# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1549 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1550 --- ## [NBA Dallas Mavs stop playing national anthem before home games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-dallas-mavs-stop-playing-national-anthem-before-home-games/932609)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-dallas-mavs-stop-playing-national-anthem-before-home-games/932609 "2021-02-12T23:03:46Z")
Mark Cuban said it was his decision but gave no reason. --- ## [College during the pandemic - a shadow of the real thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-during-the-pandemic-a-shadow-of-the-real-thing/932673)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-during-the-pandemic-a-shadow-of-the-real-thing/932673 "2021-02-12T22:57:34Z")
I feel terrible for those enrolled in college right now, during the pandemic, who are paying tuition and yet are mainly just attending classes on Zoom. Seems to me that “distance learning” is only one step up from watch… --- ## [Help desk fail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-desk-fail/932363)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-desk-fail/932363 "2021-02-12T22:41:12Z")
I have an HSBC bank account based in a foreign country (Australia) that I maintain because I need to make regular payments to people in that country. I have one of these security dongle things and recently discovered it … --- ## [Should officials continue to encourage restrictions for vaccinated people? Should they expect such restrictions to be followed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-officials-continue-to-encourage-restrictions-for-vaccinated-people-should-they-expect-such-restrictions-to-be-followed/931817)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-officials-continue-to-encourage-restrictions-for-vaccinated-people-should-they-expect-such-restrictions-to-be-followed/931817 "2021-02-12T22:26:49Z")
This thread on Reddit exemplifies the kind of discussion I’m talking about that I’ve seen multiple times when responding to similar statements by doctors and politicians. Is it harmful to tell people to obey restrictions… --- ## [How to deal with a vaccinated family member](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-a-vaccinated-family-member/932459)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-a-vaccinated-family-member/932459 "2021-02-12T21:54:00Z")
My 85yo M-I-L lives in a wing of our house. My wife visits her several times per day, and she often comes over to eat dinner with us. Right now, since none of us are going out, and none of us are vaccinated, we don’t tak… --- ## [Who Named The Album Titles We Love?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-named-the-album-titles-we-love/930327)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-named-the-album-titles-we-love/930327 "2021-02-12T21:12:39Z")
I’ve read SO many stories, interviews or otherwise, but I have no idea who named the albums. Initial guess it probably the main lyricist, but I don’t know for sure. I’m sure it’s probably mutually agreed upon by the band… --- ## [I loved Tom King's run on Batman--let's discuss! (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-tom-kings-run-on-batman-lets-discuss-open-spoilers/932378)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-tom-kings-run-on-batman-lets-discuss-open-spoilers/932378 "2021-02-12T21:10:54Z")
(Open spoilers for Batman (Vol. 3, 2016-present) issues 1-85 (and intervening Annuals) and Batman/Catwoman (2020-present) issues 1-2.) I’m talking about comic book writer Tom King, who was the writer for Batman (Vol. 3,… --- ## [Diet soda vs. zero sugar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-soda-vs-zero-sugar/932447)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-soda-vs-zero-sugar/932447 "2021-02-12T20:32:47Z")
I’m seeing several new “zero sugar” sodas these days, in addition to the “diet” varieties. What’s the difference, and why have both? --- ## [Billy Brown of "Alaskan Bush People" dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-brown-of-alaskan-bush-people-dies/932775)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-brown-of-alaskan-bush-people-dies/932775 "2021-02-12T20:11:36Z")
I didn’t see this yet, and it’s probably just a blip on most people’s radar. Billy Brown, patriarch of the Brown family featured on the Discovery reality series Alaskan Bush People died this past Sunday, Feb. 7. The ser… --- ## [White Anger!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-anger/931918)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-anger/931918 "2021-02-12T18:58:27Z")
