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**Author:** [@jasonlee3071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasonlee3071)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2020, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-pics-one-word/852546 "2020-04-25T08:18:01Z")
I’ve played quite a few of these on my iphone and android when I had one. Also available on windows. One of the best puzzle games I’ ve ever played. You look at four different pics and try to guess the word they are h… --- ## [Recommend me some PC games, I'm currently playing FTL and Into the Breach](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-pc-games-im-currently-playing-ftl-and-into-the-breach/852581)
**Author:** [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-pc-games-im-currently-playing-ftl-and-into-the-breach/852581 "2020-04-27T15:32:37Z")
Co-incidentally from the same studio, but they have a neat formula I find I need more of. \[ul\] \[li\]Basic premise bolstered by a feeling you’re creating your own adventure or plot\[/li\]\[li\]Game play that is easy enough t… --- ## [Online Dungeons & Dragons Quickstart?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-dungeons-dragons-quickstart/850517)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-dungeons-dragons-quickstart/850517 "2020-04-30T16:16:59Z")
Not Dungoens & Dragons Online but a PnP D&D 5e game that I can play with friends and family online. Is there a real easy dummy proof site that will do the trick? On a related note, I have seen these “educational” D&D … --- ## [Behaviours still done though they're no longer needed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behaviours-still-done-though-theyre-no-longer-needed/852257)
**Author:** [@GMANCANADA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GMANCANADA)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behaviours-still-done-though-theyre-no-longer-needed/852257 "2020-05-01T11:27:58Z")
As an example of this I point to the recent CS thread on “cooling hot food before you put it in the fridge”. My parents also told me to do that. I commented that I’d been told on a food safety course that it was origina… --- ## [Was there an American equivalent to Eurodance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-an-american-equivalent-to-eurodance/852808)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-an-american-equivalent-to-eurodance/852808 "2020-05-01T10:19:16Z")
In my memory, the dominant style in pop music during the 1990s in Germany where I was growing up was called Eurodance - it relied heavily on synthesized beats similar to techno and had somewhat rap-style vocals, but soun… --- ## [Any large cities near UK coal mines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-large-cities-near-uk-coal-mines/852784)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-large-cities-near-uk-coal-mines/852784 "2020-05-01T09:19:17Z")
I’m starting another novel and want to start it in a coal mining area in 1830. Are there any large towns that might have been near the mines of that time frame? Thanks. --- ## [Are face masks a field where there is still room for improvement or is it mostly a mature technology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-face-masks-a-field-where-there-is-still-room-for-improvement-or-is-it-mostly-a-mature-technology/852949)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-face-masks-a-field-where-there-is-still-room-for-improvement-or-is-it-mostly-a-mature-technology/852949 "2020-05-01T08:34:32Z")
With the viral pandemic going around, and all the info about the effectiveness of various kinds of face masks going around, combined with how hard they can be to manufacture or how they supposedly aren’t reusable (some s… --- ## [Ball markers while putting in the PGA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ball-markers-while-putting-in-the-pga/838559)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ball-markers-while-putting-in-the-pga/838559 "2020-05-01T08:21:58Z")
Do members get their own personalized silver markers as a perk? Or do they just use a lucky quarter from the year they were born like everyone else? Dennis --- ## [What countries have the best intelligence agencies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-countries-have-the-best-intelligence-agencies/852935)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-countries-have-the-best-intelligence-agencies/852935 "2020-05-01T07:54:04Z")
I don’t know if we’d actually be able to know this since a good one would probably keep it secret. The reason I ask is I read in another thread that the south Korean intelligence agencies think Kim Jong un is fine but T… --- ## [Winner in 2016 was actually "did not vote"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winner-in-2016-was-actually-did-not-vote/852831)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winner-in-2016-was-actually-did-not-vote/852831 "2020-05-01T07:10:54Z")
