# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1959 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1960 --- ## [Top Priorities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-priorities/850278)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-priorities/850278 "2020-03-25T20:57:13Z")
I believe there needs to be one aspect of this virus that doesn’t care about outcomes it just studies numbers. Currently the world does not have any idea what we are really dealing with. We simply have no idea how many a… --- ## [Vice Presidential \[2020\] candidates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vice-presidential-2020-candidates/848976)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vice-presidential-2020-candidates/848976 "2020-03-25T20:45:42Z")
Let’s speculate about who will be the vice presidential candidates picks. Trump: current Vice President Pence has zero charisma. But he’s obsequious and shores up the administration’s support among Christian theocrats. … --- ## [The intro to "All The Things You Are"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intro-to-all-the-things-you-are/850224)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intro-to-all-the-things-you-are/850224 "2020-03-25T20:34:12Z")
There is an intro and outro to “All The Things You Are” that is commonly played by jazz groups, but doesn’t seem to be written into the original composition. Here is Charlie Parker playing it. Who was the first to play … --- ## [I am sad there will be no new Crocodile Dundee movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sad-there-will-be-no-new-crocodile-dundee-movie/808219)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sad-there-will-be-no-new-crocodile-dundee-movie/808219 "2020-03-25T20:30:47Z")
That looks like a trailer for a fun movie I would enjoy watching. Turned out, per the Superbowl, it was all an Australian tourism ad campaign. --- ## [Self-quarantine dining: in or out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-quarantine-dining-in-or-out/850101)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-quarantine-dining-in-or-out/850101 "2020-03-25T20:25:39Z")
How’s your self-quarantine dining going? Are you cooking at home more, getting takeout more, or doing both about the same as before? --- ## [Buddhism seems like victim blaming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddhism-seems-like-victim-blaming/850272)
**Author:** [@Machinaforce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machinaforce)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddhism-seems-like-victim-blaming/850272 "2020-03-25T20:25:18Z")
I’m sure I’m getting this wrong in some way but for a religion based on compassion they seem to blame people a lot for their own misfortunes. Like in the above talking about how stress is an overreaction to… --- ## [How much food/medicines do you have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-food-medicines-do-you-have/849968)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-food-medicines-do-you-have/849968 "2020-03-25T20:00:12Z")
I did an audit at my parents\*, they have about 6 weeks worth of flour, beans and pasta. Rice is a bit short and I will try and buy some tomorrow. They managed to get enough prescription medication for 6 months. Under … --- ## [Ongoing pandemic will harm the cause of immigration and climate change](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-pandemic-will-harm-the-cause-of-immigration-and-climate-change/849967)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-pandemic-will-harm-the-cause-of-immigration-and-climate-change/849967 "2020-03-25T19:41:01Z")
This Bloomberg op-ed notes that two progressive causes - immigration and climate change - are likely to see a big setback as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. During a time of pandemic, there will be little a… --- ## [Is there a reason for people who are already self-quarantining to be tested?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-reason-for-people-who-are-already-self-quarantining-to-be-tested/850036)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-reason-for-people-who-are-already-self-quarantining-to-be-tested/850036 "2020-03-25T19:22:47Z")
Yes, more information is better than less information, for the science and predictive aspects. What I don’t understand is the furor over not having enough test kits to test the vast majority of the population RIGHT NOW.… --- ## [Popular Directors Who Important Work Was Outside of Directing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-directors-who-important-work-was-outside-of-directing/850221)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-directors-who-important-work-was-outside-of-directing/850221 "2020-03-25T19:10:52Z")
But preferably, still movie related. I was about to turn my computer off, but thought of this while I was finishing up a documentary on George Stevens and it sprung up this idea. I haven’t given it much thought, but the… --- ## [Why, Kitty? Why you gotta put dead stuff in my shoes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-kitty-why-you-gotta-put-dead-stuff-in-my-shoes/849530)
