# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1540 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1541 --- ## [A Few Random Questions About the LGBTQ Community](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-random-questions-about-the-lgbtq-community/932796)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-random-questions-about-the-lgbtq-community/932796 "2021-02-22T02:12:47Z")
Jack is a closeted gay man. He marries Jill. Jill is Jack’s Beard. Jack is Jill’s \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ ? Jenny is a closeted gay woman. She marries Jeff. Jeff is Jenny’s \_\_\_\_\_\_\_? Jenny is Jeff’s \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ ? When the pandemic is over… --- ## [Why would someone apply for unemployment with my personal details?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-someone-apply-for-unemployment-with-my-personal-details/932355)
**Author:** [@RickG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickG)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-someone-apply-for-unemployment-with-my-personal-details/932355 "2021-02-22T02:02:23Z")
About 10 days ago, my wife and I received separate notices from the Colorado Dept of Labor and Employment that they had received our unemployment claims. The notices had our correct full names in addition to obviously ha… --- ## [Commercial jets: where are all the contained engine failures?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercial-jets-where-are-all-the-contained-engine-failures/933405)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercial-jets-where-are-all-the-contained-engine-failures/933405 "2021-02-22T01:30:14Z")
Yesterday in Denver was the most recent uncontained engine failure to make the news. There seem to have been quite a number of them in the past decade or so. OTOH, where are all the contained engine failures? A critic… --- ## [Who is handling the scheduling of vaccinations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-handling-the-scheduling-of-vaccinations/929048)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-handling-the-scheduling-of-vaccinations/929048 "2021-02-22T00:39:45Z")
I’m not talking about determining the priority in which groups are ordered. I’m talking about scheduling individual people in a group. I assume the nursing homes and facilities like that are handling the scheduling for … --- ## [Why is "u" sometimes pronounced "yu" and sometimes "u"? Preceding-letter dependent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-u-sometimes-pronounced-yu-and-sometimes-u-preceding-letter-dependent/933255)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-u-sometimes-pronounced-yu-and-sometimes-u-preceding-letter-dependent/933255 "2021-02-22T00:25:14Z")
When pronounced as oo, that is. ISTM - just based on thinking of words off the top of my head - that the difference is dependent on the preceding letter. For example, debut, cute, refute, mute, and repute have the “y” s… --- ## [What Does Tony the Tiger Say in Mexico?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-tony-the-tiger-say-in-mexico/931250)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-tony-the-tiger-say-in-mexico/931250 "2021-02-21T23:21:41Z")
I recently purchased a box of frosted flakes cereal for a gift. It was from Mexico and made by Kellog’s. It was branded Zucaritas. It had a picture of Tony the Tiger (El Tigre Antonio?) on the box. In the United Stat… --- ## [USB b to USB c adapter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usb-b-to-usb-c-adapter/933370)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usb-b-to-usb-c-adapter/933370 "2021-02-21T23:20:33Z")
I don’t even know if I’m saying this correctly. I’ve got several USB charging cords that fit into my old Samsung S7 phone; I have a new Samsung S10, with the newer charging port. Instead of buying new charging cords th… --- ## [NHL goalies are taking up an unfairly large amount of space in their goal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-goalies-are-taking-up-an-unfairly-large-amount-of-space-in-their-goal/933232)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-goalies-are-taking-up-an-unfairly-large-amount-of-space-in-their-goal/933232 "2021-02-21T23:13:48Z")
Just throwing this out there for discussion (an excellent Atlantic article): --- ## [Has the "hang loose" gesture been co-opted by nefarious types?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-hang-loose-gesture-been-co-opted-by-nefarious-types/933367)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-hang-loose-gesture-been-co-opted-by-nefarious-types/933367 "2021-02-21T23:09:49Z")
General question, but has the surfer’s “hang loose” gesture been co-opted by nefarious (alt-right, Proud Boys, etc.) organizations or attributed to negative purposes? I know the “okay” unfortunately got co-opted as a wh… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad Beck and the big Snow in the southland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-and-the-big-snow-in-the-southland/933080)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-and-the-big-snow-in-the-southland/933080 "2021-02-21T23:09:26Z")
