# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1840 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1841 --- ## [NBCUniversal's upcoming streaming service, Peacock.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcuniversals-upcoming-streaming-service-peacock/855287)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcuniversals-upcoming-streaming-service-peacock/855287 "2020-06-09T16:06:41Z")
NBCUniversal’s streaming service, Peacock, comes out next month. Are you looking forward to it? Here’s a list of what will be on it. Personally, it doesn’t have anything that interests me. --- ## [When did you last pay with cash since this began?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-last-pay-with-cash-since-this-began/852408)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-last-pay-with-cash-since-this-began/852408 "2020-06-09T16:03:38Z")
For me, I think it was March 16 2020, when Santa Cruz County (I think, I’m not finding a good cite for the day, but IIRC was a Monday) issued “shelter in place”. I was at a local liquor store when I heard, bought extra b… --- ## [Password apps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password-apps/855100)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password-apps/855100 "2020-06-09T16:01:33Z")
So I’m having some internet issues today and I have to go into an account to troubleshoot. But can I remember the password? Of course not. Chrome currently remembers a lot of them for me but if I didn’t set it up it … --- ## [Question about my computer Recycle Bin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-my-computer-recycle-bin/855135)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-my-computer-recycle-bin/855135 "2020-06-09T15:42:10Z")
Yes, once again, I am having a problem figuring out something my computer is doing. Stop laughing; you’ll be old too some day. This time it’s my Recycle Bin. I have been using some of the time I have on hand to sort thr… --- ## [Quarantine Entertainment Freebies and Early Release Things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quarantine-entertainment-freebies-and-early-release-things/850335)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quarantine-entertainment-freebies-and-early-release-things/850335 "2020-06-09T15:30:56Z")
With the pretty much nation-wide(world-wide?) quarantine and social distancing going on, many entertainers and companies are releasing things early and putting stuff up free for all of us. What have you found or seen th… --- ## [Have you given up your American citizenship? How did that work out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-given-up-your-american-citizenship-how-did-that-work-out/817658)
**Author:** [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-given-up-your-american-citizenship-how-did-that-work-out/817658 "2020-06-09T15:19:42Z")
As the title says. I’m considering giving up my US citizenship. It’s not a direct political thing (although I detest the current administration) although some of my reasons are overarchingly political. I detest filing U… --- ## [All-Star movies that work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-star-movies-that-work/855184)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-star-movies-that-work/855184 "2020-06-09T15:14:26Z")
TRYING TO AVOID SPOILERS, BUT NO PROMISES-- READ AT OWN RISK! Will bold movie titles, so if you see a title you don’t want spoiled, you can skip the next few lines. All-Star movies usually fail, because they often requ… --- ## [3D bluray - How to view in VR headset](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3d-bluray-how-to-view-in-vr-headset/855270)
**Author:** [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3d-bluray-how-to-view-in-vr-headset/855270 "2020-06-09T15:11:31Z")
I have a few 3D blurays that I’ve never watched in 3D. The problem is that I no longer have the 3D TV I had when I bought them, and there are no new 3D TVs, so even though I’m in the market for a new TV, it’s not worth i… --- ## [Hartley Sawyer fired from "The Flash" for misogynist and racist tweets.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hartley-sawyer-fired-from-the-flash-for-misogynist-and-racist-tweets/855288)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hartley-sawyer-fired-from-the-flash-for-misogynist-and-racist-tweets/855288 "2020-06-09T14:06:00Z")
Hartley Sawyer, who played Ralph Dibney, the Elongated Man, has been fired from the CW television series The Flash because of a series of tweets made in 2012 and 2014. In a joint statement, Warner Brothers Television a… --- ## [Pandemic Amnesia: fascinating documentary on the 1918 flu](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic-amnesia-fascinating-documentary-on-the-1918-flu/855279)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic-amnesia-fascinating-documentary-on-the-1918-flu/855279 "2020-06-09T13:46:36Z")
A little bit of pub for a new documentary on the highly obscure diginet Decades on why the 1918 flu pandemic had surprisingly little cultural impact or joint memory. A lot of the documentary still is applicable to today… --- ## [Do you have sleep study and/or CPAP use experience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-sleep-study-and-or-cpap-use-experience/811198)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-sleep-study-and-or-cpap-use-experience/811198 "2020-06-09T12:19:56Z")
Looking for advice. I had a study done and the basic results follow. To start, I’m not sure how effective the test was. They told me it didn’t matter whether I took an ambien or not. My plan was to go to sleep without… --- ## [Historical causation doesn't work like that.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-causation-doesnt-work-like-that/855245)
**Author:** [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-causation-doesnt-work-like-that/855245 "2020-06-09T11:50:08Z")
Too mild for the Pit, but as a historian I found this a little depressing. The city of Newark, New Jersey will consider, on Wednesday, a new ordinance that would create an Office of Violence Prevention. I’m not really h… --- ## [What are "snowy days"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-snowy-days/855233)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-snowy-days/855233 "2020-06-09T11:45:49Z")
The climate data for the South Pole, as reported by Wikipedia, indicates that the average annual precipitation there is 2.3 mm, with an average of 1.6 precipitation days and 203.0 “snowy days”. How is the word “snowy da… --- ## [How to get better at crosswords?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-better-at-crosswords/853925)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-better-at-crosswords/853925 "2020-06-09T09:39:24Z")
I’ve been doing a ton of crosswords during lockdown. I still can get almost nowhere with the Thursday-Saturday NYT puzzles. Will I just ‘get it’ after continuing to plug away? I seem to do much better with the LA Times, … --- ## [Lockdown hobbies....how many of them will stick after we can go back to 'normal' activities?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lockdown-hobbies-how-many-of-them-will-stick-after-we-can-go-back-to-normal-activities/855061)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lockdown-hobbies-how-many-of-them-will-stick-after-we-can-go-back-to-normal-activities/855061 "2020-06-09T07:08:16Z")
