# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1932 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1933 --- ## [The problem with FEMA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-problem-with-fema/851347)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-problem-with-fema/851347 "2020-04-10T00:59:46Z")
So as you may know, Dallas suffered a fairly serious tornado back in October. An EF-3 tornado tore its way across fifteen miles of the northern half of the city. Surprisingly, no lives were lost, and there were very fe… --- ## [Silent Witness - BBC Series on Amazon Prime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silent-witness-bbc-series-on-amazon-prime/851391)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silent-witness-bbc-series-on-amazon-prime/851391 "2020-04-09T23:03:00Z")
Whew! Wife and I made it through the \*\*21 SEASONS \*\*on Amazon Prime.Silent Witness - Wikipedia There are a couple of additional seasons and it’s ongoing on BBC. It’s all about pathologists and murders. None of the glitz… --- ## [anit-virus spray?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anit-virus-spray/851277)
**Author:** [@shinnen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shinnen)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anit-virus-spray/851277 "2020-04-09T22:59:13Z")
Hi all, I hope you are all keeping well. I sometime see, on TV, people spaying places with something(?). I assume it’s to deactivate or ??? COVID19. Does anyone know what they’re spraying? Thanks, … john --- ## [Worldometers Inconsistency](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldometers-inconsistency/851451)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldometers-inconsistency/851451 "2020-04-09T22:46:03Z")
I have noticed that US Territories are listed under the numbers for the USA. Territories belonging to other nations such as Bermuda(UK), Aruba(Netherlands), and Martinique(France) are listed as if they were independent … --- ## [AOC may be out of a job](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aoc-may-be-out-of-a-job/848513)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aoc-may-be-out-of-a-job/848513 "2020-04-09T22:43:43Z")
New York Dems Are Redrawing Congressional Districts And It Could Put Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Out Of A Job Quite a few if’s and a lot of conjecture at this point, but she may have rocked the boat a bit too much to be a… --- ## [I love this neighborhood!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-neighborhood/851319)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-neighborhood/851319 "2020-04-09T21:47:27Z")
I’ve lived her 26 years, and we are always rescuing runaway animals - mostly dogs, but also horses, goats, llamas and emus, But today was something new. My wife said “You are not going to believe what is wandering around… --- ## [What are the best fast food/take-out apps to have on your phone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-fast-food-take-out-apps-to-have-on-your-phone/851398)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-fast-food-take-out-apps-to-have-on-your-phone/851398 "2020-04-09T21:45:53Z")
Now as any is a good time to discuss what apps you use for fast food if they have good coupons or deals attached. Recommended Jack in the Box - Usually has 2-3 coupons a day as well as a dedicated “Deals” section which… --- ## [Posting on the forum while drunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-on-the-forum-while-drunk/851229)
**Author:** [@MaverocK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaverocK)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-on-the-forum-while-drunk/851229 "2020-04-09T21:20:07Z")
My first (or second) post while drunk in self-isolaton. :slight\_smile: I hope the mods are understanding :slight\_smile: --- ## [Any information on whether refrigeration/freezing kills/preserves the virus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-information-on-whether-refrigeration-freezing-kills-preserves-the-virus/851383)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-information-on-whether-refrigeration-freezing-kills-preserves-the-virus/851383 "2020-04-09T21:07:29Z")
I was putting groceries away today and started wondering if any knowledge is out there on whether the virus dies at the same rate in cold or freezing temps as it does at room temps. My inclination is that if freezing pre… --- ## [Web-based jam/rehearsal services](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-based-jam-rehearsal-services/850435)
**Author:** [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-based-jam-rehearsal-services/850435 "2020-04-09T20:45:28Z")
I know of JamKazam and Bandlab. I’m betting there are others. From the JamKazam description page: Play music from home with your friends and bandmates without packing and transporting gear, and without needing a rehear… --- ## [Pneumococcal vaccines: useful against pneumonia caused by COVID-19?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pneumococcal-vaccines-useful-against-pneumonia-caused-by-covid-19/851205)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pneumococcal-vaccines-useful-against-pneumonia-caused-by-covid-19/851205 "2020-04-09T19:34:19Z")
