# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1608 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1609 --- ## [Can we mix and match moderna and pfizer vaccines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-mix-and-match-moderna-and-pfizer-vaccines/928408)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-mix-and-match-moderna-and-pfizer-vaccines/928408 "2020-12-21T22:29:32Z")
Both require two shots. We don’t get a choice which to take, we get what’s available in our area. But if I get the Pfizer vaccine now, then 20 some days later…I go for my second one…does it HAVE to be the Pfizer one, o… --- ## [Worst Job Interview You Were the Inteviewer On](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-job-interview-you-were-the-inteviewer-on/925607)
**Author:** [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-job-interview-you-were-the-inteviewer-on/925607 "2020-12-21T21:19:33Z")
I was interviewing an internal candidate for an entry level management position. The interview panel consisted of the VP and director form the department and HR (me). At the beginning of every interview I like to tell … --- ## [Dental implant experience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dental-implant-experience/928470)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dental-implant-experience/928470 "2020-12-21T20:53:16Z")
I will likely get one in the spring. Any advice on what to do or not do? My regular doc can do it but I will probably go to a implant specialist. --- ## [What are the odds (coin flipping question)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-coin-flipping-question/928431)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-coin-flipping-question/928431 "2020-12-20T19:17:51Z")
Let’s say I have 3 quarters and I flip each quarter separately. What are the odds that all 3 quarters would have landed heads up, or that all 3 quarters would have landed tails up (no mix of heads and tails)? How would y… --- ## [Armed right wing mobs surround Oregon capitol](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armed-right-wing-mobs-surround-oregon-capitol/928557)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armed-right-wing-mobs-surround-oregon-capitol/928557 "2020-12-21T20:22:19Z")
Not surprising. --- ## [The mass of human stuff has overtaken Earth's biomass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mass-of-human-stuff-has-overtaken-earths-biomass/928554)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mass-of-human-stuff-has-overtaken-earths-biomass/928554 "2020-12-21T20:12:27Z")
While the mass of Earth’s life forms stands at about 1.1 trillion metric tons (1.2 trillion U.S. tons) and has not changed much in recent years, the so-called “anthropogenic mass” of artificial materials is growing ex… --- ## [Thought your 2020 was bad? At least you weren't ghosted by Martin Shkreli](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-your-2020-was-bad-at-least-you-werent-ghosted-by-martin-shkreli/928543)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-your-2020-was-bad-at-least-you-werent-ghosted-by-martin-shkreli/928543 "2020-12-21T20:11:04Z")
So a journalist, who was covering Martin Shkreli’s situation a few years ago, fell in love with him, divorced her husband, quit her job at Bloomberg News, and became “life partners” with Martin “Punch-Face” Shkreli, who … --- ## [Fair coin $2000 for $600](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fair-coin-2000-for-600/927886)
**Author:** [@CardboardBoxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CardboardBoxx)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fair-coin-2000-for-600/927886 "2020-12-21T19:57:16Z")
You’ve been targetted by a popular gameshow that picks random people off the street and offers them cash for questions. You get 6 right, for $600. They then offer you a chance to boost it to $2000 on one toss of a fair c… --- ## [Wonderful New Christmas Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonderful-new-christmas-song/927926)
**Author:** [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonderful-new-christmas-song/927926 "2020-12-21T19:27:26Z")
Lonely Christmas by Wallis A teenager wrote the best new pop-Christmas hook I’ve heard in years. Between the catchy tune, the beat, and the clever wordplay, I expect to enjoy this song during the Holidays for the forese… --- ## [Winter vacation during COVID. Ideas, please!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-vacation-during-covid-ideas-please/928267)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-vacation-during-covid-ideas-please/928267 "2020-12-21T19:23:12Z")
