# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1365 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1366 --- ## [Germ theory denialism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/germ-theory-denialism/948488)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/germ-theory-denialism/948488 "2021-08-17T23:09:27Z")
As if we needed any more evidence that Civilization is doomed… --- ## [Would there be any evolutionary advantage for Covid to be as contagious as Delta but as fatal as a disease like MERS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-there-be-any-evolutionary-advantage-for-covid-to-be-as-contagious-as-delta-but-as-fatal-as-a-disease-like-mers/948731)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-there-be-any-evolutionary-advantage-for-covid-to-be-as-contagious-as-delta-but-as-fatal-as-a-disease-like-mers/948731 "2021-08-17T22:58:19Z")
SARS-Cov2 has a fatality rate of maybe 1-2%. I think the original SARS from 20 years ago is closer to 10-15%, and MERS is over 30% fatality. So from an evolutionary POV, whatever disease is the most contagious is the on… --- ## [What's the maximum length for thread titles now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-maximum-length-for-thread-titles-now/949023)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-maximum-length-for-thread-titles-now/949023 "2021-08-17T22:52:09Z")
This new thread title is way beyond what I would have thought the limit to be. --- ## [What's the incorporation of Texas got to do with a moderate UNGA resolution that does not prejudge the sovereignty issue or set an unrealistic deadline for negotiations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-incorporation-of-texas-got-to-do-with-a-moderate-unga-resolution-that-does-not-prejudge-the-sovereignty-issue-or-set-an-unrealistic-deadline-for-negotiations/948982)
**Author:** [@cannonkuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cannonkuo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-incorporation-of-texas-got-to-do-with-a-moderate-unga-resolution-that-does-not-prejudge-the-sovereignty-issue-or-set-an-unrealistic-deadline-for-negotiations/948982 "2021-08-17T22:44:40Z")
The Secretary(Shultz) reiterated that the US supports the principle the UK fought for in the Falklands War, to which Pym (UK Foreign Secretary)said he wondered how far back one must go to unroll history—to the incorporat… --- ## [SEC adding Oklahoma and Texas - my idea for a "pod system"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sec-adding-oklahoma-and-texas-my-idea-for-a-pod-system/948741)
**Author:** [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sec-adding-oklahoma-and-texas-my-idea-for-a-pod-system/948741 "2021-08-17T21:59:51Z")
Shortly after the announcement, I was talking to my nephew and he mentioned a system of 4 pods. I got to thinking about, then diagraming it, and thought that I would share my thoughts for other SEC fans to discuss. \*\*B… --- ## [POLL: Are you right-handed or left-handed (or ambidextrous)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-right-handed-or-left-handed-or-ambidextrous/947865)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-right-handed-or-left-handed-or-ambidextrous/947865 "2021-08-17T20:20:08Z")
poll Finally getting around to making this poll after it was suggested by @BigT in this post: https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gauche-sinister-thread-for-us-southpaws/ Lefties are typically only about 10% of the ge… --- ## [No, multiple streaming services does not mean "we're basically back to cable"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-multiple-streaming-services-does-not-mean-were-basically-back-to-cable/948921)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-multiple-streaming-services-does-not-mean-were-basically-back-to-cable/948921 "2021-08-17T19:59:42Z")
Around the internet, all the time I see people get angry at the number of streaming services available, and declare that it’s like having cable all over again, or that it’s worse than cable. This is just wrong. First, 2… --- ## [Why arugula in everything nowadays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arugula-in-everything-nowadays/948608)
**Author:** [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arugula-in-everything-nowadays/948608 "2021-08-17T19:49:30Z")
Every time I go out to eat at a somewhat fancy restaurant, I see they put arugula all over the place. It’s in salads. It’s in sandwiches. Etc. Why? Not only does it taste horrible, but the sharp leaves make it actuall… --- ## [Another Tax Question (inherited property)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tax-question-inherited-property/948957)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tax-question-inherited-property/948957 "2021-08-17T19:09:47Z")
We have an attorney looking at this anyway but I’m trying to understand if I’m generally correct. I’m in California. My husband is part of a trust that inherited and sold a piece of property. My understanding is that … --- ## [Opinion on Vaccinations for Hospital Workers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinion-on-vaccinations-for-hospital-workers/947661)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinion-on-vaccinations-for-hospital-workers/947661 "2021-08-17T19:09:39Z")