I’ve never had pneumococcal vaccines, and I’m 63. I ought to get them anyway (despite never really having any bronchial issues after colds and flu), but as an added incentive, would the vaccines provide any defense agai… --- ## [Is there any way to distinguish coronavirus from other infections based on symptoms alone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-distinguish-coronavirus-from-other-infections-based-on-symptoms-alone/849927)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-distinguish-coronavirus-from-other-infections-based-on-symptoms-alone/849927 "2020-04-09T19:14:20Z")
Since there is a shortage of tests, is there any realistic or validated way to distinguish the coronavirus from other infections like flu, bronchitis, cold, etc based on symptoms alone and without a test? For example, I… --- ## [30 Rock!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock/850484)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock/850484 "2020-04-09T18:26:53Z")
I never watched this when it was on-air. I saw the pilot, wasn’t a Tracy Morgan fan (then) and didn’t really like a couple of the other characters. I’ve watched the first 3 seasons in the past week. Goddamn brilliant. I… --- ## [Is this where ‘government aid’ will really end up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-where-government-aid-will-really-end-up/851421)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-where-government-aid-will-really-end-up/851421 "2020-04-09T17:58:59Z")
I read a disturbing article about investment firms already Actually planning to manipulate aid programs to create profit for their investors. And they seem to be expecting big returns. Exclusive: Wall Street firm dangle… --- ## [Dystopian worlds where the government controls everything but still rampant crime, unrealistic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dystopian-worlds-where-the-government-controls-everything-but-still-rampant-crime-unrealistic/851381)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dystopian-worlds-where-the-government-controls-everything-but-still-rampant-crime-unrealistic/851381 "2020-04-09T17:58:07Z")
A decade ago I remember reading a literary article about how most dystopian fiction makes the common mistake of being set in a world with a strong central government that has mass surveillance on everyone, controls almos… --- ## [Did Friends invent the "Could you BE any more \_\_\_"? sarcastic inflection pattern?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-friends-invent-the-could-you-be-any-more-___-sarcastic-inflection-pattern/851283)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-friends-invent-the-could-you-be-any-more-___-sarcastic-inflection-pattern/851283 "2020-04-09T17:42:02Z")
Honestly I don’t remember it before then, and the other characters seemed to act like this was a personality quirk that only Chandler had. As an aside, I found it really funny when Pheobe was talking about her “BFF” and… --- ## [Changing Views \[due to coronavirus\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-views-due-to-coronavirus/850617)
**Author:** [@Waymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waymore)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-views-due-to-coronavirus/850617 "2020-04-09T17:34:02Z")
I’m curious to know if Covid-19 and all the fallout from it has caused anybody to change their views. Are you a civil libertarian who is now more comfortable with the government controlling the publics’ daily lives? Ar… --- ## [Things you don't see anymore:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-see-anymore/850836)
**Author:** [@lightrasp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightrasp)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-see-anymore/850836 "2020-04-09T17:33:41Z")
Question: Had a childhood memory of eating a wonderful frozen dessert “Sultana Roll with Claret Sauce” - I did find a recipe, but none of my friends remember this or have even heard of it. As I recall, it was advertised… --- ## [New York Times: 2020 isn't the most important election; 2016 was, and it already happened.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times-2020-isnt-the-most-important-election-2016-was-and-it-already-happened/851359)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times-2020-isnt-the-most-important-election-2016-was-and-it-already-happened/851359 "2020-04-09T17:16:16Z")
Matt Flegenheimer of NYT ran a good op-ed this week: He argues that, despite all the fervent rhetoric of “2020 is the most important election of our lifetimes!” (which he notes was already said, dishonestly, in 2018, 20… --- ## [Best European cartoons.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-european-cartoons/847622)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-european-cartoons/847622 "2020-04-09T17:02:32Z")
Usually, when people talk about animation, they either talk about American cartoons or anime. But what about Europe? Surely, Europe has put out some good cartoons as well. What are the best European cartoons? Either sho… --- ## [Have 'heist' type robberies nearly vanished with the common use of credit cards/electronic money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-heist-type-robberies-nearly-vanished-with-the-common-use-of-credit-cards-electronic-money/851345)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-heist-type-robberies-nearly-vanished-with-the-common-use-of-credit-cards-electronic-money/851345 "2020-04-09T16:57:01Z")