We’ve thrown snowballs. We’ve made snow angels and snow people. We’ve ran and dug and slid around. Mr. Wrekker pulled a pallet around behind a 4 wheeler with grandwrex hanging on. We’ve came in for Hot chocolate. Many,… --- ## [Have you had white rice with a little sugar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-white-rice-with-a-little-sugar/933306)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-white-rice-with-a-little-sugar/933306 "2021-02-21T22:50:52Z")
poll I used to add a spoonful of sugar to my rice. It was common for kids in my family. I stopped after high school. Except for an occasional treat. Rice is so boring. :innocent: I added a teaspoon of sugar to my rice f… --- ## [Ordering food - oddest place?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordering-food-oddest-place/933361)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordering-food-oddest-place/933361 "2021-02-21T22:31:43Z")
In these tough times, I’d never fault a business for wanting to deliver food. Obviously, independent delivery took off in a big way in some places. I can understand people getting liquor delivered. I know what a busy … --- ## [Bob Dole is 97](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dole-is-97/915549)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dole-is-97/915549 "2021-02-21T22:31:04Z")
Senator Bob Dole is about to turn 97. The Greatest Generation continues its slow exit. I am sorry he had to see what we have done to his country and his beloved Senate. --- ## [Can I buy a gun if my parents put me in inpatient psychiatric care when I was a minor (2013 and 2017)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-buy-a-gun-if-my-parents-put-me-in-inpatient-psychiatric-care-when-i-was-a-minor-2013-and-2017/933395)
**Author:** [@st20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/st20)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-buy-a-gun-if-my-parents-put-me-in-inpatient-psychiatric-care-when-i-was-a-minor-2013-and-2017/933395 "2021-02-21T22:30:20Z")
I emailed the BATF and received this message. "The Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA) at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(4) makes possession of a firearm unlawful for any person who has been “adjudicated as a mental defective” or who has… --- ## [Movies with car window reflections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-car-window-reflections/930932)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-car-window-reflections/930932 "2021-02-21T22:00:15Z")
The character is sitting in a moving car, gazing out or not. The lights of the city around them move across the side window or windshield of the car. I know I’ve seen it many times–two that come to mind are Lost in Trans… --- ## [And would you like to add $16,000 worth of DLC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-would-you-like-to-add-16-000-worth-of-dlc/846673)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-would-you-like-to-add-16-000-worth-of-dlc/846673 "2021-02-21T21:33:52Z")
Just flipping around on Steam stupidly looking at more games, instead of playing any of the 25 so in progress ones I already have and can’t find enough time for. Then I came across this. Not a computer gam… --- ## [Aha. \[Beck's Bigfoot's\] been spotted (edited title)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-becks-bigfoots-been-spotted-edited-title/933167)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-becks-bigfoots-been-spotted-edited-title/933167 "2021-02-21T20:03:23Z")
--- ## [Is pitcher the only glamorous defensive position in sports?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pitcher-the-only-glamorous-defensive-position-in-sports/932671)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pitcher-the-only-glamorous-defensive-position-in-sports/932671 "2021-02-21T19:51:30Z")
In general, the glamor in the sports world goes to the offensive side of the game - the players who score baskets, goals, touchdowns, etc. The defensive guys get less attention. Baseball pitcher seems to be the only mar… --- ## ["The Novel America Needs in 2013"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-novel-america-needs-in-2013/933399)
**Author:** [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-novel-america-needs-in-2013/933399 "2021-02-21T19:07:30Z")
In a 2012 column, Mark Bauerlein suggested that some enterprising novelist should write a satirical novel lampooning (what he saw as) the faults of young-adults-these-days: Yes, there are several superb recent novels a… --- ## [Can I buy a gun if my parents put me in inpatient psychiatric care when I was a minor in 2013 and 2017](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-buy-a-gun-if-my-parents-put-me-in-inpatient-psychiatric-care-when-i-was-a-minor-in-2013-and-2017/933396)
