# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=326 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 327 --- ## [What did eye surgery involve in the mid-1800’s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-eye-surgery-involve-in-the-mid-1800-s/1017562)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-eye-surgery-involve-in-the-mid-1800-s/1017562 "2025-04-27T23:21:28Z")
I was invited to an early preview of John Singer Sargent’s art exhibit at the Met last week. I didn’t know much about him, so read his Wikipedia page beforehand. The entry mentions that his father was an eye surgeon in… --- ## [Could Congress Kill The Judiciary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-congress-kill-the-judiciary/1017074)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-congress-kill-the-judiciary/1017074 "2025-04-27T22:34:11Z")
By withholding funding? It’s that simple. What would happen if Congress zeroed out the budget for the federal judiciary and the president signed the spending bill? Wouldn’t that effectively shut down the system? Could … --- ## [Do you consider the 1996 movie 'The Rock' to be a James Bond movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-1996-movie-the-rock-to-be-a-james-bond-movie/1017374)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-1996-movie-the-rock-to-be-a-james-bond-movie/1017374 "2025-04-27T22:11:08Z")
I do, I mark it in my James Bond collection on my media server. I feel its a different timeline where James Bond is captured and imprisoned. I consider it to be an unofficial James Bond film. Some of us have a lot of fr… --- ## [Science that contradicts Biblical claims, that's tacitly or directly a part of everyday technology?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-that-contradicts-biblical-claims-thats-tacitly-or-directly-a-part-of-everyday-technology/1017073)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-that-contradicts-biblical-claims-thats-tacitly-or-directly-a-part-of-everyday-technology/1017073 "2025-04-27T20:08:42Z")
Basically, I’m looking to say; “Well, if you believe the Bible is right about ‘X’, then perhaps you should stop using ‘Y’, because we found out…” I’m not in any debate currently, I’m just wondering what could be listed … --- ## [Should the New Pornographers change their name ASAP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-new-pornographers-change-their-name-asap/1017181)
**Author:** [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-new-pornographers-change-their-name-asap/1017181 "2025-04-27T19:57:19Z")
I posted this elsewhere but figured it might deserve its own thread. The Canadian indie-rock supergroup New Pornographers has been around since the 90s, stubbornly sticking with a name that has probably caused them more … --- ## [Foods and 7 deadly sins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-and-7-deadly-sins/1017517)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-and-7-deadly-sins/1017517 "2025-04-27T19:34:37Z")
In the doctors waiting room, Top Chef was playing. The contenders were to make a 7 course meal representing the 7 sins. All I could think of was something chocolate for lust. What are your ideas? --- ## [Early methods of measuring time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-methods-of-measuring-time/1017515)
**Author:** [@Chumba\_Wumba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chumba_Wumba)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-methods-of-measuring-time/1017515 "2025-04-27T17:39:03Z")
I’m only aware of one method of measuring time before the invention of mechanical clocks, and that’s the sun dial. What other means existed? --- ## [The arithmetics of orders of magnitude](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-arithmetics-of-orders-of-magnitude/1017557)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-arithmetics-of-orders-of-magnitude/1017557 "2025-04-27T15:51:22Z")
When you’re comparing two quantities in terms of “orders of magnitude”, AIUI you’re essentially just counting the number of powers of ten between them. So If A has 10 (101) widgets and B has 10,000 (104), that’s a differ… --- ## [Will other countries start offering Americans refugee status?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-other-countries-start-offering-americans-refugee-status/1017491)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-other-countries-start-offering-americans-refugee-status/1017491 "2025-04-27T13:54:35Z")
I am not an immigration expert and I don’t know what the internationally accepted definition of a refugee is. A year ago this was probably the stupidest question one could ask. But currently … I could see how anyone w… --- ## [Utterly insane traffic accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utterly-insane-traffic-accident/1017485)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utterly-insane-traffic-accident/1017485 "2025-04-27T13:17:24Z")
Red Light Runner Launched Into the Air, BARELY Misses Pedestrian The title doesn’t give away the ending. It’s short, everything happens in the first 30 seconds. --- ## [Suggestions for things to do, and vegetarian food, in Orlando and St. Augustine, Florida?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-things-to-do-and-vegetarian-food-in-orlando-and-st-augustine-florida/1017468)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-things-to-do-and-vegetarian-food-in-orlando-and-st-augustine-florida/1017468 "2025-04-27T12:32:01Z")
