# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=352&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 353 --- ## [Are there any programs for breeding super-athletes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-programs-for-breeding-super-athletes/1015785)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-programs-for-breeding-super-athletes/1015785 "2025-03-21T23:02:58Z")
Continuing the discussion from Could this woman be the first to run a sub-4-minute mile?: Is there anyone in the world (a country, rogue state, sports fan, mad scientist, evil billionaire, whatever) trying to breed bett… --- ## [French researcher denied entry to US for Trump-critical phone messages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-researcher-denied-entry-to-us-for-trump-critical-phone-messages/1015861)
**Author:** [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-researcher-denied-entry-to-us-for-trump-critical-phone-messages/1015861 "2025-03-21T22:20:14Z")
I’ve been debating where to put this, since fundamentally, I’m mostly interested in the factual background of this story. So I might’ve gone GQ, but given the topic, I think political discussion is probably inevitable (a… --- ## [TNG's Jellico](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tngs-jellico/1015843)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tngs-jellico/1015843 "2025-03-21T21:47:40Z")
In Chain of Command Picard leaves the Enterprise for an extended mission involving counting illumination sources, and Captain Jellico takes command. We are of course, intended to dislike him (since he’s not Picard), but … --- ## [Do you think small batteries are going to disappear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-small-batteries-are-going-to-disappear/1015825)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-small-batteries-are-going-to-disappear/1015825 "2025-03-21T21:20:02Z")
By small batteries I mean AAA, AA, C, D, 9 volt, etc. It seems like more and more devices that used to require batteries like these instead have an in built rechargeable lithium ion battery. At this point, I think the … --- ## ["Trump blames Biden's D.E.I. policy for air crash" (NY headline)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-blames-bidens-d-e-i-policy-for-air-crash-ny-headline/1013632)
**Author:** [@LouMa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouMa)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-blames-bidens-d-e-i-policy-for-air-crash-ny-headline/1013632 "2025-03-21T20:49:35Z")
What the hell does this mean? Why does Trump mention Biden and D.E.I. in the context of this accident? Would the accident have been avoided if D.E.I. didn’t exist? Or is Trump just mean and has lost it? --- ## [Three Authors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-authors/1015837)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-authors/1015837 "2025-03-21T19:53:35Z")
Okay another hypothetical- you are gonna be in a cabin or desert island or something for a year. No TV, no internet, a sat phone to check on home but limited, but you do get books. But only three authors. Obviously y… --- ## [Has anyone been to Club 33 in Disneyland?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-been-to-club-33-in-disneyland/1015031)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-been-to-club-33-in-disneyland/1015031 "2025-03-21T19:10:42Z")
We covered this back in 2005 but that was 20 years ago. --- ## ['You must update your apple account" --Apple won't let me get past the privacy screen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-update-your-apple-account-apple-wont-let-me-get-past-the-privacy-screen/1015916)
**Author:** [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-update-your-apple-account-apple-wont-let-me-get-past-the-privacy-screen/1015916 "2025-03-21T17:27:10Z")
Just trying to link my apple account so I can watch Apple TV. I don’t use any actual apple devices, this is through my cable box. When I try to link the subscription, it forces me to log in. Fine. But when I do, I get… --- ## [Ohio wants your drivers license to view online porn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-wants-your-drivers-license-to-view-online-porn/1015800)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-wants-your-drivers-license-to-view-online-porn/1015800 "2025-03-21T17:18:32Z")
There is no end to the Christian fundamentalists. --- ## [Do I need a water softener?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-a-water-softener/1015894)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-a-water-softener/1015894 "2025-03-21T17:04:39Z")
My plumbing company is recommending a water softener with an option for a filter. He said that we had hard water which would shorten the life of the copper pipes (house is 30 years old). The filter would also take out mo… --- ## [Recommend a shopping list app](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-shopping-list-app/1015899)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-shopping-list-app/1015899 "2025-03-21T16:16:33Z")
