# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1698 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1699 --- ## [ALL CAPS = Shouting - since when?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-caps-shouting-since-when/921618)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-caps-shouting-since-when/921618 "2020-10-01T19:24:11Z")
Typing emails and messages in ALL CAPS is considered ‘shouting’, but I believe this convention predates the internet and probably appears in print media - especially works of fiction, where pieces of dialogue are rendere… --- ## [The Right to Choose; a given or a taken?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-right-to-choose-a-given-or-a-taken/921261)
**Author:** [@rboyce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rboyce)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-right-to-choose-a-given-or-a-taken/921261 "2020-10-01T18:54:34Z")
The Right to Choose; a given or a taken? Personally, I believe a woman should have a right to choose whether she wants to take the embryo in her womb to birth or not. Hypothetically, if I were a woman who was joining w… --- ## [Trump could temporarily have 408 electoral votes, until the "blue shift" gives Biden 334](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-could-temporarily-have-408-electoral-votes-until-the-blue-shift-gives-biden-334/921207)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-could-temporarily-have-408-electoral-votes-until-the-blue-shift-gives-biden-334/921207 "2020-10-01T18:31:22Z")
Interesting New Yorker article (scroll down, it’s the 9th paragraph): The gap between in-person voting and mail voting is potentially so vast between Republicans and Democrats, respectively, that a data company, Hawkfish… --- ## [Trump didn't "Bully" Biden and the media needs to quit saying that](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-didnt-bully-biden-and-the-media-needs-to-quit-saying-that/921926)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-didnt-bully-biden-and-the-media-needs-to-quit-saying-that/921926 "2020-10-01T18:25:27Z")
Bullying is when you intimidate and strike fear into your victim. Trump did neither of those things. At best, Trump annoyed him. The Repubs are eating up this “bullying” nonsense and I really wish they would stop and c… --- ## [Is this how they wake you up from anaesthesia? (graphic)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-how-they-wake-you-up-from-anaesthesia-graphic/920260)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-how-they-wake-you-up-from-anaesthesia-graphic/920260 "2020-10-01T18:25:07Z")
A YouTube video. It’s looks pretty bad, but am no expert. I have had surgery under general anaesthesia a few times and my recollection is of waking up, not struggling with the nurses. --- ## [Free Testing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-testing/919007)
**Author:** [@Dark\_Sponge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Sponge)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-testing/919007 "2020-10-01T18:11:06Z")
Today marks the first day 100% free COVID testing is available in my area (Washington), as a one time event. Anyone else’s state doing something similar? --- ## [Tower of Power bassist Rocco Prestia has died at the age of 69](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tower-of-power-bassist-rocco-prestia-has-died-at-the-age-of-69/921977)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tower-of-power-bassist-rocco-prestia-has-died-at-the-age-of-69/921977 "2020-10-01T18:02:30Z")
damn… --- ## [Bonfire of Destiny - La Bazar De La Charite - Netflix Series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonfire-of-destiny-la-bazar-de-la-charite-netflix-series/845796)
**Author:** [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonfire-of-destiny-la-bazar-de-la-charite-netflix-series/845796 "2020-01-02T19:21:56Z")
Just released last month, it’s 1890’s Paris and the women of the aristocracy are enjoying a day at a charity bazaar with their children and maids when a fire breaks out and kills hundreds. What unfolds post tragedy to th… --- ## [On Code 8 on netflix, what powers do the supers have and what does the classification mean](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-code-8-on-netflix-what-powers-do-the-supers-have-and-what-does-the-classification-mean/851653)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-code-8-on-netflix-what-powers-do-the-supers-have-and-what-does-the-classification-mean/851653 "2020-04-12T21:54:53Z")
I just started watching this, but I’m curious if there is any list of the powers that the supers have, or what things like class 1, class 2, mean. My impression is the powers are things like Creating heat and fire Cre… --- ## [‘Luce’ movie discussion? (available on Netflix)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luce-movie-discussion-available-on-netflix/919156)
