# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1871 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1872 --- ## [While on a toilet, do most men allow the penis to rest against the inside bowl?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-on-a-toilet-do-most-men-allow-the-penis-to-rest-against-the-inside-bowl/470980)
**Author:** [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-on-a-toilet-do-most-men-allow-the-penis-to-rest-against-the-inside-bowl/470980 "2020-05-18T21:33:59Z")
A thread on reading on the toilet made me think of this - while doo-doo’ing, I’ve always kept one hand on my penis in order to keep it from touching the inside of the toilet bowl, which is overwhelmingly disgusting to me… --- ## [how concerned should I be about my Mom's church reopening?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-concerned-should-i-be-about-my-moms-church-reopening/853956)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-concerned-should-i-be-about-my-moms-church-reopening/853956 "2020-05-18T21:30:19Z")
Mom is still in our hometown, a small town in SW Virginia. Radford. Near Blacksburgh (go Hokies!). The church does not have one of those idiot pastors, more than a dozen of whom are now dead, who insists that God will p… --- ## [Recommend All-In-One Printer/Scanner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-all-in-one-printer-scanner/853812)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-all-in-one-printer-scanner/853812 "2020-05-18T21:30:04Z")
Hello! I used to hang around SD a lot. Still a great place to learn (and un-learn!) stuff. This has probably been asked before (many times!) I need a new all-in-one inkjet printer/scanner. I can’t spend much, so che… --- ## [Just when I thought I'd seen it all](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-thought-id-seen-it-all/854012)
**Author:** [@Machinaforce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machinaforce)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-thought-id-seen-it-all/854012 "2020-05-18T21:24:35Z")
Not celibacy, anti sexuality. It’s a real thing. More people telling others what they should do with their bodies. I don’t know how humanity got so hung up about sex: repression, transcending it, free love, etc. It j… --- ## [Has anyone being linked to more military disasters than Churchill?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-being-linked-to-more-military-disasters-than-churchill/853847)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-being-linked-to-more-military-disasters-than-churchill/853847 "2020-05-18T21:02:22Z")
Gallipoli Norway, Greece, Singapore. Even one should have left him a disgraced footnote in history, yet for some unfathomable reason he wasn’t Byng’d rather he kept falling upwards. --- ## [What does Middle America see in Donald Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-middle-america-see-in-donald-trump/851773)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-middle-america-see-in-donald-trump/851773 "2020-05-18T20:43:02Z")
Maybe I’ve been living in a “NYC bubble” too long, but I still can’t figure out what Middle America sees in Donald Trump. It’s been explained to me by conservative and Republican friends, but their explanations don’t re… --- ## [How easy is it for a rich person to buy out most of a company's stock?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easy-is-it-for-a-rich-person-to-buy-out-most-of-a-companys-stock/853749)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easy-is-it-for-a-rich-person-to-buy-out-most-of-a-companys-stock/853749 "2020-05-18T20:14:46Z")
Suppose Bill Gates one day suddenly takes a liking to XYZ Company, and decides he must have a big say in XYZ’s affairs, and decides he wants to buy up most of XYZ’s stock. That stock is currently selling for $27 a share.… --- ## [Disappointed Liberals Moving to Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointed-liberals-moving-to-canada/579901)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointed-liberals-moving-to-canada/579901 "2020-05-18T19:52:20Z")
NOTE: I am NOT looking for any form of debate, political sniping, etc. Are there any hard-and-fast statistics on how many Americans, disappointed with the re-election of George W Bush, actually followed through on plans… --- ## [What cheap webcam do I want, for recording TV screen for FB Live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cheap-webcam-do-i-want-for-recording-tv-screen-for-fb-live/853895)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cheap-webcam-do-i-want-for-recording-tv-screen-for-fb-live/853895 "2020-05-18T19:42:00Z")
During the quarantine, I’ve had “virtual hangouts” with friends using FB Live and one thing that my friends seem to enjoy is when I play some old video game from the 90s and just point my phone’s camera at the TV, record… --- ## [Where do people get the idea the USPS delivers to every address?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-people-get-the-idea-the-usps-delivers-to-every-address/852637)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-people-get-the-idea-the-usps-delivers-to-every-address/852637 "2020-05-18T19:26:51Z")
