# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1371 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1372 --- ## [Have you ever tried Schaefer Beer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-schaefer-beer/948218)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-schaefer-beer/948218 "2021-08-11T16:00:10Z")
I’ve been watching a lot of old commercials on YouTube today. Schaefer, the beer to have when you’re having more than one, definitely did some serious advertising back in the day. Was the ‘more than one’ slogan a hint … --- ## [First-time home-seller](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-time-home-seller/948332)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-time-home-seller/948332 "2021-08-11T15:29:34Z")
Five years ago, my wife and I were first-time home-buyers. Now we’ve decided to become first-time home-sellers. My wife is an independent accountant, and a couple of her clients are real-estate agents. One of them is kin… --- ## [RIP Bobby Bowden](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-bobby-bowden/948246)
**Author:** [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2021, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-bobby-bowden/948246 "2021-08-11T14:22:09Z")
He’s been out of the game for a while and his career ended on a down note, but he was an outstanding guy. The only negative I ever heard about him personally was that he was a lousy tipper, but that was probably a produc… --- ## [Can a person, linguistically or otherwise, "willingly fail" to do something?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-person-linguistically-or-otherwise-willingly-fail-to-do-something/948391)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-person-linguistically-or-otherwise-willingly-fail-to-do-something/948391 "2021-08-11T14:07:44Z")
I am in paperwork reviewing hell today and I see this phrase often: “willingly fail.” Person X willingly failed to update his sex offender registry. Person Y willingly failed to correct his substance abuse problem. T… --- ## [Trailer for new Dexter season , starts Nov 7th](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-new-dexter-season-starts-nov-7th/947426)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2021, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-new-dexter-season-starts-nov-7th/947426 "2021-08-11T13:43:13Z")
and yes I know most people did not like the ending of the last season --- ## [Chronos, this is the wrong call](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chronos-this-is-the-wrong-call/948251)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 234\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2021, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chronos-this-is-the-wrong-call/948251 "2021-08-11T11:49:46Z")
Boy, look at me making two threads in a row criticizing the mods. I’ll try not to make a habit of it. In a thread about Best and Worst Olympic Events to Watch, dalej42 dropped in this misogynistic threadshit: I, and d… --- ## [Australia Census 2021 G'Doper check-in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-census-2021-gdoper-check-in/948282)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2021, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-census-2021-gdoper-check-in/948282 "2021-08-11T08:55:40Z")
G’day to all the locked down Aussies out there. :upside\_down\_face: Strung high from the Olympic exhilarations (like them bread and circuses to pass the hours) it’s Census 2021 night tomorrow. It’s all on-line and you ca… --- ## [Is technology available to embed a camera into a screen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-technology-available-to-embed-a-camera-into-a-screen/811953)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2021, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-technology-available-to-embed-a-camera-into-a-screen/811953 "2021-08-11T07:26:18Z")
I have video chats with my daughter using my desktop computer and it’s always goofy because my camera is at the top of the monitor but I have to look below it to see my daughter on the screen. So my image always shows me… --- ## [Fountain pen lovers' color wheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fountain-pen-lovers-color-wheel/945094)
**Author:** [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2021, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fountain-pen-lovers-color-wheel/945094 "2021-08-11T06:25:40Z")
from here Which of these inks do you recognize? My favorite on the list is Iroshizuku Ku-jaku, a beautiful peacock blue… --- ## [Shaving an Eyebrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-an-eyebrow/948269)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2021, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-an-eyebrow/948269 "2021-08-11T05:53:41Z")
If I did so, how long before it grew back? --- ## [What's your single favorite office supply?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-single-favorite-office-supply/948295)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2021, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-single-favorite-office-supply/948295 "2021-08-11T03:16:53Z")
Normally I’d say a purple Pilot disposable fountain pen, but today I’ve got warm and fuzzies for the satisfyingly weighty Post-it popup sticky note dispenser. I’m talking about the one with the clear top that weighs roug… --- ## [Farting while working out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-while-working-out/946873)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2021, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-while-working-out/946873 "2021-08-11T02:59:01Z")
If I have my headphones on and music rocking and I fart, I have no idea if it’s a sneaky quiet one or a BLLAATTT. Do I have to stop and excuse myself? I don’t have to use the toilet, it’s just gas. --- ## [Current Outlets for Informal Writing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-outlets-for-informal-writing/948334)
**Author:** [@Little\_Room](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Room)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-outlets-for-informal-writing/948334 "2021-08-11T02:28:52Z")
Way back in the oldish days (by which I mean 10 - 15 years ago), I kept up a blog, which is no more. I let this kind of writing go to the wayside once I started grad school/simultaneous full time work and didn’t really h… --- ## [Close encounters of the mistaken identity kind](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-encounters-of-the-mistaken-identity-kind/948382)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2021, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-encounters-of-the-mistaken-identity-kind/948382 "2021-08-11T02:19:34Z")
I hope the title speaks for itself. My examples: 1973 or 74, the Navy sent me to Millington, TN for training. Special Services offered a trip to Nashville one day - tickets to Opryland and the Grand Ol’ Opry, plus bus t… --- ## [Why is \[children's\] Christian media so cheesy most of the time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-childrens-christian-media-so-cheesy-most-of-the-time/931720)