**Author:** [@Fiveroptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveroptic)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-kitty-why-you-gotta-put-dead-stuff-in-my-shoes/849530 "2020-03-25T18:47:06Z")
I know there’s a logical explanation to why I step in grossness when I put on my slippers without checking them first. The answer, “because the cat put it there” has not escaped me; I’m more wondering why the slipper, in… --- ## [COVID-19 and the Hillary Presidency. How do you think it unfolds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-and-the-hillary-presidency-how-do-you-think-it-unfolds/850117)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-and-the-hillary-presidency-how-do-you-think-it-unfolds/850117 "2020-03-25T18:38:50Z")
Given that too much time has passed since 2016, I don’t want to put a lot of preconditions on this one… like “assume everything is the same, but HRC is now President in 2019” (because if she were President, things wouldn… --- ## [Why does Jupiter NOT effect global warming?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-jupiter-not-effect-global-warming/816038)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-jupiter-not-effect-global-warming/816038 "2020-03-25T18:28:38Z")
I was watching a documentary about astronomy. In it, the narrator claimed that Jupiter can make the sun shift by as much as 500-thousand miles. So that must mean, when Jupiter is in alignment with Earth, the sun is now … --- ## [Hypochondriac's Lounge: "Have I had it?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypochondriacs-lounge-have-i-had-it/850266)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypochondriacs-lounge-have-i-had-it/850266 "2020-03-25T18:17:59Z")
I think I have. I had almost no symptoms but the dizziness and the sense of having a bug. I have other stuff I’m dealing wtih so it’s a little ambiguous. Had a cold/flu 6 weeks ago or so. Jackson Browne said he has teste… --- ## [Dr. Anthony Fauci is his job safe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-anthony-fauci-is-his-job-safe/850174)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-anthony-fauci-is-his-job-safe/850174 "2020-03-25T18:13:35Z")
Dr Fauci is director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Is that job an appointment by the President? Can Fauci be summarily dismissed by displeasing POTUS? Fauci is also a member of the White… --- ## [Bakers: why did this dough not work,out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-why-did-this-dough-not-work-out/850257)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-why-did-this-dough-not-work-out/850257 "2020-03-25T17:41:39Z")
I used this recipe to make a pizza dough and it didn’t turn out. https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchen/basic-pizza-dough-recipe-1973255 I’ve used this recipe dozens of times and never had a problem be… --- ## [Is this a census scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-census-scam/849874)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-census-scam/849874 "2020-03-25T17:14:38Z")
I got a letter that appears to be from the census. It gives me an ID number and tells me to go online to fill out my census information by April 1. But the online address it uses is my2020census.gov and I checked online… --- ## [Is this laptop acceptable? (again!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-laptop-acceptable-again/849844)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-laptop-acceptable-again/849844 "2020-03-25T17:12:16Z")
Amazingly, two years ago, I sought out help here about a laptop computer. Great advice given, but ultimately, I returned the laptop I bought due to it having countless issues. I have hung on to my Toshiba Satellite comp… --- ## [Program to extract data from a graph](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/program-to-extract-data-from-a-graph/561735)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/program-to-extract-data-from-a-graph/561735 "2020-03-25T16:43:00Z")
I find myself in possession of a printout of a graph, from which I need to reconstruct the data that was used in making the graph (unfortunately, my advisor never bothered to save the data itself). I’ve already scanned … --- ## [Ebenezer Floppen Slopper's Wonderful Water slides](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebenezer-floppen-sloppers-wonderful-water-slides/850225)
**Author:** [@Pascal666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pascal666)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebenezer-floppen-sloppers-wonderful-water-slides/850225 "2020-03-25T16:25:24Z")
Why did Ebenezer Floppen Slopper’s Wonderful Water slides close? --- ## [ID this movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-movie/849686)
