# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=155 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 156 --- ## [Little Frustrations - The Place for All Your Minor Venting Needs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-frustrations-the-place-for-all-your-minor-venting-needs/981500)
**Author:** [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Replies:** 270\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2023, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-frustrations-the-place-for-all-your-minor-venting-needs/981500 "2023-06-14T23:25:18Z")
I didn’t see a topic similar to this in MPSIMS, but if there is one and I missed it, feel free to point me in it’s direction and delete this one. Everyone has the little frustrations. The ones that aren’t quite big eno… --- ## [Is “MrBeast” Good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mrbeast-good/985379)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2023, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mrbeast-good/985379 "2023-06-14T22:55:58Z")
MrBeast, as you likely know, is an Internet philanthropist. He does somewhat outrageous things for web views, but pours much of the profit into calculated philanthropic acts largely derived to get more attention and web… --- ## [Is BEAR! (With link)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bear-with-link/985384)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bear-with-link/985384 "2023-06-14T22:54:18Z")
Is BEAR! Bear is Great Symbol of Russia. Bear is hanging ten, in Florida. Bear is also Hodad & Big Kahuna. Therefore, since Bear is more likable than Putin, Putin throw Bear out window. LINK HERE–Bear On Florida Bea… --- ## [My Cancer Gone By](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cancer-gone-by/985347)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2023, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cancer-gone-by/985347 "2023-06-14T21:35:36Z")
A Cancer In Four Movies All That Jazz: On June 11, 2021, I was in serious trouble. I’d had worsening swelling of lower extremities, shortness of breath, persistent stuffy nose with occasional severe mucus production, an… --- ## [Human Fly in Seoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-fly-in-seoul/985480)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-fly-in-seoul/985480 "2023-06-14T17:29:26Z")
Man attempts ropeless climb of Seoul skyscraper The posted story is quite short, so no quote here. You should definitely watch the video, though! --- ## [Supreme Court of Canada judge resigns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-of-canada-judge-resigns/985380)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2023, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-of-canada-judge-resigns/985380 "2023-06-14T03:32:36Z")
Justice Russell Brown has resigned. He was facing a disciplinary hearing by the Canadian Judicial Council over allegations of a late-night brawl with a Marine in Arizona. --- ## [Think Canada geese are bad? Canadian pigeons are into drug-dealing!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-canada-geese-are-bad-canadian-pigeons-are-into-drug-dealing/985440)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2023, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-canada-geese-are-bad-canadian-pigeons-are-into-drug-dealing/985440 "2023-06-14T03:07:04Z")
News article from a while ago that I meant to post: The pigeon was stripped of its tiny meth-packed knapsack and flew away, unharmed. Could be heard to mutter: « wait till I find out who the stoolie was! » --- ## [Kids! Win this FX-100 sports car! (What?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-win-this-fx-100-sports-car-what/985342)
**Author:** [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-win-this-fx-100-sports-car-what/985342 "2023-06-13T17:23:36Z")
Here’s a TV ad, looks to be from the early sixties, for Red Ball Jets, a sneaker brand that promises they’ll “get you off like a rocket!” And shows a cartoon kid bouncing over a house! Not since Fred MacMurray invented F… --- ## [Teenager flirting with me. Weird visit to the inlaws!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenager-flirting-with-me-weird-visit-to-the-inlaws/659546)
**Author:** [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenager-flirting-with-me-weird-visit-to-the-inlaws/659546 "2023-06-13T16:03:32Z")
So, visiting my sister in law and BIL over the weekend. Their house is always a zoo of people and kids on holiday weekends. Here is the roster of participants: BIL, SIL, wife, niece, Niece’s husband, niece’s kids (3 g… --- ## [Between the lines, one of the saddest things I've ever seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/between-the-lines-one-of-the-saddest-things-ive-ever-seen/824053)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/between-the-lines-one-of-the-saddest-things-ive-ever-seen/824053 "2023-06-13T16:02:40Z")
