# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1307 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1308 --- ## [Debunking help: Leaky COVID vaccines and Marek's Disease in chickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debunking-help-leaky-covid-vaccines-and-mareks-disease-in-chickens/948384)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debunking-help-leaky-covid-vaccines-and-mareks-disease-in-chickens/948384 "2021-10-22T23:17:16Z")
There’s a new argument burgeoning among anti-vaxxers: That it’s a big problem and a giant red flag that there are so many breakthrough cases of Delta among the vaccinated. The fact that the COVID vaccines don’t approach … --- ## [Raiders Of The Misplaced Arc (Uncharted Movie Trailer)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raiders-of-the-misplaced-arc-uncharted-movie-trailer/953025)
**Author:** [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raiders-of-the-misplaced-arc-uncharted-movie-trailer/953025 "2021-10-22T21:33:20Z")
So, the long rumored Uncharted movie is just around the corner. At this point I am unsure what to think but the movie looks like it could be fun. I’m not sure Wahlberg is old enough for the Sully charact… --- ## [Which booster to get (mixing vaccine brands)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-booster-to-get-mixing-vaccine-brands/952910)
**Author:** [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-booster-to-get-mixing-vaccine-brands/952910 "2021-10-22T21:06:19Z")
It sounds like the FDA has approved mixing and matching shots, and I’ve also heard some preliminary evidence that having mixed vaccines work better than all-of-one-type. I got my Pfizer rounds back in April. Should I d… --- ## [Idea for an album of covers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idea-for-an-album-of-covers/952997)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idea-for-an-album-of-covers/952997 "2021-10-22T20:20:50Z")
This is so obvious I’d have to think that it’s been done, so fight my ignorance: an album covering songs whose titles are all the names of women. I came up with this when I tried to teach myself to play Dylan’s “Sara” on… --- ## [Can I just carry photos in my phone of my driver's license, insurance, cards, etc?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-just-carry-photos-in-my-phone-of-my-drivers-license-insurance-cards-etc/952570)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-just-carry-photos-in-my-phone-of-my-drivers-license-insurance-cards-etc/952570 "2021-10-22T20:03:17Z")
If I get pulled over, can I get by with just showing the officer a photo of my driver’s license? Same with proof of insurance? Can I present a photo of my health insurance card to my doctor’s office or hospital? I’m lo… --- ## [A Pit thread for Asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pit-thread-for-asahi/828944)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 464\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pit-thread-for-asahi/828944 "2021-10-22T19:17:13Z")
When he isn’t being our own Dennis The Peasant, he’s spouting shit like this: Seriously, dude, where do you get off with shit like this? Go stick your head in a pig. --- ## [Shadow of War-recruitment/leveling troubles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shadow-of-war-recruitment-leveling-troubles/952826)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shadow-of-war-recruitment-leveling-troubles/952826 "2021-10-22T18:37:27Z")
I’ve recently gotten back into this game and run into a few troubles that a Google search wasn’t able to solve. First-if I switch an orc from being my bodyguard to a mission, will that possibly lead to their defection do… --- ## [Asahi has been banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asahi-has-been-banned/953014)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asahi-has-been-banned/953014 "2021-10-22T18:18:51Z")
After discussion in the modloop for repeated warnings and suspensions as well as ignoring moderator instructions, asahi has been banned. Warnings: May 21, 2021 Warning July 27, 2021 Warning July 27, 2021 Suspe… --- ## [Fauci - Rand Paul Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fauci-rand-paul-thread/952825)
**Author:** [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fauci-rand-paul-thread/952825 "2021-10-22T17:48:30Z")
How is this not a straight-up admission of trolling? --- ## [I just thought it was interesting how many posts could not follow the simple instructions of the OP at all](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-thought-it-was-interesting-how-many-posts-could-not-follow-the-simple-instructions-of-the-op-at-all/952843)
**Author:** [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-thought-it-was-interesting-how-many-posts-could-not-follow-the-simple-instructions-of-the-op-at-all/952843 "2021-10-22T14:40:49Z")
(Bolding is mine), I just thought it was interesting how many posts could not follow the simple instructions of the OP at all: --- ## [Level 2 Car charger - 50 amp hardwired / what amp for circuit and gauge for wire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/level-2-car-charger-50-amp-hardwired-what-amp-for-circuit-and-gauge-for-wire/952861)
