# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=263&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 264 --- ## [Teachers/Trainers/Psychologists: have you heard of Vygotski? Bakhtin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teachers-trainers-psychologists-have-you-heard-of-vygotski-bakhtin/1021791)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teachers-trainers-psychologists-have-you-heard-of-vygotski-bakhtin/1021791 "2025-08-10T17:06:49Z")
My learning of teaching and pedagogy did not include Russian / Marxist theorists at all, but I’ve recently realized that a lot of turn-of-the-century “learning to read” theory was based on a Marxist dialectic (by the wa… --- ## [FM radio app for Android](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fm-radio-app-for-android/1021832)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fm-radio-app-for-android/1021832 "2025-08-10T15:31:05Z")
I have an old motorola celular that I mostly use as FM radio (→ airwaves, not WIFI supported). the app is not very good. When trying to find a FM radio (airwaves!) app in the google play store, it seems that all are “ra… --- ## [Plane crash at Pearson Toronto {2025-02-17}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-crash-at-pearson-toronto-2025-02-17/1014439)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-crash-at-pearson-toronto-2025-02-17/1014439 "2025-08-10T14:42:56Z")
A Delta plane crashed on approach to Toronto Pearson airport. Landed upside down - belly up, on its roof. Will look for a link, but I’m making supper. --- ## [Coolest word you've learned recently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-word-youve-learned-recently/553724)
**Author:** [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2025, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-word-youve-learned-recently/553724 "2025-08-10T10:24:59Z")
Heuristically. How cool! I adore learning new words, this is the main reason I want to upgrade my old Sony Reader to a new version with a built-in dictionary. I would love to tap on words I don’t know and get a quick d… --- ## [NASA climate report](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-climate-report/1021652)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2025, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-climate-report/1021652 "2025-08-10T03:14:03Z")
“NASA won’t publish key climate change report online, citing ‘no legal obligation’ to do so” - Space.com Would this not be available under FOIA? --- ## [Ever believe in giant dam catfish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-believe-in-giant-dam-catfish/1021841)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2025, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-believe-in-giant-dam-catfish/1021841 "2025-08-10T03:03:10Z")
Tonight I saw some credulously talking about a dam in Waco where a diver saw catfish the size of a car and became scared of ever diving again. As a kid in the 80s I was told the same story about the nearest big dam here,… --- ## [How much sour drink can I consume before it’s a problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-sour-drink-can-i-consume-before-it-s-a-problem/1021877)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-sour-drink-can-i-consume-before-it-s-a-problem/1021877 "2025-08-10T01:56:54Z")
I like sour things. I put lemon in my iced tea. I order my Hot and Sour soup extra sour. I’ve taken to drinking “shrubs” from the local farmer’s market, and they are pretty sour. So - how much is too much? How much vin… --- ## [MURDER MOST FOUL IN MILILANI, HAWAII (maybe)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-most-foul-in-mililani-hawaii-maybe/1021833)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-most-foul-in-mililani-hawaii-maybe/1021833 "2025-08-10T01:49:05Z")
Sunday evening, a late message from the CVS Pharmacy after hours. Paraphrased: "Your LAT and LIS are ready for pickup. The. " (generic form) Call 808-XXX-XXXX if you have questions. What the “The.” ??? My mind race… --- ## [Is there a name for this comedy trope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-comedy-trope/1021894)
**Author:** [@f.coli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/f.coli)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2025, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-comedy-trope/1021894 "2025-08-10T00:46:09Z")
Let me give you some examples of what I have in mind: The Coneheads Aliens with very obvious differences to earthlings are stranded on our planet. They quickly become part of the community, and none of their neighbors… --- ## [Do we know how much Saturn's rings move?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-know-how-much-saturns-rings-move/1021638)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2025, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-know-how-much-saturns-rings-move/1021638 "2025-08-10T00:09:34Z")
Not talking about their changing appearance due to Earth’s and Saturn’s motions – I mean their orientation, relative to distant stars. Have we detected any motion in the plane of the rings? For that matter, how big would… --- ## [Billy Long, new IRS Commissioner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-long-new-irs-commissioner/1012611)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2025, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-long-new-irs-commissioner/1012611 "2025-08-09T23:44:05Z")
