# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1900 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1901 --- ## [Do animals generally prefer salty and sweet tastes, like humans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-animals-generally-prefer-salty-and-sweet-tastes-like-humans/852703)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-animals-generally-prefer-salty-and-sweet-tastes-like-humans/852703 "2020-04-29T21:43:36Z")
The answer will be, of course, “it depends on the animal.” But do most animals like sweet and salty (and dislike sour and bitter) like most people? (Cows, for instance, seem to just like plain old grass, although that m… --- ## [Tupac Shakur files for unemployment compensation in Kentucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tupac-shakur-files-for-unemployment-compensation-in-kentucky/852776)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tupac-shakur-files-for-unemployment-compensation-in-kentucky/852776 "2020-04-29T21:27:12Z")
…and that really pissed off Governor Andy Beshear. At his daily news conference on Covid-19 and related matters\*, Beshear noted that the state is busy processing 70,000 new unemployment claims and doesn’t need prankster… --- ## [Where does "Black people don't eat mayo/Mayonnaise is a white people food" come from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-black-people-dont-eat-mayo-mayonnaise-is-a-white-people-food-come-from/852662)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-black-people-dont-eat-mayo-mayonnaise-is-a-white-people-food-come-from/852662 "2020-04-29T21:10:22Z")
It wasn’t something I’ve ever heard at all well until the last decade, and I literally can’t find anything about it before the 2002 film “Undercover Brother” uses it extensively as a joke where a black man refuses to eat… --- ## [How does a surplus of housing supply affect prices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-surplus-of-housing-supply-affect-prices/852568)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-surplus-of-housing-supply-affect-prices/852568 "2020-04-29T21:07:56Z")
Obviously prices deflate when there is more supply. But if this economic crisis leads to a lot of foreclosures and people abandoning their own homes and apartments to live with other people to save money (parents, siblin… --- ## [Has the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive had any measurable positive effect \[on lead\]?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-restriction-of-hazardous-substances-directive-had-any-measurable-positive-effect-on-lead/852827)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-restriction-of-hazardous-substances-directive-had-any-measurable-positive-effect-on-lead/852827 "2020-04-29T20:07:24Z")
I’m all for making products safer, but the ROHS directives, especially those prohibiting solder containing Lead, seem to be not only pointless (nobody ever comes in contact with the lead in the product), but expensive an… --- ## [What is "hoarding"? (& FTM, "price gouging"?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-hoarding-ftm-price-gouging/852668)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-hoarding-ftm-price-gouging/852668 "2020-04-29T20:03:55Z")
There have been people raided and in at least one case arrested for “hoarding” of necessary medical supplies, most notably PPE. What exactly does this mean? Suppose a guy has a business dealing in medical supplies. As pa… --- ## [Best Buy "Purchase" - Is this a scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-buy-purchase-is-this-a-scam/849487)
**Author:** [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-buy-purchase-is-this-a-scam/849487 "2020-04-29T19:38:58Z")
I received an email entitled “Your Best Buy receipt,” containing what looks like a receipt for the purchase of an Iphone for $1100, from a Best Buy in nearby New Hampshire. Only, I never made any such purchase. I checke… --- ## [Car body work cost?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-body-work-cost/852832)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-body-work-cost/852832 "2020-04-29T19:28:29Z")
I have a dent in the back door of my 2017 Nissan Rogue. There is no other damage to the car. The paint is intact. What’s a ballpark cost to fix this? Hopefully $500 but maybe $1000? White color if that matt… --- ## [First confirmed cases of Covid-19 in house cats.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-confirmed-cases-of-covid-19-in-house-cats/852443)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-confirmed-cases-of-covid-19-in-house-cats/852443 "2020-04-29T19:15:13Z")
Cat lovers, please keep your kitties indoors and safe. Coronavirus isn’t believed to jump from animals back to humans, but nobody wants to see their pets ill, especially at a time like this. --- ## [Anyone making fabric masks? Best patterns/instructions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-making-fabric-masks-best-patterns-instructions/851088)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-making-fabric-masks-best-patterns-instructions/851088 "2020-04-29T18:57:34Z")
