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**Author:** [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Replies:** 331\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2021, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-arpaio/642398 "2021-10-31T04:46:37Z")
My sister in law posted this today: This was our exchange: I think I am going to start having to seriously make an effort to ignore people on FB. --- ## [What is the name of this tropical fish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-tropical-fish/953533)
**Author:** [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-tropical-fish/953533 "2021-10-31T00:21:42Z")
I saw a tv show where there was a salt water aquarium with colorful fish, and one of them, I can’t remember or find out the name of the thing. It was a darkish fish with bright colored polka dots - that’s all I got. It… --- ## [Boo Boo's And Mom's Kiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boo-boos-and-moms-kiss/953548)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2021, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boo-boos-and-moms-kiss/953548 "2021-10-31T00:11:45Z")
True story, I still remember. I was a wee kid, maybe 2, maybe 3, but certainly no older than five. And I’d fall down and get a bruise or cut. I’d tell my mother, it hurts, it hurts. And my mother (who was the epitome of… --- ## [Awful ads on the front page of straightdope.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awful-ads-on-the-front-page-of-straightdope-com/953506)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awful-ads-on-the-front-page-of-straightdope-com/953506 "2021-10-30T18:28:56Z")
What’s up with these horrible ads? I just now got one in Russian, my IP address is Chicago. Most of the time they’re right wing clickbait. ‘Should illegal immigrants receive stimulus checks?’ is common. I’m a charter m… --- ## [Google Voice? Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-voice-why/953546)
**Author:** [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-voice-why/953546 "2021-10-30T23:54:44Z")
I just listed something on Facebook Marketplace. Someone wants it, but sent me a Google Voice code. I’ve never used Google Voice and don’t remember how to sign into my Google account, which I guess I need to do. What’… --- ## [South Carolina is trying not to draw a district map](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-carolina-is-trying-not-to-draw-a-district-map/953500)
**Author:** [@DeadTreasSecretaries](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadTreasSecretaries)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-carolina-is-trying-not-to-draw-a-district-map/953500 "2021-10-30T23:59:46Z")
The South Carolina GOP is trying a tactic of just not drawing a new map, the result of which will either be that the old 2010 map stays in place, or if they are forced to draw a map at the last moment, they can draw a … --- ## [Hocus Pocus, what's all the excitement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hocus-pocus-whats-all-the-excitement/951469)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hocus-pocus-whats-all-the-excitement/951469 "2021-10-30T23:47:34Z")
OK, there is nothing wrong with that film. It is kinda fun, a nice popcorn chewer halloween film. But I see ads, T-shirts, memes, and all sorts of other stuff, the kind of things I expect to see in a really big blockbus… --- ## [Issue with Chrome for Android](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issue-with-chrome-for-android/953534)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issue-with-chrome-for-android/953534 "2021-10-30T23:22:38Z")
I have tried to Google this question and it seems hard to find an answer so I am hoping someone here can help. Chrome for Android puts the six sites you visit most on the front page when you open the app. I accidentally… --- ## [Which phases of Earth's moon (if any) would we see from Mercury?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-phases-of-earths-moon-if-any-would-we-see-from-mercury/953212)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-phases-of-earths-moon-if-any-would-we-see-from-mercury/953212 "2021-10-30T22:22:19Z")
Which phases of Earth’s moon (if any) would we see from Mercury? --- ## [Songs sung from the perspective of the opposite gender](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-sung-from-the-perspective-of-the-opposite-gender/828565)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-sung-from-the-perspective-of-the-opposite-gender/828565 "2021-10-30T22:04:01Z")
The Belle & Sebastian song “The Chalet Lines” is a song that is sung by a man, but the lyrics are clearly from the POV of a woman. “He raped me in the chalet lines I had just said no for the final time Although it’s l… --- ## [Yay! Halema'uma'u has started erupting again! Webcam fun!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-halemaumau-has-started-erupting-again-webcam-fun/951635)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-halemaumau-has-started-erupting-again-webcam-fun/951635 "2021-10-30T21:41:46Z")
I’m a sucker for a good live webcam, especially volcano-related. The Halema’uma’u crater of Kilauea volcano on Hawai’i Island was great for a few months earlier this year, then it settled down and had no more glowing lav… --- ## [Jeep Heat wasn't working, now is?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeep-heat-wasnt-working-now-is/953325)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeep-heat-wasnt-working-now-is/953325 "2021-10-30T20:48:49Z")
Earlier in the summer we were out late at night and the temperature was unseasonably cool. I turned on my 2016 Jeep Wrangler’s heat, but got only cold air. I tried again every so often, but only got cold air. I actual… --- ## [Can I name my baby anything I want (WRT surnames)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-name-my-baby-anything-i-want-wrt-surnames/953377)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-name-my-baby-anything-i-want-wrt-surnames/953377 "2021-10-30T18:27:58Z")
Too lame for GQ, but I’m curious nonetheless . . . I had an interesting conversation with the significant other on yonder Friday, where the subject of naming one’s children came up during an intermission of the Bruins & … --- ## [Thoughts: Trudeau’s tendentious term](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-trudeau-s-tendentious-term/953497)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-trudeau-s-tendentious-term/953497 "2021-10-30T18:02:49Z")
With the election over, this is merely a continuation of previous threads discussing Canadian politics. Trudeau is making international news after his government filed a challenge to a decision that First Nations childr… --- ## [The third jab of Pfizer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-jab-of-pfizer/951471)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-jab-of-pfizer/951471 "2021-10-30T17:37:29Z")
