# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1833 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1834 --- ## [Do I need to use a VPN?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-use-a-vpn/855650)
**Author:** [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-use-a-vpn/855650 "2020-06-14T07:12:42Z")
The only time I ever use my phone for streaming, shopping, browsing, etc I use either my data plan or home WiFi. I never connect to public WiFi. Should I be using a VPN anyway? If so tell me why, and which one? I have a… --- ## [Being furloughed but boss still making me work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-furloughed-but-boss-still-making-me-work/855579)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-furloughed-but-boss-still-making-me-work/855579 "2020-06-14T05:30:59Z")
I am salaried (exempt) not hourly. As part of COVID my company is making employees take furlough days. Thing is they are requiring someone to be on call during the furlough andif anyone objects they say it is part of t… --- ## [Which party does the Libertarian Party have more in common with?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-party-does-the-libertarian-party-have-more-in-common-with/855349)
**Author:** [@scarface54345](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scarface54345)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-party-does-the-libertarian-party-have-more-in-common-with/855349 "2020-06-14T05:17:03Z")
Dunno what to put here for “message”… --- ## [So, how exactly do history/civics classes proceed in red states?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-exactly-do-history-civics-classes-proceed-in-red-states/855542)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-exactly-do-history-civics-classes-proceed-in-red-states/855542 "2020-06-14T04:37:13Z")
…and other conservative bastions? This topic falls very neatly between GQ, GD, & IMHO: I am basically looking for a factual answer as to how such classes proceed \[GQ\], but also would thus appreciate some first hand expe… --- ## [surprise party for my parents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprise-party-for-my-parents/855638)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprise-party-for-my-parents/855638 "2020-06-14T04:35:35Z")
Just got off of my weekly call with Mom. Dad is still in a rehab center but should be coming home soon. I have some time off in mid-July and was thinking about flying down to Virginia to see them. My brother can go with… --- ## [Are you in a college, community, church choir or chorus-- what's your group's plan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-in-a-college-community-church-choir-or-chorus-whats-your-groups-plan/855410)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-in-a-college-community-church-choir-or-chorus-whats-your-groups-plan/855410 "2020-06-14T02:53:06Z")
This is COVID-related, but also music-related, so I’m putting it here. I’ve sung in a college choir for the last 20 years. Got the word today that there will be no music ensembles this fall. No choirs (there are two of … --- ## [Directors Criticisms and Praise About Other Directors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/directors-criticisms-and-praise-about-other-directors/855632)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/directors-criticisms-and-praise-about-other-directors/855632 "2020-06-14T02:25:36Z")
--- ## [Gun Licenses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-licenses/855559)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-licenses/855559 "2020-06-14T02:23:00Z")
My wife wants for me and her to apply for gun licenses. I am resistant to buying guns at this time. But she is afraid that if it ever came time to buy guns that the licensing process will take too long and/or the rules w… --- ## [Attractiveness in TV/movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attractiveness-in-tv-movies/855628)
**Author:** [@TheSundial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSundial)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attractiveness-in-tv-movies/855628 "2020-06-14T02:18:17Z")
The same reason I want Sandra Oh in Killing Eve to be physically attractive is the same reason I want Harrison Ford to look good in the first three Indiana Jones movies. That’s one reason why Crystal Skull failed is bec… --- ## [How did Sandra Oh get a lead role in Killing Eve?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-sandra-oh-get-a-lead-role-in-killing-eve/855621)
**Author:** [@TheSundial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSundial)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-sandra-oh-get-a-lead-role-in-killing-eve/855621 "2020-06-14T02:07:17Z")
She should be a supporting role not a lead because she isn’t physically attractive enough. She works well in Sideways because she’s a supporting role and the love interest of Paul Giamatti’s character who is also unattr… --- ## [3M sues price gougers who sold masks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3m-sues-price-gougers-who-sold-masks/855452)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3m-sues-price-gougers-who-sold-masks/855452 "2020-06-14T01:39:44Z")
Hope this suit succeeds --- ## [I Don't Like this Shorthand Way of Using People's Names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-this-shorthand-way-of-using-peoples-names/855318)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-this-shorthand-way-of-using-peoples-names/855318 "2020-06-14T01:22:01Z")
I’m not sure what to call this new trend of using generic innocuous names to embody the image of disagreeable people. There’s a few out there. Mary Sue means an untalented writer trying to glorify themselves through a … --- ## [Super Rugby Aotearoa thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-rugby-aotearoa-thread/855633)
**Author:** [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-rugby-aotearoa-thread/855633 "2020-06-13T23:22:32Z")
The abbreviated New Zealand only competition kicked off last night with a thrilling game between the Highlandes and the Chiefs. A very simple format with five teams playing a double round Robin with no playoffs. Great to… --- ## [Would you have liked a Patriots three-peat....or SEVEN-PEAT in the 2000s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-liked-a-patriots-three-peat-or-seven-peat-in-the-2000s/855485)
**Author:** [@Yankees\_1996\_Champs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankees_1996_Champs)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-liked-a-patriots-three-peat-or-seven-peat-in-the-2000s/855485 "2020-06-13T22:49:17Z")
The New England Patriots were sitting high in September 2005…repeat champions from 2003 and 2004. They went to the 05-06 playoffs and lost to the Broncos in January 2006…would you have liked a threepeat had the Patriots … --- ## [Circumstances under which predatory pricing is legal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumstances-under-which-predatory-pricing-is-legal/855404)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumstances-under-which-predatory-pricing-is-legal/855404 "2020-06-13T22:40:57Z")