I’m thinking of making a few for the immediate household, and maybe also for Mom to use on her daily walks. I don’t have a sewing machine, so this will all be done by hand. We were lucky enough to have 2 N95 masks in the… --- ## [Ikea releases its meatball recipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ikea-releases-its-meatball-recipe/852701)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ikea-releases-its-meatball-recipe/852701 "2020-04-29T18:51:15Z")
Some substitutions may be necessary (unsweetened rusk flour? Breadcrumbs will probably do) but in any case, here it is. I’ll probably make them tomorrow, and use half-and-half because that’s what I happen to have avail… --- ## [Explain the process and stages of herd immunity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-process-and-stages-of-herd-immunity/852444)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-process-and-stages-of-herd-immunity/852444 "2020-04-29T18:26:30Z")
It would seem that the most active and out going would be first to catch the virus and the also the ones most likely to spread it. Once the first 10% of the most active catch it and quickly pass it on to those close you … --- ## ["We really don't like using numbers that were invented before 1980."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-really-dont-like-using-numbers-that-were-invented-before-1980/852169)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-really-dont-like-using-numbers-that-were-invented-before-1980/852169 "2020-04-29T18:13:31Z")
My thread title is a wonderful quote Uncle Cecil used in one of his columns, but I lack the Google-fu to track it down properly. Does anybody remember the column in which this quote was used? --- ## [Changing site hosting, Pros & Cons of BlueHost](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-site-hosting-pros-cons-of-bluehost/834989)
**Author:** [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-site-hosting-pros-cons-of-bluehost/834989 "2020-01-27T13:40:22Z")
I’ve had a thread about wanting to leave GoDaddy for another site to host a business. The most immediate reason is because the webmail e-mail accounts they provide with each domain have become unreliable in sending & r… --- ## [Trying to explain the dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-explain-the-dope/852707)
**Author:** [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-explain-the-dope/852707 "2020-04-29T17:25:40Z")
I just got into the most ridiculous not-an-argument-really with mr. singular1 about the dope - about user names, about being loyal to a user name and a history on a a message board. This place has been a part of my life … --- ## ["McConnell thinks bankruptcy, not more federal money, might be best for state and local governments"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-thinks-bankruptcy-not-more-federal-money-might-be-best-for-state-and-local-governments/852389)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-thinks-bankruptcy-not-more-federal-money-might-be-best-for-state-and-local-governments/852389 "2020-04-29T17:06:31Z")
This story from CNN talks about a radio interview Mitch McConnell had with Hugh Hewitt today. (The thread title was the headline on the CNN story.) McConnell said, “I would certainly be in favor of allowing states to use… --- ## [Committee on the Judiciary v. Donald McGahn, II](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/committee-on-the-judiciary-v-donald-mcgahn-ii/852720)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/committee-on-the-judiciary-v-donald-mcgahn-ii/852720 "2020-04-29T16:52:16Z")
Would any of the lawyers here care to comment on the likelihood the Court of Appeals for D.C. will find that the government must comply with congressional subpoenas? If so, will the USSC overrule? It would seem to me th… --- ## [I can get a COVID antibody test. I have never had symptoms. Should I get the test?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-get-a-covid-antibody-test-i-have-never-had-symptoms-should-i-get-the-test/852508)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-get-a-covid-antibody-test-i-have-never-had-symptoms-should-i-get-the-test/852508 "2020-04-29T16:51:35Z")
It will cost me less than $200. The price isn’t an issue. There are plenty of tests so I would not be denying someone who has an urgent need. This is a blood draw test that takes three days for results. You can’t have h… --- ## [Well, I hope yesterday was the worst day of my life.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-hope-yesterday-was-the-worst-day-of-my-life/852223)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-hope-yesterday-was-the-worst-day-of-my-life/852223 "2020-04-29T16:28:51Z")
I hope it never gets worse than that. Yesterday, Mr. Rilch woke up with stomach pains. Since this is a frequent occurrence with him, and he has his ways of dealing with it, I mixed him up some psyllium husk and went on … --- ## [How Many Unregistered Guns Circulate in Europe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-unregistered-guns-circulate-in-europe/852719)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-unregistered-guns-circulate-in-europe/852719 "2020-04-29T16:22:07Z")
Does anyone know? What’s got me wondering about this is a comment from a friend in Dresden that, during the fall of communism, the lax oversight and crumbling structures meant a lot of weapons quietly melted away and ar… --- ## ["Outer Banks" Season One on Netflix SPOILERS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outer-banks-season-one-on-netflix-spoilers/852592)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outer-banks-season-one-on-netflix-spoilers/852592 "2020-04-29T16:19:37Z")
