# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1510 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1511 --- ## [How would COVID 19 be treated in 1918?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-covid-19-be-treated-in-1918/938327)
**Author:** [@WellHelloThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WellHelloThere)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-covid-19-be-treated-in-1918/938327 "2021-03-23T23:56:09Z")
This pandemic has been compared to the 1918 Spanish flu due to its spread. The death toll of the 1918 pandemic was far higher. I am curious as to which medical advancements have made this disease less lethal so far. Woul… --- ## [Cat nutrition / cat-food making question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-nutrition-cat-food-making-question/938456)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-nutrition-cat-food-making-question/938456 "2021-03-23T22:41:21Z")
I have three healthy young cats who mostly eat dry Iams on an ad-lib basis. Every morning at 5am (no, I don’t need an artificial alarm clock, why do you ask?) they each get 1/3 a small can of Friskies pate. My vet approv… --- ## [Biden to open overflow facility](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-to-open-overflow-facility/932226)
**Author:** [@MrMrmrmr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrMrmrmr)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-to-open-overflow-facility/932226 "2021-03-23T22:20:07Z")
What a great guy, he is not a monster like Trump, putting kids in cages. Amazing how he had acceptable housing built in such a short time. Can’t wait to see the new facilities that are so much better than the ones Trump… --- ## [There's no such thing as cancel culture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-such-thing-as-cancel-culture/938259)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-such-thing-as-cancel-culture/938259 "2021-03-23T22:06:33Z")
It’s a boogeyman created by the same conservatives who cheered when Colin Kaepernick got blacklisted. Just like boasts of non-political correctness it’s an attempt to deny responsibility and escape consequences for actin… --- ## [What are some free or inexpensive resources for learning Javascript ES6?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-free-or-inexpensive-resources-for-learning-javascript-es6/938241)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-free-or-inexpensive-resources-for-learning-javascript-es6/938241 "2021-03-23T21:36:05Z")
So I’m tasked at work with learning a CRM tool that makes heavy use of JS ES6. I’m kind of an old-school web designer / front-end web dev with intermediate working knowledge of JS ES5 and jQuery. The CRM tool provides it… --- ## [Swap coconut oil for lard in tamales?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swap-coconut-oil-for-lard-in-tamales/938514)
**Author:** [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swap-coconut-oil-for-lard-in-tamales/938514 "2021-03-23T21:12:35Z")
I have switched to coconut oil for some of my cooking, baking and gummie making. Thinking of making some tamales this week and wondering if I could use coconut oil in place of lard. It has a lower melting point so a bit … --- ## [Disappearing poll from the pre-Discourse era](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-poll-from-the-pre-discourse-era/938301)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-poll-from-the-pre-discourse-era/938301 "2021-03-23T21:12:30Z")
The poll in this thread has disappeared, or at least I can’t figure out how to reveal it. If the former, can it be recovered and put back in place there? --- ## [Children innocence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-innocence/938509)
**Author:** [@Red59145](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red59145)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-innocence/938509 "2021-03-23T18:59:07Z")
are children really innocent ? --- ## [Do criminals really run police/FBI/CIA people from one location to another?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-criminals-really-run-police-fbi-cia-people-from-one-location-to-another/937909)
**Author:** [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-criminals-really-run-police-fbi-cia-people-from-one-location-to-another/937909 "2021-03-23T18:14:19Z")
You’ve seen it in movies. The bad guy says on the phone to whomever: “Go to the phone at 12th and Flarm. You have 8 minutes.” Guy gets there and answers phone. “Now drop this phone and take the subway to the butcher… --- ## [Did June Whitfield ("Mother" in AbFab) ever play Miss Marple?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-june-whitfield-mother-in-abfab-ever-play-miss-marple/938503)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-june-whitfield-mother-in-abfab-ever-play-miss-marple/938503 "2021-03-23T17:58:43Z")
