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**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pandemic-reading-list/852237 "2020-05-04T16:44:29Z")
Im rereading And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts. This book is so much more powerful now. People intentially ignoring warnings to not engage in risky sex. Researchers baffled, Doctors helpless to save their patients. … --- ## [That's not what that recipe means!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-not-what-that-recipe-means/852558)
**Author:** [@Yorkshire\_Pudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorkshire_Pudding)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-not-what-that-recipe-means/852558 "2020-05-04T16:18:45Z")
A recent thread about the British meaning of the word “pudding” has got me thinking. If I ordered “chocolate pudding”, I’d expect a dark, sticky, hefty, steamed sponge affair which could be repurposed as a cannonball sho… --- ## [Changing a password on a PC from a Mac](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-a-password-on-a-pc-from-a-mac/853127)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-a-password-on-a-pc-from-a-mac/853127 "2020-05-04T16:08:39Z")
I log onto my work computer by connecting to VPN and then starting Microsoft Remote Desktop. I can do my work except for one thing: Changing the password. To change the password when I’m in the office, I do Ctrl+Alt+De… --- ## [Hot take: Chris Claremont’s prose is...not good.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-take-chris-claremont-s-prose-is-not-good/853042)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-take-chris-claremont-s-prose-is-not-good/853042 "2020-05-04T16:07:07Z")
I recently bought the graphic novel of the Dark Phoenix Saga, compiling Uncanny X-Men #s 129 to 137. I owned those issues years ago, but sold much of my collection in the 1990s to help finance a backpacking trip through … --- ## [I think my dad my not have much longer to live](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-dad-my-not-have-much-longer-to-live/852575)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-dad-my-not-have-much-longer-to-live/852575 "2020-05-04T15:44:24Z")
Hardly mundane but I don’t know where else to put this. My mom called and he is in the hospital. Nothing specific, he is just weak. He’s been declining for several years. He is 77, and has a pacemaker. I didn’t know th… --- ## [HBO Max comes out May 27.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-max-comes-out-may-27/853124)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-max-comes-out-may-27/853124 "2020-05-04T15:36:27Z")
A new streaming service called HBO Max will launch on May 27. Here are some of the shows that will be on the service: https://www.hbomax.com/ Are you interested? I think it’ll be a better service than Dis… --- ## [International sports in which one nation holds a crushing advantage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-sports-in-which-one-nation-holds-a-crushing-advantage/852932)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-sports-in-which-one-nation-holds-a-crushing-advantage/852932 "2020-05-04T13:50:18Z")
The only ones that come to mind are: \[ul\] \[li\]Men’s and women’s basketball (USA)\[/li\]\[li\]Women’s soccer (USA)\[/li\]\[li\]Table tennis (China)\[/li\]\[/ul\] Nations like Brazil wouldn’t quite count for men’s soccer, because e… --- ## [Canadians/CERB/how fast or slow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-cerb-how-fast-or-slow/853003)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2020, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-cerb-how-fast-or-slow/853003 "2020-05-04T13:18:53Z")
I’m curious how fast or slow your CERB (CanEmergRelBenefit) hit your account? Wondering if our experience is the norm. But, of course, no one to confer with, Ha! Hubs was late to apply, thought his income would be too l… --- ## [The Magicians - Season 5 - the final season](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-magicians-season-5-the-final-season/848894)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-magicians-season-5-the-final-season/848894 "2020-05-04T12:23:41Z")
Yes, you read that right. It was not initially announced, but the current season of Magicians is the final one and while sad, the good news is that they knew it was their final season during the writing and production, s… --- ## [Walking Dead came back last night. Did you notice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-came-back-last-night-did-you-notice/841461)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2020, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-came-back-last-night-did-you-notice/841461 "2020-05-04T11:51:41Z")
It was actually a very solid episode, something I do not say very often. Still, I feel like I’m looking at someone whose mind is gone. They are still alive, but just a shell of the person I used to know and care about. I… --- ## [Nfl draft 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-draft-2020/852142)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2020, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-draft-2020/852142 "2020-05-04T10:58:33Z")
