# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=148 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 149 --- ## [Being Crazy, as a Modality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-crazy-as-a-modality/987945)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-crazy-as-a-modality/987945 "2023-08-07T14:32:06Z")
I don’t need to be locked into restricted confined spaced to protect me from me. I’m fine. I don’t hurt me; I don’t hurt other people. Hell, I am fully employed and pay fucking taxes, okay? So same rules for me as an… --- ## [(Old) Sleepover in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-sleepover-in-the-mmp/987860)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 257\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2023, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-sleepover-in-the-mmp/987860 "2023-08-07T06:04:09Z")
I was going to start out this week commenting how I slept with Mel last night, which led to memories of sleepovers with friends which struck me as a not-too-terrible topic for this week, so why not? :grin: Possible appr… --- ## [25-year-old Black man files lawsuit after being mistaken for a 51-year-old white man with the same name and imprisoned for 6 days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/25-year-old-black-man-files-lawsuit-after-being-mistaken-for-a-51-year-old-white-man-with-the-same-name-and-imprisoned-for-6-days/958294)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/25-year-old-black-man-files-lawsuit-after-being-mistaken-for-a-51-year-old-white-man-with-the-same-name-and-imprisoned-for-6-days/958294 "2023-08-06T18:22:10Z")
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/a-25-year-old-black-man-files-lawsuit-after-he-was-misidentified-while-police-sought-a-white-suspect/ar-AAT48s9?ocid=msedgntp The two men don’t look anything alike. As I stated, the… --- ## [Beck and her bad bad bad pet update](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-and-her-bad-bad-bad-pet-update/987186)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2023, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-and-her-bad-bad-bad-pet-update/987186 "2023-08-05T20:38:09Z")
I haven’t posted many pet tales lately. So here’s an update: Bayliss the tailless- nearly perfect dog is doing his self appointed job, watching me. He’s only happy if I’m sitting or in bed. If I’m up he is at my heel. … --- ## [Traffic Enforcement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-enforcement/984832)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-enforcement/984832 "2023-08-05T18:50:39Z")
A Comment and a Question. When COVID hit, people disappeared from the roads for quite a while, and so did the police for the most part. It was pretty much “cruise at your own leisure” around Chicagoland. That time has… --- ## [I Am Returned!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-returned/988025)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-returned/988025 "2023-08-05T17:19:42Z")
All- So like, I’ve been away. Last time I’d been 'round here I was in the (literal) death throes of my alcoholism and financial distress. I am happy to report that has not changed! I am still an alcoholic and always wi… --- ## [How many complications does your watch have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-complications-does-your-watch-have/977059)
**Author:** [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-complications-does-your-watch-have/977059 "2023-08-05T17:10:02Z")
My Tissot automatic has one - the date. This Vacheron Constantin has 57. This is elegant technology at its best: --- ## [Roller coaster closed for huge failure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roller-coaster-closed-for-huge-failure/986425)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2023, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roller-coaster-closed-for-huge-failure/986425 "2023-08-05T05:17:39Z")
Reports have been calling it “a crack”. That’s not a crack - that’s a complete failure of one of the largest support members. Holy Cow! Imagine the force needed to shear that column. https://www.foxnews.com/us/tallest-f… --- ## [Everything you always wondered about cooking with gas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-you-always-wondered-about-cooking-with-gas/988063)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-you-always-wondered-about-cooking-with-gas/988063 "2023-08-04T19:11:21Z")
--- ## [Research reveals descendants of 27 slaves buried in Maryland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/research-reveals-descendants-of-27-slaves-buried-in-maryland/988021)
**Author:** [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/research-reveals-descendants-of-27-slaves-buried-in-maryland/988021 "2023-08-04T16:46:18Z")
Looks interesting, although I haven’t read the linked article yet (I came across it through another media source). A cemetery was discovered in Maryland and those buried there were found to be slaves. DNA research has a… --- ## [Beirut explosion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beirut-explosion/917267)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2023, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beirut-explosion/917267 "2023-08-04T10:41:56Z")
Found a good article embedding several of the best shots. I wonder what kilotonnage this rates at? --- ## [Ferry Sinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ferry-sinks/686248)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2023, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ferry-sinks/686248 "2023-08-04T09:39:40Z")
Happened today. Ferry sank in South Korea. Most of the passengers are high school students on a long-weekend holiday. --- ## [PSA: don't microwave plastics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psa-dont-microwave-plastics/987902)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psa-dont-microwave-plastics/987902 "2023-08-04T02:06:50Z")
New report says that microwaving plastics release zillions of microplastic and nanoplastic particles: Discourse, for once, gives previous threads that were actually relevant to this topic. There were several from way … --- ## ["Break a Leg!" The Lil'wrekkers lastest fall from grace](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-a-leg-the-lilwrekkers-lastest-fall-from-grace/987847)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2023, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-a-leg-the-lilwrekkers-lastest-fall-from-grace/987847 "2023-08-03T03:06:23Z")
I promised I wouldn’t start a thread on this. But she doesn’t read, so I’m doing it anyway. She’s in Newsies at the moment at the Community theatre. Wednesdays show she slipped on stage during the big dance scene. Ye… --- ## [Conspiracy About Women’s Clothing And Pockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conspiracy-about-women-s-clothing-and-pockets/986194)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2023, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conspiracy-about-women-s-clothing-and-pockets/986194 "2023-08-03T01:53:00Z")
Even for fairly unisex items like jogging pants, men’s clothing often has a reasonable number of pockets. Women’s clothing often has no pockets. Certainly it often has fewer pockets and often only small pockets, My qu… --- ## [What is "joy"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-joy/987835)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-joy/987835 "2023-08-02T14:45:51Z")
