# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1666 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1667 --- ## [Trump would like us all to stop talking so much about the pandemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-would-like-us-all-to-stop-talking-so-much-about-the-pandemic/923938)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2020, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-would-like-us-all-to-stop-talking-so-much-about-the-pandemic/923938 "2020-10-30T05:48:19Z")
Dateline, London 1349 – King Edward of Windsor, the Third of that name, declared yesterday that he was tired of people constantly talking about the black Death. He himself has returned from war in France with no ill e… --- ## [Do dogs have 'handedness'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-dogs-have-handedness/924112)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2020, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-dogs-have-handedness/924112 "2020-10-30T04:57:48Z")
99% sure that Luna here is a lefty. She is very front-paw able - the dog pokes me in the leg to get attention, for example- and while I’ve seen her use both left and right paws, she definitely shows a preference for her … --- ## [Why no evocative death in "Rabbit Is Rich"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-evocative-death-in-rabbit-is-rich/924251)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2020, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-evocative-death-in-rabbit-is-rich/924251 "2020-10-30T03:35:58Z")
I’m a big fan of the Rabbit novels by John Updike, and have read or listened to them multiple times. Each of the first two novels, Rabbit, Run and Rabbit Redux, feature a death at the end, and the manner of death is hi… --- ## [Is Youtube mandatory ads now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-youtube-mandatory-ads-now/922967)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-youtube-mandatory-ads-now/922967 "2020-10-30T03:14:52Z")
As of two days ago, Youtube videos will not run unless I disable ad blocking for the site. I notice they now have a prominent ad for their premium pay-for-no-ads version. --- ## [Why "Its a Good Life" is so....good](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-its-a-good-life-is-so-good/924236)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-its-a-good-life-is-so-good/924236 "2020-10-30T02:02:51Z")
The Twilight Zone episode The cast plays it so straight. Not a bit of ham. Just sheer internalized terror and despair. I only got yesterday that Anthony made it snow in response to his Aunts complaining about the heat.… --- ## [What exactly are Reeducation Camps? Are they concentration camps or just summer camps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-are-reeducation-camps-are-they-concentration-camps-or-just-summer-camps/923957)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2020, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-are-reeducation-camps-are-they-concentration-camps-or-just-summer-camps/923957 "2020-10-30T02:01:22Z")
Specifically, the Communist style “Reeducation Camps” that popped up in places such as Vietnam after the 1975 Victory, Cuba after the Cuban Revolution, and the various Soviet Reeducation Camps throughout its existence. I… --- ## [ID this short story (maybe not SF)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-short-story-maybe-not-sf/924218)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-short-story-maybe-not-sf/924218 "2020-10-30T01:42:13Z")
It’s a view of life, originally in the countryside, from the point of view of an oak tree (I think). The tree has no concept of movement, so when people go by on the country road, it looks like they are getting bigger an… --- ## [Ed Wynn: Most impersonated voice of all time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wynn-most-impersonated-voice-of-all-time/924102)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-wynn-most-impersonated-voice-of-all-time/924102 "2020-10-30T00:37:16Z")
Some actors have such a distinctive voice that it gets “borrowed” time and time again by other actors, particularly those doing voice-over work. I suspect Ed Wynn may hold the record here for the number of roles emulati… --- ## [5 Dog Breeds Existed 10,000 Years Ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-dog-breeds-existed-10-000-years-ago/924256)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-dog-breeds-existed-10-000-years-ago/924256 "2020-10-30T00:34:44Z")
According to the Guardian, reporting on a genetic analysis. Not sure I would have guessed that, but it is fascinating. --- ## [Pardoned War Criminal Wants to Become Lawyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardoned-war-criminal-wants-to-become-lawyer/923928)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardoned-war-criminal-wants-to-become-lawyer/923928 "2020-10-30T00:27:59Z")
