# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1651 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1652 --- ## [California Statewide Propositions 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-statewide-propositions-2020/922345)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-statewide-propositions-2020/922345 "2020-11-11T19:35:22Z")
It’s time again for Californians to participate in their most direct power and assent or refuse numerous propositions. I’ve collected information from the official voter guide from the Secretary of State and the endorsem… --- ## [Kearsen1 Banned for Trolling and cursing out a mod](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kearsen1-banned-for-trolling-and-cursing-out-a-mod/925357)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kearsen1-banned-for-trolling-and-cursing-out-a-mod/925357 "2020-11-11T19:03:59Z")
Kearsen1 was banned after 4 warnings and 2 suspensions this year. He was reported for a form of trolling and it appeared to be accurate. Upon seeing if he was willing to debate honestly, he showed he was not. Then he … --- ## [Buying an Engagement Ring Online- Does anyone sell for less than list?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-an-engagement-ring-online-does-anyone-sell-for-less-than-list/210513)
**Author:** [@jacobsta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacobsta)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-an-engagement-ring-online-does-anyone-sell-for-less-than-list/210513 "2020-11-11T18:13:59Z")
I am currently researching purchasing an engagement ring for my dear, sweet girlfriend. Anyway, I’ve been looking at purchasing the ring online, but I have found that all of the places that I have looked at so far (bluen… --- ## [Paying for covid-related tests and medical care](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-for-covid-related-tests-and-medical-care/925311)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-for-covid-related-tests-and-medical-care/925311 "2020-11-11T17:34:30Z")
This a question rather than a debate about health insurance. I’m curious about how covid is impacting people in the US with regards to health insurance. Is covid covered under insurance plans? Is there co-pay? What abou… --- ## [Simba elephant in a movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simba-elephant-in-a-movie/925332)
**Author:** [@Hugo1957](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugo1957)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simba-elephant-in-a-movie/925332 "2020-11-11T17:27:08Z")
I too am looking for the movie in which they say up Simba up and it is an elephant I watch circus world with John Wayne and I watch The Greatest Show on Earth with Charlton Heston and that elephant is not in those movies… --- ## [Getting the daily recommended fiber a day is freaking hard!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-the-daily-recommended-fiber-a-day-is-freaking-hard/921919)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-the-daily-recommended-fiber-a-day-is-freaking-hard/921919 "2020-11-11T17:17:30Z")
I mean, it’s not so much a problem when I’m at home all day. I can just stuff my pie-hole with fruits and veggies all day. But on the go? How the fuck does one do it? If anybody has the secret, I’d sure like to know. --- ## [Pitting Urbanredneck for making shit up and claiming it's facts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-urbanredneck-for-making-shit-up-and-claiming-its-facts/851236)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-urbanredneck-for-making-shit-up-and-claiming-its-facts/851236 "2020-11-11T17:09:09Z")
In the When is a Covid-19 death NOT a Covid-19 death? thread, Urbanredneck says this about a Connecticut case: If you click through to the link, it says: As HMS Irruncible neatly summed up a couple posts downthread: … --- ## [Do major Christian denominations have an opinion on WHEN the old testament was written?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-major-christian-denominations-have-an-opinion-on-when-the-old-testament-was-written/924032)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-major-christian-denominations-have-an-opinion-on-when-the-old-testament-was-written/924032 "2020-11-11T16:55:30Z")
So I recently learned the majority of historical opinion is that most of Old Testament was written between the between 700s and 500s BC, so its earliest parts are approximately contemporary with Homer. I was actually su… --- ## [How do i appeal my thread being taken out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-appeal-my-thread-being-taken-out/925241)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-appeal-my-thread-being-taken-out/925241 "2020-11-11T16:35:16Z")
Ok I had a thread that I posted that I was sent something on Facebook that I wanted to get others views on the validity of it and I didn’t notice that at the bottom it said “like and repost” and it got cornfieled for s… --- ## [What iconic characters are linked to a specific portrayal by a specific actor in your mind?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-iconic-characters-are-linked-to-a-specific-portrayal-by-a-specific-actor-in-your-mind/923530)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-iconic-characters-are-linked-to-a-specific-portrayal-by-a-specific-actor-in-your-mind/923530 "2020-11-11T16:33:20Z")
