# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1926 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1927 --- ## [If you have a D.N.R. on file, will a hospital refuse you a ventilator?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-d-n-r-on-file-will-a-hospital-refuse-you-a-ventilator/851602)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-d-n-r-on-file-will-a-hospital-refuse-you-a-ventilator/851602 "2020-04-14T01:21:59Z")
I can’t find this answer online?? --- ## [Do You Find Chimpanzees Creepy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-chimpanzees-creepy/851458)
**Author:** [@forArbitraryN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/forArbitraryN)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-chimpanzees-creepy/851458 "2020-04-14T01:02:44Z")
I think Gorillas have a strong, respectable look. They’re cool. Chimps, on the other hand, look like murderous schemers. --- ## [Bob Dylan puts out a new song after 8 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-puts-out-a-new-song-after-8-years/850427)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-puts-out-a-new-song-after-8-years/850427 "2020-04-14T00:07:43Z")
And it’s about JFK assassination. --- ## [...from the President of the United States: WE CANNOT LET THE CURE BE WORSE THAN THE PROBLEM ITSELF](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-president-of-the-united-states-we-cannot-let-the-cure-be-worse-than-the-problem-itself/850078)
**Author:** [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Replies:** 298\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-president-of-the-united-states-we-cannot-let-the-cure-be-worse-than-the-problem-itself/850078 "2020-04-14T00:00:48Z")
…I think this deserves its own thread, because the implications are pretty fucking terrifying. Posted an hour ago. There is nobody steering the ship. I’m honestly at a loss as to what to say here. The chaos mercha… --- ## [Why aren't there Easter romance movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-there-easter-romance-movies/851670)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-there-easter-romance-movies/851670 "2020-04-13T23:23:06Z")
Sure, every easter the bring out the old standards - Ben Hur, Greatest Story… even Jesus Christ Superstar. But where are the romances? Why should Christmas be the only lucky beneficiary of Hollywood and Hallmark? Where… --- ## ["I never saw the movie, but I read the Mad parody"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-saw-the-movie-but-i-read-the-mad-parody/832909)
**Author:** [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-saw-the-movie-but-i-read-the-mad-parody/832909 "2020-04-13T23:10:51Z")
A couple of weeks ago I saw Charade (the 1964 stylish thriller with Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant) for the first time, and it reminded me of the many films I’d only experienced by reading the Mad magazine takeoffs, 'caus… --- ## [ID this small green insect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-small-green-insect/851477)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-small-green-insect/851477 "2020-04-13T23:10:25Z")
Encountered earlier today in South Carolina. For scale, those stringy things that resemble magnified arm hairs are magnified arm hairs. --- ## [Dual external monitors with Macbook Pro?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dual-external-monitors-with-macbook-pro/851455)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dual-external-monitors-with-macbook-pro/851455 "2020-04-13T23:04:25Z")
I am a Windows guy but my GF has 2012 Macbook pro with 2 thunderbolt ports. Do we need 2 thunderbolt to HDMI adapters or is else something else needed? Right now the setup is HDMI cable to the 1 external monitor. … --- ## [Do you think the Old Yankee Stadium should have remained?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-the-old-yankee-stadium-should-have-remained/849852)
**Author:** [@Yankees\_1996\_Champs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankees_1996_Champs)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-the-old-yankee-stadium-should-have-remained/849852 "2020-04-13T22:24:07Z")
Let’s get our minds off the Coronavirus health pandemic for a while. The Old Yankee Stadium was closed in 2008 for the new corporate Yankee Stadium. Do you believe the original House That Ruth Built should have remaine… --- ## [Does This Song Exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-song-exist/845561)
**Author:** [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-song-exist/845561 "2020-04-13T21:54:46Z")
I have been recording a few old black and white tv-shows in order to enjoy them with my daughter, specifically Hazel, The Joey Bishop Show, and The Burns and Allen Show. It’s fun to laugh at the old shows and to marvel a… --- ## [Allowing rentals of currently owner-occupied condos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allowing-rentals-of-currently-owner-occupied-condos/851668)
