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**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobia-in-younger-people-whats-the-deal/922621 "2020-10-10T17:51:20Z")
Sooo, long story short, my eldest grandie is just fabulous. He’s still pre-pubescent, but his mum and I agree that we wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if he came out in the next few years. Aaaanyway, she mentioned hi… --- ## [Would you get tested considering these symptoms and factors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-get-tested-considering-these-symptoms-and-factors/921929)
**Author:** [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-get-tested-considering-these-symptoms-and-factors/921929 "2020-10-10T17:39:39Z")
Testing is available in several different locations in a 3 mile radius from me (NYC burbs 20 miles from Manhattan) including a drive-through CVS less than a mile away. The CVS website says “See if you qualify for corona… --- ## [What qualifies as a "Covid death"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-qualifies-as-a-covid-death/922427)
**Author:** [@Scotty\_the\_Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotty_the_Kid)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-qualifies-as-a-covid-death/922427 "2020-10-10T17:37:02Z")
Hey all. Im a long-time lurker, first time poster. Man, yall are intimidating! I finally have a question that is burning in my brain so hot that im putting my big-boy Osh-Kosh Bigosh overalls on and im wading in to the… --- ## [2020 POTUS Debates 2 & 3 (Oct 15 & 22)- Go ahead or cancel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debates-2-3-oct-15-22-go-ahead-or-cancel/922415)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-potus-debates-2-3-oct-15-22-go-ahead-or-cancel/922415 "2020-10-10T16:32:23Z")
Assuming trump is still ambulatory and able to speak by then, he has said he wants to go ahead. I want Biden to pull out. Biden can say that he insists everyone have COVID tests or whatever, but you know trump will refu… --- ## [Watching movies based on who the director or production company is](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-movies-based-on-who-the-director-or-production-company-is/922536)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-movies-based-on-who-the-director-or-production-company-is/922536 "2020-10-10T16:23:13Z")
So maybe I’m slow, but I just realized this is a good strategy to find out what to watch. I’ve seen a lot of Kubricks stuff, but after watching Dr. Sleep I decided to look into director Mike Flanagan’s other work. Some … --- ## [MLB 2020 postseason summary on my phone’s calendar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2020-postseason-summary-on-my-phone-s-calendar/922227)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2020-postseason-summary-on-my-phone-s-calendar/922227 "2020-10-10T16:13:48Z")
I like to put the postseason in my Outlook calendar. Just a brief summary of it, very distilled so I have the basics handy with me on my laptop at work, and on my phone too. Thought I’d share this, in case you find it h… --- ## [I had forgotten what getting good news feels like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-forgotten-what-getting-good-news-feels-like/922544)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-forgotten-what-getting-good-news-feels-like/922544 "2020-10-10T15:50:33Z")
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining. The shitstorm that is 2020 has left me personally in fairly good shape - I have a decent cash reserve, and I live on the “Big Island” of Hawai’i, where people are very community-o… --- ## [Stimulus package, off again, on again, on again, off again... WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stimulus-package-off-again-on-again-on-again-off-again-wtf/922443)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stimulus-package-off-again-on-again-on-again-off-again-wtf/922443 "2020-10-10T15:35:02Z")
Whiskey tango foxtrot? Over. This, Stimulus latest: Trump tweets halt negotiations, meaning federal help for millions is not coming anytime soon And this, Trump abruptly scraps stimulus talks, punting on economic relie… --- ## [Why not restore the filibuster?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-restore-the-filibuster/922384)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-restore-the-filibuster/922384 "2020-10-10T14:48:38Z")
There’s a lot of talk about abolishing the filibuster, but I think the best solution would be to restore it to its former glory, where someone would have to actually talk to interrupt debate. None of this namely-pamby th… --- ## [Trump, Lame Duck Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-lame-duck-edition/922583)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2020, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-lame-duck-edition/922583 "2020-10-10T14:37:35Z")
I just saw a headline, something like “McConnell says not to expect the stimulus deal before the election”, and it made me consider where things go after Trump is elected out (presuming that he is) but still has several … --- ## [Taser question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taser-question/922523)
