# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1844 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1845 --- ## [Hydrocele - Experiences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hydrocele-experiences/782434)
**Author:** [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hydrocele-experiences/782434 "2020-06-06T18:47:19Z")
First of all - I’m not looking for medical advice. I’ve been to my general practitioner and I am scheduling to see a specialist. I’m just looking for other’s experiences on a matter related to health. So, that out of … --- ## [What music are you listening to now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-are-you-listening-to-now/821070)
**Author:** [@Mumberthax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mumberthax)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-are-you-listening-to-now/821070 "2020-06-06T18:38:21Z")
If possible, please include a YouTube link, so we can all enjoy it. Corey Hart - Sunglasses At Night --- ## [Percentage likelihood of organ damage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/percentage-likelihood-of-organ-damage/854553)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/percentage-likelihood-of-organ-damage/854553 "2020-06-06T17:53:03Z")
The main fear of Covid may not be its fatality rate (if you’re under age 40, your odds of dying are like 0.3 percent if you contract the disease) but rather the organ damage the virus inflicts. Any stats on how many peo… --- ## [Centrist countries/societies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centrist-countries-societies/854778)
**Author:** [@Max1981](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max1981)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centrist-countries-societies/854778 "2020-06-06T17:14:28Z")
Hopefully this is the right forum here to post this on. I’ve always been kinda apolitical and never really thought much about whether democrats or republicans are in power. I figured America will always be a centrist c… --- ## [How young is too young for a funeral?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-young-is-too-young-for-a-funeral/855024)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-young-is-too-young-for-a-funeral/855024 "2020-06-06T16:36:26Z")
Nobody has funerals for miscarriages, and Rick Santorum was mocked for his treatment of his wife’s pre-term delivery and stillborn baby death. But what age is too young for a funeral ceremony? Stillborn babies do not g… --- ## [Food (etc) shortages: will they last?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-etc-shortages-will-they-last/849897)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-etc-shortages-will-they-last/849897 "2020-06-06T16:02:17Z")
Toilet paper is the best-known household product that has largely disappeared (in addition to things like hand sanitizer, of course). Most of this is driven by panic buying, which in turn drives more panic buying (“Ther… --- ## [Yet another "I'm Old" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-im-old-thread/855154)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-im-old-thread/855154 "2020-06-06T15:04:39Z")
Was musing today about working the past few days with the new girl. Turns out we both got kicked out of the same church. No, I didn’t know her. She would have been somewhere around 10 or 12 when I went there. Anyway,… --- ## [How close are lobsters and cockroaches?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-are-lobsters-and-cockroaches/818176)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-are-lobsters-and-cockroaches/818176 "2020-06-06T14:16:00Z")
Watching someone eat crab legs, it struck me that if I saw a movie where a different species ate something like that, I’d be disgusted by their eating chunks of giant bugs. So, are lobsters pretty much giant sea cockroa… --- ## [Mexico COVID deaths.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexico-covid-deaths/855153)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexico-covid-deaths/855153 "2020-06-06T13:19:03Z")
The USA is reporting 110,000 deaths. Mexico 13,000 deaths. Perhaps Mexico will pay for a border wall after all. --- ## [Great news for the Biden campaign (really)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-for-the-biden-campaign-really/854630)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-news-for-the-biden-campaign-really/854630 "2020-06-06T11:25:24Z")
From Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire: They saved the best for last there, didn’t they? Yes, by all means, put Kushner, who could screw up a two-car funeral, in control of Trump’s campaign. That is fucking awesome. … --- ## [Is racism a psychological disorder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-racism-a-psychological-disorder/854929)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-racism-a-psychological-disorder/854929 "2020-06-06T08:02:34Z")
