# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1868 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1869 --- ## [Ban on Politics in The Quarantine Zone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ban-on-politics-in-the-quarantine-zone/853969)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2020, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ban-on-politics-in-the-quarantine-zone/853969 "2020-05-20T10:40:21Z")
I think the way nations/territories/regions/etc. around the world are dealing with (or not dealing with, as the case may be) this pandemic is inherently political given today’s world. Why not permit political posts that … --- ## [Blagojevich officially disbarred](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blagojevich-officially-disbarred/854078)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2020, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blagojevich-officially-disbarred/854078 "2020-05-20T08:33:03Z")
Not sure where else to put this except here: Blagojevich officially disbarred by Illinois Supreme Court I am happy it happened. Few are more deserving. My only question is why did it need the Illinois Supreme Court to… --- ## [Finding an Integral Using u-substitution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-an-integral-using-u-substitution/854084)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2020, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-an-integral-using-u-substitution/854084 "2020-05-20T06:15:56Z")
Please explain finding an integral by u-substitution to me like I am a 5-year old. I can do it, but I don’t remember why it works. Someone explained it to me 25 or 30 years ago but I haven’t thought about it since and … --- ## [Why are we wasting money on flyovers?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-we-wasting-money-on-flyovers/853651)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2020, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-we-wasting-money-on-flyovers/853651 "2020-05-20T06:06:50Z")
Really? As the death toll mounts, the economy withers, and bankruptcy looms, this administration decides to waste precious tax dollars to send jets on pointless and unnecessary flyovers, to the tune of $1.3 million? How … --- ## [Keeping car batteries charged during lockdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-car-batteries-charged-during-lockdown/851155)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2020, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-car-batteries-charged-during-lockdown/851155 "2020-05-20T05:30:50Z")
I was taught growing up that in order to charge a car battery one had to actually go out and drive around. So recently I passed this information to friends whose plan was to just leave their cars running in the driveway… --- ## [Would different car insurance or health and safety analysis be needed for driving supercar on road?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-different-car-insurance-or-health-and-safety-analysis-be-needed-for-driving-supercar-on-road/853208)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2020, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-different-car-insurance-or-health-and-safety-analysis-be-needed-for-driving-supercar-on-road/853208 "2020-05-20T05:07:25Z")
Well if you go to this video search on YouTube for for letting my girlfriend drive my Lamborghini Vehicle Virgins it shows his girlfriend driving car on public road. Would someone who drives a normal car have to purchase… --- ## [anyone else having problems with pua benefits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-problems-with-pua-benefits/854114)
**Author:** [@cmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmore)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2020, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-problems-with-pua-benefits/854114 "2020-05-20T03:58:59Z")
I’m self employed and I meet the criteria to qualify for the pua benefits, but it’s one road block after another. some of it no doubt is the high volume, but a lot of it is intentionally I’m sure (as does a state senat… --- ## [All time WORST movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-worst-movie/180028)
**Author:** [@Devron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Devron)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2020, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-worst-movie/180028 "2020-05-20T03:34:48Z")
So, we all know what our favorite movies are, how about your least favorite? a few: The In-Laws Idle Hands Center Stage A Mighty Wind-sure it was ok, but not as good as Best in Show and that made me sad anymore?..c… --- ## [is the president gaining weight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-president-gaining-weight/782370)
**Author:** [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2020, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-president-gaining-weight/782370 "2020-05-20T03:26:49Z")
I’m putting this in GQ because I want to keep it factual, or at least out of the pit, and I’d appreciate help with this. I suspect the president almost \*has \*to be gaining weight given that he doesn’t exercise loves f… --- ## [Why is a truly random "shuffle" musical function so difficult to execute?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-truly-random-shuffle-musical-function-so-difficult-to-execute/853892)
