# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=282 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 283 --- ## [What's up with Caitlin Clark?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-caitlin-clark/1019942)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-caitlin-clark/1019942 "2025-07-08T15:35:24Z")
My Facebook feed has started showing me lots of clips of Caitlin Clark for some reason known only to The Algorithm … I don’t follow the WNBA. But the clips are all of Clark getting hammered with flagrant fouls, or getti… --- ## [Zuckerberg's app Threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zuckerbergs-app-threads/986722)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zuckerbergs-app-threads/986722 "2025-07-08T15:33:32Z")
I tried to find a thread on Threads, but it is hard to search for “Threads” on the Dope! So - has anyone joined yet? I’m @rmix2610. I just joined about an hour ago, so I’m not sure what’s up. It’s tied to Instagram, so … --- ## [Let's collect some new collective nouns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-collect-some-new-collective-nouns/399979)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-collect-some-new-collective-nouns/399979 "2025-07-08T13:09:54Z")
James Randi has suggested a new game. Any more contributions Dopers can make to this growing list? --- ## [How did ancient-day pirates move loot from victim ships to their own ship?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-ancient-day-pirates-move-loot-from-victim-ships-to-their-own-ship/1020455)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-ancient-day-pirates-move-loot-from-victim-ships-to-their-own-ship/1020455 "2025-07-08T12:32:30Z")
ISTM that a lot of the cargo to be taken from victim ships was very large, bulky and unwieldy. When pirates boarded the ship, how did they actually move that stuff? 1,000 heavy barrels of rum or giant bales of cotton is … --- ## [What do we really know about the Futhorc?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-really-know-about-the-futhorc/1020619)
**Author:** [@oldgoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldgoon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-really-know-about-the-futhorc/1020619 "2025-07-08T12:14:21Z")
According to my friend the Futhorc was the original writing system for English. But apparently we don’t have lot of evidence of it being used. But then I find pages mapping out the whole alphabet. I’ll give such an exam… --- ## [What is this font?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-font/1020215)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-font/1020215 "2025-07-08T12:14:14Z")
Looks like an old typewritten font. The caps and "t"s seem to be heavier strokes also. --- ## [A History Of Tarot Cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-of-tarot-cards/1020589)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-of-tarot-cards/1020589 "2025-07-08T11:40:06Z")
The Smithsonian Magazine has a nice history of these odd divination tools. Not far from one of Milan’s last remaining medieval gates is a tiny shop door, sandwiched between shuttered storefronts. Cross the threshold, a… --- ## [How often are non players (fans, equipment people, media, etc.) injured in soccer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-non-players-fans-equipment-people-media-etc-injured-in-soccer/1020612)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-non-players-fans-equipment-people-media-etc-injured-in-soccer/1020612 "2025-07-08T11:16:46Z")
I’ve seen a few sportsmanship related videos on YouTube where a soccer player will kick the ball, unintentionally of course, in such a way that it conks the ball boy, or the camera operator, or a fan, or whatever, right … --- ## [Trump: Ignorant, Antisemitic, or Both?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ignorant-antisemitic-or-both/1020490)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ignorant-antisemitic-or-both/1020490 "2025-07-08T05:20:00Z")
" President Donald Trump said early Friday that he wasn’t aware that some people view the word “Shylock” as antisemitic after using the term during a rally to decry amoral money lenders. “I’ve never heard it that way. T… --- ## [US Government economic numbers: Lies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-government-economic-numbers-lies/1020615)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-government-economic-numbers-lies/1020615 "2025-07-08T05:15:30Z")
An article on the Daily Kos webpage has doubts about the veracity of government economic numbers: It would not surprise me in the least if the Trump admin were lying about the economy, though I’d expect more bragging… --- ## [Phantom Menace - Anakin and the Jedi Council?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phantom-menace-anakin-and-the-jedi-council/1020555)
