# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=283&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 284 --- ## [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… --- ## [Hybrid mattresses - can they be used with a box spring?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hybrid-mattresses-can-they-be-used-with-a-box-spring/1020563)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hybrid-mattresses-can-they-be-used-with-a-box-spring/1020563 "2025-07-07T12:27:33Z")
Apologies if this is the wrong forum - or the entirely wrong site. We’re looking for a new mattress and hybrids look like what we want. But some sources say you don’t need a box spring with one, or even avoid using a b… --- ## [A Song I Totally Didn't Make Up (Little Dead Surfer Girl)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-i-totally-didnt-make-up-little-dead-surfer-girl/1020579)
**Author:** [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-i-totally-didnt-make-up-little-dead-surfer-girl/1020579 "2025-07-07T12:03:07Z")
Mods, feel feel to move this to Cafe or summat if needed. When I was younger, so much younger than today, in the mid-late-1980s, I listened to “The Half-Hour Comedy Hour” on a station out of Rhode Island; it came on bef… --- ## [How to legitimately (viz, legally and whilst avoiding scams) buy secondary-market EFL and other European sports tickets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-legitimately-viz-legally-and-whilst-avoiding-scams-buy-secondary-market-efl-and-other-european-sports-tickets/1020373)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-legitimately-viz-legally-and-whilst-avoiding-scams-buy-secondary-market-efl-and-other-european-sports-tickets/1020373 "2025-07-07T08:47:51Z")
That’s basically it - do the European leagues (in particular I’m asking about EFL in the UK) have a legal and non-scammy secondary market for sporting event tickets, a la Stubhub in the US? --- ## [What if the population of Ethiopia vanished?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-population-of-ethiopia-vanished/1020415)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-population-of-ethiopia-vanished/1020415 "2025-07-07T07:09:07Z")
What if the population of Ethiopia instantly vanished today? What would happen next? How would the international community react? How would Ethiopia’s neighbors react? What geopolitical effects would this have? --- ## [The Grateful Dead's Wall of Sound (second largest) question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-grateful-deads-wall-of-sound-second-largest-question/980741)
**Author:** [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-grateful-deads-wall-of-sound-second-largest-question/980741 "2025-07-07T05:25:03Z")
From the article (image 38)… “Three stories high and a hundred feet wide the Wall of Sound might rate as the second largest non-permanent sound system ever built! The entire system weighed an incredible 75 tons and us… --- ## [Question about Looper (open spoilers in OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-looper-open-spoilers-in-op/1020583)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-looper-open-spoilers-in-op/1020583 "2025-07-07T03:23:10Z")
Just saw this for the umpteenth time (one of my favorite movies) but just realized it has a massive unexplained plot point, if not an actual plot hole, for the first time. Who calls Old Joe to tell him about the details… --- ## [Help with generating unique "random" numbers in spreadsheet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-generating-unique-random-numbers-in-spreadsheet/1020546)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-generating-unique-random-numbers-in-spreadsheet/1020546 "2025-07-07T01:29:20Z")
Hi brainy people. I’m trying to generate 26 random numbers with no repeats. Background. I’ve created a “code-breaker” spreadsheet in Apple Numbers to make maths more fun for my children. The basic concept is that I wr… --- ## [Once my headlight has been restored, it's supposed to stay restored isn't it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-my-headlight-has-been-restored-its-supposed-to-stay-restored-isnt-it/1020559)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-my-headlight-has-been-restored-its-supposed-to-stay-restored-isnt-it/1020559 "2025-07-07T01:16:21Z")
About a year ago I got my headlight replaced. My other headlight by comparison looked dingy. So I went to a detail shop and had the older one restored. A year later it looks dingy again while the other one still looks… --- ## [Stump the AI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-ai/1020548)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-ai/1020548 "2025-07-07T00:43:44Z")
In this thread it was noted how an AI badly got an answer wrong (and I was the one who posted its wrong answer). That wrong answer was a while ago and I tried it again and the answer was spot on. Some claim AI is unrel… --- ## [iPhone battery replacements?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-battery-replacements/1018837)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-battery-replacements/1018837 "2025-07-07T00:00:58Z")
Anyone know anything about replacement iPhone batteries? My phone is an iPhone 12 Pro that I’ve been using for about 4 1/2 years. The maximum capacity on the Battery Health & Charging screen says it’s at 82%. I had some… --- ## [Wikipedia editors: An ethics question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-editors-an-ethics-question/1020562)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-editors-an-ethics-question/1020562 "2025-07-06T22:09:34Z")
I am an occasional, but far from expert, editor on Wikipedia. I understand that one is not supposed to post original research there, and that content should be properly cited with neutral sources, etc. In a certain cont… --- ## [Intersectionality and the Oppression Pyramid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intersectionality-and-the-oppression-pyramid/1018016)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 308\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intersectionality-and-the-oppression-pyramid/1018016 "2025-07-06T21:19:48Z")
Continuing the discussion from I Pit Babale: this is an interesting topic that deserves more light and less heat. For discussion, what is intersectionality and what is the oppression pyramid? Some useful comments that’… --- ## [What happened to "Sir Yes Sir" in Boot Camps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-sir-yes-sir-in-boot-camps/1020239)
**Author:** [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-sir-yes-sir-in-boot-camps/1020239 "2025-07-06T20:24:48Z")
I’ve seen some videos on You Tube about USMC and USAF Basic Training and the troops, when responding to their DI’s now say “Yes Sir” or “No Sir” instead of “Sir Yes Sir” or “Sir No Sir”. When did that change? --- ## [Imaginary Time? Help me process this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginary-time-help-me-process-this/1020551)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginary-time-help-me-process-this/1020551 "2025-07-06T17:39:41Z")
