# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=78&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 79 --- ## [Our rent-a-dog needs to be a rescue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-rent-a-dog-needs-to-be-a-rescue/1029371)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2026, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-rent-a-dog-needs-to-be-a-rescue/1029371 "2026-06-07T19:31:03Z")
(All names changed for reasons that will become clear.) A few weeks ago I saw a post on the neighborhood chat site from a pregnant single Mom, Mia. She was overwhelmed and needed some assistance. Her older daughter (1… --- ## [Search Engines Scrape Spoilered Text?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engines-scrape-spoilered-text/1030710)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engines-scrape-spoilered-text/1030710 "2026-06-07T18:31:13Z")
Do search engines gobbling up threads and posts here on the SDMB resolve the text that has been spoilered by the teeming millions? We have to click to make it visible. Is that trivial or necessary for the search engines? … --- ## [The Guardian's Top 100 Works of Literature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guardians-top-100-works-of-literature/1030116)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guardians-top-100-works-of-literature/1030116 "2026-06-07T13:49:32Z")
Yet another book list has emerged, and while reading it I thought, instead of bitching and moaning about what’s excluded, or talking about how many we’ve read, how about calling out a few delightful surprises? There were… --- ## [Fertilizers and fossil fuels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fertilizers-and-fossil-fuels/1030494)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fertilizers-and-fossil-fuels/1030494 "2026-06-07T13:15:29Z")
From another thread: Of course, fossil fuels are a feedstock in the manufacture of many useful substances. But usually, what they contribute to those substances is carbon (and specifically, carbon in a form that’s eas… --- ## [Have you ever witnessed, or been caught up in, sports violence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-witnessed-or-been-caught-up-in-sports-violence/1030618)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2026, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-witnessed-or-been-caught-up-in-sports-violence/1030618 "2026-06-07T11:05:25Z")
The closest I ever came was at a Cardinals game at Busch Stadium c. 2007. The Cards weren’t playing the Cubs (their biggest rivals, for those who don’t know). Being a Cubs fan, I wore my Cubs shirt anyway. During the gam… --- ## [Game giveaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-giveaway/1030664)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2026, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-giveaway/1030664 "2026-06-07T08:36:25Z")
Over the years I have accumulated game keys from various games I don’t need (usually because I already have it). Most of these keys are for steam, if not I’ll note it. I’m not just going to post them openly or some bots… --- ## [Can someone explain to me YouTube's advertising algorithm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-to-me-youtubes-advertising-algorithm/1030487)
**Author:** [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2026, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-to-me-youtubes-advertising-algorithm/1030487 "2026-06-07T04:16:41Z")
I can watch a three-hour Q&A session from Drachinifel or the live stream of a waterhole in Namibia without a single interruption for ads. But a ten minute video on invasive species will get two breaks with multiple ads … --- ## [An Omnibus Discussion Thread In Which You Can Ask All The Questions/Topics Not Good Enough To Start OPs About](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-omnibus-discussion-thread-in-which-you-can-ask-all-the-questions-topics-not-good-enough-to-start-ops-about/1030554)
**Author:** [@Past\_Paper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Past_Paper)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2026, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-omnibus-discussion-thread-in-which-you-can-ask-all-the-questions-topics-not-good-enough-to-start-ops-about/1030554 "2026-06-07T02:06:08Z")
I was reading tons of old threads in the archives on these boards, and someone (around 2013 possibly) had started a thread called “A Reverse “Ask The \_\_\_” Thread” in which she says ‘This is the place to ask all those que… --- ## [National Lampoon comic about Nelson Rockefeller ca. 1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-lampoon-comic-about-nelson-rockefeller-ca-1979/1030642)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2026, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-lampoon-comic-about-nelson-rockefeller-ca-1979/1030642 "2026-06-07T00:22:47Z")
Shortly after Nelson Rockefeller’s death in 1979, National Lampoon published a comic in which he experienced his fatal heart attack, and then told the story of his life in flashback before dying. I’m trying to find what… --- ## [For All Mankind (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-mankind-spoilers/842999)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 289\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2026, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-mankind-spoilers/842999 "2026-06-06T22:55:04Z")
