# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=574&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 575 --- ## [Odd interaction at the 24 hour store](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-interaction-at-the-24-hour-store/1000554)
**Author:** [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-interaction-at-the-24-hour-store/1000554 "2024-05-01T20:49:26Z")
So, I had an odd, brief interaction at the 24-hour grocery store last night at 3 in the morning and I am not sure what to make of it. Basically, as I was leaving with my groceries, through the automatic doors, a very yo… --- ## [Louisiana man sentenced to castration - this can't be constitutional, can it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-man-sentenced-to-castration-this-cant-be-constitutional-can-it/1000945)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-man-sentenced-to-castration-this-cant-be-constitutional-can-it/1000945 "2024-05-01T19:47:59Z")
A 54-year-old man in Louisiana has pleas guilty to raping and impregnating a 14-year-old girl, and in addition to a sentence of 50 years, is to undergo physical castration by the state Department of Corrections. The a… --- ## [A batch rename app that handles subfolders for Android?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-batch-rename-app-that-handles-subfolders-for-android/1001025)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-batch-rename-app-that-handles-subfolders-for-android/1001025 "2024-05-01T19:47:50Z")
Okay, imagine that you have folders A through Z, each with images named 1-20. I want to move all files to a single folder. Doing so would result in 25 sets of the files being overwritten or else the files being renamed 1… --- ## [Happy May Day!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-may-day/1000997)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-may-day/1000997 "2024-05-01T19:21:27Z")
--- ## [Colin Jost is bombing badly at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-jost-is-bombing-badly-at-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner/1000856)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-jost-is-bombing-badly-at-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner/1000856 "2024-05-01T18:51:10Z")
This is painful. He is waiting for laughs that aren’t coming. Laughing at your own jokes when nobody else isl laughing is just sad. OK he now seems to be hitting his stride. His jokes are better but his rhythm is still … --- ## [American Civil War: questions from a Canadian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-civil-war-questions-from-a-canadian/842680)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-civil-war-questions-from-a-canadian/842680 "2024-05-01T18:48:01Z")
Recently enjoyed the Ken Burns series on the Civil War. I’d read some histories many years ago, but learned a lot from this documentary. Not being that smart, however, I had some questions at the end of it. In an ea… --- ## [Is There Such A Thing As A Cash Advance Against Your Home's Equity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-such-a-thing-as-a-cash-advance-against-your-homes-equity/1000948)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-such-a-thing-as-a-cash-advance-against-your-homes-equity/1000948 "2024-05-01T17:46:03Z")
I own my house free and clear: no mortgage, no liens, etc. Is it possible to get a cash advance against its equity? I don’t mean a loan. I mean, like, I sell a portion of interest in the house - say, $50k - and then the … --- ## [What are the guidelines for veterinary euthanasia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-guidelines-for-veterinary-euthanasia/1000977)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-guidelines-for-veterinary-euthanasia/1000977 "2024-05-01T17:26:50Z")
Based on the recent Noem incident but I don’t want any discussion of the politics here. Let’s say a dog or cat owner brings a healthy young pet into the vet’s office and asks to have it euthanized because they’re unhapp… --- ## [Movies were the father figure is revealed to have been scared](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-were-the-father-figure-is-revealed-to-have-been-scared/1001013)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-were-the-father-figure-is-revealed-to-have-been-scared/1001013 "2024-05-01T17:15:50Z")
I’m thinking scenes like in the Lion King were Mufasa acts Tough and scares away the hyenas and then afterwards reveals to Simba that he was scared after all. I know I have scenes like this before, but I cannot recall w… --- ## [The Biden Administration: a puppy-hug in the making](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 213\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886 "2024-05-01T16:43:40Z")
Sure, it will probably be all rainbows and unicorns compared to The Trump Years, but we can have a place-holder thread waiting here, just in case. --- ## [MLB Season 2024 March & April](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-season-2024-march-april/999523)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-season-2024-march-april/999523 "2024-05-01T16:35:13Z")