**Author:** [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2021, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-childrens-christian-media-so-cheesy-most-of-the-time/931720 "2021-08-11T01:34:21Z")
Though I have converted to atheism relatively recently, I used to be Christian, so there’s a ton of Christian media that I’ve watched/seen over the years. Looking back on it, though, I’ve come to realize that a ton of th… --- ## ["I can't..(fill in the blank)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-fill-in-the-blank/940123)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 210\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2021, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-fill-in-the-blank/940123 "2021-08-11T00:48:34Z")
I’m not talking about the physically impossible; none of us can fly or turn invisible. I’m talking about things that many, or even most, people can do. For me, there are a few. I can’t do any maintenance on a vehicle … --- ## [Question about Ancestry.com DNA test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ancestry-com-dna-test/948273)
**Author:** [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2021, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ancestry-com-dna-test/948273 "2021-08-10T23:47:00Z")
I know that I’m 1/4 Danish, yet my DNA came back only 9% England and Northwestern Europe. Should it have said 25% Danish, or doesn’t DNA work that way? --- ## [Will COVID fatalities have an impact on near-future elections?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-covid-fatalities-have-an-impact-on-near-future-elections/948335)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-covid-fatalities-have-an-impact-on-near-future-elections/948335 "2021-08-10T22:09:28Z")
This question has come up a couple of times in other threads, but usually stopped with a snarky dismissal (“nah, voter suppression will take care of it”), so I thought I’d ask directly. “Common sense” tells us at this p… --- ## [Up to date Vista browser?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-to-date-vista-browser/948268)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-to-date-vista-browser/948268 "2021-08-10T21:53:35Z")
Every week it seems that Firefox on my old machine works on fewer and fewer sites. Is there such an animal, or do I need to just spring for Windows 10? Googling invariably gets me out of date browsers of various sorts.… --- ## [Nueroligical problems associated with THC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nueroligical-problems-associated-with-thc/948274)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nueroligical-problems-associated-with-thc/948274 "2021-08-10T21:46:10Z")
In California it is legal so I assume it is ok to talk about it here. I have had a bad facial twitch on the left side of my face for at least 8 years now. I went in for Botox treatment a couple of weeks ago as per my Dr.… --- ## [Men competing against women in the olympics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-competing-against-women-in-the-olympics/947899)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-competing-against-women-in-the-olympics/947899 "2021-08-10T21:31:38Z")
There has been some discussion about transgendered people competing in women’s classes, but I don’t want to discuss that. What I am wondering is a hypothetical about how much of an advantage men have over women in the o… --- ## [NFL HOF Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-hof-thread/948265)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2021, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-hof-thread/948265 "2021-08-10T20:41:54Z")
The autumn wind is a pirate! COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE!!! p.s. Move back to Oakland, please!! Or at least California. --- ## [Got advice for ignoring someone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-advice-for-ignoring-someone/948352)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-advice-for-ignoring-someone/948352 "2021-08-10T19:46:53Z")
I ask science questions and consistently get answers from a person that use buzzwords as explanations, explanations that turn out to be half wrong (or more), and flat out resistance to breaking down the topics to ideas t… --- ## [Covid vaccine effectiveness rate (including against variants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-vaccine-effectiveness-rate-including-against-variants/948133)
**Author:** [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-vaccine-effectiveness-rate-including-against-variants/948133 "2021-08-10T19:43:01Z")
Continuing the discussion from Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2021 Breaking News: I thought it might be helpful to start a thread on the Covid vaccine effectiveness rate based on studies. --- ## [Good Night (Court), Markie Post. (R.I.P.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-night-court-markie-post-r-i-p/948236)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2021, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-night-court-markie-post-r-i-p/948236 "2021-08-10T19:12:12Z")
‘Markie passed on Saturday after battling cancer for nearly 4 years.’ --- ## [Columbus in 1492](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-in-1492/946837)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-in-1492/946837 "2021-08-10T18:44:13Z")
Christopher Columbus sailed across the Atlantic in 1492, reaching various Caribbean islands about two months after leaving Europe. Since this was completely unknown territory to Europeans at the time, with no idea of ho… --- ## [Is the term 'Boomer' just ordinary ageism now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-term-boomer-just-ordinary-ageism-now/938697)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 223\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-term-boomer-just-ordinary-ageism-now/938697 "2021-08-10T18:18:59Z")
Disclosure: I’m not technically a Baby Boomer, but Gen Xers tend to get lumped in (actually that might be part of the issue). I fully understand the term ‘OK Boomer’ started as a throwaway joke, and quickly became a mem… --- ## [I had forgotten how bad cable TV is (US)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-forgotten-how-bad-cable-tv-is-us/948135)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-forgotten-how-bad-cable-tv-is-us/948135 "2021-08-10T17:39:44Z")
Now, don’t get me wrong . . . it’s mildly entertaining, but it’s just terrible. I “cut the cord” years ago, and watch either over-the-air HDTV, or stream. Right now, I’m on business travel, killing time watching a chan… --- ## [Happy Halloween! Uh, what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-halloween-uh-what/948209)
**Author:** [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-halloween-uh-what/948209 "2021-08-10T17:31:37Z")
Today (Aug. 7) I walked into a Dollar General in Central Indiana and they were putting out the Halloween candy and decorations. No costumes in sight, but… The last few years (I dunno about the COVID year) they’ve alway… --- ## [How psychotic are the Europeans? (Spin-off from The Psychotic States of America)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-psychotic-are-the-europeans-spin-off-from-the-psychotic-states-of-america/947552)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2021, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-psychotic-are-the-europeans-spin-off-from-the-psychotic-states-of-america/947552 "2021-08-10T17:18:39Z")
This thread it about crazy Americans. But I’d like to widen the question to other countries, too (this may deserve a thread of its own, but let’s start here for now, okay?) My question is : How psychotic are the Europ… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1370) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1372)