So as we enter the Post-Trump era, I feel compelled to discuss a phenomenon I’ve witnessed long before Donald Trump that I like to call “White Anger\[sup\]TM\[/sup\]”. It’s kind of like this disproportional unthinking rage … --- ## [Donald Trump is America's worst mass murderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-is-americas-worst-mass-murderer/929980)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-is-americas-worst-mass-murderer/929980 "2021-02-12T18:54:02Z")
How many more? 370,000+ covid-19 deaths. 5 dead as a result of yesterday’s insurrection. How many more? Trump has killed more than 250 Americans for every day he has been in office. Fuck him and everyone who enables… --- ## [Etiquette when correcting a misspelling of your name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-when-correcting-a-misspelling-of-your-name/932303)
**Author:** [@Tabco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabco)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-when-correcting-a-misspelling-of-your-name/932303 "2021-02-12T18:41:06Z")
My first name is seemingly pretty common, but has a minor (and very unusual) change in the spelling that could be missed at a glance. My first name also has a common shorthand that obscures this variant. I’ll use the nam… --- ## [The Hay System/Method and HR](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hay-system-method-and-hr/932767)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hay-system-method-and-hr/932767 "2021-02-12T18:30:46Z")
A friend of mine (honest!) is having their job description re-assessed by HR. HR is using the Hay System to determine what the job entails. This will have implications for salaries. When they ask for clarification on the… --- ## [Boston Bruins to retire Willie O'Ree's jersey!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-bruins-to-retire-willie-orees-jersey/930390)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-bruins-to-retire-willie-orees-jersey/930390 "2021-02-12T18:24:24Z")
I am so excited/emotional I can’t hardly stand it! Long overdue! Ddamn straight! Congratulations Mr. O’Ree! Good on you, Boston Bruins! Ad a big thumbs up to the great, great sport of hockey in general: it ain’t … --- ## [Monitor wall mounts - ahh, help!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monitor-wall-mounts-ahh-help/932682)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monitor-wall-mounts-ahh-help/932682 "2021-02-12T18:14:29Z")
I have a 27" Dell Monitor that I’m looking at attach to my wall, to save desk space. Easy, right? Where on earth do I start? Aside from the bewildering array of choice, at vastly different prices, all the wall mounts I … --- ## [Trump nearly needed a ventilator?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-nearly-needed-a-ventilator/932724)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-nearly-needed-a-ventilator/932724 "2021-02-12T18:14:07Z")
Although this story has multiple sources, I’m still skeptical that the Manchurian Cantaloupe really did have COVID in the first place. Moderators: feel free to relocate this thread if you deem it appropriate. --- ## [A (likely) Pyrrhic victory on social media \[coffee-fueled\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-likely-pyrrhic-victory-on-social-media-coffee-fueled/932770)
**Author:** [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-likely-pyrrhic-victory-on-social-media-coffee-fueled/932770 "2021-02-12T17:45:14Z")
My brother married one of my friends from my former workplace. They met at my wedding. She’s good people. But she slowly out-brothered my brother over their years together, being pulled inexorably into his Fox/Limbaug… --- ## [Hidden profile and filtering](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hidden-profile-and-filtering/932632)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hidden-profile-and-filtering/932632 "2021-02-12T17:34:26Z")
I know how to filter a thread to just show one user’s posts, but it doesn’t work if the user has their profile hidden. Is there an alternative way to do this? I’m a bit baffled why hiding the profile removes this functi… --- ## [A weight-loss drug: semaglutide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weight-loss-drug-semaglutide/932768)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weight-loss-drug-semaglutide/932768 "2021-02-12T17:08:25Z")
Unfortunately, I assume this is behind a paywall: The drug is already approved for diabetes. Here is one paragraph: Nearly 2,000 participants, at 129 centers in 16 countries, injected themselves weekly with semaglut… --- ## [Leaving job notice time outside the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaving-job-notice-time-outside-the-us/932716)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaving-job-notice-time-outside-the-us/932716 "2021-02-12T16:08:51Z")
