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**Author:** [@rmcdonald](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rmcdonald)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-trouble-resetting-your-password/911036 "2020-06-20T19:53:35Z")
Having trouble setting or resetting your password? Here are some hints Minimum password length 8 characters. Minimum unique characters 2 (e.g !@#$%)Cannot find your user name?If your user name contained a space or spaces… --- ## [Did President Trump Have a Stroke or What?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-president-trump-have-a-stroke-or-what/855767)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-president-trump-have-a-stroke-or-what/855767 "2020-06-18T22:41:57Z")
I just now saw the footage of President Trump having trouble with a ramp at West Point the other day. He also used both hands to lift his water to his mouth. This Jimmy Kimmel clipCombines this with the President holding… --- ## [What happened to my username?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-username/855862)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-username/855862 "2020-06-18T22:36:14Z")
This is running coach. --- ## [Will politics destroy sports?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-politics-destroy-sports/855176)
**Author:** [@Yankees\_1996\_Champs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankees_1996_Champs)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-politics-destroy-sports/855176 "2020-06-18T22:35:54Z")
The whole Drew Brees thing over the national anthem and his opinion causing controversy shows that politics will probably destroy sports. That is Brees’ opinion. Why does the entire football team have to agree on politi… --- ## [Weird dog posture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-dog-posture/855826)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-dog-posture/855826 "2020-06-18T22:01:42Z")
A dog belonging to a friend often lies down in a posture I’ve never seen another dog assume (although I don’t have a vast amount of experience with dogs). Rather than the usual “couchant” posture of the hind legs with pa… --- ## [Was Colin Kaepernick the wrong man to take on this mantle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-colin-kaepernick-the-wrong-man-to-take-on-this-mantle/855789)
**Author:** [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-colin-kaepernick-the-wrong-man-to-take-on-this-mantle/855789 "2020-06-18T21:51:28Z")
Even before his protest, I never really cared for Kaepernick. I always thought he had a strange look about him. He’s lacking in charisma and I don’t recall ever seeing him smile or laugh. He claims he wants back in th… --- ## [R.I.P. David Dees, the Truthers' Hieronymus Bosch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-david-dees-the-truthers-hieronymus-bosch/855799)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-david-dees-the-truthers-hieronymus-bosch/855799 "2020-06-18T21:33:43Z")
A great talent has passed on (5/31, though with little fanfare, which is no coincidence). David Dees, former Sesame Street illustrator turned artist laureate to the woke non-sheeple (you’ve probably seen his work many t… --- ## [Freedom as a kid by decade](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-as-a-kid-by-decade/855770)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-as-a-kid-by-decade/855770 "2020-06-18T21:25:09Z")
The ice cream truck question made me remember how much freedom I had to run around essentially unsupervised as a kid, and when it was. When I think of children’s books written before and around my time, I don’t think I’… --- ## [Racism and Sexism: It's Complicated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism-and-sexism-its-complicated/667814)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism-and-sexism-its-complicated/667814 "2020-06-18T21:04:57Z")
Just got into a huge fight with my feminist wife whom I love dearly. And it was over this: I asserted that a woman on Facebook saying that I liked football because I was a man was sexist. I even elaborated that this f… --- ## [Odd allergies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-allergies/855504)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-allergies/855504 "2020-06-18T21:01:27Z")
Do you have any unusual allergies? I’m allergic to macadamia nuts and cashews. (also peanuts, but that’s common) And, recently, I’ve developed what seems to be an allergy to hostess cup cakes. :confused: Note that m… --- ## [Direct URL link to new SDMB at Discourse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/direct-url-link-to-new-sdmb-at-discourse/855884)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/direct-url-link-to-new-sdmb-at-discourse/855884 "2020-06-18T20:40:25Z")
