# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1799 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1800 --- ## [What travel restrictions could the US government place on internal travel, and how would it be enforced?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-travel-restrictions-could-the-us-government-place-on-internal-travel-and-how-would-it-be-enforced/914506)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-travel-restrictions-could-the-us-government-place-on-internal-travel-and-how-would-it-be-enforced/914506 "2020-07-08T19:59:00Z")
Current events have me wondering how far the feds could go legally and practically. (Wasn’t sure if this was better for here or QZ, but posting two new threads there felt weird, and this isn’t necessarily limited to the … --- ## [What would you call a male Karen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-call-a-male-karen/914465)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-call-a-male-karen/914465 "2020-07-08T19:50:49Z")
Is there a male name similar to a Karen? --- ## [Trying Intermittent Fasting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-intermittent-fasting/913290)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-intermittent-fasting/913290 "2020-07-08T19:49:52Z")
Anybody doing this right now? I’ve been doing it for a couple of weeks. Some days are easy some are more difficult. I’m doing 18:6. I started with 16:8 but I found I didn’t get enough of a fast with that. I’ve managed a … --- ## [Publishers Clearinghouse Won't Work on My Smartphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishers-clearinghouse-wont-work-on-my-smartphone/914293)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishers-clearinghouse-wont-work-on-my-smartphone/914293 "2020-07-08T18:50:29Z")
It does work on my PC. But not my smartphone FWIW. I’ve had problems with PCH in the past. And the matter usually resolves after one week. And it has been about a week. And BTW does PCH still work over the phone, after… --- ## [Anyone treat their child's ADHD without medication?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-treat-their-childs-adhd-without-medication/855467)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-treat-their-childs-adhd-without-medication/855467 "2020-07-08T18:27:34Z")
My wife and I are starting to strongly suspect HermitChild1 (HC1) of having ADHD predominately inattentive (formally known as just ADD, so not the hyperactive part). Obviously if nothing else words and it gets to a poin… --- ## [Do you like/keep greeting cards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-keep-greeting-cards/914053)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-keep-greeting-cards/914053 "2020-07-08T18:24:37Z")
I’m not a big fan. I pretty much consider them a waste of money - especially between people who see each other regularly. Such as members of a couple. They are kinda nice to receive in the mail from someone at a dista… --- ## [Hidden Figures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hidden-figures/776625)
**Author:** [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hidden-figures/776625 "2020-07-08T18:24:18Z")
Saw it yesterday, enjoyed it a lot. I thought it was a great feel-good movie, as well as being an important story that needed to be told, and a sometimes painful reminder of discrimination that existed and still exist. W… --- ## [Any Python experts here? Formerly working code now fails](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-python-experts-here-formerly-working-code-now-fails/855851)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-python-experts-here-formerly-working-code-now-fails/855851 "2020-07-08T16:55:01Z")
I had to upgrade and re-install the OS on one of my Raspberry Pi’s. A script that I wrote now fails, and when I tried this example code (which i used as the basis for my Blynk control code), it fails with the same error. … --- ## [Massage therapist dad massages his kid:Benign?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massage-therapist-dad-massages-his-kid-benign/554577)
**Author:** [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massage-therapist-dad-massages-his-kid-benign/554577 "2020-07-08T16:52:49Z")
Dad is a licensed massage therapist. He often gives his teenage daughter full body massages with oil, etc. Daughter is generally only covered with a thin sheet during these massages. Teenage daughter is completely comfor… --- ## [Botticelli -- June 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923)
**Author:** [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Replies:** 260\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923 "2020-07-08T16:46:52Z")
Not Cecil. Not … Clytemnestra? Not the amazing Colin Mochrie. Three DQs. ETA: Previous game – https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=895601 --- ## [How has NHL hockey changed from 1980-2020?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-nhl-hockey-changed-from-1980-2020/914220)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-nhl-hockey-changed-from-1980-2020/914220 "2020-07-08T15:29:24Z")
