# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1976 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1977 --- ## [Convince me to support single-payer (US)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-support-single-payer-us/848939)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 201\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-support-single-payer-us/848939 "2020-03-15T17:45:01Z")
Overall, I’m not a fan, but I’m not totally against single-payer. I recognize that in principle, a single-payer system would have the largest possible pool and therefore could be more efficient. Major plus. On the othe… --- ## [Do sunshine and fresh air kill viruses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-sunshine-and-fresh-air-kill-viruses/849523)
**Author:** [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-sunshine-and-fresh-air-kill-viruses/849523 "2020-03-15T17:40:07Z")
It seems like a whacky idea to me, but a friend sent me this article, claiming that Spanish influenza patients had a higher survival rate if they were treated outdoors. Outdoor air is a natural disinfectant? Sunlight i… --- ## [How acceptable would "sane Trumpism" be? (not to you, but to America)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-acceptable-would-sane-trumpism-be-not-to-you-but-to-america/849280)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-acceptable-would-sane-trumpism-be-not-to-you-but-to-america/849280 "2020-03-15T17:29:37Z")
IMHO, there isn’t that much public outrage over Trump’s policies - that is, from moderates/centrists - it’s more the packaging that causes the outrage than the product. The packaging is Trump himself - someone who tweets… --- ## [What is this whitish mottling I see on the sidewalks around here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-whitish-mottling-i-see-on-the-sidewalks-around-here/849225)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-whitish-mottling-i-see-on-the-sidewalks-around-here/849225 "2020-03-15T17:26:51Z")
Ever since I moved to Oregon I’ve been noticing random patterns of lighter colored spots on the sidewalk, like this. I am aware that salt can interact with concrete and eventually degrade it, and I have occasionally s… --- ## [In Plutarch's Lives, what are the sections/paragraphs/chapters called?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-plutarchs-lives-what-are-the-sections-paragraphs-chapters-called/849533)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-plutarchs-lives-what-are-the-sections-paragraphs-chapters-called/849533 "2020-03-15T16:45:42Z")
Since today is the Ides of March, I like to quote Plutarch (since he predates Shakespeare) The text is available here: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14140/14140-0.txt The Paragraph dealing with the ides is numbered LX… --- ## [ASGuy - Disabled folks are bad, amirite?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asguy-disabled-folks-are-bad-amirite/849446)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asguy-disabled-folks-are-bad-amirite/849446 "2020-03-15T15:32:47Z")
\*\*ASGuy \*\*has posted an extremely empathetic and reasonable view of accommodating disabled Americans during an election. Voting is a right. The ADA is federal law. Obviously, you have been \*extremely \*inconvenienced by… --- ## [Stopping this thing is hopeless (COVID-19)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stopping-this-thing-is-hopeless-covid-19/849436)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stopping-this-thing-is-hopeless-covid-19/849436 "2020-03-15T14:45:41Z")
I’ve been giving this some thought, using my knowledge of nuclear reactors and the Game of Life, and I think all of these measures that are being taken are really pointless. Now, it might slow down the rate of growth, b… --- ## [My misunderstanding of oil and calories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-misunderstanding-of-oil-and-calories/849528)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-misunderstanding-of-oil-and-calories/849528 "2020-03-15T14:37:28Z")
Since I am pretty skinny and can’t eat much, I am trying to find foods to eat that have as much as calories as possible. In this quest I came across cooking oil, which is not a food, but it made me wonder what if I dran… --- ## [Golfing robot can hit hole-in-ones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golfing-robot-can-hit-hole-in-ones/849422)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golfing-robot-can-hit-hole-in-ones/849422 "2020-03-15T14:34:13Z")
Would be fun to see a tournament of these. First robot to not hit a hole-in-one on any hole gets disqualified, until eventually only one remains. --- ## [So .... how loud is it on the Sun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-loud-is-it-on-the-sun/849518)
