# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1938 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1939 --- ## [Are you sick of "celebrity culture?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-sick-of-celebrity-culture/850876)
**Author:** [@LynnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LynnM)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-sick-of-celebrity-culture/850876 "2020-04-06T18:58:55Z")
Yuck, puke, vomit, splat… There must be a term or word describing a condition beyond narcissism, solipsism, head-stuck-in-rectumism… Celebrity Culture Is Burning --- ## [Do you think extended periods indoors has any negative psychological effect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-extended-periods-indoors-has-any-negative-psychological-effect/850458)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-extended-periods-indoors-has-any-negative-psychological-effect/850458 "2020-04-06T18:53:41Z")
One thing I’ve seen about the necessity of staying at home is an underlying assumption that having to socially isolate for long periods of time is harmless, especially these days with the internet. But I’ve seen others t… --- ## [Huge hit singles that were much better than you feared](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-hit-singles-that-were-much-better-than-you-feared/851209)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-hit-singles-that-were-much-better-than-you-feared/851209 "2020-04-06T18:53:07Z")
Inspired by – and as a kind of antidote to – RickJay’s thread on awful number one hit singles - how about a list of pleasant surprises? Once in a while a song you thought was going to be terrible turns out much better th… --- ## [\[Coronavirus\] Jumping species](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-jumping-species/851156)
**Author:** [@Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kedikat)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-jumping-species/851156 "2020-04-06T18:27:14Z")
I’m a little concerned about positive tests in other species. Pets and even big cats in the Bronx Zoo. What if it jumps to cows, pigs, chickens, etc… Food supply at risk. Any connection to the huge swine sickness that… --- ## [Got kids? How are they coping? How are YOU coping?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-kids-how-are-they-coping-how-are-you-coping/851113)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-kids-how-are-they-coping-how-are-you-coping/851113 "2020-04-06T18:03:36Z")
Queensland, Australia, is in pretty much of a lockdown like the rest of the world. Kids are being encouraged to stay home from school, all playgrounds and public recreation facilities are closed, and I truly fear famili… --- ## [Keeping Ron Swanson likeable](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-ron-swanson-likeable/851146)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-ron-swanson-likeable/851146 "2020-04-06T17:34:42Z")
I was thinking about how Ron Swanson would react to certain things (such as these days) and realized keeping him true to anti-govt Libertarianism and keeping him likeable in a current environment would be a challenge. I… --- ## [Migration after CV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/migration-after-cv/851198)
**Author:** [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/migration-after-cv/851198 "2020-04-06T17:27:56Z")
I’ve been wondering if the CV is going to affect migration patterns in either the short term or the long term. My wife and I are both thankful that we live in a distant suburb so that we have our acre to play on but we … --- ## [Why can't you use HEPA material to make masks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-you-use-hepa-material-to-make-masks/851151)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-you-use-hepa-material-to-make-masks/851151 "2020-04-06T16:41:46Z")
I’ve been making masks using HEPA material. Everything I have read leads me to believe that HEPA is a higher standard than N95. It clogs up from moisture but if you can figure out how to inhale through the filter and e… --- ## [Why Is the Coronavirus Pandemic Worse in the USA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-coronavirus-pandemic-worse-in-the-usa/851176)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-coronavirus-pandemic-worse-in-the-usa/851176 "2020-04-06T16:37:37Z")
I don’t have a cite. Actually I heard it on TV. But the numbers of people infected in the U.S. are far worse than Italy and Spain. Ironically even worse than China at this point. Why? Are we dealing with it less effect… --- ## [A naysayer stops saying "nay."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-naysayer-stops-saying-nay/850372)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-naysayer-stops-saying-nay/850372 "2020-04-06T15:47:16Z")
