# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=775&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 776 --- ## [New posts rolling back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-posts-rolling-back/987492)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-posts-rolling-back/987492 "2023-07-29T00:33:41Z")
Starting today, when I return to the board and click new posts, it doesn’t take me to the new post, it rolls up about 20 posts. Is it my phone? --- ## [What would an invasion of Poland/Lithuania/Latvia by Belarus/Wagner look like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-an-invasion-of-poland-lithuania-latvia-by-belarus-wagner-look-like/987477)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-an-invasion-of-poland-lithuania-latvia-by-belarus-wagner-look-like/987477 "2023-07-29T00:16:09Z")
I doubt that Putin or Lukashenko would give the green light for such an attack, but let’s say they’re crazier than they seem, and the Wagner forces launch an attack on a NATO country. What do you all think would happen?… --- ## [Snow--And Hogan's Heroes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-and-hogans-heroes/987706)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-and-hogans-heroes/987706 "2023-07-29T00:15:00Z")
Every single episode—every single episode–in every episode of Hogan’s Heroes, it was Winter. With snow on the ground. What gives? :snowflake: :snowflake: :snowflake: :snowflake: :tv: --- ## [Don't pick up the Phone - or 'Stupidity in Action'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-pick-up-the-phone-or-stupidity-in-action/976602)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-pick-up-the-phone-or-stupidity-in-action/976602 "2023-07-28T23:41:25Z")
We streamed all episodes of Don’t Pick up the Phone last night It is about a man who called Fast Food joints, pretending to be a local policeman, and was able to convince the manager to strip search a young employee H… --- ## [Monthly Photo Competition #8 - July 2023 - “Summer”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-8-july-2023-summer/986782)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-8-july-2023-summer/986782 "2023-07-28T21:40:10Z")
This is the monthly thread for July 2023. The topic this month is “Summer”, chosen by @Zyada. Please note: The general rules for the competition are here. Please don’t post anything in this thread that isn’t your ent… --- ## [High School Science competition winners that actually take their work to practics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-science-competition-winners-that-actually-take-their-work-to-practics/987732)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-science-competition-winners-that-actually-take-their-work-to-practics/987732 "2023-07-28T18:22:29Z")
We occasionally hear of big fancy well funded science competitions that announce some kid has invented a wonderful device or research that will make a big splash. Then…nothing…I can’t think of any high school winning ‘s… --- ## [OK, rebranded as X but how did Elon get x.com?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-rebranded-as-x-but-how-did-elon-get-x-com/987714)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-rebranded-as-x-but-how-did-elon-get-x-com/987714 "2023-07-28T17:25:09Z")
On a lark I entered x.com thinking that it, and all the other one-letter TLDs, had been snapped up decades ago. I was surprised that it redirects to Twitter.com. Did Elon just pay someone millions to register that domai… --- ## [Test post links](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-links/987735)
**Author:** [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-links/987735 "2023-07-28T16:07:47Z")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtQWZMY-8vo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYi7Kbdesp0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNw9Pnm8Ip8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds7v4jdFZ3s --- ## [Resolved; America would be less divisive today if we had executed Confederate leaders for treason](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-america-would-be-less-divisive-today-if-we-had-executed-confederate-leaders-for-treason/986789)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 319\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-america-would-be-less-divisive-today-if-we-had-executed-confederate-leaders-for-treason/986789 "2023-07-28T15:26:29Z")
If, following the end of the Civil War, the United States had identified the Confederate politicians and military officers as having committed treason (I’d imagine issuing a pardon to anybody who didn’t obtain a command … --- ## [A shadow can travel faster than light ... or …](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shadow-can-travel-faster-than-light-or/987378)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shadow-can-travel-faster-than-light-or/987378 "2023-07-28T13:53:48Z")
