# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1937 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1938 --- ## [Governor McMaster, you are an idiot. "Unique" my ass ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governor-mcmaster-you-are-an-idiot-unique-my-ass/851009)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governor-mcmaster-you-are-an-idiot-unique-my-ass/851009 "2020-04-07T06:49:22Z")
TLDR: SC Gov McMaster refuses to issue a Stay Home order for our not too badly affected (YET!) state because: "Our state is not like everyone else’s state.” “Every state is different,” McMaster said. “They have diff… --- ## [Albums that were recorded at the same time at the same studio/complex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-that-were-recorded-at-the-same-time-at-the-same-studio-complex/851159)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-that-were-recorded-at-the-same-time-at-the-same-studio-complex/851159 "2020-04-07T06:47:54Z")
I remember from Nick Mason’s Pink Floyd memoirs that “Sergeant Pepper’s” and “The Piper At the Gates Of Dawn” were recorded door to door at Abbey Road Studios and that the guys met each other on the corridors from time t… --- ## [Weird sign-language interpreters in press conferences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-sign-language-interpreters-in-press-conferences/850104)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-sign-language-interpreters-in-press-conferences/850104 "2020-03-25T22:39:30Z")
I’ve been watching live coverage of the Coronavirus response, and I’ve noticed a number instances of sign language interpreters standing beside whoever is speaking. But they’re doing more than just translating the speech… --- ## [Linguistics: Word order in languages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linguistics-word-order-in-languages/846178)
**Author:** [@LynnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LynnM)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linguistics-word-order-in-languages/846178 "2020-01-13T22:23:21Z")
Is there a categorical distinction between languages in which sentence word order is critical, vs not? Years ago somebody told me that in German, you can say in effect: “Throw the horse over the fence some hay.” …but … --- ## [not counting cruise ships, why the black cloud over people who "travel" during this time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-counting-cruise-ships-why-the-black-cloud-over-people-who-travel-during-this-time/851079)
**Author:** [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-counting-cruise-ships-why-the-black-cloud-over-people-who-travel-during-this-time/851079 "2020-04-07T05:03:12Z")
I do “get it” in that these cruise ships must be the closest thing to “petri dishes” for the time being. But aside from that, why is there such a stigma around people who have flown or otherwise traveled (maybe by train… --- ## [Paradise Lost 3 Documentary (West Memphis 3)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paradise-lost-3-documentary-west-memphis-3/527209)
**Author:** [@Pray\_for\_peace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pray_for_peace)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paradise-lost-3-documentary-west-memphis-3/527209 "2020-04-07T04:42:35Z")
Paradise Lost 3 is in post-production (for Spring 2010 release, per directors Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky, who also directed the first two Paradise Lost documentaries). For those unfamiliar with the West Memphis 3 … --- ## [Would you classify this as stalking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-classify-this-as-stalking/851003)
**Author:** [@aaronhernandez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaronhernandez)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-classify-this-as-stalking/851003 "2020-04-07T04:38:47Z")
I have a 23yr old brother with Aspergers who is interesting but does and says some pretty weird things. The latest thing he told me that he does is on Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram to women who were in his high schoo… --- ## [RIP Honor Blackman (Pussy Galore)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-honor-blackman-pussy-galore/851201)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-honor-blackman-pussy-galore/851201 "2020-04-07T04:35:19Z")
James Bond actress Honor Blackman dies aged 94 ‘In a statement, her family said she died peacefully of natural causes at home in Lewes, East Sussex.’ --- ## [Does meditation "cure" homosexuality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-meditation-cure-homosexuality/851245)
