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**Author:** [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2020, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-your-opinion-on-a-brand-name-for-inspirational-quotes/854329 "2020-05-27T03:13:04Z")
I’ve licensed inspirational writings worldwide for decades on gift products in the real world, and now I’d like to build a following on social media. Which of the following names for my social media pages do you like bes… --- ## [R.I.P. Biscuits and Gravy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-biscuits-and-gravy/854450)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-biscuits-and-gravy/854450 "2020-05-27T02:38:43Z")
The kitten with two faces has died, just three days old. --- ## [Republicans purposely downplayed COVID-19 warnings so they could offload stock.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-purposely-downplayed-covid-19-warnings-so-they-could-offload-stock/849843)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2020, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-purposely-downplayed-covid-19-warnings-so-they-could-offload-stock/849843 "2020-05-27T02:11:18Z")
Fuck. These. People. Just going to put this in the Pit, for there’s no debate as to the ethics here and the political implications are really just: Fuck. The. GOP. Story the 1st: Intelligence Chairman Raised Virus Ala… --- ## [Proof Trump has NPD (narcissistic personality disorder) mental illness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-trump-has-npd-narcissistic-personality-disorder-mental-illness/853996)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2020, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-trump-has-npd-narcissistic-personality-disorder-mental-illness/853996 "2020-05-27T02:09:52Z")
He has every one of the symptoms listed here: Anyone disagree? --- ## [Advice on buying infra-red thermometer for body temperature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-buying-infra-red-thermometer-for-body-temperature/854098)
**Author:** [@Dahu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahu)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-buying-infra-red-thermometer-for-body-temperature/854098 "2020-05-27T01:51:18Z")
Not sure if this is the right forum, but here goes. I work for a gym. We’re currently closed but putting in measures ready for reopening. We’re considering temperature checking every user coming in using a contactless I… --- ## [X and Y starring in Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-and-y-starring-in-z/854423)
**Author:** [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-and-y-starring-in-z/854423 "2020-05-27T01:04:00Z")
\-One poster names two actors who worked together in a movie. The people answering will try to guess the movie without googling. -The actors need to be well known enough that the poster can name them from memory. -If th… --- ## [Dear God: my mom is not an episode of House (RIP. update to 2012 thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-my-mom-is-not-an-episode-of-house-rip-update-to-2012-thread/635681)
**Author:** [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-god-my-mom-is-not-an-episode-of-house-rip-update-to-2012-thread/635681 "2020-05-27T00:40:21Z")
A couple of years ago, my mom started suffering from chest pains and respiratory problems. Two months of testing and intermittant hospital stays later, they finally found the cause: Legionellosis. Yes, mom had Legionnair… --- ## [Dan Quale and the spelling of "potatoe" and the relevance of a Vice-Presidential nominee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-quale-and-the-spelling-of-potatoe-and-the-relevance-of-a-vice-presidential-nominee/854407)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-quale-and-the-spelling-of-potatoe-and-the-relevance-of-a-vice-presidential-nominee/854407 "2020-05-27T00:36:42Z")
It looks live Klobaucchar is in the lead. I like her OK, but she is just about the 12th person who should be considered. And she will probably be picked because she is the most centrist woman out there. Biden thinks he i… --- ## [Does Melatonin do anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-melatonin-do-anything/854474)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-melatonin-do-anything/854474 "2020-05-26T22:44:46Z")
Has melatonin ever been proven to help with sleep disorders or is it just the placebo effect? --- ## [Glass experts: making your own fire-glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-experts-making-your-own-fire-glass/854495)
**Author:** [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-experts-making-your-own-fire-glass/854495 "2020-05-26T22:38:06Z")
I’m in the process of building a gas fire pit, largely from scratch. Eventually I will need fire-glass to finish the look and to get the flame effect I want. I know typically it’s sheets of tempered glass, smashed to bi… --- ## [Are cats just into feet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cats-just-into-feet/853709)