This seems problematic, so I will try an analogy. Take a powerful radial sprinkler and set it up so that it is spraying a line of water on the barn some disance away. Now grab a shovel and move it quickly in front of th… --- ## [Trump Georgia case and the "mustard-stained napkin"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-georgia-case-and-the-mustard-stained-napkin/987080)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-georgia-case-and-the-mustard-stained-napkin/987080 "2023-07-28T13:13:30Z")
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/14/politics/donald-trump-fani-willis-georgia-grand-jury/index.html “It is one thing to indict a ham sandwich. To indict the mustard-stained napkin that it once sat on is quite another,” t… --- ## [What food/drink have you Noped out of due to rising costs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-food-drink-have-you-noped-out-of-due-to-rising-costs/987177)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-food-drink-have-you-noped-out-of-due-to-rising-costs/987177 "2023-07-28T12:18:34Z")
The title is pretty clear, but I’ll still include the details and exceptions. I do the majority of the basic shopping in my household, with my wife doing the more premium Trader Joe’s (for value of premium of course) ru… --- ## [Basic Question About Cyberpunk 2077 (The Video Game)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basic-question-about-cyberpunk-2077-the-video-game/987697)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basic-question-about-cyberpunk-2077-the-video-game/987697 "2023-07-28T11:16:09Z")
Just started playing this. I didn’t want to put this in the mega thread about the game but I was wondering, in RPGs I like to play a “good” character. Is that possible to do in this game? I know Cyberpunk tends to be dar… --- ## [Photos: The Ruins of Detroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-the-ruins-of-detroit/489855)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-the-ruins-of-detroit/489855 "2023-07-28T09:52:07Z")
A series of photos showing what appears to be a post-apocalypse Detroit but are in fact present-day shots. See them here and here. That first link also has links to East German industrial sites and America’s forgotten t… --- ## [Danger, Will Robinson (Discussing increased incidences of syphilis in Texas)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-will-robinson-discussing-increased-incidences-of-syphilis-in-texas/987050)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danger-will-robinson-discussing-increased-incidences-of-syphilis-in-texas/987050 "2023-07-28T08:24:26Z")
Houston health officials are warning residents of a syphilis outbreak that is responsible for a 128% increase in cases among women. Texas. We expect better of you. Why? Isn’t this easily treatable and not an issue anym… --- ## [Is marketing adult diapers to young adults based on unnecessary greed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marketing-adult-diapers-to-young-adults-based-on-unnecessary-greed/987036)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marketing-adult-diapers-to-young-adults-based-on-unnecessary-greed/987036 "2023-07-28T05:36:15Z")
There’s a ad on tv where a spokesperson says, you can’t Kegel yourself out of this, to a new mom. She is told Adult diapers is the answer. The spokesperson hands her a attractive and absorbent black panty/diaper. A 25 … --- ## [What Happened to H1N1 Swine Flu?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-h1n1-swine-flu/525641)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-h1n1-swine-flu/525641 "2023-07-28T03:10:47Z")
It was supposed to be as bad as the 1919 flu-but nobody seems to be getting it. Is it a rather benign strain? What will the Government do with all the serum they bought? --- ## [Stone Trek](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stone-trek/987707)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stone-trek/987707 "2023-07-28T02:42:58Z")
A youtube version–it crosses Flintstones & Star Trek.HILARIOUS! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1P3G7C-AjU&ab\_channel=JonathanLane --- ## [Any Japanese Dopers, I'd like to send you some yen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-japanese-dopers-id-like-to-send-you-some-yen/987480)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-japanese-dopers-id-like-to-send-you-some-yen/987480 "2023-07-28T02:40:41Z")
Long story short, I had an amazing opportunity to visit Japan. I had an absolutely wonderful time in your country. I have some yen bills leftover (not change) and I went to sell it back to the bank and the fees mean I ba… --- ## [A NASCAR Street Race through Chicago?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nascar-street-race-through-chicago/968234)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nascar-street-race-through-chicago/968234 "2023-07-28T02:17:00Z")