TubaDiva has explained that DNS will be updated so that our existing links to SDMB will point to our new digs. But does that take some indefinite amount of time (hours? days?) to get propagated to DNS servers around the… --- ## [The Aerodynamics of Tinkerbell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-aerodynamics-of-tinkerbell/849755)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-aerodynamics-of-tinkerbell/849755 "2020-06-18T20:27:08Z")
Assuming : \[ol\] \[li\]a Humanoid shape\[/li\]\[li\]a height of 3 to 8 inches\[/li\]\[li\]muscles with proportional strength like an insect’s\[/li\]\[li\]gauzy, insect-like wings\[/li\]\[li\]and Human/mammalian lungs\[/li\]\[/ol\] but exclu… --- ## [Anyone own a home planetarium?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-own-a-home-planetarium/855880)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-own-a-home-planetarium/855880 "2020-06-18T20:06:52Z")
It’s a thing that shines the night sky onto the ceiling and walls of your room. Sounds kinda cool. I’m wondering if anyone has one, Has ever seen one, did you like it? Was It cool? --- ## [Sorry, as much as I have tried to like it, bourbon just doesn't suit me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-as-much-as-i-have-tried-to-like-it-bourbon-just-doesnt-suit-me/855221)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-as-much-as-i-have-tried-to-like-it-bourbon-just-doesnt-suit-me/855221 "2020-06-18T19:56:39Z")
Beer is my drug of choice. I drink a lot of it. Tonight, a glorious evening, after a day of working in the yard, I blew through my four remaining beers and wasn’t really where I wanted to be. So, rather than drive to the… --- ## [CNN Headline - Calls Murder a "Stabbing"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-headline-calls-murder-a-stabbing/855780)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-headline-calls-murder-a-stabbing/855780 "2020-06-18T19:50:27Z")
Here’s the headline on cnn.com “Teen involved in stabbing of Barnard student Tessa Majors sentenced to 18 months in custody”. Only in the body of the story is it noted that Majors was murdered, not merely stabbed. Th… --- ## [Screen shots of the new site (still in development)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-shots-of-the-new-site-still-in-development/855569)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-shots-of-the-new-site-still-in-development/855569 "2020-06-18T19:48:42Z")
As I said earlier, it’s still in development and not totally baked yet, so take this as our starting point and don’t assume the worst. NEW FRONT PAGE INSTRUCTIONAL BANNER NEW FRONT PAGE NEW LOGIN NEW TOP POST… --- ## [IMPORTANT! If your user name has a space in it or a non-alphanumeric character READ THIS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-if-your-user-name-has-a-space-in-it-or-a-non-alphanumeric-character-read-this/855560)
**Author:** [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-if-your-user-name-has-a-space-in-it-or-a-non-alphanumeric-character-read-this/855560 "2020-06-18T19:07:29Z")
Going to the new system (Discourse) we have noticed that user names with spaces or non-alphanumeric characters like apostrophes (anything that isn’t a letter or a number), that part of your user name will probably get co… --- ## [Neighbor takes down Trump flag. Implications?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-takes-down-trump-flag-implications/855257)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-takes-down-trump-flag-implications/855257 "2020-06-18T18:53:02Z")
I live in a purplish suburban development. Of the roughly 60 houses here, only one has had visible exterior Trump support – a TRUMP 2020 flag flying right under the US flag on a pole in front of their house. I’ve lived h… --- ## [Which one is paradise for you, which one is hell, and where do you think you live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-is-paradise-for-you-which-one-is-hell-and-where-do-you-think-you-live/853704)
**Author:** [@AlexPontik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlexPontik)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-is-paradise-for-you-which-one-is-hell-and-where-do-you-think-you-live/853704 "2020-06-18T18:30:47Z")
Imagine a paradise where no one is ever laughing honestly, then imagine a hell where everyone is always laughing honestly. Does it matter which has been described as paradise or hell? or rephrased:which one is really p… --- ## [Video games with good, even great plots and storytelling (SPOILERS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-with-good-even-great-plots-and-storytelling-spoilers/656172)
**Author:** [@Toffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toffe)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-with-good-even-great-plots-and-storytelling-spoilers/656172 "2020-06-18T18:04:42Z")
As a counterbalance to this thread: What are some video games that do a really good job of telling a good story? I expect Shadow of the Colossus to pop up here, but I’ve never played it as I’m PC-only. Before someone … --- ## [So, who would you think of more after-the-fact?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-would-you-think-of-more-after-the-fact/855601)
