# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1419 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1420 --- ## [Why is human excrement ickier than animal excrement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-human-excrement-ickier-than-animal-excrement/943679)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2021, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-human-excrement-ickier-than-animal-excrement/943679 "2021-06-25T03:34:24Z")
Ever notice how most animals (specifically mammals) seem to be able to do #2 without needing anything like toilet paper to keep clean? A lot of animals’ excrement comes out as neat, fairly dry fecal pellets. Even those t… --- ## [Will people become more open-minded and light-hearted? When?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-people-become-more-open-minded-and-light-hearted-when/944808)
**Author:** [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-people-become-more-open-minded-and-light-hearted-when/944808 "2021-06-25T01:19:20Z")
I’ve been reading it everywhere that people have become more polarized. From twitter to Trevor Noah’s goodbye segment to posts in my SDMB threads, people seem to agree that people have become more closed-minded, thinkin… --- ## [I thought bitcoins were untraceable? Colonial ransom partially recovered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-bitcoins-were-untraceable-colonial-ransom-partially-recovered/943790)
**Author:** [@txtumbleweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txtumbleweed)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-bitcoins-were-untraceable-colonial-ransom-partially-recovered/943790 "2021-06-24T23:17:05Z")
Just saw that the Justice Dept reportedly has recovered about $2.3-million of the ransomware paid to Darkside by Colonial Pipeline. https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/07/politics/colonial-pipeline-ransomware-recovered/index.ht… --- ## [The intellectually disabled and bodily autonomy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intellectually-disabled-and-bodily-autonomy/944280)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intellectually-disabled-and-bodily-autonomy/944280 "2021-06-24T23:15:00Z")
I have a 45 year old brother that is intellectually disabled (ID) and lives in a group home. He has a girlfriend that is about his age that also lives in the home. (Technically, she lives in a separate physical building … --- ## [I binge watch a TV show, then remember pretty much nothing about it. Is that common](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-binge-watch-a-tv-show-then-remember-pretty-much-nothing-about-it-is-that-common/944872)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-binge-watch-a-tv-show-then-remember-pretty-much-nothing-about-it-is-that-common/944872 "2021-06-24T22:28:52Z")
I haven’t binge watched a new series recently, but several years ago I’d binge watch a TV show by doing about 3-4 episodes a day, until I finished the series in a month or so. Then I’d pretty much forget everything I ju… --- ## [Guilty Pleasures - Coronavirus Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-pleasures-coronavirus-edition/851321)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-pleasures-coronavirus-edition/851321 "2021-06-24T20:18:58Z")
I’m sure all of us are busy watching Ken Burns documentaries,\* Star Trek: Picard\*, and Best Picture nominees. But there are 24 hours in a day, and sooner or later we all regress to the mean. Which is to say, at some poi… --- ## [Why do Olympic team basketball players so infrequently play in the qualifiers (and why is that allowed)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-olympic-team-basketball-players-so-infrequently-play-in-the-qualifiers-and-why-is-that-allowed/944860)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-olympic-team-basketball-players-so-infrequently-play-in-the-qualifiers-and-why-is-that-allowed/944860 "2021-06-24T19:01:20Z")
Kevin Durant. James Harden. Damian Lillard. Bradley Beal. Four of the premiere names who have committed to join the 2020 (2021) Team USA men’s basketball team this year, and none of the four of them appeared in the 2… --- ## [For homeowners, whats a rough timeline for how often things have to be fixed or replaced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-homeowners-whats-a-rough-timeline-for-how-often-things-have-to-be-fixed-or-replaced/944871)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-homeowners-whats-a-rough-timeline-for-how-often-things-have-to-be-fixed-or-replaced/944871 "2021-06-24T18:55:16Z")
I’m sure it varies by home, but I’ve only really lived in apartments as an adult. Examples I mean would be like every 20 years, the roof must be replaced every 15-20 years, the HVAC system needs to be replaced Fridge… --- ## [Strange Circuit Breaker Behavior](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-circuit-breaker-behavior/943862)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-circuit-breaker-behavior/943862 "2021-06-24T18:29:18Z")
