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**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-known-surviving-nazi-party-member/920222 "2020-09-21T18:57:37Z")
It’s been 75 years since Hitler ate a bullet; even members of the Hitler Youth and League of German Girls are over 80. When did the last full fledged member of the Nazi Party die (or is one still alive)? --- ## [Internet: blessing or curse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-blessing-or-curse/920913)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-blessing-or-curse/920913 "2020-09-21T18:50:35Z")
OK, I’m no Luddite; I’m a web developer, and early on I’ve been amazed and fascinated by the awesome power and potential of the internet. Basically having almost the entire collected knowledge of humanity at one’s finger… --- ## [Selling used books on Amazon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-used-books-on-amazon/920706)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-used-books-on-amazon/920706 "2020-09-21T18:36:40Z")
…which is how it started, before it took over the free world. But I digress. I’ve got a few hundred used books in varying conditions. Hardback and paperback. Visits to used bookstores yield precious little in sales beca… --- ## [Connection between alcohol and sugar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connection-between-alcohol-and-sugar/920982)
**Author:** [@razordance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/razordance)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connection-between-alcohol-and-sugar/920982 "2020-09-21T17:44:48Z")
In his famous 1940s essay on “British Cookery” – British Cookery | The Orwell Foundation – George Orwell wrote, regarding the unusual presence of sugar in British cuisine: “Part of the trouble is that alcohol, even beer… --- ## [TV shows starting to air post shutdowns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-starting-to-air-post-shutdowns/921111)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-starting-to-air-post-shutdowns/921111 "2020-09-21T17:37:15Z")
TV shows are starting to produce and air again. For the most part, it looks like reality/game show stuff right now but a few regular shows are shooting. Friday I checked out the soap opera that has started airing these… --- ## [The situation facing Susan Collins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-situation-facing-susan-collins/921045)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-situation-facing-susan-collins/921045 "2020-09-21T17:11:12Z")
Collins likely realizes that at this point she is all but certain to lose in Maine even if she votes against Trump’s nominee; she is currently trailing her rival by 12 percent. As such, she has nothing to lose by voting … --- ## [Request for previous concepts "are against natural law", especially old-timey articles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-previous-concepts-are-against-natural-law-especially-old-timey-articles/920936)
**Author:** [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-previous-concepts-are-against-natural-law-especially-old-timey-articles/920936 "2020-09-21T17:02:31Z")
My non-Trump loving but still very conservative parents read and shared their take on a recent Time magazine article about Gender Creative Parenting. They were appalled and had never heard of anything like this before. (… --- ## [Who has worked from home while far from home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-worked-from-home-while-far-from-home/921089)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-worked-from-home-while-far-from-home/921089 "2020-09-21T16:54:55Z")
Ms. P and I are going to spend a week at the Outer Banks the end of September/beginning of October. I’m not taking any days off, so it will be a working vacation for me. Who else has done something like this? College … --- ## [Tweeting yourself out of a job, part XXVIII](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tweeting-yourself-out-of-a-job-part-xxviii/921083)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tweeting-yourself-out-of-a-job-part-xxviii/921083 "2020-09-21T16:24:40Z")
Lara Kollab, an internal medicine resident who lost her position at Cleveland Clinic after her anti-Semitic tweets came to light (including a boast that she would give Jews the wrong medicine), has now been banned from p… --- ## [Diarrhea: Deadly and Not](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diarrhea-deadly-and-not/920627)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diarrhea-deadly-and-not/920627 "2020-09-21T16:06:06Z")
I guess I can tell you all. I am doing the prep for a colonoscopy tomorrow, tonight. I basically take this saline solution. And thru reverse osmosis, it goes right thru me. This got me to thinking. Why is some diarrhea … --- ## [Scrabble. I love Scrabble. Don't you love Scrabble?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-i-love-scrabble-dont-you-love-scrabble/282397)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-i-love-scrabble-dont-you-love-scrabble/282397 "2020-09-21T15:48:59Z")
