# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1531 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1532 --- ## [Beckdawrek and the bad bad bad problem. (Or can Dopers really help?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-and-the-bad-bad-bad-problem-or-can-dopers-really-help/932359)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-and-the-bad-bad-bad-problem-or-can-dopers-really-help/932359 "2021-03-02T09:41:00Z")
I’m …I’m…ummm…distraught. For some reason my life has failed to fulfill me. Things have taken a rude left turn. Let me explain. I’m sick, you guys. Really ill. My body is falling apart. My baby is fixin’ to move int… --- ## [Why isn't the US doing anything for the Uighur muslims?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-the-us-doing-anything-for-the-uighur-muslims/918973)
**Author:** [@KennyT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennyT)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-the-us-doing-anything-for-the-uighur-muslims/918973 "2021-03-02T07:27:31Z")
Since the Chinese government are committing genocide against a whole people, why aren’t the US offering all Uighur peoples asylum? Does genocide not meet asylum requirements? Various organs of our state department has … --- ## [What happens if someone continually evades a process server?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-someone-continually-evades-a-process-server/933585)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-someone-continually-evades-a-process-server/933585 "2021-03-02T06:53:40Z")
Imagine someone is trying to serve you with court documents that you are being sued and you go to great lengths to avoid being served. Can you evade a lawsuit forever by doing this? This is what prompted this question: … --- ## [Can an electrical issue in one house black out the neighborhood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-electrical-issue-in-one-house-black-out-the-neighborhood/929111)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-electrical-issue-in-one-house-black-out-the-neighborhood/929111 "2021-03-02T04:23:57Z")
The other day we had a blackout in my house. My wife went down to the main circuit panel and the whole house circuit breaker was flipped. Loose and everything, and when she tried to flip it back, it didn’t go. Of further… --- ## [Sandbows and Blacklights coming out this months](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandbows-and-blacklights-coming-out-this-months/932003)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandbows-and-blacklights-coming-out-this-months/932003 "2021-03-02T03:44:20Z")
My new book is up on Amazon already And on the WalMart page https://www.walmart.com/ip/Sandbows-and-Black-Lights-Reflections-on-Optics-Hardcover/334058153 In other news: I added recordings of the Wonderland Musi… --- ## [Nazi Rune As CPAC Stage- Coincidence Or Not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nazi-rune-as-cpac-stage-coincidence-or-not/933927)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nazi-rune-as-cpac-stage-coincidence-or-not/933927 "2021-03-02T02:32:13Z")
I checked with an Odinist I know. He confirmed what the research in the article says. This form of the rune was only used by Nazis, never by the Vikings. I consider that bit settled. The only remaining question is the on… --- ## [No Longer a Wallflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-longer-a-wallflower/932721)
**Author:** [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-longer-a-wallflower/932721 "2021-03-02T02:32:45Z")
I have changed my name from don’t mind me. I briefly considered Do What I Say, but the point was to clean out the ugly underscores. Carry on. --- ## [North Dakota Politburo votes to keep election results secret](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-dakota-politburo-votes-to-keep-election-results-secret/933958)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-dakota-politburo-votes-to-keep-election-results-secret/933958 "2021-03-02T02:13:00Z")
Did I say Politburo? Sorry, I meant to say North Dakota State Senate, although it’s getting hard to tell the difference. The bill passed by large margins which would prohibit publishing the actual number of votes cast … --- ## [How Much Power Do Parents Have (Religious Beliefs)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-power-do-parents-have-religious-beliefs/933496)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-power-do-parents-have-religious-beliefs/933496 "2021-03-02T01:48:56Z")
This question actually came up some time back, when I was in a bookstore (yes, at one time stores actually sold books :wink: ). Anyways I was reading this book about being a teenage Wiccan. It had some clever arguments t… --- ## [British English - say the alphabet, and stop when you get to H](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-english-say-the-alphabet-and-stop-when-you-get-to-h/933655)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-english-say-the-alphabet-and-stop-when-you-get-to-h/933655 "2021-03-02T01:30:16Z")
Every time I hear this on British TV, it is jarring to my ear. Some (all?) Brits pronounce the name of the letter H as “haitch” with a very pronounced “voiceless glottal fricative” sound (I got that from googling, it’s n… --- ## [Heads or Tails? Flipping Real Coins in the Actual Universe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-or-tails-flipping-real-coins-in-the-actual-universe/933936)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-or-tails-flipping-real-coins-in-the-actual-universe/933936 "2021-03-02T00:50:18Z")