The Season has started and the Yanks are off to a poor start down 3-0 to the Astros in the first. Cortes is not looking sharp thus far. I noticed Baltimore is crushing the Angles 7-1 in the 4th. Soto’s first plate ap… --- ## [Tell me something in the so called "regency" era of British history did the titled and royal set play around as much as the silly romance books claim they did](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-in-the-so-called-regency-era-of-british-history-did-the-titled-and-royal-set-play-around-as-much-as-the-silly-romance-books-claim-they-did/1001000)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-in-the-so-called-regency-era-of-british-history-did-the-titled-and-royal-set-play-around-as-much-as-the-silly-romance-books-claim-they-did/1001000 "2024-05-01T16:33:05Z")
And were women as amendable to being a "kept woman " if they found someone that could afford to do so? The reason is I just finished one where the setup is lord whats his name and the plucky assertive heroine (whos a… --- ## [New Jersey 4.7 or 4.8 Earthquake at 10:23am Apr 5, 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-4-7-or-4-8-earthquake-at-10-23am-apr-5-2024/999878)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-4-7-or-4-8-earthquake-at-10-23am-apr-5-2024/999878 "2024-05-01T16:22:57Z")
North West Jersey, centered near Whitehouse Station House (NW Jersey) Really rumbled and shook for maybe a minute. The worst I’ve felt in NJ, but I was in 2 stronger ones in San Diego. Apparently it was felt at least a… --- ## [Cat Fur Brush--recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-fur-brush-recommendations/1001015)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-fur-brush-recommendations/1001015 "2024-05-01T16:15:06Z")
I just got a new kitty…with a bunch of white fur on her belly. And, gee, it sure would be nice if it would stay on her belly… But , alas, she loves sitting on my left shoulder. Which means that one side of my shirts ge… --- ## [Do You Think Touch Screens Improve Things Originally Screenless?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-touch-screens-improve-things-originally-screenless/1000935)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-touch-screens-improve-things-originally-screenless/1000935 "2024-05-01T15:11:53Z")
There is an Atlantic column by an author who thinks touch screens cheapen automobiles. Basically, he likes the old fashioned knobs, being able to fix stuff yourself, and finds too many extra electronics add little to ap… --- ## [Question regarding dates before the Houston Riots 1917](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-dates-before-the-houston-riots-1917/1000967)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-dates-before-the-houston-riots-1917/1000967 "2024-05-01T12:17:38Z")
I’m trying to determine the exact date the United States Army (War Department?) issued the order for the 24th Infantry’s 3rd Battalion to be dispatched to Houston’s Camp Logan and when they arrived. 3 Am I right in t… --- ## [mmm-Songs Pre-Poll to Determine the Finalists for Final 2000s Songs Poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmm-songs-pre-poll-to-determine-the-finalists-for-final-2000s-songs-poll/1000860)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmm-songs-pre-poll-to-determine-the-finalists-for-final-2000s-songs-poll/1000860 "2024-05-01T11:28:02Z")
This poll will determine our 5 finalists for our favorite 2000s song. This list contains the winner of each individual poll plus an additional 7 wild card songs (These 7 songs received 8 or more votes in their final poll… --- ## [Mysterious Roman object found in England](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-roman-object-found-in-england/1000960)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-roman-object-found-in-england/1000960 "2024-05-01T04:59:48Z")
What it says in the headline, really. I’d be very interested to find out what these things were used for by the Romans. --- ## [Where can I get a CAT-6 cable split and connectors put on the cut ends?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-cat-6-cable-split-and-connectors-put-on-the-cut-ends/1000666)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-cat-6-cable-split-and-connectors-put-on-the-cut-ends/1000666 "2024-05-01T04:18:42Z")
I needed solid reliable internet service in a location our WiFi doesn’t reach well, and extenders weren’t doing the job. So I acquired enough ethernet cable to accomplish a wired connection. It works well. It’s a long… --- ## [Breakfast: spin-off from "Three men froze to death" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-spin-off-from-three-men-froze-to-death-thread/997414)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-spin-off-from-three-men-froze-to-death-thread/997414 "2024-05-01T04:04:51Z")
While we’re waiting for the lab tests to come back… I never understood the “Mikey likes it” commercial. “New cereal. Sposta be good for you. I’m not gonna try it. You try it. let’s get Mikey (big smiles of logic) Yeah!… --- ## [We should go back to glass and metal containers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-should-go-back-to-glass-and-metal-containers/1000329)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-should-go-back-to-glass-and-metal-containers/1000329 "2024-05-01T03:50:09Z")