Predatory pricing = deliberately setting artificially low prices to drive competitors out of business But suppose that someone’s motive is charity, not profit - does that change things? (Say a billionaire sees how affo… --- ## [Covid and black people. What's the offense here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-and-black-people-whats-the-offense-here/855443)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-and-black-people-whats-the-offense-here/855443 "2020-06-13T21:44:26Z")
So a black friend of mine posted a meme on FB. It basically says Bill Gates’ wife thinks health care workers should get the vaccine first and then black people. My friends response to this was “SMH”. And then another bla… --- ## ["The Essential Workers" is a shoe-in for Time Person Of The Year right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-essential-workers-is-a-shoe-in-for-time-person-of-the-year-right/854358)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-essential-workers-is-a-shoe-in-for-time-person-of-the-year-right/854358 "2020-06-13T21:21:14Z")
Unless Nancy Pelosi does something else major this year Presidential election or not I think that has to be the winner. --- ## [New Bob Dylan interview in the NYT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-bob-dylan-interview-in-the-nyt/855605)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-bob-dylan-interview-in-the-nyt/855605 "2020-06-13T20:59:43Z")
As you may know, Dylan will release the double album “Rough And Rowdy Ways” next Friday, his first studio album with original songs since 2012. He hadn’t given an interview since being awarded the Nobel prize in 2016, an… --- ## [Gmail; something odd](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-something-odd/855617)
**Author:** [@Mislav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mislav)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-something-odd/855617 "2020-06-13T18:57:19Z")
When I’m logged into Gmail and I google something, I see a sign-in button at the top of the screen, like I have to log in. But I am already logged in. And even when I see that, I can still access my emails, contacts etc.… --- ## [Too much then, too little now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-much-then-too-little-now/855300)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-much-then-too-little-now/855300 "2020-06-13T18:51:52Z")
Back in March, I caught a bit of grief both here and IRL, for questioning the reasonableness of some aspects of social distancing. I thought it made perfect sense to avoid certain activities, such as coming in close con… --- ## [William Barr: Jackbooted thug.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-barr-jackbooted-thug/855567)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-barr-jackbooted-thug/855567 "2020-06-13T18:42:34Z")
It’s bad enough that this Trump boot licker orders protesters to be cleared for dear orange leader and his parade of sycophants. The squalid little fascist sonofabitch uses the FBI for his gestapo tactics to intimidate … --- ## [How Did The Prophet Ezekiel Butter His Bread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-prophet-ezekiel-butter-his-bread/855495)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-prophet-ezekiel-butter-his-bread/855495 "2020-06-13T18:30:59Z")
I’m reading a book on comparative religion, and at one point, discussing Ezekiel, the author says that he buttered his bread in a way that need not be described, to warn the people against eating contaminated food. Don’… --- ## [Where is George Geschwendt ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-george-geschwendt/855543)
**Author:** [@Jim\_Taggart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Taggart)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-george-geschwendt/855543 "2020-06-13T17:22:50Z")
Was wondering whatever happened to George Geschwendt ? On March 12, 1976 he methodically slayed 5 members and 1 friend of their family in Trevose, Pa. I lived not far from there. Looked at the Pennsylvania inmate loc… --- ## [Curious development when clicking on Straight Dope emails](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-development-when-clicking-on-straight-dope-emails/854675)
**Author:** [@Den\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Den_1)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-development-when-clicking-on-straight-dope-emails/854675 "2020-06-13T17:02:16Z")
I still get the emails every Friday with the older questions and answers. A few weeks ago a large almost blank popup would appear after I clicked on a story. The popup would appear within a couple of seconds after the St… --- ## [Chrome View Page Source: How can I see HTML content generated by JavaScript?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-view-page-source-how-can-i-see-html-content-generated-by-javascript/855607)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-view-page-source-how-can-i-see-html-content-generated-by-javascript/855607 "2020-06-13T17:01:06Z")
An an example, here is a link for the abstract of a paper. If you look at the page source, you will not see most of the content. It appears that there is JavaScript so the browser retrieves some content after the page is… --- ## [Truth or Consequences (New Mexico)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-or-consequences-new-mexico/855572)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-or-consequences-new-mexico/855572 "2020-06-13T16:57:50Z")
Many of us are aware that the city of Truth or Consequences NM received its name from a game show in 1950 (on radio at the time - then for many years on TV). It’s original name was “Hot Springs”. The TorC program was to… --- ## [Has China taken steps to eliminate wildlife in markets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-china-taken-steps-to-eliminate-wildlife-in-markets/855552)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-china-taken-steps-to-eliminate-wildlife-in-markets/855552 "2020-06-13T15:19:12Z")
I know there are arguments about if COVID-19 really did originate in a wet market, but I think experts are pretty much in agreement that it did. So are these markets now more tightly controlled? I mean, as in live seaf… --- ## ["Excited Delirium" - Real, or 'Police killed this guy?'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excited-delirium-real-or-police-killed-this-guy/855110)
**Author:** [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excited-delirium-real-or-police-killed-this-guy/855110 "2020-06-13T15:10:09Z")
Police and their defenders often talk about the danger of people dying from “Excited Delirium”, and blame a great many deaths of people in custody on it. But the American Psychiatric Association, the American Medical Ass… --- ## [Cinematic clowning around](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinematic-clowning-around/855057)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinematic-clowning-around/855057 "2020-06-13T14:58:08Z")
Evil movie and television clowns abound, but are there any good guy/heroic clowns out there in movie/tv land? --- ## [Mundane, pointless, and funny animal video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-and-funny-animal-video/855578)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-and-funny-animal-video/855578 "2020-06-13T14:55:43Z")
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