Having awoken in the middle of the night and unable to go back to sleep I began thinking about the probability of a coin landing heads up or tails up when flipped. Much has been written about the probability of heads or… --- ## [My Volkswagen is a piece of shit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-volkswagen-is-a-piece-of-shit/175532)
**Author:** [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-volkswagen-is-a-piece-of-shit/175532 "2021-03-02T00:48:31Z")
After reading consumer reports, I thought, hey, I’ll get a Volkswagen! They’re really safe, they’ve got great engines and they’re supposed to be indestructable. They’re also damn cool looking. Well, that was in 1999. … --- ## [Which culture gives one person the most different names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-culture-gives-one-person-the-most-different-names/933955)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-culture-gives-one-person-the-most-different-names/933955 "2021-03-01T23:53:39Z")
I have read that it is common for Chinese people to be given a number of names: a “milk name” used by familiars, a “school name” for school, a “society name” for after marriage or starting work and a “Western” name if li… --- ## [Bringing back mammoths to fight climate change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-back-mammoths-to-fight-climate-change/933534)
**Author:** [@Lantern2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern2)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-back-mammoths-to-fight-climate-change/933534 "2021-03-01T23:24:18Z")
This may be the single craziest idea I know of which people are seriously contemplating. Apparently the idea is to create an elephant-mammoth hybrid called a “mammophant” which is better adapted to survive in the tun… --- ## [7 bridges/traveling salesman problem for trail networks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-bridges-traveling-salesman-problem-for-trail-networks/934036)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-bridges-traveling-salesman-problem-for-trail-networks/934036 "2021-03-01T22:46:16Z")
There are some local conservation areas that have networks of trails with multiple branch points, lollipop loops, and other complexities. I like to try to cover every section of trail while minimizing the amount of doubl… --- ## [Atheists and Life's Foxholes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-and-lifes-foxholes/933234)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-and-lifes-foxholes/933234 "2021-03-01T22:27:47Z")
In one of my earlier threads I posted my declaration of atheism, using a lot of profanity to sever my last links with my deism. I still have my lack of belief in the supernatural, but I still at stressful times cry out … --- ## [Can callee determine who has called and gotten a busy signal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-callee-determine-who-has-called-and-gotten-a-busy-signal/933919)
**Author:** [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-callee-determine-who-has-called-and-gotten-a-busy-signal/933919 "2021-03-01T22:01:49Z")
Here’s the background: My city is receiving some doses of COVID vaccine. They set up a call center so that eligible residents could make an appointment to get the vaccine. The call center opened this morning. My husb… --- ## [Are there degenerate dog breeds that we should just mass spay/neuter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-degenerate-dog-breeds-that-we-should-just-mass-spay-neuter/933913)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-degenerate-dog-breeds-that-we-should-just-mass-spay-neuter/933913 "2021-03-01T21:30:44Z")
Over the past few years, I have come into the unhappy knowledge that many dog breeds have essentially become degenerate due to inbreeding and breeding for particular characteristics. So for example, German Shepherds (my … --- ## [Seasoning cast iron with fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seasoning-cast-iron-with-fire/933906)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seasoning-cast-iron-with-fire/933906 "2021-03-01T21:19:34Z")
I have had the worst time seasoning my cast iron. I follow the rules: flaxseed oil in a molecules thick layer but it never gets that “Grandma’s iron” coat o’ goodness. I think one of the issues is the layers are so thi… --- ## [Advice and opinions on antivirus/malware detectors for android](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-and-opinions-on-antivirus-malware-detectors-for-android/932998)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-and-opinions-on-antivirus-malware-detectors-for-android/932998 "2021-03-01T20:14:05Z")
let me start out with an apology if any of you got an unwanted text spam from me earlier this afternoon at about 348 pm mountain time. My phone has some sort of malware. Tried avast, didn’t find anything, just now fini… --- ## [Has any reports indicated profits for Moderna, Pfizer and J&J?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-reports-indicated-profits-for-moderna-pfizer-and-j-j/933922)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-reports-indicated-profits-for-moderna-pfizer-and-j-j/933922 "2021-03-01T20:03:38Z")