Scrabble, let’s be honest, is a wonderful game. There’s nothing more satisfying that laying down a big ol’ 7-letter word that jacks up your score and blocks your opponents from the best squares and drives them insane be… --- ## [How comfortable are you around those with different political opinions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-comfortable-are-you-around-those-with-different-political-opinions/914097)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-comfortable-are-you-around-those-with-different-political-opinions/914097 "2020-09-21T14:52:17Z")
There’s an acquaintance I speak to occasionally on topic-focused forms of social media, and whom I’ve met once. He seems like a generally chill, stable person. But he’s a libertarian, and he’s expressed opinions (not in … --- ## [How will Michael Anthony Richards be remembered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-michael-anthony-richards-be-remembered/921130)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-michael-anthony-richards-be-remembered/921130 "2020-09-21T14:36:06Z")
As the best character in one of the funniest sitcoms ever, or the lame sitcom guy who yelled the N-word at a comedy club and possibly became one of the first examples of Cancel Culture in the 20th century? --- ## [Why do some streaming movie services not always have movie trailers even though the trailers exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-streaming-movie-services-not-always-have-movie-trailers-even-though-the-trailers-exist/921147)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-streaming-movie-services-not-always-have-movie-trailers-even-though-the-trailers-exist/921147 "2020-09-21T14:33:09Z")
One thing I find frustrating about services like Netflix, Hulu, and HBO is that they don’t always have the trailers available for the movies. This is both for their own content and regular studio content. Sometimes they… --- ## [What kind of future president would it take to make Trump look good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-future-president-would-it-take-to-make-trump-look-good/921026)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-future-president-would-it-take-to-make-trump-look-good/921026 "2020-09-21T14:07:31Z")
During the Obama era, many Republicans suddenly waxed nostalgic for the Bill Clinton era, and during the Trump era, many Democrats suddenly took a better view of George W. Bush. This, of course, was because Republicans f… --- ## [Free Stuff fro my Medicare Advantage Plan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-stuff-fro-my-medicare-advantage-plan/921060)
**Author:** [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-stuff-fro-my-medicare-advantage-plan/921060 "2020-09-21T12:43:24Z")
My wife and I have both received unexpected shipments from our PPO Medicare plan. packed and shipped from CVS pharmacies. The boxes contain face masks, hand sanitizer(several bottles), band aids, a digital fever thermom… --- ## [Help with a possible math discrepancy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-possible-math-discrepancy/920855)
**Author:** [@Pazu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pazu)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-possible-math-discrepancy/920855 "2020-09-21T11:41:21Z")
I am attempting to resolve an apparent mathematical discrepancy I encountered while helping one of my kids with her homework. The problem is as follows: Given a cone with a base radius r of 5 cm and a slant height (L)… --- ## [Doctor Doesn't Want Me Taking Sulfur Supplements](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-doesnt-want-me-taking-sulfur-supplements/920984)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-doesnt-want-me-taking-sulfur-supplements/920984 "2020-09-21T09:30:56Z")
My physician returned my call a couple of days ago. I asked him if I should take a sulfur supplement. He apparently thinks definitely not (thru his representative). Anyway don’t worry, I won’t take it then. They do sell… --- ## [Is Antifa a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-antifa-a-thing/855309)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-antifa-a-thing/855309 "2020-09-21T06:21:45Z")
I’ve seen a lot in the news, one way or another, that Antifa is (or isn’t) involved in hijacking some of the recent protest. I’ve also heard that there IS no real Antifa group, i.e. no organized group. Then there is th… --- ## [John Eastman's essay re: Kamala Harris' citizenship: lawyers, does he have a point?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-eastmans-essay-re-kamala-harris-citizenship-lawyers-does-he-have-a-point/918307)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-eastmans-essay-re-kamala-harris-citizenship-lawyers-does-he-have-a-point/918307 "2020-09-21T05:16:52Z")