**Author:** [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-loud-is-it-on-the-sun/849518 "2020-03-15T14:19:18Z")
The sun has an atmosphere for the sound waves to travel through. I know there’s no actual surface on the sun, but you know what I mean … If we could safely be on the surface of the sun, how loud would it be? I’m guessi… --- ## [What will the party do if Biden dies or becomes incapacitated sometime before the primaries end?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-party-do-if-biden-dies-or-becomes-incapacitated-sometime-before-the-primaries-end/849240)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-party-do-if-biden-dies-or-becomes-incapacitated-sometime-before-the-primaries-end/849240 "2020-03-15T13:39:09Z")
Bernie supporters will of course want to say “Bernie got the most votes of anyone still in the race, so he should be the guy”. But I would think (hope, anyway) that the party would be like “not so fast: voters spoke lou… --- ## [Recorded true giants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recorded-true-giants/849501)
**Author:** [@Biggus\_Richard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggus_Richard)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recorded-true-giants/849501 "2020-03-15T13:10:07Z")
Besides Angus MacAskill, whose category I’m not even sure, who were the true giants in history? Googling on gigantism vs acromegaly, the difference seems to lie on time of occurrence. Gigantism happens during puberty, re… --- ## [asteroid interaction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-interaction/849489)
**Author:** [@Kanzan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kanzan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-interaction/849489 "2020-03-15T12:51:04Z")
Recently Asteroid Apophis was in the news when it passed by in January (it passes about once every 11 months). There is a near miss scheduled for April of 2029 when it will pass well within the moon’s orbit and even clos… --- ## [Joe Biden would be an ineffective president who would accomplish very little, if anything.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-would-be-an-ineffective-president-who-would-accomplish-very-little-if-anything/849102)
**Author:** [@2ManyTacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2ManyTacos)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-biden-would-be-an-ineffective-president-who-would-accomplish-very-little-if-anything/849102 "2020-03-15T10:32:13Z")
This is my biggest issue with Biden, & it has nothing to do with him being a squishy “moderate.” I fully recognize that his platform, such as it is, would make him the most leftwing president in history if he were to wi… --- ## [Self-Quarantine Etiquette](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-quarantine-etiquette/849236)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-quarantine-etiquette/849236 "2020-03-15T10:13:53Z")
I work in NYC and commute to the suburbs, so I’m guessing that I’ll be exposed to CV at some point in the near future, so will need to self-quarantine. I swear that half my meetings are now about pandemic preparedness. … --- ## [Youtube video explaining Quantum computers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-video-explaining-quantum-computers/849526)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-video-explaining-quantum-computers/849526 "2020-03-15T10:03:39Z")
Even though I understand qubits and quantum superposition I still couldn’t wrap my head around how they were used in computing. I tried reading articles and watching videos, and then I found this, You don’t know how Qua… --- ## [Is there a doctor in the house? THC and my antidepressants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doctor-in-the-house-thc-and-my-antidepressants/849440)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doctor-in-the-house-thc-and-my-antidepressants/849440 "2020-03-15T09:13:05Z")
It’s not sundown yet, so Shabbat hasn’t started. I take most every serotonin reuptake inhibitor on the market. It will be a small edible. Your expert opinion, sil vous plait? --- ## [Teena Marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teena-marie/848717)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teena-marie/848717 "2020-03-15T08:18:49Z")
I find myself wanting to understand about Teena Marie. To ponder the implications of her life and oeuvre for race relations in America. But first, a question: Without looking her up, how many of you know who Teena Marie… --- ## [Ever know a Deadhead that only listened to the Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-know-a-deadhead-that-only-listened-to-the-dead/849349)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-know-a-deadhead-that-only-listened-to-the-dead/849349 "2020-03-15T06:34:31Z")
Was remembering some of the interesting people I roomed with while doing campaign work after college. There was one guy who only listened to the Grateful Dead and it was nonstop, 7 am and I’m wanting coffee and not wanti… --- ## [there is a font called "calibri nothing"? subtitle - my company may save a few lives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-font-called-calibri-nothing-subtitle-my-company-may-save-a-few-lives/849491)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-font-called-calibri-nothing-subtitle-my-company-may-save-a-few-lives/849491 "2020-03-15T06:23:45Z")