**Author:** [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phantom-menace-anakin-and-the-jedi-council/1020555 "2025-07-08T03:18:15Z")
I could be wrong, but: I figure there’s a canon answer, and — the Dope being what it is — I figure someone here knows what it is. So li’l Anakin gets flatly told that he has Jedi reflexes due to his prowess as a pod rac… --- ## [The AI Help Desk: Practical Questions & Assistance on all things AI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ai-help-desk-practical-questions-assistance-on-all-things-ai/1020140)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ai-help-desk-practical-questions-assistance-on-all-things-ai/1020140 "2025-07-08T02:11:38Z")
This is thread to request, and offer assistance with, AI. This is not a thread to complain about AI, its training models, its use on Facebook Reels, or other criticisms. We have plenty of those already, may I suggest th… --- ## [How do your kids feel about the future?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-your-kids-feel-about-the-future/1019775)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-your-kids-feel-about-the-future/1019775 "2025-07-08T01:01:45Z")
Those of you with kids, especially any younger than their 20s or so… how do they feel about the future? Is there any difference between how they feel about their own future vs that of the greater community/country/world … --- ## [How do you feel when you go to restaurants that are "short staffed"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-when-you-go-to-restaurants-that-are-short-staffed/1020553)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-when-you-go-to-restaurants-that-are-short-staffed/1020553 "2025-07-07T23:16:14Z")
Even though the service industry is unpredictable, I’ve always wondered how people felt towards restaurants that are short staffed? Despite some positive encouragement from customers, some customers don’t understand why… --- ## [Getting your Dinosaur "Fix"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-your-dinosaur-fix/1020299)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-your-dinosaur-fix/1020299 "2025-07-07T23:05:13Z")
When I was a kid I loved dinosaurs, and for the longest time wanted to be a paleontologist. There were lots of places where I learned about dinosaurs, starting with a kid’s book called From Then to Now and followed by T… --- ## [The association between coolness and hedonism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-association-between-coolness-and-hedonism/1020598)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-association-between-coolness-and-hedonism/1020598 "2025-07-07T23:01:30Z")
This is referring to that CNN article. Being hedonistic essentially about taking advantage of what life has to offer. Some of these pleasures have long arc like falling in love and getting married. Then there are more… --- ## [Why was Al Gore's "lockbox" for Social Security a bad idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-al-gores-lockbox-for-social-security-a-bad-idea/1020531)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-al-gores-lockbox-for-social-security-a-bad-idea/1020531 "2025-07-07T22:57:13Z")
This may be naive…but why a bad idea? When Al Gore proposed this in the 2000 election he caught a lot of criticism for it. It was a naive notion, it can’t work…something something something. I am NOT arguing it is a g… --- ## [I just watched a British football coach exchanged rude banter with an opposing fan; is this a thing that happens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-a-british-football-coach-exchanged-rude-banter-with-an-opposing-fan-is-this-a-thing-that-happens/1020597)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-a-british-football-coach-exchanged-rude-banter-with-an-opposing-fan-is-this-a-thing-that-happens/1020597 "2025-07-07T22:41:07Z")
Watching Welcome to Wrexham, I saw an exchange where Wrexham AFC were playing … their opponents … on the road, and the Wrexham coach got into some rude banter with a fan (who appeared to be in her teens but I admit I’m a… --- ## [What's your opinion, Star Wars fans?\`](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-star-wars-fans/1020547)
**Author:** [@f.coli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/f.coli)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-star-wars-fans/1020547 "2025-07-07T22:39:41Z")
When my sons were young, the original three were the only Star Wars movies available, and we watched them together on our VHS player. But now, my grandchildren are approaching the age when they can appreciate the movies… --- ## [Do Japanese people make sushi at home? Or is it more of a specialty thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-japanese-people-make-sushi-at-home-or-is-it-more-of-a-specialty-thing/1019402)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-japanese-people-make-sushi-at-home-or-is-it-more-of-a-specialty-thing/1019402 "2025-07-07T22:30:30Z")
I started using my at home sushi making kit today, and while the result was delicious, it was catastrophically unlike a professionally made sushi roll. I imagine that with time I’ll get better at it. But I don’t expect t… --- ## [Where can I get a 1966 Japanese 'Magazine for Men'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-1966-japanese-magazine-for-men/1020260)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-1966-japanese-magazine-for-men/1020260 "2025-07-07T22:04:58Z")
