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**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/918131 "2021-08-01T19:19:30Z")
Apropos of nothing: Probably wound up in a dumpster ® What do YOU like to do most? I like to relax (to an insanely excessivo leval) --- ## [Beloved Childhood Foods You Would Never Eat Today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beloved-childhood-foods-you-would-never-eat-today/946643)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beloved-childhood-foods-you-would-never-eat-today/946643 "2021-08-16T20:12:40Z")
I was processing invoices today, and one of the items on them was chocolate milk. I used to love chocolate milk, but am grossed out by it as an adult. Weird, because I like hot chocolate. Another childhood treat I wou… --- ## [Countries without a long form name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-without-a-long-form-name/948953)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-without-a-long-form-name/948953 "2021-08-16T20:08:05Z")
My country, Canada, is officially just called “Canada.” That is the complete official name of the country; there is no other. It used to be semi-official convention to sometimes say “Dominion of Canada,” but that’s not… --- ## [You know it's going to be a bad day when-](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-its-going-to-be-a-bad-day-when/948951)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-its-going-to-be-a-bad-day-when/948951 "2021-08-16T19:47:58Z")
You’re sitting at your desk (at home) and think you smell doog poop, and it turns out you have some on the bottom of your shoe. And you’ve tracked it all over the house. --- ## [Are There Any Interesting YouTube Critics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-interesting-youtube-critics/948737)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-interesting-youtube-critics/948737 "2021-08-16T18:13:49Z")
With a YouTube channel who goes around criticizing (or even praising) YouTubers? --- ## [Welp, this place has changed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-this-place-has-changed/948650)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-this-place-has-changed/948650 "2021-08-16T17:36:58Z")
I haven’t posted to SDMB in years. I was certainly controversial back in the day, though I was never well-liked. Holy shit, this site has become impossible to navigate. No hate, times change, but wow. I’m sad. Death of … --- ## [Antibody testing post-vaccine: If not useful, why are researchers using it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antibody-testing-post-vaccine-if-not-useful-why-are-researchers-using-it/947565)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antibody-testing-post-vaccine-if-not-useful-why-are-researchers-using-it/947565 "2021-08-16T17:16:23Z")
My mother is immune-compromised. She is fully vaccinated. She (and her doctor) is curious about what level of protection she now has. She took a COVID antibody test. It was negative. Moreover, she and her doctor later l… --- ## [Plot question about In the Heat of the Night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-question-about-in-the-heat-of-the-night/948943)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-question-about-in-the-heat-of-the-night/948943 "2021-08-16T17:15:24Z")
I’ve got a question about a plot point in the 1967 film In the Heat of the Night. The movie features Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger as Virgil Tibbs and Bill Gillespie, a pair of police officers who reluctantly team up t… --- ## [OK Non-Lawyers - need a lawyerly opinion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-non-lawyers-need-a-lawyerly-opinion/948473)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-non-lawyers-need-a-lawyerly-opinion/948473 "2021-08-16T16:30:33Z")
The case involves an acquaintance of mine. The facts of the case are these, and they are undisputed: She was a ward of the State in Mississippi as a preteen, along with her sister The facility she was placed in was m… --- ## [Rules questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-questions/948770)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-questions/948770 "2021-08-16T16:21:00Z")
Trolls and trolling - Do not accuse other posters of trolling or being a troll. If you suspect someone is trolling or is a troll, please report them. There is no exception for this general rule for the Pit? Harassin… --- ## [The Tongan Teenagers in 1965: not a ‘Lord of the Flies’ situation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tongan-teenagers-in-1965-not-a-lord-of-the-flies-situation/948691)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tongan-teenagers-in-1965-not-a-lord-of-the-flies-situation/948691 "2021-08-16T15:57:40Z")
Here is a heartwarming story of survival and cooperation with a happy ending. The island nation of Tonga is a Polynesian country in the south Pacific, roughly 3,000 miles SSW of Hawaii and maybe 1,500 miles NNE of New Ze… --- ## [Where did this quote come from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-quote-come-from/948911)
**Author:** [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-quote-come-from/948911 "2021-08-16T15:52:40Z")
I was flipping through things to figure out how to block Slurm when I came across the ‘About Me’ section of the profile. My ‘About Me’ has the following quote: “He love people, all of them, washed and unwashed; he loves… --- ## [How do we change the public conversation around people who violate mask restrictions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-change-the-public-conversation-around-people-who-violate-mask-restrictions/947197)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-change-the-public-conversation-around-people-who-violate-mask-restrictions/947197 "2021-08-16T15:28:35Z")
This week, I finally went in to the office for the first time for the job I started last September. I normally take the train (or possibly a bus and a train). I hadn’t set foot on public transportation since early March … --- ## [Slug illustration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slug-illustration/948515)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slug-illustration/948515 "2021-08-16T15:00:44Z")
What article is the illustration on the front page from? --- ## [Proposal to explicitly ban sexism from the game room](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-to-explicitly-ban-sexism-from-the-game-room/948338)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-to-explicitly-ban-sexism-from-the-game-room/948338 "2021-08-16T14:44:02Z")
Continuing the discussion from Chronos, this is the wrong call: Accordingly here is a poll. poll ~Max --- ## [Pure Leaf iced tea shortage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-leaf-iced-tea-shortage/945834)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-leaf-iced-tea-shortage/945834 "2021-08-16T14:43:15Z")
