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**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2021, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-krispy-kreme-with-vaccination-card/938517 "2021-03-29T05:17:15Z")
Start buying up stock in companies that produce insulin? --- ## [It's SPRING in the MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-spring-in-the-mmp/938416)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 224\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2021, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-spring-in-the-mmp/938416 "2021-03-29T05:09:09Z")
The sun is shining (or it will be), the birds are singing (I suppose - too cold to open the windows right now), and spring is in the air (see previous parentheses.) It happens to be my favorite season, and this week I c… --- ## [Did we lose a Discourse theme?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-we-lose-a-discourse-theme/938470)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2021, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-we-lose-a-discourse-theme/938470 "2021-03-29T04:10:51Z")
When we first switched over to Discourse, I tried several of the different themes/interfaces, and settled on one that I liked, and have used it since. Sometime this afternoon, the look of the board suddenly changed for … --- ## [Things other people find relaxing/unwinding but you find stressful](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-other-people-find-relaxing-unwinding-but-you-find-stressful/932806)
**Author:** [@blabbermeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blabbermeister)\ **Replies:** 201\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2021, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-other-people-find-relaxing-unwinding-but-you-find-stressful/932806 "2021-03-29T04:07:32Z")
Two examples for me: Taking a shower: Loud water gushing, those harsh seconds before the water gets warm (even though it was already warm coming out of the bathtub faucet) - then it’s too hot; by the time you get comf… --- ## [An open letter to the makers of Xbox One and console video game developers of the same ilk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-the-makers-of-xbox-one-and-console-video-game-developers-of-the-same-ilk/938903)
**Author:** [@stuccosuperstar2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuccosuperstar2020)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2021, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-the-makers-of-xbox-one-and-console-video-game-developers-of-the-same-ilk/938903 "2021-03-29T02:48:58Z")
After almost a year off, all I wanted to do tonight was casually play 30-60 minutes of a 6 year Xbox One old game. I even downloaded your fucking update while I went out for dinner so I could play the game. I’m SORRY I … --- ## [What laws apply on the non-inhabited US territories?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-laws-apply-on-the-non-inhabited-us-territories/938932)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2021, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-laws-apply-on-the-non-inhabited-us-territories/938932 "2021-03-29T01:45:58Z")
Besides the 50 states and 1 federal district, the United States possess 14 (and lay claim to 2 more) insular territories. Of these, 5 are permanently inhabited and have their own governments/laws. But what about the 9 to… --- ## [Suez blockage may cause run on toilet paper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suez-blockage-may-cause-run-on-toilet-paper/938853)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2021, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suez-blockage-may-cause-run-on-toilet-paper/938853 "2021-03-29T01:34:31Z")
The stuck ship in the Suez may affect shipments of wood pulp from Brazil that are used to make toilet paper. Coffee may also face shortages. Stock up! (Again … sigh) --- ## [The Bank is serving papers on my Brother's house](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bank-is-serving-papers-on-my-brothers-house/932642)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bank-is-serving-papers-on-my-brothers-house/932642 "2021-03-28T23:19:57Z")
They filed the foreclosure papers. Even though Tommy got a new job. His car was repo-ed. He’s so upset that he won’t even pick up the phone. He stopped replying to my texts. I’ve tried emailing him, with a link to a… --- ## [Favorite offbeat teacher or professor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-offbeat-teacher-or-professor/925632)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2021, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-offbeat-teacher-or-professor/925632 "2021-03-28T23:12:03Z")
Mine is a psych professor who came to class with only chalk, a lighter and cigs. He stood right below the no smoking sign and smoked all through the class. He had tenure and he taught the whole class from memory. … --- ## [College as a "necessary evil"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-as-a-necessary-evil/938874)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-as-a-necessary-evil/938874 "2021-03-28T21:41:20Z")