I searched to see if this has been covered here, and I didn’t see anything similar. I have done some medical surveys at my gp’s office and some just what the heck surveys on line that ask: have you felt joy? I honestly … --- ## [Florida man (atee) killed by rough sex with his brother](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-atee-killed-by-rough-sex-with-his-brother/987805)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-atee-killed-by-rough-sex-with-his-brother/987805 "2023-08-01T19:35:50Z")
I mean, there are soooo many comments that could be made about this story. Let’s make some of them. --- ## [Random “Why don’t we have this in the US” thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-why-don-t-we-have-this-in-the-us-thread/987294)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 238\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-why-don-t-we-have-this-in-the-us-thread/987294 "2023-08-01T05:22:26Z")
I just got back from my first trip to Europe and one little thing they have are plastic water, soda, juice, etc bottles where the cap stays on the bottle. You just twist the cap and then it pops up and you don’t have to … --- ## [What good "scores" have you made at thrift stores?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-scores-have-you-made-at-thrift-stores/987422)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-scores-have-you-made-at-thrift-stores/987422 "2023-08-01T03:16:26Z")
There are several thrift stores in town, but the one a lot of people like best is called God’s Storehouse. You can get almost anything there, and it seems like it’s always busy. Some years ago I bought a great winter j… --- ## [Indicator lights. Bad bad bad indication of what? So so much](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indicator-lights-bad-bad-bad-indication-of-what-so-so-much/987747)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indicator-lights-bad-bad-bad-indication-of-what-so-so-much/987747 "2023-07-31T21:43:53Z")
I was up very early. I wasn’t sleeping well, anyways. Things on my mind. I walked around the the house. There are so many indicator lights. Little tiny pindots in the dark: Indicating the dishwasher is done. The TVs a… --- ## [Intriguing family photo from the 1930s - attention Bekdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intriguing-family-photo-from-the-1930s-attention-bekdawrek/987878)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intriguing-family-photo-from-the-1930s-attention-bekdawrek/987878 "2023-07-31T18:22:15Z")
One enjoyable task for my family history was going through an envelope of negatives from my aunt Betsey. A couple of them feature cars so I believe they are from around 1930. Places and faces unknown but likely somewhere… --- ## [Great Poll Questions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-poll-questions/987881)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-poll-questions/987881 "2023-07-31T18:21:18Z")
For a general audience. Looking to take the best ones and conduct surveys. It would be great to compare them with another audience, too, but for now, a great question would do. Thanks! --- ## [A tiny tiny tiny happenstance (film on microwave control panel)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tiny-tiny-tiny-happenstance-film-on-microwave-control-panel/987410)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tiny-tiny-tiny-happenstance-film-on-microwave-control-panel/987410 "2023-07-31T15:24:31Z")
Set up: Last year mid-dau sorta blew up the microwave. It was a nice one. Though, several years old. Stains inside that would never budge. So I was ok about it. Chapter 2: I sent Son-of-a-wrek with my debit card. Admo… --- ## [(Old) Whatcha want on your MMP...izza?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-whatcha-want-on-your-mmp-izza/987446)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 379\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-whatcha-want-on-your-mmp-izza/987446 "2023-07-31T13:10:49Z")
Do you add veggies, or go all meats? How do you feel about anchovies? And of course, the biggie, the kahuna question … where do you fall on the Great Pineapple Debate? Me? I make weird pizzas for my personal snacks an… --- ## [Retro Remedies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-remedies/987277)
**Author:** [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-remedies/987277 "2023-07-31T03:05:04Z")
A discussion of headache powders in the Tylenol thread lead me to think of old fashioned remedies which I think are more effective for me than modern counterparts: BC Powder, Alka Seltzer for stomach problems, Alka Selt… --- ## ["Writing" with the Bing AI chatbot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-with-the-bing-ai-chatbot/986164)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-with-the-bing-ai-chatbot/986164 "2023-07-31T02:37:51Z")
“Write me a love story between Data and Tasha Yar.” Data and Tasha Yar met on board the USS Enterprise-D, where they served as the second officer and the chief of security, respectively. They were both dedicated to the… --- ## [Have you ever reported a Facebook page for fraud?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-reported-a-facebook-page-for-fraud/987799)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2023, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-reported-a-facebook-page-for-fraud/987799 "2023-07-30T21:59:22Z")
…And had them agree with you and pull the page? If Facebook has any standards other than “As long as we get our cut, it’s all good!”, I have yet to see them. --- ## [What Scam Is This? (involves PayPal, but probably a fake PayPal)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scam-is-this-involves-paypal-but-probably-a-fake-paypal/987834)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2023, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scam-is-this-involves-paypal-but-probably-a-fake-paypal/987834 "2023-07-30T19:02:11Z")
I’m sure this is a scam, so I’ve never called the number, because that seems to be what they want me to do, and so I don’t know what the exchange is like, but I assume it’s phishing for personal information, especially b… --- ## [An Uber self-driving car killed a pedestrian in Tempe, AZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-uber-self-driving-car-killed-a-pedestrian-in-tempe-az/810836)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 260\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2023, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-uber-self-driving-car-killed-a-pedestrian-in-tempe-az/810836 "2023-07-30T12:39:34Z")
Story here: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/19/technology/uber-driverless-fatality.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news Had to happe… --- ## [Seattle and Eugene Dopefests (yep, short notice)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-eugene-dopefests-yep-short-notice/987671)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2023, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-eugene-dopefests-yep-short-notice/987671 "2023-07-30T04:11:02Z")
OK dopers, and apologies for lack of notice but as part of the grand tour I will be in Seattle on Thu 27th-Jul and Fri 28th Jul. Departure on Sat morning for Eugene where Plan A was to meet Lancia but Plan B might adjus… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=147) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=149)