# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1781 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1782 --- ## [Will the 2020 Indianapolis 500 (Aug. 23) be the ultimate COVID super-spreader event?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-2020-indianapolis-500-aug-23-be-the-ultimate-covid-super-spreader-event/916027)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-2020-indianapolis-500-aug-23-be-the-ultimate-covid-super-spreader-event/916027 "2020-07-22T22:38:35Z")
I’ve been a fan of IndyCar and open wheel racing for at least 25 years, but I’m alarmed and dismayed that Roger Penske, the new owner of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the IndyCar Series, has decided to have fans in… --- ## [Flies! Friggin' flies!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flies-friggin-flies/797443)
**Author:** [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flies-friggin-flies/797443 "2020-07-22T21:57:27Z")
So the past couple of days has seen upwards of 20 flies in my kitchen and always several swarming around my head in the connected living room! They have seemed to come out of nowhere and just keep appearing. I looked a… --- ## [What Happened to Will Farrell?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-will-farrell/912743)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-will-farrell/912743 "2020-07-22T21:47:05Z")
Now this might by the stupidest paragraph written in the history of journalism: He might be humorous but he has never been the funniest comedic actor of any year. He’s a one trick pony who cant discern good scripts f… --- ## [Can ADHD be diagnosed scientifically?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-adhd-be-diagnosed-scientifically/915139)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-adhd-be-diagnosed-scientifically/915139 "2020-07-22T21:03:12Z")
I (24y) have a very strong assumption that I have ADHD and I fill pretty much every symptom and I had a million problems in life due to it. However, I don’t want to go to a doctor just to be diagnosed based of my own wor… --- ## [Enalzi is no more. Hail Bort!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enalzi-is-no-more-hail-bort/916029)
**Author:** [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enalzi-is-no-more-hail-bort/916029 "2020-07-22T20:14:56Z")
After \*checks watch\* 22 long years I have finally decided to retire the first username I ever used to access the internet. Mainly due to the fact that it’s almost always misspelled and one of those misspellings might mak… --- ## [Ohio house speaker arrested for bribery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-house-speaker-arrested-for-bribery/916040)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-house-speaker-arrested-for-bribery/916040 "2020-07-22T19:53:57Z")
Maybe Trump can find a job for him --- ## [Colorado's current oldest veteran is a Flying Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorados-current-oldest-veteran-is-a-flying-tiger/848154)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorados-current-oldest-veteran-is-a-flying-tiger/848154 "2020-07-22T19:36:55Z")
I thought about combining subjects into one thread, but I decided that these two men deserved a dedicated thread. Colorado Springs has long been a military town. Ollie Cellini may be the oldest veteran in the nation, a… --- ## [13 hostages released after Ukrainian president endorses Joaquin Phoenix movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-hostages-released-after-ukrainian-president-endorses-joaquin-phoenix-movie/916033)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-hostages-released-after-ukrainian-president-endorses-joaquin-phoenix-movie/916033 "2020-07-22T19:30:46Z")
A man held 13 people hostage on a bus in Ukraine until Ukrainian president Volodyrmyr Zelensky agreed to endorse the 2005 Joaquin Phoenix movie “Earthlings.” All have been released unharmed. --- ## [Is there a name for this type of pop song rhythm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-type-of-pop-song-rhythm/915964)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-type-of-pop-song-rhythm/915964 "2020-07-22T18:28:39Z")
A number of very popular rock songs from the 60s and 70s started off in a similar way: a repeated one-note motif, accompanied - in varying degrees - by a syncopated shuffle, often with an implied emphasis on the “and” of… --- ## [Are the Polar bears actually diminishing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-polar-bears-actually-diminishing/480132)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-polar-bears-actually-diminishing/480132 "2020-07-22T18:28:27Z")
One thing that the global warming crowd talks about is the “plight” of the polar bears. According to orthodox GM “theology”, the bears depend upon seals, which they catch by sitting by the seal’s breathing holes (in the … --- ## [Explain being called "boss."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-being-called-boss/854873)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-being-called-boss/854873 "2020-07-22T16:31:33Z")
I’m a middle-aged white guy. Last year I moved from a mostly white area to a place where blacks and Latinos make up a lot more of the population. Among young men in retail and service jobs – mechanics, counter clerks, e… --- ## [How to make private info available after death?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-private-info-available-after-death/915930)
**Author:** [@Dingbang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dingbang)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-private-info-available-after-death/915930 "2020-07-22T16:23:07Z")
How does one make private information available to survivors after your death? I have been making a will, last wishes, etc. recently, and I’m including a list of all necessary passwords, online IDs, banking info, and sim… --- ## [An app that reads music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-app-that-reads-music/915692)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-app-that-reads-music/915692 "2020-07-22T16:08:57Z")
Is there an app, where I can point my phone’s camera at a fragment of musical notation and the melody would play on my phone? if not, why not? --- ## [Can I include images in my post?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-include-images-in-my-post/915505)
**Author:** [@Danny\_Hammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danny_Hammer)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-include-images-in-my-post/915505 "2020-07-22T15:44:12Z")
I have an image on my phone which would’ve been relevant to a thread I was just reading. Unfortunately, when I tried to upload it, I was told I couldn’t post images. Is that because I’m new, or is it a settings thing th… --- ## [With the coin shortage, why don't stores offer an option to donate change \<$1 to charity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-the-coin-shortage-why-dont-stores-offer-an-option-to-donate-change-1-to-charity/915959)
**Author:** [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-the-coin-shortage-why-dont-stores-offer-an-option-to-donate-change-1-to-charity/915959 "2020-07-22T15:03:48Z")
Not wanting to change (pun) the direction of the current coin shortage topics…why don’t stores offer an option as you begin to check out like “if you have change under a dollar coming back from your purchase, would you l… --- ## [As mundane as it gets!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-mundane-as-it-gets/915678)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-mundane-as-it-gets/915678 "2020-07-22T14:42:35Z")