In the US you typically give 2 weeks notice you are quitting. Some places will escort you out that day and give you 2 weeks pay but that is not common. Someone told me in India it’s 3 months which is pretty strange. … --- ## [Perils of Zoom trials : “Your Honour, I am not a cat.”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perils-of-zoom-trials-your-honour-i-am-not-a-cat/932549)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perils-of-zoom-trials-your-honour-i-am-not-a-cat/932549 "2021-02-12T15:50:09Z")
However, he was prepared to go forward with the hearing in Cat-mode. True barrister. --- ## [Easy way to make CGI people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-way-to-make-cgi-people/932697)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-way-to-make-cgi-people/932697 "2021-02-12T15:20:58Z")
This company Epic Games is a few miles from where I live https://www.fastcompany.com/90603474/the-company-behind-fortnite-just-made-it-shockingly-easy-to-create-life-like-people --- ## [French arms company executive ejects himself from jet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-arms-company-executive-ejects-himself-from-jet/851809)
**Author:** [@Manwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manwich)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-arms-company-executive-ejects-himself-from-jet/851809 "2021-02-12T14:45:25Z")
This story has everything. It’s almost too good that he’s French. It’s like a sitcom plot. “The man had never expressed any desire to fly in a fighter jet” Also, poor guy, must have been crapping his dacks, not funn… --- ## [New Fall TV Shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fall-tv-shows/841534)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fall-tv-shows/841534 "2021-02-12T14:04:22Z")
What new TV shows has everyone tried out? Which ones are keepers? My keepers: The Unicorn Stumptown Bluff City Law Prodigal Son Evil Not sure yet: Perfect Harmony All Rise Emergence Tried and deemed a fail: B… --- ## [Fintan O'Toole on the mob that made Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fintan-otoole-on-the-mob-that-made-trump/932610)
**Author:** [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fintan-otoole-on-the-mob-that-made-trump/932610 "2021-02-12T13:33:02Z")
Possibly behind a paywall, but Fintan O’Toole has the lead essay in the NY Review of Books in their Feb 25 issue, titled "The Trump Inheritance". In that inimitable NYRB erudite yet readable way, he lays out the case for… --- ## [Appre-see-ate or appre-she-ate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appre-see-ate-or-appre-she-ate/321520)
**Author:** [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appre-see-ate-or-appre-she-ate/321520 "2021-02-12T10:40:12Z")
I have heard the word appreciate pronounced by British speakers in both the ways suggested in the thread title: appre-see-ate and appre-she-ate. Are these two pronunciations generally mixed or are there certain localit… --- ## [NCIS Q: Palmer's wife?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncis-q-palmers-wife/932613)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncis-q-palmers-wife/932613 "2021-02-12T07:21:29Z")
I thought I was fairly up to date on my NCIS episodes. In the most recent one, Jimmy Palmer mourns his late wife. Um, I don’t remember the episode where she died, and neither do WIKI nor the IMDB. Can somebody get me up … --- ## [Is the USA approaching herd immunity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-usa-approaching-herd-immunity/932256)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-usa-approaching-herd-immunity/932256 "2021-02-12T06:45:38Z")
One possible explanation for the sharply dropping number of cases in the USA is that there has been a change of government :slight\_smile: Discounting that, another possibility is that everybody is just better behaved. C… --- ## [B-17 crash in Connecticut](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-17-crash-in-connecticut/841151)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-17-crash-in-connecticut/841151 "2021-02-12T06:43:45Z")
Multiple injuries reported after vintage plane crashes at Bradley International Airport The aircraft was ‘Nine-O-Nine’. --- ## [Is my current employment situation a good problem to have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-current-employment-situation-a-good-problem-to-have/932345)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-current-employment-situation-a-good-problem-to-have/932345 "2021-02-12T03:46:56Z")
Background: I’m currently a college senior who’s completing an online internship this semester. I’ll be able to graduate after I’m done with it. My Current Employment Situation: I worked for a grocery store part time du… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1548) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1550)