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**Author:** [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2026, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-golf-2026/1031047 "2026-06-21T19:36:51Z")
I don’t think there is a thread about this. Wyndham Clark is leading the US Open by 4 at the halfway point, sitting at 7 under. Unfortunately he’s one of the villains of golf at the moment. In typical US Open fashion, … --- ## [Russia - Ukraine: end of war predictions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-ukraine-end-of-war-predictions/1030002)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2026, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-ukraine-end-of-war-predictions/1030002 "2026-06-21T18:48:33Z")
I predict that the combat phase of the Russo-Ukrainian war will end this year. Why? Several reasons increase the likelihood: Russia has lost the vast majority of their pre-war stockpile of Soviet armored vehicles. We … --- ## [Notification system bug, first seen June 19](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notification-system-bug-first-seen-june-19/1031025)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notification-system-bug-first-seen-june-19/1031025 "2026-06-21T18:36:00Z")
When there are replies to me, or replies to a thread I’m watching, a little number appears over my avatar on the top right, and when I click on it, I should see a list of the first parts of the replies. As of today, how… --- ## [Living through the Cold War - were you afraid of nuclear war?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-through-the-cold-war-were-you-afraid-of-nuclear-war/1030976)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-through-the-cold-war-were-you-afraid-of-nuclear-war/1030976 "2026-06-21T18:24:55Z")
poll Inspired by this post, did you grow up during the Cold War? If so, did you fear nuclear attack? Not intellectually, but did you have any emotional reaction to the threat of nuclear war? --- ## [Well hey, today's my Joinaversary!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-hey-todays-my-joinaversary/1031061)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-hey-todays-my-joinaversary/1031061 "2026-06-21T16:51:19Z")
Just noticed the little cake icon next to my name and went searching. It appears that 19 years ago I decided to join. Can it really be that long ago? Damn I’m gettin’ old … I know I’m not a huge contributor, but I’m dam… --- ## [Discouraging copper-stealing -- how does it work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discouraging-copper-stealing-how-does-it-work/1031058)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2026, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discouraging-copper-stealing-how-does-it-work/1031058 "2026-06-21T16:27:38Z")
A PG&E substation in Berkeley has a sign on the fence saying it uses “Proof Positive copper with TraceID technology”. Does that mean a scrap dealer can examine offered copper hoping to learn where it came from? Or that t… --- ## [What is the type of ship shown in some articles about the Strait of Hormuz?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-type-of-ship-shown-in-some-articles-about-the-strait-of-hormuz/1031069)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2026, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-type-of-ship-shown-in-some-articles-about-the-strait-of-hormuz/1031069 "2026-06-21T14:07:01Z")
Articles about that strait being blocked often are illustrated with pictures about a crowd of ships at anchor waiting for the strait being opened again. Sometimes these vessels shown are typical crude tankers, but from … --- ## [What is the best breed of cat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-breed-of-cat/1030909)
**Author:** [@Xarrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xarrot)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2026, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-breed-of-cat/1030909 "2026-06-21T13:43:09Z")
What is the best breed of cat? Like what kind of cat is really good at a specific thing such as cuddling or mousing or looking pretty? just asking --- ## [Anyone see Obsession yet this weekend? Recommended? NO SPOILERS PLEASE!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-see-obsession-yet-this-weekend-recommended-no-spoilers-please/1030118)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2026, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-see-obsession-yet-this-weekend-recommended-no-spoilers-please/1030118 "2026-06-21T11:45:42Z")
We go to the movies about once a month or so. Tonight’s pick may be Obsession. Anyone see it yet? Do you recommend it? Haven’t seen Devil Wears Prada so 2 is out of the question. --- ## [A personal story about a pinch of goodwill and perseverance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-personal-story-about-a-pinch-of-goodwill-and-perseverance/1031048)
**Author:** [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2026, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-personal-story-about-a-pinch-of-goodwill-and-perseverance/1031048 "2026-06-21T08:21:42Z")
An insignificant step for mankind, but a huge leap for myself. I come from a traditional background where the men handle heavy work and household repairs, while cooking is almost entirely reserved for women. I grew up b… --- ## [2025 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 2261\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2026, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010 "2026-06-21T02:54:37Z")
