# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=787&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 788 --- ## [Best way to vapor-seal existing concrete basement floor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-vapor-seal-existing-concrete-basement-floor/986778)
**Author:** [@wallewek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wallewek)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-vapor-seal-existing-concrete-basement-floor/986778 "2023-07-10T20:53:54Z")
Our house has an addition with a concrete basement floor slab. The concrete is of poor quality, and appears to be somewhat porous to air. I want to seal it for proper sub-floor radon removal. It seems to me some sort … --- ## [Certain points of club meeting/parliamentary procedure in Germany, familiar or not in English-speaking contries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/certain-points-of-club-meeting-parliamentary-procedure-in-germany-familiar-or-not-in-english-speaking-contries/986808)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/certain-points-of-club-meeting-parliamentary-procedure-in-germany-familiar-or-not-in-english-speaking-contries/986808 "2023-07-10T19:46:34Z")
There are some procedural usages that I have encountered in club, party meetings, party conferences, local government sessions in Germany in the last 3-4 decades that I am curious whether these are also encountered in En… --- ## [Why does Google image search suck so much dick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-google-image-search-suck-so-much-dick/986565)
**Author:** [@cjackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjackson)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2023, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-google-image-search-suck-so-much-dick/986565 "2023-07-10T18:31:50Z")
Seriously! First they take away the view image button, but you could still right click to view the image. Now the motherfuckers have taken that away, so when you right click to view the image you instead get the crappy l… --- ## [Question about scientology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-scientology/986399)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-scientology/986399 "2023-07-10T18:28:49Z")
As I understand it, which isn’t much, Scientology has a hold over its celebrity members (and others) in part by eliciting confessions in the early going about shameful things they’ve done, and then uses those confessions… --- ## [Buck Moon 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-moon-2023/986569)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-moon-2023/986569 "2023-07-10T18:14:20Z")
Here’s my photo of the full moon a couple of nights ago. working with a nearly drained camera battery, I couldn’t take all of the time and care I would have wished, but all in all I’m pleased. … --- ## [What’s happening to the Ukrainian front line during the Russian pseudo coup?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-happening-to-the-ukrainian-front-line-during-the-russian-pseudo-coup/986034)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-happening-to-the-ukrainian-front-line-during-the-russian-pseudo-coup/986034 "2023-07-10T17:29:12Z")
All the news coverage I have seen seems to focus on the coup itself. --- ## [Aerosol geo-engineering without the acid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aerosol-geo-engineering-without-the-acid/986863)
**Author:** [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aerosol-geo-engineering-without-the-acid/986863 "2023-07-10T16:37:29Z")
With geo-engineering (leaving aside the wisdom of doing it) a key approach would be the distribution of aerosols in the upper atmosphere. The primary candidate seems to be sulphur compounds like SO\[sub\]2\[/sub\], or H\[sub\]… --- ## [‘Simple’ things that are surprisingly difficult](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-things-that-are-surprisingly-difficult/986404)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-things-that-are-surprisingly-difficult/986404 "2023-07-10T15:51:39Z")
I grocery shop on Saturdays. Today I’m about to run out but I feel a bit peckish, and you’re not supposed to grocery shop hungry, right? So I think, there’s some leftover rotisserie chicken in the fridge— I’ll make a qui… --- ## [Ocean formation on primeval Earth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ocean-formation-on-primeval-earth/986795)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ocean-formation-on-primeval-earth/986795 "2023-07-10T15:41:06Z")
Our Earth, 3/4 of the surface covered by often miles-deep saltwater was, once upon a time, waterless. I make the modest assumption that our planet acquired it’s water via cometary bombardment billions of years ago. Unl… --- ## [Cecil's new columns will "be posted here each week"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-new-columns-will-be-posted-here-each-week/986790)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2023, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-new-columns-will-be-posted-here-each-week/986790 "2023-07-10T12:37:11Z")