**Author:** [@Machinaforce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machinaforce)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-meditation-cure-homosexuality/851245 "2020-04-07T04:16:53Z")
A quick google search showed me a few pages that claim that it did (well sexuality in general to be honest) and having tried it for myself it did work for a while afterwards. Wondering if anyone else has thoughts on this… --- ## [U Pittsburgh School of Medicine unveiling candidate vaccine for Coronavirus.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-pittsburgh-school-of-medicine-unveiling-candidate-vaccine-for-coronavirus/850934)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-pittsburgh-school-of-medicine-unveiling-candidate-vaccine-for-coronavirus/850934 "2020-04-07T04:13:18Z")
The research sounds promising. Dr. Andrea Gambotto has been working on Coronavirus since SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV outbreaks. I hope the FDA slashes the red tape and allows clinical human trials. The 2nd wave of Covid-19 is… --- ## [OJ's Hilarious April Fools Day Tweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ojs-hilarious-april-fools-day-tweet/850853)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ojs-hilarious-april-fools-day-tweet/850853 "2020-04-07T03:46:58Z")
May the coronavirus do to him what our justice system failed to do. --- ## [Websites not compatible with Microsoft Edge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/websites-not-compatible-with-microsoft-edge/851231)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/websites-not-compatible-with-microsoft-edge/851231 "2020-04-07T03:05:08Z")
More and more I am getting websites that don’t seem to work with Microsoft Edge(my current browser of choice). I’m not just talking about minor little websites-I just tried to access the NFL site and all I got was the b… --- ## [Article on the TP Shortage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-on-the-tp-shortage/850980)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-on-the-tp-shortage/850980 "2020-04-07T02:49:09Z")
Since this is COVID-19 related, I thought I’d put this here. Mods, feel free to move as needed. According to the article, it’s not that we’re going to the bathroom more, it’s WHERE we’re going to the bathroom…specifica… --- ## [Question on building a gate in a fence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-building-a-gate-in-a-fence/851239)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-building-a-gate-in-a-fence/851239 "2020-04-07T02:01:31Z")
I need to build a gate this week and I was going to do make the frame out of 2x4s but then I thought wait, don’t I want the gate to be a light as possible? I have some 2x2s that I can use as the frame and cut the weight… --- ## [UK pronunciation: urinals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-pronunciation-urinals/850924)
**Author:** [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-pronunciation-urinals/850924 "2020-04-07T01:43:49Z")
I’m watching an episode of Secrets of the Royal Kitchens on my local OTA PBS channel (WTTW, Chicago) now and there was a bit where what I think urinals were mentioned. It was in the context of a stinky royal kitchen at … --- ## [Is anyone SURE they had a mild Covid-19 infection? What was it like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-sure-they-had-a-mild-covid-19-infection-what-was-it-like/851138)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-sure-they-had-a-mild-covid-19-infection-what-was-it-like/851138 "2020-04-07T01:35:50Z")
I have a little bit of a reason to think that I MIGHT have had a mild infection. Statistics suggest against it, but I had a cluster of things, none of which is abnormal for me in isolation, but the cluster (over three da… --- ## [Are laptop touchpads normally turn off-able?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-laptop-touchpads-normally-turn-off-able/850939)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-laptop-touchpads-normally-turn-off-able/850939 "2020-04-07T00:39:07Z")
That’s where the heels of my hands go when I type. And touchpads were created by Satan. --- ## [Why was SARS I (2002-2003 outbreak) deadlier (higher case fatality rate) than SARS-CoV-2?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-sars-i-2002-2003-outbreak-deadlier-higher-case-fatality-rate-than-sars-cov-2/849710)
**Author:** [@MaverocK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaverocK)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-sars-i-2002-2003-outbreak-deadlier-higher-case-fatality-rate-than-sars-cov-2/849710 "2020-04-07T00:35:22Z")
I searched this on google maybe several hours but could not find much relative information. All search results are riddled with the information about the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). I am rather interested in more theo… --- ## [Best App for Driving for Fun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-app-for-driving-for-fun/851218)
**Author:** [@molten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/molten)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-app-for-driving-for-fun/851218 "2020-04-07T00:32:24Z")
I want to know what neighborhood I am in and the compass direction which I am going. Waze doesn’t show the neighborhood, google maps does show this, but the screen turns off after some seconds. --- ## [Scam likely warning from T Mobile](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-likely-warning-from-t-mobile/851215)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-likely-warning-from-t-mobile/851215 "2020-04-06T23:53:44Z")