**Author:** [@jdc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jdc)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/level-2-car-charger-50-amp-hardwired-what-amp-for-circuit-and-gauge-for-wire/952861 "2021-10-22T14:31:11Z")
I am having an electrician install a hardwired 50 amp Level-2 charger in my garage. A NEMA plug based charger on 50 amp circuit can only charge at 40 amps or so, but if you hardwire you can use full capacity of charger… --- ## [Cheese Chills](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheese-chills/355609)
**Author:** [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheese-chills/355609 "2021-10-22T14:20:41Z")
This is something I’ve wondered about for a long, long time, but nobody ever seems to get what I’m talking about when I bring it up. I think the problem is that I’ve never asked the Dopers. :wink: I have always loved c… --- ## [More cat craziness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-cat-craziness/952971)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-cat-craziness/952971 "2021-10-22T14:16:09Z")
Moki loves to open cabinet doors. I had to laugh when I was in the hospital and my sister had her, sis was exasperated by her opening all the doors in her place. And what’s the deal with putting her toys, like rubber ban… --- ## [The opposite of "Concordeski"—what would Russians call an American version/ripoff of a Russian thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-of-concordeski-what-would-russians-call-an-american-version-ripoff-of-a-russian-thing/952858)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-of-concordeski-what-would-russians-call-an-american-version-ripoff-of-a-russian-thing/952858 "2021-10-22T13:54:15Z")
As wiktionary succinctly puts it, -ski Informal, humorous. Added to a word, name, or phrase to invoke Russianness, Polishness, or a more general Slavicness." e.g. Concordeski, the Russian TU-144 SST, a counterpart to … --- ## [Car question about oil life guages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-question-about-oil-life-guages/952863)
**Author:** [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-question-about-oil-life-guages/952863 "2021-10-22T08:19:28Z")
So do these things actually have sensors that measure the amount of dirt or whatever in the oil to calculate % of oil life left? If so, what all is invloved/what are they measuring? Or, is it as I suspect and they just … --- ## [If personhood becomes legally granted at the time of conception, do we all age 9 months?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-personhood-becomes-legally-granted-at-the-time-of-conception-do-we-all-age-9-months/952699)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-personhood-becomes-legally-granted-at-the-time-of-conception-do-we-all-age-9-months/952699 "2021-10-22T06:30:25Z")
With the issues with abortion popping up across the country and RvW potentially on the chopping block, I would suspect that someone may try to pass a law granting legal personhood at conception. Now that does not change… --- ## [Pure color words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-color-words/952902)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-color-words/952902 "2021-10-22T05:56:04Z")
There are hundreds of color words in English and most of them were named for something that typically has that color. Examples: orange, violet, pink, copper, salmon, turquoise, olive, chocolate. There are many, many more… --- ## [Note that the search feature has changed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-that-the-search-feature-has-changed/952935)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-that-the-search-feature-has-changed/952935 "2021-10-22T05:06:32Z")
The new Discourse search function has finally migrated here. Pay attention to what you’re clicking on or you’ll wind up searching the wrong forum/tag/user. --- ## [My cat...what's so special about tub water?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-whats-so-special-about-tub-water/952768)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-whats-so-special-about-tub-water/952768 "2021-10-22T03:57:18Z")
Every time I’m in the bathroom, Moki jumps in the tub and looks at the faucet, and then me. I turn it on, and it fills faster than it drains, so she backs up as the water comes, then I turn it off and she follows the wat… --- ## [If you make a joke and nobody hears it, is it still funny?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-make-a-joke-and-nobody-hears-it-is-it-still-funny/952832)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-make-a-joke-and-nobody-hears-it-is-it-still-funny/952832 "2021-10-22T01:14:52Z")
