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**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-swarm-in-socal-whats-up/921931 "2020-10-01T06:26:47Z")
Most of them are in the 2.5 - 3 range and in the Westmoreland/Imperial region. Are there any Dopers who live in that area? In the meantime, a 6.4 happened within the past hour in Tonga. I like this seismograph, which … --- ## [Unpacking the Supreme Court](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpacking-the-supreme-court/921673)
**Author:** [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpacking-the-supreme-court/921673 "2020-10-01T04:52:15Z")
I’ve been poking around the USSC website looking for historical info on the membership of the court. Of course we’ve been hearing about the Dem’s threat of packing the court, thanks to McConnell’s refusal to follow the … --- ## [NFL 2020: Week 3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-3/921416)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-3/921416 "2020-10-01T04:24:28Z")
Big story of Week 2 were the injuries. Saquon Barkley, pretty much the only offensive weapon on the Giants, tore his ACL and is, sadly, out for the year. Carolina loses the best offensive weapon and potential MVP Christi… --- ## [Valuing Coins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valuing-coins/921680)
**Author:** [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valuing-coins/921680 "2020-10-01T04:07:43Z")
In the wake of my father’s death last week, my mother has passed over a medium-sized stash of coins to me for valuation. Most of these were my grandfather’s and were probably assembled in the 1960s. With the exception of… --- ## [Zits comic burp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zits-comic-burp/921923)
**Author:** [@heh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heh)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zits-comic-burp/921923 "2020-10-01T02:42:21Z")
I remember in July 2020 there was a comic where Jeremy’s mom burped. I can’t find it anywhere though. Any help? --- ## [Odds of correctly guessing the color of a card in a deck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odds-of-correctly-guessing-the-color-of-a-card-in-a-deck/921508)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odds-of-correctly-guessing-the-color-of-a-card-in-a-deck/921508 "2020-10-01T02:32:42Z")
Is it the same as a coin flip? What are the odds of correctly guessing every red or black in a 52 card deck? How about a half deck, assuming is was evenly 13 reds 13 blacks? --- ## [Men's shirts - last button has horizontal buttonhole - why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-shirts-last-button-has-horizontal-buttonhole-why/919709)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-shirts-last-button-has-horizontal-buttonhole-why/919709 "2020-10-01T02:18:25Z")
Something I’ve noticed on a number of my button-down shirts - the bottom button has a buttonhole that is horizontal, not vertical like the rest. What’s the reason? I’m guessing it has to do with that part of the shirt us… --- ## [Mac Davis has passed away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-davis-has-passed-away/921868)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-davis-has-passed-away/921868 "2020-10-01T02:08:14Z")
Singer/songwriter/actor Mac Davis passed away on Tuesday, after becoming ill after undergoing heart surgery. Davis first came to prominence in the 1960s, writing hits for Elvis Presley (“In the Ghetto,” “A Little Less C… --- ## [Where On Earth Is All This Money (Billionaires)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-on-earth-is-all-this-money-billionaires/921865)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-on-earth-is-all-this-money-billionaires/921865 "2020-10-01T01:56:25Z")
The superrich have ridiculous amounts of money. And there clearly is little money to go around on the ground level. Just what I know. 5% of the population own or control 95% of the wealth in the USA. Also, interesting s… --- ## [What's this nonsense about "rocket science," anyway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-nonsense-about-rocket-science-anyway/383379)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-nonsense-about-rocket-science-anyway/383379 "2020-10-01T01:53:22Z")
I mean, is there even any such thing? Rocketry is a field of engineering, not science – isn’t it? --- ## [Could the Supreme Court Just Not Enforce 22nd Amendment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-supreme-court-just-not-enforce-22nd-amendment/921809)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-supreme-court-just-not-enforce-22nd-amendment/921809 "2020-09-30T23:37:24Z")
I think I brought this up possibly once before. But it deserves a thread of its own. The Supreme Court of the United States doesn’t work by law or constitution. They work by precedent. Even originalists would have to co… --- ## [Coolest Movie Titles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-movie-titles/845640)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-movie-titles/845640 "2020-09-30T22:27:55Z")
A great title, even a movie you’ve never seen… Even if its a bad movie. I’m sure I’ll find a better example, but I like the title, “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”, even if I didn’t like the movie. --- ## [POLL: How many people live in your household?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-people-live-in-your-household/921543)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-people-live-in-your-household/921543 "2020-09-30T22:24:25Z")
poll --- ## [Recommend a digital piano (price range: 400 - 900 bucks)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-digital-piano-price-range-400-900-bucks/916311)
**Author:** [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-digital-piano-price-range-400-900-bucks/916311 "2020-09-30T22:20:36Z")
To start with, a search found several similar threads, but from 6 - 19 years ago, which is an eon in consumer electronics. My 13-year-old wants to get a digital piano. She has a modest budget of 400 - 900 euros / ~ doll… --- ## [Intermittant fasting? how to cope with hunger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intermittant-fasting-how-to-cope-with-hunger/832289)
**Author:** [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intermittant-fasting-how-to-cope-with-hunger/832289 "2020-09-30T22:09:56Z")
My doctor wants me to try intermittent fasting by not eating dinner at night. However I get hungry and I don’t sleep well if I am hungry. Drinking water doesn’t help. The only times I have been successful is when I ate a… --- ## [Why Add Sugar to Sweet Potatoes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-add-sugar-to-sweet-potatoes/921578)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-add-sugar-to-sweet-potatoes/921578 "2020-09-30T22:09:23Z")
After decades of not liking sweet potatoes my tastes changed and I suddenly started eating them about three years ago. Mostly, I roast them. I’ve been looking for more ways to cook them and have found, over and over, r… --- ## [Men: Your rectal exams: Ever had a lady doctor do it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-your-rectal-exams-ever-had-a-lady-doctor-do-it/614873)
