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**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flag-origami/921208 "2020-09-24T14:03:51Z")
Which countries have a specific method for folding their national flag and what are those methods? --- ## [Using Zoom and CPU power](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-zoom-and-cpu-power/920774)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-zoom-and-cpu-power/920774 "2020-09-24T13:45:57Z")
I use a Mac Mini late 2012. 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7. 16 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 RAM. Does just fine for what I need. That said, when using Zoom, it does not have the video card “crunch” to fully embed an artificial background. … --- ## [Free Stuff From Amazon? Don’t think it’s brushing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-stuff-from-amazon-don-t-think-it-s-brushing/921023)
**Author:** [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-stuff-from-amazon-don-t-think-it-s-brushing/921023 "2020-09-24T13:29:26Z")
I got a package from Amazon that I didn’t order. The first thing that came to mind was “brushing scam”. So I did a little reading up on brushing scams. I don’t think that’s what this is. A few weeks ago I ordered a hand… --- ## [Trump announces the loophole that effectively makes him King for life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-announces-the-loophole-that-effectively-makes-him-king-for-life/921408)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-announces-the-loophole-that-effectively-makes-him-king-for-life/921408 "2020-09-24T13:23:43Z")
By stacking the SCOTUS with those loyal to him, he found the way to maintain power even if elected out of office or even impeachment and term limits. As the SCOTUS gets to decide what the constitution means Trump is the… --- ## [Are erections the least seen thing in modern movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-erections-the-least-seen-thing-in-modern-movies/921063)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2020, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-erections-the-least-seen-thing-in-modern-movies/921063 "2020-09-24T11:36:16Z")
Outside of weird sex acts, I think movies that feature somebody with an erection shown on-screen might be one of the rarer sights in-cinema (I know full on nude man erections are considered NC-17 worthy, but you also don… --- ## [Information about a company wanted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/information-about-a-company-wanted/921397)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2020, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/information-about-a-company-wanted/921397 "2020-09-24T09:58:48Z")
I’m looking for info on a company called Sparbi, address, address 400 w Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta, GA. When did it come into existence, what do people say about it etc. --- ## [Do you like Halloween?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-halloween/554502)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2010, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-halloween/554502 "2010-09-26T03:11:31Z")
I don’t like dressing up for Halloween. I’m an adult, not a kid. I don’t want to dress up for work. I’m glad that other people enjoy it. I don’t piss on their fun, I don’t demand that no one celebrate the holiday, I just… --- ## [Are expensive pillows ever worth it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-expensive-pillows-ever-worth-it/920997)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2020, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-expensive-pillows-ever-worth-it/920997 "2020-09-24T08:42:09Z")
I last bought pillows back in 2012, they’re shot. I bought inexpensive memory foam pillows from either Groupon or one of the other close out sites. I’m planning on doing same thing again and if I can get 8 years out of … --- ## [Work needs me to be able to do 40WPM average on a numpad, but seems very hard. any tips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-needs-me-to-be-able-to-do-40wpm-average-on-a-numpad-but-seems-very-hard-any-tips/921373)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2020, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-needs-me-to-be-able-to-do-40wpm-average-on-a-numpad-but-seems-very-hard-any-tips/921373 "2020-09-24T05:18:42Z")
Long story short my job needs me to master 40 words per minute on a computer numpad to get a promotion, and I’m severely struggling to do it. I’ve been doing typing tutorials online and the best I can get even after a we… --- ## [Do gender differences in indecent exposure laws violate the Equal Protection clause?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-gender-differences-in-indecent-exposure-laws-violate-the-equal-protection-clause/921271)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2020, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-gender-differences-in-indecent-exposure-laws-violate-the-equal-protection-clause/921271 "2020-09-24T03:44:31Z")