That’s how I saw it. I didn’t like school at any level, but I didn’t have the aptitude for the trades or the temperament for sales. At least I didn’t find it hard. I considered dropping out, but always concluded that … --- ## [Bad bad bad Beck fights the march of time and onto new horizons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-fights-the-march-of-time-and-onto-new-horizons/938412)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2021, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-fights-the-march-of-time-and-onto-new-horizons/938412 "2021-03-28T21:36:53Z")
Today. Monday, March 22, 2021. I have my first dialysis. I’m scared to death. Or scared to live. Not sure which. I know the ramifications of this. I’ve read the 12 pages of instructions and warnings. Googled til my e… --- ## [According to movies and TV, water is magic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-movies-and-tv-water-is-magic/938589)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-movies-and-tv-water-is-magic/938589 "2021-03-28T20:02:08Z")
In any TV show or movie you’ve ever seen, water is some kind of mystical potion that relieves all shocks and injuries: Just heard your mom died? “Get him a glass of water!” Tripped and fell? “Somebody get her some wate… --- ## [Special name for pivoting flagpole base with worm gear drive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-name-for-pivoting-flagpole-base-with-worm-gear-drive/938381)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-name-for-pivoting-flagpole-base-with-worm-gear-drive/938381 "2021-03-28T19:28:17Z")
I’ve seen flagpoles that pivot at the bottom, and have a bit over 90 degrees of worm gear in the pivot. There’s a worm you turn to raise and lower the pole as a cantilever. Beautiful big cast steel gears. Is there a spec… --- ## [Is oath breaking a crime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-oath-breaking-a-crime/937644)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-oath-breaking-a-crime/937644 "2021-03-28T16:01:14Z")
So vaguely inspired by the events of Jan 6th, but not asking for discussion of those events, is the act of breaking an oath a criminal offense (not just cause for a civil suit) in and of itself in any US jurisdiction? T… --- ## [Any Thoughts about Call Me Kat or The Great North?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-thoughts-about-call-me-kat-or-the-great-north/929648)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-thoughts-about-call-me-kat-or-the-great-north/929648 "2021-03-28T14:54:33Z")
Did anyone else see these two new Fox shows? I did not care for Call Me Kat. It was hideously formulaic with ghastly acting. Plus, she’s supposed to be running a cat cafe, and the cat hardly makes an appearance. Perh… --- ## [Any chance of bullshyte story being true?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chance-of-bullshyte-story-being-true/938194)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chance-of-bullshyte-story-being-true/938194 "2021-03-28T13:31:11Z")
I was reading a book by self-improvement speaker Paul McKenna. He tells a story about “a study done during the 1930s” which seems highly unlikely where he claims a bunch of toddlers were permitted to eat their choice of… --- ## [No foreign fans at Tokyo olympics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-foreign-fans-at-tokyo-olympics/938306)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-foreign-fans-at-tokyo-olympics/938306 "2021-03-28T13:29:21Z")
Can’t blame them. I hope they will allow families of athletes in. --- ## [What was this strange toy, and where can I find more of them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-strange-toy-and-where-can-i-find-more-of-them/938881)
**Author:** [@ElDeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElDeLuxo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2021, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-strange-toy-and-where-can-i-find-more-of-them/938881 "2021-03-28T12:48:57Z")
This was a wonderful, weird thing that my friend Michael showed me one afternoon several years ago. First, a card. A flat cardboard rectangle just the size of a baseball bubblegum card. One side of it was some kind of m… --- ## [Is this the Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy or No True Scotsman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-texas-sharpshooter-fallacy-or-no-true-scotsman/938791)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2021, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-texas-sharpshooter-fallacy-or-no-true-scotsman/938791 "2021-03-28T08:44:21Z")
I know - another “identify the fallacy” thread, which we have one of every month. So I am putting this in MPSIMS, not even in GQ. A fallacy has been cropping up a lot lately and it bugs me, and I also can’t quite pin do… --- ## [Was there a cut of The Last Samurai with a sex scene?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-cut-of-the-last-samurai-with-a-sex-scene/605814)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2021, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-cut-of-the-last-samurai-with-a-sex-scene/605814 "2021-03-28T08:21:26Z")