My partner has a work conference next week in Orlando and I’m tagging along. We’re also spending a weekend in St. Augustine (last thread was from 2011). It’s just the two of us, no kids or anything. Any suggestions on t… --- ## [The People that anger me the most: The "Independents" who voted for neither](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-people-that-anger-me-the-most-the-independents-who-voted-for-neither/1016615)
**Author:** [@survinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/survinga)\ **Replies:** 240\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-people-that-anger-me-the-most-the-independents-who-voted-for-neither/1016615 "2025-04-27T06:59:40Z")
They didn’t vote for Trump. So, I’ll give them that. They didn’t vote for Kamala either, or maybe they didn’t vote for Hillary either, or for Biden? And their reasons? Some conservative on a college campus felt uncom… --- ## [David Brooks has finally repudiated the Dark Side. Maybe I can respect him now. A little](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-brooks-has-finally-repudiated-the-dark-side-maybe-i-can-respect-him-now-a-little/1016755)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-brooks-has-finally-repudiated-the-dark-side-maybe-i-can-respect-him-now-a-little/1016755 "2025-04-27T06:31:00Z")
I have despised conservative columnist David Brooks for decades. My loathing intensified before the 2016 election when he optimistically supported trump. Then when his idol turned out to have feet of clay shit, he withdr… --- ## [What now for Ukraine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-now-for-ukraine/1014302)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 270\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-now-for-ukraine/1014302 "2025-04-27T05:58:32Z")
At time of writing, trump has spoken with Putin, and basically capitulated everything. Trump, and his defence secretary Pete hegseth have said that Ukraine will not be permitted to join NATO, will not go back to 2014 bo… --- ## [David Thomas, Pere Ubu, dies at 71. Damn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-thomas-pere-ubu-dies-at-71-damn/1017445)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-thomas-pere-ubu-dies-at-71-damn/1017445 "2025-04-27T05:25:12Z")
https://www.stereogum.com/2305484/pere-ubus-david-thomas-dead-at-71/news/ On Wednesday, April 23 2025, he died in his home town of Brighton & Hove, with his wife and youngest step-daughter by his side. MC5 were playing… --- ## [Made up words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-words/1017450)
**Author:** [@doc481](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doc481)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-words/1017450 "2025-04-27T03:43:15Z")
I’m not saying I made all these up but I don’t hear many others people use them. What are some of your made up/new words? Aggravate = angervate Drudgery = trudgery Pissed off to pisstivity…. and beyond… Some days th… --- ## [Must see items at the US Air Force Museum ( Dayton Ohio)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-see-items-at-the-us-air-force-museum-dayton-ohio/1016769)
**Author:** [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-see-items-at-the-us-air-force-museum-dayton-ohio/1016769 "2025-04-27T02:43:53Z")
We’ll be in Dayton Ohio this week (for a drumline competition), and I see they have a highly regarded museum run by the US Air Force. Has anyone been there lately? (There was a thread from back in 2003, mostly a Dopefest… --- ## [Question about the old Kung Fu TV show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-old-kung-fu-tv-show/1017489)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-old-kung-fu-tv-show/1017489 "2025-04-27T00:31:47Z")
For anyone out there with either great research skills or an encyclopedic knowledge of the show, a question: Of all the various adversaries Caine faced, was there ever a man-mountain: a guy just so huge that his sheer ma… --- ## [Do you think they should bring back Woodstock in 2029?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-they-should-bring-back-woodstock-in-2029/1017465)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-they-should-bring-back-woodstock-in-2029/1017465 "2025-04-26T23:59:33Z")
Even though the 1969 and 1999 festivals had similarities and differences, I’m not sure if Woodstock would consider bringing back their festival 30 years later, considering what happened in 1999. However, if they improve… --- ## [Virginia Giuffre (of Jeffery Epstein fame) dies by suicide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-giuffre-of-jeffery-epstein-fame-dies-by-suicide/1017525)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-giuffre-of-jeffery-epstein-fame-dies-by-suicide/1017525 "2025-04-26T21:19:36Z")