**Author:** [@Blunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blunt)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allowing-rentals-of-currently-owner-occupied-condos/851668 "2020-04-13T21:07:46Z")
So, I own a condo in a small development (12 total units) where I live. Our by-laws prohibit owners from renting out their units, so the rule is we have to owner-occupy, which I know is not uncommon for condos. I assum… --- ## ["Weird Al" Yankovic-New Article in New York Times Magazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-yankovic-new-article-in-new-york-times-magazine/851427)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-yankovic-new-article-in-new-york-times-magazine/851427 "2020-04-13T20:53:30Z")
I’ve been a fan of “Weird Al” since I first heard him on The Mighty Met(KMET) back in the mid ‘70s on Dr. Demento, and a new article in New York Times Magazine reminded me why. His dedication and talent shows in his mus… --- ## [Botticelli - March 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2020/849004)
**Author:** [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2020/849004 "2020-04-13T20:20:21Z")
I am G! Previous thread: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=889499 --- ## [Postage stamps on eBay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/postage-stamps-on-ebay/851504)
**Author:** [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/postage-stamps-on-ebay/851504 "2020-04-13T19:47:35Z")
I need to buy a roll of 100 forever stamps. If I go to the U.S. Post Office, they’ll charge me the face of $55. I want to avoid human contact. Amazon has prices $65-$70 a roll. Fine, a small profit and shipping charge… --- ## [Need a good sitcom I haven't seen I can binge watch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-good-sitcom-i-havent-seen-i-can-binge-watch/851508)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-good-sitcom-i-havent-seen-i-can-binge-watch/851508 "2020-04-13T19:41:22Z")
I just binged Friends, so that gives you an idea of what I consider a “good” sitcom. Just for reference, not judgement. I’ve already seen TBBT so that’s out. I grew up with 3 stations so I’ve seen all the oldies on re… --- ## [2019 Israeli election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-israeli-election/840395)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-israeli-election/840395 "2020-04-13T19:40:34Z")
Here’s an update: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/.premium-israel-election-exit-polls-netanyahu-gantz-1.7854652 Per exit polling, Netanyahu’s right-wing block has lost seats since the last election, if I’m… --- ## [Somebody please prove this isn't true.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-please-prove-this-isnt-true/851601)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-please-prove-this-isnt-true/851601 "2020-04-13T19:35:18Z")
This came up on Facebook. Covid vs. US Daily Average Cause of Death | Flourish --- ## [Do You Know This Song? "I don't give a damn where I am in the charts"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-this-song-i-dont-give-a-damn-where-i-am-in-the-charts/851647)
**Author:** [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-this-song-i-dont-give-a-damn-where-i-am-in-the-charts/851647 "2020-04-13T19:23:00Z")
This is a longshot as I have so little to go on, but no harm in trying. I’m trying to locate a song I heard once, on the radio, a long time ago. I heard it in the 1970s. Female solo performer with a guitar, like Joni … --- ## [Free samples of cold cuts from the grocery store deli](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-samples-of-cold-cuts-from-the-grocery-store-deli/851677)
**Author:** [@Garak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garak)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-samples-of-cold-cuts-from-the-grocery-store-deli/851677 "2020-04-13T19:11:42Z")
Usually if you ask to taste the meat they will hand you a free slice to try. When I went to Publix the other day I asked the deli artist if I could try the slice and she said no, because of new sanitation rules from the… --- ## [Pandemic Modeling Explained in Cartoon Format](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic-modeling-explained-in-cartoon-format/851706)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic-modeling-explained-in-cartoon-format/851706 "2020-04-13T18:09:23Z")
Five Thirty Eight . com is carrying Zack Wienersmith’s lengthy cartoon explaining the difficulty of coronavirus pandemic modeling. Weinersmith is the creator of the sarcastic science-themed webcomic Saturday Morning B… --- ## [Is there an opposite to relativistic speed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-opposite-to-relativistic-speed/851605)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-opposite-to-relativistic-speed/851605 "2020-04-13T17:44:19Z")
