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**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2021, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manwich-suspended-for-1-week-for-trolling-edit-banned/933230 "2021-02-28T12:50:15Z")
He was trolling in his own threads. 4 reported posts in the Joss Whedon thread. His D&D got Woke posts also appeared very trollish. --- ## [Youtube videos blocked everywhere except Somaliland? Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-videos-blocked-everywhere-except-somaliland-why/933926)
**Author:** [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2021, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-videos-blocked-everywhere-except-somaliland-why/933926 "2021-02-28T10:21:01Z")
I’m on a few Sub-Reddits and I’ve been seeing this pop up more and more. I know it’s been going on for years and it’s not limited to potentially political or subversive videos. Why Somaliland? I have a VPN service and wh… --- ## [How many people want a receipt from fast food or convenience store?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-want-a-receipt-from-fast-food-or-convenience-store/933762)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2021, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-want-a-receipt-from-fast-food-or-convenience-store/933762 "2021-02-28T06:39:33Z")
seems like a big waste of paper. Now chick fil a here is drive though only and they ask if you want a receipt. I would guess at least 90% say no. In fact there is one person and all they do is ask you if you want t… --- ## [Can a six foot high plywood "fence" prevent cats from jumping over?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-six-foot-high-plywood-fence-prevent-cats-from-jumping-over/933382)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2021, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-six-foot-high-plywood-fence-prevent-cats-from-jumping-over/933382 "2021-02-28T03:10:28Z")
Long story short I have some cats I need to take care of, about 4 of them. They can’t be indoors since I already have an in-door cat and he doesn’t like strangers, but I also don’t want them outside and possibly getting … --- ## [Non-Christian Dopers: Would you feel any trepidation about 666 or a mark on your head or hand?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-christian-dopers-would-you-feel-any-trepidation-about-666-or-a-mark-on-your-head-or-hand/852384)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2021, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-christian-dopers-would-you-feel-any-trepidation-about-666-or-a-mark-on-your-head-or-hand/852384 "2021-02-28T02:58:53Z")
In Great Debates, we had a thread called “Pandemic opens the door to the mark of the Beast in Revelation.” It is a prevalent belief among some Christian circles that there will some day rise a tyrant with global power w… --- ## [The lil'wrekker is a bad bad speed demon. I thought. (Gas station food CAN be good, occasionally)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lilwrekker-is-a-bad-bad-speed-demon-i-thought-gas-station-food-can-be-good-occasionally/933592)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2021, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lilwrekker-is-a-bad-bad-speed-demon-i-thought-gas-station-food-can-be-good-occasionally/933592 "2021-02-28T02:25:11Z")
Barreling down the interstate going to the clinic. The lil’wrekker behind the wheel. 9 times I told her slow this mini(cooper) piece of crap down. 9 times she ignored me. #10, in an all to shrill voice I said “I mean i… --- ## [Got the COVID vax in a MEGAPOD, what are these nifty newfangled shot-through bandaid things?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-the-covid-vax-in-a-megapod-what-are-these-nifty-newfangled-shot-through-bandaid-things/933747)
**Author:** [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2021, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-the-covid-vax-in-a-megapod-what-are-these-nifty-newfangled-shot-through-bandaid-things/933747 "2021-02-28T01:43:47Z")
(mods: Move to the COVID forum if you feel that’s more appropriate). This week they held a MEGAPOD event and I got in–and I cannot over-state how impressively efficient it was. We queue up when they yelled out our time-… --- ## [The electorate demographic shift](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-electorate-demographic-shift/933730)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2021, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-electorate-demographic-shift/933730 "2021-02-28T01:38:24Z")
Did Trump lose in 2020 basically because of the 4 year demographic change in the electorate and would it be even worse for him in 2024? Even if everyone had voted the same as they did in 2016 but we lose 4 years of the … --- ## [Any good bug & dirt proof outside storage units for a grill?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-bug-dirt-proof-outside-storage-units-for-a-grill/933814)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2021, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-bug-dirt-proof-outside-storage-units-for-a-grill/933814 "2021-02-28T01:09:03Z")
I want something for next to the grill, with a tight storage draw fairly high that will add a little extra workspace at the same time. But I want to store most of my grilling utensils outside instead of in the house. May… --- ## [What team has won the most championships overall (any sport)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-team-has-won-the-most-championships-overall-any-sport/933422)