My wife and I have recently decided to remove Google from our lives, as much as is possible anyway. I do the grocery shopping, and I’ve kept a shopping list in Google Keep for years. Now I need a new app. My two most im… --- ## [Hypothetical defense to possession of contraband](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-defense-to-possession-of-contraband/1015870)
**Author:** [@MinkMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MinkMan)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-defense-to-possession-of-contraband/1015870 "2025-03-21T16:08:02Z")
N.B. For this hypothetical legal question, assume that it takes place in California, United States. Feel free to comment with interesting facts or opinions from other jurisdictions though. Also, this is all hypothetical,… --- ## [2700 litres of water to make one T-shirt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2700-litres-of-water-to-make-one-t-shirt/1015805)
**Author:** [@SpicyDuckBillyHunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpicyDuckBillyHunt)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2700-litres-of-water-to-make-one-t-shirt/1015805 "2025-03-21T15:09:46Z")
I saw an article saying we should stop buying clothes because of the water wasted. A search showed many websites giving this same figure of 2700 litres to produce one T-shirt. Red flag to me. Does anyone have any real d… --- ## [Is "you know you know" necessarily a redundancy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-you-know-you-know-necessarily-a-redundancy/1015866)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-you-know-you-know-necessarily-a-redundancy/1015866 "2025-03-21T14:41:03Z")
In “Stuck inside of Mobile…” Dylan sings “you know you know about my debutant…” and while i was trying to figure out if this was just a slip up, of which he made several during the recording of this long intricate song,… --- ## [Happy Nowruz!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nowruz/1015864)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-nowruz/1015864 "2025-03-21T13:58:54Z")
Today is the Persian New Year. The number in the gif above is the year according to the Persian calendar. A few of the things you see on the right — the eggs, the wheat gra… --- ## [Is microdosing 'shrooms a bunch of bullshit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-microdosing-shrooms-a-bunch-of-bullshit/1015348)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-microdosing-shrooms-a-bunch-of-bullshit/1015348 "2025-03-21T13:17:53Z")
Honest question. My understanding is “microdosing” literally means you take an amount of psychedelic mushrooms that is low enough that you do not feel the usual psychedelic effects, but that somehow over time this makes… --- ## [What makes you feel special?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-feel-special/1015559)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-feel-special/1015559 "2025-03-21T12:36:01Z")
NOTE: This is NOT in reference to romantic relationships or immediate family. This is in reference to relationships such as friends, coworkers, or neighbors. If someone acts happy to see me, and they also act happy to … --- ## [At what point do decent people stop caring, so long as they are not personally affected?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-do-decent-people-stop-caring-so-long-as-they-are-not-personally-affected/1015822)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-do-decent-people-stop-caring-so-long-as-they-are-not-personally-affected/1015822 "2025-03-21T11:25:56Z")
What I am wondering is, how much could Trump harm specific groups and sacrifice traditional US “values” without the Rs facing electoral difficulties? Don’t get me wrong - I HATE nearly everything he has done. But I’m s… --- ## [On the political spectrum, what good things do you feel the far left accompish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-political-spectrum-what-good-things-do-you-feel-the-far-left-accompish/1014679)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-political-spectrum-what-good-things-do-you-feel-the-far-left-accompish/1014679 "2025-03-21T10:25:54Z")
So the center left would be people like Sanders, AOC, Warren. The far left would be socialists and communists. I keep hearing the far left say that liberals (the center left) hate them because of how effective and pure… --- ## [Springsteen. Darlington County. What the $#$% does it mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springsteen-darlington-county-what-the-does-it-mean/670275)
**Author:** [@maniondl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maniondl)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springsteen-darlington-county-what-the-does-it-mean/670275 "2025-03-21T06:42:39Z")
Okay, I’ve been trying to get an answer to this one for years. It’s time to let greater minds than mine take a whack at it. Darlington County is an uptempo rock number off of Born in the USA. It tells the story of th… --- ## [How was pizza delivery "30 Minutes Or Less Or It's Free!" to now taking 2 hours for a pizza?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-pizza-delivery-30-minutes-or-less-or-its-free-to-now-taking-2-hours-for-a-pizza/1015700)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-pizza-delivery-30-minutes-or-less-or-its-free-to-now-taking-2-hours-for-a-pizza/1015700 "2025-03-21T05:42:55Z")
