# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1023 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1024 --- ## [What are the flaws in Barry Cunliffe's "Celtic from the West" hypothesis that still don't make it a very compelling /popular theory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-flaws-in-barry-cunliffes-celtic-from-the-west-hypothesis-that-still-dont-make-it-a-very-compelling-popular-theory/969865)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-flaws-in-barry-cunliffes-celtic-from-the-west-hypothesis-that-still-dont-make-it-a-very-compelling-popular-theory/969865 "2022-08-19T00:37:21Z")
What are the flaws in Barry Cunliffe’s “Celtic from the West” hypothesis that still don’t make it a very compelling /popular theory? --- ## [They Gave Me That Book For A Reason: How did parents/teachers try to shape your character through childhood reading?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-gave-me-that-book-for-a-reason-how-did-parents-teachers-try-to-shape-your-character-through-childhood-reading/969845)
**Author:** [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-gave-me-that-book-for-a-reason-how-did-parents-teachers-try-to-shape-your-character-through-childhood-reading/969845 "2022-08-19T00:22:13Z")
(Wasn’t sure whether this belonged better in Cafe Society or someplace like MPSIMS, Mods feel free to move as appropriate.) Looking back on your childhood, what do you notice about the ways your parents and/or teachers … --- ## [Little League World Series player suffers serious head injury falling out of his bunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-league-world-series-player-suffers-serious-head-injury-falling-out-of-his-bunk/969795)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-league-world-series-player-suffers-serious-head-injury-falling-out-of-his-bunk/969795 "2022-08-19T00:07:35Z")
Snow Canyon player Easton Oliverson from Utah, 12 years old, suffered a serious head injury that required emergency surgery when he fell out of the top bunk of his bed while he was sleeping. Oliverson, a pitcher and o… --- ## [Is this product (shower water pressure increaser) a scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-product-shower-water-pressure-increaser-a-scam/949144)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-product-shower-water-pressure-increaser-a-scam/949144 "2022-08-18T23:15:59Z")
I got an add for this on YouTube. https://saltdays.co.uk/products/rotatable-high-pressure-shower/?gclid=CjwKCAjwgviIBhBkEiwA10D2j1GIMvc09q9qSlC0XOEVK4J8aV5qr3QXGhrawEwVMJXusLQVwC5KbRoC9joQAvD\_BwE The way it “works” app… --- ## [Two different security confirmation codes failed to come through on my email today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-different-security-confirmation-codes-failed-to-come-through-on-my-email-today/969844)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-different-security-confirmation-codes-failed-to-come-through-on-my-email-today/969844 "2022-08-18T22:29:00Z")
Twice today, for two different sites, a 2-factor authorization code failed to come over my email. I asked each one to be re-sent several times. None of the messages ended up in my spam filter. This has me a bit worried,… --- ## [We got'sch a new puppy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotsch-a-new-puppy/969630)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotsch-a-new-puppy/969630 "2022-08-18T22:22:05Z")
Another Samoyed for the Samoyed family! This one is named Journey, and he’s an eight-week-old stud puppy who will eventually, if all things go well, be bred to my landlady’s three female dogs. For now, his job is to gr… --- ## [Question regarding the medieval French title of Jean III, capital de Buch..Blanch de Foix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-the-medieval-french-title-of-jean-iii-capital-de-buch-blanch-de-foix/969796)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-the-medieval-french-title-of-jean-iii-capital-de-buch-blanch-de-foix/969796 "2022-08-18T22:03:39Z")
I have searched for the titles ‘capital’ and ‘blanch’. I believe ‘capital’ means ‘lord’ but could not verify that. What about ‘Blanch’. Is it a title? it certainly looks like one, but I haven’t been able to verify what i… --- ## [Largest now extinct land animal living since invention of writing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-now-extinct-land-animal-living-since-invention-of-writing/969707)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-now-extinct-land-animal-living-since-invention-of-writing/969707 "2022-08-18T21:16:58Z")
Continuing the discussion from What exactly is an oliphaunt?: This topic about oliphaunts made me wonder what the largest land animal is that is now extinct but which was still existing after humans invented writing (ci… --- ## [The concept of infrastructure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-concept-of-infrastructure/969841)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-concept-of-infrastructure/969841 "2022-08-18T21:15:59Z")
