# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=488&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 489 --- ## [Worst cinematographer gigs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cinematographer-gigs/1006469)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2024, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cinematographer-gigs/1006469 "2024-09-01T10:25:21Z")
Thinking about what the camera crews go through in filming movies or TV shows, and wondering what’s the worst of those jobs? The “Dirty Jobs” camera crew had to deal with some awful places, smells, and so forth. The fo… --- ## [Search and rescue stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-and-rescue-stories/1006395)
**Author:** [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2024, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-and-rescue-stories/1006395 "2024-09-01T08:37:52Z")
Inspired by the coworkers leaving the guy behind thread. What rescues have you been involved in, from either side? Me: Kid spiral fractured his femur jumping his snowmobile–had to carry him to the helicopter at -10F in… --- ## [Thread exceeds 10,000 post & starts new thread, avatars to search after 1st post go away?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-exceeds-10-000-post-starts-new-thread-avatars-to-search-after-1st-post-go-away/1006487)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-exceeds-10-000-post-starts-new-thread-avatars-to-search-after-1st-post-go-away/1006487 "2024-08-31T23:48:03Z")
In the area after the first post in a thread where it shows you who has posted in the thread and you can click on a poster’s avatar and filter only their posts, I found that it isn’t appearing in the original thread afte… --- ## [Help me identify this movie (or possibly TV show)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-movie-or-possibly-tv-show/1006523)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-movie-or-possibly-tv-show/1006523 "2024-08-31T22:29:31Z")
This was a roughly 3 minute clip I came across on social media recently. I believe the three actors were Trey Parker (from South Park), Brie Larson, and Anthony Michael Hall. If not them, then look-alikes. Brie Larson… --- ## [National Anthem at the Home Run Derby](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-anthem-at-the-home-run-derby/1004298)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-anthem-at-the-home-run-derby/1004298 "2024-08-31T21:35:03Z")
So did anyone hear the national anthem at the home run derby today? I was tempted to mention this in the Dylan thread, but I didn’t want to hijack it. It was the worst rendition I’ve ever heard and having been involv… --- ## [Was the My Lai massacre unique?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-my-lai-massacre-unique/1005197)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-my-lai-massacre-unique/1005197 "2024-08-31T21:01:13Z")
With the recent report of Calley’s death, it’s back in the news. (And I suppose you could say that the recent death of Alma Powell also put it back in the news.) Anyway, there was a massacre by American troops of most o… --- ## ["Homicide: Life on the Street" drops on Peacock today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homicide-life-on-the-street-drops-on-peacock-today/1005905)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homicide-life-on-the-street-drops-on-peacock-today/1005905 "2024-08-31T20:55:53Z")
Gift article from New York Times Looks like they managed to clear the music rights. I caught some of it when it first aired, but was never able to watch it consistently. This might be the thing that pushes me over the e… --- ## [The highly specific, verifiable prediction thread about Trump, Biden, etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highly-specific-verifiable-prediction-thread-about-trump-biden-etc/926361)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highly-specific-verifiable-prediction-thread-about-trump-biden-etc/926361 "2024-08-31T20:51:25Z")
I’ve read a lot predictions on this message board - some plausible, some wildly unlikely (IMHO), some vague and some specific. So I thought it would be nice to collect VERIFIABLE predictions in one thread and we can see… --- ## [Whatever happened to sideline reporter Anne Simon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-sideline-reporter-anne-simon/708334)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-sideline-reporter-anne-simon/708334 "2024-08-31T20:43:47Z")
Best known for this curt exchange with Coach Bear Bryant in the 1982 Auburn/Alabama game. --- ## [Is there a pasta rolling machine that comes apart easily for cleaning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-pasta-rolling-machine-that-comes-apart-easily-for-cleaning/1006294)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-pasta-rolling-machine-that-comes-apart-easily-for-cleaning/1006294 "2024-08-31T20:33:49Z")