Over the weekend, I saw an obituary for a 13-year-old girl in a nearby town who “died at home” (i.e. she committed suicide). Usually, when a young person dies, there are oodles of online condolences, and that’s just not… --- ## [One small nice thing about this Midwest drought…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-small-nice-thing-about-this-midwest-drought/985316)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-small-nice-thing-about-this-midwest-drought/985316 "2023-06-13T12:27:00Z")
…is that I’m sitting outside in my backyard right now, 11:30 at night, and I have not been bitten by a single mosquito. I live in an area with many small lakes and swampy areas all around, and on a typical Summer evening… --- ## [(Old) So you want to be a star in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-so-you-want-to-be-a-star-in-the-mmp/985030)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 288\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-so-you-want-to-be-a-star-in-the-mmp/985030 "2023-06-13T11:55:02Z")
How many of us dreamed of being on the stage or screen as kids? I used to think I wanted to be a dancer or a singer, and I certainly wouldn’t let shyness or a lack of talent stop me. OK, I did. But the dreams were there… --- ## [I think I screwed up by using ChatGPT too vigorously at my freelance work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-screwed-up-by-using-chatgpt-too-vigorously-at-my-freelance-work/984637)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-screwed-up-by-using-chatgpt-too-vigorously-at-my-freelance-work/984637 "2023-06-13T10:42:16Z")
I lost my job last November and have been looking for full-time work ever since. A few weeks ago, a Christian organization approached me and was looking to get several thousand sermons transcribed into Word documents (t… --- ## [Berlusconi, ex-PM of Italy, dead at 86](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/berlusconi-ex-pm-of-italy-dead-at-86/985350)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/berlusconi-ex-pm-of-italy-dead-at-86/985350 "2023-06-13T02:35:36Z")
Yeppers! What a streak!! First Robert Hanssen, then Pat Robertson, then the Unabomber, and now this festering excuse for a human being. Is the Universe beginning to compensate us for all these awful years since 2016…… --- ## [A prodigal son has returned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-prodigal-son-has-returned/985332)
**Author:** [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-prodigal-son-has-returned/985332 "2023-06-13T01:31:50Z")
I was a longtime Doper in the vBulletin days — I even scored a “Charter Member” title way back when (though I lost that at some point) — and had attended several KC Dopefests and got to be good friends with SkipFitz and … --- ## [14 year old animator hired by Sony pictures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-year-old-animator-hired-by-sony-pictures/985383)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-year-old-animator-hired-by-sony-pictures/985383 "2023-06-12T23:24:48Z")
This is just too delicious not to share. A 14 year old of Cameroonian descent (although US born and now living in Canada) created a Spiderman trailer using Lego builder software and it came to the attention of the creat… --- ## [U.S. withdraws from UNESCO, the U.N.’s cultural organization, citing anti-Israel bias](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-withdraws-from-unesco-the-u-n-s-cultural-organization-citing-anti-israel-bias/798657)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-withdraws-from-unesco-the-u-n-s-cultural-organization-citing-anti-israel-bias/798657 "2023-06-12T22:14:00Z")
It seems bizarre that an organization devoted to educational, scientific and cultural cooperation would be so controversial in the U.S. If you look at a list of activities most are worth doing: --- ## [Thinking about the day my son was born](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-the-day-my-son-was-born/985378)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-the-day-my-son-was-born/985378 "2023-06-12T20:29:55Z")
As we went into labor I started to think about how I would react as I saw my son for the first time. I imagined something coming over me that I had never experienced. Labor was short and we were rushed into the room, 10 … --- ## [Share the top all-time posts from a (relatively) small subreddit you enjoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-top-all-time-posts-from-a-relatively-small-subreddit-you-enjoy/985293)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-top-all-time-posts-from-a-relatively-small-subreddit-you-enjoy/985293 "2023-06-12T19:01:27Z")
Lots of Reddit in the news lately. It’s the Reddit end times! Anyway, here’s the rules: Rule a) Go to a subreddit you like. Filter the posts by “top” and then “all time.” Rule 1) Feel free to skip a post or two if it’… --- ## [Today I learned the BBC has a pidgin English section](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-learned-the-bbc-has-a-pidgin-english-section/985297)
**Author:** [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-learned-the-bbc-has-a-pidgin-english-section/985297 "2023-06-12T17:04:37Z")
I must have read thousands of BBC articles over the years and never ran across this before. Pretty cool. I did a search before posting this and I got more hits of posters spelling pigeon wrong than about the language. … --- ## [Jesus is sitting on your couch…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-is-sitting-on-your-couch/982740)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-is-sitting-on-your-couch/982740 "2023-06-11T14:33:04Z")