I just ran across this article, Critics call out plastics industry over “fraud of plastic recycling”. I’ve been hearing this complaint for years, so it’s nothing new. Nevertheless, I dutifully put plastics into the rec… --- ## [Upcoming gig - Gandalf/Smaug in the opera "The Hobbit"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-gig-gandalf-smaug-in-the-opera-the-hobbit/996692)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-gig-gandalf-smaug-in-the-opera-the-hobbit/996692 "2024-05-01T00:56:06Z")
Sorry, I’ve been sitting on this news for a while, and now that it’s been announced, I’ve been telling everybody because I’m still geeking out about it. I’ll be doing the two roles of Gandalf the Grey and Smaug the Drag… --- ## [Which branch of the US Army constructed Camp Logan National Guard training facility?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-branch-of-the-us-army-constructed-camp-logan-national-guard-training-facility/1000982)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-branch-of-the-us-army-constructed-camp-logan-national-guard-training-facility/1000982 "2024-04-30T22:27:16Z")
Which branch of the US Army constructed Camp Logan National Guard training facility ? I couldn’t find any reference to which division of the US army constructed these National Guard training camps. --- ## [Bring me the severed head of Mata Hari. (LINK)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-me-the-severed-head-of-mata-hari-link/1000865)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2024, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-me-the-severed-head-of-mata-hari-link/1000865 "2024-04-30T18:17:49Z")
Because her head is missing, from the Paris Museum where it was kept. There are many reasons to tell the story of Mata Hari – an extravagant icon of femininity, famous burlesque performer, World War I spy, and “collect… --- ## [Is anyone familiar with the University of South Wales?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-familiar-with-the-university-of-south-wales/1000930)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-familiar-with-the-university-of-south-wales/1000930 "2024-04-30T17:49:43Z")
Not New South Wales in Australia but South Wales in … Wales. They have a program(me) I’m interested in but so far in researching the school I have been unimpressed. I asked a question and their reply was basically cut-… --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter W and were released on or after January 1, 2000? See rules in OP \[FINAL POLL ADDED\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-w-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/1000482)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-w-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/1000482 "2024-04-30T17:49:10Z")
RULES: Submissions must begin with the letter W. Exclude articles such as “a”, “an”, “the”, etc. that begin the title. Example: “The Hokey Pokey” belongs in the H poll, not the T poll. Songs must have been first releas… --- ## [Advice Seeking a Remote Job - Your Experieces Landing a Satisfying Opportunity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-seeking-a-remote-job-your-experieces-landing-a-satisfying-opportunity/1000968)
**Author:** [@LegendHasit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegendHasit)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-seeking-a-remote-job-your-experieces-landing-a-satisfying-opportunity/1000968 "2024-04-30T17:35:37Z")
I am primed to look into full-time remote job opportunities for their flexibility and other advantages. My current job allows a couple days of wfh, but demands a commute to the office on most, even when most of my day is… --- ## [Real-world Virtuous Cycles (Lacto-fermentation - kimchi, sauerkraut, pickles)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-world-virtuous-cycles-lacto-fermentation-kimchi-sauerkraut-pickles/1000955)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-world-virtuous-cycles-lacto-fermentation-kimchi-sauerkraut-pickles/1000955 "2024-04-30T17:18:47Z")
It’s pickling time for me and I am currently starting off a batch of lacto-fermented wild garlic, and I was pondering the process of lacto-fermentation this morning, as an example of a real-world virtuous cycle - where a… --- ## [You have to lose a major movie studio hundreds of millions, what bad movie do you make?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-lose-a-major-movie-studio-hundreds-of-millions-what-bad-movie-do-you-make/1000733)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-lose-a-major-movie-studio-hundreds-of-millions-what-bad-movie-do-you-make/1000733 "2024-04-30T17:00:46Z")
Long story short it’s basically a Producers scheme, you personally have to be producer for a major Hollywood film with a 150 million dollar budget. However the film needs to be a bomb and a HUGE bomb, like “Earns less th… --- ## [Where's My 'Latest' Button?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-latest-button/1000702)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-latest-button/1000702 "2024-04-30T16:05:57Z")
I hate to seem like an ingrate, I really do. The Discourse folks have done so much to accommodate our needs. But there’s a recent change that’s making me nuts. My usual way of browsing the site is to select a thread t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=573&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=575&state=watching)