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**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-iphone-issues-difficulty-replying-to-thread-cannot-load-cursor/1031385 "2026-07-04T04:30:17Z")
Has anyone else been experiencing this? Frequently in recent days / weeks, when I go to reply to a thread, the reply form loads but I cannot tap into it to load my cursor and start typing. It’s like tapping onto a brick … --- ## [My answer. Once and only once and hopefully last word on it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-answer-once-and-only-once-and-hopefully-last-word-on-it/1031393)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-answer-once-and-only-once-and-hopefully-last-word-on-it/1031393 "2026-07-04T02:56:03Z")
I know what I did in that pit thread. (I will explain further about that)You can call it “mild” til doomsday. But it’s not. It hurt me deeply that folks who have no knowledge of me, who have never asked me a question or … --- ## [INSTACART QUESTION. - pls advise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instacart-question-pls-advise/1031389)
**Author:** [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instacart-question-pls-advise/1031389 "2026-07-04T01:56:22Z")
I hope this is the right forum, if not pls move it. I am fairly new to instacart, ordered a few times with no problem. I placed an order this morning, it’s over 2 hrs. overdue. I understand things go wrong, supposedl… --- ## [What sort of warship is this? (1963 pic)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-warship-is-this-1963-pic/1031372)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-warship-is-this-1963-pic/1031372 "2026-07-04T01:39:55Z")
Is it called a cruiser? Are those Terriers? What other armament does it have? --- ## [To what extent can science be repressed once discovered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-extent-can-science-be-repressed-once-discovered/1030652)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-extent-can-science-be-repressed-once-discovered/1030652 "2026-07-04T00:42:30Z")
I see this all the time in discussions over alternative energy and AI: the idea that scientists or corporations can completely suppress, or control the rate of, scientific progress. This has always struck me as odd, beca… --- ## [Tibetan man self-immolates at the United Nations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tibetan-man-self-immolates-at-the-united-nations/1031398)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tibetan-man-self-immolates-at-the-united-nations/1031398 "2026-07-04T00:26:12Z")
Tibetan man self-immolates at the United Nations. --- ## [On the three-letter codes that identify the countries participating in the World Cup?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-three-letter-codes-that-identify-the-countries-participating-in-the-world-cup/1030898)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2026, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-three-letter-codes-that-identify-the-countries-participating-in-the-world-cup/1030898 "2026-07-03T20:43:27Z")
They seem to be pretty straightforward and utilitarian: Mexico is MEX, Scotland is SCO, Haiti is HAI, etc. The ones that aren’t the first three letters of the country’s name also make sense: USA for United States of Amer… --- ## [How did the US telegraph system work during Civil War?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-us-telegraph-system-work-during-civil-war/1031311)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-us-telegraph-system-work-during-civil-war/1031311 "2026-07-03T16:08:56Z")
Bruce Catton says “On December 24 \[1864\] Sherman sent Lincoln a whimsical telegram, offering him the city of Savannah as a Christmas present.” Had North and South agreed to keep the nationwide system working, or what? H… --- ## [Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon unexpectedly resigns {2023-02-15}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotlands-first-minister-nicola-sturgeon-unexpectedly-resigns-2023-02-15/979819)
**Author:** [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Replies:** 250\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2026, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotlands-first-minister-nicola-sturgeon-unexpectedly-resigns-2023-02-15/979819 "2026-07-03T04:22:42Z")
Breaking and very surprising news: Nicola Sturgeon, who has been First Minister of Scotland’s devolved parliament for 8 years, has announced this morning that she will be resigning. The press conference is at 11am UK tim… --- ## [Living on noodles, pork and onions, what else do I need?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-on-noodles-pork-and-onions-what-else-do-i-need/1031307)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2026, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-on-noodles-pork-and-onions-what-else-do-i-need/1031307 "2026-07-03T03:52:02Z")
I’m eating a bowl of the wife’s Thai rice noodles with cut up pork and whole onions. It’s such a delicious combination I wonder how complete it is as a diet? --- ## [Selling my car: Craigslist, FB Marketplace experiences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-my-car-craigslist-fb-marketplace-experiences/1031004)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2026, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-my-car-craigslist-fb-marketplace-experiences/1031004 "2026-07-03T02:24:15Z")