**Author:** [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luce-movie-discussion-available-on-netflix/919156 "2020-08-27T15:57:36Z")
I’ve been looking for “new to me” stuff to watch and came across the movie Luce. Anybody seen it? I think it provides fodder for an interesting discussion as it could be interpreted in different ways. It’s about a youn… --- ## [How do they determine "visibility" in weather forecasts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-determine-visibility-in-weather-forecasts/921975)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-determine-visibility-in-weather-forecasts/921975 "2020-10-01T17:45:04Z")
Is this mostly useful to aviation? Or does the weather person go to the top floor and look for all the pre-marked landmarks around the area? --- ## [Community (TV Show) comes to Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tv-show-comes-to-netflix/850809)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tv-show-comes-to-netflix/850809 "2020-10-01T17:43:45Z")
Community which ran from 2009 to 2015 and somehow managed 6 season but no movie (yet?). 110 episodes. It was an extremely funny series at its best but the last 2 years were not very good sadly. --- ## [Is the Fermi Paradox becoming more acute?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-fermi-paradox-becoming-more-acute/759574)
**Author:** [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Replies:** 409\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-fermi-paradox-becoming-more-acute/759574 "2020-10-01T17:33:36Z")
Seth Shostak, Senior Astronomer and Director at the Center for SETI Research said in 1914: “”One in five stars has at least one planet where life might spring up. That’s a fantastically large percentage. That means in ou… --- ## [For the love of Wisconsin Supper Clubs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-wisconsin-supper-clubs/921630)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-wisconsin-supper-clubs/921630 "2020-10-01T17:21:37Z")
Now we moved back to Wisconsin after a 26 year absence. We used to have a cottage in Tomahawk, Wisconsin and knew all the best Supper clubs. These are Brandy old fashioned drinks, relish trays, prime rib on Saturdays. W… --- ## [Any examples of urban folk voting to screw over rural folk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-examples-of-urban-folk-voting-to-screw-over-rural-folk/920287)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-examples-of-urban-folk-voting-to-screw-over-rural-folk/920287 "2020-10-01T15:55:49Z")
Whenever there’s a discussion of the Electoral College, I hear that if we don’t give rural people more voting power relative to their population, the urban people will vote for policies that hurt rural areas. That sound… --- ## [What exactly did Hercules mistake Megara and his children for as he slew them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-did-hercules-mistake-megara-and-his-children-for-as-he-slew-them/921894)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-did-hercules-mistake-megara-and-his-children-for-as-he-slew-them/921894 "2020-10-01T15:36:37Z")
I read somewhere that in his fit of delusional madness Hercules mistook his wife Megara and children for monsters /enemies. But What exactly did Hercules mistake Megara and his children for as he slew them? Are there an… --- ## [So what's going on in the Caucasus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-going-on-in-the-caucasus/921925)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-going-on-in-the-caucasus/921925 "2020-10-01T15:29:57Z")
The cold war between Armenia and Azerbaijan appears to be heating back up. Background: The dispute is over the region between their two countries. Its population is mostly ethnically Armenian but it was legally part of… --- ## [Is there any way to disable markdown?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-disable-markdown/921762)
**Author:** [@CardboardBoxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CardboardBoxx)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-disable-markdown/921762 "2020-10-01T15:10:55Z")
I don’t want a single asterisk to turn everything into italics, and several other common symbols that automatically do something weird in markdown. Is there any setting, or any code I can put in my post that just disable… --- ## [It may be a Novelty Song, but it’s also a \*good\* song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-may-be-a-novelty-song-but-it-s-also-a-good-song/919737)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-may-be-a-novelty-song-but-it-s-also-a-good-song/919737 "2020-10-01T15:02:33Z")
The hallmark of most novelty songs (think “The Streak” or “Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah”) is that you only need to hear them a time or two before they get old. The novelty wears off quickly, you might say. But there are e… --- ## [Covid and library books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-and-library-books/921594)
**Author:** [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-and-library-books/921594 "2020-10-01T14:57:55Z")
My boyfriend loved to visit the library on his lunch break from work, but hasn’t been back since all of this started. We found this article today, which details a huge research project around how long the virus lasts on … --- ## [Possibly (probably?) insensitive question about elaborate braided hair styles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-probably-insensitive-question-about-elaborate-braided-hair-styles/920584)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-probably-insensitive-question-about-elaborate-braided-hair-styles/920584 "2020-10-01T14:30:42Z")
