# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=39&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 40 --- ## [Mild cursing in old timey TV (The Real McCoys: Grandpa's Birthday (1958)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-cursing-in-old-timey-tv-the-real-mccoys-grandpas-birthday-1958/1032462)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-cursing-in-old-timey-tv-the-real-mccoys-grandpas-birthday-1958/1032462 "2026-08-22T04:40:57Z")
Plot revolves around a despondent Grandpappy because the family has forgotten his birthday. Being a comedy, all’s well that ends well, but it was a little jarring when he finally gets his cake and he says something like… --- ## [Horse Racing: Will the New Thoroughbred Championship Series Replace the Triple Crown?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-racing-will-the-new-thoroughbred-championship-series-replace-the-triple-crown/1032148)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-racing-will-the-new-thoroughbred-championship-series-replace-the-triple-crown/1032148 "2026-08-22T04:26:06Z")
Churchill Downs Incorporated and the New York Racing Association on Monday announced a six-race championship series over a span of five months that includes the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes and a $5 million prize p… --- ## [Connecting my Shark robot vacuum to GFiber](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connecting-my-shark-robot-vacuum-to-gfiber/1032455)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connecting-my-shark-robot-vacuum-to-gfiber/1032455 "2026-08-22T03:22:32Z")
Anyone have success with this? I have three Ninja Shark robots who need 2.4ghz internet. I just got Google Fiber and cannot connect any of these things to it. I already created a 2.4ghz band, set it to WPA2 protection (… --- ## [Does your marriage have its own version of the "same old argument that never resolves," and if so, what is it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-marriage-have-its-own-version-of-the-same-old-argument-that-never-resolves-and-if-so-what-is-it/1030032)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-marriage-have-its-own-version-of-the-same-old-argument-that-never-resolves-and-if-so-what-is-it/1030032 "2026-08-22T00:44:08Z")
I read somewhere that many if not most marriages always have some sort of core never-resolvable disagreement or “same old quarrel” in it - such as one spouse feeling unloved but the other not feeling capable of giving th… --- ## [Project Hail Mary post release thread (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-hail-mary-post-release-thread-open-spoilers/1028602)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-hail-mary-post-release-thread-open-spoilers/1028602 "2026-08-21T18:56:56Z")
Project Hail Mary is one of my favorite lighter reading, page turner books. I was worried they were going to screw the movie up, and I’m happy to say they didn’t. It was actually a really faithful adaptation. They even s… --- ## [Do any of the common bottled waters taste different?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-the-common-bottled-waters-taste-different/1032130)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-the-common-bottled-waters-taste-different/1032130 "2026-08-21T18:48:10Z")
They all taste fine when cold. But my test is when I wake up at night and have a sip of warm bottled water.The alkaline taste comes through. I had some Fiji once and it seemed really good although it is expensive. I buy … --- ## [US Strategic Oil Reserves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-strategic-oil-reserves/1032328)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-strategic-oil-reserves/1032328 "2026-08-21T16:34:35Z")
I struggled with where to ask this, but I’m mostly interested in facts and maybe some educated guesses, so I’ll try it here in GQ. (Or FQ I guess – still not used to that.) I’ve known for a while that we’ve been drawing… --- ## [Why am I short?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-short/1031412)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-short/1031412 "2026-08-21T15:33:11Z")
I’m a guy and 5’2. My mom is 5’5, my dad is 5’8, my maternal grandfather was 5’11, my uncle and paternal grandfather are 5’8, as were my mom’s uncles. I was born 6 weeks early and 5 pounds, and when I was a baby, I was … --- ## [Is ape sign language completely dead?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ape-sign-language-completely-dead/1027824)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ape-sign-language-completely-dead/1027824 "2026-08-21T14:32:12Z")
Is it now considered established that gorillas and chimps simply don’t have the abstract reasoning capacity for language? --- ## [New Book (C)2027](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-c-2027/1032445)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-c-2027/1032445 "2026-08-21T13:50:45Z")