Have you sold your car? What sites / methods worked well for you? This car is my wife’s POS 2012 Nissan Leaf, 52,500 miles and only 45-50 miles on a full charge, so it’s really nothing. Not fancy. I say POS because I’ve… --- ## [Horse racing odds Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-racing-odds-q/1031273)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2026, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-racing-odds-q/1031273 "2026-07-03T02:13:48Z")
For those of you who spend time at the track, I am curious, what kind of mathematical model, let us say even crude model, do you use to sit and work out the probability of any possible result in a given upcoming race? We… --- ## [How striking would our moon be to a seasoned space traveler?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-striking-would-our-moon-be-to-a-seasoned-space-traveler/1031297)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2026, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-striking-would-our-moon-be-to-a-seasoned-space-traveler/1031297 "2026-07-03T01:34:42Z")
Moons are apparently No Big Deal, going by just our solar system. Jupiter and Saturn alone have more than eighty each according to the last mention of it I saw. But those are BIG planets and the moons are relatively in… --- ## [Spineless, gutless Republicans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spineless-gutless-republicans/1015402)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2026, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spineless-gutless-republicans/1015402 "2026-07-03T00:44:48Z")
The Republicans, I feel, don’t get nearly enough vitriol for the way they’ve not only fallen in line behind their emperor, but also for how they’ve been enthusiastically polishing his knob every chance they get. He could… --- ## [Flying cars ... finally here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-cars-finally-here/973853)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2026, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-cars-finally-here/973853 "2026-07-03T00:10:35Z")
OK, everyone who’s been waiting for flying cars, your wait is over: Well, almost over. That just a prototype, so it may take a while to get it into production. But it flies, and looks like a car, well, one that’s a ma… --- ## [I never see used Hummers on the road?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-see-used-hummers-on-the-road/1031346)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2026, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-see-used-hummers-on-the-road/1031346 "2026-07-02T22:46:22Z")
They were everywhere two decades ago. I get people have moved on to SUVs. But even before gas prices spiked, I can’t remember the last time I saw one. It’s not like people suddenly became way nicer and are planning to… --- ## [AI off-handedly referenced me in a response](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-off-handedly-referenced-me-in-a-response/1031363)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2026, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-off-handedly-referenced-me-in-a-response/1031363 "2026-07-02T19:27:47Z")
I was asking about lyrics to the song “Ventura Highway” and ai gave me this: I’m sure it’s not that unique, but strange (to me) it kind of personalized that answer. --- ## [When you are stuck in a room that won't move](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-are-stuck-in-a-room-that-wont-move/1031173)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2026, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-are-stuck-in-a-room-that-wont-move/1031173 "2026-07-02T18:32:02Z")
I just spent an hour and a half in an elevator near the third floor of a building after almost everyone had gone home. My personal phone was down two floors charging up, there was nobody to hear the alarm bell and the re… --- ## [What is the ideal fission reactor for energy production?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ideal-fission-reactor-for-energy-production/1031319)
**Author:** [@spacecadet86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spacecadet86)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ideal-fission-reactor-for-energy-production/1031319 "2026-07-02T16:51:28Z")
I understand that PWR type reactors are ubiquitous because they are submarine reactors at a fundamental level. Shippingport was derived from submarine PWRs in 1957. However, there is another more simple type of fission r… --- ## [Destroying AI Scambots -- Very Funny (Kitboga)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/destroying-ai-scambots-very-funny-kitboga/1031356)
**Author:** [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2026, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/destroying-ai-scambots-very-funny-kitboga/1031356 "2026-07-02T16:19:36Z")
Kitboga is a well known Youtube scam baiter. In a recent video he interacts with an AI scambot, and the results are … amusing. He exploits the AI’s inclination to appear polite and helpful – beginning with requesting tha… --- ## [Kendoka v. Sabreur](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kendoka-v-sabreur/1031354)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kendoka-v-sabreur/1031354 "2026-07-02T13:23:32Z")