I recently rewatched The Last Samurai - a very decent film - but I recall that when I first saw it there was a sex scene between Algren and Taka - or did he just see her nude? Or am I just suffering a Middle Age Moment? … --- ## [Easter dinner 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-dinner-2021/938592)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2021, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-dinner-2021/938592 "2021-03-28T07:24:14Z")
The Spousal Unit reminded me that Easter is coming up. She asked if I was ‘going to make ham or something’. Traditionally, I make ham and potatoes au gratin. I suggested fried rabbit this year, but she said she didn’t… --- ## [Help me become an influencer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-become-an-influencer/938358)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2021, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-become-an-influencer/938358 "2021-03-28T04:41:43Z")
Are you born an influencer, like Kendall Jenner? Or is it something that can be taught, like racism? Teach me. I am your lump of clay. --- ## [Ammo shortages, message from Federal CEO. Dec. 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ammo-shortages-message-from-federal-ceo-dec-2020/938882)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2021, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ammo-shortages-message-from-federal-ceo-dec-2020/938882 "2021-03-28T03:14:22Z")
Stumbled over this back in December and saved it to my favorites and just stumbled over it again so I thought I’d share. --- ## [Why we 'Say Uncle' and mysterious sayings of the future](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-say-uncle-and-mysterious-sayings-of-the-future/938780)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2021, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-say-uncle-and-mysterious-sayings-of-the-future/938780 "2021-03-28T02:48:19Z")
Earlier threads on this here have traced saying ‘uncle’ as a way of acknowledging you’ve been defeated to two main theories. 1) Back in roman days boys would say something that translated to ‘uncle, my best uncle’ as a … --- ## [Evergreen truck is blocking a highway in Nanjing, China](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evergreen-truck-is-blocking-a-highway-in-nanjing-china/938833)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2021, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evergreen-truck-is-blocking-a-highway-in-nanjing-china/938833 "2021-03-28T02:10:58Z")
This is getting to be a meme now. --- ## [Why do (some) lawyer firms advertise so much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-lawyer-firms-advertise-so-much/938536)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2021, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-lawyer-firms-advertise-so-much/938536 "2021-03-28T01:51:16Z")
Inspiring thread: Since the above thread hasn’t been moved to say IMHO, putting mine here too. There are 3 firms which advertise like fuck in town (Jacksonville FL: Farah & Farah, Morgan & Morgan, and Harrell & Harre… --- ## [Tom Clancy's The Division 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-clancys-the-division-2/927253)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2021, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-clancys-the-division-2/927253 "2021-03-28T00:23:37Z")
Surprised to not see a dedicated thread about The Division 2! I picked this up a while ago and didn’t get in to it, then started again this summer. This game is craaaaack for me. I love it. I’ve played through all of t… --- ## [NY Post calls for assault weapons ban](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-post-calls-for-assault-weapons-ban/938688)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2021, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-post-calls-for-assault-weapons-ban/938688 "2021-03-28T00:19:35Z")
If Rupert was dead he would be rolling over in his grave Or maybe he approved this --- ## [Urgent Care charged my card on file without me approving the amount. Do I dispute it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urgent-care-charged-my-card-on-file-without-me-approving-the-amount-do-i-dispute-it/938808)
**Author:** [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2021, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urgent-care-charged-my-card-on-file-without-me-approving-the-amount-do-i-dispute-it/938808 "2021-03-27T23:53:21Z")
I went to Urgent Care recently with a bad rash on my face. All they did was take my blood pressure and temperature, and then the doctor looked at me for a couple minutes and told me to go to the Emergency Room. I was n… --- ## [Talking about "8-ball pool" on my Iphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-about-8-ball-pool-on-my-iphone/803481)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2021, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-about-8-ball-pool-on-my-iphone/803481 "2021-03-27T23:33:31Z")
I’ve been playing a few years. Anyone else play? I want to talk about the program and it’s deviation from the physics. I think it’s programmed to make you scratch or lose when you make some hard shots with power. And I’… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1503) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1505)