**Author:** [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2020, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-truly-random-shuffle-musical-function-so-difficult-to-execute/853892 "2020-05-20T03:25:27Z")
Feel free to split hairs about if I mean “random” or if I mean "varied." Since at least 2011, I’ve always been flabbergasted at the inability of any of my music devices being able to generate a truly random play list. L… --- ## [Hugging](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugging/854041)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2020, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugging/854041 "2020-05-20T03:20:35Z")
With the close contact restrictions we now have, it got me to wondering about hugging. When did hugging become the go-to way of greeting someone? I don’t remember people hugging as a greeting when I was a kid, other th… --- ## [Diplomacy question(s)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-question-s/853580)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2020, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-question-s/853580 "2020-05-20T03:09:14Z")
I still get confused over some finer points of this game. Here’s one that’s currently stumping me. Russia: A Mun-Tyr A Boh S Mun-Tyr Italy: A Bur-Mun A Tyr S Bur-Mun Is this a bounce? Does Mun-Tyr win? Do they bot… --- ## [Does "Repent" require a belief in god or a religious context?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-repent-require-a-belief-in-god-or-a-religious-context/854110)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2020, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-repent-require-a-belief-in-god-or-a-religious-context/854110 "2020-05-20T02:22:17Z")
From an IRL debate. Looking up the definition, it doesn’t explicitly seem to state one must repent TO a god, but at the same time, all the examples are religious in nature. And I don’t believe I’ve ever heard the word us… --- ## [I started a hugely successful product as part of reality show but got screwed.How to write my story?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-started-a-hugely-successful-product-as-part-of-reality-show-but-got-screwed-how-to-write-my-story/854014)
**Author:** [@andrea\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrea_green)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2020, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-started-a-hugely-successful-product-as-part-of-reality-show-but-got-screwed-how-to-write-my-story/854014 "2020-05-20T01:41:21Z")
So a few years back I had the opportunity to spend a summer on a high-budget reality show on one of the top networks. I’m a bit of a media geek and so it sounded like fun to me to see how a show like that is made from b… --- ## [recurrent, course, kinda wierd facial hair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurrent-course-kinda-wierd-facial-hair/854021)
**Author:** [@cmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmore)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurrent-course-kinda-wierd-facial-hair/854021 "2020-05-20T01:33:05Z")
I get a hair that grows on my chin that everytime it grows back it gets a little slightly raised red area on the skin surrounding it and its slightly sensitive to touch the area. I can take a cotton swab with peroxide o… --- ## [Judge Judy Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-judy-question/854153)
**Author:** [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2020, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-judy-question/854153 "2020-05-20T01:20:25Z")
I’m told litigants on her program receive an “appearance” fee. Anyone know how much this is? --- ## [87 year old raped and tortured. Assailant released in my old neighbourhood.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87-year-old-raped-and-tortured-assailant-released-in-my-old-neighbourhood/854151)
**Author:** [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/87-year-old-raped-and-tortured-assailant-released-in-my-old-neighbourhood/854151 "2020-05-20T00:42:44Z")
A person, and I use that term loosely, who sexually assaulted and tortured an 87 year old woman has been released after completing a fourteen year sentence in a federal penitentiary and is now back in my old neighbourhoo… --- ## ["it was God's plan." Oh, give me a break!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-gods-plan-oh-give-me-a-break/853984)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2020, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-gods-plan-oh-give-me-a-break/853984 "2020-05-20T00:33:45Z")
“God’s plan!” I am not a “believer” but I have a particularly hard time with “believers” who believe everything that happens is part of some plan! \[Detroit Lions’ safety Tracy Walker says his cousin Ahmaud Arbery ‘did n… --- ## [Would people be expected to come to a funeral?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-people-be-expected-to-come-to-a-funeral/853209)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-people-be-expected-to-come-to-a-funeral/853209 "2020-05-20T00:23:46Z")
Well I remember that someone said people might come to a funeral who you wouldn’t expect or didn’t come and there might be people there who they wouldn’t have expected and there wouldn’t be people there who they would ha… --- ## [Kindle Bargains Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kindle-bargains-thread/854156)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kindle-bargains-thread/854156 "2020-05-20T00:23:45Z")