John Eastman’s essay in Newsweek last week about Kamala Harris’ citizenship status has sparked a lot of angry voices, but ISTM that it shouldn’t have done so. If you haven’t read it, it’s worth reading, just so you can … --- ## [Animated shows where the characters change outfits regularly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-shows-where-the-characters-change-outfits-regularly/514286)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-shows-where-the-characters-change-outfits-regularly/514286 "2020-09-21T05:06:50Z")
Are there any animated TV shows where the characters wear different clothes, instead of the same outfit each day? I can’t think of any! Well, in terms of webcomics, Questionable Content does feature the characters in dif… --- ## [Do you think of the bad side as "shrewder" than the good side?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-of-the-bad-side-as-shrewder-than-the-good-side/921094)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-of-the-bad-side-as-shrewder-than-the-good-side/921094 "2020-09-21T01:35:21Z")
Regardless of which stance one may hold on an issue, one sentiment seems to commonly shared: “The bad side is cunning, smart, ruthless, and knows how to play the game. Our side, the good side, is too soft, dumb, naive, … --- ## [When You Grunt, Push, And Strain To Defecate, What's Actually Happening](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-grunt-push-and-strain-to-defecate-whats-actually-happening/921005)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-grunt-push-and-strain-to-defecate-whats-actually-happening/921005 "2020-09-20T23:37:47Z")
Like, are you contracting certain muscles around the rectum that put pressure on it to force the stool out? --- ## [Toots Hibbert dead at 77](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toots-hibbert-dead-at-77/920417)
**Author:** [@FluffyBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FluffyBob)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toots-hibbert-dead-at-77/920417 "2020-09-20T23:19:21Z")
The great Toots Hibbert of the legendary Toots and the Maytals has died at 77. \[Gave Reggae its name.\](BBC News - Toots Hibbert: Jamaican reggae legend dies aged 77 Toots Hibbert: Jamaican reggae legend dies aged 77 - B… --- ## [How will Michael Richard Pence be remembered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-michael-richard-pence-be-remembered/919845)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-michael-richard-pence-be-remembered/919845 "2020-09-20T23:17:35Z")
Personally, I think he will be remembered as a weak-willed suck up that wore his Christianity on his sleeve…but what say you? --- ## [More climate-change denialism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-climate-change-denialism/920958)
**Author:** [@razordance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/razordance)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-climate-change-denialism/920958 "2020-09-20T22:37:07Z")
My brother, who has at least an engineer’s scientific literacy and claims to have studied the subject in depth, insists fiercely that anthropogenic climate change is not, after all, settled science, because: Satellite … --- ## [Comics I Don't Understand - Bill Bickel RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-i-dont-understand-bill-bickel-rip/921046)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-i-dont-understand-bill-bickel-rip/921046 "2020-09-20T22:34:11Z")
Sad news for any followers of the CIDU blog. The blogger Bill Bickel has died suddenly, aged 65. I think I learned about CIDU from the SDMB. Certainly it has been mentioned here a few times. The CIDU blog was a disc… --- ## [Does art really have any effect on society?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-art-really-have-any-effect-on-society/920797)
**Author:** [@razordance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/razordance)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-art-really-have-any-effect-on-society/920797 "2020-09-20T22:11:15Z")
E.g., does the mainstreaming of black music do anything to heal racism? Or is any socially relevant content in art a symptom, rather than a cause, of social change? --- ## [Don't want to yell and froth at my parents tv tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-want-to-yell-and-froth-at-my-parents-tv-tonight/920883)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-want-to-yell-and-froth-at-my-parents-tv-tonight/920883 "2020-09-20T20:15:56Z")
So I’m going to do it here instead. You stain, you fucking waste of flesh and skin, you stealer of air and thief of the precious oxygen real people need to live. I know a paramecium is a fucking Einstein level genius co… --- ## [Yet another "help ID the story "request](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-help-id-the-story-request/921052)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-help-id-the-story-request/921052 "2020-09-20T20:14:13Z")
When I was in grade school, in the mid-1960’s, I used to love buying books at the school book fairs. There was a fantasy, or sci-fi story I remember part of, but of course no title or author. It would be amusing to rea… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1709) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1711)