Well, with the virus doing it’s thing, I’ve found I have a lot more time on my hands. While I should be using it to develop an interesting hobby (woodworking, anyone?), instead I’ve been reading about this years’ NFL Dra… --- ## [Getting COVID-19 twice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-covid-19-twice/853090)
**Author:** [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2020, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-covid-19-twice/853090 "2020-05-04T09:30:09Z")
My understanding is that the experts are still undecided on whether or not a person who already got infected (and recovered) might get it a second time. It seems to me that if it were possible to get it a second time, w… --- ## [Kim Jung-un in very serious condition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jung-un-in-very-serious-condition/852241)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2020, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jung-un-in-very-serious-condition/852241 "2020-05-04T06:31:24Z")
As if we didn’t need more drama. Tons of stuff coming across Twitter now and most of it from people I trust. --- ## [Last week of April in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-week-of-april-in-the-mmp/852663)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2020, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-week-of-april-in-the-mmp/852663 "2020-05-04T03:31:28Z")
… and we’re all still quarantined together, and socially distant, and all that happy jazz. Am I the first one up? If so, imma go back to bed. --- ## [20 Years on the SDMB - almost half my life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-years-on-the-sdmb-almost-half-my-life/852602)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-years-on-the-sdmb-almost-half-my-life/852602 "2020-05-04T02:48:07Z")
We used to do “post parties” a long time ago, but they got stopped a long time ago. However, I just thought I’d post a little mundane thought about the fact that April 2020 is my 20th anniversary on this specific message… --- ## [Aircraft strafing refugees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aircraft-strafing-refugees/853021)
**Author:** [@Hoppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoppy)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aircraft-strafing-refugees/853021 "2020-05-04T01:39:21Z")
Many WW2 films have ‘enemy’ fighters strafing columns of refugees. Did this actually happen and to what benefit ? It’s my understanding that WW2 fighters only had limited ammunition, it seems unlikely they would waste … --- ## [Please tell me about owning chickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-about-owning-chickens/852924)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-about-owning-chickens/852924 "2020-05-03T21:33:21Z")
We’re allowed to raise chickens here, and it’s something I’ve thought about off and on over the years. Now seems like a good time to get started. I know very little about this. Please share what you know about keeping c… --- ## [If Trump wins 2020, what are the chances Pence is the candidate in 2024?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-wins-2020-what-are-the-chances-pence-is-the-candidate-in-2024/852863)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-wins-2020-what-are-the-chances-pence-is-the-candidate-in-2024/852863 "2020-05-03T20:49:29Z")
I don’t think Pence has a chance in Hell of succeeding Trump. It will be Don Jr. or Ivanka. Don Sr. is famous for giving no loyalty and stiffing people that work for him. Does Pence really think Trumps will repay his lo… --- ## [Something ate all my zinnia seedling leaves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-ate-all-my-zinnia-seedling-leaves/852987)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-ate-all-my-zinnia-seedling-leaves/852987 "2020-05-03T20:15:56Z")
I had a bunch of zinnia seedlings. A million in a raised bed. A gazillion in various containers in my front and side yards. I was so happy when the little things poked out of the ground. And then literally overnight,… --- ## [Is the US health system really this bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-us-health-system-really-this-bad/852919)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-us-health-system-really-this-bad/852919 "2020-05-03T18:32:46Z")
From here: ‘At a time when medical professionals are putting their lives at risk, tens of thousands of doctors in the United States are taking large pay cuts. And even as some parts of the US are talking of desperate s… --- ## [Did the 1929 stock crash really hurt long-term investors? Why not wait it out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-1929-stock-crash-really-hurt-long-term-investors-why-not-wait-it-out/596465)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-1929-stock-crash-really-hurt-long-term-investors-why-not-wait-it-out/596465 "2020-05-03T17:54:08Z")