I’m talking more about the style of play. I know: Expansion Russian and Eastern European players previously behind the iron curtain No touch icing The near elimination of the goon and fighting Shootout and other OT tin… --- ## [American freelancers and small business owners--PPP application deadline extended to Aug. 8. I got a PPP. Ask me anything](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-freelancers-and-small-business-owners-ppp-application-deadline-extended-to-aug-8-i-got-a-ppp-ask-me-anything/914740)
**Author:** [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-freelancers-and-small-business-owners-ppp-application-deadline-extended-to-aug-8-i-got-a-ppp-ask-me-anything/914740 "2020-07-08T14:45:42Z")
If you had trouble applying for a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan, missed the deadline, or got rejected the first time around, try again. The deadline’s been extended to August 8. The PPP is called a loan, but i… --- ## [What is an equitable split of a family farm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-equitable-split-of-a-family-farm/912898)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-equitable-split-of-a-family-farm/912898 "2020-07-08T13:12:06Z")
My wife and her brother are the only heirs to her parent’s family farm. Her brother has been doing all of the farming for the last couple of years as their father is in very ill health. I don’t farm. Never have. Never wi… --- ## [Give me three steps, Mister](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-three-steps-mister/854618)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-three-steps-mister/854618 "2020-07-08T13:09:02Z")
List 3 steps you do: Wash Rinse Repeat Or Sift Mix Bake Or Try-on Like Buy. Give me 3 steps, Mister (or Ms.) --- ## [What color is the sunset exactly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-the-sunset-exactly/914585)
**Author:** [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-the-sunset-exactly/914585 "2020-07-08T13:03:33Z")
This article says it depends on what planet you refer to. As we already know from sci-fi stories, at least, the star’s radiation matters - but the atmospheric composition plays an important part too. It seems that sunset… --- ## [Got an email for an "Order Confirmation" for a $6,000 juicer from Amazon Mexico I never ordered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-an-email-for-an-order-confirmation-for-a-6-000-juicer-from-amazon-mexico-i-never-ordered/914603)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-an-email-for-an-order-confirmation-for-a-6-000-juicer-from-amazon-mexico-i-never-ordered/914603 "2020-07-08T10:45:18Z")
Got a random email from Amazon.com.mx saying that they’re confirming shipment of a $6,000 juicer. The email contacts are all as follows (also note I’m American and have never ordered anything to mexico before) |from:|Am… --- ## [Kiwis in Spaaaaace \[Rocketlab Electron makes orbit\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiwis-in-spaaaaace-rocketlab-electron-makes-orbit/807111)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiwis-in-spaaaaace-rocketlab-electron-makes-orbit/807111 "2020-07-08T09:27:33Z")
New Zealand joins the list of space-faring nations with the successful launch of their Electron rocket: It’s a small rocket with a 150 kg payload (approximately the mass of a large sheep), but good enough … --- ## [Good-looking guys, part 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-looking-guys-part-2/28922)
**Author:** [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-looking-guys-part-2/28922 "2020-07-08T09:23:47Z")
I threw this question out several months ago, but since we’ve got a lot of new people on the board since then, I thought I’d throw it out again. Are good-looking guys unattractive? I like to look at them, but they real… --- ## [Louis Farrakhan Urges Africans and His Followers to Avoid Covid 19 Vaccine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-farrakhan-urges-africans-and-his-followers-to-avoid-covid-19-vaccine/914333)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-farrakhan-urges-africans-and-his-followers-to-avoid-covid-19-vaccine/914333 "2020-07-08T09:23:46Z")
He is right that medicine has a horrible history concerning black people: But this advice at this time is just misguided. Religion mixed with paranoia is infinitely more likely to depopulate the earth than a vacc… --- ## [So... How many people is too many?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-people-is-too-many/914114)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-people-is-too-many/914114 "2020-07-08T07:35:30Z")
There has been a lot of discussion about “not worth destroying the economy to save a few lives.” OK, great. I agree. But, how many lives are “a few.” Is it OK to kill 50K Americans? 100K? 1M? What’s the number? --- ## [When are we going to run out of new TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-we-going-to-run-out-of-new-tv/914598)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-we-going-to-run-out-of-new-tv/914598 "2020-07-08T07:28:27Z")