No College degree, no expertise in accounting. While a REP he co-sponsored, in three consecutive sessions, a bill to abolish the IRS, the estate tax and gift tax. His desire is to destroy the Humane Society. In his … --- ## [Would you give up free will for world peace?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-up-free-will-for-world-peace/990800)
**Author:** [@a\_dudes\_thought\_s](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a_dudes_thought_s)\ **Replies:** 454\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-up-free-will-for-world-peace/990800 "2025-08-09T22:54:03Z")
I have been watching a lot of videos of people asking pastors, preachers and such why there is evil in the world. The answer they usually give is God wants us to have free will. My question is this. Say God revealed hims… --- ## [Finally, I'm not ashamed of my Harvard connection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-im-not-ashamed-of-my-harvard-connection/1017063)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2025, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-im-not-ashamed-of-my-harvard-connection/1017063 "2025-08-09T22:26:15Z")
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/04/14/harvard-rejects-trump-administration-demands/ Wow. Harvard is, at least for the moment, fighting back against the fascist Trump regime. At last, I am proud to admit my… --- ## [Library of Congress has started amending the Constitution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/library-of-congress-has-started-amending-the-constitution/1021772)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/library-of-congress-has-started-amending-the-constitution/1021772 "2025-08-09T22:08:19Z")
Article I, sections 9 and 10 have been deleted from the Constitution on the US Library of Congress webpage. Probably because they’re outdated. No one needs to know about them. I mean, habeas corpus, bills of attainder,… --- ## [Jeopardy! Season 41: Begins September 9, 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-41-begins-september-9-2024/1007487)
**Author:** [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-41-begins-september-9-2024/1007487 "2025-08-09T22:00:12Z")
(I looked back as far as September 1 and don’t see a thread for this new season.) I’ve missed two of the eight episodes shown so far (in this market) due to the ABC-affiliate weatherman deciding that storms in the area … --- ## [Can I get a single Pergo plank?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-single-pergo-plank/1021494)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-single-pergo-plank/1021494 "2025-08-09T20:27:23Z")
I have a flooring project and after doing all of the math I need 45 planks. But the ones I’m getting come 11 in a pack. I really don’t want to spend $65 for a plank and then 10 I’ll never use. Even if I need one or tw… --- ## [What will be the "last straw" in the administration's assault on our country / democracy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-the-last-straw-in-the-administrations-assault-on-our-country-democracy/1021676)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-the-last-straw-in-the-administrations-assault-on-our-country-democracy/1021676 "2025-08-09T16:54:14Z")
I’ve contemplated this for a while now, and mentioned I might start a thread. So, here I ask what you all think will be the breaking point, both personally and nationally, that will finally move Congress or the public to… --- ## [Questions about Trump's proposed new Census](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-trumps-proposed-new-census/1021823)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-trumps-proposed-new-census/1021823 "2025-08-09T16:27:59Z")
Please: For the purpose of discussion, let us presume that Congress actually pushes this through and it is legalified and legitimibated. Trump wants a new official census done as soon as possible, although the actual c… --- ## [Looking for examples of a particular type of time travel story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-examples-of-a-particular-type-of-time-travel-story/1021879)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-examples-of-a-particular-type-of-time-travel-story/1021879 "2025-08-09T12:56:14Z")
It occurred to me that most time travel stories are told from the point of view of the time traveler. Offhand, I’ve thought of only two counter-examples where the point of view characters are those people who have been … --- ## ["Lost Media" Forums and Websites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-media-forums-and-websites/1021780)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2025, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-media-forums-and-websites/1021780 "2025-08-09T10:30:59Z")
Prompted by a YouTube video about a successful trackdown of a long-unidentified song, I ended up joining a “lost media” forum that has subforums and posts in a structure similar to SDMB. So far, nobody has identified an… --- ## [Guess the movie from the bad movie blurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-bad-movie-blurb/1021579)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2025, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-bad-movie-blurb/1021579 "2025-08-09T05:52:38Z")