This is a long-shot, but does anyone know where I can get this 1966 Japanese men’s magazine? (@TokyoBayer , maybe?) WHY do I want this magazine? Because my dad i… --- ## [Trump shows that the "formula" for Republicans winning women and minority-race votes may have been wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-shows-that-the-formula-for-republicans-winning-women-and-minority-race-votes-may-have-been-wrong/1020492)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-shows-that-the-formula-for-republicans-winning-women-and-minority-race-votes-may-have-been-wrong/1020492 "2025-07-07T20:05:06Z")
For many years, pundits talked about how Republicans were losing women’s votes and racial-minority votes, and about how the GOP had to change its tune or else become permanent losers in U.S. politics. This talk was typic… --- ## [Paris Olympics 2024-Swimming in the Seine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-olympics-2024-swimming-in-the-seine/956898)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-olympics-2024-swimming-in-the-seine/956898 "2025-07-07T17:57:56Z")
The opening ceremony held on boats floating down the Seine sounds quite interesting. But, holding some swimming portions in the Seine is quite cool. One of the many things I loved about London 2012 was how they incorpo… --- ## [Favorite Seinfeld lines/scenes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-seinfeld-lines-scenes/510638)
**Author:** [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Replies:** 265\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-seinfeld-lines-scenes/510638 "2025-07-07T16:10:09Z")
For some reason, I never get sick of watching this show, though I’ve probably seen every episode about a million times. There are still things I notice to laugh at - throwaway lines, mostly - that I missed the first hun… --- ## [Heh. I called it. I knew that conservatives would try to prosecute climate change activists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-i-called-it-i-knew-that-conservatives-would-try-to-prosecute-climate-change-activists/1015517)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-i-called-it-i-knew-that-conservatives-would-try-to-prosecute-climate-change-activists/1015517 "2025-07-07T16:05:27Z")
I guess it is nothing to crow about. I cynically started a IMHO post back in 2016 aimed at conservatives whether we should fire climate scientists for incompetence (for being wrong about climate change) or whether we sh… --- ## [Drive a Tesla, get Sieg Heils? Apparently it ain’t easy being green any more](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 281\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416 "2025-07-07T14:24:41Z")
News articles indicate that some Tedla owners are feeling a bit embarrassed by their choice of vehicle. Getting the bird is one thing; now starting to get a Hitler salute. There’s an increasing movement called “Take down… --- ## [Prediction: Major Natural Disaster to Hit Japan July 5th, 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-major-natural-disaster-to-hit-japan-july-5th-2025/1020476)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-major-natural-disaster-to-hit-japan-july-5th-2025/1020476 "2025-07-07T13:53:27Z")
A Japanese manga claims a natural disaster is imminent. Now, some tourists are canceling their trips Wonderful. It’s going to be the end of the TokyoBayer household, and the world’s media is concentrating on the tourist … --- ## [Is the football (soccer) world taking the Club World Cup seriously?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-football-soccer-world-taking-the-club-world-cup-seriously/1019726)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-football-soccer-world-taking-the-club-world-cup-seriously/1019726 "2025-07-07T13:23:57Z")
I got the sense before the tournament that this is all a big cash grab, so FIFA can make money on the backs of already-overworked players. The crowds I’ve seen at the games so far have been enthusiastic but rather small.… --- ## [To what extent can social media companies censor their platforms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-extent-can-social-media-companies-censor-their-platforms/1020403)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-extent-can-social-media-companies-censor-their-platforms/1020403 "2025-07-07T13:06:17Z")
I’ve been pondering this question for a while. Platforms like Facebook / Instagram, TikTok, X / Twitter, and so on clearly do some censoring. One can’t ,at least as far as I know, find posts about illegal things on the… --- ## [(Old) Heading home to the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-heading-home-to-the-mmp/1020285)
**Author:** [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Replies:** 286\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-heading-home-to-the-mmp/1020285 "2025-07-07T13:02:21Z")
Lying in bed here, need to break fast and then catch my bus later to Heathrow, then fly across the pond tomorrow and finally get home on Wednesday. Doing this like the old Wells Fargo coachline…in easy stages Hope every… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=281) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=283)