The original post was going to be a brief one about fonts. Then I started writing. I am a project manager for a translation company and am on call for the weekend, we have an urgently requested translation about the cor… --- ## [How much are you changing your PDAs in light of the virus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-are-you-changing-your-pdas-in-light-of-the-virus/849409)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-are-you-changing-your-pdas-in-light-of-the-virus/849409 "2020-03-15T04:24:52Z")
I spent yesterday evening with my girlfriend. Her child was with her ex, and we spent the early part of the evening, oddly enough, giving her home a rigorous scrubbing And talking about the fact that Shelby county school… --- ## [No sports = baby boom in Dec/Jan ,etc.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sports-baby-boom-in-dec-jan-etc/849368)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sports-baby-boom-in-dec-jan-etc/849368 "2020-03-15T04:21:46Z")
You heard it here first. :slight\_smile: --- ## [Elliptical users: Advice needed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elliptical-users-advice-needed/645177)
**Author:** [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elliptical-users-advice-needed/645177 "2012-12-30T14:43:43Z")
Some background: I’m a pretty big guy (220 lbs or so), almost 52 years old, pretty fit. I’ve been a runner for a long time, and in the last 5 years I’ve taken to distance running. A bunch of half marathons, 3 full mar… --- ## [At a high level, Individual-ONE's policies are fine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-a-high-level-individual-ones-policies-are-fine/849457)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-a-high-level-individual-ones-policies-are-fine/849457 "2020-03-15T03:22:50Z")
I was kind of taken aback by I mean, yes they are — \*\*\*if you are fucking insane \*\*\*. What the hell is wrong with you, Sage Rat? Have you not been paying attention to his overarching policies? His goal is to destroy t… --- ## [Is it fair to force your pets to stay on a healthy diet when you, yourself can't stay on one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-fair-to-force-your-pets-to-stay-on-a-healthy-diet-when-you-yourself-cant-stay-on-one/849362)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-fair-to-force-your-pets-to-stay-on-a-healthy-diet-when-you-yourself-cant-stay-on-one/849362 "2020-03-15T02:52:27Z")
I guess if one were to debate this seriously, the only logical conclusion would be something to the effect of: “Of course you should maintain a healthy diet for your pets. Insuring a long healthy life is paramount. Your … --- ## [Could a person (or small cadre) use social media to spur panic buying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-or-small-cadre-use-social-media-to-spur-panic-buying/849478)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-or-small-cadre-use-social-media-to-spur-panic-buying/849478 "2020-03-15T02:41:24Z")
Yes, I admit, I think of strange things while taking a shower. In light of the panic-buying across the country (the world?) would it be possible for me to create an unprecedented demand for some random item? For example… --- ## [Updating My Hotmail Account.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updating-my-hotmail-account/849439)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updating-my-hotmail-account/849439 "2020-03-15T02:34:32Z")
I guess I can confess two things to you all. One, I am not as computer savvy as I could be. I learn as I go along, and I think I know more than some people. Two, I still have an old Hotmail account. To be precise, I hav… --- ## [I have never disliked a camera, until now.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-never-disliked-a-camera-until-now/849033)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-never-disliked-a-camera-until-now/849033 "2020-03-15T02:29:19Z")
A few years back I bought a Sony “bridge” camera from 2008. Good price, 15x zoom, 9.1mp; basically all I need. But before I could try it my life fell apart and it spent three years in the box my wife’s ashes came in, s… --- ## [To share: fun drummer!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-share-fun-drummer/849120)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-share-fun-drummer/849120 "2020-03-15T02:21:03Z")
Pink, Pokemonish monster laying down the grooves. DISCLAIMER: kit does not get “destroyed” - just hyperbole. Gets played hard, though, especially starting around 33 second mark - gets cookin! --- ## ["We Don't Need No Stinkin' Badges!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-dont-need-no-stinkin-badges/849499)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-dont-need-no-stinkin-badges/849499 "2020-03-15T01:31:27Z")
How did this become so popular? Was it “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre”, or was it all the movies that came after that referenced it, usually through parody? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1975) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1977)