Anyone watching? On the new Apple platform. Fictional drama about the Apollo program, but with a twist. --- ## [Does anybody remember this shorthand for "and"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-remember-this-shorthand-for-and/1030604)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2026, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-remember-this-shorthand-for-and/1030604 "2026-06-06T19:48:04Z")
I’m posting this because I need validation. Lol I showed this to two of my co-workers and they have no idea. When handwriting, you could use this for “and”. It’s NOT “&”. Imagine a “+” sign. Now imagine a line that co… --- ## [Real life coincidence so rare you doubt anyone would believe your tale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-coincidence-so-rare-you-doubt-anyone-would-believe-your-tale/1030543)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-coincidence-so-rare-you-doubt-anyone-would-believe-your-tale/1030543 "2026-06-06T17:42:58Z")
I had one today. I think it is the most unbelievable coincidence I’ve ever experienced. I have an uncommon surname. A quick Googling says its occurrence is approximately 1 in 5k people. I know of no famous people with m… --- ## [Salt-free or low salt diets suck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-free-or-low-salt-diets-suck/1030335)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-free-or-low-salt-diets-suck/1030335 "2026-06-06T17:34:48Z")
Because I have probable Meniere’s disease, I’m advised to follow a low-salt regime. I’ve never really liked super-salty foods, and salt my cooking less than is advised in recipes, but now I’m cutting even that back. Bu… --- ## [Trolls R Us Resurrections (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 9971\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518 "2026-06-06T16:34:21Z")
I don’t have any trolls to report but we’ve completely lost our last troll thread, so I’m hoping we can start again with a new one while the old one devolves into the same group of people bickering. If you see any actua… --- ## [When's a time you heard a new song, and recognized the artist within a few notes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-a-time-you-heard-a-new-song-and-recognized-the-artist-within-a-few-notes/1030660)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-a-time-you-heard-a-new-song-and-recognized-the-artist-within-a-few-notes/1030660 "2026-06-06T15:10:54Z")
Okay, here’s my take on it. I don’t remember the first time I heard Boston’s “More Than A Feeling”, although I loved the song (and still do), but I DO remember the first time I heard “Foreplay/Long Time,” and yes, the w… --- ## [Interstellar travel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interstellar-travel/6501)
**Author:** [@Sputnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sputnik)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2026, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interstellar-travel/6501 "2026-06-06T13:38:07Z")
Reasonable people agree that Earth dwellers will not achieve the technology to visit other solar systems anytime in the forseeable future. But our sun is pretty far out on one of the Milky Way’s spiral arms. Toward the … --- ## [Help me understand how this is a ball mill? "Working Point" sculpture, Baltimore Museum of Industry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-how-this-is-a-ball-mill-working-point-sculpture-baltimore-museum-of-industry/1030638)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2026, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-how-this-is-a-ball-mill-working-point-sculpture-baltimore-museum-of-industry/1030638 "2026-06-06T07:07:43Z")
I’m somewhat familiar with ball mills (machines for crushing solids into powder using a tumbling drum also containing balls). But I can’t see how this particular item can be a ball mill. It’s old, removed from service, a… --- ## [I can't buy from France. Thanks, Don](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-buy-from-france-thanks-don/1030539)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2026, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-buy-from-france-thanks-don/1030539 "2026-06-06T05:58:06Z")
I found some small parts I need for a French rifle. When I go and try to set up an account to pay at one company, the USA is not even on the list of countries to choose from. I found the part at a second company that I h… --- ## [Attaching a vinyl banner to brick board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attaching-a-vinyl-banner-to-brick-board/795522)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2026, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attaching-a-vinyl-banner-to-brick-board/795522 "2026-05-28T09:45:12Z")
I need to glue a large (4’ X 6’) vinyl banner to a piece of ‘brick board’ similar to this. I need it adhere well enough to be hung outdoors for about a month in all kinds of weather. I was thinking that silicone sealant… --- ## [New car color](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-car-color/1030265)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-car-color/1030265 "2026-06-05T21:16:27Z")
