# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1922 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1923 --- ## [CV economy stimulus payments outside the USA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cv-economy-stimulus-payments-outside-the-usa/851765)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cv-economy-stimulus-payments-outside-the-usa/851765 "2020-04-16T00:45:47Z")
Now I know where to move. --- ## [According to the Senate, if you make $99K a year you are rich.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-senate-if-you-make-99k-a-year-you-are-rich/850328)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-senate-if-you-make-99k-a-year-you-are-rich/850328 "2020-04-16T00:34:57Z")
Putting this in politics since it is about the Senate-passed pandemic stimulus package. Apparently the gov’t has decided in it’s bailout plan to cutoff the stimulus check at $99K so rich people don’t benefit. I had to … --- ## [Dopers with a family member on lockdown in a facility-how are they, how are you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-with-a-family-member-on-lockdown-in-a-facility-how-are-they-how-are-you/851817)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-with-a-family-member-on-lockdown-in-a-facility-how-are-they-how-are-you/851817 "2020-04-15T22:58:56Z")
Mom, 95, with ALZ. locked in her facility. No cases there, and god knows if there are, she’ll be gone more than likely. We can’t be with her, they’re not as of yet set up for Skype, not that I’d want to try to “talk” to … --- ## [Sir Stirling Moss - RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-stirling-moss-rip/851635)
**Author:** [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-stirling-moss-rip/851635 "2020-04-15T22:39:52Z")
90 is not a bad innings at all but sad to hear that the greatest driver never to win the F1 championship has gone to that great park ferme in the sky to face the ultimate scrutineer. (insert your own motorsport reference… --- ## [Will there be a 3rd candidate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-a-3rd-candidate/851836)
**Author:** [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-a-3rd-candidate/851836 "2020-04-15T22:33:53Z")
Nobody wants Trump or Biden. All is quiet during the unified war on a common enemy, but in a month or two, all hell will break loose, whether the pandemic is solved or not. So, who is standing by to be a 3rd candidate?… --- ## [Can we tell other posters they aren't welcome in our thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-tell-other-posters-they-arent-welcome-in-our-thread/851834)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-tell-other-posters-they-arent-welcome-in-our-thread/851834 "2020-04-15T22:27:48Z")
I thought this had long been understood to be out of line: that assuming neither of us is a mod, I can’t tell you to get out of my thread, and you can’t tell me to get out of yours. But in Broomstick’s Pitting of elucid… --- ## [Aren't the vast majority of us going to get infected by the Corona Virus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arent-the-vast-majority-of-us-going-to-get-infected-by-the-corona-virus/850997)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arent-the-vast-majority-of-us-going-to-get-infected-by-the-corona-virus/850997 "2020-04-15T22:23:29Z")
And all these precautions we are being asked to take are meant to slow down the infection rate so the hospitals aren’t overwhelmed all at one time. Isn’t a matter of “when”, not “if”?. And like all other viruses, the vas… --- ## [Shopping during COVID maps perfectly onto J.Campbell's Hero's Journey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-during-covid-maps-perfectly-onto-j-campbells-heros-journey/851882)
**Author:** [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-during-covid-maps-perfectly-onto-j-campbells-heros-journey/851882 "2020-04-15T22:11:15Z")
\[del\]Stolen from\[/del\] Found at BoingBoing.Net: Getting groceries during COVID-19 maps perfectly onto Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey Coincidence, or fate? --- ## [Access to criminal backgrounds in Ontario](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/access-to-criminal-backgrounds-in-ontario/851795)
**Author:** [@blood63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blood63)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/access-to-criminal-backgrounds-in-ontario/851795 "2020-04-15T21:46:26Z")
Who has access to criminal background information in Ontario? Here and in most places, criminal court proceedings are usually public and I or anyone can sit in. Why then is it difficult to obtain trial transcripts or a… --- ## [Why would my own serological test be affected by total percentage of infected?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-my-own-serological-test-be-affected-by-total-percentage-of-infected/851792)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-my-own-serological-test-be-affected-by-total-percentage-of-infected/851792 "2020-04-15T21:20:28Z")