I’ll be darned if I can find any columns after 6/6. Where are Cecil’s new columns? --- ## [Is it possible that there are an infinite number of universes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-that-there-are-an-infinite-number-of-universes/985802)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2023, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-that-there-are-an-infinite-number-of-universes/985802 "2023-07-10T09:53:44Z")
If so, does that mean that there has always been an infinite number of them? --- ## [Michael Flynn's Shining City on the Hill - For Christians Only](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-flynns-shining-city-on-the-hill-for-christians-only/954397)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 511\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2023, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-flynns-shining-city-on-the-hill-for-christians-only/954397 "2023-07-10T09:38:00Z")
This is a P&E sort of story, but considering the information included, it was bound to end up in the Pit, and probably with cause. The CNN article that prompted the thread - https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/14/opinions/mich… --- ## [Twitter - why do we need it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-why-do-we-need-it/986665)
**Author:** [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2023, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-why-do-we-need-it/986665 "2023-07-10T06:53:01Z")
I’ve been thinking about this for some time - why does the world need Twitter? I admit I have a Twitter account. (It’s only on my laptop, not on my phone.) I look at it maybe twice a year. I don’t follow any celebrities… --- ## [Mexican street corn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexican-street-corn/986705)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2023, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexican-street-corn/986705 "2023-07-10T00:45:31Z")
I just found out about this stuff and am thinking about making some this weekend but I have a question - is the corn supposed to be warm or hot when served or is room temperature appropriate? The YouTube videos I’ve see… --- ## [Sir Anthony Sher passed away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-anthony-sher-passed-away/955828)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-anthony-sher-passed-away/955828 "2023-07-09T23:15:47Z")
A week ago, I only just learned. One of the greatest contemporary Shakespearean actors, and a son of Cape Town. I had the pleasure of seeing him and John Kani in The Tempest, he was an awesome Prospero. --- ## [Causes of multiple toilets clogging in large building?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/causes-of-multiple-toilets-clogging-in-large-building/986746)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2023, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/causes-of-multiple-toilets-clogging-in-large-building/986746 "2023-07-09T21:07:21Z")
At the university I work at, several toilets in one building keep getting clogged and flooding. Facilities mounted a “don’t rush to flush” campaign reminding people not to flush anything but, and I quote, “pee, poop, and… --- ## [Global High Temperature Record Broken This Week - Thrice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-high-temperature-record-broken-this-week-thrice/986743)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-high-temperature-record-broken-this-week-thrice/986743 "2023-07-09T19:27:56Z")
It’s been a hot year already with Texas heat waves and big wildfires across Canada. I didn’t see another thread discussing the new record, set three different days this week, for rising mercury. --- ## [When Did "On Tomorrow" Become a Thing (Language Use)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-on-tomorrow-become-a-thing-language-use/986715)
**Author:** [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-on-tomorrow-become-a-thing-language-use/986715 "2023-07-09T15:51:59Z")
A few years back, I had a coworker who would tell me something like, “I’ll have this ready for you on tomorrow.” But then I heard others say on tomorrow, and, brace yourself, even “on yesterday.” I’m not the language … --- ## [Women: How often do you get "horny"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2013, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242 "2013-02-05T04:09:24Z")
I’d like to get some idea of what the female sex drive is. Being a male, I’m rather clueless about such things, and the real life women I know are reticent about this. So I turn to the internet, hoping that the relative … --- ## [Does What Exit's heavy-handed moderation in the Ukraine war thread improve it or degrade it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-what-exits-heavy-handed-moderation-in-the-ukraine-war-thread-improve-it-or-degrade-it/983368)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-what-exits-heavy-handed-moderation-in-the-ukraine-war-thread-improve-it-or-degrade-it/983368 "2023-07-09T15:01:07Z")
poll I don’t understand What Exit’s obsession with hijacks in the Ukraine war thread. I am perfectly capable of scrolling past digressions and meanders that don’t interest me. They are far less intrusive and distractin… --- ## [Where to check online for disease (potential) using genetic data?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-check-online-for-disease-potential-using-genetic-data/986712)