**Author:** [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-movie/849686 "2020-03-25T15:48:55Z")
I think it was a rom com, sci fi fusion. Guys invent an AI or chat bot. Wanna test it Turing style by seeing if it can a woman would fall in love with it. The bot and the woman chat for a while and she is somewhat int… --- ## ["Hunker Down": origin of phrase?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunker-down-origin-of-phrase/850086)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunker-down-origin-of-phrase/850086 "2020-03-25T15:38:52Z")
Everyone is talking about “Hunkering down” now, but I’m realizing that I’ve never heard the word “hunker” in any other context. Where is it from, and what does it mean? I looked it up, and found “American origin.” Thank… --- ## [Explain like I'm 5: Foreign relations of the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-like-im-5-foreign-relations-of-the-us/850254)
**Author:** [@Muddibog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muddibog)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-like-im-5-foreign-relations-of-the-us/850254 "2020-03-25T15:27:56Z")
I would just like an overview on US relations–specifically with Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Syria–explained in a manner that is concise and easy to understand for ignorant people like myself. Some questions I have a… --- ## [Bailout of Cruise Lines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bailout-of-cruise-lines/849888)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bailout-of-cruise-lines/849888 "2020-03-25T14:44:16Z")
Obviously, cruise lines are being crushed by the pandemic. Someone on the interwebs noted that many companies base in tax-friendly countries in order to avoid paying U.S. taxes. Would the U.S. consider giving taxpayer mo… --- ## [Seniors-only shopping times - An ethical question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seniors-only-shopping-times-an-ethical-question/850055)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seniors-only-shopping-times-an-ethical-question/850055 "2020-03-25T14:15:22Z")
As you probably know, many grocery-type stores have instituted set times - typically an hour - for seniors-only shopping. The idea is to give older folks a fighting chance in these troubled times. The minimum ages for t… --- ## [How are major cities doing Re: food and supplies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-major-cities-doing-re-food-and-supplies/850060)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-major-cities-doing-re-food-and-supplies/850060 "2020-03-25T14:11:30Z")
Just talking about cities like NYC and other very densely populated areas. I know NYC is among the densest. But anyway what is the situation for needed supplies? Food and things like TP? --- ## ["Smartphone batteries only meant to be recharged 730 times" - what if many more times?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smartphone-batteries-only-meant-to-be-recharged-730-times-what-if-many-more-times/850148)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smartphone-batteries-only-meant-to-be-recharged-730-times-what-if-many-more-times/850148 "2020-03-25T13:41:35Z")
So, supposedly smartphone Li-On batteries are only meant to be recharged 730 times - in other words, once a day, for two years. What if someone takes it to 1,200, or 2,000, or even more recharges? What happens to the b… --- ## [Which "non-essential" businesses are actually essential?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-essential-businesses-are-actually-essential/849876)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-essential-businesses-are-actually-essential/849876 "2020-03-25T12:06:48Z")
In response to the pandemic, state and local governments are quickly deciding what parts of the economy are “essential.” The regulations for Los Angeles are fairly typical of this: “Workers in healthcare, government an… --- ## [% of coronavirus patients with given symptoms (NEJM)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-coronavirus-patients-with-given-symptoms-nejm/850199)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-coronavirus-patients-with-given-symptoms-nejm/850199 "2020-03-25T11:25:58Z")
Someone at one point wanted of the percentage of patients who had a given symptoms of coronavirus. It’s not very helpful, but in the Results section (of this NEJM article) a list of patient of symptoms who had mild or s… --- ## [Bill Rieflin dead at 59 (R.E.M., King Crimson, Ministry, and a horde of other industrial bands)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-rieflin-dead-at-59-r-e-m-king-crimson-ministry-and-a-horde-of-other-industrial-bands/850220)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-rieflin-dead-at-59-r-e-m-king-crimson-ministry-and-a-horde-of-other-industrial-bands/850220 "2020-03-25T10:51:57Z")
We just lost Neil Peart in January, and now Bill Rieflin, also from cancer (and his wife died from lymphoma last year). Rieflin filled some VERY big shoes after Bill Berry left R.E.M., that’s for sure. RIP. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1958) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1960)