I was watching UPstairs Downstairs where it features the 1929 stock market crash and shows people who ‘lost everything’. Rose, the maid, is in her late 30’s and had invested everything she inherited. But my question is,… --- ## [The search for hot black pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-search-for-hot-black-pepper/853035)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-search-for-hot-black-pepper/853035 "2020-05-03T17:45:26Z")
I am a huge fan of black pepper, but it’s very tough to find any that actually gives real kick. Most of the store-bought kind is utterly weak, so much so that it might as well not even be sensed in your food at all. Anyo… --- ## [Sealed casket to bury a loved one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sealed-casket-to-bury-a-loved-one/852715)
**Author:** [@dennisdreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dennisdreams)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sealed-casket-to-bury-a-loved-one/852715 "2020-05-03T17:32:00Z")
Hi all I posted a thread recently (last week), there were a lot of replies but oddly it seems to have disappeared now! It was about the best way to safeguard a loved one’s buried remains. I know nothing preserves a bod… --- ## [Bizarre graduate degrees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-graduate-degrees/852908)
**Author:** [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-graduate-degrees/852908 "2020-05-03T17:31:47Z")
I’m hooked on the programme University Challenge which I watch on YouTube. (I spelt programme the British way.) The show is the British version of College Bowl. Two teams for 4 players each answer questions so difficult … --- ## [Does hair loss happen all over the human body equally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hair-loss-happen-all-over-the-human-body-equally/842990)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hair-loss-happen-all-over-the-human-body-equally/842990 "2020-05-03T17:20:50Z")
When one’s hair lessens on the head(thinning and/or receding), does hair all over the body do the same and, if so, does it lessen at the same rate? --- ## [What sort of camera should I get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-camera-should-i-get/853004)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-camera-should-i-get/853004 "2020-05-03T17:20:22Z")
My father wants to get me a camera for my birthday, and since he can’t go to the store to discuss it with the camera salesman he’s asking me to do the research. I like taking pictures of interesting macro compositions. … --- ## [Has stockpiling daily essentials suddenly become a smart move? Are you going to do it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-stockpiling-daily-essentials-suddenly-become-a-smart-move-are-you-going-to-do-it/850597)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-stockpiling-daily-essentials-suddenly-become-a-smart-move-are-you-going-to-do-it/850597 "2020-05-03T14:44:08Z")
Perhaps “smart move” isn’t the best way to put it. How about, do you now see the justification in doing so? We’ve had discussions about the nations’ current TP situation in several threads. Some people have had no probl… --- ## [Candy Crush Saga: Have you Hit the Jackpot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-crush-saga-have-you-hit-the-jackpot/731692)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-crush-saga-have-you-hit-the-jackpot/731692 "2020-05-03T11:13:34Z")
Ive played for about 3 months and have never hit the Jackpot on the spinning wheel. There are only 8 slots so I should hit it roughly 12% of the time. Im starting to think its rigged. :dubious: --- ## [Biggest non-COVID19 news stories we have already forgotten about: because of COVID-19](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-non-covid19-news-stories-we-have-already-forgotten-about-because-of-covid-19/851035)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-non-covid19-news-stories-we-have-already-forgotten-about-because-of-covid-19/851035 "2020-05-03T14:06:40Z")
At least I forgot: -Trump’s impeachment trial -US kills Iranian general -Australian wildfire crisis -Puerto Rico earthquake -Prince Harry and Meghan step away from Royal family -Harvey Weinstein goes to friggin’ ja… --- ## [The possible Oxford vaccine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-possible-oxford-vaccine/852821)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-possible-oxford-vaccine/852821 "2020-05-03T12:11:54Z")
There was a large article in the New York Times about this yesterday, but here is a non-paywall article: Good News on Oxford Vaccine Is Bright Spot in Somber Covid-19 Landscape | Barron's and here: Oxford scientists say … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1892) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1894)