**Author:** [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-would-you-think-of-more-after-the-fact/855601 "2020-06-18T17:55:09Z")
Pretend that you are a guy; pretend two women seem to be interested in meeting you (not me, you). (This will never actually happen to anyone… ever… but play along anyway.) One (seems to) want to meet you, but the best … --- ## [The idea that many of us had COVID-19 in late Jan/early Feb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-idea-that-many-of-us-had-covid-19-in-late-jan-early-feb/852342)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-idea-that-many-of-us-had-covid-19-in-late-jan-early-feb/852342 "2020-06-18T17:46:20Z")
With the news from WaPo that the earliest known COVID-19 death is now from early February (in California), I want to readdress this anecdotal notion that’s rampant in comment sections across the internet that many, many … --- ## [Help me find a charger for a laptop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-charger-for-a-laptop/855898)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-charger-for-a-laptop/855898 "2020-06-18T17:33:39Z")
Honestly, I find this shit confusing. Amazon just returns a lot of noise and little signal. My daughter has a laptop. This one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07WR6R8MH/ref=ppx\_yo\_dt\_b\_asin\_title\_o00\_s00?ie=UTF8&p… --- ## [Vote Up = Bad / Vote Down = Good](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-up-bad-vote-down-good/855855)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-up-bad-vote-down-good/855855 "2020-06-18T17:29:30Z")
If all people are polite and do not like to vote down then, when someone says something crazy it will be left unmolested by the large multitude who see and recognize the craziness. If a person writes something reasonabl… --- ## [Holy Smokes, Vera Lynn is Still Alive!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-smokes-vera-lynn-is-still-alive/386984)
**Author:** [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-smokes-vera-lynn-is-still-alive/386984 "2020-06-18T17:23:08Z")
Link, for some reason this amazes me, in a good way. Should have her out if she can make it for all the VE stuff over there, hope the Brits are giving her a fat pension or something. :slight\_smile: --- ## [Discourse Hub mobile apps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-hub-mobile-apps/855907)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-hub-mobile-apps/855907 "2020-06-18T17:11:06Z")
Anyone checked these out yet? Because Tapatalk is not going to work. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/discourse-hub/id1173672076 I’m not much for phone apps because phone screens are so small but i know some of you use… --- ## [How would you rate the accuracy of this media-political-bias graph?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-rate-the-accuracy-of-this-media-political-bias-graph/855737)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-rate-the-accuracy-of-this-media-political-bias-graph/855737 "2020-06-18T17:00:37Z")
Found this on Reddit and it seems somewhat accurate/reasonable to me, although I’d argue that Fox News isn’t as extreme as OANN (which belongs further in Breitbart territory or beyond.) They also omitted Salon from the g… --- ## [Pro-Trump ads on MSNBC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-trump-ads-on-msnbc/855774)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-trump-ads-on-msnbc/855774 "2020-06-18T16:59:17Z")
I gotta ask – why? I’ve been noticing extremely pro-Trump ads being run on Rachel Maddow’s show and other high profile shows on MSNBC, and I don’t see the point. If there’s anyplace you’re likely to find the most unshak… --- ## [French question: "et lui déceme les honneurs divins" referring to Alexander the Great](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-question-et-lui-deceme-les-honneurs-divins-referring-to-alexander-the-great/855893)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-question-et-lui-deceme-les-honneurs-divins-referring-to-alexander-the-great/855893 "2020-06-18T16:29:27Z")
Hi I was reading a passage on Alexander the Great. I came across this phase but haven’t been able to find a translation for it. “…et lui déceme les honneurs divins” (referring to Alexander the Great). What does the ve… --- ## [India says 20 soldiers killed in border dispute](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/india-says-20-soldiers-killed-in-border-dispute/855829)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/india-says-20-soldiers-killed-in-border-dispute/855829 "2020-06-18T15:43:03Z")
… with China. This hurts my head: the border between India and China is in the fucking Himalayas. They engaged in sub-zero temperatures, at an altitude that many of us have never been (other than inside an airplane) over… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1825) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1827)