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**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-way-to-find-a-list-of-threads-im-watching-tracking/941794 "2021-12-04T15:26:43Z")
Topic subject pretty much says it all. Is there a link/page/point where I can find all of the threads I’m watching and/or tracking? Ideally, I’d like to turn a few of them off, since they’re old or I’m not really follo… --- ## [I'm a Scrooge this year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-scrooge-this-year/955322)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-scrooge-this-year/955322 "2021-12-04T15:02:01Z")
Me: Are there no vaccines? Them: There are. Me: I’m very glad to hear it. Them: Many would rather die than take the vaccine. Me: If they would rather die, they had better do it, and decrease the surplus unvaccin… --- ## [Botticelli November 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596)
**Author:** [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Replies:** 267\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596 "2021-12-04T14:51:27Z")
Here we are! I am W That’s right, W. --- ## [Eddie Mekka (Laverne and Shirley) dies at 69](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-mekka-laverne-and-shirley-dies-at-69/955404)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-mekka-laverne-and-shirley-dies-at-69/955404 "2021-12-04T14:20:09Z")
Carmine The Big Ragoo” Ragusa has left the building. Eddie Mekka was primarily a stage actor. He was nominated for a Tony award. He continued in the theater after L&S. Penny Marshall cast her old friend in League of Th… --- ## [Which Sport Requires The Most Coordination?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sport-requires-the-most-coordination/955005)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sport-requires-the-most-coordination/955005 "2021-12-04T13:33:29Z")
Thinking about this. I wouldn’t choose golf - it requires a lot but in a way that is fairly repetitive. Maybe gymnastics - lots of events, easy to get hurt, very quick. But what says you? --- ## [Is the daytime sun yellow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-daytime-sun-yellow/954259)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2021, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-daytime-sun-yellow/954259 "2021-12-04T12:57:18Z")
http://solar-center.stanford.edu/SID/activities/GreenSun.html This page, which you will notice is from Stanford, goes to some lengths to argue that the sun is white. However, it seems to be pretty obvious that in the mi… --- ## [Any recommendations for medical/fall alert monitoring for the elderly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-recommendations-for-medical-fall-alert-monitoring-for-the-elderly/955424)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2021, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-recommendations-for-medical-fall-alert-monitoring-for-the-elderly/955424 "2021-12-04T08:03:18Z")
My mother-in-law is 78, lives on her own in the boonies, and is quite frail. We would like to get her some kind of device that would alert someone if she were to fall or have some other medical issue. My BIL and SIL only… --- ## [Using a television as a large second monitor for work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-a-television-as-a-large-second-monitor-for-work/955417)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2021, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-a-television-as-a-large-second-monitor-for-work/955417 "2021-12-04T06:15:52Z")
I need a second monitor for my job. A coworker suggested buying a television rather than a monitor. There’s a generous company allowance to buy work from home permanently supplies. My work computer is a 13 inch MacBook … --- ## [Pregnant daugter is unvaxxed, but I am vaccinated. What are the risks of me holding my granddaughter after she's born?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnant-daugter-is-unvaxxed-but-i-am-vaccinated-what-are-the-risks-of-me-holding-my-granddaughter-after-shes-born/955453)
**Author:** [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2021, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnant-daugter-is-unvaxxed-but-i-am-vaccinated-what-are-the-risks-of-me-holding-my-granddaughter-after-shes-born/955453 "2021-12-04T03:53:36Z")
The title gives the gist of the situation. Daughter is pregnant and due in about 3 weeks. She’s been reading “horror stories” on some facebook group(s) about mothers losing their unborn fetus after getting vaccinated. He… --- ## [Is there a term of this lyrical technique?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-of-this-lyrical-technique/954700)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2021, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-of-this-lyrical-technique/954700 "2021-12-04T02:10:28Z")