**Author:** [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cats-just-into-feet/853709 "2020-05-26T22:19:17Z")
So I’m lying in my bed here, just dozing off on my stomach, when I get a visit from the smallest and furriest housemate. Not a problem, thinks I. A bit of human-sitting is probably an extremely rational thing for a heat… --- ## [Searching dental records](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-dental-records/854503)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-dental-records/854503 "2020-05-26T21:59:01Z")
When an unidentified human body is discovered, and authorities do a dental records search, how is that done? Is there a nationwide database of dental records? Are dentists required to send your records to this database… --- ## [Pronunciation question (one word)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-question-one-word/854119)
**Author:** [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-question-one-word/854119 "2020-05-26T21:56:35Z")
I’m British, resident in UK: have recently encountered some puzzlement about the word which I know as “lambaste” – meaning, to energetically attack and belabour someone (nowadays, usually just with words). I have always… --- ## [What are the effects of having one parent who was too strict and one too permissive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-effects-of-having-one-parent-who-was-too-strict-and-one-too-permissive/854389)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-effects-of-having-one-parent-who-was-too-strict-and-one-too-permissive/854389 "2020-05-26T21:30:35Z")
If you had one parent for whom you could never do right and another for whom you could never do wrong, what are the possible ways that could affect someone? --- ## [Question for American Baby Boomer Dopers (please be at least age 60) about the 1990s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-american-baby-boomer-dopers-please-be-at-least-age-60-about-the-1990s/854168)
**Author:** [@Kennedy1960](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kennedy1960)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-american-baby-boomer-dopers-please-be-at-least-age-60-about-the-1990s/854168 "2020-05-26T21:15:38Z")
I’ve been rewatching The Sopranos lately. The Pilot episode for that show was shot from June to August of 1997, although because of the creator David Chase’s inability to find a network, the episode and show didn’t get … --- ## [What's the term for this property of light at the focal plane of a projector?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-term-for-this-property-of-light-at-the-focal-plane-of-a-projector/854315)
**Author:** [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-term-for-this-property-of-light-at-the-focal-plane-of-a-projector/854315 "2020-05-26T21:14:19Z")
If you take a standard LCD projector and project a blank white image onto a screen in proper focus, you can observe some interesting effects by holding up objects close to the screen (the focal plane of the projector). S… --- ## [A bygone era: candy & other snacks you miss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bygone-era-candy-other-snacks-you-miss/59076)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bygone-era-candy-other-snacks-you-miss/59076 "2020-05-26T21:03:17Z")
As a kid, I ate candy such as Big Time, Forever Yours, Seven-Up (seven kinds of filling covered by one layer of chocolate), Candy Buttons (the sweet, colored lumps sold stuck to adding-machine tape), and a brande of malt… --- ## [Officials' Children Doing Business = Corruption?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officials-children-doing-business-corruption/854067)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officials-children-doing-business-corruption/854067 "2020-05-26T20:50:04Z")
Hi… Dipping my toe in GD waters… I’m gonna get accused of JAQ, but I’m serious. This is something I do not know, and would like The Straight Dope. In the impeachment, one major subtext was that Biden was corrupt beca… --- ## [Is this fantastically racist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-fantastically-racist/854285)
**Author:** [@Dr.Crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Crap)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-fantastically-racist/854285 "2020-05-26T20:40:55Z")
You don’t have to be some sort of white wizard to see that hobbits have a higher EQ than either dwarves or men. --- ## ["Crew" the first voyage to Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crew-the-first-voyage-to-mars/853426)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crew-the-first-voyage-to-mars/853426 "2020-05-26T20:29:49Z")
If all goes well (unlikely) the first trip to Mars will take 21 months. What should the crew look like? Six, eight or ? crew members? (I’m think eight because fatalities may become an issue.) Male to female ratio? Est… --- ## [Have you ever had a manager you thought was dumb?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-manager-you-thought-was-dumb/853879)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-manager-you-thought-was-dumb/853879 "2020-05-26T19:10:14Z")