A doctors Livestream said that serological tests are no better than a coin flip if the overall infection rate is 1 percent, assuming the test is 99 percent sensitive and specific. I can understand in the context of Nati… --- ## [Will We Social Distance Forever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-social-distance-forever/850830)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-social-distance-forever/850830 "2020-04-15T20:56:17Z")
I can’t see people shaking hands in a few months due to fears. Even if say I was totally carefree and open to being in crowds, if my friends are averse to it, then I won’t be doing it, either. I also have been hearing th… --- ## [I pit Robbie Roberston of The Band](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-robbie-roberston-of-the-band/850000)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-robbie-roberston-of-the-band/850000 "2020-04-15T20:30:03Z")
There was a thread about the new documentary “Once Were Brothers- Robbie Robertson and the Band”, but I can’t find it. What the fuck? Robbie Roberson AND the band. The Band was the band, they weren’t your fucking band. … --- ## [Do instacart returns get charged to the driver?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-instacart-returns-get-charged-to-the-driver/851868)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-instacart-returns-get-charged-to-the-driver/851868 "2020-04-15T20:20:46Z")
I just got a Costco delivery and I received regula milk instead of lactaid. I specified that I do not want a replacement if lactaid was not available. I reported the discrepancy and they gave me a refund. This got me … --- ## [Well meaning social distancing guidelines that seem to have backfired](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-meaning-social-distancing-guidelines-that-seem-to-have-backfired/851521)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-meaning-social-distancing-guidelines-that-seem-to-have-backfired/851521 "2020-04-15T20:08:35Z")
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in an effort to protect its employees and the public, closed its state run liquor stores a few weeks ago. Since the closure was announced ahead of time, it created a panic run which res… --- ## [What good (or bad) habits has this situation led you to revive/acquire (or give up)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-or-bad-habits-has-this-situation-led-you-to-revive-acquire-or-give-up/851351)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-or-bad-habits-has-this-situation-led-you-to-revive-acquire-or-give-up/851351 "2020-04-15T20:01:32Z")
The reason might be anything pandemic-related, i.e., isolation/lockdown, what you have seen or read, what family members or co-workers have endured, just having more time on your hands (for good or ill), looking at the f… --- ## [Corvid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corvid/851745)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corvid/851745 "2020-04-15T19:59:48Z")
When they first gave the corona virus the name “COVID 19”, I said “Oh, so that’s where they think it came from, huh? Not bats like they said the other day?” Partner looks at me quizzically. I say “Umm, that’s a kind of… --- ## [The Ongoing Online Dating Advice Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ongoing-online-dating-advice-thread/540978)
**Author:** [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Replies:** 3479\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ongoing-online-dating-advice-thread/540978 "2017-06-13T00:11:45Z")
I’m starting this not so much as an authority, but as an instigator. This thread was inspired from this post. I will give you a bit of my online dating background though: I got separated in 2003, divorced in 2005. I … --- ## [Does/will the covid test differentiate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-will-the-covid-test-differentiate/851812)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-will-the-covid-test-differentiate/851812 "2020-04-15T19:48:17Z")
It seems like it’s important to know both whether someone is currently infected so they can quarantine, and also whether they were previously infected and now immune and non contagious so they can carry on. Do or will … --- ## [Covid-19 attacking the immune system?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-attacking-the-immune-system/851643)
**Author:** [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-attacking-the-immune-system/851643 "2020-04-15T18:53:16Z")
This article in the South China Morning Post suggests, rather sensationally, that this virus can behave a bit like HIV. I don’t have enough science, and I’m not familiar enough with the newspaper, to be able to evaluate … --- ## [Does Heinlein's "The Door Into Summer" have a pedophile vibe? (spoilers obviously)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-heinleins-the-door-into-summer-have-a-pedophile-vibe-spoilers-obviously/534939)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-heinleins-the-door-into-summer-have-a-pedophile-vibe-spoilers-obviously/534939 "2020-04-15T17:56:56Z")