Maybe in an audio book series? I keep seeing comments on YouTube about various audio book versions of Miss Marple (short stories and full length novels) on the order of “Oh, disappointed, I was hoping this would be June … --- ## [Atlanta massage parlor shootings - white perp, "apparently" Asian victims](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlanta-massage-parlor-shootings-white-perp-apparently-asian-victims/938065)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlanta-massage-parlor-shootings-white-perp-apparently-asian-victims/938065 "2021-03-23T17:37:56Z")
Story here: Another lipless wonder with a neck beard. I’m going out on a limb here and suggest that he was stupid enough to think that there is some link between someone being Asian or of Asian descent, and guilt or bl… --- ## [How does the stock market work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-stock-market-work/853374)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-stock-market-work/853374 "2021-03-23T16:06:33Z")
Interesting during these times when companies are being harshly criticized for paying dividends. There’s only 3 things a company can do with idle cash: save it, reinvest it into the company (including buybacks), or pay… --- ## [And 5 years after Colin Kaepernick’s original kneel down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-5-years-after-colin-kaepernick-s-original-kneel-down/937863)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-5-years-after-colin-kaepernick-s-original-kneel-down/937863 "2021-03-23T15:21:16Z")
… it all comes full circle: Crystal Palace's Zaha becomes first Premier League player not to kneel before a game That’s right. Standing up is the new kneel down. --- ## [COVID-19 vaccine and HPV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-vaccine-and-hpv/938434)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-vaccine-and-hpv/938434 "2021-03-23T15:16:08Z")
I had plantar warts on the bottoms of my feet ~55 years ago. A podiatrist put acid on the several spots, bandaged my feet, then had me return so he could carve away dead tissue and reapply acid. Rinse, repeat. Now fas… --- ## [straight dope on Billy Tipton](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-on-billy-tipton/486291)
**Author:** [@jimintex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimintex)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-on-billy-tipton/486291 "2021-03-23T15:08:53Z")
I can’t find the original thread on Billy Tipton, asking about her refusal to see a doctor and other issues. In fact, Billy visited my sister in Berkeley in the late 1980s and said that she was not feeling well. My sis… --- ## [Prince Harry and Meghan "Quitting " royal family](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-harry-and-meghan-quitting-royal-family/846139)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 330\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-harry-and-meghan-quitting-royal-family/846139 "2021-03-23T14:57:31Z")
And will spend a lot of time in North America mostly Canada Can’t say I blame them wanting a normal life --- ## [Canada: Conservative Party votes to reject "Climate change is real"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-conservative-party-votes-to-reject-climate-change-is-real/938450)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-conservative-party-votes-to-reject-climate-change-is-real/938450 "2021-03-23T14:26:56Z")
I think this will be a major contribution to their defeat at the next election. I don’t trust Erin O’Toole as he seems to be constantly shifting his messaging; however, I appreciate and approve that he’s trying to move… --- ## [Any parrotlet parents here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-parrotlet-parents-here/938359)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-parrotlet-parents-here/938359 "2021-03-23T12:44:39Z")
Do you breed? What do you feed? What are your thoughts on solos versus pairs? --- ## [Was there a prehistoric crocodile with nostrils on its head / a horn on its nose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-prehistoric-crocodile-with-nostrils-on-its-head-a-horn-on-its-nose/938451)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-prehistoric-crocodile-with-nostrils-on-its-head-a-horn-on-its-nose/938451 "2021-03-23T10:46:09Z")
I remember years ago when my grade 4 class did a unit on dinosaurs. From the books we had in class about the topic, I remember illustrations of two prehistoric crocodiles. The way I remember them, one of them was depicte… --- ## [Info on 1-2 person camping vans/trailers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-on-1-2-person-camping-vans-trailers/852914)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-on-1-2-person-camping-vans-trailers/852914 "2020-05-06T22:06:56Z")
One thing I’ve toyed around with for a while is the possibility of some extended solo camping. The problem is, I have no real experience w/ campers, and no idea what is involved. One scenario - in my retirement I’ve im… --- ## [Does being fully Covid-vaccinated basically make me the same type of vector as an unvaccinated young child?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-being-fully-covid-vaccinated-basically-make-me-the-same-type-of-vector-as-an-unvaccinated-young-child/938022)