This is some mighty, let’s call it interesting reading here: Former Army 1st Lt. Clint Lorance has a new mission: To become a lawyer and press for reform of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, under which he was conv… --- ## [3M 8511 N95 mask or 3M 8210V N95 mask](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3m-8511-n95-mask-or-3m-8210v-n95-mask/924036)
**Author:** [@RunSilent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RunSilent)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3m-8511-n95-mask-or-3m-8210v-n95-mask/924036 "2020-10-27T23:36:42Z")
What is the difference between these two types of masks? Which is best for an adult with a thin face? --- ## [Cats vs Dogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-vs-dogs/49696)
**Author:** [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-vs-dogs/49696 "2020-10-29T23:52:40Z")
Well, cats. Cats obviously. No question. But I’m not here to poise the perennial question of whether cats or dogs are better (especially when the answer is so obviously cats), rather to consider the assumtions behind th… --- ## [Every Terrible Thing Trump Has Done As President](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-terrible-thing-trump-has-done-as-president/924242)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-terrible-thing-trump-has-done-as-president/924242 "2020-10-29T23:16:11Z")
I saw this list on YouTube. Just thought I’d share. --- ## [Have you ever obsessively/"involuntarily" binge-watched a show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-obsessively-involuntarily-binge-watched-a-show/924178)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-obsessively-involuntarily-binge-watched-a-show/924178 "2020-10-29T22:30:16Z")
I had been meaning to watch “A Handmaid’s Tale” and started it two days ago. Oh my god. I can’t tear myself away. I watched three episodes in a row, then a fourth in the middle of the night when I couldn’t sleep. Then a… --- ## [Thansgiving dates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thansgiving-dates/924126)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thansgiving-dates/924126 "2020-10-29T22:04:03Z")
My friends birthday is Nov. 26, and it is Thanksgiving this year. He wants to know how often the 26th has been on thanksgiving from his birth in 1960 til now. I tried to look, but it won’t show anything earlier than 2011… --- ## [Muslim Self-Help Book for Anxiety or Trauma?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslim-self-help-book-for-anxiety-or-trauma/924231)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslim-self-help-book-for-anxiety-or-trauma/924231 "2020-10-29T21:31:26Z")
I know this is a shot in the dark, but I’ve seen CS solve harder problems. I’m looking for a book from a Muslim faith - based perspective that deals with anxiety or trauma. Alternatively, I’m looking for non-religious … --- ## [Rock-y (Horror) the Vote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-y-horror-the-vote/924176)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-y-horror-the-vote/924176 "2020-10-29T21:30:48Z")
Not sure where this belongs, but it does feature a well-known song from a popular old movie, so the Cafe seemed the best bet. Mods, if it needs moving into P&E or elsewhere, please do so. It seems Jack Black (and a num… --- ## [Vaccine won't stop infection?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccine-wont-stop-infection/922571)
**Author:** [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccine-wont-stop-infection/922571 "2020-10-29T20:05:36Z")
I was operating under the impression that the COVID-19 vaccine would work something like this: A vaccine is rolled to at-risk groups and then to the general population A sufficient portion of people that get the vaccin… --- ## [Man denied German citizenship for refusing to shake woman's hand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-denied-german-citizenship-for-refusing-to-shake-womans-hand/923331)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-denied-german-citizenship-for-refusing-to-shake-womans-hand/923331 "2020-10-29T19:26:46Z")
Not sure what I think about this. On one hand, making citizenship conditional on physical contact with a stranger seems kind of dodgy. On the other, we’re always told we shouldn’t tolerate intolerance. On the third han… --- ## [Stumptown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stumptown/840933)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stumptown/840933 "2020-10-29T18:50:48Z")
Anybody catch the premeire of Stumptown on ABC? Cobie Smulders (late of How I Met You Mother) plays an unemployed Army veteran with PTSD who helps find a missing teenager. This will apparently lead to her becoming a li… --- ## [Hypothetical: Man raped, wife and child stabbed, rapist becomes pregnant, faces death penalty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-man-raped-wife-and-child-stabbed-rapist-becomes-pregnant-faces-death-penalty/923355)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-man-raped-wife-and-child-stabbed-rapist-becomes-pregnant-faces-death-penalty/923355 "2020-10-29T18:19:46Z")