Batman, Spiderman, James Bond - some stories have been told and retold so many times that the character could be played by anyone\*. But sometimes there is a character who is created for the screen or portrayed by an act… --- ## [Do patents have to be findable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-patents-have-to-be-findable/925183)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-patents-have-to-be-findable/925183 "2020-11-11T15:33:59Z")
Let’s say I was attempting to patent a new kind of lumbar support pillow, and I wanted to use that patent to break the back of anyone who makes a similar kind of pillow. Now, if my potential victims know that patent’s re… --- ## [Do we still need to add "reported" to spam threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-still-need-to-add-reported-to-spam-threads/925297)
**Author:** [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-still-need-to-add-reported-to-spam-threads/925297 "2020-11-11T15:29:02Z")
Do we still need to add “reported” to spam threads? I was under the impression that once a post gets some critical number of “it’s spam” flags, Discourse hides the post from everybody until it gets mod attention. If th… --- ## [Third Party (US) Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-party-us-question/925309)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-party-us-question/925309 "2020-11-11T15:28:03Z")
If there were a viable third party in the US (I know, I know) that got, say, 10-20% of the seats in Congress, how would committee assignments work? Would the Republicans and Democrats freeze them out? Can they freeze the… --- ## [Hmm, good question, what DO you buy the mistress for Christmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-good-question-what-do-you-buy-the-mistress-for-christmas/428189)
**Author:** [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-good-question-what-do-you-buy-the-mistress-for-christmas/428189 "2020-11-11T15:13:51Z")
A buddy of mine e-mailed me this morning the oddest question ever. Important Note: NO, said ‘buddy’ is not me, and yes I know that’s what they all say, but it’s true - 'tisn’t me, I have a great wife and am not cheatin… --- ## [Oh, 2020. How do I pit thee? Let me count the ways](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-2020-how-do-i-pit-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/924024)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-2020-how-do-i-pit-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/924024 "2020-11-11T14:51:57Z")
How and why do you pit 2020? Covid, of course. Amy Coney Barrett. And next week we in the US have an election. On July 26, at the age of 104, actress Olivia de Havilland died. Repeats allowed. This isn’t a game. It’s a… --- ## [Wapo election visualization, "political winds"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wapo-election-visualization-political-winds/925318)
**Author:** [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wapo-election-visualization-political-winds/925318 "2020-11-11T14:13:01Z")
This may have come up in one of the election megathreads, but I drowned the last time I tried to swim in there. The map shows change in voter participation and overall dem/pub change. Wapo has a soft (i.e. purely optio… --- ## [Spanish (non-literal) equivalent of "ain't."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-non-literal-equivalent-of-aint/925224)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-non-literal-equivalent-of-aint/925224 "2020-11-11T13:06:02Z")
In English, “ain’t” is a marker (rightly or wrongly) of a lack of education/intelligence. You can tell something about a person who says, “I ain’t going” as compared to someone who says, “I’m not going.” I can translate… --- ## [“Black BandAids”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-bandaids/925092)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-bandaids/925092 "2020-11-11T12:53:46Z")
A comedian was joking on comedy radio about the difficulty of finding bandages for his darker skin colour. “You’d think that a company named Johnson & Johnson…” The primary purpose of a bandage is to protect a wound, r… --- ## [How should California v. Texas be decided?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-california-v-texas-be-decided/924930)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-california-v-texas-be-decided/924930 "2020-11-11T11:31:39Z")
The case is docketed as No. 19-840. From the petition for a writ of certiorati: QUESTIONS PRESENTED As part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), Congress adopted 26 U.S.C. § 5000A. Section 5000A p… --- ## [Credible witness to PA vote fraud (NOT!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credible-witness-to-pa-vote-fraud-not/925267)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credible-witness-to-pa-vote-fraud-not/925267 "2020-11-11T09:40:12Z")
He recanted - then went public claiming he had not. Hmmmm… why would anybody have any trouble believing him? --- ## [Where are the 'Your side lost. Get over it!' memes from four years ago?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-your-side-lost-get-over-it-memes-from-four-years-ago/925018)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-your-side-lost-get-over-it-memes-from-four-years-ago/925018 "2020-11-11T09:39:28Z")