Virginia Giuffre who reached an out of court settlement with Prince Andrew after accusations of statutory rape has died in Australia, age 41. She had been in the local news recently, after being allegedly badly injured … --- ## [Is there a title for any kind of sports official ending in "-lator?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-title-for-any-kind-of-sports-official-ending-in-lator/1017472)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-title-for-any-kind-of-sports-official-ending-in-lator/1017472 "2025-04-26T19:04:28Z")
This is a memory from my early childhood. I was four years old and in junior kindergarten. There was an outdoor activity day at my public school, and there would have been team games. The one thing I remember of that da… --- ## [Dilbert- no, not that one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dilbert-no-not-that-one/779957)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dilbert-no-not-that-one/779957 "2025-04-26T17:27:12Z")
I’m referring to Dilbert Groundloop, a WW2 character who was the epitome of everything a pilot shouldn’t do. Here’s a training film based on the character: --- ## [Alternatives to "Untuckit" shirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-untuckit-shirts/1017147)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-untuckit-shirts/1017147 "2025-04-26T17:03:39Z")
I like the idea of dress shirts designed to not be tucked in, but have a dislike for Untuckit. I don’t like the commercials (not a big deal) or the “signature sail” (dealbreaker). Any other brands that create nicely-fi… --- ## [How is the SDMB different from/superior to/inferior to Reddit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-sdmb-different-from-superior-to-inferior-to-reddit/1016573)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-sdmb-different-from-superior-to-inferior-to-reddit/1016573 "2025-04-26T17:02:19Z")
Article in Atlantic extolling the virtues of Reddit. I never went there. But I’ve relied on the SD for decades (!) for entertainment but also and mainly for information. And I’m wondering what the SD denizens have to … --- ## [Whats your earliest memory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-earliest-memory/96747)
**Author:** [@Lectricity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lectricity)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-earliest-memory/96747 "2025-04-26T15:52:58Z")
I think most folks earliest memorys envolve something scary. Am I right? Think back. What where you doing as a toddler? I remember at about two years old, I stuck a yellow twistie tie (the kind that holds bread bags clo… --- ## [Sin-wise what’s the difference between wrath/ anger? Greed/Covetousness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sin-wise-what-s-the-difference-between-wrath-anger-greed-covetousness/1017513)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sin-wise-what-s-the-difference-between-wrath-anger-greed-covetousness/1017513 "2025-04-26T15:52:40Z")
I recently picked up a set of shot glasses at an estate sale. Each one has the name of a Deadly Sin, except for one that just says “Sins” on it. I was slightly puzzled that “Wrath” , “Anger”, “Greed”, and “covetousness”… --- ## [Monkey Gland Transplants were Nifty. In the 1920s. Allegedly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkey-gland-transplants-were-nifty-in-the-1920s-allegedly/1017444)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkey-gland-transplants-were-nifty-in-the-1920s-allegedly/1017444 "2025-04-26T15:50:15Z")
Dammit, the Human ability to rationalize is weird. And can involve transplanting monkey glands into millionaires ballsacks. For fun & profit. The Surgeon was named Vornoff, & a fad was started. (LINK) And Arthur Conan … --- ## [How do you find new movies and TV shows (or music) to enjoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-find-new-movies-and-tv-shows-or-music-to-enjoy/1017417)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-find-new-movies-and-tv-shows-or-music-to-enjoy/1017417 "2025-04-26T14:42:17Z")
I’m mostly asking about movies and TV, but music is also an option. So one thing I do is I look for production companies that put out movies I like, the I go through their catalog. Companies like Blumhouse, A24 and Neon… --- ## [Whats the lead time on tariffs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-lead-time-on-tariffs/1016880)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-lead-time-on-tariffs/1016880 "2025-04-26T13:42:29Z")
So has all this on-again off-again flapping about by Trump actually changed any tariffs? Have there been millions of dollars of taxes actually charged in imports that have arrived at the ports in the time it takes Trump … --- ## [The Barton Organ at Chicago Stadium](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-barton-organ-at-chicago-stadium/542993)
**Author:** [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-barton-organ-at-chicago-stadium/542993 "2025-04-26T11:55:09Z")
So I periodically glance at the forums here (and post from time to time), and I just happened to glance at this “Chicago” sub-forum out of the corner of my eye. What luck! I’m a Canuck writing an M.A. Thesis on Hockey O… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=325) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=327)