I understand the original process was discontinued because it lead to unsafe driving practices and even lawsuits and deaths, but now when I order delivery from Dominos it seems an hour to 2 hours is the usual time frame … --- ## [Does the power of the presidential pardon essentially neuter the Judicial branch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-power-of-the-presidential-pardon-essentially-neuter-the-judicial-branch/1015817)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-power-of-the-presidential-pardon-essentially-neuter-the-judicial-branch/1015817 "2025-03-21T03:55:45Z")
I was thinking about this on the drive to work today. Let’s say the courts convict anyone of violating a court order or really convict them of anything at all can’t Trump just immediately pardon them? Is there anything … --- ## [What's this thing that came out of my toilet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-thing-that-came-out-of-my-toilet/1015534)
**Author:** [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-thing-that-came-out-of-my-toilet/1015534 "2025-03-21T02:01:17Z")
So my toilet had a block and I reached in as far as I could and this came out. It’s like a circle of flexible and somewhat s… --- ## [Who is really calling the shots on all Trump's executive orders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-really-calling-the-shots-on-all-trumps-executive-orders/1015440)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-really-calling-the-shots-on-all-trumps-executive-orders/1015440 "2025-03-21T00:18:59Z")
I get the sense that he has no idea what he is signing. Who is behind the curtain? --- ## [Project 2025 -- a RW blueprint for Autocracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-2025-a-rw-blueprint-for-autocracy/993262)
**Author:** [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-2025-a-rw-blueprint-for-autocracy/993262 "2025-03-21T00:13:06Z")
A couple of Dopers have touched on it. It shows up in a couple of threads. But I think it deserves a bright light. Meet Project 2025: There is structure, infrastructure, planning, organization, and money behind this… --- ## [In tv and film, why are multiple takes required?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tv-and-film-why-are-multiple-takes-required/1015372)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-tv-and-film-why-are-multiple-takes-required/1015372 "2025-03-20T23:36:47Z")
I get the need for another take if there’s a problem— actor flubs their line, or breaks, or a prop fails, or what have you. And I get that the director may want a particular line delivery, or whatever. But on the podcast… --- ## [Comparing Internet Reviews More Accurately with Mathematics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comparing-internet-reviews-more-accurately-with-mathematics/1015653)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comparing-internet-reviews-more-accurately-with-mathematics/1015653 "2025-03-20T23:15:00Z")
Nowadays, it’s become routine for all of us to compare google/amazon/tripadvisor/whatever reviews before making a purchase or choosing a restaurant/hotel. Usually, these reviews are on a scale from one star to five, wit… --- ## [Repotting a Boston fern](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repotting-a-boston-fern/1015888)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repotting-a-boston-fern/1015888 "2025-03-20T22:56:05Z")
I rescued a Boston fern in very bad shape our next door neighbors left in the driveway. I moved it to a larger pot, it was quite root bound. Is this root mass from the single plant, or did it divide into many plants? S… --- ## [What mental health issues can be diagnosed by neurological scans or blood tests, as opposed to mental health questionnaires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-mental-health-issues-can-be-diagnosed-by-neurological-scans-or-blood-tests-as-opposed-to-mental-health-questionnaires/1015827)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-mental-health-issues-can-be-diagnosed-by-neurological-scans-or-blood-tests-as-opposed-to-mental-health-questionnaires/1015827 "2025-03-20T21:29:35Z")
It seems to me that most mental illnesses are diagnosed because a mental health professional asks them questions to identify symptoms to narrow down a diagnosis. Are there other ways to test for mental illness like bloo… --- ## [Liquid pressure differential gage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquid-pressure-differential-gage/1015221)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquid-pressure-differential-gage/1015221 "2025-03-20T21:03:43Z")
Going to make a little pressure differential gage for measuring low air pressures ( below 2" - and +) I will be using clear plastic hose with no vent. I would like it to express itself over a longer distance than would … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=351&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=353&state=tracking)