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**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2020, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autoplaying-video/917684 "2020-08-10T05:58:46Z")
I rather like the way Discourse automatically displays inline images and videos. However, in this post - Men, is Sitting on Your Own Nuts a Thing? - the video and associated audio automatically plays. Autoplaying video s… --- ## [How to send gifts internationally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-send-gifts-internationally/914883)
**Author:** [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2020, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-send-gifts-internationally/914883 "2020-07-15T12:21:12Z")
This is mostly a factual question, but I’m posting it here instead of in GQ because I’m asking for advice. I recently sent a gift from the U.S. (where I live) to a friend in the Republic of Ireland. I did all the requir… --- ## [Any harm by giving a scurvy patient one huge blast of Vitamin C?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-harm-by-giving-a-scurvy-patient-one-huge-blast-of-vitamin-c/917470)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2020, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-harm-by-giving-a-scurvy-patient-one-huge-blast-of-vitamin-c/917470 "2020-08-10T05:26:41Z")
Say you come across a patient in the throes of scurvy: bleeding gums, loose teeth, pain all over, all sorts of malfunctioning organs and say, “Poor fella, how about you drink this jug of fortified orange juice” and watch… --- ## [Scotsman ice maker woes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotsman-ice-maker-woes/917667)
**Author:** [@dauerbach1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2020, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotsman-ice-maker-woes/917667 "2020-08-10T04:24:43Z")
I have a Scotsman DCE33 under counter ice maker. In the cycle before the freezing cycle the reservoir overflows. I do not know if that means the overflow tube is clogged or how to clean it out for that matter or or whet… --- ## [The Kindness of Neighbors You don't know](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kindness-of-neighbors-you-dont-know/917690)
**Author:** [@Bonnie14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonnie14)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2020, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kindness-of-neighbors-you-dont-know/917690 "2020-08-10T04:04:46Z")
My car died today, not too far from my house. I was sitting on the side of the road. I had called AAA. A woman was jogging by and she stopped and asked if I needed any help. " no, I’m ok, AAA is on the way". I’m waiti… --- ## [Happy News of the Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-news-of-the-day/917687)
**Author:** [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2020, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-news-of-the-day/917687 "2020-08-10T02:58:11Z")
After almost four years together and close to a year of hiding an engagement ring (very unsuccessfully), my daughter’s boyfriend finally popped the question! He asked my permission last night, which I thought was silly,… --- ## [Anyone here growing herbs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-growing-herbs/917283)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2020, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-growing-herbs/917283 "2020-08-10T02:49:54Z")
On my front porch I have basil and sage growing. The sage plants are several years old and have grown too big for the planting trough. I am gradually cutting it back, plucking and drying the leaves. I’m not sure how I… --- ## [Honest pre flight safety talk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honest-pre-flight-safety-talk/917662)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2020, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honest-pre-flight-safety-talk/917662 "2020-08-10T02:19:36Z")
Quite funny and informative. --- ## [Pine Cones on Arborvitae](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pine-cones-on-arborvitae/504880)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pine-cones-on-arborvitae/504880 "2020-08-10T02:08:29Z")
I’ve had a bunch of Nigra Arborvitae for the past few years, and they grow cones (which begin as light green buds and eventually turn brown). The thing is that the amount of cones on a given bush varies tremendously, whe… --- ## [Oldest poster?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-poster/915598)
**Author:** [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-poster/915598 "2020-08-10T01:52:47Z")
I have been away for quite a while. As I will be 92 in two weeks, was wondering if i am now the oldest poster. Unlike a Poster Child. --- ## [Are new family names created often?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-new-family-names-created-often/837083)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2020, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-new-family-names-created-often/837083 "2020-08-10T01:17:39Z")
I’m wondering if there is any research anywhere on the rate of invention of new family names (primarily in the US, I guess.) What brings this up is I had a passing thought of a black guy I worked with around 20 years go … --- ## [Croupier (the movie) question - Spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/croupier-the-movie-question-spoilers/111643)
**Author:** [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2020, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/croupier-the-movie-question-spoilers/111643 "2020-08-10T01:09:41Z")
Just saw Croupier - really, really enjoyed it. I have a couple questions, though, and I will not use the Spoiler tag b/c I wrote Spoiler in the title, and b/c to some, nothing is more annoyinger. :slight\_smile: So, I … --- ## [Complete sentences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-sentences/917604)
**Author:** [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-sentences/917604 "2020-08-09T22:32:44Z")
No, Discourse, that is not a complete sentence. I don’t want a complete sentence – if I’d wanted one, I would have written one. It would be a waste of time and effort to write a complete sentence there. Now shut up an… --- ## [Is America unique in its racism toward black people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-america-unique-in-its-racism-toward-black-people/916568)
**Author:** [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-america-unique-in-its-racism-toward-black-people/916568 "2020-08-09T22:17:22Z")
I was reading about the Muslim Chinese population being put in camps, and recalled a few years ago reading about race riots in China against African workers or it may have been Chinese workers in Africa. The question oc… --- ## [Any athletes hospitalized for COVID 19?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-athletes-hospitalized-for-covid-19/916648)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-athletes-hospitalized-for-covid-19/916648 "2020-08-09T22:10:49Z")
Lots of athletes, both professional and college, have tested positive for COVID-19. Have any of them been hospitalized? I’m basically wondering if being in outstanding physical condition is in any way protective. You of… --- ## [Have you memorized your credit card number(s)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-memorized-your-credit-card-number-s/916043)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-memorized-your-credit-card-number-s/916043 "2020-08-09T21:19:15Z")
