# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1041&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1042 --- ## [If you’re dating, is finding out someone was home-schooled a red flag?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-re-dating-is-finding-out-someone-was-home-schooled-a-red-flag/969723)
**Author:** [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-re-dating-is-finding-out-someone-was-home-schooled-a-red-flag/969723 "2022-08-19T13:43:13Z")
Assume you’re single and find out a person you’re interested in dating was home-schooled as a child. Would that raise a red flag? poll What if you find out the person you’re interested in was home-schooled because their… --- ## [What's the most primitive species to have the Fight-or-Flight response?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-primitive-species-to-have-the-fight-or-flight-response/969896)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-primitive-species-to-have-the-fight-or-flight-response/969896 "2022-08-19T13:18:36Z")
The fight or flight response is described as : Wondering how prehistoric is this response in life forms ? Since plants do not move or take “flight” do they have an equivalent response ? Whats the earliest known lifefor… --- ## [Man visiting Milwaukee falls to death, didn't realize drawbridge was opening](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-visiting-milwaukee-falls-to-death-didnt-realize-drawbridge-was-opening/969872)
**Author:** [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-visiting-milwaukee-falls-to-death-didnt-realize-drawbridge-was-opening/969872 "2022-08-19T12:49:38Z")
A very sad story. Richard Dujardin was visiting from Providence RI. He was looking down at directions on his iPad and was hard of hearing, so probably didn’t notice the drawbridge warning bells or lights. The drawbridge … --- ## [Storage Wars - body parts version](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storage-wars-body-parts-version/969782)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storage-wars-body-parts-version/969782 "2022-08-19T12:46:41Z")
“I’ll get a buddy to look at these - good market for body parts at the local flea market.” \< narrator \>: Good thing he didn’t pay and arm and a leg for this storage locker!" ( not actual quotes) --- ## [Does revealing that the FBI raided Mar-a-Lago for top-secret nuclear weapons documents give would-be defendant Trump some legitimate cause for grievance that would help his case?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-revealing-that-the-fbi-raided-mar-a-lago-for-top-secret-nuclear-weapons-documents-give-would-be-defendant-trump-some-legitimate-cause-for-grievance-that-would-help-his-case/969533)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-revealing-that-the-fbi-raided-mar-a-lago-for-top-secret-nuclear-weapons-documents-give-would-be-defendant-trump-some-legitimate-cause-for-grievance-that-would-help-his-case/969533 "2022-08-19T12:41:33Z")
Does revealing that the FBI raided Mar-a-Lago for top-secret nuclear weapons documents give would-be defendant Trump some legitimate cause for grievance that would help his case? At what point would DOJ have to draw the … --- ## [Resources on the moon and Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resources-on-the-moon-and-mars/969766)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resources-on-the-moon-and-mars/969766 "2022-08-19T10:32:49Z")
Inspired by a discussion here, I got to thinking: what resource (I assume a mineral) could realistically be discovered on the moon that would make extraction and delivery to Earth financially viable? In what quantities? … --- ## [Question about friction in force diagrams](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-friction-in-force-diagrams/969840)
**Author:** [@yearofglad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yearofglad)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-friction-in-force-diagrams/969840 "2022-08-19T09:30:38Z")
I’m doing some impromptu physics tutoring and ran into a question I don’t recall the answer to. Suppose I have a box, and I’m pulling on it in the positive x-direction. I know that gravity acts on the box downward, and … --- ## [What's too "Loony Left" for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-too-loony-left-for-you/969503)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 289\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-too-loony-left-for-you/969503 "2022-08-19T09:30:27Z")
If you generally identify with the liberal or left side of the political spectrum, what is too radical, or quixotic, or nutty, or downright totalitarian for you to support? What’s just too “Brave New World” for your tast… --- ## [Can you teach a cat to swim?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-teach-a-cat-to-swim/968942)