Pantastic posted something interesting, Until today, I had never even wondered whether indecent exposure laws that differentiate on the basis of sex might violate the equal protection clause. But now I am wondering. U… --- ## [Unpopular Opinions You Can’t Prove](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions-you-can-t-prove/921148)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions-you-can-t-prove/921148 "2020-09-24T02:04:30Z")
As the title says. Things you believe which may not be popular or provable. What are your opinions? Despite government support for electric vehicles, it will be another twenty years before they become popular, and t… --- ## [Michael Lonsdale dies at 89](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-lonsdale-dies-at-89/921163)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-lonsdale-dies-at-89/921163 "2020-09-24T00:42:57Z")
The announcements are putting at the top that he played Hugo Drax, the villain of the James Bond movie Moonraker, but to me he’ll always be Commissaire Claude Lebel, the French Chief of Detectives who stopped the politic… --- ## [America has a bat on a coin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-has-a-bat-on-a-coin/921073)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2020, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-has-a-bat-on-a-coin/921073 "2020-09-24T00:30:26Z")
For American Samoa national park https://catalog.usmint.gov/national-park-of-american-samoa-2020-uncirculated-five-ounce-silver-coin-20AJ.html?cgid=america-the-beautiful-quarters#srule=new-release&start=1&sz=9 --- ## [Ideas on how to record guitar and voice on IPhone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-on-how-to-record-guitar-and-voice-on-iphone/921277)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-on-how-to-record-guitar-and-voice-on-iphone/921277 "2020-09-24T00:25:46Z")
I’ve started recording my acoustic guitar and singing. The problem is that the guitar drowns out my voice for songs that require a softer tone. Are there any microphones available that could correct this? I use the IPh… --- ## [What causes people to toss and turn while trying to fall asleep?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-people-to-toss-and-turn-while-trying-to-fall-asleep/921200)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-people-to-toss-and-turn-while-trying-to-fall-asleep/921200 "2020-09-24T00:15:26Z")
This turned out to be too hard to google because most articles about “tossing and turning” are actually about insomnia, so they answer why do people have insomnia. I know why I have insomnia. I have ADHD and a huge perc… --- ## [Challenger disaster question about O-rings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenger-disaster-question-about-o-rings/921240)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenger-disaster-question-about-o-rings/921240 "2020-09-23T23:35:14Z")
Watching the new documentary on Netflix ., I have to ask DId no one think to test the O-rings response to cold weather in the decade and a half between the authorization of the Shuttle in 1972 and the Challenger flight?… --- ## [Need website for electric scooter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-website-for-electric-scooter/145458)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-website-for-electric-scooter/145458 "2020-09-23T22:14:20Z")
Sorry, folks, but my memory decided it would go on vacation tonight and I need to know the actual website for a particular brand of electric scooter. I think it’s something like Veego but can’t swear to that spelling si… --- ## [Tell me about your experiences going to/working with an allergist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-experiences-going-to-working-with-an-allergist/921156)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-experiences-going-to-working-with-an-allergist/921156 "2020-09-23T21:56:30Z")
I’ve had long-running allergies to (I think) grass and pollen, but now that I’m retired, I’m starting to think that going into an office/traveling every week was protecting me more than I realized, maybe from pet dander … --- ## [Car battery, starter, solenoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-battery-starter-solenoid/921236)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-battery-starter-solenoid/921236 "2020-09-23T21:27:05Z")
Here’s the sitch: I have a very old car that I’m not interested in putting a lot of money into. It also has an old battery (either 7 or 9 years old) which I would replace if that’s all it was. But I don’t know. The batte… --- ## [Vodkow - Vodka from dairy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vodkow-vodka-from-dairy/921169)
**Author:** [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vodkow-vodka-from-dairy/921169 "2020-09-23T21:14:46Z")
I saw Vodkow being featured in a mailer from the LCBO. They use lactose and a proprietary yeast strain. Being a curious monkey, I have ordered a couple of bottles. Any speculation as to what it is going to be like? --- ## [Transplant - Medical Drama Premiers on NBC Tuesday Sept 1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transplant-medical-drama-premiers-on-nbc-tuesday-sept-1/919443)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transplant-medical-drama-premiers-on-nbc-tuesday-sept-1/919443 "2020-09-23T20:57:10Z")