I bought a new medical text, published in June or July. I was surprised to find it (C)2027. How does that work? --- ## [So I have Breast Cancer. What should I know or expect in the next weeks or months?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-breast-cancer-what-should-i-know-or-expect-in-the-next-weeks-or-months/1032421)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-breast-cancer-what-should-i-know-or-expect-in-the-next-weeks-or-months/1032421 "2026-08-21T13:40:06Z")
Hi everyone, The title pretty much tells you what I am looking for. I know we have some folks here who have been through this, so advice would be very appreciated. I’m waiting for a consultation with the surgeon to di… --- ## [Predictions and Forecasts about the East Wing/Bunker/Ballroom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-and-forecasts-about-the-east-wing-bunker-ballroom/1032274)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-and-forecasts-about-the-east-wing-bunker-ballroom/1032274 "2026-08-21T11:36:44Z")
Given that a court has ruled that Trump had no authority to demolish the East Wing and build a “ballroom”, now re-branded as a military installation. And given that Trump will take this to the Supreme Court: What would… --- ## [Oh oh - Looks like Giraffes have been banned from the internet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-oh-looks-like-giraffes-have-been-banned-from-the-internet/1032435)
**Author:** [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-oh-looks-like-giraffes-have-been-banned-from-the-internet/1032435 "2026-08-21T08:45:58Z")
Them darned Giraffes! --- ## [Watch strap glue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-strap-glue/1032373)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-strap-glue/1032373 "2026-08-21T03:38:33Z")
The little strip that holds the loose end of my watch strap broke. I tried using cyanoacrylate, but it didn’t last long. Right now, I have a piece of cellophane tape holding it. As I would rather not spend $118 on a n… --- ## [You are transported back to 70 million BCE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-transported-back-to-70-million-bce/1021335)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-transported-back-to-70-million-bce/1021335 "2026-08-21T00:43:01Z")
…how much more dangerous would it be than going back 20,000 years say? \[To eliminate the effects of the Pleistocene extinctions as well as the subsequent civilization and industrialization trends.\] What would you need … --- ## [Very disappointed in how small of a role gas lights played in Gaslight \[1944\] (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-disappointed-in-how-small-of-a-role-gas-lights-played-in-gaslight-1944-spoilers/1032163)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-disappointed-in-how-small-of-a-role-gas-lights-played-in-gaslight-1944-spoilers/1032163 "2026-08-21T00:36:51Z")
Obviously “gaslighting” as a description (often misused) of someone convincing someone else that they’re insane by altering and then denying reality has grown in popularity in the last 10 years, but I just got around to … --- ## [Social Etiquette: When does an invite extended to one person implicitly include or exclude their partner/family?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-etiquette-when-does-an-invite-extended-to-one-person-implicitly-include-or-exclude-their-partner-family/1032225)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-etiquette-when-does-an-invite-extended-to-one-person-implicitly-include-or-exclude-their-partner-family/1032225 "2026-08-21T00:02:35Z")
I’ve had a couple of instances in the past where I know Person A very well and have a vague idea they have a spouse/boyfriend/girlfriend/partner/situationship/etc. Person B who I don’t know very well. I’ll invite Person … --- ## [Wonder Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-man/1027098)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-man/1027098 "2026-08-20T23:53:46Z")
Marvel’s Wonder Man drops tonight at 9 Eastern/8 Central (why do these Disney shows always premiere at this time? They should drop around 5 or 6 so I can watch them over dinner). This Wonder Man is definit… --- ## [Republicans' war on transgender people: Omnibus thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-war-on-transgender-people-omnibus-thread/965609)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 2092\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-war-on-transgender-people-omnibus-thread/965609 "2026-08-20T22:28:06Z")
Do we have an omnibus thread for Republicans’ war on transgender people yet? If not, let me start one with this. Apparently even full-grown adults can’t be trusted to make the decision to transition in Florida. At lea… --- ## [The Great Flag Debate of Utah (now moved on to additional states, currently IL)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-flag-debate-of-utah-now-moved-on-to-additional-states-currently-il/980694)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 368\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-flag-debate-of-utah-now-moved-on-to-additional-states-currently-il/980694 "2026-08-20T21:35:31Z")