St Vincent’s song Los Ageless has these lines: How can anybody have you? How can anybody have you and lose you? How can anybody have you and lose you and not lose their minds, too? Lit’s song Miserable has these line… --- ## [I'd like to learn baccarat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-learn-baccarat/955336)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-learn-baccarat/955336 "2021-12-04T01:40:43Z")
I’d like to learn how to play baccarat. Where’s a good (free, non-data mining) site to learn? --- ## [Omicron pronunciation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omicron-pronunciation/955211)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2021, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omicron-pronunciation/955211 "2021-12-04T00:06:51Z")
This morning’s Morning Joe began with clips of Joe Biden and Anthony Fauci mispronouncing “omicron” yesterday by inserting an extra “n” after the “m,” which is understandable given the common prefix “omni” in our languag… --- ## [Joseph P Kennedy's plane explosion in WWII](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joseph-p-kennedys-plane-explosion-in-wwii/955474)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2021, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joseph-p-kennedys-plane-explosion-in-wwii/955474 "2021-12-03T23:57:34Z")
For those not familiar with the story, Joseph P Kennedy was the older son in the Kennedy clan in WWII. He was flying a classified mission for the RAF. This involved loading a bomber with explosives and flying it by remot… --- ## [Why do college football coaches sometimes leave their teams before the bowl season?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-college-football-coaches-sometimes-leave-their-teams-before-the-bowl-season/955468)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-college-football-coaches-sometimes-leave-their-teams-before-the-bowl-season/955468 "2021-12-03T23:23:53Z")
Notre Dame’s head football coach left the program after the regular season ended, and joined LSU. The Irish immediately moved to hire their defensive coordinator as their new head coach. College football seems to be u… --- ## [I Think My Depression is Winning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-depression-is-winning/952999)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-depression-is-winning/952999 "2021-12-03T23:20:02Z")
I’m tired. I’m just plain tired. I’ve had clinical depression since I was thirteen, and probably before that. I was hoping it was situational because my life has always more or less sucked, but now, I’m beginning to t… --- ## [What if the rest of the universe disappeared?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-rest-of-the-universe-disappeared/955178)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-rest-of-the-universe-disappeared/955178 "2021-12-03T22:38:14Z")
Thought experiment: imagine if everything in the universe disappeared, except for our solar system including the sun, the major planets, the minor planets and the asteroid belt. Aside from not seeing any stars at night, … --- ## [Facebook mini-rant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-mini-rant/954726)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-mini-rant/954726 "2021-12-03T21:47:47Z")
I just tried to post a comment on a Facebook page and I was told I couldn’t do so. Facebook apparently has started a new policy today; you can’t post comments if you haven’t uploaded a profile picture. Brilliant idea, F… --- ## [Are pickup trucks with convertible cargo bed roof a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pickup-trucks-with-convertible-cargo-bed-roof-a-thing/954663)
**Author:** [@longtry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longtry)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pickup-trucks-with-convertible-cargo-bed-roof-a-thing/954663 "2021-12-03T21:31:36Z")
I can’t seem to be able to find any of such. Maybe I just don’t know the proper keyword? The premise is like this: pickup trucks are good because they separate cargo from people. The open space allows tall stuffs to be … --- ## [Vaccines.gov is useless](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccines-gov-is-useless/955376)
**Author:** [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccines-gov-is-useless/955376 "2021-12-03T21:26:58Z")
In my area, within 25 miles, it shows 14 locations when I check the “only show available appointments” box. 2 of those have the “appointments available” green checkmark, the other 12 say “vaccines in stock, call for appo… --- ## [What is the highest ranking officer in the US military likely to be in front-line combat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-highest-ranking-officer-in-the-us-military-likely-to-be-in-front-line-combat/954548)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-highest-ranking-officer-in-the-us-military-likely-to-be-in-front-line-combat/954548 "2021-12-03T21:19:45Z")
I think I may have asked this before but I cannot find it. So… I was watching the Mel Gibson movie, “We Were Soldiers” which was based on an actual early battle when the US was entering Vietnam (I know…Hollywood). In … --- ## [General Questions has been renamed to Factual Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions-has-been-renamed-to-factual-questions/953705)