I have a Marcato Ampia 150 pasta roller machine - until yesterday I had never attempted to take it apart to clean it (cleaning normally consisting of attempting to shake loose any residual flour or crumbs of dough), but … --- ## [Here’s a Weird Little Kitchen Mystery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-s-a-weird-little-kitchen-mystery/1006522)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-s-a-weird-little-kitchen-mystery/1006522 "2024-08-31T20:31:01Z")
Probably unsolvable on the basis of the data available: I’m trying to make my recipe for homemade ricotta cheese (irrelevant spoiler: I used too much vinegar so it tasted vinegary) and step one, I’m heating some milk in… --- ## [Monthly Photo Competition #21 – August, 2024 – “Flight” {poll added}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-21-august-2024-flight-poll-added/1005302)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-21-august-2024-flight-poll-added/1005302 "2024-08-31T20:19:09Z")
This is the monthly thread for August , 2024. The topic this month is “Flight”, chosen by Spiderman. The Man of Spiders specifies that the topic is “manned/man-made aviation related”. NEW: Please post only your photo an… --- ## [Lunatics and psychos in your life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatics-and-psychos-in-your-life/1006433)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lunatics-and-psychos-in-your-life/1006433 "2024-08-31T19:40:09Z")
Ever had someone in your life that just can’t seem to move on? A stalker? A fatal attraction type? I dated a girl in college in the 60s. It was my first serious relationship and we got engaged at some point. Then I had … --- ## [A question about applying torque to sockets (for fastener removal)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-applying-torque-to-sockets-for-fastener-removal/1006524)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-applying-torque-to-sockets-for-fastener-removal/1006524 "2024-08-31T18:44:47Z")
Our son and I spend quite a bit of time working on cars. We have a good selection of sockets, breaker bars, impact wrenches, extensions, and various accessories. One of our drawer cabinets contains nothing but chrome-va… --- ## [Google only displaying 10 results per page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-only-displaying-10-results-per-page/1006486)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-only-displaying-10-results-per-page/1006486 "2024-08-31T16:57:37Z")
Google is only returning 10 results per page. I just noticed it today. I can’t find how to increase the number of results per page to 100, as it used to be. I’ve gone to My Account, and have tried Search personalizati… --- ## [Carry mortgage or rent? Opinions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carry-mortgage-or-rent-opinions/1006333)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carry-mortgage-or-rent-opinions/1006333 "2024-08-31T14:28:44Z")
We have a double-wide that we are trying to sell. It does not qualify for a conventional mortgage, because it has been moved. We paid for it in cash, but we are finding that there aren’t many cash buyers interested in th… --- ## [How to succinctly respond to a JFK assassination conspiracy proponent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-succinctly-respond-to-a-jfk-assassination-conspiracy-proponent/1006246)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-succinctly-respond-to-a-jfk-assassination-conspiracy-proponent/1006246 "2024-08-31T15:23:05Z")
A friend of mine read an article or heard a podcast and is convinced that JFK was shot by more than one gunman. I don’t really want to engage, but he has brought it up twice recently. I’m looking for a succinct, substa… --- ## [Landing a helicopter on a moving ship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/landing-a-helicopter-on-a-moving-ship/1006108)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/landing-a-helicopter-on-a-moving-ship/1006108 "2024-08-31T13:08:52Z")
My question is a little different than this similar one. I was watching a movie where a helicopter landed on a moving ship’s helipad. As it came in to touch down, it very gently touched down, just as I’ve seen them do… --- ## [Dentist question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dentist-question/1006271)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dentist-question/1006271 "2024-08-31T12:16:09Z")
After going to the same practice for 20+ years I had to change providers. The old one stopped taking insurance but that’s another story. As far back as I can remember every dentist that I ever went to had rinse/spit bowl… --- ## ["House to start an impeachment inquiry into President Biden"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-to-start-an-impeachment-inquiry-into-president-biden/989995)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 510\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-to-start-an-impeachment-inquiry-into-president-biden/989995 "2024-08-31T11:27:20Z")
Goodness knows, there’s no other governmentin’ that really needs to be done right now. … But it’s unclear whether any formal resolution would have the votes to pass. Republicans hold a narrow majority in the House a… --- ## [Crediting the right Beatle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crediting-the-right-beatle/956557)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crediting-the-right-beatle/956557 "2024-08-31T01:20:01Z")