Interesting way to look at the 2016 election https://twitter.com/HeidiBriones/status/1255558100636950533/photo/1 --- ## [Could a version of dialysis work to help low-ox patients?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-version-of-dialysis-work-to-help-low-ox-patients/852320)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-version-of-dialysis-work-to-help-low-ox-patients/852320 "2020-05-01T06:38:00Z")
(This may belong in GQ. Please move if needed.) I was thinking today about the question of how to get more oxygen into patients with breathing problems due to CoVID-19. I started wondering if using a cardiac bypass mach… --- ## [Is a call to preform a military coup illegal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-call-to-preform-a-military-coup-illegal/852603)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-call-to-preform-a-military-coup-illegal/852603 "2020-05-01T06:37:26Z")
A legal question about the closed thread “Is it time to cut the bullshit and have a military coup to overthrow Donald Trump” link below. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=894986 The Mod closed it wit… --- ## [Suspect dollar store hand sanitizer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspect-dollar-store-hand-sanitizer/852841)
**Author:** [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspect-dollar-store-hand-sanitizer/852841 "2020-05-01T06:28:56Z")
Shortly after the pandemic became newsworthy, I picked up a bottle of hand sanitizer at the dollar store before the run on it occurred. It doesn’t have the stringent alcohol odor that is typically associated with hand sa… --- ## [What's the rationale behind anti-abortion groups promoting the myth of reversible abortions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-rationale-behind-anti-abortion-groups-promoting-the-myth-of-reversible-abortions/852107)
**Author:** [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-rationale-behind-anti-abortion-groups-promoting-the-myth-of-reversible-abortions/852107 "2020-05-01T05:23:05Z")
So I get lying about how abortion will give you breast cancer or whatever. It’s evil, of course, but it’s consistent with discouraging abortion. But what’s the deal with all these advertisements telling women they can re… --- ## [Tax rebate for people still working? Did anyone hear of this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-rebate-for-people-still-working-did-anyone-hear-of-this/852878)
**Author:** [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-rebate-for-people-still-working-did-anyone-hear-of-this/852878 "2020-05-01T05:08:46Z")
Hi all, sorry if this has been covered. I scanned the thread titles but didn’t see anything that jumped out. If this has been covered just c&p. I remember reading a news article about the CARES Act that mentioned the en… --- ## [Is this a rich country disease?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-rich-country-disease/852945)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-rich-country-disease/852945 "2020-05-01T04:37:21Z")
It sure is appearing that this virus is mostly dangerous in the wealthier countries. Is this because we keep people alive that in poorer countries would have long since passed. Is it because we are fatter? I mentioned a… --- ## [Question regarding self-employed workers and unemployment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-self-employed-workers-and-unemployment/852681)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-self-employed-workers-and-unemployment/852681 "2020-05-01T03:56:08Z")
With unemployment being expanded for gig, contract and self-employed workers, I’m having a hard time finding info on qualifications. I’m self-employed, I run a sole proprietorship lawn company. I’m the only employee. I … --- ## [Does bleach + urine = kaboom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-bleach-urine-kaboom/794358)
**Author:** [@Alia\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alia_S)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-bleach-urine-kaboom/794358 "2020-05-01T03:35:14Z")
I read about E. coli living in washing machines and decided to wash my family’s underwear and other especially dirty items separately with bleach. I have 3 young boys and there is often a significant amount of urine in t… --- ## [Weed Spam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weed-spam/852723)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weed-spam/852723 "2020-04-28T12:28:36Z")
Lately, I’ve been seeing spam for “weed by mail”. One, in particular, claims to be based in California and will mail you one of about a thousand varieties of marijuana. I’m assuming this is just an outright scam to get y… --- ## [What's the deal with gas prices in the short term?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-gas-prices-in-the-short-term/852931)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-gas-prices-in-the-short-term/852931 "2020-05-01T03:09:53Z")
