# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1632 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1633 --- ## [To Every Poster Who Ever Asserted That Chump Would Win in 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-every-poster-who-ever-asserted-that-chump-would-win-in-2020/925035)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-every-poster-who-ever-asserted-that-chump-would-win-in-2020/925035 "2020-11-30T20:53:20Z")
I cordially invite you to suck my big, fat dick. You know who you are. --- ## [Biden should appoint a Fake News Czar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-should-appoint-a-fake-news-czar/926387)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-should-appoint-a-fake-news-czar/926387 "2020-11-30T20:39:11Z")
He or she would accumulate all the crap that Fox News, OAN and Newsmax spread each week, and then get on TV once a week and debunk everything. While I think the inclination is to just ignore them, this is precisely why … --- ## [What could this exercise regime be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-this-exercise-regime-be/926762)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-this-exercise-regime-be/926762 "2020-11-30T19:55:00Z")
Young people moved into a rental in the neighborhood. We probably wouldn’t have noticed except they do free weights every AM and we hear the clang and bang. So Thanksgiving day they had people over. And were doing a run … --- ## [David Prowse, the presence of Darth Vader, has joined the force](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-prowse-the-presence-of-darth-vader-has-joined-the-force/926719)
**Author:** [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-prowse-the-presence-of-darth-vader-has-joined-the-force/926719 "2020-11-30T19:54:53Z")
Reported in many news sources, like this one; Until I found out otherwise, I did not know that the voice and the body were of two different people. He was Darth Vader and a road safety guy. With Chewbacca gone, it lo… --- ## [How this long break has affected the MCU](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-this-long-break-has-affected-the-mcu/926809)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-this-long-break-has-affected-the-mcu/926809 "2020-11-30T19:52:31Z")
I was just thinking about how this long break, imposed by the pandemic, has affected the MCU. On the one hand, had we need to wait this long, lets say between Infinity War and Endgame, there would have been much more ten… --- ## [Looking for a poem: "But see, the field is clear!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-poem-but-see-the-field-is-clear/926763)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-poem-but-see-the-field-is-clear/926763 "2020-11-30T18:21:17Z")
I’m trying to find a poem that I read once, but can’t remember the author or the title, so I turn to the brightest group on the planet (and who knows, maybe even one of the dipsticks will know the answer). It’s a poem, … --- ## [What do Republicans stand to lose from losing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-republicans-stand-to-lose-from-losing/926357)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-republicans-stand-to-lose-from-losing/926357 "2020-11-30T18:11:25Z")
There is a sentiment among some that can be described as, “Republicans have nothing to lose from Democrats winning, whereas everyone stands to lose from Republicans winning.” In other words, when Republicans lose, all t… --- ## [Commentary - The Social Dilemma (Netflix)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commentary-the-social-dilemma-netflix/926836)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commentary-the-social-dilemma-netflix/926836 "2020-11-30T18:01:11Z")
Not sure if this is Cafe Society or Great Debates, so let’s put this here. We just watched this (IMHO) quite good, quite interesting and quite disturbing documentary on Netflix. It’s a mixture of talking heads (primari… --- ## [The political appeal of a "hard" approach versus a "soft" one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-political-appeal-of-a-hard-approach-versus-a-soft-one/926438)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-political-appeal-of-a-hard-approach-versus-a-soft-one/926438 "2020-11-30T17:46:34Z")
Something that’s been stewing in my mind of late: In politics, there is usually a “hard” solution and a “soft” solution for most problems. And generally the hard one holds much greater appeal. (“Hard” does not mean diff… --- ## [Remembering the Comedy of the Trump Presidency (RIP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-the-comedy-of-the-trump-presidency-rip/926510)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-the-comedy-of-the-trump-presidency-rip/926510 "2020-11-30T17:15:20Z")
Now that his Assholeness is beginning to recede from… everything… it should not be forgotten that his administration was also responsible for more ridiculous content in its 4 years than the previous 10 administrations co… --- ## [Question about Medicare Crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-medicare-crap/926675)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-medicare-crap/926675 "2020-11-30T16:54:10Z")
