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**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyberpunk-2077-has-a-date-4-16-2020/835274 "2020-12-10T00:08:01Z")
So much sooner that I expected, this is one I have been most eagerly awaiting, and has been on top since the Borderlands 3 Epic store BS. Less than a year away. It also has some guy who was in a couple mov… --- ## [Legal Status of embryos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-status-of-embryos/927534)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-status-of-embryos/927534 "2020-12-10T03:12:42Z")
Watching law & Order on BBC America, I pondered an ethical/legal question brought up: frozen embryos were destroyed against the wishes of the clinic and “parents” by parties and motives not relevant here. Since the embr… --- ## [Why don't stars fall up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-stars-fall-up/596252)
**Author:** [@Sinisterniik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinisterniik)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-stars-fall-up/596252 "2020-12-10T02:48:46Z")
When shooting stars fall across the sky, why don’t they just shoot in all directions? Why don’t we ever see a star shoot straight up from the horizon? --- ## [Clueless delivery company](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-delivery-company/927695)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2020, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-delivery-company/927695 "2020-12-10T02:32:11Z")
I just got an email from a delivery company that apparently is a real company, but with whom I have had no transactions before. The email was an automated thing so that I could schedule a delivery. Delivery from whom, an… --- ## [Have there been any examples of frivolous lawsuits that somehow won?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-examples-of-frivolous-lawsuits-that-somehow-won/926884)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-examples-of-frivolous-lawsuits-that-somehow-won/926884 "2020-12-10T01:37:45Z")
I know frivolous seems to entail they were impossible to actually win but I’m curious if it has happened. I’m looking more for cases that were actually frivolous than cases on their face seemed frivolous to the layman (T… --- ## [My BIL has COVID-19](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bil-has-covid-19/925971)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bil-has-covid-19/925971 "2020-12-10T01:16:17Z")
So…my sister and her husband, both Trump supporters (the only relative I have with this problem) went to DC last weekend(?) to “show their support of our president”. Last night my sister and her husband went to the Eme… --- ## [Opinion on Asian Customs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinion-on-asian-customs/925652)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinion-on-asian-customs/925652 "2020-12-09T23:20:09Z")
I was browsing in the bookstore yesterday and picked up a delightful book by Yang Liu - a graphic artist who lives in Berlin. It was called Man Meets Woman and cleverly, hilariously underscores gender differences. She … --- ## [What condiments/sauces do you use on fish and chips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-condiments-sauces-do-you-use-on-fish-and-chips/926632)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-condiments-sauces-do-you-use-on-fish-and-chips/926632 "2020-12-09T23:08:28Z")
You’re having fish and chips, what do you use? For me, it’s malt vinegar only and I douse both the fish and the chips in it. I’ve never tried curry sauce and I’m not a huge fan of tartar sauce. Ketchup doesn’t work on t… --- ## [Eric Swalwell and CCP spy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-swalwell-and-ccp-spy/927673)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-swalwell-and-ccp-spy/927673 "2020-12-09T21:01:31Z")
Now here you go. --- ## [How do I send electronic Christmas cards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-send-electronic-christmas-cards/927684)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-send-electronic-christmas-cards/927684 "2020-12-09T22:13:24Z")
I would like to send electronic Christmas cards. How do I do that? --- ## [Insect eggs on garden greens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insect-eggs-on-garden-greens/927578)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insect-eggs-on-garden-greens/927578 "2020-12-09T21:32:44Z")
Summer 2020 is already a distant memory and we have taken out the last of the plants from the vegetable garden. All that is left is the kale. Last year this served us all though the winter into the spring. This year I h… --- ## [Big Sky (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-sky-open-spoilers/925915)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-sky-open-spoilers/925915 "2020-12-09T21:20:38Z")
Anyone else watch the first episode of the new David E Kelley show? I watched partially because I was trying to figure out why the blond girl in the previews seemed familiar. She played Dana (Adam Goldberg’s first girl… --- ## [Fun with foreigners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-foreigners/927683)
**Author:** [@MrMrmrmr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrMrmrmr)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-foreigners/927683 "2020-12-09T21:19:34Z")
Years ago we made a product that was also sold in Europe. We would crate up the mold, about 3000 lbs of steel, and ship it overseas. I was told the shipping cost of the parts and import duty was more than shipping the … --- ## [Human selection (breeding) and evolution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-selection-breeding-and-evolution/927060)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-selection-breeding-and-evolution/927060 "2020-12-09T21:07:05Z")
I understand that a lot of fruits, vegetables, pets etc that we have today are a result of human selection. Recently I read an article where a plant has evolved to hide (camouflage ) from humans. Are there other plants … --- ## [COVID erectile dysfunction, the latest worry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-erectile-dysfunction-the-latest-worry/927337)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-erectile-dysfunction-the-latest-worry/927337 "2020-12-09T21:00:00Z")
Will say, had this been known in January, the administration’s response may have been completely different (embedded video contains the news report): If you get the Rona, you won’t get a Bona. --- ## [Health insurance--why restricted open enrollment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-insurance-why-restricted-open-enrollment/927594)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-insurance-why-restricted-open-enrollment/927594 "2020-12-09T20:55:01Z")
