# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1934 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1935 --- ## [Is grief natural?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-grief-natural/851013)
**Author:** [@aaronhernandez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaronhernandez)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-grief-natural/851013 "2020-04-08T18:56:24Z")
I’ve always wondered if murderers of their own families/friends would grieve if they died not from their own hands but through an accident or through being murdered by someone else. If so, is that not contradictory. One … --- ## [What prevents harvested ballots from being tampered with?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-prevents-harvested-ballots-from-being-tampered-with/851354)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-prevents-harvested-ballots-from-being-tampered-with/851354 "2020-04-08T18:12:54Z")
I would like to ask that we keep (D)/® politics out of this and just focus on the technical aspects of ballot harvesting: Ballot harvesting - whereby someone collects your ballot from your home from you and then takes i… --- ## [How will the economy move forward (aka do the 1% need us)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-economy-move-forward-aka-do-the-1-need-us/850937)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-economy-move-forward-aka-do-the-1-need-us/850937 "2020-04-08T18:09:07Z")
I’ve been trying to figure out what reasonably is going to happen with the economy going forward here in the United States (and elsewhere, to an extent). But in trying to consider and discuss it, I’ve come across a vein … --- ## ["Camp Crip" (Netflix movie) - No spoilers in OP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camp-crip-netflix-movie-no-spoilers-in-op/850455)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camp-crip-netflix-movie-no-spoilers-in-op/850455 "2020-04-08T17:17:08Z")
I just finished watching “Camp Crip”. It is a documentary about, initially, a hippie-like camp for the disabled that operated primarily in the 60s and 70s. The movie focuses on some of the camp members and how they band… --- ## [Sanders facepalm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sanders-facepalm/851356)
**Author:** [@Jim\_Peebles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Peebles)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sanders-facepalm/851356 "2020-04-08T17:02:32Z")
On the IMHO side of things: Sanders drops out just after the Wisconsin primary where his supporters had to risk Covid to go out and vote for him. And that was probably the main group thinking they needed to take the ris… --- ## [Can someone explain to me why what we are doing isn't overreacting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-to-me-why-what-we-are-doing-isnt-overreacting/850297)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-to-me-why-what-we-are-doing-isnt-overreacting/850297 "2020-04-08T16:58:55Z")
I’m sure I’ll get a lot of hostility for this but hear me out. Back when the death rate was considered to be 2-4%, that is a pretty high number. We’re looking at worst case scenario, 60-70% of the human race gets the in… --- ## [Reported anyone for gathering? Would you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reported-anyone-for-gathering-would-you/851352)
**Author:** [@HeweyLogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeweyLogan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reported-anyone-for-gathering-would-you/851352 "2020-04-08T16:57:00Z")
California’s encouraging it - “snitches” get “rewards”. Since money isn’t involved presumably the “reward” is a sense of well-being and… citizenship? That’s not how I’d frame it, but then again I haven’t and can’t imagi… --- ## [Will the virus and economic collapse lead to massive political unrest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-virus-and-economic-collapse-lead-to-massive-political-unrest/849984)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-virus-and-economic-collapse-lead-to-massive-political-unrest/849984 "2020-04-08T15:55:23Z")
The Arab spring was supposedly started in part by spikes in food prices. I am wondering if something similar but possibly larger scale will happen on a global level due to the virus and the fallout of the virus. To my … --- ## [Furloughed/laid off due to the plague? Here's the thread to discuss unemployment insurance.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furloughed-laid-off-due-to-the-plague-heres-the-thread-to-discuss-unemployment-insurance/851341)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furloughed-laid-off-due-to-the-plague-heres-the-thread-to-discuss-unemployment-insurance/851341 "2020-04-08T15:48:30Z")
I’m a legal secretary at a law firm, and we were doing gangbuster business when COVID-19 struck. That didn’t keep a lot of us “non-essentials” from being furloughed until May 9. I’ve had to file a claim for unemploymen… --- ## [New plan for all MLB games to be played in Arizona.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-plan-for-all-mlb-games-to-be-played-in-arizona/851272)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-plan-for-all-mlb-games-to-be-played-in-arizona/851272 "2020-04-08T15:32:18Z")
