# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1334 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1335 --- ## [Comedic Denouement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedic-denouement/951009)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedic-denouement/951009 "2021-09-22T22:42:49Z")
Is there a name for the comedic denouement we see at the very end of films like Animal House, Stripes, and Fast Times at Ridgemont High where a humorous caption tells what ultimately happens to some of the characters f… --- ## [What is your favorite moisturizer for hands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-moisturizer-for-hands/951010)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-moisturizer-for-hands/951010 "2021-09-22T22:12:18Z")
With Fall/Winter approaching I am reminded that I need to stock up on hand moisturizer. I really don’t like using the stuff but the reality is I need to use it so… Any recommendations? My only stipulation is no fragra… --- ## [I'll say it: I am NOT hoping for a full recovery from any (Politician or media person) anti vax or masker that gets covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-say-it-i-am-not-hoping-for-a-full-recovery-from-any-politician-or-media-person-anti-vax-or-masker-that-gets-covid/949040)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-say-it-i-am-not-hoping-for-a-full-recovery-from-any-politician-or-media-person-anti-vax-or-masker-that-gets-covid/949040 "2021-09-22T21:38:04Z")
I know the PC thing to say is “I hope that such and such politician or such and such media person, who is anti vax, anti mask, recovers fully from their Covid” Well fuck that, I don’t. Blood is on their hands and if the… --- ## [Fixing a curved fence post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixing-a-curved-fence-post/951135)
**Author:** [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixing-a-curved-fence-post/951135 "2021-09-22T20:52:45Z")
I recently sunk some 4x4 pressure treated fence posts into the ground in my yard, secured by concrete. Most of them are fine, but one of them, I guess I didn’t give it long enough to dry before doing so, because while it… --- ## [Strange computer behavior; overheating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-computer-behavior-overheating/951016)
**Author:** [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-computer-behavior-overheating/951016 "2021-09-22T20:08:12Z")
Please help me figure out what’s wrong with my computer. I have a Windows 10 with i9-9900, 64GB RAM and an RTX 2080. Whenever I play Oxygen Not Included, my CPU produces heat much faster than the AIO cooler can remove it… --- ## [Social Security example - Am I missing something?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-example-am-i-missing-something/941680)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-example-am-i-missing-something/941680 "2021-09-22T19:03:05Z")
I just started reading a book about planning for retirement. Link Early on, the author explains that it is best to delay taking Social Security as long as possible, even waiting until after you have been retired for a … --- ## [Is it true that everybody who got the smallpox vaccine in the 1800s has since died? Wow, makes you think](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-everybody-who-got-the-smallpox-vaccine-in-the-1800s-has-since-died-wow-makes-you-think/950876)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-everybody-who-got-the-smallpox-vaccine-in-the-1800s-has-since-died-wow-makes-you-think/950876 "2021-09-22T17:45:33Z")
Not trying to cause trouble. Just seemed an interesting question to post, since I read it in the Onion. --- ## [The Protecting Our Democracy Act and presidential pardons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-protecting-our-democracy-act-and-presidential-pardons/951073)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-protecting-our-democracy-act-and-presidential-pardons/951073 "2021-09-22T17:43:27Z")
From here: Is that (the part about limiting presidential pardons) constitutional? Seems like it’s an Article II issue that can’t really be surmounted without an amendment. --- ## [KennyT Banned for Trolling and/or being too Toxic for the community](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kennyt-banned-for-trolling-and-or-being-too-toxic-for-the-community/951127)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kennyt-banned-for-trolling-and-or-being-too-toxic-for-the-community/951127 "2021-09-22T16:59:33Z")
His latest posts have convinced the staff that KennyT was either Trolling or at least too toxic. It includes a cornfielded thread today with this quote. Please note the highlighted line. But in general, he has been sl… --- ## [Do engineered hardwood floors expand if they are nailed down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-engineered-hardwood-floors-expand-if-they-are-nailed-down/950962)