When Trump won the election in 2016, his supporters posted memes that said ‘Your side lost. Get over it!’ My Google Fu is not mighty tonight, and I can’t find any now. --- ## [Ifttt - photo attachments from gmail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ifttt-photo-attachments-from-gmail/691364)
**Author:** [@Engywook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engywook)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ifttt-photo-attachments-from-gmail/691364 "2014-06-23T00:08:59Z")
I’m hoping to be able to have all .jpg attachments sent straight to Dropbox via ifttt. Lots of recipes out there that would appear to do exactly this for all gmail attachments. These work for every kind of attachment ex… --- ## [what do real people use Google Apps for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-real-people-use-google-apps-for/577557)
**Author:** [@code\_grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/code_grey)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2011, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-real-people-use-google-apps-for/577557 "2011-04-07T23:41:49Z")
real person called code\_grey has a bunch of gmail accounts but never felt called to pay an annual fee to Google for that. I also tried using their online word processor awhile ago and thought that OpenOffice writer is mo… --- ## [No matter what, this wasn't the Trump-repudiation Democrats were looking for](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-matter-what-this-wasnt-the-trump-repudiation-democrats-were-looking-for/924757)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-matter-what-this-wasnt-the-trump-repudiation-democrats-were-looking-for/924757 "2020-11-11T06:09:22Z")
As of now, it looks most likely that Biden will eventually prevail. But this still wasn’t and isn’t what Democrats were looking for. The D’s were expecting, and wanting, a blue landslide that decisively repudiate Trump a… --- ## [Was the "Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger" SNL sketch real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-cheeseburger-cheeseburger-snl-sketch-real/925210)
**Author:** [@urbanredneck2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urbanredneck2)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-cheeseburger-cheeseburger-snl-sketch-real/925210 "2020-11-11T05:11:43Z")
Going back to the old Olympia Grill SNL sketch, from 1978 do you think Dan Akroyd was really cooking cheeseburgers on that grill or was it just good acting, props, and sound effects? It sure looks real. --- ## [Has anyone else signed up to be a poll worker or ballot enumerator?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-signed-up-to-be-a-poll-worker-or-ballot-enumerator/921284)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-signed-up-to-be-a-poll-worker-or-ballot-enumerator/921284 "2020-11-11T04:55:52Z")
I applied today. Also to be a ballot adjudicator. Temp work in my county. --- ## [Best way to get from JFK to Lower Manhattan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-get-from-jfk-to-lower-manhattan/767818)
**Author:** [@Nightaudit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightaudit)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-get-from-jfk-to-lower-manhattan/767818 "2020-11-11T04:33:59Z")
OK New Yorker dopers, I’ll be traveling to NYC in late October. I never been to the city or to JFK. What is the best way to get back and forth from JFK and the Lower Manhattan? I have been warned to avoid the taxis and … --- ## [The Oregon DMV just sent me a sheet of paper to tape to my back windhield](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oregon-dmv-just-sent-me-a-sheet-of-paper-to-tape-to-my-back-windhield/925096)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oregon-dmv-just-sent-me-a-sheet-of-paper-to-tape-to-my-back-windhield/925096 "2020-11-11T03:19:26Z")
… instead of a new registration sticker, and, according to the accompanying letter, the reason was a temporary inventory shortage. I’m wondering: Is this happening in other states? And if so, is it in some way related … --- ## [Steam is overwhelming; recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-is-overwhelming-recommendations/923955)
**Author:** [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-is-overwhelming-recommendations/923955 "2020-11-11T02:49:34Z")
Recently I put together a reasonably powerful PC, not strictly for gaming; I’m trying to dip my toes into deep learning. But it’s certainly capable of gaming, so I loaded up Steam. I’m used to playing on my Switch, wher… --- ## [What happens if a political party nominee dies before the election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-a-political-party-nominee-dies-before-the-election/761632)
**Author:** [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-a-political-party-nominee-dies-before-the-election/761632 "2020-11-11T02:39:12Z")
No, I’m not plotting any assassinations. :smiley: If a political party’s candidate dies or suffers some kind of trauma that rendered them unable to continue the campaign, would the nomination automatically go to the VP … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1650) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1652)