In light of what has been going on recently, I’m convinced that racism is some sort of psychosis used to justify White supremacy and has entrenched itself into the power structures of Western society. I’m not dismissing… --- ## [June 5, 2020 - Trump says this is a GREAT DAY for George Floyd...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-5-2020-trump-says-this-is-a-great-day-for-george-floyd/855106)
**Author:** [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-5-2020-trump-says-this-is-a-great-day-for-george-floyd/855106 "2020-06-06T06:25:46Z")
You would think that someone who was - clinically - as unintelligent as Trump would just let the speech writers simply write words for him to parrot. But the only thing that surpasses his low IQ and is ability to pathol… --- ## [Let's talk about DeNiro's characters in Scorsese films (open spoilers likely)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-deniros-characters-in-scorsese-films-open-spoilers-likely/403725)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-deniros-characters-in-scorsese-films-open-spoilers-likely/403725 "2020-06-06T05:58:10Z")
(Spoilers welcomed - don’t bother with spoiler tags) During a recent bout with broncho-pneumonia, I decided to watch some movies that I’ve heard a lot about but had never got around to seeing. I chose Scorsese’s Mean St… --- ## [What percent of 2016 Trump voters won't vote for him in 2020?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percent-of-2016-trump-voters-wont-vote-for-him-in-2020/855043)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percent-of-2016-trump-voters-wont-vote-for-him-in-2020/855043 "2020-06-06T05:26:13Z")
I say 6% but most will stay home rather than vote for Biden. --- ## [Early hydroxychloroquine associated with survival](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-hydroxychloroquine-associated-with-survival/853192)
**Author:** [@Tigers2B1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tigers2B1)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-hydroxychloroquine-associated-with-survival/853192 "2020-06-06T04:41:18Z")
Publish today. There are no randomized double blind trials published yet. Until then this is what we have. With that, the evidence is mounting for hydroxychloroquine when administered "early\* in the disease. I intentiona… --- ## [age of mammals poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-of-mammals-poster/855125)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-of-mammals-poster/855125 "2020-06-06T03:26:09Z")
I am reading\* Beasts of Eden: Walking Whales, Dawn Horses, and Other Enigmas of Mammal Evolution\* by David Rains Wallace . Fascinating. However, it has no color plates. So, I have found a great little poster from the… --- ## [How do I clean my suede jacket?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-clean-my-suede-jacket/128473)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2002, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-clean-my-suede-jacket/128473 "2002-09-15T10:06:27Z")
I popped into the drycleaners the other day to get my suede jacket drycleaned, and ended up picking my jaw off the floor when the proprieter quoted me 55 freakin’ dollars!! Given that is $40 more than I payed for the bl… --- ## [Ask and Answer Trivia Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-and-answer-trivia-game/854988)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-and-answer-trivia-game/854988 "2020-06-06T02:44:55Z")
The person who answers correctly has to post a question of their own. The Ryder Cup used to be played in odd numbered years. Now it’s played in even numbered years. Why the change? --- ## [Teaching Myself Basic Acoustic Guitar in Self-Isolation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-myself-basic-acoustic-guitar-in-self-isolation/854921)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-myself-basic-acoustic-guitar-in-self-isolation/854921 "2020-06-06T02:41:06Z")
Might as well put my time to good use, right? I’m interested in getting to the point where I can play basic rhythm guitar (chords) for some simple songs. Basic criteria are: I bought a Yamaha FGX800C dreadnought, as m… --- ## [Permission to post an online petition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-post-an-online-petition/855126)
**Author:** [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-post-an-online-petition/855126 "2020-06-06T02:31:08Z")
I noticed in the rules that “calls to action” or whatever must have prior approval, but I’m not really sure how to do that. Just email any moderator? What forum would that go in? I’m not one to do something like this,… --- ## [What is the Chinese word for (the beast) 'mammoth?'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-chinese-word-for-the-beast-mammoth/855046)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-chinese-word-for-the-beast-mammoth/855046 "2020-06-06T02:14:41Z")