TV production has obviously been shut down due to the pandemic and thus far, television stations have mostly been fine burning off episodes of new shows filmed before the pandemic. But when are we going to reach the poin… --- ## [Birdwatching in the city](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birdwatching-in-the-city/913490)
**Author:** [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birdwatching-in-the-city/913490 "2020-07-08T07:05:48Z")
I watch these birds, but I don’t really do any birdwatching. Here’s the story in brief. I live in an apartment building, like many other European city dwellers. Our building was renovated last year, and now there are wi… --- ## [Heartwarming article about dogs, love and family](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartwarming-article-about-dogs-love-and-family/913813)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartwarming-article-about-dogs-love-and-family/913813 "2020-07-08T06:00:48Z")
Short snippet. --- ## [Would you actually die in Jumanji?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-actually-die-in-jumanji/826714)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-actually-die-in-jumanji/826714 "2020-07-08T05:59:12Z")
Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle was on earlier. Unlike the original film, where the game invaded reality, in this one video game players were sucked into the game world. They have three bars, representing their game liv… --- ## [Making America great again (no, not Trump)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-america-great-again-no-not-trump/914389)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-america-great-again-no-not-trump/914389 "2020-07-08T04:42:30Z")
IMHO, although America’s reputation has taken a severe battering due to Trump and also the coronavirus, it wouldn’t take too long for America to find its way back into the good graces of the rest of the world once Trump … --- ## [Background/wallpaper changer works on short intervals but not longer ones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/background-wallpaper-changer-works-on-short-intervals-but-not-longer-ones/914696)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/background-wallpaper-changer-works-on-short-intervals-but-not-longer-ones/914696 "2020-07-08T03:19:45Z")
I’m still running W7, everything else seems normal, but today I noticed that the background/wallpaper changer isn’t changing. I’ve had it running, pointed at a directory called ‘Wallpaper’, with the options of all the p… --- ## ["Helen Highwater"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-highwater/855025)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-highwater/855025 "2020-07-08T03:03:10Z")
This was the name of a patient on Doc Martin the other day. The doctor said it so fast and in such an offhand manner that I barely caught it. Have you ever noticed similar hidden jokes on DM (or any other show)? I’m n… --- ## [Are there any disadvantages to using Amazon Smile?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-disadvantages-to-using-amazon-smile/914430)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-disadvantages-to-using-amazon-smile/914430 "2020-07-08T03:01:37Z")
For at least a couple of years now, Amazon has had a program where when you use the Smile Amazon link instead of the normal link, they would donate a portion (.5%) of your purchase to a charity which you specify. Recentl… --- ## [What would happen if a president decided to do nothing after failing to be reelected?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-a-president-decided-to-do-nothing-after-failing-to-be-reelected/914189)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-a-president-decided-to-do-nothing-after-failing-to-be-reelected/914189 "2020-07-08T02:49:02Z")
It’s the day after the election in some presidential election year, and the people have just decided that the incumbent does not deserve a second term. Reacting like an angry five-year-old, the president decides to take … --- ## [Can anyone take a guess at what is up with my car based on these videos? Much appreciated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-take-a-guess-at-what-is-up-with-my-car-based-on-these-videos-much-appreciated/914630)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-take-a-guess-at-what-is-up-with-my-car-based-on-these-videos-much-appreciated/914630 "2020-07-08T02:25:50Z")
The car has been running fine and when I drive it, I notice nothing(probably because the windows are up). When I turn it off, though, I hear a whirring winding down that I don’t remember before. Here are two videos, one… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1798) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1800)