**Author:** [@stuccosuperstar2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuccosuperstar2020)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-team-has-won-the-most-championships-overall-any-sport/933422 "2021-02-27T22:51:29Z")
Early candidates are Scottish football giants Celtic and Rangers. Both teams have won 50+ Scottish league championships and I imagine between those, Scottish cups, and other silverware both teams must have at least 75 c… --- ## [Sad and empty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-and-empty/933808)
**Author:** [@Ratboi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ratboi)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-and-empty/933808 "2021-02-27T22:22:18Z")
i feel so empty and sad im kinda fat and it makes me cry i wanna lose wait but im too lazy, i think of running away everyday i need help --- ## [A physics question about melting ice in a cup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-physics-question-about-melting-ice-in-a-cup/933677)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-physics-question-about-melting-ice-in-a-cup/933677 "2021-02-27T22:10:26Z")
Imagine a typical fast-food drink cup, made of some kind of heavy waxy-coated paper, half full of ice with no liquid. It is in a room at (say) 70 degrees F. It naturally starts to melt, gradually changing the ice into wa… --- ## [This drill press arbor is ruined and shouldn't be used, correct?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-drill-press-arbor-is-ruined-and-shouldnt-be-used-correct/933900)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-drill-press-arbor-is-ruined-and-shouldnt-be-used-correct/933900 "2021-02-27T20:05:07Z")
I finally have my first nice drill press, a 1 hp 12 speed floor standing model that uses a Morse taper in the spindle (MT3) and a Jacobs taper in the chuck. It came with the arbor floating around loose in the outer shipp… --- ## [Protection against wrong automatic deposits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protection-against-wrong-automatic-deposits/933831)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protection-against-wrong-automatic-deposits/933831 "2021-02-27T19:50:48Z")
I’m a little worried because I got my tax refund today and Mrs Cad didn’t. I’m always paranoid about putting in the ABA Routing and Account Number wrong although I triple-check. Lets say instead of 100200300 123456789… --- ## [Unusual medical procedures you've had or will have](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-medical-procedures-youve-had-or-will-have/551035)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-medical-procedures-youve-had-or-will-have/551035 "2021-02-27T19:47:19Z")
I posted this x-ray of my tailbone in another thread and it got me thinking. The doctor who ordered that x-ray is now helping me find a surgeon to amputate my tailbone. This is a very uncommon procedure. He’s an old fart… --- ## [Do Dog Silencers Work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-dog-silencers-work/933908)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-dog-silencers-work/933908 "2021-02-27T19:40:05Z")
On your neighbor’s dogs? They’re pretty expensive, and as advertised, they’ll always SAY they work… I’m wondering about the random Doper who has had experience. Any details would be gladly appreciated. --- ## [I'm kinda finding UHD / 4k TV a bit off-putting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-kinda-finding-uhd-4k-tv-a-bit-off-putting/933671)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-kinda-finding-uhd-4k-tv-a-bit-off-putting/933671 "2021-02-27T19:28:04Z")
Don’t get me wrong. I love our new 60" OLED smartTV. Especially since it really doesn’t take up more space than our 12 year old old 50" 1080 TV (with the giant bezel). But there are times watching shows in 4k, that I’… --- ## [The Reaper is chasing me and I tripped.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reaper-is-chasing-me-and-i-tripped/855220)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reaper-is-chasing-me-and-i-tripped/855220 "2021-02-27T19:25:43Z")
I went into the hospital for surgery on May 29 for fusion of cervical vertebrae and the aftermath has not been a happy time\*. I was warned about having an extended rehabilitation but I honestly didn’t understand what the… --- ## [Another "help me remember a movie" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-help-me-remember-a-movie-thread/933744)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-help-me-remember-a-movie-thread/933744 "2021-02-27T19:12:17Z")
This is what I sort of remember. It was a foreign movie-- possibly Italian. Not recent, probably within the last 25-ish years. The setting was also not recent-- maybe in the 1950s or earlier? All I recall is one scene b… --- ## [Jellyfish larvae, hydroid medusa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jellyfish-larvae-hydroid-medusa/933910)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jellyfish-larvae-hydroid-medusa/933910 "2021-02-27T19:02:31Z")
They resemble a tiny badmitton birdies, and show up occasionally as pests in marine aquariums. I’ve been attempting to raise neon goby fry, larval like beings themselves, requiring very small food and have had an increa… --- ## [The Doors - What Do You Think Of This Band?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doors-what-do-you-think-of-this-band/932385)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doors-what-do-you-think-of-this-band/932385 "2021-02-27T18:37:14Z")