Sorry, unlike everybody seems to say, I DON’T have any black friends I can ask about this. Not out of antipathy towards having black friends, it’s just that there pretty much aren’t many black people in our area. Anyway… --- ## [Can I send my Trump-supporting neighbors envelopes containing nothing but Trump quotes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-send-my-trump-supporting-neighbors-envelopes-containing-nothing-but-trump-quotes/921469)
**Author:** [@Nayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nayna)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-send-my-trump-supporting-neighbors-envelopes-containing-nothing-but-trump-quotes/921469 "2020-10-01T14:18:40Z")
A few Trump 2020 signs have cropped up on my neighborhood lawns. Frankly, I think all lawn signs are ridiculous (but not as ridiculous as Trump flags flying from the windows of pickup trucks), and I’d rather not know who… --- ## [Will the government shut down tonight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-government-shut-down-tonight/921907)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-government-shut-down-tonight/921907 "2020-10-01T14:12:24Z")
Senate is still debating reconciliation bill, they have to vote on it and Dotard has to sign it. Like my polls end time, they have until the stroke of midnight to get this done. Will they do it? (Note: for consideratio… --- ## [Guess the Pictographic Syllogism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-pictographic-syllogism/918340)
**Author:** [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-pictographic-syllogism/918340 "2020-10-01T13:30:18Z")
In this game, players guess the syllogism by looking at the three emoji posted by the previous player. Let’s say the three emoji are the following: :japanese\_ogre: :barber: :grinning: I can guess that the syllogis… --- ## [Thoughts about weddings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-about-weddings/921321)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-about-weddings/921321 "2020-10-01T13:23:53Z")
Wondering what folk have done/thought about regarding weddings or other larger get-togethers. One of my nephews sent a “save the date” for next April. I’m pretty comfortable with various smaller gatherings - especially… --- ## [LG V35 ThinQ screen turns on too easily. (Settings question)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lg-v35-thinq-screen-turns-on-too-easily-settings-question/921928)
**Author:** [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lg-v35-thinq-screen-turns-on-too-easily-settings-question/921928 "2020-10-01T12:05:23Z")
I switched from an S8 to the ThinQ a few months ago and I’m really not liking it. Mainly because to turn the screen off you need to hit the power button which is on the back of the phone. So instead of just tapping a sid… --- ## [Most pointless Google Doodle ever? Google celebrates the dachshund bobblehead today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-pointless-google-doodle-ever-google-celebrates-the-dachshund-bobblehead-today/921888)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-pointless-google-doodle-ever-google-celebrates-the-dachshund-bobblehead-today/921888 "2020-10-01T08:50:53Z")
I thought the most pointless Google doodle ever was when they celebrated the anniversary of the paper hole puncher, but I think this is a new height in pointlessness. --- ## [Has there ever been a book where](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-book-where/921595)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-book-where/921595 "2020-10-01T08:35:45Z")
I had an idea for a novel. Reading the Dope has taught me every time someone thinks they have a novel idea for a, well, novel :slight\_smile: 26 people will post, “oh that was done several times before…” Still, I press o… --- ## [Did blue genies originate with Disney's Aladdin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-blue-genies-originate-with-disneys-aladdin/921804)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-blue-genies-originate-with-disneys-aladdin/921804 "2020-10-01T07:44:34Z")
Nowadays it seems most depictions of genies are blue. (Go to your favourite image search engine, type in “genie”, and you’ll find the overwhelming majority of the results are blue. Even those genies not featuring blue … --- ## [Ultimate Challenge Thread: You cannot sing this Beatles bit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-challenge-thread-you-cannot-sing-this-beatles-bit/921944)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-challenge-thread-you-cannot-sing-this-beatles-bit/921944 "2020-10-01T06:56:27Z")
Yup, the title of this thread needed to be as gratiuitously bombastic and in-your-face as humanly possible. In the Beatles’ Dr. Roberts, you cannot sing this line: No one can succeed lke Dr. Robert Nope. You can’t. J… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1697) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1699)