I’m currently reading the Parker novels by Richard Stark, starting with the ones from the mid-1960s. Parker was a ‘heister’, he always worked with small groups of independent heisters who would come together to plan a r… --- ## [What does testing positive for coronavirus actually mean? aka The numbers are almost meaningless](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-testing-positive-for-coronavirus-actually-mean-aka-the-numbers-are-almost-meaningless/851406)
**Author:** [@Nippless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nippless)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-testing-positive-for-coronavirus-actually-mean-aka-the-numbers-are-almost-meaningless/851406 "2020-04-09T16:19:00Z")
I’ve “heard” the test is testing for the presence of a coronavirus. ANY coronavirus. CVs are not so uncommon. You could’ve tested positive a year ago. It also explains why covid has such a wide range of symptoms, from as… --- ## [Why The Corona Virus Crisis Will Ensure Trump's Re-Election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-corona-virus-crisis-will-ensure-trumps-re-election/850470)
**Author:** [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-corona-virus-crisis-will-ensure-trumps-re-election/850470 "2020-04-09T16:13:37Z")
I would like to be very clear here… I detest Trump, more as a human than even as a politician. He is a pathological liar, he is racist (even a cursory look at his history as NYC rental property owner makes this clear) an… --- ## [Chess training game between glee and NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-training-game-between-glee-and-naf1138/847290)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-training-game-between-glee-and-naf1138/847290 "2020-04-09T15:52:25Z")
This is a chess game based on this thread. Please use that thread for all comments - it’ll be clearer to follow the game if this thread is literally just the moves. I will post the position regularly as well. --- ## [Help with bird call identification](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-bird-call-identification/851420)
**Author:** [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-bird-call-identification/851420 "2020-04-09T15:47:33Z")
The call in question: Descending D5 C A A A Long long short short short. Sometimes an extra short A at the end. If the long notes are one beat and the short are half, it was maybe 85 bpm. Raspier than, say, a cardi… --- ## [Any Computer Experts Out There?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-computer-experts-out-there/850695)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-computer-experts-out-there/850695 "2020-04-09T15:08:00Z")
I would have posted this days ago, but I hate asking for help, but I’ve had the flu for almost 2 weeks, and my laptop is really screwed up, and it’s kinda my life, especially during this quarantine and all this free time… --- ## [New Jack Swing. Which of these songs wouldn’t be included?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jack-swing-which-of-these-songs-wouldn-t-be-included/851434)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jack-swing-which-of-these-songs-wouldn-t-be-included/851434 "2020-04-09T14:48:49Z")
I’m in the process of organizing my music library by genre. When it comes to New Jack Swing, I have some questions about which of these songs you all would put into the category. Of course the main entries would be the… --- ## [How would the economy move forward (aka do the 99.9% need the 0.1%)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-the-economy-move-forward-aka-do-the-99-9-need-the-0-1/851225)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-the-economy-move-forward-aka-do-the-99-9-need-the-0-1/851225 "2020-04-09T14:16:43Z")
Let’s debate the opposite question of the other ongoing thread. I changed the numbers a little from the top 1% who earn around 400K to the top 0.1% who earn more than 7 million per year. I don’t want to get bogged down… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad things are being built in becks back yard!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-things-are-being-built-in-becks-back-yard/851260)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-things-are-being-built-in-becks-back-yard/851260 "2020-04-09T13:54:30Z")
In a fit of weirdness Mr.Wrekker ordered this gigantic climbing play gym with swings, a fort and a slide AND a convienant hanging rope. Do kids under the age of consent really need a rope in which to hang themselves or o… --- ## [Identify this children's book from a vague explanation.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-childrens-book-from-a-vague-explanation/851419)
**Author:** [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-childrens-book-from-a-vague-explanation/851419 "2020-04-09T12:23:19Z")
In kindergarten, I remember a series of books read to the class. There was probably even an entire K5 lesson plan created around these stories, or rather, it was likely designed specifically for a K5 lesson plan. The ma… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1931) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1933)