# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=133 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 134 --- ## [Backing up my computer--24 hours later](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backing-up-my-computer-24-hours-later/993086)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2023, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backing-up-my-computer-24-hours-later/993086 "2023-11-17T08:04:44Z")
It is now around 5PM, EST. Yesterday at 5 PM, I plugged in a standalone hard disk and typed copy /s \* d: which means copy everything to drive d: (the hard disk), including subdirectories. It continued till 10:30 when… --- ## [1st World coffee maker problems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1st-world-coffee-maker-problems/993129)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1st-world-coffee-maker-problems/993129 "2023-11-16T18:33:13Z")
TIL that the little tube that pierces the capsule can get clogged with grounds. I almost panicked when I followed the steps, and no coffee came out. It was like the universe was momentarily unbalanced. --- ## [I had a weird headache/vertigo thing tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-weird-headache-vertigo-thing-tonight/993112)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2023, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-weird-headache-vertigo-thing-tonight/993112 "2023-11-16T06:36:30Z")
I’ve been experiencing vertigo again, and I intend to start exercises today. The thing is last night after I got my husband in bed. I had a headache, my ears always ring, but they were much louder than usual. I was on th… --- ## [They had it with this motherfucking horse on this motherfucking plane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-had-it-with-this-motherfucking-horse-on-this-motherfucking-plane/993082)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-had-it-with-this-motherfucking-horse-on-this-motherfucking-plane/993082 "2023-11-16T02:33:14Z")
Apparently the threshold for too many horses loose on a plane is “one”. --- ## [Need some motivational tips for running/jogging](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-motivational-tips-for-running-jogging/993180)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2023, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-motivational-tips-for-running-jogging/993180 "2023-11-16T02:24:30Z")
I have no problem with running as long as it’s secondary to some other goal/purpose. I struggle with running if it’s for running’s sake alone. For instance, if I’m playing ultimate frisbee or flag football, I have no pr… --- ## [Guinness, are you guys on some kind of psychedelic drugs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinness-are-you-guys-on-some-kind-of-psychedelic-drugs/993170)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinness-are-you-guys-on-some-kind-of-psychedelic-drugs/993170 "2023-11-15T20:56:37Z")
I couldn’t find the “Commercials you hate thread” So I made this one. There’s a ad for their non-alcoholic variety. It’s singing foam on top of the Guinness glass. Singing that “Hero” song that’s so irritating. I get … --- ## [Why did the Mathematician fail biology?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-mathematician-fail-biology/993188)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-mathematician-fail-biology/993188 "2023-11-15T20:11:45Z")
Because he couldn’t believe cells multiply by dividing. . . . . :smiley: --- ## [Do vegans/vegetarians have to do vitamin-counting to make sure they don't overdose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-vegans-vegetarians-have-to-do-vitamin-counting-to-make-sure-they-dont-overdose/993084)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-vegans-vegetarians-have-to-do-vitamin-counting-to-make-sure-they-dont-overdose/993084 "2023-11-15T20:05:24Z")
I’ve been trying to go vegetable-heavy on my diet (all those decades of refined flour, carbs, meat, sugar, salt, took a toll on my body) but I’m surprised at how packed a lot of these vegetables are. Even just one cup of… --- ## [My opinion: Some websites say your password is wrong when its not](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-opinion-some-websites-say-your-password-is-wrong-when-its-not/991507)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-opinion-some-websites-say-your-password-is-wrong-when-its-not/991507 "2023-11-15T14:02:04Z")
I am CONVIENCED that some websites say you have the wrong password when you enter the correct password. My browser has saved the password for this website and entered it automatically for the past year. And now suddenl… --- ## [Oh boy ... (implanted?) memories?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-boy-implanted-memories/993015)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-boy-implanted-memories/993015 "2023-11-15T07:36:53Z")
Based on this pic from another thread: … triggert the following train of thought… yep I know that, abbey road studios I’ve been there around 2015/16 while in Lon… --- ## [WSJ - toxic work environment at the FDIC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wsj-toxic-work-environment-at-the-fdic/993067)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2023, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wsj-toxic-work-environment-at-the-fdic/993067 "2023-11-14T07:07:51Z")