Lots of people with extra time on their hands, or who aren’t able to go ‘out’ and do the things they are used to doing, have taken up new hobbies during the lockdown. Some might be as simple as walking; I live on a stre… --- ## [Any golfers from the Tucson area?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-golfers-from-the-tucson-area/855129)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-golfers-from-the-tucson-area/855129 "2020-06-09T04:38:46Z")
As some of you may recall, I take an annual Baseball Trip with a good friend. This year, though, looks like there’s going to be no baseball, or at least no baseball with spectators. Pandemic-wise, the next six weeks wi… --- ## [Moving a movie off of an iPhone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-a-movie-off-of-an-iphone/855263)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-a-movie-off-of-an-iphone/855263 "2020-06-09T04:12:39Z")
Request from my technologically challenged friend in Manhattan. I get a lot of the tech support calls but she’s an iPhone user and that’s one thing I can’t help her with. (I am a luddite with a flip phone). They do a g… --- ## [How Does One Deal With Painfully Stupid Friends?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-deal-with-painfully-stupid-friends/345626)
**Author:** [@AmericanMaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmericanMaid)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-deal-with-painfully-stupid-friends/345626 "2020-06-09T03:39:27Z")
I’ve been friends with this woman for a couple of years. She’s a very nice person. I usually limit my conversations with her to men, movies and money. Last night, I found out that she has no idea what the Berlin Wall … --- ## [The Vast of Night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vast-of-night/855225)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vast-of-night/855225 "2020-06-09T01:59:11Z")
This is a new Sci Fi movie on Amazon Prime. I enjoyed it. It is a very low key period piece set in a small New Mexico town in the 50s done in the style of the Twilight Zone or Outer Limits. It has some good performances … --- ## [Advocating violence and terrorism.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advocating-violence-and-terrorism/855004)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advocating-violence-and-terrorism/855004 "2020-06-09T01:39:05Z")
So, mods, are you going to let this thread stand? --- ## [Cereal Box Records](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cereal-box-records/855189)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cereal-box-records/855189 "2020-06-09T01:26:33Z")
These were actual '45 records printed on the back of cereal boxes. The Archies, The Monkees and Bobby Sherman were among the pop stars with records on the backs of Post and Kelloggs cereal boxes starting in the '50s and… --- ## [Best background data on individuals legit website](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-background-data-on-individuals-legit-website/855278)
**Author:** [@bardos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bardos)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-background-data-on-individuals-legit-website/855278 "2020-06-09T01:20:17Z")
Hi All, Hopefully I am posting in the correct forum. I am a small business person and I frequently get phone calls and solicitations from people I would like to find out more about. There are several websites which if yo… --- ## [Racial Disparity and the Virus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racial-disparity-and-the-virus/853001)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racial-disparity-and-the-virus/853001 "2020-06-09T01:12:52Z")
From The Hill on April 29 Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) are taking leading positions in the House Democratic response to the coronavirus as data shows African Americans are dying in disproportionate num… --- ## [What are the mod rules against sealioning and/or mentioning it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-mod-rules-against-sealioning-and-or-mentioning-it/855042)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-mod-rules-against-sealioning-and-or-mentioning-it/855042 "2020-06-09T00:48:30Z")
In this post it was stated by Jonathan Chance that: Given that: Moderators have not created a board rule against sealioning Moderators have never moderated sealioning Moderators haven’t even established a definition … --- ## [that's what she (or he) said](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-what-she-or-he-said/855219)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-what-she-or-he-said/855219 "2020-06-08T23:43:45Z")
Most of you probably know the joke from The Office. I am now trying to use it in every conceivable situation. I am watching the Altman movie Nashville. Chatting about it with a friend on Facebook. I make a joke about lo… --- ## [Prosecutors: 3 men plotted to terrorize Vegas protests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prosecutors-3-men-plotted-to-terrorize-vegas-protests/855017)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prosecutors-3-men-plotted-to-terrorize-vegas-protests/855017 "2020-06-08T23:40:23Z")
It’s not the people who don’t want others murdered by police who are committing the violence. --- ## [Is America Great Again, yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-america-great-again-yet/855202)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-america-great-again-yet/855202 "2020-06-08T22:55:25Z")
Just thinking about all the wonderful things Trump has done for this country: Highest COVID-19 cases and deaths in the world. Best protests and Riots since, well, ever Highest unemployment since the 1930’s So, are we … --- ## [Asymptomatic infection rates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asymptomatic-infection-rates/851145)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asymptomatic-infection-rates/851145 "2020-06-08T22:53:04Z")
Over the next few weeks we should getting some data that in aggregate will give us a better sense of how many have actually been infected but never even sick enough to think of it, let alone officially diagnosed, in area… --- ## [Mirror flashing at aircraft](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mirror-flashing-at-aircraft/855089)
**Author:** [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mirror-flashing-at-aircraft/855089 "2020-06-08T22:50:18Z")
Help! I’m marooned on a deserted island, the kind that is really small and has a palm tree in the middle. For reasons I will not go into right now, my only possession is a small rectangular Volkswagen Beetle side mirro… --- ## [Play Station 5 news](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-station-5-news/854460)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-station-5-news/854460 "2020-06-08T22:41:45Z")
Here is a thread to share any PS5 news and updates. As a launch date all I have seen is 4th quarter 2020. Has anyone been following the updates? What are the chances of there being a severe shortage of units this year?… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1839) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1841)