….can speak your language and wants to hang out with you. According to the Bible, what is he like? A factual question of course, but religion so GD. He’d be ugly, I read. And for a god, extraordinarily humble, like the… --- ## [Solution to global warming: move the Earth farther from the Sun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solution-to-global-warming-move-the-earth-farther-from-the-sun/985289)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2023, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solution-to-global-warming-move-the-earth-farther-from-the-sun/985289 "2023-06-11T08:41:29Z")
An astrophysicist has come up with a solution to global warming: move the Earth 3 million miles further away from the sun. Even if this could be done, wouldn’t we have to move it back once the problem is “fixed”? --- ## [What is the worst or most condescending advice you have been given?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-or-most-condescending-advice-you-have-been-given/915781)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-or-most-condescending-advice-you-have-been-given/915781 "2023-06-10T16:41:24Z")
Just asking. Everyone has received questionable advice. Which examples were particularly noteworthy? --- ## [Firearm Violence in the US: 1 person dead every 11 minutes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firearm-violence-in-the-us-1-person-dead-every-11-minutes/985125)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firearm-violence-in-the-us-1-person-dead-every-11-minutes/985125 "2023-06-10T15:50:58Z")
I’m confused. Does this belong in MPSIMS or somewhere else? Gun deaths in the United States reached an all-time high in 2021 for the second year in a row, with firearms violence the single leading cause of death for … --- ## [Funny family antics anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-family-antics-anyone/985099)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2023, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-family-antics-anyone/985099 "2023-06-10T01:46:44Z")
My MIL was at our house this past weekend. I was sitting on the porch talking with her and I went in to get us each another beer. She picked up my phone to check the time, and a glitch with my phone that sometimes caus… --- ## [The new iPhone software's best new feature. No more autocorrect to "ducking". This thread is also about your best autocorrect stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-iphone-softwares-best-new-feature-no-more-autocorrect-to-ducking-this-thread-is-also-about-your-best-autocorrect-stories/985122)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2023, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-iphone-softwares-best-new-feature-no-more-autocorrect-to-ducking-this-thread-is-also-about-your-best-autocorrect-stories/985122 "2023-06-10T00:33:11Z")
Imagine all of the time saved. --- ## [Terrible forest fire near me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-forest-fire-near-me/985164)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-forest-fire-near-me/985164 "2023-06-09T19:23:28Z")
This fire is now less than 10 miles away from me: It is less than a mile away from Cathedral Grove which is full of giant, old growth Douglas Fir: I can see the smoke clearly from my back yard and, if you drive a m… --- ## [What do you think of your initials/monogram?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-your-initials-monogram/985110)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-your-initials-monogram/985110 "2023-06-09T18:56:04Z")
I always wanted a pretty one. Get nice towels embroidered. Be all fancy and stuff. Alas, not to be. I wanted to be B.M.W. That would be cool. Right now I’m either a ‘humbug’ or ‘a drop of golden sun’ :saluting\_face: --- ## [The Iron Sheik Has Died, No Longer #1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-sheik-has-died-no-longer-1/985170)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2023, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iron-sheik-has-died-no-longer-1/985170 "2023-06-09T10:54:02Z")
Although it has been many decades, there was a time when I enjoyed watching wrestling every Saturday. Naturally, my friends (also fans) and I used to practice pile drivers and other seriously iffy maneuvers on each othe… --- ## [Scantily Clad Canadian Carcass Eater Freakout](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scantily-clad-canadian-carcass-eater-freakout/985156)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2023, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scantily-clad-canadian-carcass-eater-freakout/985156 "2023-06-08T19:53:51Z")
It’s either a witches’ coven or hungry Canadians frustrated that they shut down breakfast service at the local Tim Horton’s. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=154) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=156)