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris and Peter Straubs Ghost Story are only $1.99. --- ## [One of our own. I'm worried. \[Dropzone has tested positive for COVID\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-our-own-im-worried-dropzone-has-tested-positive-for-covid/853764)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-our-own-im-worried-dropzone-has-tested-positive-for-covid/853764 "2020-05-19T23:24:51Z")
Dropzone/Mikey has tested positive for COVID, this time. The place where he’s been has sent him to the hospital. As he’s a good friend, I’m very worried. His daughter will keep me posted on his ordeal. I will post the… --- ## [Gotta say, I’m loving sports with empty arenas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-say-i-m-loving-sports-with-empty-arenas/853923)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-say-i-m-loving-sports-with-empty-arenas/853923 "2020-05-19T23:17:33Z")
I watched the UFC event last weekend, and will again tonight. I loved being able to hear every hit, and understanding the verbal interactions between the corners, fighters, etc. Now I’m watching the Dortmund-Schalke ma… --- ## [Making subtle - or not - changes in Episodes 7, 8 and 9 to improve them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-subtle-or-not-changes-in-episodes-7-8-and-9-to-improve-them/854079)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-subtle-or-not-changes-in-episodes-7-8-and-9-to-improve-them/854079 "2020-05-19T22:54:41Z")
I don’t want to hijack Dale Sams thread on Rise of Skywalker so I thought I’d put something lighthearted here. What are some ways the script or filming could have been improved to make the most record, somewhat disjoint… --- ## [Lawyers aren’t supposed to ask legal questions in IMHO?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-aren-t-supposed-to-ask-legal-questions-in-imho/854047)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2020, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-aren-t-supposed-to-ask-legal-questions-in-imho/854047 "2020-05-19T22:50:24Z")
In the thread Ultra Vires started asking about laws on transporting a corpse, he’s taking flak for not researching it himself, as a lawyer, on sources like Findlaw. Seems to me that is contrary to a few rules here. I re… --- ## [What are the pros and cons of taking courses pass/fail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-pros-and-cons-of-taking-courses-pass-fail/854109)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-pros-and-cons-of-taking-courses-pass-fail/854109 "2020-05-19T22:49:03Z")
When I was an undergrad in the 80s, students were offered a choice of taking courses on a pass/fail basis, and apparently any passing grade registered as a 4.0 towards your GPA. I did not do this, I thought there was pro… --- ## ["Texas Sharpshooter Syndrome" (Eric Haney book).......Has this ever happened in real life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-sharpshooter-syndrome-eric-haney-book-has-this-ever-happened-in-real-life/854064)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-sharpshooter-syndrome-eric-haney-book-has-this-ever-happened-in-real-life/854064 "2020-05-19T22:38:57Z")
In his memoir, Inside Delta Force, former U.S. Army commando Eric Haney states that would-be military snipers are screened to keep out two types of problematic personalities: “Munich Massacre Syndrome” - that is, snipe… --- ## [Songs about immortals - like The Highwayman...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-immortals-like-the-highwayman/853678)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-immortals-like-the-highwayman/853678 "2020-05-19T22:00:46Z")
Any suggestions for songs that have immortal/reincarnated protagonists? I know about a few already: The Highwayman/Highwomen The Braggart’s Song (“I was born about 10,000 years ago…”) I Ain’t Marching Anymore - Phil O… --- ## [PSA: Original Charter Members, Subscriptions expire on 5/20](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psa-original-charter-members-subscriptions-expire-on-5-20/814110)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psa-original-charter-members-subscriptions-expire-on-5-20/814110 "2020-05-19T21:56:35Z")
That’s one week from today. Don’t forget or you’ll lose your status. --- ## [a 9 (inches) by 12 Rothko?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-9-inches-by-12-rothko/852585)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-9-inches-by-12-rothko/852585 "2020-05-19T21:56:18Z")
I have a Rothko, but when I ordered I must have screwed up as it is only about 20 x 25. I thought it was going to be bigger. It is this one - I want to replace it, because of the size and because I want something new… --- ## [Would it be possible that the "STAY HOME" could lead to agoraphobia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-possible-that-the-stay-home-could-lead-to-agoraphobia/853907)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-possible-that-the-stay-home-could-lead-to-agoraphobia/853907 "2020-05-19T21:07:54Z")
I had to go out today to my accountant, farther than I’ve left my house in longer than maybe 3 mos. And I was close to panic, wanting to get home, to my “safe place.” I have never felt this way before. I don’t want to fe… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1867) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1869)