https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2022/07/19/chicago-to-host-first-ever-nascar-cup-series-street-race-in-2023/ I don’t know if this is a good idea or not, but I’m definitely intrigued. And, it won’t affect my neighborho… --- ## [Good Article on Benedict Arnold!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-article-on-benedict-arnold/734704)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-article-on-benedict-arnold/734704 "2023-07-28T01:15:45Z")
Enjoyed reading the article by Elendil’s Heir: What was the deal with Benedict Arnold? And by an odd coincidence, I’ve seen his Continental uniform coat. There are some descendants of Arnold here in Canada, and the co… --- ## [Coding Boot Camps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coding-boot-camps/987670)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coding-boot-camps/987670 "2023-07-28T00:15:29Z")
My son is looking at a bit of a career change. He’s investigating coding boot camps. Are there any basic guidelines to evaluate the quality of these camps? --- ## [What is the logo on Brian Cox's t-shirt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-logo-on-brian-coxs-t-shirt/987665)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-logo-on-brian-coxs-t-shirt/987665 "2023-07-27T21:29:20Z")
Brian Cox, the physicist, was on Ronja World wearing a t-shirt with a yellow circle and the number 253 within it. What is the significance of this logo or the number 253 to a physicist? Google failed me. Link to snipp… --- ## [Opera browser question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-browser-question/987674)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2023, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-browser-question/987674 "2023-07-27T21:07:29Z")
I’ve been using Opera browser for a while. Among other things, it has built-in ad blocking. Last night (I think it was) Opera decided to push out a revision. Some things changed visually, no big deal. But they seem to h… --- ## [Talentless people riding on a family member's fame.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talentless-people-riding-on-a-family-members-fame/112202)
**Author:** [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talentless-people-riding-on-a-family-members-fame/112202 "2023-07-27T20:57:13Z")
So I am sitting there,waiting for my sandwich to be made. This song comes on. It sounds like “Papa don’t Preach” except worse (if that is possible). Mr. Baboon informs me that it is Kelli Osborne. gesh, what a talentl… --- ## [Bigotry versus genuine religious belief](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigotry-versus-genuine-religious-belief/921434)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 365\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigotry-versus-genuine-religious-belief/921434 "2023-07-27T19:46:00Z")
Not a single person alive today had a hand in writing the Bible. That book was written by people thousands of years ago. Generally, society is tolerant of people’s religious beliefs (for instance, Muslims or Orthodox Je… --- ## [Laws in Multilingual Countries - The Pitfalls of Nuance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laws-in-multilingual-countries-the-pitfalls-of-nuance/986785)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laws-in-multilingual-countries-the-pitfalls-of-nuance/986785 "2023-07-27T19:34:55Z")
A humorous story here got me to thinking: The short article is worth a read for a chuckle. But in a nutshell, the Canadians write their laws in English and in French. Human language being what it is, there can be no p… --- ## [Are niche topic movies really that above the competition?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-niche-topic-movies-really-that-above-the-competition/987659)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-niche-topic-movies-really-that-above-the-competition/987659 "2023-07-27T18:32:48Z")
I’m not even from an English speaking country, but I can’t spend more than 10 minutes surfing the internet without at least one Oppenheimer reference or meme, before that it was Chernobyl, shows like Peaky Blinders and I… --- ## [What's your area of expertise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/145007)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-area-of-expertise/145007 "2023-07-27T17:21:44Z")
What do you know more about than 99.9% of the population? And how did you acquire that knowledge? List more than one area, if you’re up to the challenge…I’m curious, especially, about some posters around here who seem … --- ## [The Marvelous Ms. Marvel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-marvelous-ms-marvel/961116)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 316\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-marvelous-ms-marvel/961116 "2023-07-27T16:49:09Z")
The trailer looks fun. Iman Vellani looks like a good fit for the character. If they follow the usual D+ Marvel shows, it will have a great first couple of episodes, some bloat in the middle, and a “huh” ending. I hope… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=774&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=776&state=tracking)