Just finished Season One. This is Goonies meets 90210 and maybe the best combination of stupidity and fun in a series that I can remember in a long time. The acting is fun, the villains are great if not stock and the fi… --- ## [Is there a polite way to tell my internship advisoe to pay me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-polite-way-to-tell-my-internship-advisoe-to-pay-me/751764)
**Author:** [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-polite-way-to-tell-my-internship-advisoe-to-pay-me/751764 "2020-04-29T16:02:14Z")
I have been working 6 years – I got an average of $1500 per year in random pay. He told me he is happy with my work and gave me a new assignment. Is there any polite way to tell him I am not happy with being unpaid? --- ## [Redistributing a residuary estate — need help with math](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redistributing-a-residuary-estate-need-help-with-math/852582)
**Author:** [@ASanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASanders)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redistributing-a-residuary-estate-need-help-with-math/852582 "2020-04-29T15:58:32Z")
This is a straightforward math problem but I need help. I know this will take someone here 30 seconds to arrive at the correct answer and, more importantly, explain the process. As executor of the estate in question, I n… --- ## [What currently closed businesses or places could be allowed to reopen (with restrictions)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-currently-closed-businesses-or-places-could-be-allowed-to-reopen-with-restrictions/852537)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-currently-closed-businesses-or-places-could-be-allowed-to-reopen-with-restrictions/852537 "2020-04-29T15:50:18Z")
InMissouri they are preparing to allow some businesses to reopen. I cannot find a link to share it but on a morning radio talk show KCMO Mayor said while his city is extending the lockdown another 2 weeks, he is willing… --- ## [IMHO: The retail industry is an interesting place to work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-the-retail-industry-is-an-interesting-place-to-work/852033)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-the-retail-industry-is-an-interesting-place-to-work/852033 "2020-04-29T15:22:29Z")
As a college student, I’ve been apart of the retail industry for 5 years and counting, since high school. Even though I don’t hate my job at all, I’ve noticed some patterns over the years: Some people act like they’re… --- ## [Your favorite "to-do" or reminder app?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-to-do-or-reminder-app/822941)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2019, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-to-do-or-reminder-app/822941 "2019-06-07T08:21:26Z")
So apparently, my current To-Do app has quit reminding me. About anything. Y’all do not want to know how long it took me to notice. (Nothing to remind me, right?) So, I need a new phone reminder app. This needs to be se… --- ## [To what organizations should we donate our stimulus money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-organizations-should-we-donate-our-stimulus-money/852680)
**Author:** [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-organizations-should-we-donate-our-stimulus-money/852680 "2020-04-29T14:09:32Z")
Mr. Middon and I are in the enviable position of not really needing the stimulus money we should be getting soon. We’ve decided to donate it, but are having difficulty deciding who to give it to. Here are our guideline… --- ## [Price of oil goes \*negative\*. How does this even make sense??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-of-oil-goes-negative-how-does-this-even-make-sense/852207)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-of-oil-goes-negative-how-does-this-even-make-sense/852207 "2020-04-29T13:34:50Z")
Here’s your link. Oil at -$0.22/barrel for May futures. The price of oil has been in free fall all day, and this is where it’s at right now. So producers will pay you 22¢/barrel to take it off their hands? Cool! So … --- ## [Trump and L. Ron Hubbard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-l-ron-hubbard/852722)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-l-ron-hubbard/852722 "2020-04-29T12:52:22Z")
They seem awfully similar. Both are arrogant, self-confidant con men with outrageous coloring with cult followings. They lie outrageously and get themselves out of apparent traps with ad hoc explanations. They’re never … --- ## [How many people have died this year(US or world), and not just from the corona virus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-have-died-this-year-us-or-world-and-not-just-from-the-corona-virus/852736)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-have-died-this-year-us-or-world-and-not-just-from-the-corona-virus/852736 "2020-04-29T12:39:14Z")
Is there a website that has this answer? I’d like to see actual numbers - every site I find has projected numbers. (ETA - or just corona virus deaths) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1899) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1901)