**Author:** [@st20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/st20)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-buy-a-gun-if-my-parents-put-me-in-inpatient-psychiatric-care-when-i-was-a-minor-in-2013-and-2017/933396 "2021-02-21T18:29:15Z")
I emailed the BATF and received this message. "The Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA) at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(4) makes possession of a firearm unlawful for any person who has been “adjudicated as a mental defective” or who has… --- ## [I've Got a Tea Buzz Going On](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-tea-buzz-going-on/927517)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-tea-buzz-going-on/927517 "2021-02-21T17:29:10Z")
I guess I can tell you, my new A1C is 8.6. But my doctor doesn’t seem concerned. Anyway, I heard black tea is good for Type II Diabetes. So I’ve been drinking it by the gallon, figuratively and literally. And I seem to… --- ## [Identify my Seed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-my-seed/933365)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-my-seed/933365 "2021-02-21T17:17:38Z")
I was trying to order some Amelanchier Utahensis (Juneberry) seeds and found a seller on Amazon. I was surprised to see that they are coming from China, despite not being a popular tree outside of the US (so far as I can… --- ## [Post-inauguration impeachment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-inauguration-impeachment/930190)
**Author:** [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-inauguration-impeachment/930190 "2021-02-21T16:49:54Z")
I’m starting to see some articles (such as this one) claiming that Trump’s impeachment might not happen until after Jan 20, when Biden is already president. My question is: Would such an impeachment accomplish anything? … --- ## [Legal advice: how to handle a hit and run, a case study](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-advice-how-to-handle-a-hit-and-run-a-case-study/933387)
**Author:** [@KennyT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennyT)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-advice-how-to-handle-a-hit-and-run-a-case-study/933387 "2021-02-21T16:38:32Z")
The case is here: This is a hit and run, I believe the driver just drove on. Here’s how to handle the situation if you’re the driver: YOU CAN CLAIM THAT YOU WERE NOT AWARE YOU HIT SOMEONE. You have a plausible case. I… --- ## [What do you tell your oldest kid, if you "had" to get married?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-tell-your-oldest-kid-if-you-had-to-get-married/932366)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-tell-your-oldest-kid-if-you-had-to-get-married/932366 "2021-02-21T16:33:11Z")
Not asking for myself-- asking as a purely academic question, prompted at this moment, because the episode of Young Sheldon where Georgie finds out his mother was already pregnant when she and his father married just ran… --- ## [Car people: what the hell is this thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-people-what-the-hell-is-this-thing/933371)
**Author:** [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-people-what-the-hell-is-this-thing/933371 "2021-02-21T16:21:39Z")
I don’t know what this thing is. It’s the wet/oily cylindrical thing that reminds me of a fuel filter. It connects to the air intake: I am… no… --- ## [Climate change is not the immediate threat facing us today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-is-not-the-immediate-threat-facing-us-today/931737)
**Author:** [@rboyce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rboyce)\ **Replies:** 236\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-is-not-the-immediate-threat-facing-us-today/931737 "2021-02-21T15:45:20Z")
Climate change is not the immediate threat facing us today. To understand why, you need to review the history of our planet. Our planet was not created by the development of our solar system. Earth came from elsewhere. … --- ## [What size eggs do you buy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-size-eggs-do-you-buy/932147)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-size-eggs-do-you-buy/932147 "2021-02-21T14:00:32Z")
We give our hens some time off during the winter. By not supplementing their lighting, they stop laying when the days grow short. With days now growing longer, they are starting to lay, but I’ve been buying eggs all wi… --- ## [Deposits in the Karma Bank](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deposits-in-the-karma-bank/932659)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deposits-in-the-karma-bank/932659 "2021-02-21T12:11:52Z")
Gave two skeezy hitch-hikers a 30 mile lift yesterday. Didn’t get killed. Pulled a guy out of a mud hole tonight. Didn’t get killed (and I could see his gun). He’da spent the night out there if I hadn’t come along, and m… --- ## [The Lincoln Project](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lincoln-project/853550)
**Author:** [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Replies:** 363\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lincoln-project/853550 "2021-02-21T11:44:42Z")
This is a four and a half minute youtube video of a speech. The speaker is introducing The Lincoln Project. I have seen two of their recent ads, and they hit Trump hard. I’m not quite sure what I’m seeing here, though. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1539) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1541)