From the news reports, it looks like there is too much oil in the world, at least above ground, and no place to store it. Before I offered my bathtub for storage, I checked gasbuddy.com for automobile gas (petrol for yo… --- ## [How does Federal "seizing" of State purchased tests work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-federal-seizing-of-state-purchased-tests-work/852942)
**Author:** [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-federal-seizing-of-state-purchased-tests-work/852942 "2020-05-01T02:58:30Z")
Today, there was this story about Gov Hogan stationing National Guard and State police to guard coronavirus tests at a “secret location” to protect against Federal seizure. Who from the Federal government is going to sh… --- ## [Speakers Of Other Languages: How Does Your Language/Culture Reference 'Coming Out Of The Closet'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speakers-of-other-languages-how-does-your-language-culture-reference-coming-out-of-the-closet/852761)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speakers-of-other-languages-how-does-your-language-culture-reference-coming-out-of-the-closet/852761 "2020-05-01T02:28:07Z")
How do other languages refer to the act of revealing one’s non-normative sexual identity? Is it just “coming out of the closet” translated into the local tongue (Do the Spanish say … saliendo del armario? The French … so… --- ## [Is the US migrating to the “Swedish model”....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-us-migrating-to-the-swedish-model/852933)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-us-migrating-to-the-swedish-model/852933 "2020-05-01T02:03:42Z")
…without saying we are? I’m not seeing any significant or sustained improvements in numbers of new cases or deaths. Sure, the growth rates are lower, but that’s only due to the denominator getting larger. And while th… --- ## [Turning 100 at least](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-100-at-least/852941)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-100-at-least/852941 "2020-05-01T02:03:21Z")
I didn’t want to hijack this thread by cochrane: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=895309 Major Tom is amazing!!! But I just ran across this guy on YouTube, who turned 100 in March. I’d never heard… --- ## [God Friended Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-friended-me/814438)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-friended-me/814438 "2020-05-01T01:30:37Z")
So CBS is going to air a series about an atheist who “friends” God on Facebook and gets all Joan of Arcadia’ed. \*Jesus Christ \*does it look godawful! I’d rather watch a block of New Magnum, New Mcguiver, New Lethal Weapo… --- ## [TV stations whose signals can be received a long distance away....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-stations-whose-signals-can-be-received-a-long-distance-away/852859)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-stations-whose-signals-can-be-received-a-long-distance-away/852859 "2020-05-01T00:08:47Z")
Back in the 1960’s - with a good rooftop antenna (or if the moon and stars aligned), we (living in Montreal) could get a passable over-the-air analog signal from (then) channel 8, WMTW (Poland Spring ME). The studios we… --- ## [Co-ed contact sport touching etiquette](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/co-ed-contact-sport-touching-etiquette/158207)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/co-ed-contact-sport-touching-etiquette/158207 "2020-05-01T00:07:31Z")
I seem to have to a slight problem and don’t know what to do about it. I have just started to play water polo, been playing for two months or so and we seem to be almost 50-50 men to women. Since water polo is a contac… --- ## [When are you going to open up your home / accept invitations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-you-going-to-open-up-your-home-accept-invitations/852853)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-you-going-to-open-up-your-home-accept-invitations/852853 "2020-04-30T23:08:46Z")
As we see everywhere right now, there’s few legal reasons you couldn’t have three other people, or even one, over for dinner, but there are medical and moral reasons not to. I haven’t seen my cousin’s new baby or been t… --- ## [The 'Dark Souls'-approach to gaming bothers me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-souls-approach-to-gaming-bothers-me/851039)
**Author:** [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dark-souls-approach-to-gaming-bothers-me/851039 "2020-04-30T22:00:15Z")
Now, just to get that out of the way: I’m not much of a gamer; in fact, I’m probably pretty crap at most of the games I play. But I’d heard good things about the Dark Souls franchise, notably from Zero Punctuation’s Yah… --- ## [What does this mean? (British English translation needed)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean-british-english-translation-needed/676758)
**Author:** [@Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shinna_Minna_Ma)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean-british-english-translation-needed/676758 "2020-04-30T21:30:48Z")
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