We have a local hospital that employs well over ten thousand people and has a self reported vaccination rate of 70%. I was curious what Dopers thought about these numbers. I know many otherwise knowledgeable nurses who… --- ## [Florida numbers don't make sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-numbers-dont-make-sense/948760)
**Author:** [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-numbers-dont-make-sense/948760 "2021-08-17T17:33:51Z")
I look at the worldometer web site pretty frequently to see what’s going on with the pandemic. I’ve noticed something odd with the numbers being reported for Florida, which you can see here: The number of daily new ca… --- ## [Is WFH an unfettered good? Should those who want it be deferred to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wfh-an-unfettered-good-should-those-who-want-it-be-deferred-to/947384)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wfh-an-unfettered-good-should-those-who-want-it-be-deferred-to/947384 "2021-08-17T17:00:52Z")
So my blue-collar office is scheduled to require employees to go back to the office (three days a week) in early September. Now, this is by no means guaranteed to happen, but that’s what’s on the schedule. There are man… --- ## [WW 2 US army uniform](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ww-2-us-army-uniform/948938)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ww-2-us-army-uniform/948938 "2021-08-17T16:43:23Z")
Watching Patton and he had stripes on the end of his jacket sleeve. Was this for years of service or something else? I assume the movie uniform was based on what he actually wore. --- ## [Fox network local affiliates getting more Fox Newsy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-network-local-affiliates-getting-more-fox-newsy/948742)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-network-local-affiliates-getting-more-fox-newsy/948742 "2021-08-17T16:39:45Z")
San Francisco’s channel 2 is a Fox network affiliate. We used to watch their local news for preference just because, but we haven’t for a while because another channel seemed to have a little better, more thorough covera… --- ## [What if humans had tails. What would you like to be able to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-humans-had-tails-what-would-you-like-to-be-able-to-do/944065)
**Author:** [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-humans-had-tails-what-would-you-like-to-be-able-to-do/944065 "2021-08-17T15:38:51Z")
I’m watching a nature show and saw a happy dog wagging his tail. If you had a tail, what would you like it to do? Show emotions like a dog.or cat. Up and wagging for happy. confident and down for sad, scared? Use it a a … --- ## [Possible cuts of beef as either/or options rather than a full list?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-cuts-of-beef-as-either-or-options-rather-than-a-full-list/948960)
**Author:** [@CanTak3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanTak3)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-cuts-of-beef-as-either-or-options-rather-than-a-full-list/948960 "2021-08-17T14:21:30Z")
I’ve been able to easily find the various possible cuts of beef and where they originate on the animal, however I can’t seem to find a chart showing the consequences of picking certain items. For example, the Coulotte S… --- ## [Alaska off the beaten path places?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alaska-off-the-beaten-path-places/940533)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alaska-off-the-beaten-path-places/940533 "2021-08-17T13:41:39Z")
Probably going to AK in early September. I’ve been to Denali and Kenai fjords and probably will go back to them again. Looking for places that are not well known. --- ## [So, you're a pro athlete in the major leagues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-a-pro-athlete-in-the-major-leagues/948554)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-a-pro-athlete-in-the-major-leagues/948554 "2021-08-17T13:27:35Z")
Is it important for you to get to play for your favorite team? Could you be happy playing for your most-loathed team? Would you want to spend your entire career with one team only, or be with several? If you’ve spent yo… --- ## [New Wikihow Image Interpretations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wikihow-image-interpretations/948978)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wikihow-image-interpretations/948978 "2021-08-17T13:09:32Z")
I thought this was very funny. They ask for new interpretations of the “airline emergency graphic” Wikihow images. Made me laugh out loud a few times… --- ## [Do you trust the current vaccines? What resources you trust?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-trust-the-current-vaccines-what-resources-you-trust/947596)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-trust-the-current-vaccines-what-resources-you-trust/947596 "2021-08-17T12:40:23Z")
