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**Author:** [@cardinal\_fang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cardinal_fang)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-search-option-firefox/913133 "2020-06-26T19:08:52Z")
I noticed that – along with Google, Bing, Amazon, et. al. – there is a SDMB search option on my Firefox search box (next to the address bar on my version). Anyone else see this? Nice feature. --- ## [Did they do blood type testing at birth in 1983?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-do-blood-type-testing-at-birth-in-1983/913092)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-they-do-blood-type-testing-at-birth-in-1983/913092 "2020-06-26T19:02:17Z")
My brother’s 37th birthday was last week, and since then I’ve been thinking about something that happened when he was born. Oh, my parents were hippie types, so they had me (age six) and my unmarried aunt at his birth be… --- ## [Do I need to destroy decades-old cancelled checks and other financial paperwork?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-destroy-decades-old-cancelled-checks-and-other-financial-paperwork/855566)
**Author:** [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-destroy-decades-old-cancelled-checks-and-other-financial-paperwork/855566 "2020-06-26T18:09:31Z")
I am going through boxes of paperwork that we have dragged around the country with us for decades because we have been too lazy to take care of it. The advice I heard is keep taxes for 7 years. I’m reluctant to part wi… --- ## [Oddest artist interviews](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-artist-interviews/854402)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-artist-interviews/854402 "2020-06-26T17:44:51Z")
While digging around YouTube, I found this bizarre press conference by Lou Reed with the Australian press in 1974. I don’t know the context of this event, but both the artist and the press seem eager to get each other’s… --- ## [Will the Site Feedback and ATMB be combined?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-site-feedback-and-atmb-be-combined/912804)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-site-feedback-and-atmb-be-combined/912804 "2020-06-26T17:41:01Z")
These 2 forums seems largely redundant at this point. And while I suppose in the short term the Site Feedback category is useful to segregate the discussions about the new software what’s the long term plan? I for one ho… --- ## [Lonely in the age of telecommunications](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonely-in-the-age-of-telecommunications/855908)
**Author:** [@internetloveexplorer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/internetloveexplorer)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonely-in-the-age-of-telecommunications/855908 "2020-06-26T17:09:34Z")
It’s easier to find random and trivial information on the internet than to find real love. We all have the ability to connect to the interweb and the potential to send and receive packets of electronic data or real items… --- ## [American Indian names for pets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-indian-names-for-pets/912164)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-indian-names-for-pets/912164 "2020-06-26T17:03:45Z")
My dog, Penny has the American Indian name, “Farts a Lot” for obvious reasons. My Wife’s dog, who gingerly takes treats from my hand and, if they are large, drops them, has the name “Drops Her Cookies”. What is the Ame… --- ## [Does Anyone Know Wookinpanub?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-wookinpanub/913050)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-wookinpanub/913050 "2020-06-26T16:56:44Z")
She hasnt checked in since the board switchover. If you know her can you please check in with her? --- ## [Bookmarked threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bookmarked-threads/912973)
**Author:** [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bookmarked-threads/912973 "2020-06-26T16:41:11Z")
Ok, so to try to replicate my list of subscribed threads I’m trying out bookmarks. One issue is that I have to jump to the end of the thread to bookmark it, but that’s livable. The bigger issue is accessing them. On VB… --- ## [Salted In the Shell Peanuts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salted-in-the-shell-peanuts/913205)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salted-in-the-shell-peanuts/913205 "2020-06-26T16:40:38Z")
I’m posting this in Cafe because it’s regarding food, but it could also be in IMHO and probably more suited for the MPSIMS because it is pretty mundane! How do eat salted in the shell peanuts? Are you like me and first … --- ## [I'm done with the MLB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-done-with-the-mlb/912676)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-done-with-the-mlb/912676 "2020-06-26T16:37:03Z")
and their Mickey Mouse shit. DH in the National League? Why is that a Covid issue? A runner on second base in extra innings? Let’s just have a steal home contest. A tie after more innings when the players get too… --- ## [Keyboard shortcuts = board super powers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-shortcuts-board-super-powers/913174)
**Author:** [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-shortcuts-board-super-powers/913174 "2020-06-26T16:36:46Z")
Type a question mark ? to get a list of keyboard shortcuts. They’re good, fast, and really useful. I’m gradually learning more of them. Okay, I’m a bells and whistles kind of guy, but the bells and whistles on this boa… --- ## [Giuliani : ‘I want to see all their texts’](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giuliani-i-want-to-see-all-their-texts/817602)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giuliani-i-want-to-see-all-their-texts/817602 "2020-06-26T16:23:56Z")
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/‘i-want-to-see-all-their-texts’-giuliani-claims-with-no-evidence-that-messages-sent-by-mueller’s-team-could-show-anti-trump-bias/ar-AAzNfA6 This is a question about discovery. Doe… --- ## [Celebrities or businesses apologizing just angers both sides and pleases no one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-or-businesses-apologizing-just-angers-both-sides-and-pleases-no-one/855929)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-or-businesses-apologizing-just-angers-both-sides-and-pleases-no-one/855929 "2020-06-26T16:02:01Z")
Reading about Drew Brees’ recent apology, and Chick Fil-A’s apology over LGBT issues, and a host of other such apologies by celebrities or businesses, one trend generally appears: Aforementioned celebrity or business wi… --- ## [Solitaire Battleships Logic Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solitaire-battleships-logic-game/912010)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solitaire-battleships-logic-game/912010 "2020-06-26T15:49:00Z")