I just read this fascinating article on Yahoo!, but originally on Popular Mechanics. My questions: What exactly is imaginary time? How does one measure it? What affects does imaginary time have on the universe? Why s… --- ## [Should restaurants get rid of the kids' menu?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-restaurants-get-rid-of-the-kids-menu/1020279)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-restaurants-get-rid-of-the-kids-menu/1020279 "2025-07-06T17:19:39Z")
Well, not literally kids’ menus. Meals served in smaller portions to children is fine. I’m talking about extremely bland food that is geared towards American children. I think it’s crazy when I go to a fancy, trendy, or… --- ## [Soccer: on getting a second card (either color) after a yellow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-on-getting-a-second-card-either-color-after-a-yellow/1020536)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-on-getting-a-second-card-either-color-after-a-yellow/1020536 "2025-07-06T17:12:17Z")
Let’s say Messi gets a yellow card in the 49th minute. Then in the 69th, he’s given a second card and automatically sent off. Ok, so if his second offense would have been worthy of a yellow card were it not for the firs… --- ## [Sriracha, Tajin or good ol' Tabasco?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sriracha-tajin-or-good-ol-tabasco/1020314)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sriracha-tajin-or-good-ol-tabasco/1020314 "2025-07-06T17:02:07Z")
Do you keep all or an even bigger variety? Why? Louisiana hot sauce is my favorite with catfish meals. But I like Takis on tacos. (Or Taco bell packets-hot) I can’t do the new thing of Takis on sweet things. Too too … --- ## [3 greatest achievements of trump's first term](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-greatest-achievements-of-trumps-first-term/1020142)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-greatest-achievements-of-trumps-first-term/1020142 "2025-07-06T14:24:08Z")
I mean the 3 according to the MAGAts. I watched a short clip the other day where he was, with little prompting, claiming widespread support for him being on Rushmore. Because of his uber-successful first term. I’m sure t… --- ## [Ugh, apparently my family may benefit from the new tax reductions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-apparently-my-family-may-benefit-from-the-new-tax-reductions/1020474)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-apparently-my-family-may-benefit-from-the-new-tax-reductions/1020474 "2025-07-06T13:03:28Z")
We are both retired and receiving regular Social Security benefits, although we are fortunate to have other income as well. We pay income taxes every year, although I don’t really know what amount we pay on the Social Se… --- ## [“Post Jokes From All Over The World” \[Not US & England\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-jokes-from-all-over-the-world-not-us-england/947472)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-jokes-from-all-over-the-world-not-us-england/947472 "2025-07-06T10:21:03Z")
Old jokes, new jokes… Not only for the laughs, but I think you can learn a lot from humor, especially with a date to correspond with the events of the time. I was just talking to a friend about jokes from all over, and … --- ## [Friday night, $2,000 at the casino](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-night-2-000-at-the-casino/1017555)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 322\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-night-2-000-at-the-casino/1017555 "2025-07-06T07:49:25Z")
I walked into my hotel room, and sat down. Lights still off, except for the nightlight in the bathroom. I poured a shot of whiskey, fidgeted with my gun, peeped into my empty wallet and weeped. Alright, that didn’t happ… --- ## [NY Times Readers' 100 Top Movies of the 21st Century](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-times-readers-100-top-movies-of-the-21st-century/1020441)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-times-readers-100-top-movies-of-the-21st-century/1020441 "2025-07-06T07:05:40Z")
What isn’t on here that should be? What is on here that should NOT be? What is way too high, way too low, or just right? Here is the list. Thoughts? --- ## [My mother (age 96) passed away. One of my brothers is a psychopath](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mother-age-96-passed-away-one-of-my-brothers-is-a-psychopath/1018313)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mother-age-96-passed-away-one-of-my-brothers-is-a-psychopath/1018313 "2025-07-06T04:41:00Z")
She was born in Limerick, Ireland, :ireland: and died today on Long Island, New York. She emigrated to NYC in the 1950s, married a self-employed machinist (from Norway), and raised three sons, all of whom she put through… --- ## [What silly fads have you enjoyed and/or participated in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-fads-have-you-enjoyed-and-or-participated-in/1020102)
**Author:** [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-silly-fads-have-you-enjoyed-and-or-participated-in/1020102 "2025-07-06T03:08:03Z")
I commented to a friend the other day that I don’t understand the appeal of Labubus (these goofy-looking dolls that are currently popular with adults). I was similarly baffled about the Stanley cup craze. But it occurs t… --- ## [The Twilight Zone Marathon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-twilight-zone-marathon/1020486)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-twilight-zone-marathon/1020486 "2025-07-06T02:06:47Z")
Since the last The Twilight Zone Marathon thread was in 2019, I thought I’d just open a new one. It’s Fourth of July 2025, and I just can’t watch the news today. So I’ll return to my tradition of watching the annual TZ… --- ## [Anyone have any experience with an on-the-grid Wind Turbine for the home (in the last 10 years please)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-any-experience-with-an-on-the-grid-wind-turbine-for-the-home-in-the-last-10-years-please/1020545)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-any-experience-with-an-on-the-grid-wind-turbine-for-the-home-in-the-last-10-years-please/1020545 "2025-07-06T01:44:51Z")
I’m thinking about a Wind Turbine, my area is windy enough for it, I’m on the Jersey Bayshore. It appears the town allows it. But not sure how noisy, how expensive and how much maintenance. Solar Panels were very passi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=282&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=284&state=tracking)