**Author:** [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-teach-a-cat-to-swim/968942 "2022-08-19T08:46:22Z")
This is in case a cat falls into a pool. If it is possible to teach cats, how is it best taught? Just throw the cat into the pool and rescue it if it goes under? :smile\_cat: --- ## [Anybody watching "The Offer"? (You should be.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watching-the-offer-you-should-be/969900)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watching-the-offer-you-should-be/969900 "2022-08-19T04:09:01Z")
I knew about this show but didn’t watch it because its premise sounded rather boring to me. But my mother convinced me to watch it It’s basically a limited series that tells the story of all that went on to get the icon… --- ## [Matt Walsh accuses trans person of crimes on twitter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-walsh-accuses-trans-person-of-crimes-on-twitter/969267)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-walsh-accuses-trans-person-of-crimes-on-twitter/969267 "2022-08-19T03:44:21Z")
On Twitter, Matt Walsh, a right wing person, has posted and called out a person named Eli Erlick, who seems to be offering to send people extra hormones they have on hand to people near and far. Matt claims hes reportin… --- ## [Okay, let's talk about the Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-lets-talk-about-the-dropkick-murphys-im-shipping-up-to-boston/969926)
**Author:** [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-lets-talk-about-the-dropkick-murphys-im-shipping-up-to-boston/969926 "2022-08-19T03:40:52Z")
So, this: I’m trying to think of any other song I know with such a contrast in quality between the instrumental parts, and the singing. The instrumental parts are just banging, get me moving every time I h… --- ## [Football Season is Around the Corner (Cheat Sheet Question)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-season-is-around-the-corner-cheat-sheet-question/969906)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-season-is-around-the-corner-cheat-sheet-question/969906 "2022-08-19T03:25:55Z")
Draft night approacheth! I play in a standard PPR fantasy football league and put a lot of faith in cheat sheets you can download from places like ESPN or Sporting News. Is there any specific free cheat sheet you think i… --- ## [YouTube monetizes Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-monetizes-death/967258)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-monetizes-death/967258 "2022-08-19T02:49:52Z")
Ann Reardon (How To Cook That) not only does cooking videos, she also debunks Instagram, TikTok, etc. “life hack” and fake craft videos. She recently uploaded a video about the dangers of “fractal burning”. (Disassemb… --- ## [Door Dash tax calculations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/door-dash-tax-calculations/969879)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/door-dash-tax-calculations/969879 "2022-08-19T02:00:38Z")
On Quora someone asked what taxes he would owe on $4000 of Door Dash gross income. The paragraph below is a response, is it correct? One caveat, the OP did not say how many miles he drove, the responder used 500 miles. … --- ## [Differences in the usage of "bore", etc., between American and U.K. English](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/differences-in-the-usage-of-bore-etc-between-american-and-u-k-english/969317)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/differences-in-the-usage-of-bore-etc-between-american-and-u-k-english/969317 "2022-08-19T01:45:39Z")
There’s a passage in Brideshead Revisited just after Sebastian has unsettled everyone with another one of his drunken scenes, and Julia says to Charles, “what a bore he is!”, and soon thereafter, “how very boring!” In t… --- ## [Japan Wants Young People to Drink More Alcohol](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-wants-young-people-to-drink-more-alcohol/969897)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-wants-young-people-to-drink-more-alcohol/969897 "2022-08-19T01:32:50Z")
Apparently young people in Japan aren’t drinking as much as older generations, and it’s causing a drop in tax revenue. --- ## [Do porn stars really have fake blogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-porn-stars-really-have-fake-blogs/969913)
**Author:** [@kcak47mopr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kcak47mopr)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-porn-stars-really-have-fake-blogs/969913 "2022-08-19T01:15:29Z")
yes do porn stars realy have fake blogs to protect them selfs i am asking because i am dating a porn star and one of my friends looked her up and he said there is a blog that says she is married with a kid but the blog i… --- ## [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… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1040&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1042&state=tracking)