There is a lot of skepticism out there about the effectiveness of the current vaccines, even among those who believe in COVID, and that got me wondering who is putting their trust (whatever you feel that means) into them… --- ## [Lake Mead at 36% of Capacity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lake-mead-at-36-of-capacity/944482)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lake-mead-at-36-of-capacity/944482 "2021-08-17T10:44:02Z")
A picture’s worth a thousand words. The debate is, what happens if and when Lake Mead disappears? --- ## [Guvernatorial recalls in California--pretty frequent nowadays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guvernatorial-recalls-in-california-pretty-frequent-nowadays/948591)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guvernatorial-recalls-in-california-pretty-frequent-nowadays/948591 "2021-08-17T09:30:50Z")
I’m wrapping up a business trip to Orange County this week, and have the morning news on this AM which features a lot of “Recall Newsom. Elect So-and-So.” Not wanting to stray into a political debate, but two questions… --- ## [How open is Quebec these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-open-is-quebec-these-days/948390)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-open-is-quebec-these-days/948390 "2021-08-17T03:20:07Z")
Due to the COVID spike in Florida, I’m canceling my vacation planned for there next week. I live in NJ and can pretty easily drive to Montreal or Quebec City, which I understand are both wonderful cities. Are restauran… --- ## [Keurig K-Supreme Plus C -- cup size vis-a-vis pod](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keurig-k-supreme-plus-c-cup-size-vis-a-vis-pod/948751)
**Author:** [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keurig-k-supreme-plus-c-cup-size-vis-a-vis-pod/948751 "2021-08-17T02:32:50Z")
This machine offers five cup sizes (4, 6, 8, 10, 12 oz.). Somewhere I read the cup size doesn’t affect the brew strength. So if I select a 12 oz. cup I get twice as much coffee, with all other aspects the same, as if I’d… --- ## [I'll Break Their Bloody Necks: In which I Pit the pigeons cooing outside my window.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-break-their-bloody-necks-in-which-i-pit-the-pigeons-cooing-outside-my-window/287473)
**Author:** [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-break-their-bloody-necks-in-which-i-pit-the-pigeons-cooing-outside-my-window/287473 "2021-08-17T01:44:14Z")
“Coo-coo-coo \ coo-coo-coo \ coo-coo-coo.” Understand, I don’t hate animals. I rather like them, actually, or at least the ones with fur that make pleasent yipping and meowing and braying sounds. Bears are v… --- ## [Unrelated sequential posts that somehow go well together](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrelated-sequential-posts-that-somehow-go-well-together/948469)
**Author:** [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrelated-sequential-posts-that-somehow-go-well-together/948469 "2021-08-17T00:57:59Z")
Today in 7 Jan 2021 and beyond - the aftermath of the storming of the Capitol we have on the topic of giving the U.S. citizenship test to students, post#2701: Followed immediately by (a non-reply): --- ## [Geography Shapes National Character?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-shapes-national-character/948738)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-shapes-national-character/948738 "2021-08-17T00:44:51Z")
Some time ago, I picked up a “documentary graphic novel” about Korea and its people. It was praised by the Korea Times for its honesty, and painted views both laudatory and somewhat harsh and unflattering. As part of i… --- ## [Messi is leaving Barcelona](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/messi-is-leaving-barcelona/948114)
**Author:** [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/messi-is-leaving-barcelona/948114 "2021-08-16T23:45:22Z")
Lionel Messi contract: Barcelona says club legend won’t return - Sports Illustrated Looks like negotiations broke down because Barca is broke (well to be more honest, they can’t fit him under the La Liga FFP like salary… --- ## [Test thread - tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-tags/942907)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2021, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-tags/942907 "2021-05-25T23:50:16Z")
Just testing the tagging feature. --- ## [Testing Quote Function](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-quote-function/944417)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2021, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-quote-function/944417 "2021-07-14T04:47:26Z")
Now one of these has to be the quote function. Remember that I want to do it manually. \ ‘Testing one, two, three.’ \<‘Testing one, two, three.’\> Any help? :slight\_smile: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1364) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1366)