I’m on Medicare, I have been for years. Mr VOW and I made the joint decision to use the Medicare “supplement” available to us because he retired from the Army: TriCare for Life. It costs us nothing. It used to be, a… --- ## [RIP John Lewis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-john-lewis/915662)
**Author:** [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-john-lewis/915662 "2020-11-30T16:20:24Z")
John Lewis has passed away. He was one of the few politicians that I had actual respect for. I was an adult before I even heard about the freedom riders, when I was informed by a television documentary. Look up informat… --- ## [Xarelto commercial music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xarelto-commercial-music/836979)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xarelto-commercial-music/836979 "2019-07-12T18:07:48Z")
Something struck me as familiar about the background music about this particular commercial:Xarelto TV Spot, 'Not Today: Movie Theater' - iSpot.tv It has a harmony a lot in common with Guns & Roses Sweet Child of Mine … --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - November 2020 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-november-2020-edition/924227)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-november-2020-edition/924227 "2020-11-30T15:17:26Z")
We are so close, 2020 is almost over. With so many of us in quarantine, our book stash should be shrinking, however mine is growing, I think it’s become a sentient being in the corner of my room… or a gravity sink… or so… --- ## [On Acceleration: A Math Question And A Physics Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-acceleration-a-math-question-and-a-physics-question/926592)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-acceleration-a-math-question-and-a-physics-question/926592 "2020-11-30T15:15:41Z")
Math: A vehicle accelerates at 10km per hour per second. So in ten seconds, its speed has gone from zero to 100km/hr; in 20, it’s up to 200km/hr; etc. What is the formula to determine how far the vehicle has moved after… --- ## [When someone learns a motor skill, which part of the brain (or limb) is actually improving?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-learns-a-motor-skill-which-part-of-the-brain-or-limb-is-actually-improving/926760)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-learns-a-motor-skill-which-part-of-the-brain-or-limb-is-actually-improving/926760 "2020-11-30T14:32:29Z")
Say someone has never played piano at all before, but then after a decade of lessons can now play Rachmaninoff’s Third with the best of them. Which part exactly of the body changed and improved? Did the fingers actually… --- ## [NWS May run out of 2020 hurricane names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nws-may-run-out-of-2020-hurricane-names/920184)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nws-may-run-out-of-2020-hurricane-names/920184 "2020-11-30T13:55:47Z")
Already up to R. 4 names left. Then they go to greek letters. Alpha, Beta, etc --- ## [Not enough RAM. Am I ruining my SSD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-enough-ram-am-i-ruining-my-ssd/926573)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-enough-ram-am-i-ruining-my-ssd/926573 "2020-11-30T13:18:15Z")
As discussed in another thread, I recently replaced my hard disk drive with an SSD to improve overall performance (which it did). Now I’m wondering if I should also instal more RAM. Currently I have 4 GB of it; it’s not … --- ## [Did We Treat Transgenderism Better in the Past?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-we-treat-transgenderism-better-in-the-past/926612)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-we-treat-transgenderism-better-in-the-past/926612 "2020-11-30T12:52:45Z")
Speaking of course as Generation X’er (i.e., someone who grew up in the 1970’s and 80’s). Here is what I remember: -They were called ‘transexuals’. Transgender is probably more accurate. But transexual emphasized that … --- ## [Why do single mothers give kids their absent fathers' last names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-single-mothers-give-kids-their-absent-fathers-last-names/920771)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-single-mothers-give-kids-their-absent-fathers-last-names/920771 "2020-11-30T12:34:04Z")
My wife’s niece recently had a baby girl. She and the baby live with her mother; the father lives somewhere else locally. They’re not married or engaged, and from what I understand have had an on-again/off-again thing fo… --- ## [Do you still have a local newspaper? If so, what does it cost?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-a-local-newspaper-if-so-what-does-it-cost/926292)