**Author:** [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taser-question/922523 "2020-10-10T14:00:19Z")
I am planning on travelling back in time to the olden days and I’m thinking of taking a taser for personal protection. However, I’m worried in case I meet a fully-armoured knight. Will the taser turn him into a giant f… --- ## [Are fake/stolen passports no longer a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-fake-stolen-passports-no-longer-a-thing/922575)
**Author:** [@alanmartin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alanmartin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-fake-stolen-passports-no-longer-a-thing/922575 "2020-10-10T13:34:45Z")
I remember the days as a kid travelling with a passport that had a photo inserted. This was in the early-2000s. Then during the mid-noughties, countries started introducing bio-metric passports for citizens. There was a … --- ## [President Tyler's Grandson Dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-tylers-grandson-dies/922609)
**Author:** [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2020, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-tylers-grandson-dies/922609 "2020-10-10T08:21:22Z")
I read the most interesting obit in the Times that I’ve seen in quite a while. The grandson of John Tyler, the first VP to become president on the death of a president, just died at 95. The grandson is Lyon Tyler. Since… --- ## [Can one take benzos/BDZ drugs everyday and still function?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-one-take-benzos-bdz-drugs-everyday-and-still-function/922595)
**Author:** [@alanmartin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alanmartin)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2020, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-one-take-benzos-bdz-drugs-everyday-and-still-function/922595 "2020-10-10T08:13:47Z")
And by function I mean work a job, exercise, etc… My psychiatrist has given me x10 tablets of 500mcg alprazolam (Xanax) and x10 tablets of 10mg zolpidem (Ambien). He says I should only take them sparingly and they last f… --- ## [What would you do with absolute power?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-with-absolute-power/921201)
**Author:** [@Jakeyjakey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jakeyjakey)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2020, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-with-absolute-power/921201 "2020-10-10T05:51:06Z")
This thread is inspired by an old thread I made about whether or not it is wrong to step on bugs, but with a different subject. There is an episode of the Twilight Zone called the Little People where a couple astronauts … --- ## [Anybody else here playing The Tribez?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-here-playing-the-tribez/922608)
**Author:** [@half-elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/half-elf)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2020, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-here-playing-the-tribez/922608 "2020-10-10T04:57:39Z")
I am a long time Tribez fan, level 111. I hate shooter type games and am bored with Match 3 type games. Does anybody else here play? I found a couple of posts from years ago so at least a couple of people do or did. How… --- ## [eBay communication -- Does this sound like a scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-communication-does-this-sound-like-a-scam/922265)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-communication-does-this-sound-like-a-scam/922265 "2020-10-10T03:16:09Z")
Someone contacted me about the ejection seat I’m selling on eBay. Here’s the eBay message: Is there a rush to get this items sold and out of your way? I ask because I’m very interest. However, I would like to have the… --- ## [Ratched on Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ratched-on-netflix/921542)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ratched-on-netflix/921542 "2020-10-10T03:05:07Z")
I’m really digging this show. Kind of has an AHS vibe (I’m sure Sarah Paulson helps with that) only except, there’s no supernatural element. Just a bunch of messed up people feeding off of each others’ fuck-up-ness. Any… --- ## [Being w/ small groups of people not part of your household bubble? Y, N, maybe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-w-small-groups-of-people-not-part-of-your-household-bubble-y-n-maybe/919705)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-w-small-groups-of-people-not-part-of-your-household-bubble-y-n-maybe/919705 "2020-10-09T23:57:16Z")
Are you getting together socially (i.e., voluntarily) with people who are NOT members of your family/household bubble? I mean groups of 10-sh to 15-ish, not crowds. I know some of you are still going to workplaces-- not… --- ## [What's the longest you've ever flown non-stop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-ever-flown-non-stop/922151)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-youve-ever-flown-non-stop/922151 "2020-10-09T23:13:45Z")