Has anyone in other parts of the country noticed a shortage of Pure Leaf iced tea in convenience stores? I have noticed the empty shelves in 7-11, QuickChek and Wawa which are pretty much all of the convenience store aro… --- ## [Common but incorrect names of things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-but-incorrect-names-of-things/948466)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-but-incorrect-names-of-things/948466 "2021-08-16T14:37:11Z")
You know the piece of furniture a person stands behind when giving a talk to an audience? Most people call it a podium. But that’s not what it is. It’s a lectern. A podium is something a person stands on. Like those smal… --- ## [Did the Bed Intruder Homeboy ever get found?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-bed-intruder-homeboy-ever-get-found/948942)
**Author:** [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-bed-intruder-homeboy-ever-get-found/948942 "2021-08-16T14:22:52Z")
A reference to the perp in the viral video here, which spawned the minor hit song for the Gregory Brothers band (performed live here). There’s a lot of follow up info available about Antoine Dodson and the others, but w… --- ## [Sneaked off to film festival in 2017, covering it as press in 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneaked-off-to-film-festival-in-2017-covering-it-as-press-in-2021/948763)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneaked-off-to-film-festival-in-2017-covering-it-as-press-in-2021/948763 "2021-08-16T14:18:25Z")
In 2017, our 19 year old child, having flunked out of college, left home without telling us to attend the Toronto Film Festival. We pointed out when they returned that we couldn’t have stopped them from going, so it was… --- ## [A sneak new Frank Parler app appears!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sneak-new-frank-parler-app-appears/945467)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sneak-new-frank-parler-app-appears/945467 "2021-08-16T13:57:29Z")
How long before we can say “Gettr: done.”? --- ## [Posting Pubic Information](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-pubic-information/948936)
**Author:** [@shh1313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shh1313)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-pubic-information/948936 "2021-08-16T13:42:40Z")
I believe one of my post was deleted.I can’t locate it. They post was how to access Pfizer and Moderna vaccine side effects on the covid shots listed on the SEC. ▶ Summary Why was my post deleted? --- ## [Exercising in cold vs. hot air](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercising-in-cold-vs-hot-air/948486)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercising-in-cold-vs-hot-air/948486 "2021-08-16T11:43:20Z")
It’s harder to exercise at higher altitudes because the air is thinner. Is the same thing also true of hot weather? When it’s 90°F am I getting a lot less oxygen than at 60°F? --- ## [Making sense of my travel risk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-sense-of-my-travel-risk/948103)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-sense-of-my-travel-risk/948103 "2021-08-16T11:27:49Z")
I am fully vaxed against COVID, and trying to get a handle on the risks I might incur during a road trip. CDC is advising vaxed people to wear masks when in areas of “substantial” or “high” prevalence. OK, can do. But… --- ## [Test Your Browser Or Several Browsers On Privacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-browser-or-several-browsers-on-privacy/948926)
**Author:** [@shh1313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shh1313)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-browser-or-several-browsers-on-privacy/948926 "2021-08-16T11:00:23Z")
First I ran Google :triangular\_flag::enraged\_face::enraged\_face::enraged\_face::triangular\_flag: Later I’m testing Brave, Opera, Epic, I am using all of these. I’m playing around with Startpage. I’m almost positive that… --- ## [Highlighted links](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlighted-links/948769)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlighted-links/948769 "2021-08-16T04:09:54Z")
Need to be a distinctly brighter blue so that readers actually see them. I’m sure they’re intentionally bypassed, as I do myself, sometimes, but we’re wasting out time setting up those links when they’re, for the most pa… --- ## [Getting up in the world in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-up-in-the-world-in-the-mmp/948281)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 250\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-up-in-the-world-in-the-mmp/948281 "2021-08-16T05:29:22Z")
1859 Otis Tufts patents the first passenger elevator in the US Nothing more need be said, right? Tho I’m sure we’ll all think of things to say. :rofl: Happy Moanday!!! --- ## [Why are some employers so obstinate about requiring in-office work during COVID if it can be done just as well remotely?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-some-employers-so-obstinate-about-requiring-in-office-work-during-covid-if-it-can-be-done-just-as-well-remotely/948411)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-some-employers-so-obstinate-about-requiring-in-office-work-during-covid-if-it-can-be-done-just-as-well-remotely/948411 "2021-08-16T05:29:02Z")
Let me preface this by saying that yes, it was nice not to have to spend 10+ hours a week commuting since I started my current job nearly a year ago. Although I work in a field (legal services) that is considered essenti… --- ## [The Grammar of Dying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-grammar-of-dying/948380)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-grammar-of-dying/948380 "2021-08-16T04:19:31Z")
Do you die “from” something or do you die “of” something? John Doe died from Covid. or John Doe died of Covid. --- ## [In case you thought there wasn't a disinformation campaign](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-case-you-thought-there-wasnt-a-disinformation-campaign/947286)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-case-you-thought-there-wasnt-a-disinformation-campaign/947286 "2021-08-16T03:43:51Z")
I was reading the BBC on a different COVID-19 topic (oral vaccines) and noticed this link in the corner. It seems that there are people being paid to spread false information about the vaccines. Granted, this one seem… --- ## [Why all the reboots?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-reboots/948514)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-reboots/948514 "2021-08-16T03:04:23Z")
My wife and I watched the “Fantasy Island” reboot last night due to a lack of anything else we could find to watch. It was a 21st century update with Mr. Roarke’s grand niece running the show now. It was as cheesy and un… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1365) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1367)