I’ve been trying to imagine a cross-martial arts competition that pits kendo against sabre fencing. The kendoka wields a shinai and wears fencing gear. The sabreur wields a sabre and wears kendogu (kendo gear). Matche… --- ## [Harvey Weinstein has been taken to the hospital](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harvey-weinstein-has-been-taken-to-the-hospital/1031333)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harvey-weinstein-has-been-taken-to-the-hospital/1031333 "2026-07-02T13:02:06Z")
Heart failure, they say, connected with pneumonia. I suppose I should hope he pulls through. --- ## [Best cello recordings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cello-recordings/1030426)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2026, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cello-recordings/1030426 "2026-07-02T12:05:04Z")
Continuing the discussion from Best ambient music for masking conversation: Give me your music reviews. What are the best cello recordings / cello pieces / cello performances / cellists ? I’m most interested in landing… --- ## [How long would ice last in orbit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-ice-last-in-orbit/1031310)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2026, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-ice-last-in-orbit/1031310 "2026-07-02T11:58:45Z")
Let’s imagine that the Artemis astronauts had a train-style toilet that dumped into space. Actually, we don’t have to imagine that; Apollo and Artemis both vented urine to vacuum. Videos show a coruscating rush of glitte… --- ## [How far from your front door does "The Castle Doctrine" extend? \[Please answer for your specific state\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-from-your-front-door-does-the-castle-doctrine-extend-please-answer-for-your-specific-state/1031259)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2026, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-from-your-front-door-does-the-castle-doctrine-extend-please-answer-for-your-specific-state/1031259 "2026-07-02T11:24:23Z")
Ahhhhh, Facebook Reels. Endlessly tweaking algorithms to suit my fancy. For some reason, for the last few weeks I’ve been seeing a ton of home surveillance videos. Some daytime- usually porch pirates. Others nighttime. … --- ## [The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-theodore-roosevelt-presidential-library-in-north-dakota/1031345)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2026, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-theodore-roosevelt-presidential-library-in-north-dakota/1031345 "2026-07-02T10:58:54Z")
The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library is opening July 4 in North Dakota: “The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library is unlike any other presidential library in the country,” says Robbie Lauf, executive director… --- ## [Who here likes reaction videos?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-likes-reaction-videos/1020873)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2026, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-likes-reaction-videos/1020873 "2026-07-02T09:26:02Z")
I like watching “first time” reaction videos of people watching movies. It’s most fun when it’s something like “Psycho” and they are too young to know about the shower scene or the big twist. I think I like it when the… --- ## [My bank offers 10.5% interest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bank-offers-10-5-interest/1030803)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2026, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bank-offers-10-5-interest/1030803 "2026-07-02T06:43:18Z")
They just started a new savings account called a “Savings Jar”. For every electronic debit you make they round up to the next dollar and place the change into the savings jar at 10.49% figured monthly. I’m up to three b… --- ## [WWII Battle of Iwo Jima...why not blockade vs siege?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-battle-of-iwo-jima-why-not-blockade-vs-siege/1031012)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2026, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-battle-of-iwo-jima-why-not-blockade-vs-siege/1031012 "2026-07-02T05:46:30Z")
The Battle of Iwo Jima is famous in WWII US history for one of the hardest fought battles of the Pacific campaign. It amazes me how tough that tiny little island was to take. And by tiny I do mean tiny (eight square mil… --- ## [Chicago - Pick-Up Trucks - Restrictions Part II](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-pick-up-trucks-restrictions-part-ii/1031341)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2026, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-pick-up-trucks-restrictions-part-ii/1031341 "2026-07-02T03:08:41Z")
A while back I inquired about non-commercial pick up trucks on Lake Shore Drive. Most replies indicated much was up to an officer’s discretion. Here’s Part II: A friend will be in Chicago soon. He’s from California. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=79) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=81)