I’ve conjured a horrible, horrible scenario, in the hopes of drawing out some moral and/or legal analysis. Details of the hypothetical caseLet’s pretend John Doe is married with a young daughter. He is very religious an… --- ## [MLB 2020 The (Weird) Postseason](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2020-the-weird-postseason/921756)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2020-the-weird-postseason/921756 "2020-10-29T18:19:14Z")
Well, here we go. ROUND ONE AMERICAN LEAGUE E1 Tampa Bay Rays vs. WC2 Toronto Blue Jays One of the most clear favourites in Round 1 has to be the Rays, considered by many prognosticators to be the favorite to win the… --- ## [Qatar authorities fail to identify the woman who abandoned her baby at the airport](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qatar-authorities-fail-to-identify-the-woman-who-abandoned-her-baby-at-the-airport/923931)
**Author:** [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qatar-authorities-fail-to-identify-the-woman-who-abandoned-her-baby-at-the-airport/923931 "2020-10-29T17:21:54Z")
But not before they examined the women that accessed the area, according to this article. “Female passengers flying from Qatar were subjected to invasive searches after a premature baby was found abandoned in an airport… --- ## [Most Memorable Turkey Moments on TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-turkey-moments-on-tv/923860)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-turkey-moments-on-tv/923860 "2020-10-29T17:14:41Z")
Entertainment Weekly had a article on this, where Ruth Kinane listed her four Most Memorable Turkey Moments . What do you think was listed, SDMBers? And what 1000 pound mutant feral gorilla did she somehow skip? --- ## [It's 2020. Why does it still take DAYS for a check to clear?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2020-why-does-it-still-take-days-for-a-check-to-clear/922533)
**Author:** [@DoctorPurple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorPurple)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2020-why-does-it-still-take-days-for-a-check-to-clear/922533 "2020-10-29T16:14:31Z")
It’s 2020. Why does it still take DAYS for a check to clear?! I just started a freelance job 2-1/2 weeks ago. I got my first check on Tuesday and it still has not cleared the issuing bank! How can they not instantly ver… --- ## [How contagious is the virus if everyone wears a mask](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-contagious-is-the-virus-if-everyone-wears-a-mask/924035)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-contagious-is-the-virus-if-everyone-wears-a-mask/924035 "2020-10-29T16:02:15Z")
I haven’t been reading or posting much, especially on the virus but is there a consensus on how effective masks are if everyone wears them? I’ve heard the n95 and kn95 masks will prevent you from both inhaling and exhal… --- ## [How would you define systemic discrimination?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-define-systemic-discrimination/914860)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-define-systemic-discrimination/914860 "2020-10-29T15:20:23Z")
This is something in the news a lot. Canadian politicians discuss it. Others say it exists, and I suspect it often does. But no one defines it. Can anyone? --- ## [Early pandemic things that have gone away that you miss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-pandemic-things-that-have-gone-away-that-you-miss/923447)
**Author:** [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-pandemic-things-that-have-gone-away-that-you-miss/923447 "2020-10-29T12:06:56Z")
Instead of talking about things we miss because of the pandemic, how about some pandemic things that you liked and have now gone away. I miss the stay-at-home talk shows. Jimmy Fallon’s home was so cool, and his girls w… --- ## [Percentage of online clothing purchases which get returned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/percentage-of-online-clothing-purchases-which-get-returned/923974)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/percentage-of-online-clothing-purchases-which-get-returned/923974 "2020-10-29T14:25:30Z")
My wife does an enormous amount of shopping for clothing online for her and our daughters. But part of the reason she does so much of it is that about 80% of what she buys is returned, after which she goes back to shoppi… --- ## [Oh Lord won’t you buy me…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-lord-won-t-you-buy-me/924123)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-lord-won-t-you-buy-me/924123 "2020-10-29T14:24:41Z")
A peregrine falcon? Please? The thing is – and I assume you must know this – there are so many damn pigeons round here. Aside from being annoying little shits, this spring they ravaged – ravaged! – our lettuces. We had t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1665) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1667)