**Author:** [@Aceospades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aceospades)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-engineered-hardwood-floors-expand-if-they-are-nailed-down/950962 "2021-09-22T16:29:54Z")
My question is regarding engineered hardwood floor installation and expansion. If you are nailing down an engineered hardwood floor, how much does it really expand. Every single piece is nailed into a subfloor. I would p… --- ## [Emerging variants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emerging-variants/951082)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emerging-variants/951082 "2021-09-22T16:20:59Z")
I think a thread on new variants that have the potential to become the new delta may be useful. This maybe should go in the breaking news thread, but new variants often don’t even get Greek letter status. Anyway, there’… --- ## [Snappy answers to data-mining personal questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snappy-answers-to-data-mining-personal-questions/951061)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snappy-answers-to-data-mining-personal-questions/951061 "2021-09-22T14:45:09Z")
Quite a few “quiz” games online are actually data-mining hoping people will reveal their personal information. My sister recently posted on Facebook her suggestions for fake, sarcastic replies. I’ll only give away one as… --- ## [I wake up this morning and I'm a member of Optica](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wake-up-this-morning-and-im-a-member-of-optica/950996)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wake-up-this-morning-and-im-a-member-of-optica/950996 "2021-09-22T14:35:29Z")
I used to be a member of the Optical Society of America (also, for a time, one of their editors), but I just learned that the society changed its name to Optica, which is also the name of one of their newer journals. The… --- ## [Why am I getting calls from a familiar contact name with fake number?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-getting-calls-from-a-familiar-contact-name-with-fake-number/951060)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-getting-calls-from-a-familiar-contact-name-with-fake-number/951060 "2021-09-22T13:18:58Z")
Just as an example, I call John Smith regularly. He’s in my contacts. I get a call and my phone displays John Smith is calling. It stops ringing before I can answer. I press redial or (call back or whatever that button … --- ## [How does Netflix prevent screen shots?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-netflix-prevent-screen-shots/951064)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-netflix-prevent-screen-shots/951064 "2021-09-22T13:17:45Z")
I am not asking about how to circumvent their protection of their IP or do anything else that even has a whiff of anything illegal. I am just wondering from a technical perspective how they do this. Context is the Netf… --- ## [How does "linking" work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-linking-work/951099)
**Author:** [@Uniqueorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniqueorn)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-linking-work/951099 "2021-09-22T11:38:35Z")
I received a notification yesterday that I had been linked to a post. Checking out the post and the thread, I noticed that the poster also had a Snoopy avatar. What is the point of this? --- ## [September Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-guy/951096)
**Author:** [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-guy/951096 "2021-09-22T10:43:40Z")
Apologies if this has already been posted this year. I searched and didn’t find anything. The September Guy did it again. For the past six years, he’s released a video on Sept 21, dancing to the song, “September”, by … --- ## [Spindown by Andy Crawford](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spindown-by-andy-crawford/945901)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spindown-by-andy-crawford/945901 "2021-09-22T09:59:05Z")
I just finished a fun book by Andy Crawford called Spindown. Well thought-out novel about a future generation ship, and it explores some interesting social and political issues as well. The first part is part crime nov… --- ## [Ummm Ackchyually... What drives people to nitpick when they're wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ummm-ackchyually-what-drives-people-to-nitpick-when-theyre-wrong/950745)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ummm-ackchyually-what-drives-people-to-nitpick-when-theyre-wrong/950745 "2021-09-22T09:01:45Z")
What makes people nitpick? In particular, what makes people do the Ummmm… Ackchyually… thing when they are objectively wrong, operating on a false assumption, or just mistaken about what they’re looking at? I’m not tal… --- ## [Can you identify this Turkish treat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-turkish-treat/951046)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-turkish-treat/951046 "2021-09-22T08:39:19Z")
On a Turkish Air flight yesterday, I was served a portion of what I first thought was salmon mousse. Then I sniffed it and decided it was hummus. But when I tasted it, it was more like halvah. I wanted to ask what the… --- ## [AlRawabi School for Girls (Netflix)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alrawabi-school-for-girls-netflix/950968)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alrawabi-school-for-girls-netflix/950968 "2021-09-22T06:35:00Z")