Why do health insurance plans only changes allow at one designated time during the year, or unless you have a qualifying event (i.e., change jobs so change in coverage, new baby)? --- ## [Swalwell ccp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swalwell-ccp/927671)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swalwell-ccp/927671 "2020-12-09T20:46:39Z")
https://news.yahoo.com/suspected-chinese-spy-slept-least-130946174.html --- ## [When did hitting your wife cease to be "a thing"? (anglosphere-specific question)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-hitting-your-wife-cease-to-be-a-thing-anglosphere-specific-question/924491)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-hitting-your-wife-cease-to-be-a-thing-anglosphere-specific-question/924491 "2020-12-09T20:36:14Z")
One of the various (and arguably most significant) achievements of the womens’ liberation movement is the fact that physical domination of one’s wife, including by means of corporal punishment and other physical attacks,… --- ## [Federal umemployment benefits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-umemployment-benefits/927666)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-umemployment-benefits/927666 "2020-12-09T20:01:48Z")
Currently unemployed, getting benefits from NJ. They sent an email a while back about additional benefits, but I thnk I would only quaifiy if I was unemployed directly because of COVID, is that right? I am not talking ab… --- ## [Is there any agreed upon metrics for a "good" whiskey/bourbon/scotch?ydrink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-agreed-upon-metrics-for-a-good-whiskey-bourbon-scotch-ydrink/926004)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-agreed-upon-metrics-for-a-good-whiskey-bourbon-scotch-ydrink/926004 "2020-12-09T19:57:25Z")
Recently I was trying to research a nice bottle of whiskey as a gift. The more I look the more I have come to the conclusion there is absolutely no such thing as a good whiskey (or bourbon or scotch). There is only wha… --- ## [RIP Chuck Yeager](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-chuck-yeager/927539)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-chuck-yeager/927539 "2020-12-09T19:45:22Z")
--- ## [Let's assume Biden has won. Who is running in 2024?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-assume-biden-has-won-who-is-running-in-2024/924809)
**Author:** [@stuccosuperstar2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuccosuperstar2020)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-assume-biden-has-won-who-is-running-in-2024/924809 "2020-12-09T19:43:09Z")
On the GOP side, I think considering how close this election was, Mike Pence is a no-brainer. Donald Jr. has made some noise about running. As much as they like his Dad, I’m inclined to think Trump supporters would pref… --- ## [Atheists: If there had to be a god, what would you want it to be like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-if-there-had-to-be-a-god-what-would-you-want-it-to-be-like/922280)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-if-there-had-to-be-a-god-what-would-you-want-it-to-be-like/922280 "2020-12-09T19:38:31Z")
In the past, when there were such threads, some Dopers dodged the hypothetical by replying, “I don’t want there to be a god, period.” So - suppose we bypass that for a moment - if there had to be a god - no dodging this… --- ## [Please say it isn't so. Bad bad bad dream. Blue Spiders. With teeth, oh my!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-say-it-isnt-so-bad-bad-bad-dream-blue-spiders-with-teeth-oh-my/927603)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-say-it-isnt-so-bad-bad-bad-dream-blue-spiders-with-teeth-oh-my/927603 "2020-12-09T19:34:16Z")
Self explanatory topic title. I still wanna run and hide. Gah!!! --- ## [Rep. Eric. Swalwell and the CCP Spies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-eric-swalwell-and-the-ccp-spies/927663)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-eric-swalwell-and-the-ccp-spies/927663 "2020-12-09T19:21:22Z")
Rep. Swalwell political circle was infuriated by A CCP operative, The FBI reported at least two incidences. --- ## [Recommend an anime series similar to Erased](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-an-anime-series-similar-to-erased/927602)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-an-anime-series-similar-to-erased/927602 "2020-12-09T19:18:33Z")
I recently watched the anime series Erased, which I would call a lighthearted mystery. I enjoyed it, and am looking for recommendations on similar series. In particular I’m interested in the following. The series i… --- ## [Inexpensive vs expensive televisions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inexpensive-vs-expensive-televisions/926603)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inexpensive-vs-expensive-televisions/926603 "2020-12-09T19:12:11Z")
I’m not referring to any specific TV, but is there really that big of a difference between a $500 TV and a $2000 TV? I’d hope that if the two were side by side, the difference would be apparent and striking but it’s rea… --- ## [Anti-commercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-commercials/926802)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-commercials/926802 "2020-12-09T19:09:32Z")
Have you ever seen a commercial that annoyed you so much that you would never purchase the product being advertised? Two current commercials come to mind for me. Mazda (I think) ad where a couple is hauling a cooler f… --- ## [Shortest lifespan of team jersey you personally bought?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortest-lifespan-of-team-jersey-you-personally-bought/920061)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortest-lifespan-of-team-jersey-you-personally-bought/920061 "2020-12-09T19:08:04Z")
I only own two player team jerseys both of players who are still active and have been for the past 5 years or so on the same team. One hockey one football. It’s just been luck that these players haven’t been traded or re… --- ## [How do professional translators do it on the fly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-professional-translators-do-it-on-the-fly/926264)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-professional-translators-do-it-on-the-fly/926264 "2020-12-09T19:06:21Z")
I am fluent in several languages, but I have some trouble doing precise translations even when translating the written word. The core issue is that there is frequently not a specific word in one language which fully capt… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1620) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1622)