Just saw this article where one idea on the table would be for all the MLB teams to just play games in Arizona where 1. many teams already hold spring training and 2. Eleven ballparks all within 50 miles. LINK --- ## [Matthew McConaughey Hosts Bingo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-mcconaughey-hosts-bingo/851307)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-mcconaughey-hosts-bingo/851307 "2020-04-08T14:52:42Z")
It’s good to see him interacting with people, even if it’s over Zoom, instead of slinking off to practice Masse shots by himself, or jogging alone in the woods, or pretending he’s Opie while ice fishing alone. I was afr… --- ## [Is there a specific name for this fallacy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-specific-name-for-this-fallacy/851128)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-specific-name-for-this-fallacy/851128 "2020-04-08T14:52:34Z")
I’ve seen arguments that our response to Covid-19 is overblown because the total mortality (or some other metric) is similar to flu. These arguments leave out the fact that those mortality rates have only been achieved … --- ## [What criteria should there be for lifting the quarantine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-criteria-should-there-be-for-lifting-the-quarantine/851288)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-criteria-should-there-be-for-lifting-the-quarantine/851288 "2020-04-08T14:51:50Z")
As we are going thru this it seems like some areas should have this under control pretty soon while with others, I’m not sure if it could take a year or more (thinking big cities). However just because its still in some… --- ## [Tiger in Bronx Zoo tests positive for Covid-19](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-in-bronx-zoo-tests-positive-for-covid-19/851197)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-in-bronx-zoo-tests-positive-for-covid-19/851197 "2020-04-08T14:16:12Z")
A Malayan tiger in New York’s Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the Covid-19 virus. The virus is believed to have originated in bats and jumped across species into humans. Now it appears to have jumped species into anoth… --- ## [Where have you gone Cecil Adams? Our nation turns its Covid-19 eyes to you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-you-gone-cecil-adams-our-nation-turns-its-covid-19-eyes-to-you/850124)
**Author:** [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-you-gone-cecil-adams-our-nation-turns-its-covid-19-eyes-to-you/850124 "2020-04-08T14:15:05Z")
Look. Stuff is happening. Things are getting strange. People have questions. The Straight Dope is needed now more than ever. Forget the ownership/retirement thing. Time to do what you do best. Debunk, inform, amuse. F… --- ## [{{Sigh}} How did I screw up my computer this time? Teeny-tiny font on mail in Outlook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-how-did-i-screw-up-my-computer-this-time-teeny-tiny-font-on-mail-in-outlook/851207)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-how-did-i-screw-up-my-computer-this-time-teeny-tiny-font-on-mail-in-outlook/851207 "2020-04-08T14:15:05Z")
I have no idea how I did this, but when I start a new e-mail in Outlook, it comes up with the teeniest micro-font imaginable. The «To» and «Subject» fields are normal, but when I start typing the message, it’s in somethi… --- ## [What’s up with elderberries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-elderberries/851302)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-elderberries/851302 "2020-04-08T14:04:01Z")
This is not so much about the efficacy of elderberries as homeopathic medicine although if there happens to be any scientific data feel free to share. I knew nothing about elderberries except as a Monty Python insult un… --- ## [Does this werid-ass cake exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-werid-ass-cake-exist/830356)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-werid-ass-cake-exist/830356 "2020-04-08T13:51:45Z")
Screen-cap from the Oscar-nominated anime Mirai no Mirai. Is this an actual cake sold somewhere? --- ## [Does putting message on videos protect people uploading copyrighted videos from legal action using Y](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-putting-message-on-videos-protect-people-uploading-copyrighted-videos-from-legal-action-using-y/850889)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-putting-message-on-videos-protect-people-uploading-copyrighted-videos-from-legal-action-using-y/850889 "2020-04-08T13:51:23Z")
Well I was watching a video of a music video of a song from 1982 and a thing I have seen on some descriptions says No Copyright Infringement Intended. For entertainment purposes of only. Does this protect them from a pro… --- ## [Do conservatives support a strong military and 'our troops'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-conservatives-support-a-strong-military-and-our-troops/851220)