Quoted so nobody can say nobody believes it. Where does this obviously false idea come from? It can’t be the law, because the USPS wouldn’t break the law, at least not that blatantly. It can’t be from any other regulat… --- ## [What should be the main talking points of the 2020 Dem Pres candidate (presumably Biden)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-the-main-talking-points-of-the-2020-dem-pres-candidate-presumably-biden/850380)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-the-main-talking-points-of-the-2020-dem-pres-candidate-presumably-biden/850380 "2020-05-18T19:14:48Z")
Just going all out on “trump is an idiot, a danger to the country, he has screwed everything up,” etc., etc. isn’t going to be enough. Being the anti-trump is a start, but it’s not going to be enough. Name-calling his di… --- ## [Finding historical sports videos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-historical-sports-videos/853722)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-historical-sports-videos/853722 "2020-05-18T18:54:52Z")
I recently recalled a couple of things I saw on tv in my youth, but can’t seem to find any videos online: Back when Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (formerly Chris Jackson) was protesting by not standing for the national anthem be… --- ## [Why has my iPhone started logging me out of the SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-my-iphone-started-logging-me-out-of-the-sdmb/854051)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-my-iphone-started-logging-me-out-of-the-sdmb/854051 "2020-05-18T18:54:40Z")
Straightforward question, istm. The phone is a plain vanilla iPhone 11. The browser is Firefox. All updates remain up to date. The issue begin about a week ago. If I don’t look at one of my browser screens that is open t… --- ## [Mama Robin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mama-robin/854040)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mama-robin/854040 "2020-05-18T18:44:42Z")
About 2 weeks ago, I noticed a bird’s nest had been built on top of a motion light that’s on the side of our garage. I stood on my tippy-toes and used my phone to take a picture to see if anything was inside of it. It wa… --- ## [Random Strangers Saying 'Let's Be Friends' In YouTube Comments - What's The Play Here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-strangers-saying-lets-be-friends-in-youtube-comments-whats-the-play-here/853716)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-strangers-saying-lets-be-friends-in-youtube-comments-whats-the-play-here/853716 "2020-05-18T18:43:44Z")
I have a YouTube channel, with my videos averaging 5-10 views each. Sometimes a video will go all gangbusters and get 25 views. Every few videos or so will get a comment from one of 3 different users, each commenting me… --- ## [Firefox, you piece of shit!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-you-piece-of-shit/833455)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-you-piece-of-shit/833455 "2020-05-18T18:15:46Z")
So I’m happily watching a movie on my laptop and when it’s over I go to browse the web. Wait, WTF are all these ads doing here?! I run AdBlock and NoScript and a few other extensions to prevent that kind of thing. Oh, i… --- ## [Harry, Meghan, and Canadian Immigration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-meghan-and-canadian-immigration/846640)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-meghan-and-canadian-immigration/846640 "2020-03-27T15:49:55Z")
I put this in IMHO since I figure it will be mostly speculation. Anyway, Harry and Meghan have said they intend to split their time between the UK and Canada, though I’ve heard that they intend to spend the lion’s share… --- ## [What are realistic solutions for the GOP to address its demographics problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-realistic-solutions-for-the-gop-to-address-its-demographics-problem/851076)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-realistic-solutions-for-the-gop-to-address-its-demographics-problem/851076 "2020-04-09T21:49:00Z")
In this thread, I would like to ask that we set the \*“Democrats = good, Republicans = bad” \*mindset aside for a moment and just look at the issue from a problem-solving lens. We’ve heard, for many years, that the Republ… --- ## [How to save someone's Twitter feed into a .pdf file?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-save-someones-twitter-feed-into-a-pdf-file/853997)
**Author:** [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-save-someones-twitter-feed-into-a-pdf-file/853997 "2020-05-18T18:02:23Z")
Not mine. --- ## [Infinite decimal property](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infinite-decimal-property/853995)