My wife was on the phone with her daughter the other night, who called to ask if there were any birds that sounded like screaming monkeys. She lives in an older neighborhood with a lot of big trees, and apparently there … --- ## [POSSUM! Northside Chicago POSSUM!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possum-northside-chicago-possum/952904)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possum-northside-chicago-possum/952904 "2021-10-22T01:13:16Z")
So I was leaving for work, closing my back caged iron Chicago doorgate, in the dirty alley, with nothing but urban grittiness all around me, when what should I see on the flat concrete parking space across from me? It w… --- ## [Any Studies/Stats on Vaxxed Hospital Patients BY Vaccine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-studies-stats-on-vaxxed-hospital-patients-by-vaccine/952849)
**Author:** [@Tilt-A-Whirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tilt-A-Whirl)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-studies-stats-on-vaxxed-hospital-patients-by-vaccine/952849 "2021-10-22T00:58:42Z")
I’ve been following my local hospital’s stats on Covid patients, and it’s been pretty steady at 15-20% of the overall Covid patient population being fully vaccinated, and about 10% in serious condition/on a ventilator. … --- ## [Global warming funding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-funding/952792)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-funding/952792 "2021-10-22T00:10:31Z")
First of all I have no problem being corrected on any false perspectives I may be developing here, that is why I come here. My premise here is that global warming is an impending global threat, worthy of the same kind of… --- ## [Smithsonian cheetah cub cam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smithsonian-cheetah-cub-cam/952847)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smithsonian-cheetah-cub-cam/952847 "2021-10-22T00:05:07Z")
this is Rosalie and her 5 new cubs , thought id share here’s the story : https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/cute-alert-watch-5-newborn-cheetahs-on-the-internet-s-most-adorable-webcam/ar-AAPKyyj?ocid=SK2DDHP --- ## [Wild lies you could tell and support with "evidence"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-lies-you-could-tell-and-support-with-evidence/952725)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2021, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-lies-you-could-tell-and-support-with-evidence/952725 "2021-10-21T23:53:28Z")
I have a scar on my left arm that looks like an abuser put a cigarette out on my skin. The truth is fortunately nothing so horrid. All that happened was that when I was a teenager, an overzealous dermatologist burned off… --- ## [NFL 2021: Week Six Degrees of Parity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-six-degrees-of-parity/952358)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2021, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2021-week-six-degrees-of-parity/952358 "2021-10-21T22:44:33Z")
The game of the week just might be Chargers vs. Ravens. Both are in the lead in their respective divisions and this game may have playoff seeding implications. The Browns at 3-2 are favored over the Cardinals at 5-0. … --- ## [So I picked up a $27 bottle of bee pollen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-picked-up-a-27-bottle-of-bee-pollen/952363)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-picked-up-a-27-bottle-of-bee-pollen/952363 "2021-10-21T22:38:17Z")
I stopped at a rest area in upstate NY and picked up a couple of bottles of local honey. I love that stuff (even started a thread on it), but hadn’t been up that way since before the pandemic. Unfortunately they didn’t… --- ## [You Only Live Twice - question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-live-twice-question/952652)
**Author:** [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-live-twice-question/952652 "2021-10-21T22:31:32Z")
The pre-credits bit in YOLT involves Bond getting introduced as Our Man In Hong Kong before kissing a woman — “Why do Chinese girls taste different from all other girls?” — followed by her flipping the bed back into the … --- ## [Most expensive movable object?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-movable-object/915527)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-movable-object/915527 "2021-10-21T22:30:30Z")
I had a discussion recently with friends about the most expensive movable object ever built. We decided to leave out space missions or objects in outer space. My conclusion was that it would be a Gerald Ford-class aircr… --- ## [Rejected Law & Order Series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-law-order-series/952568)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2021, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-law-order-series/952568 "2021-10-21T22:21:40Z")
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