I’m having some really odd behavior on a circuit, and I’m looking for suggestions. Last summer we had a porch rebuilt (under permit, by licensed contractors including electrician), and they ran a new 20A circuit. The po… --- ## [ID this weed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-weed/944905)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-weed/944905 "2021-06-24T17:12:03Z")
These weeds grow all over the place in NW Washington. The flowers in the first image are hard to see. Sorry everything blends in. What are they… --- ## [Wine clubs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-clubs/931027)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-clubs/931027 "2021-06-24T15:51:36Z")
We watch a lot of TCM, so of course we see commercials for the TCM Wine Club. I’m sure they don’t do this, but I keep imagining they buy a bunch of Charles Shaw (Two-Buck Chuck back home, Three-Buck Chuck up here) and p… --- ## [SCOTUS: NCAA can't restrict compensation for players (mostly)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-ncaa-cant-restrict-compensation-for-players-mostly/944807)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-ncaa-cant-restrict-compensation-for-players-mostly/944807 "2021-06-24T15:21:44Z")
Out today. Originally I thought that this was a wrong argument, a kick in the teeth to small schools, but Gorsuch convinced me, and Kavanaugh confirmed. The NCAA cannot pretend that it is just this neutral organizati… --- ## [Rembrandt's The Night Watch -- The Director's Cut](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rembrandts-the-night-watch-the-directors-cut/944951)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rembrandts-the-night-watch-the-directors-cut/944951 "2021-06-24T15:20:52Z")
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/rembrandt-night-watch-ai-restoration/index.html --- ## [Has anyone here tried SCRIMSHAW pilsner beer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-tried-scrimshaw-pilsner-beer/833141)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-tried-scrimshaw-pilsner-beer/833141 "2021-06-24T15:09:00Z")
From North Coast Brewing. They claim it’s only 100 calories per bottle with only 2g of carbs, yet 4.7% alcohol and 22 IBU. That’s impressive. I’m curious as to how they get such a low amount of calories and carbs with t… --- ## [Kwame Brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kwame-brown/942625)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kwame-brown/942625 "2021-06-24T14:33:44Z")
Is anyone keeping up with this? He played for my team (pretty well, actually) but has been the butt of all jokes for being the only #1 pick straight out of high school… Michael Jordan’s pick, when he came back to the Wiz… --- ## [I took the money but I'm sure I was undercharged](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-the-money-but-im-sure-i-was-undercharged/944784)
**Author:** [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-the-money-but-im-sure-i-was-undercharged/944784 "2021-06-24T13:20:19Z")
Here’s a snap of my receipt. I bought two packs of grill sheets ($8.99 ea. ) they’re thin stainless steel reusable meant to keep your grill clean or in my case to protect your food from a filthy grill. A sign nearby st… --- ## [Ok explain to me this pga/golf rule](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-explain-to-me-this-pga-golf-rule/944150)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-explain-to-me-this-pga-golf-rule/944150 "2021-06-24T11:20:10Z")
Ok heres the article All he did was get given the wrong ball it seems … If it’s a mistake and didn’t impact anything why kill off the guy’s event? Although if it was me id of just said hmm shrugged and went on my merr… --- ## [RitterSport pitted to showcase linking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittersport-pitted-to-showcase-linking/915333)
**Author:** [@DeadTreasSecretaries](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadTreasSecretaries)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittersport-pitted-to-showcase-linking/915333 "2021-06-24T10:31:40Z")
Sorry, I couldn’t resist (I do agree with you btw). --- ## [Unnecessary words used in science fiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unnecessary-words-used-in-science-fiction/944599)
**Author:** [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unnecessary-words-used-in-science-fiction/944599 "2021-06-24T10:12:37Z")
One thing I’ve noticed in classic science fiction (i.e., Clarke, Heinlein, and/or a lot of things written in the 1940s-1960s) is a strong and rather astonishing tendency to use words that are utterly unnecessary. For ex… --- ## [Looking for Minecraft closure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-minecraft-closure/818788)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-minecraft-closure/818788 "2020-05-19T18:16:22Z")
\[Previous threads I started here and here. Man, I was so positive in that second one…\] Deep, deep sighs all around. Okay, I was tempted to go completely ballistic and make this a pit thread, but…no. I’m tired, I stil… --- ## [Does this rhetoric have a documented name ('you seem like a smart person; I'm surprised...')](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-rhetoric-have-a-documented-name-you-seem-like-a-smart-person-im-surprised/944896)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-rhetoric-have-a-documented-name-you-seem-like-a-smart-person-im-surprised/944896 "2021-06-24T09:00:25Z")