I find myself visiting SDMB less and less. I’ve tried, I have really tried. But I do not like navigating this new board. Too much scrolling. Don’t count me gone. I cannot stay away, for this is home. I’m just not cra… --- ## [American actors doing a good job voicing languages they don't actually speak](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-actors-doing-a-good-job-voicing-languages-they-dont-actually-speak/915657)
**Author:** [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-actors-doing-a-good-job-voicing-languages-they-dont-actually-speak/915657 "2020-07-22T13:31:48Z")
Quite often a movie requires an American actor to speak a few sentences in a foreign language, to show that they are fluent. If you happen to know that language it is usually clear that it is a memorized speech. For exam… --- ## [We should end the general lock-downs. Now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-should-end-the-general-lock-downs-now/913281)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 422\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-should-end-the-general-lock-downs-now/913281 "2020-07-22T13:22:10Z")
I’m going to take a lot of heat for this from Dopers but I think it’s a rational, reasonable position. Until recently I have moderately supported the various lockdowns but that changed when I saw this data on COVID-19 d… --- ## [Notification popup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notification-popup/914865)
**Author:** [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notification-popup/914865 "2020-07-22T12:08:16Z")
I just got a popup saying boards.straightdope.com wants to show notifications. Can we please not do that. --- ## [Anybody running for election in your state trying to run on trump's (badly tailored) coattails?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-running-for-election-in-your-state-trying-to-run-on-trumps-badly-tailored-coattails/915917)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-running-for-election-in-your-state-trying-to-run-on-trumps-badly-tailored-coattails/915917 "2020-07-22T11:55:12Z")
The Republican candidate for the Senate in 2018 in Michigan was John James. His campaign ads then were all “trump, trump, me & trump”. He lost. Now he’s back, and as far as I’ve seen, his ads make no mention of trump wh… --- ## [The Doldrums...which came first?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doldrums-which-came-first/915991)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doldrums-which-came-first/915991 "2020-07-22T08:18:39Z")
So the doldrums can refer to a deadish wind pattern around the equator, or an emotional state of being vaguely depressed. Which one came first and named the other? --- ## [Is this use of the verb "belie" correct?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-use-of-the-verb-belie-correct/915789)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-use-of-the-verb-belie-correct/915789 "2020-07-22T06:12:13Z")
A forward-thinking high school senior has taken on Trader Joe’s for some of their marketing. The student’s petition evidently includes this text: “labels some of its ethnic foods with modifications of ‘Joe’ that belies a… --- ## [What's so bad about nations hacking each others covid virus information](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-nations-hacking-each-others-covid-virus-information/915952)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-nations-hacking-each-others-covid-virus-information/915952 "2020-07-22T04:14:06Z")
both Russia and China have been in the news for hacking into databases to gain info about other nations coronavirus vaccine research. I’m sure other nations have done it too and not gotten caught. Why is this a bad thin… --- ## [World record for longest consecutive generational suffix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-record-for-longest-consecutive-generational-suffix/716000)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-record-for-longest-consecutive-generational-suffix/716000 "2020-07-22T03:24:05Z")
Has there ever been someone named “\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ the 20th” or something like that - that is, the same name used through 20 generations (the Sr., the Jr., the III, the IV, the V, etc.)? --- ## [No vaccine in 2021. How does life look then?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-vaccine-in-2021-how-does-life-look-then/911123)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-vaccine-in-2021-how-does-life-look-then/911123 "2020-07-22T02:27:44Z")
As I navigate the new board, I found myself thinking about a discussion on Reddit regarding the NFL. A user there said that if there’s no vaccine by the 2021 season, the league would “have” to cancel that season as well,… --- ## [What is the best way to buy a house online?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-buy-a-house-online/915514)
**Author:** [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-buy-a-house-online/915514 "2020-07-22T02:13:26Z")
Hi. I have X amount of money and I can spend Y amount on buying a house. I can either buy it outright or spread out the pain over a 30 year loan. I have been looking on realtor.com and frankly it is tedious. How would yo… --- ## [Question about doing a burnout in a car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-doing-a-burnout-in-a-car/915677)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-doing-a-burnout-in-a-car/915677 "2020-07-22T01:47:10Z")
When I was 13 (1980) I was riding around in car with my 16 year old friend. I was the passenger and he was the driver. The car was his dad’s Cadillac. At one point he stopped on a wood bridge and did a burnout for about… --- ## [Anyone playing Animal Crossing: New Horizon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-animal-crossing-new-horizon/851296)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-animal-crossing-new-horizon/851296 "2020-07-22T01:01:17Z")
I used to love the Game Cube version of Animal Crossing, so I grabbed this one as soon as it was available. I’m playing in a pretty mellow fashion (no time travel, very few trades–I don’t want to get caught up in the cra… --- ## [Does Goodreads have a way to track how many pages you’ve read?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-goodreads-have-a-way-to-track-how-many-pages-you-ve-read/915883)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-goodreads-have-a-way-to-track-how-many-pages-you-ve-read/915883 "2020-07-22T00:39:53Z")
I’m sure there’s got to be a way, but I sure can’t find it. I’m doing a 52 books reading challenge for 2020 and many of the books I’m reading are lengthy tomes. I’d love to see my stats show not only how many books I’ve … --- ## [I got a message from System about my email](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-message-from-system-about-my-email/914213)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-message-from-system-about-my-email/914213 "2020-07-22T00:38:23Z")
I realize this must be a difficult time for the people who keep this board running. My apologies. But I just received a message from “System”. It said that there have been attempts to contact me by email and these haven… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1780) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1782)