**Author:** [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infinite-decimal-property/853995 "2020-05-18T17:56:02Z")
It’s often said that because pi is an infinite, non-repeating decimal it must contain all possible lengths of digits and then can be transformed into jpegs of the Mona Lisa or whatever. A common response is that that is… --- ## [Waking up in the middle of the night and ruminating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waking-up-in-the-middle-of-the-night-and-ruminating/843230)
**Author:** [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waking-up-in-the-middle-of-the-night-and-ruminating/843230 "2020-05-18T17:14:30Z")
I’ve been doing this a lot lately. It’s not fun. Two-thirty am, three am, three-thirty…I can usually get back to sleep eventually, but it takes a while, and when I’m lying there awake I worry–a lot. Also it makes me tire… --- ## [Film Legend Michel Piccoli Dies Aged 94](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-legend-michel-piccoli-dies-aged-94/854045)
**Author:** [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-legend-michel-piccoli-dies-aged-94/854045 "2020-05-18T16:43:28Z")
R.I.P. Hollywood Reporter Yahoo News Jean Renoir, Alexandre Astruc, Luis Buñuel, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean-Luc Godard, Costa-Gavras, Alain Resnais, Roger Vadim, Agnès Varda, Jacques Demy, Michel Deville, Mario Bava, … --- ## [Fast Train, c. 1930](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-train-c-1930/775534)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-train-c-1930/775534 "2020-05-18T16:41:51Z")
More of my interest in time-travel. So how fast were passenger trains in the US c.1930? Where they amongst the fastest in the world? More to the point, what was the limiting factor on passenger train speed in that era? … --- ## [Can you really burn fat specifically in one part of the body?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-burn-fat-specifically-in-one-part-of-the-body/853778)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-burn-fat-specifically-in-one-part-of-the-body/853778 "2020-05-18T16:29:26Z")
You see all sorts of ads for regimens to burn fat in the belly, or burn fat in the thighs, etc. But I was under the impression that fat is only burned when calories expended exceed calories taken in - and that any time … --- ## [COVID case progressions in real time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-case-progressions-in-real-time/852092)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-case-progressions-in-real-time/852092 "2020-05-18T15:37:08Z")
This thread is about at least one COVID case, and how the disease has progressed in my Missus (lifetime smoker who just turned 40) and me (7 year smoker, 53 in June). This is not about attention seeking. I don’t partic… --- ## [How to tell the weight of T-shirts when buying on-line](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-the-weight-of-t-shirts-when-buying-on-line/853961)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-the-weight-of-t-shirts-when-buying-on-line/853961 "2020-05-18T15:35:11Z")
It happened again and I am frustrated. The t’s are Hanes, but so thin a fabric, they cling where they shouldn’t and don’t hang right. These will go to the thrift store very soon. I like a medium weight, not too stiff t-… --- ## [Tcl 43s425](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tcl-43s425/853854)
**Author:** [@cjackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjackson)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tcl-43s425/853854 "2020-05-18T15:11:04Z")
What do you think of this tv? I’m looking to upgrade to 4K and am looking for a good entry level UHD tv and UHD player. --- ## [Top pro golfer won't play golf again with Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-pro-golfer-wont-play-golf-again-with-trump/853883)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-pro-golfer-wont-play-golf-again-with-trump/853883 "2020-05-18T14:33:40Z")
I wonder how much Trump cheated when he played with this guy --- ## [How does antitrust work on an international scale?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-antitrust-work-on-an-international-scale/854000)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-antitrust-work-on-an-international-scale/854000 "2020-05-18T14:21:38Z")
If some American company gets too powerful and begins stamping out all domestic competition, the U.S. government can step in and enforce antitrust laws, but how does this work if some foreign company gets too dominant an… --- ## [Drawing on a tablet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drawing-on-a-tablet/847800)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drawing-on-a-tablet/847800 "2020-05-18T14:17:52Z")
I have a couple Android tablets. Despite drawing for my living all my adult life, it was all drafting and design, by hand or with CAD software. I was never a freehand artist, but I’d like to try. Which apps? Does som… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1870) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1872)