In what ways might the concept of infrastructure be modernized to best reflect society as it is today. I am being slightly vague intentionally. --- ## [What are organists constantly adjusting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-organists-constantly-adjusting/968780)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-organists-constantly-adjusting/968780 "2022-08-18T19:10:13Z")
Whenever I see someone playing an organ they’re always constantly playing with knobs and switches and things. What are all of those things they’re adjusting all the time? --- ## [Goodbye Zhelezobeton](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-zhelezobeton/969893)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-zhelezobeton/969893 "2022-08-18T18:44:15Z")
I doubt many of you know this Russian underground music distribution service. But for many years Zhelezobeton was the best source for experimental music from Russia, Eastern Europe and some areas of Asia. I did a college… --- ## [Reclassification of Documents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reclassification-of-documents/969785)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reclassification-of-documents/969785 "2022-08-18T18:17:45Z")
Let’s say that President A declassifies documents of national security importance but doesn’t tell anyone that he had declassified them. Later, the general public discovers the existence of these documents and begins us… --- ## [What do artists do on off nights on tour?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-artists-do-on-off-nights-on-tour/968628)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-artists-do-on-off-nights-on-tour/968628 "2022-08-18T18:16:48Z")
If they play Monday and Wed do they go right to the Wed night city after the Monday show? Seems logical in case they run into travel issues. On off nights other than rest is there anything they typically do such as sp… --- ## [Cecil Adams Is More Than One Person. Right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-is-more-than-one-person-right/967429)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-is-more-than-one-person-right/967429 "2022-08-18T18:01:40Z")
Okay, his identity will never be revealed. We and I have no problem with that. But some safe assumptions. ‘He’ is obviously more than one person. Right? Probably like, perhaps, a group of scholars right? And I unfortun… --- ## [Supersonic Airliner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supersonic-airliner/943774)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supersonic-airliner/943774 "2022-08-18T17:22:36Z")
From the Concorde thread. With the way the world has changed in the last 18 months, does anyone really believe that there is a market for this? --- ## [Locke & Key on Netflix - anyone else watching? (possible spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locke-key-on-netflix-anyone-else-watching-possible-spoilers/847610)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locke-key-on-netflix-anyone-else-watching-possible-spoilers/847610 "2022-08-18T17:19:02Z")
This show dropped on Netflix today and I am happy to know almost nothing about it. It is from Stephen King’s son and I do know they made a comic book of it and that it also has an audio drama version. I’ve read neither … --- ## [And a new irritating Discourse message](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-new-irritating-discourse-message/969861)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-new-irritating-discourse-message/969861 "2022-08-18T16:42:39Z")
I tried a very short message in reply to a post and got this box from Discourse: ​​​​​​​​Body seems unclear, is it a complete sentence? With an “OK” box. Except Discourse isn’t asking a question. There is no optio… --- ## [Other than using separate browsers can you divorce Gmaill and Youtube?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-using-separate-browsers-can-you-divorce-gmaill-and-youtube/969679)
**Author:** [@grahamsnumber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grahamsnumber)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-using-separate-browsers-can-you-divorce-gmaill-and-youtube/969679 "2022-08-18T15:52:48Z")
I would rather not have to keep signing into and out of Youtube/Gmail or use separate browsers, but I absolutely don’t want to link the accounts. However Google seems to insist that if I’m logged into account A on Gmail … --- ## [Liz Cheney way down in poll, GOP primary is August 16th {With 96% of the votes reported, she lost 66% to 29%}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liz-cheney-way-down-in-poll-gop-primary-is-august-16th-with-96-of-the-votes-reported-she-lost-66-to-29/969449)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liz-cheney-way-down-in-poll-gop-primary-is-august-16th-with-96-of-the-votes-reported-she-lost-66-to-29/969449 "2022-08-18T14:33:17Z")
poll is 1 month old but in small states they don’t do a lot of polls --- ## [37th anniversary gift - in case you were wondering](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/37th-anniversary-gift-in-case-you-were-wondering/969838)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/37th-anniversary-gift-in-case-you-were-wondering/969838 "2022-08-18T13:45:22Z")