WSJ article about the long standing toxic work environment at the FDIC, primarily within the bank examiners group. FDIC has just over 5,000 employees, about 2,900 of which work in the bank examination group. Within t… --- ## [My cat, who was lost, is now found](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-who-was-lost-is-now-found/993038)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2023, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-who-was-lost-is-now-found/993038 "2023-11-14T00:59:46Z")
He was always an indoor-only kitty, but 3 nights ago he darted out the back door and went immediately though a hole in the neighbor’s fence. We sat up for hours thinking he’d come home after he’d had his little adventure… --- ## [If someone were born incapable of feeling embarrassment, how would they turn out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-someone-were-born-incapable-of-feeling-embarrassment-how-would-they-turn-out/993046)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-someone-were-born-incapable-of-feeling-embarrassment-how-would-they-turn-out/993046 "2023-11-13T16:41:00Z")
Really weird question that popped into my head recently. Assume that they’re just as capable of feeling every other emotion and of learning as “normal.” Also, I consider shame to be a different enough emotion to classify… --- ## [Disagreement in the cockpit \[8/22/2022\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disagreement-in-the-cockpit-8-22-2022/992428)
**Author:** [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disagreement-in-the-cockpit-8-22-2022/992428 "2023-11-13T13:58:51Z")
A former Delta co-pilot was federally indicted earlier this month, accused of threatening to shoot the captain of a commercial flight last year if he diverted the plane because a passenger on board may have been suffe… --- ## [(Old) The Standard(Time) MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-standard-time-mmp/992682)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 297\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2023, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-standard-time-mmp/992682 "2023-11-13T07:59:51Z")
It’s Standard Time(unless you have a pet, in which case you are an hour late feeding them and they are loudly starving to death \< looks at Spot \>). I’m up. caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave. Hijack away! --- ## [I'm getting tired of never being taken seriously at work, what do I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-tired-of-never-being-taken-seriously-at-work-what-do-i-do/992088)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-tired-of-never-being-taken-seriously-at-work-what-do-i-do/992088 "2023-11-12T20:15:09Z")
At every job I go to, I seem to plateau at barely above entry level and my colleagues don’t take me seriously, coupled with them being on average ten years younger. Have I not just found the right job yet? Or is it some… --- ## [Man recieves first whole eye transplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-recieves-first-whole-eye-transplant/992939)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-recieves-first-whole-eye-transplant/992939 "2023-11-12T15:23:27Z")
Disfigured electrical worker gets a new eye and part of a face. (1) U.S. man 1st to have whole eye transplanted from organ donor - YouTube --- ## [Bad, bad, bad All by my lonesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-all-by-my-lonesome/993003)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2023, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-all-by-my-lonesome/993003 "2023-11-12T02:31:47Z")
You know? Alone, by myself, no company, no attention paid to me. :face\_with\_diagonal\_mouth: Yeah. I know. I think the universe revolves around me. Til I don’t. It’s big hunting time. No guys around to make do chores. … --- ## [High-end brothel busted in Virginia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-end-brothel-busted-in-virginia/992891)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-end-brothel-busted-in-virginia/992891 "2023-11-11T15:58:43Z")
I considered putting this on the Politics board, but we don’t know who the clients are yet. Anyway, this story could get quite interesting. They seemed to specialize in “The Girlfriend Experience,” FWIW. --- ## [Now. Bad bad bad Lil'wrekker needs her ol' ma](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-bad-bad-bad-lilwrekker-needs-her-ol-ma/992336)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2023, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-bad-bad-bad-lilwrekker-needs-her-ol-ma/992336 "2023-11-10T22:03:34Z")
As she often gets starring and top roles in productions at the community theater and her university she was asked to audition for the City board for their Christmas promotional activities. She has gotten a couple modeli… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad shopping cart war](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-shopping-cart-war/992018)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-shopping-cart-war/992018 "2023-11-10T20:50:46Z")
