# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1974 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1975 --- ## [Is a seven-year-old girl in 2020 better off in the Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-seven-year-old-girl-in-2020-better-off-in-the-boy-scouts-or-girl-scouts/849003)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-seven-year-old-girl-in-2020-better-off-in-the-boy-scouts-or-girl-scouts/849003 "2020-03-17T01:54:58Z")
The oldest of my bio kids, age seven, has expressed the desire to go into scouting. I myself was a Boy Scout back in the day but left as an adult because I disapproved of their stances on homosexuality and atheism. That … --- ## [Net Neutrality: Redux](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/net-neutrality-redux/849620)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/net-neutrality-redux/849620 "2020-03-17T01:17:00Z")
The story so far: Net neutrality has been repealed and mostly rolled back. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. FCC forced to ask for public feedback on net neutrality repea… --- ## [What cartoon character had this speech impediment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cartoon-character-had-this-speech-impediment/849544)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cartoon-character-had-this-speech-impediment/849544 "2020-03-17T00:53:49Z")
Help me out Gen X’ers. I was remembering Yosemite Sam as always whistling his "S"s but I can’t find a single example\* of it. What cartoon character had this speech impediment? It’s not a lisp,like Sylvester, it’s a whis… --- ## [What would be the better way to prepare / store 16 oz. of ground meat? See OP for details.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-better-way-to-prepare-store-16-oz-of-ground-meat-see-op-for-details/849485)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-better-way-to-prepare-store-16-oz-of-ground-meat-see-op-for-details/849485 "2020-03-17T00:39:39Z")
So I have a 16 oz. package of ground bison. My plan is to make 4 oz. hamburger patties and have one a day for the next four days. Would I be better off cooking one today and freezing the other 12 ounces in 3 separate c… --- ## [Omeprazole and an Empty Stomach?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omeprazole-and-an-empty-stomach/849566)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omeprazole-and-an-empty-stomach/849566 "2020-03-17T00:20:29Z")
I guess I can tell you all. I take the acid reducer Omeprazole. It is a very effective drug. It would have saved my paternal grandmother’s life (she died in 1973). Anyway they tell me I have to take it on an empty stoma… --- ## [60 Minutes Australia report on COVID-19](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60-minutes-australia-report-on-covid-19/849542)
**Author:** [@tuesdayweld](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tuesdayweld)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60-minutes-australia-report-on-covid-19/849542 "2020-03-17T00:03:14Z")
After just watching a 60 Minutes Australia report on COVID-19, I wanted to share the link here as I found the report fairly mind blowing. Personally (& before watching the report), I felt the response to the virus hasn… --- ## [Monster Story Trilogy- Video Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-story-trilogy-video-game/849564)
**Author:** [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-story-trilogy-video-game/849564 "2020-03-16T23:35:18Z")
A friend was trying to think the the name of a computer game, maybe around 2000, which had three different stories you could play- one with a town with a cemetary and there were zombies; another was a mansion with vampir… --- ## ["The silver lining of everyone catching bat cooties is . . ."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-silver-lining-of-everyone-catching-bat-cooties-is/849613)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-silver-lining-of-everyone-catching-bat-cooties-is/849613 "2020-03-16T23:21:37Z")
. . . there’s a fresh crop of wildly entertaining conspiracy theories . . . I can grocery shop in my underwear . . . now I have a socially acceptable excuse to drink alone . . . . . . . . . --- ## [Why all the panic over the Flu?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-panic-over-the-flu/849554)
**Author:** [@Tempe\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tempe_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-panic-over-the-flu/849554 "2020-03-16T22:06:06Z")
The Media creates a sensation, and people lose their minds. 30000 plus people die every year from the Flu. Why are we collectively panicking over 50 or so people with an average age of 75? As of Friday, 3/4 of all Deaths… --- ## [Want to piss me off as a dominos driver? Order 2 mediums...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-piss-me-off-as-a-dominos-driver-order-2-mediums/849355)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-piss-me-off-as-a-dominos-driver-order-2-mediums/849355 "2020-03-16T21:59:19Z")