The Utah state legislature has voted for a new state flag. It now goes to the Governor for his decision. Apparently this item took up more legislators’ time this session than the decision to pass a $400 million tax cut. … --- ## [Eric Swalwell must resign \[agreed to resign 13APR2026\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-swalwell-must-resign-agreed-to-resign-13apr2026/1029235)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-swalwell-must-resign-agreed-to-resign-13apr2026/1029235 "2026-08-20T20:09:18Z")
Continuing the discussion from Election of a new Governor of California, 2026: Now that Swalwell is out of the governor’s race, I’m splitting this off of that thread so as not to turn it into a hijack. I disagree. In … --- ## [All things Instant Pot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-things-instant-pot/1032413)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-things-instant-pot/1032413 "2026-08-20T18:56:26Z")
There are a few old Instant Pot threads, but they all have been dormant for several years so I might as well start a new one. I just aquired a never used Instant Pot Lux 6 Quart and want to learn how to use it. First th… --- ## [Who is watching 'Yellowjackets' on Showtime? Spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-watching-yellowjackets-on-showtime-spoilers/956013)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-watching-yellowjackets-on-showtime-spoilers/956013 "2026-08-20T16:49:53Z")
And will you continue to do so? This is the stupidest shit I’ve ever seen. Actually, surpassed stupid and went right to Asinine (why only one S in this word???). And that is saying something with the glacial pace that i… --- ## [Book banning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-banning/1032434)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-banning/1032434 "2026-08-20T16:31:48Z")
As the ongoing culture war continues, the fight for Freedom to Read meets a new wrinkle that could make the battle interesting; in ultra-conservative St Charles, outside StLouis, a protestor to their proposed book(and … --- ## [Fucking fake quotes on the internet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-fake-quotes-on-the-internet/665343)
**Author:** [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-fake-quotes-on-the-internet/665343 "2026-08-20T16:27:47Z")
All those fake Einstein quotes that keep floating around really get me pissed off, but usually one can find out the actual origin of the quote, for instance, an excerpt from a book about Einstein that is attributed to th… --- ## [What is this grey slab (USN dinner)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-grey-slab-usn-dinner/1029372)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-grey-slab-usn-dinner/1029372 "2026-08-20T15:36:42Z")
I’m sure we’ve all see the image of a dinner on USS Abraham Lincoln. What is that grey slab next to the… ground beef patty(?)? --- ## [Help me ID this Science Fiction Short Story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-science-fiction-short-story/809716)
**Author:** [@Mr.Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Bill)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-science-fiction-short-story/809716 "2026-08-20T15:13:16Z")
I read this in approximately 1974, in a hard cover compilation of science fiction short stories I got from my Dad. I don’t think he was reading science fiction at that point so it might have been at least 10 years old at… --- ## [Dual movies by a married couple](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dual-movies-by-a-married-couple/1031961)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dual-movies-by-a-married-couple/1031961 "2026-08-20T13:26:08Z")
Tom Holland and Zendaya are married. They both have prominent roles in The Odyssey, which is currently in theaters. And they both have prominent roles in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which will be starting its theatrical … --- ## [Fixing a shower valve](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixing-a-shower-valve/1032379)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixing-a-shower-valve/1032379 "2026-08-20T12:15:20Z")
I have a shower valve that, over the years, got pretty gummed up. It has an inner flower-like controller for temperature and an outer handle for flow level and direction (just through the hand-held, just through the ove… --- ## [ABC License Renewal Threats Getting Serious](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-license-renewal-threats-getting-serious/1029635)
**Author:** [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-license-renewal-threats-getting-serious/1029635 "2026-08-20T11:04:36Z")
FCC orders early review of ABC’s broadcast licenses The stations concerned are WABC-TV New York, KABC-TV Los Angeles, WLS-TV Chicago, WPVI-TV Philadelphia, KTRK-TV Houston, KGO-TV San Francisco, WTVD-TV Raleigh-Durham… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=38&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=40&state=watching)