**Author:** [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-your-rectal-exams-ever-had-a-lady-doctor-do-it/614873 "2020-09-30T22:07:45Z")
And I mean in the actual doctor’s office, not ‘playing doctor’ somewhere else. :stuck\_out\_tongue: The discomfort of having the opposite sex do your sexual exams came up in another thread, and now I want to know if strai… --- ## [Speed of a sailboat in 20 MPH winds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speed-of-a-sailboat-in-20-mph-winds/920506)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speed-of-a-sailboat-in-20-mph-winds/920506 "2020-09-30T21:20:01Z")
This may be a dumb question, but maybe not. In any case, it’s fantasy, so bear that in mind. If a sailboat is on relatively calm waters with winds blowing at 20 mph, how fast will it move at top speed? Specifically, if… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - October 2020 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-october-2020-edition/921920)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-october-2020-edition/921920 "2020-09-30T21:14:18Z")
Well… 202 has been a bust hasn’t it? I think I’ll celebrate Hallowwen by trick or treating my kid’s room, it’s pretty horrifying in there… :rofl: I spent the last week reading the Irons And Works series by E.M. Lindsey.… --- ## [Humans of New York - the story of Tanqueray](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humans-of-new-york-the-story-of-tanqueray/921545)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humans-of-new-york-the-story-of-tanqueray/921545 "2020-09-30T21:12:28Z")
Has anyone been following the story of Tanqueray the (ex)stripper in Humans of New York\*? It’s a fascinating story from someone who knows how to tell a good one. She was featured in one of HONY’s standard single-post “pe… --- ## [Race, Income, Illegitimacy Rates, Incarceration Rates, Teen Pregnancy Rates, Educational Achievement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-income-illegitimacy-rates-incarceration-rates-teen-pregnancy-rates-educational-achievement/921824)
**Author:** [@damuriajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/damuriajashi)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-income-illegitimacy-rates-incarceration-rates-teen-pregnancy-rates-educational-achievement/921824 "2020-09-30T20:24:18Z")
So you’ve all heard the arguments that claim that racism is not responsible for the disparity between blacks and whites because the disparity is attributable to differences in culture that result in: higher illegitimac… --- ## [Games to play over Zoom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-to-play-over-zoom/921778)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-to-play-over-zoom/921778 "2020-09-30T20:21:28Z")
We occasionally get together with friends and play some board game or another, or Cards Against Humanity, or whatever. Pre-COVID, that is. So we thought we might try a virtual game night. Short of dropping off half our… --- ## [New book coming with more of Tolkien's unpublished ME writings in it!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-coming-with-more-of-tolkiens-unpublished-me-writings-in-it/912364)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-coming-with-more-of-tolkiens-unpublished-me-writings-in-it/912364 "2020-09-30T20:18:55Z")
Info here: The Nature of Middle Earth Woo Hoo! About time that HOMES got another volume! I am looking forward to it, but I am an extreme geek, so YMMV --- ## [Is there really a chance that Scotland will leave the United Kingdom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-really-a-chance-that-scotland-will-leave-the-united-kingdom/920303)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-really-a-chance-that-scotland-will-leave-the-united-kingdom/920303 "2020-09-30T18:42:54Z")
All during the Brexit era, I read about how Scots absolutely do not want to leave the European Union. I even recall that Boris Johnson was addressed as “the last prime minister of the United Kingdom” on the floor of par… --- ## [Corsican political history question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corsican-political-history-question/921754)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2020, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corsican-political-history-question/921754 "2020-09-30T17:59:27Z")
The island has a long history of militant separatist movements, but can anyone fill in some specific background/explanation for the following (simplified) sequence of events: \[0. Conquered by France in 1768–1769. Napole… --- ## [Thread disappears when I unsubscribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-disappears-when-i-unsubscribe/921895)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-disappears-when-i-unsubscribe/921895 "2020-09-30T17:08:40Z")
I’m playing Botticelli in Thread Games. I got an email when Elendil’s Hair replied to my post. I’d rather play through the message board than email, so I unsubscribed the email. Now I don’t see the thread anymore in the … --- ## [September 2020 probabilistic senate prediction competition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-2020-probabilistic-senate-prediction-competition/921279)
**Author:** [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-2020-probabilistic-senate-prediction-competition/921279 "2020-09-30T16:53:10Z")
Consider the following senate races: Alabama Alaska Arizona (special) Colorado Georgia Georgia (special) Iowa Kansas Kentucky Maine Michigan Montana North Carolina The goal is for each race to assign a valu… --- ## [WWII German Aircraft Carriers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-german-aircraft-carriers/573763)
**Author:** [@Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shinna_Minna_Ma)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-german-aircraft-carriers/573763 "2020-09-30T15:44:31Z")
Why didn’t the Germans use any aircraft carriers in WWII? I know they built a few, but either they were never completed or they were never used. --- ## [Test Thread for @What\_Exit's Tag effort](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-for-what-exits-tag-effort/921891)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-for-what-exits-tag-effort/921891 "2020-09-30T15:29:38Z")
I have tagged this thread with tv-shows and with middle-earth. --- ## [Favorite and Least Favorite Fan Theories?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-and-least-favorite-fan-theories/921378)
**Author:** [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-and-least-favorite-fan-theories/921378 "2020-09-30T14:56:34Z")
There are a lot of fan theories that add backstory or explanation to existing characters or works. Some of them help fill in holes in plot, background, or motivation, and some are just useless or counterproductive, and o… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1698) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1700)