I have a coworker. Nice enough person, I suppose, but I get frustrated sometimes by the kinds of questions she asks me. It seems to me they are basic questions that she should either already know the answers to or at l… --- ## [Recommend a printer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-printer/854289)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-printer/854289 "2020-05-26T18:47:34Z")
A month or so ago, I received a document that had been signed by the people who needed to sign it. I needed to print it, sign it, scan it, and save it to where it needed to be saved. I tried to scan it on Mrs. L.A.'s p… --- ## [Expansion of unemployment eligibility](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expansion-of-unemployment-eligibility/854505)
**Author:** [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expansion-of-unemployment-eligibility/854505 "2020-05-26T18:32:40Z")
1\> What percentage of the currently unemployed that are receiving unemployment insurance payments courtesy of the various legislative actions would not have been eligible for it 6 months ago. 2\> How does that legislatio… --- ## [Culling your closet of work clothes after retirement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culling-your-closet-of-work-clothes-after-retirement/854420)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culling-your-closet-of-work-clothes-after-retirement/854420 "2020-05-26T18:14:26Z")
So it’s 4 1/2 years since I left the workforce, and since I got nothing but time, I’ve decided to get rid of work clothes hanging there getting dusty. Mostly dress slacks, some jackets, shoes, skirts and blouses etc. But… --- ## [Mr.Otis the best plumber in these parts(the only plumber in these parts)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-otis-the-best-plumber-in-these-parts-the-only-plumber-in-these-parts/854482)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-otis-the-best-plumber-in-these-parts-the-only-plumber-in-these-parts/854482 "2020-05-26T18:13:18Z")
Occasionally in the last 20 years or so I have had to call a plumber as Mr.Wrekker would be out of town and plumbing emergency occurred(I say occasionally, it was exactly 3 times). Two of those times were outdoors. He o… --- ## [Twitter shutting down the legacy version](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-shutting-down-the-legacy-version/854453)
**Author:** [@Mislav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mislav)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-shutting-down-the-legacy-version/854453 "2020-05-26T18:01:19Z")
Twitter will be shutting down its old (legacy) version on June 1st 2020. Is there any way to keep using it somehow? I assume not, but I just wanted to check. Thank you in advance. --- ## [Who pays for Judge Sullivan's lawyer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-pays-for-judge-sullivans-lawyer/854501)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-pays-for-judge-sullivans-lawyer/854501 "2020-05-26T17:56:45Z")
Judge Emmet Sullivan has hired a top tier defense lawyer to justify his actions in the Michael Flynn case to a panel of appeals court judges who ordered him to explain himself. I’m curious as to who pays the bills. Is a … --- ## [Star Trek: Strange New Worlds announced, features original Enterprise NCC-1701](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-announced-features-original-enterprise-ncc-1701/854167)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-announced-features-original-enterprise-ncc-1701/854167 "2020-05-26T17:41:32Z")
I haven’t seen a thread about this yet, but the news should be of general interest to all Star Trek fans. CBS All Access announced on Friday that it will air a spin-off of Star Trek: Discovery, to be called Star Trek: … --- ## [Baseball rules Q...not even sure if an MLB ump could answer this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-rules-q-not-even-sure-if-an-mlb-ump-could-answer-this/854372)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-rules-q-not-even-sure-if-an-mlb-ump-could-answer-this/854372 "2020-05-26T17:30:41Z")
3-2 count, umps lose count of balls when another ball is thrown. So now its 4-2. The umps have lost count, and so has everyone else. Another pitch is thrown and a HR is hit… NOW. The coach of the team in the field reali… --- ## [When does one test negative after infection?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-one-test-negative-after-infection/854500)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-one-test-negative-after-infection/854500 "2020-05-26T17:16:45Z")
I don’t know f I was given false information or if I somehow heard it wrong although I am reasonably sure I heard it right. I was tested for the virus a few weeks ago. For about 10 days I had a strange tightness in my ch… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1858) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1860)