Do you know your VISA or Mastercard or AMEX account number? Or any other I missed? Looking back, this was asked 13 years ago, but rather than revive a zombie, I shall pose the question again. Plus with more of us making… --- ## [General goofiness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-goofiness/917106)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-goofiness/917106 "2020-08-09T20:58:44Z")
I was looking at my Primary ballot. The office of Governor is up this time around, and, with our flat primary, there are something like 36 candidates on the list, one of whom uses a name that is a silly, meaningless port… --- ## [Was the 1995 Atlanta Braves World Series championship a fluke?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-1995-atlanta-braves-world-series-championship-a-fluke/916067)
**Author:** [@Yankees\_1996\_Champs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankees_1996_Champs)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-1995-atlanta-braves-world-series-championship-a-fluke/916067 "2020-08-09T19:16:14Z")
The 1995 MLB season was a strike-shortened season from the previous year, when in August 1994 the league shut down. The Braves ironically won their only World Series of the 1990s dynasty in a shortened year, when they h… --- ## [Reg agreement rules reposted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reg-agreement-rules-reposted/917601)
**Author:** [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reg-agreement-rules-reposted/917601 "2020-08-09T18:22:12Z")
Is there a specific reason that the tl/dr registration agreement rules were just reposted? I assume it was just a bit of housekeeping, but is there something more to it? That’s quite an impressive word count for three p… --- ## [Please Help Me Calculate a Temperature Drop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-calculate-a-temperature-drop/917644)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-calculate-a-temperature-drop/917644 "2020-08-09T17:47:17Z")
OK, this sort of thing has never been my strong suit, and I’m getting nowhere with Google (and this is why I studied Biology in school) I know the temperature experienced from a radiant heat source follows the inverse s… --- ## [Businesses blaming issues on Covid that aren't Covid's fault](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-blaming-issues-on-covid-that-arent-covids-fault/917184)
**Author:** [@superwombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superwombat)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-blaming-issues-on-covid-that-arent-covids-fault/917184 "2020-08-09T17:44:30Z")
I’ve noticed some of my suppliers are having issues with fulfillment or other problems and when asked what the delay is, the answer lately seems to be “because Covid” I understand this may be legit in light of shipping … --- ## [Around what percentage of musicians are also composers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/around-what-percentage-of-musicians-are-also-composers/917351)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/around-what-percentage-of-musicians-are-also-composers/917351 "2020-08-09T17:27:29Z")
Impossible to quantify, of course, but a question nonetheless for Dopers who are active in music: What percentage of musicians (of all types) have composing ability, and how common is such ability? (not necessarily peop… --- ## [About mail-in ballots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-mail-in-ballots/916997)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-mail-in-ballots/916997 "2020-08-09T17:27:05Z")
ISTM, that if a state has x number of registered voters, and that’s that number of ballots you get back, you should be pretty safe. I don’t understand how trump’s scenario of some evil doer flooding the country with mill… --- ## [Christopher Guest movie trio on Hulu](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-guest-movie-trio-on-hulu/917606)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-guest-movie-trio-on-hulu/917606 "2020-08-09T17:16:31Z")
Right now, Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman, and A Mighty Wind are available. Watched them back to back yesterday. Favrorite lines- Best in Show. "I used to be able to name every nut that there was. And it used to d… --- ## [Lets Go Brentford and Make it to the EPL!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-brentford-and-make-it-to-the-epl/917265)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-brentford-and-make-it-to-the-epl/917265 "2020-08-09T17:01:06Z")
This small club is on the brink of being promoted to the EPL. They are my new favorite club. --- ## [Do most professional fiction writers write only one draft or multiple drafts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-most-professional-fiction-writers-write-only-one-draft-or-multiple-drafts/917118)
**Author:** [@Godwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Godwin)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-most-professional-fiction-writers-write-only-one-draft-or-multiple-drafts/917118 "2020-08-09T16:13:10Z")
Many times, I have come across the fiction writing advice that “good writing is rewriting”, and that most successful writers do multiple drafts and revise their work. In addition (as a corollary), it is often advised tha… --- ## [3D printer advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3d-printer-advice/914681)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3d-printer-advice/914681 "2020-08-09T15:53:40Z")
How could are those in the $250-$300 range? Creality makes several in this range. There are various aquarium parts featured on Thingverse. --- ## [Other nation's human-rights abuses - "We shouldn't criticize; we are human rights abusers too"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-nations-human-rights-abuses-we-shouldnt-criticize-we-are-human-rights-abusers-too/917333)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-nations-human-rights-abuses-we-shouldnt-criticize-we-are-human-rights-abusers-too/917333 "2020-08-09T14:35:46Z")
Whenever the United States criticizes or sanctions other nations for their human-rights abuses (such as China’s detention of Uighur Muslims in camps or crackdown in Hong Kong,) there are always a considerable number of A… --- ## [Synchronic (of our time) elements in modern movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synchronic-of-our-time-elements-in-modern-movies/917638)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synchronic-of-our-time-elements-in-modern-movies/917638 "2020-08-09T09:28:30Z")
We’ve often mentioned the things that just don’t work any more from old movies and TV shows: waiting for the telephone to ring, finding a phone booth etc. But I’ve just been enjoying “Yesterday” – which features lovely … --- ## [Just Thinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-thinking/917623)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-thinking/917623 "2020-08-09T09:07:20Z")
I keep trying to develop a Sisyphus blowjob joke, but it’s just not coming. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1759) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1761)