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**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-one-protein-for-the-rest-of-your-days/956939 "2021-12-31T23:32:00Z")
Which do you choose? For whichever you choose, you can have all forms of your choice. So if you choose beef, that means you can have beef bologna, beef pepperoni, all the classic cuts of steaks etc… poll --- ## [Have you ever screamed? Have you ever heard someone scream?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-screamed-have-you-ever-heard-someone-scream/939717)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-screamed-have-you-ever-heard-someone-scream/939717 "2021-12-31T22:34:17Z")
It’s a pretty common trope, especially in older movies. A woman sees something frightening and…just screams. (I don’t think I’ve ever seen a movie where a man screamed.) But in real life, does this really happen? Have y… --- ## [Pearl Harbor things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-harbor-things/955840)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-harbor-things/955840 "2021-12-31T21:17:13Z")
If sinking the carriers were one of the main objectives of the attack, why didn’t one of their people on the island tell them they weren’t home? And, how many Japanese pilots made it back to their carriers? Just finding … --- ## [Should Physician-Assisted Suicide be legal throughout the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-physician-assisted-suicide-be-legal-throughout-the-us/956686)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-physician-assisted-suicide-be-legal-throughout-the-us/956686 "2021-12-31T20:55:49Z")
This question appeared in Great Debates 15 years ago, but I think attitudes may have changed over the years. Should Physician-Assisted Suicide (PAS) be legal throughout the US? Only 20% of states now allow it. poll --- ## [Why do Germans at Oktoberfest sing John Denver's 'Take Me Home, Country Roads'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-germans-at-oktoberfest-sing-john-denvers-take-me-home-country-roads/638341)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-germans-at-oktoberfest-sing-john-denvers-take-me-home-country-roads/638341 "2021-12-31T19:54:46Z")
I am assured by my girlfriend that this song is always, always sung at Oktoberfest and that everyone stops and links arms and sways and belts it out (at least the chorus) so that it’s not only a popular song at Oktoberfe… --- ## [The medical staff told my daughter I'm not motivated to live](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-medical-staff-told-my-daughter-im-not-motivated-to-live/956880)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-medical-staff-told-my-daughter-im-not-motivated-to-live/956880 "2021-12-31T19:47:08Z")
It’s not that I’m not motivated to live. I’m just not motivated to make the staff happy, which the staff will misinterpret because they think they have my best interests in mind. Which they might; I’m not motivated to c… --- ## [Most blatantly manipulative media you’ve ever seen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-blatantly-manipulative-media-you-ve-ever-seen/956824)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-blatantly-manipulative-media-you-ve-ever-seen/956824 "2021-12-31T19:10:08Z")
Both of mine are songs, but I think it’d be better to expand to any media. The first is one I complained about in the long past: “Welcome to My Life” by Simple Plan: This has always struck me as a rather … --- ## [The Mystery of Abu Hassan's Fart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-of-abu-hassans-fart/925380)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-of-abu-hassans-fart/925380 "2021-12-31T19:07:06Z")
One of my prized possessions is a complete set of Richard Burton’s The Arabian Nights with Supplemental Nights. It’s an unexpurgated translation of the original 1001 nights, published at the height of the Victorian age. … --- ## [Books I Read in 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-i-read-in-2021/955710)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-i-read-in-2021/955710 "2021-12-31T18:46:58Z")
Reading the New York Times every day and The Economist every week sort of slows down the book-reading. Nonetheless, here it is: 1 The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone An easy read on a very int… --- ## [Bibliosmia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bibliosmia/956996)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bibliosmia/956996 "2021-12-31T18:14:40Z")
TIL this word on PBS Newshour…(well, ok, maybe two nights ago) Hello, my name is And I’m a… I’m a… I’m… oh goddamnit I’m a Everyone in the family, back in the day, around the Christmas tree, we’d be, like: “Ok, … --- ## [Clerihews, you make some.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684 "2021-12-31T17:15:29Z")
Salt, A World History is not as boring a book as it may sound. It’s full of salty little tidbits, like this passage: Edmund Clerihew Bentley, a British author of crime novels who lived from 1875 to 1956, wrote these … --- ## [Where did my post go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-my-post-go/956990)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-my-post-go/956990 "2021-12-31T16:52:03Z")
I wrote out a post but I had lost my internet connection, so instead of posting when I hit “Create Topic” it said it was “saving” it. I got the Blue Circle of Death for a few minutes, and then went on to do other things.… --- ## [I Pit Mr\_Hoogly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-mr-hoogly/946900)
**Author:** [@Tfletch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tfletch1)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-mr-hoogly/946900 "2021-12-31T16:20:44Z")
All the unbelievably stupid people? Do you have a flu vaccine every year? If you’re young and not at risk then probably you didn’t. What’s the difference? Apart from the world’s media ramming covid down our throats. I … --- ## [Chef JJ Johnson on Today Show- simmer seafood in gumbo for an hour?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chef-jj-johnson-on-today-show-simmer-seafood-in-gumbo-for-an-hour/956983)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chef-jj-johnson-on-today-show-simmer-seafood-in-gumbo-for-an-hour/956983 "2021-12-31T15:53:20Z")
So I’m relaxing on my NYE day off with the Today Show in the background, and there’s a segment in which chef JJ Johnson shares his traditional family New Year’s Eve seafood gumbo recipe. Being a big fan of both making an… --- ## [Mass Killings in the United States (2021)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-killings-in-the-united-states-2021/931469)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-killings-in-the-united-states-2021/931469 "2021-12-31T13:56:58Z")
Mass killings in the United States, 2021 Four or more dead (Suicides Indicated by an asterisk) By a single killer (The killer is charged, or would have been charged had he lived.) By any criminal means ==2021== 9 … --- ## [Rereading older Harry Potter book threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rereading-older-harry-potter-book-threads/956876)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rereading-older-harry-potter-book-threads/956876 "2021-12-31T13:36:19Z")