A traveling pastor who did claim that the concern over the virus was fake news designed to hurt Trump and that God would protect him because he was a pastor has stopped saying things ever again. --- ## [Allowing application through Firewall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allowing-application-through-firewall/851131)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allowing-application-through-firewall/851131 "2020-04-05T21:57:35Z")
To pass the time during the current crisis, my friend and I (both ‘self-isolating’) want to play Heroes of Might and Magic 3 Multiplayer over the Internet. :cool: On our first attempt, Windows Firewall blocked the progr… --- ## [Some advice for Mr. Trump, if he really wants to become dictator.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-advice-for-mr-trump-if-he-really-wants-to-become-dictator/851107)
**Author:** [@Big\_Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Norse)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-advice-for-mr-trump-if-he-really-wants-to-become-dictator/851107 "2020-04-06T15:34:28Z")
Hey buddy, you’re dropping the ball on your move to become all powerful, here’s some advice to move forward in these efforts (have one of your toadies read it to you, reading is hard work and really beneath you, you’re n… --- ## [Scotch whisky](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotch-whisky/850495)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotch-whisky/850495 "2020-04-06T15:25:56Z")
I went to a Renaissance Faire sometime back in the… late-80s? Someone shared a swig of 10-year-old Laphroaig. I fell in love with it. For many years, it was my preferred scotch. As I grew older, I got invited to fewe… --- ## [Energy converted to apparent mass?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/energy-converted-to-apparent-mass/851141)
**Author:** [@Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kedikat)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/energy-converted-to-apparent-mass/851141 "2020-04-06T14:55:04Z")
I recall that if an object is at or near the speed of light. Additional energy added will mostly or completely be converted to mass. Does that really act as mass? Does the object exhibit a gravity field equivalent to a … --- ## [Milking the Soy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milking-the-soy/851101)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milking-the-soy/851101 "2020-04-06T14:06:20Z")
I have a soymilk maker and it has been tucked away for some time. With milk availability problems, it seemed like a good idea to haul it out and start milking the soy again. My previous soymilk adventures included a mag… --- ## [Hesitation and vacuum system - car, not household cleanliness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hesitation-and-vacuum-system-car-not-household-cleanliness/850662)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hesitation-and-vacuum-system-car-not-household-cleanliness/850662 "2020-04-06T14:00:59Z")
I have a hesitation/miss or something in my truck under certain conditions. Specifically, beginning a climb on a steep hill. Its fairly violent. Googling indicates that a vacuum leak may be the issue and, in fact, I some… --- ## [Ancestory.com/23and Me- USA only thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancestory-com-23and-me-usa-only-thing/851014)
**Author:** [@a6ka97](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a6ka97)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancestory-com-23and-me-usa-only-thing/851014 "2020-04-06T12:07:57Z")
With some extra time on my hands was pondering the the companies that do research your ancestry and if it is available world wide. Was thinking like if some armed service people who served overseas and messed around wit… --- ## [Travel Ban](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-ban/849311)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2020, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-ban/849311 "2020-03-12T03:34:16Z")
When was the last time the US banned all travel from another continent? Yes, I realize that the UK is the exception to the rule. --- ## [Stuck at home forevah - what's the chore you're putting off till last?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuck-at-home-forevah-whats-the-chore-youre-putting-off-till-last/851034)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuck-at-home-forevah-whats-the-chore-youre-putting-off-till-last/851034 "2020-04-06T12:01:22Z")
Baseboards, cleaning the baseboards. Fuck, I hate that. All that crawling around. And getting up and down, and scooting around on my ass. --- ## [vaping lung damage and coronavirus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaping-lung-damage-and-coronavirus/848556)
**Author:** [@Jim\_Peebles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Peebles)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaping-lung-damage-and-coronavirus/848556 "2020-03-26T23:40:09Z")
Does anyone else remember the “epidemic” of lung damage due to vaping that was in the news towards the end of last year? How many of the coronavirus casualties were vapers? (I read smokers are considered a higher risk,… --- ## [What Ought We to Do to be Ready Next Time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ought-we-to-do-to-be-ready-next-time/850800)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ought-we-to-do-to-be-ready-next-time/850800 "2020-04-06T10:10:50Z")