poll Just out of boredom, I thought I’d start a companion poll to the “What’s the longest you’ve driven?” thread, this time air travel related. Feel free to post the route and actual flight time, and whether you were in… --- ## [How will Donald Trump deal with COVID (BBQ Pit version)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-donald-trump-deal-with-covid-bbq-pit-version/922132)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-donald-trump-deal-with-covid-bbq-pit-version/922132 "2020-10-09T23:09:05Z")
Build a wall around it so it won’t infect him. Arrest it as an illegal immigrant and deport it. Make insulting Tweets about it so it will leave in shame. 4.Come up with 15 fake reasons why he doesn’t have COVID. --- ## [In defence of wokeness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-defence-of-wokeness/922065)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 218\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-defence-of-wokeness/922065 "2020-10-09T23:08:10Z")
As one of the people who’s been complaining a lot about ‘woke’ stuff recently, I think this article is well worth reading: --- ## [Better results from same exercise as I age: why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-results-from-same-exercise-as-i-age-why/922593)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2020, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-results-from-same-exercise-as-i-age-why/922593 "2020-10-09T22:32:34Z")
I just started doing push-ups again after a couple of decades (or longer). I’m getting better results than when I was around half the age I am now. I’m not doing any more than I did then. What gives? --- ## [XKCD Friday October 9, 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-friday-october-9-2020/922592)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-friday-october-9-2020/922592 "2020-10-09T21:47:54Z")
There’s got to be other functions that could be added. Anyone? --- ## [Live flu (and other) vaccines provide protection against other virus - including possibly COVID-19](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-flu-and-other-vaccines-provide-protection-against-other-virus-including-possibly-covid-19/922573)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-flu-and-other-vaccines-provide-protection-against-other-virus-including-possibly-covid-19/922573 "2020-10-09T21:14:39Z")
I thought this was an important and reliable-enough article to have its own thread: Could live flu vaccine help you fight off COVID-19? The vaccine has to be the live, attenuated type. Here’s a quote about this type o… --- ## [NYT Spelling Bee for October 9 (Spoilers!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-for-october-9-spoilers/922550)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-spelling-bee-for-october-9-spoilers/922550 "2020-10-09T21:03:47Z")
Here’s another Spelling Bee thread. The game wants 244 points and I just don’t have the energy to slog through it by myself. Here are the rules: Try to make as many words as you can with the following 7 letters. Lett… --- ## [Does anyone really think the NFL can make it through an entire season without canceling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-really-think-the-nfl-can-make-it-through-an-entire-season-without-canceling/916046)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-really-think-the-nfl-can-make-it-through-an-entire-season-without-canceling/916046 "2020-10-09T20:24:29Z")
We are already hitting 75,000 confirmed infections per day in the USA (and who knows how many other un-confirmed/un-detected infections.) This is when we’re still in the heat of summer, and things are only going to get w… --- ## [Do you have a culinary specialty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-culinary-specialty/918331)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-culinary-specialty/918331 "2020-10-09T20:10:08Z")
Whether it’s having guests over for dinner or bringing your contribution to a pot luck, is there something that you prefer to make or are expected to serve? When we have family gatherings at my mom’s, it’s pretty much a… --- ## [What is the state of the Russian navy today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-state-of-the-russian-navy-today/922512)
**Author:** [@cjackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjackson)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-state-of-the-russian-navy-today/922512 "2020-10-09T20:06:03Z")
How is the VMF doing today? --- ## [Is a fart just a fart or is there more to it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-fart-just-a-fart-or-is-there-more-to-it/917041)
**Author:** [@rboyce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rboyce)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-fart-just-a-fart-or-is-there-more-to-it/917041 "2020-10-09T19:07:52Z")
Someone in another forum made a comment about farts and how you could light one with a match & it would burn. This got me thinking so I looked into it and found some interesting things. Chemical Composition of Farts The… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1687) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1689)