Anyone else watching this? I wouldn’t have even known it existed except that I read about it in the New Yorker. I’ve watched two episodes so far (I think its a miniseries of 8 episodes). It’s pretty dark and not terribly… --- ## [How would our political parties kick out a member who wasn't following the party?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-our-political-parties-kick-out-a-member-who-wasnt-following-the-party/951018)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-our-political-parties-kick-out-a-member-who-wasnt-following-the-party/951018 "2021-09-22T04:47:11Z")
right now there’s a certain ruling party member who has taken it upon himself to be a “right pain in the ass” and seemingly obstructs everything they do in congress What recourse do they have in punting him on his way… --- ## [Favorite Breweries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-breweries/950788)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-breweries/950788 "2021-09-22T04:46:49Z")
So in reading this thread, I got to wondering rather than individual beers that people like, what are the breweries that they like, that are basically “go-to” breweries, and you know that anything they make will most lik… --- ## [Is there a way to get stats listing what percentage of a player's home runs have come with 0,1,2, and 3 men on base](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-get-stats-listing-what-percentage-of-a-players-home-runs-have-come-with-0-1-2-and-3-men-on-base/950895)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-get-stats-listing-what-percentage-of-a-players-home-runs-have-come-with-0-1-2-and-3-men-on-base/950895 "2021-09-22T04:16:24Z")
Don’t get me wrong, Vladdy Guerrero is an amazing player and will only get better. That said, it seems to me he hits a ‘disproportionate’ number of solo home runs. Are there stats available listing what percentage of a p… --- ## [Men's pro sports teams with female mascots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-pro-sports-teams-with-female-mascots/950597)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-pro-sports-teams-with-female-mascots/950597 "2021-09-22T03:46:06Z")
Are there any professional men’s sports teams with a female mascot? --- ## [Are no-contact thermometers "totally inaccurate" with "no science" to back them up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-no-contact-thermometers-totally-inaccurate-with-no-science-to-back-them-up/950995)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-no-contact-thermometers-totally-inaccurate-with-no-science-to-back-them-up/950995 "2021-09-22T02:52:19Z")
Continuing the discussion from Accuracy of no touch thermometers: Exergen Corp.'s latest radio ad claims no-contact thermometers are totally inaccurate and have no science supporting their use. Is it true? I don’t thin… --- ## [UK Dopers: What is "soft cheese" in this recipe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-what-is-soft-cheese-in-this-recipe/950981)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-what-is-soft-cheese-in-this-recipe/950981 "2021-09-22T01:25:23Z")
A recent deep dive into Wikipedia lead me to the entry for Snickers pie. The article is barely more than a stub and by Wikipedia’s standards I’m not even sure it should exist, as it basically amounts to “Here’s a dessert… --- ## [What is or isn't a war crime? Why might a nuclear strike be unlawful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-or-isnt-a-war-crime-why-might-a-nuclear-strike-be-unlawful/951089)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-or-isnt-a-war-crime-why-might-a-nuclear-strike-be-unlawful/951089 "2021-09-21T23:51:14Z")
RickJay shut down the tangent in “General Milley promising to tip off China in advance if America planned to attack: OPSEC violation?” so here is a dedicated topic. People just joining the conversation, it starts at pos… --- ## [Unvaccinated workmen in your home? - advice needed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unvaccinated-workmen-in-your-home-advice-needed/950738)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unvaccinated-workmen-in-your-home-advice-needed/950738 "2021-09-21T23:14:25Z")
Two weeks ago I had an A/C leak and part of the ceiling in my spare room collapsed. The tech who came to fix the A/C had worked on it earlier this summer and I knew he was vaccinated. But I’m having a hard time finding s… --- ## [Look more George?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-more-george/951069)
**Author:** [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2021, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-more-george/951069 "2021-09-21T22:59:56Z")
At the beginning of the song “So much trouble in the world” by Bob Marley on the Album Survival, the first 1 second has the audible speech of what I would say is “Look more George”. Anyone know what the actual words are… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1333) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1335)