Got my Pfizer #3 dose today, one week shy of 8 months after my 2nd. I got it on the basis of being high risk medically and professionally. Snagged it at a local Walgreens, it took less than 15 minutes in the store, qui… --- ## [The Many Saints of Newark Discussion Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-many-saints-of-newark-discussion-thread/951611)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-many-saints-of-newark-discussion-thread/951611 "2021-10-30T15:29:57Z")
Looking forward to this The Sopranos prequel, to be released on October 1st in theaters and HBOMax. Not going to say much here in the OP, let’s keep all The Many Saints of Newark spoilers out until Friday, please. Or, i… --- ## [Price of Maryland blue crabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-of-maryland-blue-crabs/953505)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-of-maryland-blue-crabs/953505 "2021-10-30T14:47:59Z")
I have been reading about how crab prices are up this year. One article from July quoted a restaurant owner as saying he has been paying up to $34 a pound, and that’s wholesale. However, I don’t know if that’s for picked… --- ## [Do Smarties Have Flavours?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-smarties-have-flavours/522958)
**Author:** [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-smarties-have-flavours/522958 "2021-10-30T14:40:46Z")
Note: For you 'muricans who don’t get these there (presumably because the things you call Smarties are sweet candies we call Rockets here), I’m referring to Nestle’s candy-coated chocolates similar to plain M&Ms. Now, I… --- ## [Why has gridiron football never gained popularity outside North America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-gridiron-football-never-gained-popularity-outside-north-america/950113)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-gridiron-football-never-gained-popularity-outside-north-america/950113 "2021-10-30T14:36:48Z")
The other two ongoing football threads got me thinking about this topic. Baseball, hockey, and basketball, the other three major North American team sports, have had success in other parts of the world. This includes d… --- ## [History Dopers--Operation Outward--Historical Book Recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-dopers-operation-outward-historical-book-recommendations/953372)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-dopers-operation-outward-historical-book-recommendations/953372 "2021-10-30T14:19:17Z")
I’ve developed an interest in the offensive use of Balloons in World War Two. I know about Japans Fu-Go Incendiary Bomb program. But now, I’ve learned about Operation Outward, the UK’s similar operation against Germany… --- ## [Was Hitler ever "elected"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-hitler-ever-elected/953494)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-hitler-ever-elected/953494 "2021-10-30T11:14:46Z")
Was Adolf Hitler ever publicly elected to any position? (in 1921, he was elected Party Chairman at a Party Congress). In order to obtain German citizenship, he had to renounce his Austrian citizenship (which he did - in… --- ## [Trump Tower has a direct server connection to a Russia bank](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tower-has-a-direct-server-connection-to-a-russia-bank/770309)
**Author:** [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tower-has-a-direct-server-connection-to-a-russia-bank/770309 "2021-10-30T09:23:15Z")
Remember my thread about Donald being a Putin Patsy? Maybe I need to reconsider. Maybe Donald Trump is an active Russian agent. This article talks about how, while investing recent Russian hacking schemes, a group of … --- ## [Want to build this- need plans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-build-this-need-plans/953386)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-build-this-need-plans/953386 "2021-10-30T08:16:44Z")
I’m sure this device has been in more than one classic cartoon, I just don’t know if a real one has ever been built. I’m referring to the wall mounted machine where you back up to it, reach up and pull a rope, and a boot… --- ## [Metacritic versus Rotten Tomatoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metacritic-versus-rotten-tomatoes/953349)
**Author:** [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metacritic-versus-rotten-tomatoes/953349 "2021-10-30T00:55:58Z")
For those unfamiliar with these sites, Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes are review sites. But instead of reviewing (movies, games, TV, etc.) they aggregate reviews, creating a “score” for a film and linking to the individ… --- ## [Dutch Oven Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-oven-question/953379)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-oven-question/953379 "2021-10-30T00:34:06Z")
A friend gave us a Dutch Oven. Cast iron porcelain coated. I think it’s a pretty nice one. She was moving and didn’t want to take it with her for what ever reason. It wasn’t a gift. I’m sure there are a bazillion recipe… --- ## [Recent Great Movie Soundtracks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-great-movie-soundtracks/953415)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2021, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-great-movie-soundtracks/953415 "2021-10-29T23:21:42Z")
Although most people now favour songs over albums, there are maybe half-a-dozen or a dozen movies with exceptionally good soundtracks. These were very popular twenty years ago. Previous threads list people’s favourites… --- ## [Trump’s shot at the next Presidency](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-s-shot-at-the-next-presidency/953396)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-s-shot-at-the-next-presidency/953396 "2021-10-29T22:09:00Z")
Trump supporters and many Republicans still love Trump (or profess to), and his mixture of nostalgia and personality may well win him the next nomination and possibly the presidency. It must be said Trump originally or … --- ## [The weirdness of cigarette-smoking families](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weirdness-of-cigarette-smoking-families/949894)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weirdness-of-cigarette-smoking-families/949894 "2021-10-29T22:08:15Z")
I recently attended a BBQ party hosted by some friends. The couple was celebrating the 1st birthday of their 3rd child. While I was with my ex-, we hung out a bit with the couple, so knew that they smoked cigarettes oc… --- ## [Pixars Lightyear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pixars-lightyear/953322)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pixars-lightyear/953322 "2021-10-29T21:41:13Z")
I ain’t gonna lie. It looks really good. --- ## [Parthenogenic California Condors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parthenogenic-california-condors/953475)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parthenogenic-california-condors/953475 "2021-10-29T21:20:47Z")
Très weird. Definitely a story to follow. They’ve observed such in other fowl, but never in condors. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1299) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1301)