**Author:** [@longtry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longtry)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-check-online-for-disease-potential-using-genetic-data/986712 "2023-07-09T14:12:55Z")
I used a kit from MyHeritage and got raw data for supposedly my whole DNA. Recently I read about a syndrome that I suspect I could have. However, there’s no clinic in my country where it can be diagnosed; on the other ha… --- ## [Thunderstorms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderstorms/986448)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderstorms/986448 "2023-07-09T12:55:27Z")
Is there a limit as to how far north (or south) that a thunderstorm (or simply lightning flashes) can occur? When I look at a lightning map (such as Real Time Lightning Map :: LightningMaps.org ) I can see (at this momen… --- ## [What's a hearing aid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-hearing-aid/986740)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2023, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-hearing-aid/986740 "2023-07-09T12:16:49Z")
Nano Hearing Aids say their product is ‘a TRUE hearing aid, NOT just an amplifier.’ I thought hearing aids are amplifiers. If they’re not, then what are they? --- ## [Legacy colleges represent a discriminatory admissions practice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legacy-colleges-represent-a-discriminatory-admissions-practice/986533)
**Author:** [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2023, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legacy-colleges-represent-a-discriminatory-admissions-practice/986533 "2023-07-09T11:56:16Z")
In light of the recent Supreme Court decision regarding college admission practices it would seem a natural extension to apply this to legacy admissions. Student admissions should be based on their scholastic achievemen… --- ## [Can you tell how nasty a vegetable is from the amount of added bacon, butter or sauce?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-how-nasty-a-vegetable-is-from-the-amount-of-added-bacon-butter-or-sauce/986378)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2023, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-how-nasty-a-vegetable-is-from-the-amount-of-added-bacon-butter-or-sauce/986378 "2023-07-09T03:08:50Z")
I came across this in a book - you can always tell how nasty a vegetable is by how much bacon is added. They were talking Brussel sprouts (which I like). They were joking, but I wondered if this was generally true? --- ## [How did this debit card get hacked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-debit-card-get-hacked/986779)
**Author:** [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2023, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-debit-card-get-hacked/986779 "2023-07-09T03:05:52Z")
We have two checking accounts with our local credit union. One for our common expenses, and one only my wife uses. Her debit card apparently got hacked; the CU was very good about canceling the card and reimbursing the… --- ## [Spider-Man: Across The Spiderverse Seen It Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-across-the-spiderverse-seen-it-thread/984967)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2023, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-across-the-spiderverse-seen-it-thread/984967 "2023-07-09T02:22:42Z")
The spoiler free review is I loved it. Some of the action scenes went on a tad too long but they were visually interesting so that helped. Also I will let you know that while there is a mid credits scene there is no end… --- ## [Anyone live in Ely, NV? Or in the area?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-live-in-ely-nv-or-in-the-area/986614)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-live-in-ely-nv-or-in-the-area/986614 "2023-07-09T01:52:58Z")
I’m getting tired of the heat, not to mention how racist, bigoted and misogynistic Arizona has become post trump so I’m looking to move somewhere where there is water. And dispensaries. And grocery stores. Ely looks ver… --- ## [Sunk cost fallacy: how to calculate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunk-cost-fallacy-how-to-calculate/986747)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunk-cost-fallacy-how-to-calculate/986747 "2023-07-09T01:00:31Z")
Reading a reference to the sink cost fallacy in another thread, I got to wondering, are there formulae to help one calculate when one should bail? To have a reasonably useful measurement to say, “okay, this much and no m… --- ## [Any King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard fans here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard-fans-here/985494)
**Author:** [@NegativeZer0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NegativeZer0)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2023, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard-fans-here/985494 "2023-07-09T00:39:38Z")
Ever since the pandemic I have been exploring this band’s discography and have just been blown away by their range, their ability, and the overall grooving as of their songs. The fact that they can put out rock albums, f… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=786&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=788&state=muted)