Does anyone here play Solitaire Battleships? Samples can be found here: There is also an app (at least for Android, I imagine IOS as well) and these puzzles show up monthly in Games World of Puzzles. I find that I c… --- ## [Legal ramifications of waiving covid restrictions for Floyd protests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-ramifications-of-waiving-covid-restrictions-for-floyd-protests/855719)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-ramifications-of-waiving-covid-restrictions-for-floyd-protests/855719 "2020-06-26T15:34:32Z")
As is pretty well known, many governors and mayors who have been pretty tough in cracking down on violations of their social distancing orders have ignored widespread flouting of these same orders in the case of recent B… --- ## [Supreme Court rules for LGBTQ right to sue!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-rules-for-lgbtq-right-to-sue/855699)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-rules-for-lgbtq-right-to-sue/855699 "2020-06-26T15:12:01Z")
I think I’m surprised! Pleased, but surprised. WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court rules gay and lesbian people can sue for workplace bias under landmark civil rights law. 7:05 AM · Jun 15, 202 --- ## [Software generates faces in time to music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-generates-faces-in-time-to-music/913088)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-generates-faces-in-time-to-music/913088 "2020-06-26T14:46:28Z")
In short, someone took a piece of software, specifically a StyleGAN, and had it generate faces in real time while modifying its parameters according to a music file. It’s oddly hypnotic. --- ## [DiscourseHub](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discoursehub/913150)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discoursehub/913150 "2020-06-26T14:11:52Z")
I downloaded DiscourseHub for my Android device but it doesn’t fund the message board when I search for it. When I type in ‘Straight’ it seems to lock up I add ‘Dope’ and it says “Straight Dope was not found!” When I t… --- ## ["In Death" series by JD Robb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-death-series-by-jd-robb/913012)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-death-series-by-jd-robb/913012 "2020-06-26T14:11:22Z")
One of my secret pleasures, the “In Death” books by JD Robb, who is really Nora Roberts. Murder mysteries are one of the genres I enjoy, and I glommed on to these years ago. Nora Roberts has an obsession with green eye… --- ## [YouTube videos not playing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-videos-not-playing/913198)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-videos-not-playing/913198 "2020-06-26T14:08:26Z")
Recently I’ve had a problem when I click on a YouTube video that has been posted on Facebook. The new window opens and the page loads, but the video is black and doesn’t play. If I copy the title (in this case, ’ Some… --- ## [How to change avatar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-change-avatar/911080)
**Author:** [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-change-avatar/911080 "2020-06-26T13:08:00Z")
Thanks, and no rush. --- ## [What are you babbling about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-babbling-about/855888)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-babbling-about/855888 "2020-06-26T12:46:23Z")
Ok, the last thread on this took a unwanted turn. But I- and I suspect others that use that little phase- want to know : is this now considered a insult and a bannable phrase? Let not bring in whether or not that pers… --- ## [Another new feature I just noticed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-new-feature-i-just-noticed/913047)
**Author:** [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-new-feature-i-just-noticed/913047 "2020-06-26T12:27:59Z")
I haven’t seen this mentioned by anyone else, but I noticed that after you enter a response to a thread, you can just hit “Back” on your browser to go back to the thread listing. On the old board (and every other message… --- ## [\*sob!\* I'm giving away my hoard!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sob-im-giving-away-my-hoard/855856)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sob-im-giving-away-my-hoard/855856 "2020-06-26T11:02:52Z")
No, I haven’t joined Hoarders Anonymous. Mr VOW and I are smack dab in the middle of a two-week stay in our home in AZ. This is a true mental health retreat. Plus we get to sleep in our own bed! Aaahhhh! I have detail… --- ## [Civilization 4/beyond the swrd .... how much do i hate thee let me f\*\*\*ing list the ways](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilization-4-beyond-the-swrd-how-much-do-i-hate-thee-let-me-f-ing-list-the-ways/912877)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilization-4-beyond-the-swrd-how-much-do-i-hate-thee-let-me-f-ing-list-the-ways/912877 "2020-06-26T10:27:14Z")
This about a pc/video game called sid Meiers civilization specifically the 4th edition of it and its addon “beyond the sword” Yes normally this would go in the game room but after what happened last night I want to l… --- ## [China has just admitted to taking hostages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-has-just-admitted-to-taking-hostages/913101)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-has-just-admitted-to-taking-hostages/913101 "2020-06-26T09:04:50Z")
That’s basically the gist of it. Canada took Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou into custody at the request of the USA. She is currently sitting in a mansion in Vancouver under house arrest, awaiting extradition. Canadian … --- ## [Questions about Two Computers and Virus Protections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-two-computers-and-virus-protections/912800)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-two-computers-and-virus-protections/912800 "2020-06-26T08:08:00Z")
My Windows 7 laptop (inherited from my late spouse) was showing its age and so I got a new computer. By which I mean I consulted with a friend with some skills, we cannibalized the old desktop for usable components, pur… --- ## [Google App (Chrome)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-app-chrome/913134)
**Author:** [@cardinal\_fang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cardinal_fang)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-app-chrome/913134 "2020-06-26T08:05:18Z")
On Chrome, I was invited to install the SDMB app (in the address bar, right side). I did so and it launched a dedicated window with SDMB-specific menus and buttons. It didn’t behave very well (I am on Linux with a heavil… --- ## [Beck and the bad, bad, bad Barn cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-and-the-bad-bad-bad-barn-cat/913041)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-and-the-bad-bad-bad-barn-cat/913041 "2020-06-26T05:57:06Z")
Okay, @cat , as it’s known, had a run in with a 'we’re not sure what, and was limping this morning. Mr.Wrekker decides he’s gotta catch @cat. Vet visit is needed. Oh, no. Me, being ever interested in excitement, decid… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1814) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1816)