**Author:** [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-conservatives-support-a-strong-military-and-our-troops/851220 "2020-04-08T13:45:43Z")
A while back, I posted a thread asking about what non-bigoted ‘conservative values’ exist that aren’t contradicted by conservative/Republican support for Trump, and one of the biggest ones was ‘support for the military’ … --- ## [Toll road and no change](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toll-road-and-no-change/846690)
**Author:** [@ginman999](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ginman999)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toll-road-and-no-change/846690 "2020-01-24T20:58:00Z")
went to a state with a toll road. no attendant to make change. My choices are use the express pass or run the change taking bin. I had a bag of change I was going to take to the bank but that was by luck. What was I supp… --- ## [Elizabeth II has given three televised speeches. I know one. What were the other two?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-ii-has-given-three-televised-speeches-i-know-one-what-were-the-other-two/851278)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-ii-has-given-three-televised-speeches-i-know-one-what-were-the-other-two/851278 "2020-04-08T13:04:11Z")
From the article that starts half-way down here. I believe there is a Christmas address every year and she addresses Parliament once per year, so I presume they mean except for those… I figure this is one of her speec… --- ## [Do you get irrationally annoyed by certain written abbreviations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-irrationally-annoyed-by-certain-written-abbreviations/850347)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-irrationally-annoyed-by-certain-written-abbreviations/850347 "2020-04-08T12:39:36Z")
I thought about posting this in the thread “Do you get irrationally irritated by accents / voice traits?”, but it’s doesn’t quite fit into the topic of that thread since it’s a written thing, not a spoken thing. So I th… --- ## [Might people's marriages break up before this is over](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-peoples-marriages-break-up-before-this-is-over/850792)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-peoples-marriages-break-up-before-this-is-over/850792 "2020-04-08T12:35:16Z")
A friend of mine posted on Facebook asking whether people thought the divorce rate might go up after the COVID19 pandemic passes. Hopefully, that’s not a reflection of her marriage. But it seemed like a valid question. … --- ## [Toilet doesn’t fill problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-doesn-t-fill-problem/851280)
**Author:** [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-doesn-t-fill-problem/851280 "2020-04-08T12:32:16Z")
Toilet doesn’t fill – but will fill if I first turn off the water valve and turn it back on. I found online instructions for cleaning the fill valve and followed that procedure but that has not solved the problem. I ha… --- ## [Easiest way to cover/uncover images in a Windows program?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easiest-way-to-cover-uncover-images-in-a-windows-program/851276)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easiest-way-to-cover-uncover-images-in-a-windows-program/851276 "2020-04-08T12:29:08Z")
This Saturday, I will be DMing for my D&D group, over Zoom. Zoom has the ability to show what’s on your screen in a different application, in place of showing your face. I wish to use this to display maps. But on any … --- ## [Crazy idiot derails train in LA for crazy idiot conspiracy "reasons"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-idiot-derails-train-in-la-for-crazy-idiot-conspiracy-reasons/850846)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-idiot-derails-train-in-la-for-crazy-idiot-conspiracy-reasons/850846 "2020-04-08T12:18:01Z")
Seriously: Feds: Man intentionally derailed LA train near hospital ship :eek: “Oh sure, Bo; that does seem crazy!” you’re thinking. I haven’t gotten to the crazy part yet: :smack: So that’s the crazy part. Here’s… --- ## [The Magicians: Season 4 (open spoilers after airing)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-magicians-season-4-open-spoilers-after-airing/828577)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-magicians-season-4-open-spoilers-after-airing/828577 "2020-04-08T12:05:33Z")
Anyone here watch this show? --- ## [What 3d modeling programs are there like Sketchup?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-3d-modeling-programs-are-there-like-sketchup/785899)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-3d-modeling-programs-are-there-like-sketchup/785899 "2020-04-07T12:36:30Z")
90-95% of things I do in Sketchup, I do with the line tool or the push/pull tool, which automatically creates holes, but unfortunately Sketchup can’t handle a lot of data, so even if I download vehicle 3d models from the… --- ## [Opinion on ska.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinion-on-ska/851125)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinion-on-ska/851125 "2020-04-08T08:00:55Z")
I’ve been on a ska binge lately, so I thought I’d make this thread. What’s your opinion on ska, specifically third-wave ska? Why does it get a bad rap? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1933) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1935)