How do you feel about returning your cart to the right place? I never really concerned myself about it, at all. I always parked nearish one of the cart garage thingys, as to swipe a cart going in, just in case there we… --- ## [Psst...hey, buddy....maybe you've seen an F-35 fighter jet someplace 'round here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psst-hey-buddy-maybe-youve-seen-an-f-35-fighter-jet-someplace-round-here/990295)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psst-hey-buddy-maybe-youve-seen-an-f-35-fighter-jet-someplace-round-here/990295 "2023-11-10T16:56:49Z")
Just wonderin’, ya know… Because the army lost one someplace in South Carolina, and can’t find it. . --- ## [Astronaut Ken Mattingly passed away on {2023-10-31}; + some Apollo moon stats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronaut-ken-mattingly-passed-away-on-2023-10-31-some-apollo-moon-stats/992828)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronaut-ken-mattingly-passed-away-on-2023-10-31-some-apollo-moon-stats/992828 "2023-11-10T13:44:26Z")
I did not see a dedicated thread on this but it may have been mentioned in other threads like the death pool. My search did not find any recent posts about him. Astronaut Ken Mattingly was depicted by actor Gary Sinise i… --- ## [Looking for a celebratory dessert for people with food allergies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-celebratory-dessert-for-people-with-food-allergies/992873)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2023, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-celebratory-dessert-for-people-with-food-allergies/992873 "2023-11-10T03:25:46Z")
Hello fellow Dopers, I’m looking for good suggestions. I have a celebration event (not a birthday or anniversary) for a friend, and it’s an event where normally I’d get a cake. But he has food allergies, and so does his … --- ## [Which famous people follow YOU on social media?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-famous-people-follow-you-on-social-media/992772)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-famous-people-follow-you-on-social-media/992772 "2023-11-09T19:11:04Z")
When you “follow” the account of a famous person on social media, it’s always gratifying when they “follow” your account back. I suppose it’s even better when some famous person follows your account out of the blue, but… --- ## [Have you ever discovered a new fear in yourself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-discovered-a-new-fear-in-yourself/992422)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-discovered-a-new-fear-in-yourself/992422 "2023-11-09T16:44:03Z")
I’m thinking of phobias or irrational fears. This came up in my case by stumbling on a short video of a starfish walking on the beach. It just inspired such deep loathing and aversion in me that it was a little startling… --- ## [Oopsy! Wrong kind of UV lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oopsy-wrong-kind-of-uv-lamp/992715)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2023, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oopsy-wrong-kind-of-uv-lamp/992715 "2023-11-09T04:11:39Z")
Apparently organizers of a Hong Kong event used UV-C sterilization lamp bulbs instead of the UV-A used for black lighting: --- ## [Acknowledging an unknown person who may have saved my life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acknowledging-an-unknown-person-who-may-have-saved-my-life/990891)
**Author:** [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acknowledging-an-unknown-person-who-may-have-saved-my-life/990891 "2023-11-09T03:14:58Z")
A few weeks back I was doing the tourist thing in Minneapolis-St. Paul. I was particularly interested in doing some urban kayaking (see this thread: https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sell-me-or-dont-on-paddling-your-urba… --- ## [Help Me Find A Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-thread/992849)
**Author:** [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2023, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-thread/992849 "2023-11-09T02:16:04Z")
I’m not sure which forum it was in and I can’t remember the wording of the title to do a search. It was a thread to post “feel good” videos and stuff from the internet. Thanks for any help! --- ## [Good news: I got nepotism'd into a job. Bad news: I got nepotism'd into a job](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-i-got-nepotismd-into-a-job-bad-news-i-got-nepotismd-into-a-job/992702)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-i-got-nepotismd-into-a-job-bad-news-i-got-nepotismd-into-a-job/992702 "2023-11-08T13:36:47Z")
I’d been unemployed/part-time employed since last year, but my father (an exec at a tech company) pulled some strings and I may soon be offered a job as a marketing technical writer at his company. It is mostly-remote an… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=132) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=134)