I’ve seen the promos for Transplant and it looks like a really good show. The 13 episode, first season has already aired in Canada and is very popular. A highly trained surgeon with war time medical experience sounds v… --- ## [Differences between lying in Honor, In State and In Repose](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/differences-between-lying-in-honor-in-state-and-in-repose/921305)
**Author:** [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/differences-between-lying-in-honor-in-state-and-in-repose/921305 "2020-09-23T20:21:51Z")
I was just watching Good Morning America and they mentioned that RGB would be lying in State at the Supreme Court and then taken to the House where she would be lying in Repose. They also mentioned that Rosa Parks laid … --- ## [What are these weird-looking scammy texts all about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-weird-looking-scammy-texts-all-about/921306)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-weird-looking-scammy-texts-all-about/921306 "2020-09-23T20:09:51Z")
In the past couple months I’ve gotten between a half dozen to a dozen texts from an unfamiliar number that consist of just a nonsense string of symbol characters, always palindrome-style, with a link in the middle. Somet… --- ## [NFL Week 2 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2-2020/920826)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-2-2020/920826 "2020-09-23T19:48:46Z")
Thursday CIN @ CLE -6 | 43.5 Sunday early NYG @ CHI -5.5 | 42 ATL @ DAL -4 | 52.5 DET @ GB -6 | 49 JAX @ TEN -9 | 43 MIN @ IND -3 | 3 48.5 BUF -5 @ MIA | 41 SF -7 @ NYJ | 42 LAR @ PHI -1 | 46 DEN @ PIT -7.5 | … --- ## [The Mama Spider that Trained Me, or Extreme Boredom Makes People Stranger than Normal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mama-spider-that-trained-me-or-extreme-boredom-makes-people-stranger-than-normal/920740)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mama-spider-that-trained-me-or-extreme-boredom-makes-people-stranger-than-normal/920740 "2020-09-23T19:25:48Z")
After dinner, I like to go out on my porch and smoke. This happens about the same time every day. While recreating, I fuss with my plants. I get offended when grasshoppers are on my porch, eating my plants, so I wack th… --- ## [Women - how often do you experience catcalls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-experience-catcalls/916937)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 399\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-experience-catcalls/916937 "2020-09-23T18:45:02Z")
The other day I was talking on the phone w/ my 30 yr old daughter in Orange County CA. She says she and her fiance have really been isolating, but that the one time she has been going outside lately is to run. She says… --- ## [What can musicians do now that was not possible in the 1980's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-musicians-do-now-that-was-not-possible-in-the-1980s/920696)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-musicians-do-now-that-was-not-possible-in-the-1980s/920696 "2020-09-23T18:15:06Z")
If you took any example of today’s music, went back in time and told artists/sound engineers they had to faithfully reproduce it with their technology, what could they not do? Autotune obviously did not exist, so that w… --- ## [LOTR: Witch King vs. Gandalf, the death match](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-witch-king-vs-gandalf-the-death-match/684631)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-witch-king-vs-gandalf-the-death-match/684631 "2020-09-23T17:25:10Z")
OK, the thread on Eowyn and the death of the witch king has got me started. Before those events, the witch king is on hand when Grond breaks through the great gate of Minas Tirith, where he finds Gandalf barring his way… --- ## [Gale Sayers, R.I.P](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gale-sayers-r-i-p/921331)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gale-sayers-r-i-p/921331 "2020-09-23T17:06:54Z")
It was announced this morning that Gale Sayers, Hall of Fame running back for the Chicago Bears in the 1960s and early 1970s, passed away at age 77. Sayers had been battling dementia and other neurological issues for se… --- ## [Hello again, SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again-sdmb/921286)
**Author:** [@Ogre2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre2)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-again-sdmb/921286 "2020-09-23T16:41:46Z")
I thought I might wander through again and ask after everyone’s health. It’s been a long time since I’ve been here. I let my former Ogre account lapse. I’ve seen the unbelievably sad “In Memoriam” thread. I hope othe… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1706) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1708)