…instead of 1 large. These dumbasses do it all the time because of a 2 for 5.99 deal. So i have to carry two medium sized boxes that shift in the pizza warmer box and sometimes get smashed making the toppings come off th… --- ## [Was Rod Serling scientifically illiterate...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-rod-serling-scientifically-illiterate/849212)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-rod-serling-scientifically-illiterate/849212 "2020-03-16T21:59:05Z")
…or did he just figure that it would be easier to simply presume his audience was? I’m currently binging The Twilight Zone on Netflix. In some of the episodes, we’ve got astronauts who land (or crash-land) on what they … --- ## [Cthulhu Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cthulhu-soup/849538)
**Author:** [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cthulhu-soup/849538 "2020-03-16T21:29:30Z")
A recipe: 1 can of Campbell’s chicken noodle soup (the kind without Disney characters on the label) 1/2 can of water (they tell you to use a whole can. Don’t believe them. Dilutes the flavor) 4-5 drops green liquid… --- ## [Loud bass effect on computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-bass-effect-on-computer/849522)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loud-bass-effect-on-computer/849522 "2020-03-16T21:21:08Z")
So I was watching this video of people using bass music resonance to wreak havoc on car doors and windows, and I wondered what would happen to a laptop or desktop computer that was sitting next to this noise blast. Same … --- ## [Lev Grossman's "The Magicians" to be made into a series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lev-grossmans-the-magicians-to-be-made-into-a-series/599968)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lev-grossmans-the-magicians-to-be-made-into-a-series/599968 "2020-03-16T21:17:19Z")
I guess Fox has optioned his books into a 1-hour television series. I think a series for the book would be better than a movie. I’m just hoping it doesn’t get the Firefly treatment. --- ## ['Male Nurses' In Other Countries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-nurses-in-other-countries/849521)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-nurses-in-other-countries/849521 "2020-03-16T20:47:50Z")
Something that has vexed me for some time now. What do they call male nurses in other English-speaking countries? In case you don’t already know, the English word "nurse’ is actually female. Always has been. (Though yo… --- ## [Avengers Assemble, 2020 US Politics Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avengers-assemble-2020-us-politics-edition/849604)
**Author:** [@RickG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickG)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avengers-assemble-2020-us-politics-edition/849604 "2020-03-16T20:18:15Z")
This might be better in IMHO, CS, or P&E, but it doesn’t seem to fit precisely into any of them in particular, so MPSIMS is where I’m putting it. I am easily manipulated by emotional crescendos in movies, no matter how … --- ## [Toilet paper holder pulled out of wall.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper-holder-pulled-out-of-wall/849540)
**Author:** [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper-holder-pulled-out-of-wall/849540 "2020-03-16T20:03:46Z")
As the title. Two many little kids. Unfortunately the last time this happened I used a toggle dry wall anchor so this time the hole is too large to span. We are horrible at dry wall patching and do have any of the ori… --- ## [Using laptop as desktop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-laptop-as-desktop/849473)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-laptop-as-desktop/849473 "2020-03-16T19:48:54Z")
This ought to be simple, probably it is, but there is some setting still eluding me. HP laptop running Windows 8.1, with remote keyboard, mouse and monitor. Keyboard and mouse are wireless with little USB receivers plug… --- ## [Dear Pancho: (My sick, sick, sick right kidney) Let's talk!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pancho-my-sick-sick-sick-right-kidney-lets-talk/848742)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 276\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pancho-my-sick-sick-sick-right-kidney-lets-talk/848742 "2020-03-16T18:51:39Z")
Yes, Pancho. I get it. You’re sick and disgusted. But, you gotta go. In what promises to be a HUGE media (:))event, you’re outta here. You’re down to hours. It’s over big boy. So why are you paining me, tonight? Is th… --- ## [I guess it's time for Flu Songs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-its-time-for-flu-songs/849455)
**Author:** [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-its-time-for-flu-songs/849455 "2020-03-16T18:43:57Z")
Songwriters don’t often wax poetic about pandemics and epidemics, but surely there must be a few. The first that comes to mind is Waitress by Live: We all get the flu We all get AIDS We’ve got to stick together, afte… --- ## [What was your opinion on Pim Fortuyn, and his politics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-opinion-on-pim-fortuyn-and-his-politics/849596)