**Author:** [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-questions-has-been-renamed-to-factual-questions/953705 "2021-12-03T19:56:54Z")
The name of General Questions has always been a source of confusion to new users, since the forum/category is not in fact for general questions, but is instead only for questions of a factual nature. As part of our effor… --- ## [What should I do with my Echo that I'm not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-with-my-echo-that-im-not/954466)
**Author:** [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-with-my-echo-that-im-not/954466 "2021-12-03T19:53:45Z")
Got my first ‘smart speaker’, an Echo, a year or so ago. I felt like I never really had much use case for it, but it was free, so I figured I’d give it a shot. I use it to set timers and play music. And it is terrible… --- ## [Breakthrough cases among the already infected](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakthrough-cases-among-the-already-infected/955338)
**Author:** [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakthrough-cases-among-the-already-infected/955338 "2021-12-03T19:50:50Z")
All of the “breakthrough” stories I hear are about people who were vaccinated and then got COVID anyway. Are there any documented cases of people who (vaccinated or not) already had COVID and then got COVID again? --- ## [What would happen if cattle or poultry became infected with SARS-Cov2?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-cattle-or-poultry-became-infected-with-sars-cov2/955368)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-cattle-or-poultry-became-infected-with-sars-cov2/955368 "2021-12-03T19:38:22Z")
I know the virus has been detected in mink, dogs, cats, some zoo animals. It’s also been detected in wild deer. But what happens if it turns up in a species that’s used for food on a large scale ? It seems likely that th… --- ## [Share personal stories about your abortion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-personal-stories-about-your-abortion/955377)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-personal-stories-about-your-abortion/955377 "2021-12-03T19:27:21Z")
This is a thread about personal (or near-personal) experiences. If you are of the female persuasion, have you had an abortion and care to talk about it (good or bad)? If someone close to you did, your opinions are also… --- ## [Dirty Harry (Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirty-harry-spoilers/954840)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirty-harry-spoilers/954840 "2021-12-03T19:00:14Z")
Oh this is really good…classic, good tension, directing. Cops kinda incompetent but, yeah I’m digging this, they caught him and…OHFUCKOFF. Come onnnnn…there were a billion crimes they could link him to even before the de… --- ## [Want opinions on relationship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-opinions-on-relationship/955091)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-opinions-on-relationship/955091 "2021-12-03T15:46:04Z")
Ok. I’ve been seeing this guy since early June. He has MS, lives in my building. He said he hadn’t had a girlfriend for about eight years. We got on great. Six weeks in, he said he loved me. In early August I became his … --- ## [Pharmacies at least partially responsible for opioid problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacies-at-least-partially-responsible-for-opioid-problem/954885)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacies-at-least-partially-responsible-for-opioid-problem/954885 "2021-12-03T15:43:46Z")
Ohio jury has found that pharmacies Walgreens, CVS and Walmart are partially responsible for the opioid problem. Apparently, they should have done more to slow the flow of pills. So, now pharmacies get to weigh in on y… --- ## [Pointless Spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-spoilers/955450)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-spoilers/955450 "2021-12-03T15:22:47Z")
Poster 1 poses a question or statement that begs a Captain Obvious response. Poster 2 responds by unnecessarily placing a blur spoiler over the response and poses an obvious question/statement themselves Example: Post… --- ## [Does life insurance coverage continue if a person goes to prison?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-life-insurance-coverage-continue-if-a-person-goes-to-prison/955300)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-life-insurance-coverage-continue-if-a-person-goes-to-prison/955300 "2021-12-03T14:28:34Z")
Don’t need answer fast. :blush: The recent Turpin case raises an interesting question. Will the 13 abused kids get any life insurance payouts when mom & dad eventually die in prison? Does life insurance coverage contin… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1268) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1270)