Hello Everyone, Every week or so I get a call on my cell phone that shows up on caller id as “Scam Likely”. Because I’m bored I answer the call, prepared to describe what I’m not wearing to the scanner on the other end … --- ## [So long, Pussy -- Honor Blackman Dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-pussy-honor-blackman-dies/851226)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-pussy-honor-blackman-dies/851226 "2020-04-06T23:21:22Z")
I should never have started that Avengers/Bond CRossover thread. i’m a proven jinx. Farewell Cathy Gale, Pussy Galore, Hera, and Lady on the Titantic. --- ## [Jared Kushner and Federal stockpiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-and-federal-stockpiles/851021)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-and-federal-stockpiles/851021 "2020-04-06T23:01:10Z")
What authority or medical knowledge or epidemiological experience does Jared Kushner have? IMHO, he’s a non-entity and has no business speaking at a CoVID-19 news briefing. ~VOW --- ## [Is it foolish for me to go out hiking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-foolish-for-me-to-go-out-hiking/851064)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-foolish-for-me-to-go-out-hiking/851064 "2020-04-06T21:32:06Z")
Is it foolish for me to go out hiking? I love trail hiking at local parks. Before and during the pandemic, I’ve been going once or twice a week, to parks in my county or the next, doing 3 to 7 miles of hilly trails. Thi… --- ## [Being Erica - Anyone else watch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-erica-anyone-else-watch/569430)
**Author:** [@atlantic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atlantic)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-erica-anyone-else-watch/569430 "2020-04-06T21:16:06Z")
I discovered this show while watching Beverly Hills, 90210 reruns on the soap network. Season 3 just started here in the US and I was wondering if anyone else watched and what your opinions were of the show. My husband… --- ## [When does it end?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-it-end/850796)
**Author:** [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-it-end/850796 "2020-04-06T21:11:00Z")
It’s fairly easy to predict that within thirty days or so, the graphs will start flattening out; even with more widespread testing, due to spreading immunity of those who have already survived and recovered, and social i… --- ## [Moral Progress.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moral-progress/851114)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moral-progress/851114 "2020-04-06T20:30:28Z")
Something I didn’t even question until I got older. But is there really such a thing as ‘moral progress’? I know as societies advance technologically, they tend to become more kind and merciful. And I at least think tha… --- ## [Worst Movie By Your Favorite Director?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-by-your-favorite-director/850441)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-by-your-favorite-director/850441 "2020-04-06T20:10:35Z")
Vittorio De Sica - Indiscretion of an American Wife --- ## [As an employee to a company in an Essential Industry, would you rather...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-an-employee-to-a-company-in-an-essential-industry-would-you-rather/850685)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-an-employee-to-a-company-in-an-essential-industry-would-you-rather/850685 "2020-04-06T19:57:52Z")
a. - take a temporary 10% pay cut of wages along with every other employee at your company…so that all jobs could be preserved through the economic downturn; or b. - be subject to selective lay-off’s, whereby 10% of the… --- ## [Tipping in the Age of COVID-19](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-in-the-age-of-covid-19/851086)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-in-the-age-of-covid-19/851086 "2020-04-06T19:38:43Z")
I have made it a point to give my delivery people large tips. I count on this lifeline to receive food and other things, and I know that grocery workers, warehouse workers, restaurant workers, and delivery workers are on… --- ## [Dark chocolate ice cream recipe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-chocolate-ice-cream-recipe/851149)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-chocolate-ice-cream-recipe/851149 "2020-04-06T19:16:37Z")
I’d like to make chocolate ice cream, but I want it dark, not like the “milk chocolate” color, or flavor, one usually gets. Don’t get me wrong, I love that too. What I want is like the difference between the lighter ch… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1936) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1938)