Maybe a nonsense question, but, is it hypothetically possible to become motionless relative to the universe? Meaning that from your point of view you have zero motion along any axis and the universe is moving away from … --- ## [First scripted shows to address The Situation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-scripted-shows-to-address-the-situation/849590)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-scripted-shows-to-address-the-situation/849590 "2020-04-13T17:43:02Z")
Watching last night’s Bob’s Burgers, which takes place on Saint Patric’s day in a now quaint alternate universe, I wondered which scripted shows (meaning not talk shows live comedy shows like SNL, or reality/game shows) … --- ## [5G caused the Coronavirus pandemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5g-caused-the-coronavirus-pandemic/851498)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5g-caused-the-coronavirus-pandemic/851498 "2020-04-13T17:30:31Z")
Or so goes the newest conspiracy theory. It’s light on reasoning but basically science=bad. Even Woody Harrelson and John Cusack are pushing it on social media. I don’t understand idiots. --- ## [Is this virus making people realize 'oh shit, nobody is in charge and nobody knows what to do'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-virus-making-people-realize-oh-shit-nobody-is-in-charge-and-nobody-knows-what-to-do/851464)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-virus-making-people-realize-oh-shit-nobody-is-in-charge-and-nobody-knows-what-to-do/851464 "2020-04-13T17:23:27Z")
Its kind of hard to explain what I’m feeling, but I guess I always had this belief that there were people in charge, competent people, and they knew how to keep society stable. Society to me seems to basically go on a li… --- ## ["Liberal/Leftist/Progressive" causes that might be in trouble thanks to COVID-19](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-leftist-progressive-causes-that-might-be-in-trouble-thanks-to-covid-19/851525)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberal-leftist-progressive-causes-that-might-be-in-trouble-thanks-to-covid-19/851525 "2020-04-13T17:22:41Z")
Labels aside, you’ll get what I mean: Reusable Grocery Bags. Some grocery stores are banning them and making customers use plastic bags because of COVID-19 concerns. Trump Guy Says: “You Liberals are more concerned ab… --- ## [Do you need to imbibe fluids while eating solid foods, like I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-need-to-imbibe-fluids-while-eating-solid-foods-like-i-do/851566)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-need-to-imbibe-fluids-while-eating-solid-foods-like-i-do/851566 "2020-04-13T17:12:15Z")
I have never been able to eat solid food without a steady dose of drinking fluids, perhaps not after every bite, but certainly continuously over the course of a meal. This has been an issue of contention with my relativ… --- ## ["Not available in all Areas"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-available-in-all-areas/850984)
**Author:** [@Sdowiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sdowiat)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-available-in-all-areas/850984 "2020-04-13T17:07:52Z")
Wouldn’t it be more logical for advertisements that say “Not available in all Areas” to instead say “Not available in SOME areas”? Can’t the original statement be taken to mean: “In all areas they aren’t available” whil… --- ## [Stimulus checks question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stimulus-checks-question/850686)
**Author:** [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stimulus-checks-question/850686 "2020-04-13T16:39:08Z")
We’re having a very hard financial patch right now, well to be honest since late last year. Just this week two of my payment checks came in about 2 to 3 days after I was expecting them causing my bank to charge me hundre… --- ## [problem with Skype](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-skype/851700)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-skype/851700 "2020-04-13T16:35:09Z")
I am breaking in a new computer. On March 31 I downloaded what I assume was the latest version of Skype but didn’t actually try it till yesterday. When I double-clicked on the desktop icon (this is Win-10) what came up… --- ## [Why do some people look so weirdly older/younger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-people-look-so-weirdly-older-younger/851133)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-people-look-so-weirdly-older-younger/851133 "2020-04-13T15:39:46Z")
Take a look at thispicture.. They are related. Guess their ages. (details in spoiler next post). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1925) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1927)