It’s the most wonderful time of the year!!! The Rules You pick 13 celebrities (that’s thirteen, not ten) whom you predict will die within the calendar year 2025. If any of your celebrities dies, you score 100 points … --- ## [Obama Presidential Center in Chicago Has Opened {June 18, 2026}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-presidential-center-in-chicago-has-opened-june-18-2026/1031006)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2026, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-presidential-center-in-chicago-has-opened-june-18-2026/1031006 "2026-06-21T02:28:46Z")
It will open to the general public on June 19. We have several posters in the Chicago area. Anyone planning to visit? --- ## [Today I learned ……](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-learned/1031066)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2026, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-learned/1031066 "2026-06-21T02:16:36Z")
I thought there was already a thread like this but I can’t seem to find it. So … Today I learned the the marmalade that I’ve loved all my life is not in fact called Dundee Marmalade (as in the brand name), but it’s actu… --- ## [How does no medical check-up required life insurance work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-no-medical-check-up-required-life-insurance-work/1030989)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-no-medical-check-up-required-life-insurance-work/1030989 "2026-06-20T18:43:45Z")
Here’s another daytime TV ad I don’t get. There are numerous insurance companies that are happy to sell you a policy for only “pennies a day” and that require no medical check-up whatsoever. That means people can buy a p… --- ## [Joy, Not Despair: 4 Quarters, 10 Dimes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joy-not-despair-4-quarters-10-dimes/1031055)
**Author:** [@LucyInDisguise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LucyInDisguise)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2026, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joy-not-despair-4-quarters-10-dimes/1031055 "2026-06-20T18:17:40Z")
I’m just going to post a link to this blogger post about the joy still to be found in this country, despite all of the ruin that appears to be happening all around us in this country. Please take a few minutes and read … --- ## [What's a good activity for a bed-bound person who likes jigsaw puzzles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-activity-for-a-bed-bound-person-who-likes-jigsaw-puzzles/1029363)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2026, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-activity-for-a-bed-bound-person-who-likes-jigsaw-puzzles/1029363 "2026-06-20T16:22:13Z")
I have a friend who will be recovering from knee surgery for about a month, which means lots of time sitting in bed. One of their pastimes is doing jigsaw puzzles, but those would be impractical while sitting in bed. One… --- ## [Grass Court All set Up!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grass-court-all-set-up/1031031)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grass-court-all-set-up/1031031 "2026-06-20T14:51:10Z")
Just finished painting the lines and setting up the net. (perimeter netting goes up tomorrow) In its 52nd year, it used to be my old man’s, who passed away in '22, but strangely enough the new occupants like the aestheti… --- ## [2025 SDMB Celebrity Life Pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-life-pool/1011021)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-life-pool/1011021 "2026-06-20T14:26:28Z")
The Life Pool. Our little redeeming game to not make us feel so bad about the Death Pool. We’re back! Rules are very simple. Submit 13 names Only celebrities 81 and older count Points awarded at end of year: 1 point … --- ## [2025 \[THEMED\] Celebrity Death Pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1011109)
**Author:** [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1011109 "2026-06-20T14:14:05Z")
NOTE: As we started in 2019, Themed Death Pool Lists will be posted and tracked in a separate thread. If you are looking for the 2024 Celebrity Death Pool thread, click here phungi (aka: the Death Shroom) checking in as… --- ## [Photoshop Elements: How to highlight an image of text?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photoshop-elements-how-to-highlight-an-image-of-text/1031028)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2026, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photoshop-elements-how-to-highlight-an-image-of-text/1031028 "2026-06-20T12:04:25Z")
I have taken a screenshot of a magazine article. I would like to highlight some text in the image. Note that the only thing I know how to do in PE is to add text to an image. There aren’t any classes or anything to le… --- ## [Graphic design feedback for super-niche t-shirt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graphic-design-feedback-for-super-niche-t-shirt/1031017)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2026, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graphic-design-feedback-for-super-niche-t-shirt/1031017 "2026-06-20T09:36:44Z")