**Author:** [@urbanredneck2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urbanredneck2)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-a-local-newspaper-if-so-what-does-it-cost/926292 "2020-11-30T12:04:26Z")
Here in Kansas City we have the Kansas City Star. Its been going down hill for years. Currently it costs $2.50 per issue and its maybe 12 pages or so and printing is actually done in Des Moisnes Iowa now. I rarely get to… --- ## [Can I buy oscypek (smoked Polish cheese) in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-buy-oscypek-smoked-polish-cheese-in-the-us/837013)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-buy-oscypek-smoked-polish-cheese-in-the-us/837013 "2020-11-30T08:08:56Z")
If not, why not? I’ll be in Chicago for several days, about a month from now, and I’m determined to get my mitts onto some oscypek. But googling - even in Polish - has turned up zero sources for the spindle shaped, elab… --- ## [Do seagulls ever perch on trees?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-seagulls-ever-perch-on-trees/452745)
**Author:** [@SharkB8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SharkB8)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-seagulls-ever-perch-on-trees/452745 "2020-11-30T05:27:16Z")
Seagulls…I know they have webbed feet and all, but has any one ever seen them perched in a tree? Do/can they land on a tree branch? That goes for any webbed-foot birds. --- ## [Broncos are going to play Saints without any quarterbacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broncos-are-going-to-play-saints-without-any-quarterbacks/926730)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broncos-are-going-to-play-saints-without-any-quarterbacks/926730 "2020-11-30T04:55:09Z")
Due to a remarkable confluence of events, the Broncos are left with no quarterbacks for tonight’s game against New Orleans. Practice-squad wide receiver Kendall Hinton is going to be their QB for this one. --- ## [Canadoper Isolation Café 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadoper-isolation-cafe-2020/853384)
**Author:** [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadoper-isolation-cafe-2020/853384 "2020-11-30T03:32:03Z")
I thought we should have a new thread for 2020, even if not much is happening at present. I saw the Snowbirds fly over today in Ottawa. They’re doing a sequence of flights all across Canada, with formation flyovers of a… --- ## [Food delivery services suck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-delivery-services-suck/925025)
**Author:** [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-delivery-services-suck/925025 "2020-11-30T02:39:17Z")
I’m never ordering from a food delivery service again. Yesterday I used Grubhub. Today from Uber Eats. Both times something was missing from the order. --- ## [What are the dividing lines between "versions" of English through history?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-dividing-lines-between-versions-of-english-through-history/926376)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-dividing-lines-between-versions-of-english-through-history/926376 "2020-11-30T02:25:26Z")
Language constantly changes and evolves. It doesn’t get commercial releases every three years. What are the presumably arbitrary dividing lines between Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English, and Modern Englis… --- ## [What is an aperçu?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-apercu/926738)
**Author:** [@ArtBeforeScience](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArtBeforeScience)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-apercu/926738 "2020-11-30T01:13:05Z")
I stumbled across this word in some academic journal and can’t find a decent discussion of what it means, much less examples of actual aperçus. It’s some sort of clever summary or aside that encapsulates or perhaps expan… --- ## [Question for those of you who have seen Stranger Things - sexual abuse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-those-of-you-who-have-seen-stranger-things-sexual-abuse/917826)
**Author:** [@HMSVictory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMSVictory)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-those-of-you-who-have-seen-stranger-things-sexual-abuse/917826 "2020-11-30T01:04:21Z")
I saw this on Archive Of Our Own, a fanfiction website. The author acknowledges that it’s not a fanfiction but I guess figured they could get answers on that medium. There are a few links to sources that the author pr… --- ## [Jonathan\_Chance, RIP 2020-11-12](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-rip-2020-11-12/924264)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 230\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-rip-2020-11-12/924264 "2020-11-30T00:51:26Z")
I saw this on my FB feed: Jonathan Chance, aka Nate Wooley , has entered hospice care. If you’re interested in attending a gathering in his honor in SC this weekend, please message me [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1631) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1633)