With the Harry Potter special coming up on Jan 1, I had some fun scrolling through the old Dope threads that emerged when the books were published. I was less interested in reliving any excitement, more interested in rea… --- ## [POLL: what's your boosted vaccination mix?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-whats-your-boosted-vaccination-mix/956874)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-whats-your-boosted-vaccination-mix/956874 "2021-12-31T13:16:55Z")
Vax 1, Vax 2, boost: poll (Sorry, I wasn’t sure what vax/boost mixes are used outside of the US, so I didn’t (for example) include Astrazeneca options. For all I know the only UK choice is AZ/AZ/AZ.) --- ## [Roman catholic question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roman-catholic-question/956520)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 194\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roman-catholic-question/956520 "2021-12-31T11:45:10Z")
OK, so we address a Priest as “Father” , and he would address me as “My son”. There are several ways of addressing a RC Bishop, but how does a priest address one? He doesn’t say “My son” for sure but Father? And how … --- ## [Characters who are almost absent from a work named after them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-are-almost-absent-from-a-work-named-after-them/954806)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-are-almost-absent-from-a-work-named-after-them/954806 "2021-12-31T07:41:51Z")
I’m more than halfway through Melville’s Moby Dick, and quipped to my wife that “…and he hasn’t even shown up yet!” It made me think about all the other characters who barely appear, or even don’t appear, in a work name… --- ## [Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chitty-chitty-bang-bang-q/956666)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chitty-chitty-bang-bang-q/956666 "2021-12-31T07:31:45Z")
Does the name “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”–the eponymous car in Ian Fleming’s final novel, and AFAIK his only children’s novel–have any connection to James Bond’s Japanese nickname, “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang”? Is “chitty” a Japa… --- ## [TCM Remembers - In Memoriam 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tcm-remembers-in-memoriam-2021/956890)
**Author:** [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tcm-remembers-in-memoriam-2021/956890 "2021-12-31T06:48:58Z")
It’s the end of the year and Turner Classic Movies has put together their In Memoriam clips. Here it is. Anyone missing? (bear in mind, TCM is dedicated to classic film, so not every celebrity who died in 2021 is in th… --- ## [Fluvoxamine (Luvox) may be a treatment for Covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluvoxamine-luvox-may-be-a-treatment-for-covid/933901)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluvoxamine-luvox-may-be-a-treatment-for-covid/933901 "2021-12-31T05:03:34Z")
Continuing the discussion from Starting Medication? (Anxiety/Panic Disorder): This was just a coincidence I noted in the other thread. This article, The antidepressant fluvoxamine could keep mild COVID-19 from worsening,… --- ## [Tim Hortons in Texas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-hortons-in-texas/956816)
**Author:** [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-hortons-in-texas/956816 "2021-12-31T04:50:04Z")
As the title says, apparently we’re getting several Tim Hortons in Texas next year, with the first to open in the Houston area and skipping over 1000 miles of the American heartland to the nearest one somewhere in Ohio o… --- ## [Marking a map with interesting places — Google, or other?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marking-a-map-with-interesting-places-google-or-other/956960)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marking-a-map-with-interesting-places-google-or-other/956960 "2021-12-31T04:01:41Z")
Through the years as I’ve heard of or interesting places, I would put a pin on my Google map. I have over 1,000 places marked. But GMaps appears to have lost many of them. 4 pictures to follow. So, two questions: What… --- ## [For those who like identifying old scientific instruments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-like-identifying-old-scientific-instruments/956849)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-like-identifying-old-scientific-instruments/956849 "2021-12-31T03:54:03Z")
The RHS needs your help. --- ## [What would be the best equipment for a lethal teleporter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-best-equipment-for-a-lethal-teleporter/956153)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-best-equipment-for-a-lethal-teleporter/956153 "2021-12-31T02:51:19Z")
What would be the best equipment for a lethal superhuman teleporter that can teleport handheld objects by touch anywhere within their line of site? For example they could grab a baseball and teleport it inside someone’s… --- ## [Winter housefly origin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-housefly-origin/956519)
**Author:** [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-housefly-origin/956519 "2021-12-31T01:54:58Z")
It’s deep into the cold season here in Chicago, though it’s been more mild than usual. Today, I heard a housefly buzzing around and caught a few glimpses, looked like just a regular fly we see around here during warmer … --- ## [Live lyrics to White, Discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-lyrics-to-white-discussion/244077)
**Author:** [@hauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hauss)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-lyrics-to-white-discussion/244077 "2021-12-31T01:35:39Z")
I’ve been wondering this for years. What is that preacher-sounding guy in this song saying (it’s not Ed Kowalczyk)? None of the lyric sites have these lyrics included. The points in the song that they appear are betwe… --- ## [Amendment to "Head up their ass."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amendment-to-head-up-their-ass/956567)
**Author:** [@Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kedikat)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amendment-to-head-up-their-ass/956567 "2021-12-31T01:32:33Z")
A particular subcategory of head up their ass people occurred to me today. I do not exclude myself form occasional membership in the head up my ass club. But I think there is a particular subcategory of the procto crania… --- ## [Proper ratio of red wine to egg nog. (Hint: It's zero)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proper-ratio-of-red-wine-to-egg-nog-hint-its-zero/956729)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proper-ratio-of-red-wine-to-egg-nog-hint-its-zero/956729 "2021-12-31T00:51:09Z")
We are having Christmas dinner with my wife’s Parents and Aunt, who I generally find unpleasant. They are kind of dumb and opinionated and watch a lot of Fox News. And other than trips to Walmart, I can probably count … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1241) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1243)