Johnson & Johnson one shot vaccine was approved today. All three companies are selling the vaccines world wide. I’m sure a lot was spent on Research and development. There still should be nice profits? My mom bought J&J… --- ## [Painted driveways - is it a thing where you live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/painted-driveways-is-it-a-thing-where-you-live/933838)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/painted-driveways-is-it-a-thing-where-you-live/933838 "2021-03-01T19:49:27Z")
Currently visiting my inlaws in a retirement community in Ocala, FL. I took my dog for a walk this morning and was struck by how many of the houses had their driveways painted to match the house color or trim. Is it a F… --- ## [Cock fighting rooster kills owner by slashing him with a knife in the](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cock-fighting-rooster-kills-owner-by-slashing-him-with-a-knife-in-the/934000)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cock-fighting-rooster-kills-owner-by-slashing-him-with-a-knife-in-the/934000 "2021-03-01T19:48:56Z")
A rooster used in cock-fighting in India and equipped with a knife on his leg has killed his owner by slashing him in the … groin. The owner died of blood loss. The rooster has been taken to a farm upstate where he is … --- ## [Beckdawrek wishes to inform you bad bad bad Dopers that she is crazy. Just sayin'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-wishes-to-inform-you-bad-bad-bad-dopers-that-she-is-crazy-just-sayin/934016)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-wishes-to-inform-you-bad-bad-bad-dopers-that-she-is-crazy-just-sayin/934016 "2021-03-01T19:42:03Z")
I’ve tried to not think about it. I’ve tried to sleep. I’ve tried to fool myself it’ll be okay. Alas, none of these things have worked. I think my Daddy found me on a roadside. My siblings are not like me. They are all… --- ## [Why do these nuclear reactors flash at startup?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-these-nuclear-reactors-flash-at-startup/934034)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-these-nuclear-reactors-flash-at-startup/934034 "2021-03-01T19:21:27Z")
Video compilation here of several nuclear reactors starting up: The light is obviously Cherenkov radiation: What interests me is the extreme transient nature of it. Why does the light output ramp up (o… --- ## [Poll: Is Frazz a rip-off of Calvin and Hobbes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-frazz-a-rip-off-of-calvin-and-hobbes/597504)
**Author:** [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-frazz-a-rip-off-of-calvin-and-hobbes/597504 "2021-03-01T19:10:12Z")
Inspired by this thread, I have to ask: Is Frazza rip-off of Calvinand Hobbes I read C&H as a kid, and I never heard of Frazz until today. So I will admit right up front, I don’t know much about Frazz. I have, howeve… --- ## [How does vaccine distribution work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-vaccine-distribution-work/926275)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 203\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-vaccine-distribution-work/926275 "2021-03-01T18:52:11Z")
At the individual level, how will this mass vaccination effort work? The first few rounds of people to get vaccinated will be health-care workers, some essential jobs, and higher-risk individuals including the elderly. … --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - February 2021 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-february-2021-edition/931955)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-february-2021-edition/931955 "2021-03-01T18:13:20Z")
So how is everyone’s 2021 going? SSND pretty much here, though the change in White House occupancy is an improvement, I mean, isn’t Major the CUTEST dog ever?! And Champ brings some much needed dignty back to the Oval Of… --- ## [Do Dems/Libs have an equivalent to CPAC? If not, should they?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-dems-libs-have-an-equivalent-to-cpac-if-not-should-they/933897)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-dems-libs-have-an-equivalent-to-cpac-if-not-should-they/933897 "2021-03-01T18:09:59Z")
Maybe there’s more going on at CPAC than meets the eye, but to me it seems like nothing more than a giant Republican/Conservative circle jerk. Is anything actually accomplished at CPAC? Is this where they decide party pl… --- ## [I pit "normal" "good" Republicans for pretending that you're not enabling traitors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-normal-good-republicans-for-pretending-that-youre-not-enabling-traitors/929828)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 184\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-normal-good-republicans-for-pretending-that-youre-not-enabling-traitors/929828 "2021-03-01T16:35:40Z")
You know who you are: you voted for Trump because you were afraid the libs were gonna take your tax cuts, or because you were stupid enough to buy into the idea that Democrats were going to shut down police departments e… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1530) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1532)