The English word ‘mammoth’ has its origins in word in some Siberian native language that more or less translated to ‘earth’ or ‘underground.’ In a 1957 documentary “Letter from Siberia,” the narrator says that the ancie… --- ## [Q about cops with relatives who are witnesses, and TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-cops-with-relatives-who-are-witnesses-and-tv/855119)
**Author:** [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-cops-with-relatives-who-are-witnesses-and-tv/855119 "2020-06-06T01:45:15Z")
This is a TV Trope, obvs, but it’s one that keeps cropping up. On an episode of Vera, a British TV show that’s fairly formulaic but very well acted, the sergeant’s young daughter found a body on a train. Early in the e… --- ## [Why the asymmetry between the dates of earliest and latest sunsets (with respect to the solstices)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-asymmetry-between-the-dates-of-earliest-and-latest-sunsets-with-respect-to-the-solstices/853952)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-asymmetry-between-the-dates-of-earliest-and-latest-sunsets-with-respect-to-the-solstices/853952 "2020-06-06T00:30:49Z")
The earliest sunset around here (Toronto) is about 10 or 11 days before the winter solstice. On the other hand, the latest sunset occurs only three or four days after the summer solstice. There is an a symmetry here th… --- ## [A few questions about learning to code.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-learning-to-code/855015)
**Author:** [@Unreconstructed\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unreconstructed_Man)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-learning-to-code/855015 "2020-06-05T23:42:00Z")
I lost my job due to the pandemic and I’m giving serious thought to retraining as a front end web developer. It’s a growth industry (or so I’ve heard), I think I’ll enjoy it, and I’m looking for a change anyway. Since … --- ## [I finally qualified for a free nasal swab test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-qualified-for-a-free-nasal-swab-test/855080)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-qualified-for-a-free-nasal-swab-test/855080 "2020-06-05T23:41:32Z")
And here’s my advice: If you do this, have someone else drive you. I went to the local collection site this afternoon, and was shocked at how incredibly painful it was. No way was I going to allow them to do the secon… --- ## [Why does touching up paint never look seamless, even with the same paint?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-touching-up-paint-never-look-seamless-even-with-the-same-paint/855076)
**Author:** [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-touching-up-paint-never-look-seamless-even-with-the-same-paint/855076 "2020-06-05T23:00:59Z")
It’s well known that it’s virtually impossible to get a partially repainted surface to match the original surface unless you repaint the entire wall. Say you accidentally put a little gouge in your wall. You fill it in… --- ## [Does a second wave or resurgence mean that efforts up to now have been for nothing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-second-wave-or-resurgence-mean-that-efforts-up-to-now-have-been-for-nothing/854958)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-second-wave-or-resurgence-mean-that-efforts-up-to-now-have-been-for-nothing/854958 "2020-06-05T22:58:38Z")
I’ve heard this a few times in relation to reopenings and protests, and thought it deserved its own discussion. --- ## [Number One with their first single](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-one-with-their-first-single/849847)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-one-with-their-first-single/849847 "2020-06-05T22:58:07Z")
Ruby and the Romantics were an R&B singing group from Ohio. In 1963 they lucked out and got to sing “Our Day Will Come,” a fantastically beautiful ballad written by Mort Garson and Bob Hilliard. The song went straight t… --- ## [What's the straight dope on the vaccine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-the-vaccine/854494)
**Author:** [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2020, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-the-vaccine/854494 "2020-06-05T22:55:32Z")
I wanted to separate the discussion about the process of developing the vaccine from the other thread about delivering the vaccine. I have heard opinions ranging from “we’ve never developed a vaccine for a coronavirus, … --- ## [It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-no-bad-thing-to-celebrate-a-simple-life/854488)
**Author:** [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-no-bad-thing-to-celebrate-a-simple-life/854488 "2020-06-05T22:35:11Z")
Lots of Web sites have “It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life” as a quote from Tolkien. Where is it, does anyone know? I don’t remember reading such a line, but I’m a tyro compared to some here on the boards. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1843) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1845)