I am seeing a LOT of a color on trucks & cars nowadays- a kind of primer grey, but gloss. And on different manufacturers. Anyone have any idea of where this is coming from? --- ## [Earlobe hair, and what genius came up with this crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earlobe-hair-and-what-genius-came-up-with-this-crap/1030647)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2026, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earlobe-hair-and-what-genius-came-up-with-this-crap/1030647 "2026-06-05T20:06:48Z")
My granddaughter decided I needed earrings today. She stuck little red glitter heart sticker earrings on my earlobes(crookedly). WTF? Why did they say “Hey, kids need stickers to stick on their ear lobes”? We all have … --- ## [AI: Proof and the Pudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-proof-and-the-pudding/1030008)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-proof-and-the-pudding/1030008 "2026-06-05T19:08:10Z")
Some doctors often cheer AI for its potential to advance medicine. Though this seems true, one notes that very few new antibiotics have been developed in the last few decades. This has caused concern some resistant inf… --- ## [The drones are coming, the drones are coming! (Not about war..War, what is it good for?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-drones-are-coming-the-drones-are-coming-not-about-war-war-what-is-it-good-for/1030643)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2026, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-drones-are-coming-the-drones-are-coming-not-about-war-war-what-is-it-good-for/1030643 "2026-06-05T18:22:30Z")
Notified, a huge timber company are mapping their tract of acreage directly behind our land. With drones! They’re to use our pasture for the staging area. The heck you say. Hey! How’s about asking nicely. Ya think? (… --- ## [Bring back the battleships?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-the-battleships/485860)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 390\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2026, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-the-battleships/485860 "2026-06-05T17:52:27Z")
From an earlier friendly PM discussion between What Exit? and me, posted here with his consent: Elendil’s Heir An interesting idea… what do you think? http://kbismarck.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=584 What Exit? An old… --- ## [What skill do you perform worse than 99 random people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-skill-do-you-perform-worse-than-99-random-people/1030499)
**Author:** [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2026, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-skill-do-you-perform-worse-than-99-random-people/1030499 "2026-06-05T17:43:31Z")
An offshoot of the below thread: What Skill can you perform better than 99 random people? What are you absolute rubbish at? It needs to be a skill that 99 random people can do competently, but you feel like you’ll be a… --- ## [Dealing with a suspiciously anonymous website](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-a-suspiciously-anonymous-website/1029773)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-a-suspiciously-anonymous-website/1029773 "2026-06-05T17:39:26Z")
I have referenced Richard Dawkins’ reactions to a chatbot (see Stupid MFers in the News thread) this evening in dealing with what I now believe is a fake website from which I ordered a product. The email receipt I got wa… --- ## [Sometimes, things do improve!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-things-do-improve/1030548)
**Author:** [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-things-do-improve/1030548 "2026-06-05T16:42:33Z")
There’s so much in life these days that’s suffering from Enshitification, that we sometimes miss when things actually get better. I thought of this just now, because I just realized it’s been years since I’ve seen a “Re… --- ## [Is Frontier internet always this bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-frontier-internet-always-this-bad/1030503)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-frontier-internet-always-this-bad/1030503 "2026-06-05T15:30:16Z")
I needed a new internet provider. I checked with Frontier and Spectrum. Frontier was cheaper. (Thirty-five dollars a month vs fifty dollars a month.) So I went with Frontier. Within twenty-four hours of the installatio… --- ## [What to do in Scotland for a week?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-scotland-for-a-week/1030541)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-scotland-for-a-week/1030541 "2026-06-05T14:21:43Z")
Between June 16th and June 20th, my wife and I will be in Scotland. I’ve never been, she’s been to Edinburgh before. Any recommendations for what/where we should visit in that short time? I’m tempted to head to Glasgo… --- ## [I pit Capital One and Jared](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-capital-one-and-jared/1030625)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2026, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-capital-one-and-jared/1030625 "2026-06-05T12:01:30Z")
last year I went for debt relief due to high debt. By January, all debts paid off in settlement, USBank and Target promptly reported my settlement to all 3 credit bureaus, but not Capital One or Jared–6 months later they… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=77&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=79&state=tracking)