**Author:** [@Mislav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mislav)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-opinion-on-pim-fortuyn-and-his-politics/849596 "2020-03-16T17:45:57Z")
I’ve learned about Pim Fortuyn recently. It would appear that he was pretty controversial back in his day, though obviously much more so in the Netherlands than internationally. His tragic end sent shock waves throughout… --- ## [Mysql generated virtual column speed question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysql-generated-virtual-column-speed-question/849367)
**Author:** [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysql-generated-virtual-column-speed-question/849367 "2020-03-16T17:32:20Z")
I have a Mysql DB with a table that contains a virtual column: alter table my\_table add column foo int(10) unsigned GENERATED ALWAYS AS (if(json\_valid(detail),json\_unquote(json\_extract(detail,’$.task.escoreusid’)),NULL)… --- ## [Spring is sproinging – planting thoughts for a new year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-is-sproinging-planting-thoughts-for-a-new-year/849126)
**Author:** [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-is-sproinging-planting-thoughts-for-a-new-year/849126 "2020-03-16T16:23:05Z")
I’ve been needing to think of happier things lately, so I was delighted to swing by the local Home Depot today and see spring planting stuff being stocked in legion. For the last couple years, I’ve had a plant called Mi… --- ## [Crowds waiting up to 7 hours to get through customs and immigration.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowds-waiting-up-to-7-hours-to-get-through-customs-and-immigration/849520)
**Author:** [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowds-waiting-up-to-7-hours-to-get-through-customs-and-immigration/849520 "2020-03-16T16:15:29Z")
Here is a picture from the international terminal of O’Hare Airport in Chicago of the throngs lined up to be processed through customs and immigration. Between the panic caused by the impending shutdown of flights from… --- ## [Andrew Gillum in bizarre hotel room incident](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrew-gillum-in-bizarre-hotel-room-incident/849426)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrew-gillum-in-bizarre-hotel-room-incident/849426 "2020-03-16T16:09:10Z")
Story here. Andrew Gillum involved in suspected crystal meth incident in Miami Beach, police say This is just weird. At first glance, this sounds like a gay orgy, PNP (party and play) gay sex accompanied by crystal meth… --- ## [When Meaning is Lost in Alternate Titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-meaning-is-lost-in-alternate-titles/839724)
**Author:** [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-meaning-is-lost-in-alternate-titles/839724 "2020-03-16T15:44:51Z")
So, for the second time (that I can recall readily) I’ve watched a British film based on a British novel of the same name, released in the US under an alternate title that completely removes all subtext, leaving it devoi… --- ## [Test Post (Hotmail Validity).](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-hotmail-validity/849468)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-hotmail-validity/849468 "2020-03-16T15:22:49Z")
As I said here here I got a hopefully false email saying my Hotmail account would expire after Friday. This post will see if it’s still valid on these boards. So how are you all doing? Did you have a nice Friday the 13t… --- ## [COVID-19 3/15/2020: The President calls for National Day of Prayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-3-15-2020-the-president-calls-for-national-day-of-prayer/849541)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-3-15-2020-the-president-calls-for-national-day-of-prayer/849541 "2020-03-16T15:21:19Z")
Proclamation, full text here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/proclamation-national-day-prayer-americans-affected-coronavirus-pandemic-national-response-efforts/ The Proclamation was issued yesterday. --- ## [Do you like the Rutles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-rutles/849385)
**Author:** [@bionic\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bionic_man)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-rutles/849385 "2020-03-16T15:13:02Z")
The Beatles parody movie from the 70s? --- ## [Help me pack for Africa!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pack-for-africa/847392)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pack-for-africa/847392 "2020-03-16T15:07:59Z")
In 6 days I leave for 3 weeks on an African safari. My one and only life-long dream is coming true! I’m anxious, antsy, excited and a bit freaked out. I’ve been watching youtube videos about what to pack and what to wea… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1973) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1975)