**Author:** [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-being-fully-covid-vaccinated-basically-make-me-the-same-type-of-vector-as-an-unvaccinated-young-child/938022 "2021-03-23T07:12:04Z")
We have learned (unless I’m really wrong here) that little kids are not at risk for severe outcomes with Covid, or for getting sick at all, but that they could be potential vectors if they are asymptomatically positive w… --- ## [Neil Young's "lost" Homegrown album finally released](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-youngs-lost-homegrown-album-finally-released/914418)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-youngs-lost-homegrown-album-finally-released/914418 "2021-03-23T04:02:23Z")
To summarize - The album consists of material recorded between June 1974 and January 1975. The album was recorded after the release of On the Beach and before the sessions for Zuma. The album was compiled and prepare… --- ## [Travel opportunities/recommendations for vaccinated persons in the near future](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-opportunities-recommendations-for-vaccinated-persons-in-the-near-future/938228)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-opportunities-recommendations-for-vaccinated-persons-in-the-near-future/938228 "2021-03-23T01:16:28Z")
I have never really been on a real deal tropical vacation to a place like Hawaii or the Caribbean, and I would like to. During the earlier part of the pandemic the travel destinations have been underbooked and therefore … --- ## [Spinoff of the "people dropping in unannounced" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-of-the-people-dropping-in-unannounced-thread/668353)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-of-the-people-dropping-in-unannounced-thread/668353 "2021-03-22T23:47:37Z")
One of the posts reminded me of the Family Circus cartoons, which periodically have the boss at the dinner table. I’m not talking about the whole department going out and socializing, that kind of thing, but specificall… --- ## [What does it mean when someone's pronouns are "she/they" or "he/they"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-mean-when-someones-pronouns-are-she-they-or-he-they/937882)
**Author:** [@Powers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Powers)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-mean-when-someones-pronouns-are-she-they-or-he-they/937882 "2021-03-22T22:29:03Z")
I don’t want to make this topic about a specific individual, so I won’t name names unless it becomes important to refer to a specific statement. In general, when one describes one’s pronouns, it seems the standard to li… --- ## [The Physics of Rugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-physics-of-rugs/937667)
**Author:** [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-physics-of-rugs/937667 "2021-03-22T22:18:28Z")
I have a rug mystery I’d like opinions on – WAGs welcome! NOTE: Yes, I have tried a number of solutions for this problem – different types of carpet tape, different kinds of rug pads, even nailing the rugs to the subflo… --- ## [Parties (remember those?) - do the genders split off from each other at yours?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parties-remember-those-do-the-genders-split-off-from-each-other-at-yours/938093)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parties-remember-those-do-the-genders-split-off-from-each-other-at-yours/938093 "2021-03-22T21:28:39Z")
Inspired by this thread. Bit of background - I’m a gay woman, so in the heady days when I went to house parties, there would generally be a mix of genders and sexual preferences, and the genders mix liberally (not in th… --- ## [Please recommend a show like Great British Baking Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-show-like-great-british-baking-show/922972)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-show-like-great-british-baking-show/922972 "2021-03-22T20:40:57Z")
In this house we became really devoted to GBBS because it’s anodyne and gentle, and (speaking as a crass American) the funny-talking British people are very entertaining. British dramas are great, but it’s the lightness … --- ## [(Sexual) lube applicators](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-lube-applicators/937782)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-lube-applicators/937782 "2021-03-22T20:30:59Z")
Sorry for this rather TMI question, but is there a way to apply water based lube without it dripping all over the place? I have a bottle of water-based lube and its just a plastic bottle with a flip cap lid and a hole. … --- ## [Don’t mind me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-mind-me/937905)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-mind-me/937905 "2021-03-22T20:14:31Z")
just try something I saw somewhere just try ing something I saw somewhere ah! that’s got it [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1509) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1511)