I thought of an amusing (to me) parallel. There was a story of Frank Sinatra, for years, in his concerts saying Something was his favorite Lennon-McCartney song. He eventually corrected it. Reminded me of accounts of Len… --- ## [Can we drop the translation rule?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-drop-the-translation-rule/1006496)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-drop-the-translation-rule/1006496 "2024-08-31T01:17:45Z")
As of the last couple of years, most Internet browsers contain universal translators that are of sufficient quality to make non-English content a non-issue. Given this, I’m not sure that there’s still much value in the … --- ## [Greatest episodes of television ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-episodes-of-television-ever/835764)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-episodes-of-television-ever/835764 "2024-08-31T01:15:52Z")
What are your favorite episodes of television ever? Use your own definition for greatness. I will say that generally speaking, for me it’s the episodes that are unlike any other episodes in a series that tend to stand ou… --- ## [Do I lose torque putting an adapter on a breaker bar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-lose-torque-putting-an-adapter-on-a-breaker-bar/1006451)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-lose-torque-putting-an-adapter-on-a-breaker-bar/1006451 "2024-08-31T00:06:24Z")
I need to do some car maintenance and removing the plugs can take a lot of torque to remove. If I put a 1/2” to 3/8th adapter on my 1/2” breaker bar, do I lose torque? For some reason, it seems to me like I would but I … --- ## [Dog breeder found dead and puppies missing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-breeder-found-dead-and-puppies-missing/1006369)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-breeder-found-dead-and-puppies-missing/1006369 "2024-08-30T23:33:11Z")
Is there big money in purebred Dobermann puppies? Maybe the killer thought he was mistreating them? It’s a weird story, thus far. According to one site, a purebred dog from a reputable breeder can cost up to $3,00. But t… --- ## [Why don't my threads stay on the last post I read anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-my-threads-stay-on-the-last-post-i-read-anymore/1006431)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-my-threads-stay-on-the-last-post-i-read-anymore/1006431 "2024-08-30T22:58:55Z")
Until this week, if I left a thread open in my browser, it stayed on the last post I read until I went back to that tab and started scrolling again. But now, all the threads I leave open seem to scroll on their own, so … --- ## [Jar Jar Binks - do the Jedi just hope he gets killed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jar-jar-binks-do-the-jedi-just-hope-he-gets-killed/1006408)
**Author:** [@SpicyDuckBillyHunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpicyDuckBillyHunt)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jar-jar-binks-do-the-jedi-just-hope-he-gets-killed/1006408 "2024-08-30T22:49:49Z")
At the start of the Phantom Menace the Jedi don’t try to save him or help him. Multiple times he almost gets killed. Do they just quietly hope something will kill him? --- ## [I thought up a cool idea for a new RPG campaign (IMHO)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-up-a-cool-idea-for-a-new-rpg-campaign-imho/1006482)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-up-a-cool-idea-for-a-new-rpg-campaign-imho/1006482 "2024-08-30T22:41:30Z")
Level one players do …something…to anger a demigod (Say, Orcus.) and he’s coming for them. They have a year before he can get to them. But he’s on his way. Maybe they kill a very low-level acolyte, but this guy had inhe… --- ## [Interpreting works of art](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interpreting-works-of-art/1006253)
**Author:** [@f.coli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/f.coli)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interpreting-works-of-art/1006253 "2024-08-30T22:30:17Z")
I read a short story once in which the main character was living with a poet. He asked her at one point if his interpretation of one of her poems was correct. She replied that if that was what he thought the poem meant… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - August 2024 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-august-2024-edition/1004964)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-august-2024-edition/1004964 "2024-08-30T21:50:54Z")
Okay I’m back, home today with a tiny case of I-over-did-it-this-weekend, but nothing a little water and a good book can’t cure! And honestly, who wants to go outside, it’s been 100+Farenheit or 37+Celsius outside, there… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=487&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=489&state=tracking)