I have a ten-day break coming up. It’s me, my wife and our giant year-old puppy. We’re thinking about a change of scenery so it doesn’t just feel like a ten-day weekend, but there are just so many obstacles: There’s t… --- ## ["Archie, this Gastrodia agnicellus is rebarbative. Have Theodore bring another."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-this-gastrodia-agnicellus-is-rebarbative-have-theodore-bring-another/928262)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-this-gastrodia-agnicellus-is-rebarbative-have-theodore-bring-another/928262 "2020-12-21T19:01:25Z")
Extraordinarily ugly new orchid species found on Madagascar https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/17/africa/ugly-orchid-intl-scli-gbr-scn/index.html --- ## [The correct version of "me" in written communication](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-correct-version-of-me-in-written-communication/928461)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-correct-version-of-me-in-written-communication/928461 "2020-12-21T18:50:15Z")
Maybe it’s just myself. :wink: Have you ever used the correct version of “me” on a message and thought “those idiots are going to think I’m wrong”? Just wondering for myself. --- ## [Does the immune system get better at fighting a bacterial infection it has already beaten before?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-immune-system-get-better-at-fighting-a-bacterial-infection-it-has-already-beaten-before/928531)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-immune-system-get-better-at-fighting-a-bacterial-infection-it-has-already-beaten-before/928531 "2020-12-21T18:38:41Z")
I know it learns to recognise viruses by making antibodies, so that the next time the same virus is seen it can react quickly. Does something similar happen for bacteria? --- ## [Flu vaccine: why do we fail and can AI improve the odds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flu-vaccine-why-do-we-fail-and-can-ai-improve-the-odds/928468)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flu-vaccine-why-do-we-fail-and-can-ai-improve-the-odds/928468 "2020-12-21T16:26:14Z")
For the past few years, the strains selected for the flu vaccine turn out to be not the ones prevalent. Why do we have such low predictability on which strain will be the most infectious and can AI improve the predictabi… --- ## [For UK dopers: Do they know it's Covid time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-uk-dopers-do-they-know-its-covid-time/928412)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-uk-dopers-do-they-know-its-covid-time/928412 "2020-12-21T16:24:40Z")
Now sadly inaccurate, since they’ve got rid of the 5 day mixing window. :cry: --- ## [In the UK, does your dialect affect your social mobility and economic opportunities?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-uk-does-your-dialect-affect-your-social-mobility-and-economic-opportunities/926973)
**Author:** [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-uk-does-your-dialect-affect-your-social-mobility-and-economic-opportunities/926973 "2020-12-21T16:10:32Z")
I was watching a short video concerning very poor people in England. To my American ears, their dialect made them sound uneducated and frankly, kind of dumb. I am not saying that they actually are that. I am curious as … --- ## [The Moodys Suck in Record Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moodys-suck-in-record-time/928496)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moodys-suck-in-record-time/928496 "2020-12-21T15:42:07Z")
Well, we’re 15 minutes in, and there’s no need to watch further. The Moodys suck. Back to YouTube until Bob’s Burgers comes on. --- ## [Can you identify this children's picture book?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-childrens-picture-book/928481)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-childrens-picture-book/928481 "2020-12-21T15:27:23Z")
There was this kid who was always goofing around, and near the very end of the book, he’s leaning against a brick house. An adult asks why he’s doing that, and he says that he’s keeping the wall from falling down. The … --- ## [Anybody have a good Pineapple Bread recipe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-have-a-good-pineapple-bread-recipe/928542)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-have-a-good-pineapple-bread-recipe/928542 "2020-12-21T15:07:43Z")
The title pretty much says it all, but I’d like to point out what discourse thinks this topic is similar to: So…have you killed anybody? Has anybody had LASIK? Dust. Anybody? No? (repeat) Has anybody seen my Lord? A… --- ## [NFL record question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-record-question/926272)