The idea of being prepared for a disaster interests me. I always read those rare stories about California’s earthquake stockpiles and so on. OK, so once we get though this mess, what ought we to do to be more ready next… --- ## [After the zombies I have to go to Norway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-the-zombies-i-have-to-go-to-norway/439228)
**Author:** [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-the-zombies-i-have-to-go-to-norway/439228 "2020-04-06T06:19:00Z")
To get agriculture going again? So they made a vault for seeds to survive ‘something bad’ but man that looks bleak. So after fighting off the zombies or living through the asteroid hit, you have to go to the Norway to … --- ## [Diamond System on Non-Traditional Shape Billiard/Pool Tables](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-system-on-non-traditional-shape-billiard-pool-tables/851173)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-system-on-non-traditional-shape-billiard-pool-tables/851173 "2020-04-06T06:11:17Z")
Now that I, along with everyone else on the planet, is pretty much cooped up, I’ve been spending some of my “down time” playing billiards on a my cellphone. The game seems to be realistic enough that the \[url=\]diamond sy… --- ## [Cabin fever in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cabin-fever-in-the-mmp/850654)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 227\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cabin-fever-in-the-mmp/850654 "2020-04-06T05:38:43Z")
Halfway through quarantine, and feeling better. Still very tired, though. Unless something else comes up, I return to Hades Annex next Moanday, the 6th. As of Saturday, I should be able to go among others without being a… --- ## [To what extent is "cavalry" pronounced "calvary" in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-extent-is-cavalry-pronounced-calvary-in-the-us/650928)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-extent-is-cavalry-pronounced-calvary-in-the-us/650928 "2020-04-06T05:31:51Z")
I’ve noticed it a few times and was wondering how widespread that pronunciation was. I noticed it in a museum in Cleveland and on a few tv shows including Pawn Stars. The main guy in Pawn Stars refers to the “7th Calvary… --- ## ["reopening" the economy - questions, possibly stupid ones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reopening-the-economy-questions-possibly-stupid-ones/851144)
**Author:** [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reopening-the-economy-questions-possibly-stupid-ones/851144 "2020-04-06T05:25:45Z")
I’m hearing Whatshisnuts talk about reopening the economy, at least partially. And I have a couple legit questions/concerns that I really can’t get my mind around. Try to be nice in any and all responses. I live in Il… --- ## [Batted or unbatted fiberglass insulation (would like answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batted-or-unbatted-fiberglass-insulation-would-like-answer-fast/851153)
**Author:** [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batted-or-unbatted-fiberglass-insulation-would-like-answer-fast/851153 "2020-04-06T04:58:25Z")
To hopefully reduce my cooling load a bit this summer and to try to get another year out of my A/C system so I don’t have to deal with contractors coming in, I’m finally getting around to re-insulating the attic. The att… --- ## [This just isn't the year for an April fools gag.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-isnt-the-year-for-an-april-fools-gag/850810)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-isnt-the-year-for-an-april-fools-gag/850810 "2020-04-06T04:43:55Z")
No gags here. Anyone got any good tales of past April fools jokes that were well executed and funny? --- ## [Name that Mystery Film!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-mystery-film/851078)
**Author:** [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-mystery-film/851078 "2020-04-06T04:14:54Z")
Yep, it’s another one of those. I saw it in the late 80s-early 90s at an art house cinema. (God, I miss those.) It takes place in the plagues of yore in a coal-mining community in England. For some reason the desperate … --- ## [Most Misunderstood Artists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misunderstood-artists/851000)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misunderstood-artists/851000 "2020-04-06T03:50:34Z")
I would choose Jim Morrison. Some people confuse some silly movie, or a bad source, and then pass it along as fact, and when many people accept it, its hard for them to break that pattern of thinking, especially if someo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1937) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1939)