I’ve seen this a lot in internet discussions; opening debate comments of the form: “I’m surprised you said that you don’t believe in \[flying squid ghosts\] because you seem like a smart person” Specifically, this argume… --- ## [Had a senior moment today and it almost made me cry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-a-senior-moment-today-and-it-almost-made-me-cry/919415)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-a-senior-moment-today-and-it-almost-made-me-cry/919415 "2021-06-24T06:28:36Z")
I was taking the blades off the riding mower for sharpening and was wearing a pair of work gloves. Got the blades off and scraped a bunch of accumulated grass out of the underside of the deck. Took the blades over to my … --- ## [The new variants ain't nothin to mess with (and vaccines apparently work)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-variants-aint-nothin-to-mess-with-and-vaccines-apparently-work/944915)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-variants-aint-nothin-to-mess-with-and-vaccines-apparently-work/944915 "2021-06-24T04:04:31Z")
Long story short, an IT department basically got wiped the fuck out by a recent wave of COVID. Two dead; several others hospitalized. One walked away unscathed and that one just happened to have been vaccinated. Get y… --- ## [Can you still get canned dark meat chicken?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-still-get-canned-dark-meat-chicken/944861)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-still-get-canned-dark-meat-chicken/944861 "2021-06-24T02:08:55Z")
I used to rather like the dark, but chunk white chicken breast seems to have completely taken over the canned chicken market. Even the dollar stores’ bottom-tier generic canned chicken is chunk white chicken breast. --- ## [Northern\_Piper is a bagpipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-piper-is-a-bagpipe/944644)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-piper-is-a-bagpipe/944644 "2021-06-24T01:37:20Z")
Continuing the discussion from What is this linking issue Miller is mentioning?: The avatar looks like a bagpipe. :slight\_smile: This topic exists to create an example of backlinks, also known as post-links. Look under… --- ## [Muzzle velocity of a revolver vs. semi-auto/bolt-action?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muzzle-velocity-of-a-revolver-vs-semi-auto-bolt-action/944845)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muzzle-velocity-of-a-revolver-vs-semi-auto-bolt-action/944845 "2021-06-24T01:36:20Z")
For a semi-automatic or bolt-action weapon, AIUI the barrel is sealed all the way from the brass cartridge to the muzzle (except for whatever gaps may exist because of rifling in the barrel), so all of the propellant gas… --- ## [WKRP question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wkrp-question/611260)
**Author:** [@Kansas\_Beekeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kansas_Beekeeper)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wkrp-question/611260 "2021-06-24T00:58:23Z")
Any WKRP fans? The episode is “Nothing to Fear” (either episode 66 or episode 20 of season 3) in which everyone is scared after the station is robbed. There is a one time bit-part character, “Stella, the coatcheck girl… --- ## [How do book royalties work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-book-royalties-work/944907)
**Author:** [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-book-royalties-work/944907 "2021-06-23T22:50:02Z")
AIUI the author of a book typically gets 15% of sales. Is that based on the cover price that the reader pays or on the wholesale price that the bookstore pays? If the cover price, what happens when the book is discount… --- ## [What choices, exactly, must one make for Medicare? If it were a test, how many questions would there be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-choices-exactly-must-one-make-for-medicare-if-it-were-a-test-how-many-questions-would-there-be/944878)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-choices-exactly-must-one-make-for-medicare-if-it-were-a-test-how-many-questions-would-there-be/944878 "2021-06-23T19:50:42Z")
I’m doing retirement planning and trying to pin down a zillion details. How many details are involved in Medicare? Maybe there are four yes/no choices, for parts A, B, C and D? Are there any choices that aren’t simply … --- ## [Vroom stealing from Carvana?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vroom-stealing-from-carvana/944544)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vroom-stealing-from-carvana/944544 "2021-06-23T18:41:57Z")
We offered my wife’s car to Carvana for a quote to buy it. After entering the information they will send an email with their offer. She was surprised today by an email from Vroom, their competitor. The basic information … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1418) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1420)