First off, it’s stunning that The Doors (while Jim was alive) had such little time together. First album was in Jan 1967 (there was NOTHING like that then), and L.A. Woman was released in 1971, which are both my favorite… --- ## [Actors/performers with distinctive voices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-performers-with-distinctive-voices/932606)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-performers-with-distinctive-voices/932606 "2021-02-27T18:02:28Z")
I was watching The Godfather, Part II recently, and I noted the performance of G.D.Spradlin, who plays the corrupt U.S. senator Pat Geary. He was in lots of movies and TV shows, and you recognize his voice the instant yo… --- ## [Four directors of ERCOT resigned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-directors-of-ercot-resigned/933653)
**Author:** [@shh1313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shh1313)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-directors-of-ercot-resigned/933653 "2021-02-27T16:44:58Z")
Four directors of ERCOT resigned. details in link. Later A 5th out-of-state board member, Vanessa Anesetti-Parra, resigned in a separate letter. The remaining board members reside in Texas. The link to her resignation wa… --- ## [If I get Vaccine X Now can I get Vaccine Y Later?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-get-vaccine-x-now-can-i-get-vaccine-y-later/933768)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-get-vaccine-x-now-can-i-get-vaccine-y-later/933768 "2021-02-27T13:36:24Z")
Reading this story in the NYTimes about some Germans rejecting the Astra-Zeneca vaccine because they’d rather get the Pfizer/BioNTech got me curious. Is it possible (and/or possibly beneficial, or at least not harmful)… --- ## [Swapping a bench seat for captain's chairs in an F-250? Anyone done it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swapping-a-bench-seat-for-captains-chairs-in-an-f-250-anyone-done-it/933184)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swapping-a-bench-seat-for-captains-chairs-in-an-f-250-anyone-done-it/933184 "2021-02-27T11:35:59Z")
I have a 2003 F-250, extended cab, manual, plain jane diesel work truck. It has a bench seat that is killing my back/sciatica/pirformis and I reaaaaallly want to swap out the seat, if possible, to something a lot more co… --- ## [How would someone go about volunteering to help administering COVID vaccines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-someone-go-about-volunteering-to-help-administering-covid-vaccines/933535)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-someone-go-about-volunteering-to-help-administering-covid-vaccines/933535 "2021-02-27T03:39:21Z")
I keep hearing that the problem isn’t the amount of vaccine available, but the personnel to get shots into arms. I keep thinking, since I’ve been on reduced work hours, maybe there’d be a role for me. I was in the mili… --- ## [So is falling asleep whlie RECIEVING oral really all that bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-falling-asleep-whlie-recieving-oral-really-all-that-bad/321093)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-falling-asleep-whlie-recieving-oral-really-all-that-bad/321093 "2021-02-27T02:57:28Z")
So last night me and my lady friend went out for a few (too many) drinks. I don’t remeber much of what happened after wo got home but this is her rendition of what happened last night. So we get home, hop on the bed an… --- ## [Does anyone get this Hagar the Horrible strip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-get-this-hagar-the-horrible-strip/927781)
**Author:** [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-get-this-hagar-the-horrible-strip/927781 "2021-02-27T02:50:36Z")
https://www.comicskingdom.com/shared\_comics/813075ee-a4be-481a-8181-57f65cf8d113 He’s a viking, maybe he got hung up on the word “club” as a weapon and he wants to murder someone? But his son said “book club.” That’s … --- ## [What is the cat in Willow's poster? (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-cat-in-willows-poster-buffy-the-vampire-slayer/594811)
**Author:** [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-cat-in-willows-poster-buffy-the-vampire-slayer/594811 "2021-02-27T02:15:27Z")
I’m posting this question by a friend on another forum because the SDMB is good for this sort of trivia: In the later series of Buffy, Willow has a print of an orange cat on her wall. It’s def hanging when she lives in… --- ## [Is there a word to describe an academic class which requires a lot of studying but isn’t frustrating?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-to-describe-an-academic-class-which-requires-a-lot-of-studying-but-isn-t-frustrating/933846)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-to-describe-an-academic-class-which-requires-a-lot-of-studying-but-isn-t-frustrating/933846 "2021-02-27T01:43:01Z")
Definitely don’t need answer fast. What word would you use for an academic class which requires a lot of studying but you never find frustrating? Perhaps there’s a lot of attention to detail required or there’s a lot of … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1532) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1534)