Inspired by this CS thread: Write bad movie blurbs for popular film (long intro) s The rules: Try to guess a previously unsuccessfully guessed bad movie blurb-- ‘@’ the writer of the bad blurb you’re trying to guess … --- ## [Electrician Dopers, how dangerous is it to reset a circuit breaker that was in Off position?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrician-dopers-how-dangerous-is-it-to-reset-a-circuit-breaker-that-was-in-off-position/1020437)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2025, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrician-dopers-how-dangerous-is-it-to-reset-a-circuit-breaker-that-was-in-off-position/1020437 "2025-08-09T05:31:03Z")
After a technician installed a washer and dryer in my apartment, I then had no hot water for days. It finally occurred to me that it might be a circuit breaker issue (the technician had asked me for access to the circuit… --- ## ["at the hospital" vs. "in the hospital"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-hospital-vs-in-the-hospital/1021206)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2025, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-hospital-vs-in-the-hospital/1021206 "2025-08-09T03:57:03Z")
ke\_Witt made a post where he stated he was “at the hospital.” I wish Ike\_Witt a speedy recovery but this post really has nothing to do with him. Maybe it’s just me or maybe it’s a regional thing but where I’m from “in … --- ## [Possible Real ID problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-real-id-problem/1017664)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 329\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2025, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-real-id-problem/1017664 "2025-08-09T03:05:50Z")
So I am following procedure to get my birth certificate from Guam, which means I have to snailmail a $5 money order to them and wait. The trouble is that this birth certificate will have the last name from my first fath… --- ## [Who wants to read a long-lost Mark Twain short story--with link](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-read-a-long-lost-mark-twain-short-story-with-link/1021871)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2025, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-read-a-long-lost-mark-twain-short-story-with-link/1021871 "2025-08-09T02:33:15Z")
While researching the earliest known appearance of Sam Clemens pen name, a scholar found this story– The Latest San Francisco Sensation (LINK) By Mark Twain --- ## [In soccer friendlies, do players give it their all?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-soccer-friendlies-do-players-give-it-their-all/1020772)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2025, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-soccer-friendlies-do-players-give-it-their-all/1020772 "2025-08-09T02:23:15Z")
Aston Villa are crossing The Pond and playing a few international friendlies against MLS teams, to include one against my club, St. Louis City SC. For Aston Villa, the stakes are low, as preseason friendlies are just war… --- ## [I'm here to help, Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-to-help-velocity/760986)
**Author:** [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2025, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-to-help-velocity/760986 "2025-08-09T02:15:20Z")
Hey, Velocity, how’s it going, bud? Have a seat. I know this is a bit late in coming but it’s been a busy couple of weeks, and I’ve only just now seen my way clear to very quickly glancing over some of the words in the… --- ## [Suicide cluster among CVS pharmacy employees in Pennsylvania](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suicide-cluster-among-cvs-pharmacy-employees-in-pennsylvania/1021785)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2025, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suicide-cluster-among-cvs-pharmacy-employees-in-pennsylvania/1021785 "2025-08-08T23:38:52Z")
Thankfully, I never worked for CVS, or either “W” monster for that matter (Walgreens or Walmart), but CVS, AKA C(onjugal)V(isits with)S(atan), in addition to horrendously overworking employees, has now acquired Rite Aid’… --- ## [Shakespeare Mafia -- Act IV (Game Over)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-act-iv-game-over/1021624)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespeare-mafia-act-iv-game-over/1021624 "2025-08-08T21:55:33Z")
Enter King Henry and the Duchess of Gloucester KING HENRY To Duchess You, madam, for you are more nobly born, Despoilèd of your honor in your life, Shall, after three days’ open penance done, Live in your country he… --- ## [Why does my neighbor's car keep getting towed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-neighbors-car-keep-getting-towed/1021861)
**Author:** [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-neighbors-car-keep-getting-towed/1021861 "2025-08-08T21:05:50Z")
In the past 3 months or so my neighbor’s car has been towed at least 3 times - those are the ones I’ve been home for, it could easily be more. It’s a Hyundai Veloster, no idea of the year but it looks no more than 5 year… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=262&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=264&state=muted)