tomorrow or Wednesday. My schnoodle, who in spite of sounding like an exotic form of pasta, is in fact a dog named Fish… a dog reminding me that i… --- ## [The Handmaid's Tale season 6 (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handmaids-tale-season-6-open-spoilers/1016863)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handmaids-tale-season-6-open-spoilers/1016863 "2025-05-31T16:47:57Z")
Hulu dropped the first 3 episodes Monday. It’s weird how much I’ve been looking forward to thus given how much I dislike the prequel (aka the new), but I managed to watch the first episode last night. I was not disappoin… --- ## [Is the growth in the equity markets really just inflation for rich people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-growth-in-the-equity-markets-really-just-inflation-for-rich-people/1018787)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-growth-in-the-equity-markets-really-just-inflation-for-rich-people/1018787 "2025-05-31T16:45:16Z")
So here you are one of those one-percenters controlling 30% of the US wealth. You have way more money than you would ever really want to spend, so what do you do with it. You use it to buy stocks or bonds, in hopes tha… --- ## [Invasive Insects Eating Invasive Plants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasive-insects-eating-invasive-plants/1019059)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invasive-insects-eating-invasive-plants/1019059 "2025-05-31T16:36:33Z")
I was just out on my deck and spotted a bunch of lantern flies. My first thought is to squish the bastards. Hold on, though. They are on the invasive vines that I spend tons of time getting rid of every summer. There… --- ## [Movies with titles that sound like they're sequels, but they aren't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-titles-that-sound-like-theyre-sequels-but-they-arent/1019002)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-titles-that-sound-like-theyre-sequels-but-they-arent/1019002 "2025-05-31T16:29:55Z")
…at least not officially. Sometimes they want to give that impression, though. This is in response to the thread about sequels that don’t sound like sequels, but are. Destry Rides Again – two movies with this title, wh… --- ## [RIP Loretta Swit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-loretta-swit/1019021)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-loretta-swit/1019021 "2025-05-31T16:01:00Z")
Died today at age 87. Not many of the original cast remain. --- ## [Oldest fingerprint found](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-fingerprint-found/1018967)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-fingerprint-found/1018967 "2025-05-31T13:26:51Z")
… and it’s from a Neanderthal. Seems to be a deliberate add-on to make a rock that looks kinda like a face look more like a face. So a definite understanding of symbolism. Couple of questions immediately spring to mi… --- ## [How much did your wedding cost?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-your-wedding-cost/986261)
**Author:** [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2025, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-your-wedding-cost/986261 "2025-05-31T06:44:39Z")
So, in response to a question in the random facts thread of MPSIMS, the poll is about how much your wedding cost. If you had more than one wedding at different costs, check the appropriate amount for each, otherwise try … --- ## [How does hip arthritis become muscle/ligament pain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-hip-arthritis-become-muscle-ligament-pain/1019019)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2025, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-hip-arthritis-become-muscle-ligament-pain/1019019 "2025-05-31T03:17:11Z")
Medical question. I saw the doc yesterday for hip pain, got xrays and a diagnosis of arthritis in the right hip. Got prescribed exercises at home, physical therapy, and a stronger pain-killer to be taken as needed (which… --- ## [The Poetry of Donald J. Trump -- Special Alcatraz Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-special-alcatraz-edition/1017959)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2025, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-special-alcatraz-edition/1017959 "2025-05-31T02:19:37Z")
“How will you use it? How did you come up with the idea?” a reporter asked the president on Monday. Well, I guess I was supposed to be a moviemaker. We’re talking — We started with the moviemaking, And it will end. … --- ## [Severance Season 2 \[OPEN SPOILERS\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severance-season-2-open-spoilers/1012952)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 406\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severance-season-2-open-spoilers/1012952 "2025-05-31T02:09:01Z")
On January 17, after almost three full years, we get Severance season 2 on Apple TV. Season 1 thread I just re-watched the first season because it’s been so long since the previous one that I forgot some details and yo… --- ## [What are your top three episodes of the Twilight Zone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-three-episodes-of-the-twilight-zone/1018839)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-three-episodes-of-the-twilight-zone/1018839 "2025-05-31T01:02:34Z")
The classic one, I mean, not any of the three (yes, three by now) reboots. Mine would have to be The Shelter The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Shadow Play But there are a ton I could sub in. I could easily make a … --- ## [Why no female artists in the Yacht Rock genre?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-female-artists-in-the-yacht-rock-genre/1018920)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-female-artists-in-the-yacht-rock-genre/1018920 "2025-05-30T20:44:38Z")
I was listening Carly Simon’s ‘You Belong to Me’ and I got to thinking the music is kind of yacht rockish. Then I tried to think of any yr songs by female artists and came up blank. Can you think of any? Also, why do yo… --- ## [Peter David, Star Trek novelist and comic book writer, passes away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-david-star-trek-novelist-and-comic-book-writer-passes-away/1018795)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-david-star-trek-novelist-and-comic-book-writer-passes-away/1018795 "2025-05-30T20:10:41Z")
Peter David, well-known as a prolific writer of comic books and Star Trek novels, has passed away at the age of 68. My favorite Trek books of his are the New Frontier books starring Captain Mackenzie Calhoun of the US… --- ## [Another tipping thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tipping-thread/993792)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tipping-thread/993792 "2025-05-30T19:23:07Z")
We all know that tipping has become a hot topic of conversation of late with seemingly everyone having their hand out and not so subtle hints asking for a percentage. I encountered one this weekend that really pissed me … --- ## [Picking up strangers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-up-strangers/1018872)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-up-strangers/1018872 "2025-05-30T16:50:08Z")
Or maybe, being picked up by strangers. I had a slightly weird experience this evening. I’m in Göttingen, as a convenient place to spend the night en route to a square dance event. I’m on my own, because my husband does… --- ## [If you were running on a inclined, \*manual\* treadmill with no internal friction, would you eventually end up running infinitely fast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-running-on-a-inclined-manual-treadmill-with-no-internal-friction-would-you-eventually-end-up-running-infinitely-fast/1018968)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-running-on-a-inclined-manual-treadmill-with-no-internal-friction-would-you-eventually-end-up-running-infinitely-fast/1018968 "2025-05-30T16:44:08Z")
Most treadmills have motors, but there are also unpowered treadmills in which the belt moves just from action of the user running on the treadmill. These manual treadmills are typically on an incline. The incline helps g… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=307&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=309&state=muted)