I just read this golden age science fiction story for the first time. While classic Heinlein, it does have a plot element that’s a bit strange where the hero, a grown 30 year old man, is very sincerely and deliberately p… --- ## [Mirrorless camera worth the extra money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mirrorless-camera-worth-the-extra-money/851353)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mirrorless-camera-worth-the-extra-money/851353 "2020-04-15T17:37:36Z")
I have a Nikon DSLR camera with 6 lenses. Looking at getting the new $900 Z50 from Nikon and the adapter so I can use my current lenses. I don’t want to spend $2000 or more for the other Nikon mirrorless models. … --- ## [Covid-19 at the conventions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-at-the-conventions/848729)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-at-the-conventions/848729 "2020-04-15T17:34:08Z")
Or at political rallies. So far we’ve had 4 infections in the US which are not traceable to someone going to China or other places where there’ve been breakouts. So the virus is out in the community, spreading hither an… --- ## [President George W Bush no longer the worst President in living memory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-george-w-bush-no-longer-the-worst-president-in-living-memory/850848)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-george-w-bush-no-longer-the-worst-president-in-living-memory/850848 "2020-04-15T17:31:09Z")
I think Trump is the worst president in living memory. Change my mind. Up until recently, the one saving grace for president Trump was that he did not cause the deaths of thousands of Americans (lets assume that cuttin… --- ## [ICE Raids: Why Weren't Employers Arrested, Too?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-raids-why-werent-employers-arrested-too/838728)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-raids-why-werent-employers-arrested-too/838728 "2020-04-15T17:01:27Z")
So, we had some massive ICE raids recently, where hundreds of workers were rounded up and taken into custody. Why weren’t any of the employers/managers cuffed and perp-walked along with this? Hiring undocumented worker… --- ## [How are Pakistan - Bangladesh relations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-pakistan-bangladesh-relations/851679)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-pakistan-bangladesh-relations/851679 "2020-04-15T16:20:35Z")
It’s been about 40 years since East Pakistan broke away from West Pakistan to become Bangladesh. How are relations between the two countries now? Deep freeze? Two countries in same region so they have to work together… --- ## [Design of Lawnmowers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-of-lawnmowers/851701)
**Author:** [@Temporary\_Name](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Temporary_Name)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-of-lawnmowers/851701 "2020-04-15T15:59:09Z")
Design of Lawnmowers: Having to go from a twenty-two inch cutting deck to a nineteen inch cutting deck recently, I started to wonder why standard size for walk behind mowers is roughly two feet. For some it might be ge… --- ## [Evidently Samwell Tarly can cure CoVID-19, 100](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evidently-samwell-tarly-can-cure-covid-19-100/851860)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evidently-samwell-tarly-can-cure-covid-19-100/851860 "2020-04-15T15:57:43Z")
How did Sam succeed in treating Greyscale? HE FOLLOWED DIRECTIONS --- ## [Disney Covers Darryl Hannah's Butt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-covers-darryl-hannahs-butt/851859)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-covers-darryl-hannahs-butt/851859 "2020-04-15T15:47:25Z")
Sorry – double post --- ## ["Superbugs" and COVID disinfection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbugs-and-covid-disinfection/851715)
**Author:** [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superbugs-and-covid-disinfection/851715 "2020-04-15T15:38:00Z")
I haven’t seen much discussion about any negative consequences of the more thorough cleaning procedures in place everywhere due to COVID. There are also secondary infections in COVID patients. Are we going to create mor… --- ## [Define the difference between stocking up and hoarding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-the-difference-between-stocking-up-and-hoarding/851422)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/define-the-difference-between-stocking-up-and-hoarding/851422 "2020-04-15T15:27:39Z")
I’ve got five 12-pack2 of TP still unopened. I had them before TP became a valuable commodity. When it would go on sale, I’d buy several packs, since I have lots of space to store it, and the sale price was considerably… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1921) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1923)