**Author:** [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-record-question/926272 "2020-12-21T14:59:43Z")
I’m going to see if I can word the question in my head well enough for it to be understood: In the NFL, what is the longest x amount of yards and goal that has ended up as a touchdown? Does the NFL have a record for tha… --- ## [Simpsons Joke about Sandra Bullock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-joke-about-sandra-bullock/928540)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-joke-about-sandra-bullock/928540 "2020-12-21T14:48:28Z")
Yeah, I’m still watching The Simpsons as lame as they’ve become. Anyway, last night’s episode had a voiceless appearance by Sandra Bullock because she wasn’t in the guest credits. She was a suspect in stealing packages… --- ## [What animal is #2 on the food chain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animal-is-2-on-the-food-chain/927165)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animal-is-2-on-the-food-chain/927165 "2020-12-21T12:15:49Z")
It’s been a constant all my life that human beings are ‘on top’ of something called ‘the food chain’. Which of course leads me to wonder… who is #2? How you wish to define the question is up to you. However, let’s limit… --- ## [Help IDing a Bob Newhart Show line of dialogue (Christmas episode)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-iding-a-bob-newhart-show-line-of-dialogue-christmas-episode/928499)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-iding-a-bob-newhart-show-line-of-dialogue-christmas-episode/928499 "2020-12-21T12:03:03Z")
The Bob Newhart Show had numerous Christmas episodes. I’m trying to find the one where someone (possibly Mr. Emil Peterson) responds to a query about whether Mr. Carlin (the misanthropic real estate tycoon) will be taki… --- ## [Tiny moths in my office, arg!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-moths-in-my-office-arg/927617)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-moths-in-my-office-arg/927617 "2020-12-21T11:56:39Z")
This has been going on for weeks – tiny moths in my home office. They’re attracted to my computer screens so I kill 4-6 a day, day after day. Where are they coming from?? I understand some moths eat the clothes in your … --- ## [The End of an Unusually Friendly Term](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-an-unusually-friendly-term/928397)
**Author:** [@Acierocolotl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acierocolotl)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-an-unusually-friendly-term/928397 "2020-12-21T10:07:27Z")
I have mentioned it a few times in passing elsewhere, but I teach programming at the local college. These last few terms have been stressful for staff and students both, because it’s all been done by remote. I’m missing … --- ## [Guitar players, help requested](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-help-requested/928490)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-help-requested/928490 "2020-12-21T05:48:34Z")
I’m a pretty good strummer. But other than a couple of iconic opening riffs that’s about it. I’d like to solo a bit. Nothing fast or complicated. I keep hearing about the cage system but I’ve always been intimidated by … --- ## [Identity Theft?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identity-theft/928391)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identity-theft/928391 "2020-12-21T05:18:09Z")
Weird news tonight. I was talking with my girlfriend this evening while I drove home from work. She told me that she had been on the phone with a banker discussing a possible reverse mortgage on her house. The banker tol… --- ## [What do we do with Slutty Vegan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-slutty-vegan/928381)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-slutty-vegan/928381 "2020-12-21T03:41:43Z")
I didn’t name it. I’m more than a bit stunned by it. Discuss. Slutty Vegan --- ## [Temperature: ˚C, ˚F, kelvins... nanojoules per gigabyte?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-c-f-kelvins-nanojoules-per-gigabyte/927976)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-c-f-kelvins-nanojoules-per-gigabyte/927976 "2020-12-21T03:38:56Z")
A while ago, I stumbled across the concept of “coldness”, or “thermodynamic beta”, which is defined as the the reciprocal of temperature. Thermodynamic beta is measured in reciprocal joules, J-1, but can also be measu… --- ## [Why did my fingers get cold, and then didn't?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-my-fingers-get-cold-and-then-didnt/928348)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-my-fingers-get-cold-and-then-didnt/928348 "2020-12-21T03:25:41Z")
I dunno, maybe this belongs in MPTIMS, but I was curious about the mechanics of what happened. Yesterday I went out to shovel snow. I put on warm clothes and boots and a pair of thin leather gloves lined with thin knit … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1607) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1609)