Okay, this is a super-niche question. My dad’s 80th birthday is coming up. He likes to sail, so as a gag gift I’m making a t-shirt for him. It’s based on three things: An old joke His love of “memojis” (Apple’s custom… --- ## [Does anyone have Trypophobia (aversion to clusters, holes, bumps)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-trypophobia-aversion-to-clusters-holes-bumps/1031003)
**Author:** [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2026, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-trypophobia-aversion-to-clusters-holes-bumps/1031003 "2026-06-20T05:26:56Z")
Does anyone have Trypophobia? Trypophobia is an aversion to the sight of repetitive patterns, or clusters, of small holes or bumps.\[3\]\[4\]\[5\] Although not clinically recognized as a separate mental or emotional disorder,… --- ## [Does anyone here practice Jainism or is familiar with its tenets? I have some questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-practice-jainism-or-is-familiar-with-its-tenets-i-have-some-questions/1030792)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2026, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-practice-jainism-or-is-familiar-with-its-tenets-i-have-some-questions/1030792 "2026-06-20T05:16:24Z")
I am a motorcoach operator in Texas. That means I drive a big ol’ bus for a charter company. A couple of weeks ago, I had a truly delightful, but unusual group of passengers. Another driver and I took about 95 Jains f… --- ## [Happy Bloomsday!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-bloomsday/789119)
**Author:** [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2026, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-bloomsday/789119 "2026-06-20T03:43:50Z")
Looking’ specifically at Leo Bloom, just because… you know… who is and all. 113th anniversary, this time around. I found a centennial thread (thanks Google) bud judged it wrong to resurrect it, 13 years on. --- ## [Will the Earth ever run out of CO2?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-earth-ever-run-out-of-co2/1030996)
**Author:** [@Xarrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xarrot)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2026, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-earth-ever-run-out-of-co2/1030996 "2026-06-20T02:46:09Z")
Trees require CO2 to breathe, and release oxygen afterwards (iirc). So when will we run out of CO2? --- ## [Cattle herding in Caspian forests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-herding-in-caspian-forests/1029868)
**Author:** [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2026, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-herding-in-caspian-forests/1029868 "2026-06-20T02:34:28Z")
Reading the Wiki on the White Revolution in Iran and I came across this “While the Caspian forests were nationalized, the forest inhabitants—primarily cattle herders—were expelled by the government and relocated to near… --- ## ["Titan" submersible investigation begins \[28-June-2023\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titan-submersible-investigation-begins-28-june-2023/986242)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 709\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2026, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titan-submersible-investigation-begins-28-june-2023/986242 "2026-06-20T02:07:43Z")
I was going to post this as a follow-on in the original thread but I see that it’s closed. Pieces of the imploded submersible have been retrieved and have arrived in St. John’s, Newfoundland. The investigation will be … --- ## [Adding a ringtone to iPhone SE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-a-ringtone-to-iphone-se/1031023)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2026, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-a-ringtone-to-iphone-se/1031023 "2026-06-19T23:30:21Z")
I’ve downloaded a 1994 Nokia ringtone that I would like to use on my iPhone SE. I’ve saved the .mp4 file in iCloud. How do I put it on my phone? --- ## [The first non-European, non-South American World Cup winner will be from where? North America? Oceania? Asia? Africa?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-non-european-non-south-american-world-cup-winner-will-be-from-where-north-america-oceania-asia-africa/1030947)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2026, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-non-european-non-south-american-world-cup-winner-will-be-from-where-north-america-oceania-asia-africa/1030947 "2026-06-19T20:07:43Z")
Obviously the Europeans and South Americans have dominated the World Cup since its inception, and indeed, soccer has traditionally been bigger and better on those continents than it has elsewhere. But the rest of the wor… --- ## [Haiduk - Archdevil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiduk-archdevil/1031026)
**Author:** [@Deamris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deamris)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiduk-archdevil/1031026 "2026-06-19T20:05:01Z")
The new album by Haiduk is awesome. Non stop riffs and speed. Check it out! Archdevil haiduk.bandcamp.com/album/archdevil Track 2 - Vexer Haiduk - Vexer [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=85) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=87)