Sure, 25 is supposed to be silver, and 50 gold. But those off year anniversaries can be challenging. In case you were wondering, apparently 37 is broken bags of mulch! Today is our 37th. Of course we couldn’t think o… --- ## [Wardrobe in a video game - what is the "donut"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wardrobe-in-a-video-game-what-is-the-donut/969863)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wardrobe-in-a-video-game-what-is-the-donut/969863 "2022-08-18T12:51:28Z")
I’ve been playing a game based (probably very!) loosely on middle ages Japan, Ghost of Tsushima, and I notice that some characters will have a wooden ‘donut’ on their belts. Example from concept art for the game: … --- ## ['What Dancing in the Dark is really about'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dancing-in-the-dark-is-really-about/500343)
**Author:** [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dancing-in-the-dark-is-really-about/500343 "2022-08-18T12:44:44Z")
I have a dim memory of having read somewhere a mention of knowing what Bruce Springsteen’s “Dancing in the Dark” is ‘really about’, and that only certain people – maybe only mature people? – knew what it was about. So I… --- ## [Cell size?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-size/969645)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-size/969645 "2022-08-18T12:15:31Z")
Lets suppose we are starting with one celled animals and then go one step up into multi celled animals. Are cell sizes relatively similar in size? Do some microscopic animals consist of larger cells? Is it safe to assume… --- ## [Teachers of the SD: Do private school have the same issues hiring and keeping staff as public schools do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teachers-of-the-sd-do-private-school-have-the-same-issues-hiring-and-keeping-staff-as-public-schools-do/969788)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teachers-of-the-sd-do-private-school-have-the-same-issues-hiring-and-keeping-staff-as-public-schools-do/969788 "2022-08-18T11:03:20Z")
I’m curious how this is going in your area. I have definitely heard of public school teachers taking a big pay cut to teach in a private (whether secular or religious) school, because they didn’t have to deal with the a… --- ## [What is the optimal way to donate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-optimal-way-to-donate/969728)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-optimal-way-to-donate/969728 "2022-08-18T05:20:14Z")
A lump sum to Act Blue, small donations to each of the candidates I like, or just a couple of larger donations to candidates I like? --- ## [Anyone taken Paxlovid for a diagnosed Covid infection?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-taken-paxlovid-for-a-diagnosed-covid-infection/967591)
**Author:** [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-taken-paxlovid-for-a-diagnosed-covid-infection/967591 "2022-08-18T04:23:40Z")
I came down with it on July 4th just before going to watch fireworks. Been generally isolating since. First test that day was the faintest possible “faint line” on the rapid test I took; second test (last night) the li… --- ## [Gratis WiFi at Motels etc with nonstandard (& Mac incompatible) joining routines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gratis-wifi-at-motels-etc-with-nonstandard-mac-incompatible-joining-routines/969603)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gratis-wifi-at-motels-etc-with-nonstandard-mac-incompatible-joining-routines/969603 "2022-08-18T03:24:38Z")
So I’m at a Quality Inn outside of Baltimore. Came in last night, checked in at the desk, asked about the WiFi password because the blank for it on the key card envelope had not been filled in. “Oh it’s automatic, you … --- ## [Pork rinds “not a significant source of protein”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-rinds-not-a-significant-source-of-protein/969487)
**Author:** [@Little\_Room](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Room)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-rinds-not-a-significant-source-of-protein/969487 "2022-08-18T02:49:57Z")
Why do labels on pork rinds, cracklins, etc. always have a note that says “Not a significant source of protein” when they clearly have (according to that same label) a decent amount of protein, at least for a snack? --- ## [Season 2 sucks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/season-2-sucks/969525)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/season-2-sucks/969525 "2022-08-18T01:28:11Z")
Let’s talk about TV shows where season 2 stands out. And it stands out as being the worst season. Or, in the case of a show that ran for 5 or more seasons, season 2 is at best the second worst season. What show(s) do yo… --- ## [Taco pizza is surprisingly unsatisfying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-pizza-is-surprisingly-unsatisfying/969791)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-pizza-is-surprisingly-unsatisfying/969791 "2022-08-17T23:41:12Z")
Tacos. So very satisfying. Pizza. I think it goes without saying that it’s probably the most satisfying food in history. But taco pizza? We had a lot of taco fixin’s in the house tonight, left over from a dinner we host… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1022) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1024)